.NET Driver Version 2.18.0 Release Notes

This is the general availability release for the 2.18.0 version of the driver.

The main new features in 2.18.0 include:

Snappy compression now uses a managed implementation
ZStandard compression now uses a managed implementation
Cache AWS credentials when possible
New cross driver standard logging support
Support for $documents aggregation pipeline stage

An online version of these release notes is available at:

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/blob/master/Release%20Notes/Release%20Notes%20v2.18.0.md

The full list of JIRA issues resolved in this release is available at:

https://jira.mongodb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20CSHARP%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.18.0%20ORDER%20BY%20key%20ASC

Documentation on the .NET driver can be found at:

https://mongodb.github.io/mongo-csharp-driver/