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  • New Features

    • MongoDB fixtures can now manage and clean up only specified databases.
    • Added configuration through the --mongo-dbs command-line option and mongo_dbs pytest setting.
    • Reserved databases (admin, config, and local) cannot be selected.
  • Deprecation

    • Cleaning every database when no databases are specified is deprecated and now raises a warning. This behaviour remains temporarily available for compatibility.

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The MongoDB fixture now accepts managed database names from factory, command-line, and pytest configuration. Teardown drops only declared databases. Unconfigured teardown remains available with a deprecation warning. Tests and documentation cover the new behaviour.

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Managed MongoDB cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Database configuration and fixture contract
pytest_mongo/config.py, pytest_mongo/plugin.py, pytest_mongo/factories/client.py, README.rst, newsfragments/*
Adds the dbs configuration field, --mongo-dbs option, mongo_dbs setting, factory argument, documentation, and release notes.
Scoped database teardown
pytest_mongo/factories/client.py
Resolves factory and configuration values, rejects admin, config, and local, drops declared databases, and warns for deprecated instance-wide cleanup.
Fixture integration and cleanup validation
tests/conftest.py, tests/test_mongo_cleanup.py, tests/test_mongo.py
Updates fixtures to declare managed databases and tests precedence, validation, scoped cleanup, deprecated cleanup, and MongoDB usage.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fec15

Managed database cleanup can fail during fixture teardown for users with database-scoped readWrite credentials, disrupting test runs after adopting the new configuration. Documentation also misstates what the deprecated cleanup removes; the privilege compatibility issue should be resolved before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Test as Test fixture
  participant Resolver as _resolve_dbs
  participant Cleaner as _clean_databases
  participant MongoDB as MongoDB instance
  Test->>Resolver: Provide factory and configuration database names
  Resolver-->>Test: Return managed database list
  Test->>Cleaner: Run teardown
  Cleaner->>MongoDB: Drop declared databases or clear non-system collections
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In `@pytest_mongo/factories/client.py`:
- Line 61: Update teardown around mongo_conn.drop_database to remain compatible
with database-scoped readWrite credentials by using collection-level cleanup
instead of requiring the dropDatabase privilege; preserve removal of all test
data without introducing a new privilege requirement.

In `@README.rst`:
- Line 113: Update the README description of the deprecated mongodb fixture
cleanup to state that it drops each non-system.* collection rather than every
database, matching the implementation and newsfragments/812.depr.rst.

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"""
if dbs:
for db_name in dbs:
mongo_conn.drop_database(db_name)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
# Run only against a disposable MongoDB instance authenticated as a user with
# database-scoped readWrite access but without dbOwner or a custom dropDatabase grant.
set -euo pipefail

: "${MONGO_READWRITE_URI:?Set MONGO_READWRITE_URI to a disposable test instance URI}"

probe_db="pytest_mongo_drop_database_probe_${RANDOM}_$$"
mongosh "${MONGO_READWRITE_URI}/${probe_db}" --quiet --eval '
db.probe.insertOne({probe: true});
const result = db.runCommand({dropDatabase: 1});
if (result.ok) {
  print("Unexpectedly has dropDatabase privilege");
  quit(1);
}
printjson(result);
'

Repository: dbfixtures/pytest-mongo

Length of output: 300


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get_repo_knowledge dbfixtures/pytest-mongo /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/dbfixtures-pytest-mongo-c716a00a

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- client.py ---'
cat -n pytest_mongo/factories/client.py

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant credential and database configuration references ---'
rg -n -C 4 --glob '*.py' --glob '*.ini' --glob '*.toml' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' \
  'readWrite|dbOwner|dropDatabase|MONGO|mongo.*user|auth|database|drop_database|drop_collection' \
  pytest_mongo tests pyproject.toml setup.cfg tox.ini pytest.ini 2>/dev/null || true

Repository: dbfixtures/pytest-mongo

Length of output: 48116


🌐 Web query:

site:mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/built-in-roles readWrite dropDatabase privilege

💡 Result:

In MongoDB, the built-in readWrite role does not include the dropDatabase privilege [1]. While the readWrite role grants extensive permissions to modify data within non-system collections and the system.js collection, the authority to drop an entire database is reserved for administrative roles [1]. Specifically, the dropDatabase privilege is included in roles such as dbAdmin, which is designed for administrative tasks [1]. Users who require the ability to drop a database must be granted a role that explicitly includes the dropDatabase action, such as dbAdmin or a custom role with that specific privilege defined [1]. The readWrite role focuses on data manipulation (e.g., insert, update, delete) rather than database-level structural management [1].

Citations:


Keep teardown compatible with database-scoped readWrite credentials.

Line 61 calls MongoClient.drop_database, which requires the separate MongoDB dropDatabase privilege. A database-scoped readWrite user does not have this privilege, so teardown can fail when callers provide such credentials. Retain collection-level cleanup, or document and test the new privilege requirement as a breaking change.

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In `@pytest_mongo/factories/client.py` at line 61, Update teardown around
mongo_conn.drop_database to remain compatible with database-scoped readWrite
credentials by using collection-level cleanup instead of requiring the
dropDatabase privilege; preserve removal of all test data without introducing a
new privilege requirement.

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okay, what's the difference beween dropping collections we did so far from databases?

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@fizyk, the previous code dropped each non-system.* collection individually.

drop_database(db_name) removes the whole database. This includes its collections, indexes, and database-level metadata. It also requires MongoDB’s dropDatabase privilege.

Collection-level cleanup removes the test collections and their indexes. It does not require the separate dropDatabase privilege. It can leave an empty database or protected system.* collections behind.

The new behavior is therefore more complete, but it changes the required permissions. A user with only database-scoped readWrite can use the previous cleanup path but can fail on drop_database().

The concern is only relevant if pytest-mongo supports database-scoped readWrite credentials. If this PR intentionally requires dropDatabase, the documentation and tests should state that contract.

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It does depend on what the test developer sets up, right? So previously we deleted collections from... Where?

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@fizyk, yes. The configured MongoDB connection determines what the fixture could see and delete.

Previously, teardown did this:

  1. It called mongo_conn.list_database_names().
  2. It iterated over every database returned by that call.
  3. It listed that database's collections.
  4. It dropped each collection whose name did not start with system..

So the previous code did not select a database from the fixture configuration. It cleaned non-system collections from every database visible and permitted to that connection.

The new code has a different scope. It only targets the declared dbs, but it removes each target with drop_database(db_name).

Therefore, the permission difference depends on the credentials that the test developer configures. If those credentials permit collection drops but not dropDatabase, the old cleanup could work where the new cleanup fails. If the test credentials already have dropDatabase, there is no permission regression.

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Managed databases
=================

By default the ``mongodb`` fixture drops every database it can see at the end of each

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Describe the deprecated cleanup accurately.

Line 113 says that the fixture drops every database. The deprecated path drops each non-system.* collection and leaves system collections. Update the wording to match the implementation and newsfragments/812.depr.rst.

Suggested wording
-By default the ``mongodb`` fixture drops every database it can see at the end of each
+By default the ``mongodb`` fixture empties every non-``system.*`` collection in every
+database it can see at the end of each
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By default the ``mongodb`` fixture drops every database it can see at the end of each
By default the ``mongodb`` fixture empties every non-``system.*`` collection in every
database it can see at the end of each
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In `@README.rst` at line 113, Update the README description of the deprecated
mongodb fixture cleanup to state that it drops each non-system.* collection
rather than every database, matching the implementation and
newsfragments/812.depr.rst.

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