MongoDB 3.6 has been officially released, offering improved features and performance enhancements for developers building scalable and reactive applications. The new version includes Change streams, which enable real-time data changes notifications, retryable writes that simplify handling transient failures, and schema validation capabilities. Additionally, MongoDB 3.6 introduces binding to localhost by default, IP whitelisting support, and enhanced aggregation operations with more expressive queries. This release is also available on MongoDB Atlas, a fully managed service in the public cloud, providing global applications with continuous availability and automated scalability. The community has contributed significantly to this release, and users can download the new version for evaluation or production deployments.