apache/couchdb

Seamless multi-primary syncing database with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API, designed for reliability

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Dominant language: Erlang
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
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[Bug]: incorrect order when using `sort` with nouveau on multiple shards Open

bug needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#6124 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 22, 2026
[ENHANCEMENT]: Add seq checkpoints to continuous feeds Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#6120 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2026
[Bug]: Error querying Nouveau indexes after purging Open

bug

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apache/couchdb#6118 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 18, 2026
[ENHANCEMENT]: Simplify couchdb wrapper script logic Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

apache/couchdb#6117 · Opened Sep 17, 2026
[Bug]: Hardcoded include paths Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

apache/couchdb#6110 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
[Bug]: Build system smells Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apache/couchdb#6109 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
[ENHANCEMENT]: Avoid wasting disk space on every commit Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#6108 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
[Bug]: quickjs cross compilation issues Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

apache/couchdb#6107 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2026
[Bug]: CouchDB crashes if Clouseau is not available after failed attempts to build search indexes for ddoc with several index functions Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

apache/couchdb#6101 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
[Bug]: Fauxton silently corrupts integers larger than `Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER` Open

bug fauxton javascript patches-welcome

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

apache/couchdb#6008 · 2 comments · Opened May 20, 2026
[Bug]: After creating new node and before adding to membership to the existing cluster , few database shards moved to new node Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

apache/couchdb#5998 · 2 comments · Opened May 13, 2026
[Bug]: selector-filtered _changes is slower the first time after creating a Mango index Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#5926 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2026
[Bug]: rpc couch_db:get_db_info/1 {badmatch,{error,enoent}} on database after compaction Open

bug cant-reproduce

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#5909 · 9 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Track new config defaults slated for 4.0 Open

enhancement needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#5906 · Opened Feb 27, 2026
[Bug]: Flaky Elixir Tests Open

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apache/couchdb#5901 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 23, 2026
[Bug]: Nouveau stopped working on one Node Open

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apache/couchdb#5887 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 12, 2026
[Bug]:unknown metric: [mem3,shard_cache,hit] Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5886 · 23 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2026
[Bug]: CouchDB 3.5.1 upgrade leads to elevated memory and instability (OOM on single node + full cluster drop during rolling upgrade) Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

apache/couchdb#5879 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 3, 2026
[Bug]: couch_peruser leaks mem3_cluster and init_changes_handler processes Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#5871 · Opened Jan 30, 2026
[ENHANCEMENT]: send error message for inverted range for _all_docs as we do for _view Open

beginner-friendly enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

apache/couchdb#5866 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 26, 2026
[ENHANCEMENT]: Surface "Illegal Hostname" error in _cluster_setup API response Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5835 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 30, 2025
Start big shards indexing with delay and load distribution Open

enhancement

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apache/couchdb#5811 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2025
`clients_requesting_changes` gauge not decrementing when clients disconnect in CouchDB 3.5 Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#5802 · 10 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2025
Replace `b64url` with Erlang/OTP stdlib `base64` Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

apache/couchdb#5801 · 7 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2025
Add per-db _config API Open

enhancement

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apache/couchdb#5685 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 3, 2025
Improve Documentation Section 5.3.2. Configuration Backups Open

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apache/couchdb#5676 · Opened Sep 24, 2025
profiling with small overhead Open

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apache/couchdb#5640 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 6, 2025
Enable replicator cert verification by default Open

apache/couchdb#5638 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 5, 2025
Nouveau - Facet counts should be ordered Open

enhancement

apache/couchdb#5623 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 12, 2025
health check error when present internal errors Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

apache/couchdb#5622 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2025
Continuous replication jobs missed from _active_tasks after changes_reader_died,{timeout,ibrowse_stream_cleanup} message appears in the log Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5609 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2025
[DISCUSS] Upgrade Snappy to 1.2.2 Open

chore dependencies discussion feature

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apache/couchdb#5568 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2025
Possible nginx documentation error Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

apache/couchdb#5524 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2025
compaction schedule at database level Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

apache/couchdb#5512 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2025
Error during user and/or database creation Open

bug needs-triage

apache/couchdb#5497 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 2, 2025
Mango+Nouveau queries and Indexes don’t behave as expected Open

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apache/couchdb#5483 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2025
Increasing memory usage with debug log level and noisy logs from reduce functions Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5474 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 12, 2025
Default node name has changed between CouchDB 3.3.2 and 3.42 Open

bug needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#5456 · 12 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2025
Allow Nouveau index creation using the erlang query server Open

enhancement needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#5444 · Opened Feb 25, 2025
Extending JWT claims validation to support other claims Open

beginner-friendly enhancement patches-welcome

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apache/couchdb#5418 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 29, 2025
Implement socket activation for couchdb Open

enhancement patches-welcome

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

apache/couchdb#5411 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 22, 2025
Key value doesn't work as json, only as string Open

cant-reproduce

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5396 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2025
Ken does not start background indexation for some databases Open

bug needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#5392 · Opened Jan 9, 2025
Auto-cleanup Nouveau indexes Open

enhancement needs-triage

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apache/couchdb#5354 · Opened Dec 9, 2024
CouchDB dies if log directory is full Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

apache/couchdb#5283 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2024
couch changes deadline Open

enhancement needs-triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apache/couchdb#5224 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 6, 2024
core dump, docker official image, export ERL_FLAGS=" -name couchdb " Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5195 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2024
$in and $or too slow for large database (doesn´t use index) Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5189 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2024
Basic Authentication for `_utils` does not work if `require_valid_user_except_for_up` is set Open

bug needs-triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

apache/couchdb#5186 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 20, 2024
Unix domain socket support Open

enhancement feature patches-welcome

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apache/couchdb#5177 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 15, 2024

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