chore(release): 8.2.5 [skip ci]

## [8.2.5](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.4...8.2.5) (2025-10-02)

### Bug Fixes

* GraphQL playground shows blank page ([#9858](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9858)) ([7b5395c](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/7b5395c5d481235c022d96603280672366a50715))

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ matrix.NODE_VERSION }}-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run pretest
-      - run: npm run coverage
+      - run: npm run coverage:mongodb
         env:
           CI: true
       - name: Upload code coverage

changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+## [8.2.5-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.4...8.2.5-alpha.1) (2025-09-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* GraphQL playground shows blank page ([#9858](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9858)) ([7b5395c](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/7b5395c5d481235c022d96603280672366a50715))
+
+## [8.2.4-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.3...8.2.4-alpha.1) (2025-08-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Security upgrade form-data from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 ([#9829](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9829)) ([c2c593f](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/c2c593f437c33f37101b4f3bb1287eef31dbbc3b))
+
+## [8.2.3-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.2...8.2.3-alpha.1) (2025-07-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* MongoDB aggregation pipeline with `$dateSubtract` from `$$NOW` returns no results ([#9822](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9822)) ([847a274](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/847a274cdb8c22f8e0fc249162e5e2c9e29a594a))
+
 ## [8.2.2-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.1...8.2.2-alpha.1) (2025-07-10)
 
 

changelogs/CHANGELOG_release.md

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+## [8.2.5](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.4...8.2.5) (2025-10-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* GraphQL playground shows blank page ([#9858](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9858)) ([7b5395c](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/7b5395c5d481235c022d96603280672366a50715))
+
+## [8.2.4](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.3...8.2.4) (2025-09-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Security upgrade form-data from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 ([#9829](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9829)) ([c2c593f](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/c2c593f437c33f37101b4f3bb1287eef31dbbc3b))
+
+## [8.2.3](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.2...8.2.3) (2025-08-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* MongoDB aggregation pipeline with `$dateSubtract` from `$$NOW` returns no results ([#9822](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9822)) ([847a274](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/847a274cdb8c22f8e0fc249162e5e2c9e29a594a))
+
 ## [8.2.2](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/8.2.1...8.2.2) (2025-07-10)
 
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "8.2.2",
+  "version": "8.2.5",
   "description": "An express module providing a Parse-compatible API server",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/server": "4.12.1",
-    "@babel/eslint-parser": "7.27.1",
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": "7.28.0",
     "@graphql-tools/merge": "9.0.24",
     "@graphql-tools/schema": "10.0.23",
     "@graphql-tools/utils": "10.8.6",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "cors": "2.8.5",
     "deepcopy": "2.1.0",
     "express": "5.1.0",
-    "express-rate-limit": "7.5.0",
+    "express-rate-limit": "7.5.1",
     "follow-redirects": "1.15.9",
     "graphql": "16.11.0",
     "graphql-list-fields": "2.0.4",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "parse": "6.1.1",
     "path-to-regexp": "6.3.0",
     "pg-monitor": "3.0.0",
-    "pg-promise": "11.13.0",
+    "pg-promise": "11.14.0",
     "pluralize": "8.0.0",
     "punycode": "2.3.1",
     "rate-limit-redis": "4.2.0",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     "eslint": "9.27.0",
     "eslint-plugin-expect-type": "0.6.2",
     "flow-bin": "0.271.0",
-    "form-data": "4.0.3",
+    "form-data": "4.0.4",
     "globals": "16.2.0",
     "graphql-tag": "2.12.6",
     "husky": "9.1.7",
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     "madge": "8.0.0",
     "mock-files-adapter": "file:spec/dependencies/mock-files-adapter",
     "mock-mail-adapter": "file:spec/dependencies/mock-mail-adapter",
-    "mongodb-runner": "5.8.3",
+    "mongodb-runner": "5.9.3",
     "node-abort-controller": "3.1.1",
     "node-fetch": "3.2.10",
     "nyc": "17.1.0",
@@ -125,18 +125,14 @@
     "build:types": "tsc",
     "watch": "babel --watch src/ -d lib/ --copy-files",
     "watch:ts": "tsc --watch",
-    "test:mongodb:runnerstart": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=$npm_config_dbversion} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner start -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} -- --port 27017",
-    "test:mongodb:testonly": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=$npm_config_dbversion} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 jasmine",
-    "test:mongodb": "npm run test:mongodb:runnerstart --dbversion=$npm_config_dbversion && npm run test:mongodb:testonly --dbversion=$npm_config_dbversion",
-    "test:mongodb:6.0.19": "npm run test:mongodb --dbversion=6.0.19",
-    "test:mongodb:7.0.16": "npm run test:mongodb --dbversion=7.0.16",
-    "test:mongodb:8.0.4": "npm run test:mongodb --dbversion=8.0.4",
+    "test:mongodb:6.0.19": "MONGODB_VERSION=6.0.19 npm run test",
+    "test:mongodb:7.0.16": "MONGODB_VERSION=7.0.16 npm run test",
+    "test:mongodb:8.0.4": "MONGODB_VERSION=8.0.4 npm run test",
     "test:postgres:testonly": "cross-env PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DB=postgres PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DATABASE_URI=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/parse_server_postgres_adapter_test_database npm run testonly",
-    "pretest": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=8.0.4} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner start -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} -- --port 27017",
     "testonly": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=8.0.4} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 jasmine",
-    "test": "npm run testonly",
+    "test": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=8.0.4} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner exec -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} -- --port 27017 -- npm run testonly",
     "test:types": "eslint types/tests.ts -c ./types/eslint.config.mjs",
-    "posttest": "cross-env mongodb-runner stop --all",
+    "coverage:mongodb": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=8.0.4} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} mongodb-runner exec -t ${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY} --version ${MONGODB_VERSION} -- --port 27017 -- npm run coverage",
     "coverage": "cross-env MONGODB_VERSION=${MONGODB_VERSION:=8.0.4} MONGODB_TOPOLOGY=${MONGODB_TOPOLOGY:=standalone} TESTING=1 nyc jasmine",
     "start": "node ./bin/parse-server",
     "prettier": "prettier --write {src,spec}/{**/*,*}.js",

spec/ParseQuery.Aggregate.spec.js

@@ -439,6 +439,36 @@ describe('Parse.Query Aggregate testing', () => {
     }
   );
 
+  it_id('3723671d-4100-4103-ad9c-60e4c22e20ff')(it_exclude_dbs(['postgres']))('matches expression with $dateSubtract from $$NOW', async () => {
+    const obj1 = new TestObject({ date: new Date(new Date().getTime() - 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1_000) }); // 1 day ago
+    const obj2 = new TestObject({ date: new Date(new Date().getTime() - 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1_000) }); // 3 days ago
+    await Parse.Object.saveAll([obj1, obj2]);
+
+    const pipeline = [
+      {
+        $match: {
+          $expr: {
+            $gte: [
+              '$date',
+              {
+                $dateSubtract: {
+                  startDate: '$$NOW',
+                  unit: 'day',
+                  amount: 2,
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const query = new Parse.Query('TestObject');
+    const results = await query.aggregate(pipeline, { useMasterKey: true });
+    expect(results.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(new Date(results[0].date.iso)).toEqual(obj1.get('date'));
+  });
+
   it_only_db('postgres')(
     'can group by any date field (it does not work if you have dirty data)', // rows in your collection with non date data in the field that is supposed to be a date
     done => {

src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js

@@ -960,23 +960,28 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
     return pipeline;
   }
 
-  // This function will attempt to convert the provided value to a Date object. Since this is part
-  // of an aggregation pipeline, the value can either be a string or it can be another object with
-  // an operator in it (like $gt, $lt, etc). Because of this I felt it was easier to make this a
-  // recursive method to traverse down to the "leaf node" which is going to be the string.
+  /**
+   * Recursively converts values to Date objects. Since the passed object is part of an aggregation
+   * pipeline and can contain various logic operators (like $gt, $lt, etc), this function will
+   * traverse the object and convert any strings that can be parsed as dates into Date objects.
+   * @param {any} value The value to convert.
+   * @returns {any} The original value if not convertible to Date, or a Date object if it is.
+   */
   _convertToDate(value: any): any {
     if (value instanceof Date) {
       return value;
     }
     if (typeof value === 'string') {
-      return new Date(value);
+      return isNaN(Date.parse(value)) ? value : new Date(value);
     }
-
-    const returnValue = {};
-    for (const field in value) {
-      returnValue[field] = this._convertToDate(value[field]);
+    if (typeof value === 'object') {
+      const returnValue = {};
+      for (const field in value) {
+        returnValue[field] = this._convertToDate(value[field]);
+      }
+      return returnValue;
     }
-    return returnValue;
+    return value;
   }
 
   _parseReadPreference(readPreference: ?string): ?string {

src/GraphQL/ParseGraphQLServer.js

@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ class ParseGraphQLServer {
            new window.EmbeddedSandbox({
              target: "#sandbox",
              endpointIsEditable: false,
-             initialEndpoint: "${JSON.stringify(this.config.graphQLPath)}",
+             initialEndpoint: ${JSON.stringify(this.config.graphQLPath)},
              handleRequest: (endpointUrl, options) => {
               return fetch(endpointUrl, {
                 ...options,
                 headers: {
                     ...options.headers,
-                    'X-Parse-Application-Id': "${JSON.stringify(this.parseServer.config.appId)}",
-                    'X-Parse-Master-Key': "${JSON.stringify(this.parseServer.config.masterKey)}",
+                    'X-Parse-Application-Id': ${JSON.stringify(this.parseServer.config.appId)},
+                    'X-Parse-Master-Key': ${JSON.stringify(this.parseServer.config.masterKey)},
                 },
               })
             },