From 99731e98dd60e533f4c23a9dc34cf48dad1b8a88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny Avila <danny@librechat.ai>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 14:05:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: revert connectDb function to original pattern

---
 api/db/connect.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/db/connect.js b/api/db/connect.js
index 355e1df6b8..e88ffa51ed 100644
--- a/api/db/connect.js
+++ b/api/db/connect.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+const MONGO_URI = process.env.MONGO_URI;
 
-if (!process.env.MONGO_URI) {
+if (!MONGO_URI) {
   throw new Error('Please define the MONGO_URI environment variable');
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ if (!cached) {
   cached = global.mongoose = { conn: null, promise: null };
 }
 
-async function connectDb(mongoUri = process.env.MONGO_URI) {
+async function connectDb() {
   if (cached.conn && cached.conn?._readyState === 1) {
     return cached.conn;
   }
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ async function connectDb(mongoUri = process.env.MONGO_URI) {
     };
 
     mongoose.set('strictQuery', true);
-    cached.promise = mongoose.connect(mongoUri, opts).then((mongoose) => {
+    cached.promise = mongoose.connect(MONGO_URI, opts).then((mongoose) => {
       return mongoose;
     });
   }