Couchbase Mobile 1.3 has been released, offering a comprehensive NoSQL database solution designed to enhance data storage, access, synchronization, and security across application stacks. The latest version introduces features aimed at improving app performance and developer convenience, such as support for OpenID Connect, which allows authentication through third-party identity providers like Google+ and PayPal. It also includes document expiration capabilities for automatic database cleanup of short-lived documents. Furthermore, the release supports Sync Gateway-to-Sync Gateway replication for diverse deployment configurations and provides a new command line utility, sgcollect_info, for gathering detailed Sync Gateway statistics. Developers are encouraged to download the update and explore the accompanying release notes and resources available on the Couchbase Mobile Developer Portal.