All Instances

The following isMaster fields are common across all roles:

isMaster. ismaster

A boolean value that reports when this node is writable. If true, then this instance is a primary in a replica set, or a master in a master-slave configuration, or a mongos instance, or a standalone mongod.

This field will be false if the instance is a secondary member of a replica set or if the member is an arbiter of a replica set.

isMaster. maxBsonObjectSize

The maximum permitted size of a BSON object in bytes for this mongod process. If not provided, clients should assume a max size of “16 * 1024 * 1024”.

isMaster. maxMessageSizeBytes

The maximum permitted size of a BSON wire protocol message. The default value is 48000000 bytes.

isMaster. maxWriteBatchSize

The maximum number of write operations permitted in a write batch. If a batch exceeds this limit, the client driver divides the batch into smaller groups each with counts less than or equal to the value of this field.

The value of this limit is 100,000 writes.

Changed in version 3.6: The limit raises from 1,000 to 100,000 writes. This limit also applies to legacy OP_INSERT messages.

isMaster. localTime

Returns the local server time in UTC. This value is an ISO date.

isMaster. logicalSessionTimeoutMinutes

New in version 3.6.

The time in minutes that a session remains active after its most recent use. Sessions that have not received a new read/write operation from the client or been refreshed with refreshSessions within this threshold are cleared from the cache. State associated with an expired session may be cleaned up by the server at any time.

Only available when featureCompatibilityVersion is "3.6". See Backwards Incompatible Features.

isMaster. minWireVersion

New in version 2.6.

The earliest version of the wire protocol that this mongod or mongos instance is capable of using to communicate with clients.

Clients may use minWireVersion to help negotiate compatibility with MongoDB.

isMaster. maxWireVersion

New in version 2.6.

The latest version of the wire protocol that this mongod or mongos instance is capable of using to communicate with clients.

Clients may use maxWireVersion to help negotiate compatibility with MongoDB.

isMaster. readOnly

New in version 3.4.

A boolean value that, when true, indicates that the mongod or mongos is running in read-only mode.

isMaster. compression

New in version 3.4.

An array listing the compression algorithms used or available for use (i.e. common to both the client and the mongod or mongos instance) to compress the communication between the client and the mongod or mongos instance.

The field is only available if compression is used. For example:

• If the mongod is enabled to use both the snappy,zlib compressors and a client has specified zlib, the compression field would contain:

  copy

  "compression": [ "zlib" ]
  

• If the mongod is enabled to use both the snappy,zlib compressors and a client has specified zlib,snappy, the compression field would contain:

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  "compression": [ "zlib", "snappy" ]
  

• If the mongod is enabled to use the snappy compressor and a client has specified zlib,snappy, the compression field would contain :

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  "compression": [ "snappy" ]
  

• If the mongod is enabled to use the snappy compressor and a client has specified zlib or the client has specified no compressor, the field is omitted.

  That is, if the client does not specify compression or if the client specifies a compressor not enabled for the connected mongod or mongos instance, the field does not return.

Sharded Instances

mongos instances add the following field to the isMaster response document:

isMaster. msg

Contains the value isdbgrid when isMaster returns from a mongos instance.

Replica Sets

isMaster contains these fields when returned by a member of a replica set:

isMaster. setName

The name of the current :replica set.

isMaster. setVersion

New in version 2.6.

The current replica set config version.

isMaster. secondary

A boolean value that, when true, indicates if the mongod is a secondary member of a replica set.

isMaster. hosts

An array of strings in the format of "[hostname]:[port]" that lists all members of the replica set that are neither hidden, passive, nor arbiters.

Drivers use this array and the isMaster.passives to determine which members to read from.

isMaster. passives

An array of strings in the format of "[hostname]:[port]" listing all members of the replica set which have a members[n].priority of 0.

This field only appears if there is at least one member with a members[n].priority of 0.

Drivers use this array and the isMaster.hosts to determine which members to read from.

isMaster. arbiters

An array of strings in the format of "[hostname]:[port]" listing all members of the replica set that are arbiters.

This field only appears if there is at least one arbiter in the replica set.

isMaster. primary

A string in the format of "[hostname]:[port]" listing the current primary member of the replica set.

isMaster. arbiterOnly

A boolean value that , when true, indicates that the current instance is an arbiter. The arbiterOnly field is only present, if the instance is an arbiter.

isMaster. passive

A boolean value that, when true, indicates that the current instance is passive. The passive field is only present for members with a members[n].priority of 0.

isMaster. hidden

A boolean value that, when true, indicates that the current instance is hidden. The