v7.3.1

7.3.1 (2026-06-23)

The MongoDB Node.js team is pleased to announce version 7.3.1 of the bson package!

Release Notes

ObjectId initialization now tolerates partial process polyfills

Adds optional chaining to Node.js startup snapshot API calls in ObjectId so that environments with a stubbed or partial process global no longer throw a TypeError at startup.

Bug Fixes

• NODE-7630: make startup snapshot calls more defensive (#899) (99433cd)

Documentation

• API
• Changelog

We invite you to try the bson library immediately, and report any issues to the NODE project.