How to Fix ‘Query was already executed’ in Mongoose

Apr 21, 2022

Mongoose throws a ‘Query was already executed’ error when a given query is executed twice.
The most common explanation for this is you’re mixing await and callbacks.

await Model.updateMany({}, { $inc: { count: 1 } }, function(err) {  });

Or:

Model.updateMany({}, { $inc: { count: 1 } }, function(err) {  }).then(() => { ... });

The solution is to skip passing a callback.
You don’t need callbacks in Mongoose, because Mongoose supports promises and async/await.

await Model.updateMany({}, { $inc: { count: 1 } });

Model.updateMany({}, { $inc: { count: 1 } }).then(() => { ... });

But I want to execute a query twice twice

If you’re absolutely sure you want to execute the exact same query twice, you can use clone()

let query = Model.findOne();

await query;


await query;


await query.clone();

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