We are lucky to have a vibrant developer community that includes users that have various levels of experience using the {+driver-short+}. The quickest way to get support for general questions is through the MongoDB Community Forums.
To learn more about our support channels, see :manual:`Technical Support </support/>` in the MongoDB Server documentation.
To report a bug or request a new feature in the {+driver-short+}, open a case in the issue management tool, JIRA, by performing the following steps:
- Visit the MongoDB JIRA issue tracker and register or login. Then, log in to JIRA.
- Navigate to the |JIRA-project-target|.
- Click :guilabel:`Create` to create a ticket. Please provide as much information as possible about the issue or request in the ticket.
Note
Bug reports in the |JIRA-project-code| JIRA project are publicly viewable.
If you identify a security vulnerability in any official MongoDB product, please report it according to the instructions found in the :manual:`Create a Vulnerability Report </tutorial/create-a-vulnerability-report>` page in the MongoDB Server documentation.
We welcome contributions to improve the {+driver-short+}. We guide user contributions to ensure they meet the codebase standards. Please ensure that your pull request includes documentation, tests, and pass the integration and unit tests in the source code repository.
To get started, clone the {+driver-short+} repository and create a feature branch by running the following shell commands:
$ git clone {+driver-repo-gitfile+}
$ cd {+driver-repo-path+}
$ git checkout -b myNewFeatureAfter making any code changes, follow the |test-guideline-target| to ensure your code passes any newly added and existing tests. Then, push your changes to your branch and open a pull request in the |driver-repo-target| on GitHub.