MongoDB Node.js Driver Fails Authentication While mongosh Connects Successfully
A developer running MongoDB in Docker found Node.js authentication failing with the same credentials that worked in mongosh, eventually tracing the cause to a stale local MongoDB instance also listening on port 27017. The confusing error made a port-conflict issue look like a credentials or SCRAM configuration problem.
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