Mongoose stack error on clone.js while trying to update document

Question

I've been trying to update a mongoDB document using mongoose but I keep getting an error I can't seem to find the end of.

I have details of my problem commented out inside the code.

const { dataModel } = require('../database/ticket'); // dataModel is  my schema
var state = new dataModel({
                _id: _id,
                from: `Me`,
                size: 20,
                subject: "Hello world",
                status : "Working"
});
await state.save();
// Till this point everything works fine

//Now if I try updating stuff inside my state then update the db document is where I have issues.

state.from = 'You';
state.size = 40;
state.status : "Updating";

// For the actual update I've tried multiple methods.

// v1 direct update using the above object
await state.update(); // -> error for updating immutable field _id

//v2 Using a query
dataModel .updateOne({_id:state._id},state); // assumed the issue is trying to force a new _id for the update, so ok

//v3 (v2 without the _id)
const objectWithoutKey = (object, key) => {
    var clone = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(object));
    delete clone[key];
    return clone;
}
dataModel .updateOne({_id:state._id},objectWithoutKey(state,"_id")); // At this point I can only wonder what's wrong

For v1 I get the following :

D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\update.js:115
                return callback(new error_1.MongoServerError(res.writeErrors[0]));
                                ^

MongoServerError: Performing an update on the path '_id' would modify the immutable field '_id'
    at D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\operations\update.js:115:33
    at D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\connection_pool.js:273:25
    at handleOperationResult (D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\sdam\server.js:327:20)
    at Connection.onMessage (D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\connection.js:215:9)
    at MessageStream.<anonymous> (D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\connection.js:63:60)
    at MessageStream.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at processIncomingData (D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\message_stream.js:108:16)
    at MessageStream._write (D:\somethin\something\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\message_stream.js:28:9)
    at writeOrBuffer (node:internal/streams/writable:389:12)
    at _write (node:internal/streams/writable:330:10) {
  index: 0,
  code: 66,
  [Symbol(errorLabels)]: Set(0) {}
}

For v2 & v3 I get the following error despite not explicitly touching the 'clone.js' module.

D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:29
function clone(obj, options, isArrayChild) {
              ^
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
    at clone (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:29:15)
    at cloneObject (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:140:17)
    at clone (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:69:16)
    at cloneObject (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:140:17)
    at clone (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:69:16)
    at cloneObject (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:140:17)
    at clone (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:69:16)
    at cloneObject (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:140:17)
    at clone (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:69:16)
    at cloneObject (D:\something\stuff\node_modules\mongoose\lib\helpers\clone.js:140:17)

I'm honestly quite confused. I'm not making any other queries. A last resort solution to this I suppose it could be deleting the document in cause and save it again with the updated data, hoping that will work.

Answer 1

You should just pass the fields that you want to update to the updateOne method:

const { dataModel } = require('../database/ticket'); 

var state = new dataModel({
  _id: _id,
  from: `Me`,
  size: 20,
  subject: 'Hello world',
  status: 'Working',
});

await state.save();

dataModel.updateOne({ _id: state._id }, {
    from: 'You',
    size: 40,
    status: 'Updating'
});