Unexpected ref function behaviour

[piyushk96]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current behavior

ref function passed in schema options is being overridden by the static return value of that function during schema initialization.

Minimum reproduction code

https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/confident-antonelli-m7js5d

Steps to reproduce

No response

Expected behavior

According to Mongoose documentation ref function should be called for every populate() call to determine the field's model according to the current document dynamically.

But in the current scenario, the ref is called only once during initialization and uses that fixed return value for the rest of populate calls.

Package version

10.0.0

mongoose version

7.3.1

NestJS version

No response

Node.js version

16

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

mongoose/lib/factories/definitions.factory.ts

Lines 97 to 98 in bbc84df

	const result = (optionsOrType.ref as Function)();
	optionsOrType.ref = result?.name ?? result;

ref in schema options is being overridden here

[kamilmysliwiec]

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