fix(deps): update dependency neo4j-driver to v6 #127

renovate · 2025-10-01T21:44:19Z

This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
neo4j-driver	`5.8.1` -> `6.0.0`

Release Notes

neo4j/neo4j-javascript-driver (neo4j-driver)

`v6.0.0`

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This is GA release for the 6.0 with all the new features and general improvements in the previous alpha. Along with the introduction of the UnknownType object and the preview feature of Record Object Mapping, allowing validation and mapping of query results.

❗ Breaking Changes

protocolVersion on ServerInfo has been changed from a Number to new type ProtocolVersion. The Number representation would break if Bolt ever had a minor version greater than 9. #1321

⭐ New Features

Add .containsGqlCause() and .findByGqlStatus() to Neo4jError and GQLError, allowing easier inspection of cause chains. #1314
Introduce the UnsupportedType class. This class will be returned if the server is asked to send a value of a type which the current driver version cannot parse. This ensures better backwards compatibility for future type intoductions. #1325

⭐ ⚠️ Preview Features

Introduce type validation and mapping to Record, Result and Graph types. A manual entry on this feature will be published in the future. #1248

❌ Removals

Deprecated functions .readTransaction() and .writeTransaction() have been removed from Session. Please use .executeRead() and .executeWrite() instead. #1312
Deprecated function .lastBookmark() has been removed from Session. Please use .lastBookmarks() instead. #1316
Return value of .verifyConnectivity() on Driver has been changed from ServerInfo to void. Please use .getServerInfo() if needed. #1317
Deprecated property .updateStatistics has been removed from ResultSummary. Please use .counters instead. #1342

👎 Deprecations

isRetriableError and the property retriable on Neo4jError has been deprecated, please use isRetryable and retryable instead. #1305
Deprecated notificationCategory and notificationFilterDisabledCategory. use notificationClassification and notificationFilterDisabledClassification instead. #1326 #1344

🔧 Fixes

Fixed an issue in error handling which caused crashes on some unexpected errors in connections. #1329
Move the queuing of channel observer to after message packing is finished. Simplifies the handling of errors during packing so that they surface to the user faster. #1334

👏🏼 Improvements

Unify the Vector type .toString() function with the other official neo4j drivers. #1327
Improve the Vector type constructor errors when passed incorrect types. #1338 #1343

🧹 Housekeeping

Remove notice of change in 6.0 from .fromStandardDate() on Neo4j.Date #1318
Remove unused knownHost from Config interface. #1335

📦 Dependency Management

Bump used TypeScript version to 5.9.2. #1288
Bump rxjs dependency to 7.8.2 #1332

`v5.28.2`

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Patch release solving error handling for failure-to-writes on the browser version of the driver.

🔧 Fixes

Fix error handling failure-to-writes on the browser version of the driver and future proof some error handling functions. #1328
Make neo4j-driver export isRetriableError instead of non-existent isRetryableError #1309

🧹 Housekeeping

Bump dependency rxjs to 7.8.2 #1331
Update docs links in the Readmes #1308
Document undocumented members on GQLError and Neo4jError #1306
Add warning around concurrently closing driver to Readmes #1264

`v5.28.1`

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Patch release fixing the new handshake for some potential future bolt protocol versions.

🔧 Fixes

Fix handshake manifest parsing in preparation of future bolt versions. #1253

`v5.28.0`

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Implements caching of home databases, saving significant round trips, primarily for usage against Aura, along with improved error handling, DateTime conversion and a new handshake protocol.

👏🏼 Improvements

Adds background caching of home databases, saving up to 33% of round trips when the user does not specify a target database. #1235
Implements a new handshake protocol for Bolt, allowing more granular selection of protocol versions in the future. #1243

🔧 Fixes

Improve handling and error communication when the user supplies a circular object in a custom auth token. #1247
Fix the conversion between driver and JavaScript DateTimes when the local timezone has rare minute offsets from UTC. #1238

`v5.27.0`

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Takes mTLS authentication out of preview and improves some aspects of documentation.

⭐ New Features

Mutual TLS (mTLS) is marked stable and released out of preview #1237

🧹 Housekeeping

Marks the isUnboundRelationship function as private in documentation. #1234
Corrects the usage of the link tag in documentation, fixing some broken links. #1236
Adds notice regarding CALL {} IN TRANSACTION to executeRead and executeWrite. #1236

`v5.26.0`

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Adds GQL compliant fields to the Neo4jError object as a preview feature.

⭐ New Features

Added GQL compliant fields to the Neo4jError object. #1225

🧹 Housekeeping

Marked JavaScripts treatment of Integers and Floats as Number as a Feature for testkit. #1228

`v5.25.0`

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Housekeeping only.

🧹 Housekeeping

Remove DNS caching from testkit browser tests, reducing flakiness #1224
Improvements on error handling #1220

`v5.24.1`

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Fix critical issue related to connection pool size enforcement. Along with this, other fixes related to connection error treatment are released.

🔧 Fixes

Remove un-predictable behaviour on connection failure due to multiple notification of same error #1213
Fix cases where the connection is destroyed on node, but the onclose event is not triggered #1215
Fix maxConnectionPoolSize verification #1216

`v5.24.0`

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Added support for the new Schema notification category, and a minor fix to stop Deno tests from failing when run locally

⭐ New Features

Added Schema notification category #1211

🧹 Housekeeping

Move Pool module to core #1212
Fix to npm test crashing at Deno tests when running test containers #1210

`v5.23.0`

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This fix a potential issue in the Notification api.

🔧 Fixes

Fix Notification.description polyfill from GqlStatusObject #1205

🧹 Housekeeping

Improve pipelines stability #1206

`v5.22.0`

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This release introduces preview support to the GQLStatusObject #1194 along with other ergonomic preview features. This also speeds up the driver shutdown when connections are waiting to be acquired #1196, thanks, CarsonF, for the contribution.

⭐ ⚠️ Preview Features

Introduce GqlStatusObject support as notifications to ResultSummary #1194
Introduce AbortSignal to Driver.executeQuery 1199
Introduce resultTransformer.first #1200
Introduce resultTransformer.summary 1201
Introduce resultTransformers.eager and resultTransformers.mapped 1202

🔧 Fixes

Don't prevent NodeJS from closing to run acquisition timeout error #1196. Thanks, CarsonF.

🧹 Housekeeping

Improvements on internal APIs #1195

`v5.21.0`

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Fixes crashes when closing transactions when Queries are still ongoing. Thanks for your contribution, @reckter.

🔧 Fixes

Fix OOM crash, when closing a transaction while Queries are still ongoing #1193

`v5.20.0`

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Housekeeping only.

🧹 Housekeeping

benchkit: Fix Node installation in Dockerimage #1190

`v5.19.0`

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Introduces clientCertificate configuration as a mechanism to support mutual TLS as a second factor for authentication, currently a preview feature.

⭐ New Features

Introduce Client Certificate configuration (ℹ️ preview) #1183

🧹 Housekeeping

Updated manifest and Dockerfile for Testkit and Benchkit #1187

`v5.18.0`

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Introduces auth configuration to Driver.executeQuery

⭐ New Features

Introduces auth configuration to Driver.executeQuery#1177

🧹 Housekeeping

Testkit and other tests suite improvements #1181 #1179 #1180 #1175

`v5.17.0`

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Improves performance on deserialising DateTime. Thanks for your contribution, @vongruenigen.

👏🏼 Improvements

Optimize usage of Intl API to speed up response parsing with many datetime objects #1174

🔧 Fixes

Fix duplicated neo4j-javascript string on boltAgent.product object 1173

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Release Notes

❗ Breaking Changes

⭐ New Features

⭐ ⚠️ Preview Features

❌ Removals

👎 Deprecations

🔧 Fixes

👏🏼 Improvements

🧹 Housekeeping

📦 Dependency Management

🔧 Fixes

🧹 Housekeeping

🔧 Fixes

👏🏼 Improvements

🔧 Fixes

⭐ New Features

🧹 Housekeeping

⭐ New Features

🧹 Housekeeping

🧹 Housekeeping

🔧 Fixes

⭐ New Features

🧹 Housekeeping

🔧 Fixes

🧹 Housekeeping

⭐ ⚠️ Preview Features

🔧 Fixes

🧹 Housekeeping

🔧 Fixes

🧹 Housekeeping

⭐ New Features

🧹 Housekeeping

⭐ New Features

🧹 Housekeeping

👏🏼 Improvements

🔧 Fixes

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