Change history

MongoDB Atlas limit changes

Current and previous observations remain linked to their official sources. Detection date and effective date are kept separate when known.

Verified Aug 22, 20260 verified changes

Verified history

No verified historical change is recorded yet.
This means HyperObserve has not found sufficient first-party evidence for a dated before-and-after event. It does not mean MongoDB Atlas has never changed. Undated values are kept in the current baseline below instead of being presented as history.

Current monitored baseline

HyperObserve currently monitors 5 scoped observations for MongoDB Atlas. The baseline covers free cluster data storage, concurrent connections, read and write operations, database and collection counts, idle pause threshold. Each value retains its plan, product, endpoint, region, account, or runtime qualifier so a future change can be compared against the correct scope.

ConstraintCurrent valueScopeVerified source
free cluster data storageStored BSON documents and their indexes count toward the hard cap.0.5 GBFree clusterMongoDBAug 22, 2026
concurrent connectionsAtlas connection limits apply per node or mongos depending on topology.500Free clusterMongoDBAug 22, 2026
read and write operationsAtlas throttles and applies a one-second cooldown when the limit is exceeded.100 operations per secondFree clusterMongoDBAug 22, 2026
database and collection countsThe collection count is aggregate across all databases in the cluster.100 databases and 500 collections totalFree clusterMongoDBAug 22, 2026
idle pause thresholdAtlas can automatically pause an idle free cluster.30 days with zero connectionsFree clusterMongoDBAug 22, 2026

Tracked constraints and impact

Managed cluster connections, storage, throughput, collections, and project limits. A change is recorded only when it alters a constraint developers can act on, such as capacity planning, request shaping, model selection, deployment configuration, storage design, retry behavior, or account budgeting.

How a change is verified

  1. Compare the current first-party statement with the previously stored observation, including the exact plan, model, runtime, endpoint, region, and account scope.
  2. Separate a true product change from documentation clarification, temporary capacity, configurable account state, or a limit that applies to a different execution path.
  3. Preserve the old and new values, official source, effective date when disclosed, detection date, and practical impact. If those elements cannot be supported, no historical event is published.

Official sources monitored

These first-party documents support the current MongoDB Atlas baseline. HyperObserve links directly to them so you can confirm the live wording before making a production decision.

MongoDB Atlas Free cluster limits

Storage, connections, throughput, databases, collections, and pause rules

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