chore(deps): bump mongoose from 9.7.4 to 9.8.0 in /server in the npm-patch-minor group

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Bumps the npm-patch-minor group in /server with 1 update: mongoose.

Updates mongoose from 9.7.4 to 9.8.0

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9.8.0 / 2026-07-20

• feat(schema): add strictRead option to filter or throw on unknown fields during document hydration #16345 #4279 GourabSingha
• feat: upgrade MongoDB Node.js driver to 7.5 #16391
• fix(subdocument): don't minimize empty document array elements to null #16393 #15336 #7322 WaleedAshraf
• fix(model): correctly handle version keys when bulkSave() inserts new documents #16386 #15800 AbdelrahmanHafez
• fix(cast): correctly cast object-shaped geo query values #16380 #16376 rajkumar0932
• fix(schema): avoid mutating shared setters when casting array query values #16372 #16364 yakubka
• fix(document): correctly handle excluded parent paths with optimistic concurrency #16367 #16054 AbdelrahmanHafez
• types(model): add pathsToSave to SaveOptions #16375 AbdelrahmanHafez
• types(model): support extra fields in hydrate() with strict: false #16374 #15940 AbdelrahmanHafez
• docs(populate): document missing options and perDocumentLimit for populate() #16371 Wnayar
• docs: expand sample() example to show sampling from a filtered subset #16369 Wnayar
• docs: fix typos, grammar, and documentation links #16389 LakshyaTyagi15

Changelog

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9.8.0 / 2026-07-20

• feat(schema): add strictRead option to filter or throw on unknown fields during document hydration #16345 #4279 GourabSingha
• feat: upgrade MongoDB Node.js driver to 7.5 #16391
• fix(subdocument): don't minimize empty document array elements to null #16393 #15336 #7322 WaleedAshraf
• fix(model): correctly handle version keys when bulkSave() inserts new documents #16386 #15800 AbdelrahmanHafez
• fix(cast): correctly cast object-shaped geo query values #16380 #16376 rajkumar0932
• fix(schema): avoid mutating shared setters when casting array query values #16372 #16364 yakubka
• fix(document): correctly handle excluded parent paths with optimistic concurrency #16367 #16054 AbdelrahmanHafez
• types(model): add pathsToSave to SaveOptions #16375 AbdelrahmanHafez
• types(model): support extra fields in hydrate() with strict: false #16374 #15940 AbdelrahmanHafez
• docs(populate): document missing options and perDocumentLimit for populate() #16371 Wnayar
• docs: expand sample() example to show sampling from a filtered subset #16369 Wnayar
• docs: fix typos, grammar, and documentation links #16389 LakshyaTyagi15

Commits

• 246c727 chore: release 9.8.0
• 0755d1b Merge pull request #16392 from Automattic/9.8
• 7f78844 Merge pull request #16393 from WaleedAshraf/fix-minimize-empty-array-subdocum...
• a260682 Merge pull request #16386 from AbdelrahmanHafez/fix/bulksave-new-doc-version
• d68da8b Merge pull request #16366 from Automattic/copilot/fix-github-actions-job-node...
• b0ac309 Update comment for version key handling on insert
• 7037f00 Merge pull request #16380 from rajkumar0932/fix/geo-object-cast-legacy-arg
• 7080cfa Merge pull request #16394 from AbdelrahmanHafez/test/npm-test-nested-suites
• add8752 test: run nested test directories in the default mocha suites
• 083cab6 fix(subdocument): don't minimize empty document array elements to null
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