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Type: New Feature
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Resolution: Duplicate
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Priority: Major - P3
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Affects Version/s: 1.20.4
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Component/s: UI / UX
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Environment:Tested on OSX
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Not Needed
The connect button is enabled even when the connection string is invalid or blank.
Attempting connection with a blank connection string results in a timeout.
Attempting connection with an totally invalid connection string hangs indefinitely.
Attempting connection with a partially invalid connection string results in a timeout.
It is quite common for users to get the connection string from the Atlas console (with placeholders for user/password, paste it into Compass and immediately click connect without changing the placeholders.
mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@paymentsatlasdevelopment-hegpc.mongodb.net/test
Suggest we disable the connect button unless the connection string is valid?