Mongodb $nin not working with nested array - mongodb

Question

I can't make $nin work with nested arrays, can you guys spot any issue with this query?
I'm basically trying to update the status of every document under items to "closed" in case their hash field is not in a list of hashes provided.
db.getCollection('projects').update({
name: 'test',
'issues.hash': { $nin: [
'8ff28fcc9cbf10c9b690bb331e5609efbd3c526be4f536ebca02cc51bd63eac7',
'd5368ad5658ec11103796255d127d26da7f3324cdedbd124bdd5db50812d588e',
'37298229097785ebc9d419cc1a3f13e0d090a15ceb9a8e6bea3505366902556d',
'fad290f2ddd0e097e4098c3b2c3d65611406cf208a3f86924d45c7736393b44b'
]}
},
{
$set: { "issues.$.status": "closed" }
}
)
This is the data:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d2ee06769a5f6d906d"),
"name" : "test",
"issues" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa588"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "8ff28fcc9cbf10c9b690bb331e5609efbd3c526be4f536ebca02cc51bd63eac7"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa589"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "3b83e469049e46b16d3471a188d3f5e3ddbf6b296995a71765bbf17b7289e6ea"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58a"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "bef5f50628b669b9930b89cdc040361b9c8cc2b4aab3c2059c171786d38d507e"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58b"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "1b4a91eb5de97d6ad7493b6e1ffa48a2a648084b4af7b37916c723533a07c37c"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58c"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "bb64ba7b2612856dcd95c3ac2fad3f7368e5d463168545b12f4c869af56b55b7"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58d"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "1d5fc04739b10414dea8d327998df4f200f47ce57da243bd578d4ae102f2d670"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58e"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "d5368ad5658ec11103796255d127d26da7f3324cdedbd124bdd5db50812d588e"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa58f"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "37298229097785ebc9d419cc1a3f13e0d090a15ceb9a8e6bea3505366902556d"
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("611bb4d20b2fb200167aa590"),
"status" : "open",
"hash" : "fad290f2ddd0e097e4098c3b2c3d65611406cf208a3f86924d45c7736393b44b"
}
]
}
And the is my result:
Updated 0 record(s) in 12ms
Thank you!

Answer 1

You have to use arrayFilters in this way:
db.collection.update({
"name": "test"
},
{
"$set": {
"issues.$[element].status": "closed"
}
},
{
"arrayFilters": [
{
"element.hash": {
"$nin": [
"8ff28fcc9cbf10c9b690bb331e5609efbd3c526be4f536ebca02cc51bd63eac7",
"d5368ad5658ec11103796255d127d26da7f3324cdedbd124bdd5db50812d588e",
"37298229097785ebc9d419cc1a3f13e0d090a15ceb9a8e6bea3505366902556d",
"fad290f2ddd0e097e4098c3b2c3d65611406cf208a3f86924d45c7736393b44b"
]
}
}
]
})
Example here.
Note that update query has the format: update(query, update, options) (Check the docs).
So with your find query mongo doesn't find anything. Check this example.
This is why you are telling mongo: "Give me a DOCUMENT where name is test and issues array NOT contains a field called hash with these values".
So, as mongo search by the whole document, there is no any document where hash value is not on the $nin array.
As another example to exaplain better: Check this example where hash value is 1. In this case, find query works because it matches two conditions:
There is a field name with value test
There is not any field hash into issues with values into $nin array.

Answer 2

You can use arrayFilters, like this:
db.collection.update({
"name": "test"
},
{
"$set": {
"issues.$[elem].status": "closed"
}
},
{
"multi": true,
"arrayFilters": [
{
"elem.hash": {
"$nin": [
"8ff28fcc9cbf10c9b690bb331e5609efbd3c526be4f536ebca02cc51bd63eac7",
"d5368ad5658ec11103796255d127d26da7f3324cdedbd124bdd5db50812d588e",
"37298229097785ebc9d419cc1a3f13e0d090a15ceb9a8e6bea3505366902556d",
"fad290f2ddd0e097e4098c3b2c3d65611406cf208a3f86924d45c7736393b44b"
]
}
}
]
})
Here is the working example: https://mongoplayground.net/p/8wZkmlBgKiq