Mongoose: CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value “[object Object]” at path “_id”

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Answer 1

For all those people stuck with this problem, but still couldn't solve it: I stumbled upon the same error and found the _id field being empty.

I described it here in more detail. Still have not found a solution except changing the fields in _id to not-ID fields which is a dirty hack to me. I'm probably going to file a bug report for mongoose. Any help would be appreciated!

Edit: I updated my thread. I filed a ticket and they confirmed the missing _id problem. It is going to be fixed in the 4.x.x version which has a release candidate available right now. The rc is not recommended for productive use!