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Feature / Enhancement Description

Task list for release of Parse Server 9.

Tasks

Common

• Freeze current LTS branch release-#.x.x in GitHub repo settings
• Publish final releases on beta (currently not in use) and release branches
• Ensure all branches alpha, beta, release are on same commit
• Add new LTS branch release-#.x.x
• Update Snyk branches to monitor
  • Remove monitoring old LTS branch, add new LTS branch
• Update .releaserc.js for new LTS branch
  • ci: Udpate auto-release LTS branch #9519
  • ci: Update auto release #9520
• Remove support for Node versions that have reached their EOL
  • Remove Node versions from CI in ci.yml
  • Specify the exact node version in package-lock engines.node, not just the major version, and use latest Node version, e.g. instead of >=18 <19 || >=20 <21 use >=18.2.3 <19 || >=20.2.3 <21
  • Remove tests that target only removed Node versions
  • feat: Increase required minimum Node versions to 18.20.4, 20.18.0, 22.12.0 #9521
• Remove support for MongoDB versions that have reached their EOL
  • Remove MongoDB versions from CI in ci.yml
  • Update MongoDB versions in scripts in package.json
  • Remove tests that target only removed MongoDB versions
  • feat: Increase required minimum MongoDB versions to 6.0.19, 7.0.16, 8.0.4 #9531
• Remove support for Postgres / PostGIS versions that have reached their EOL #9532
  • Remove Postgres versions from CI in ci.yml
  • Remove tests that target only removed Postgres versions
• Remove deprecated Parse Server options
• Update release config LTS branch to new major version (preparatory step for when the new to-be-released major version will become the LTS version on the release.#.x.x branch in the future)
  • ci: Remove beta branch #9626
• Merge latest dependencies
  • Parse JS SDK
    • refactor: Bump vite from 6.4.1 to 7.2.4 Parse-SDK-JS#2802
  • Push adapter feat: Upgrade to @parse/push-adapter 8.0.0 #9938
• Merge any other breaking changes that have been held-off for a major release
  • fix: Update to @apollo/server 5.0.0 and improve introspection prevention #9888
  • feat: Add Parse Server options maxIncludeQueryComplexity, maxGraphQLQueryComplexity to limit query complexity for performance protection #9920 (comment)
  • Set default values for max depth and max fields #9928
  • feat: Bump path-to-regexp to v8 #9942

Excluded from this release (with explanation)

• refactor: Bump graphql-upload from 15.0.2 to 17.0.0 #9342 (can be merged after removing Node 22 support from Parse Server)

Notes

• Releases on the LTS branch will fail until the next stable release on the release branch due to a bug in semantic release, see EINVALIDNEXTVERSION error when releasing a patch from maintenance branch semantic-release/semantic-release#1487 (comment). Once the major Parse Server version has been released, the LTS release should be triggered again manually by making a non-release commit, e.g. of type ci or refactor.