Anna Henningsen

From https://www.mongodb.com/docs/compass/current/install/: > Compass requires […] MongoDB 3.6 or later All current versions of Compass work with 3.6 or above. Currently, only MongoDB 4.2 and above are still receiving support...

@1Mark Do you have a screenshot? Logs (Help → Open Log File → Extract and open as .txt)? Do you have the required permissions to see the collection contents?

@1Mark Which versions did you try? Can you share log files for both cases to compare?

> Current topology does not support sessions This typically indicates that your server is *older* than 3.6.

@1Mark Thank you for the screenshot! Is there any chance that you would be able to share a log file as described above? Is there anything special about your server...

@1Mark Usually, when requesting log files, it is also the initial connection attempt log lines that are helpful. Can you open the embedded shell in Compass (at the bottom of...

@1Mark Where did you download the MongoDB Server binaries from? The `isMaster` response does not look like a typical MongoDB 4.0.22 Community `isMaster` response. Are you connecting against individual nodes...

(We ask for log files because a full log files, even if redacted, typically contains a lot of this information without the need for extra round-trips asking for info.)

@1Mark I think the mismatch between directConnection and it being a relay to a cluster might be tripping up Compass. I don’t know what exactly “relay” means here for you,...

@1Mark > But is isMaster["hosts"] returns a list of nodes There’s nothing like that listed in the isMaster reply snippet above, though. Are you always connecting to the same host...