From 505d6a08afe221707aa61f4e3a0a589f9c802ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Huang <phillippianist@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:29:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Export InferPojoType to replicate Mongoose 8
 InferRawDocType behavior

---
 test/types/inferrawdoctype.test.ts | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts         |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/types/inferrawdoctype.test.ts b/test/types/inferrawdoctype.test.ts
index c67ae090fa..743bb85be7 100644
--- a/test/types/inferrawdoctype.test.ts
+++ b/test/types/inferrawdoctype.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-import { InferRawDocType, type InferSchemaType, type ResolveTimestamps, type Schema, type Types } from 'mongoose';
-import { expectType, expectError } from 'tsd';
+import { InferRawDocType, type InferPojoType, type ResolveTimestamps, type Schema, type Types } from 'mongoose';
+import { expectType } from 'tsd';
 
+function inferPojoType() {
+  const schemaDefinition = {
+    email: {
+      type: String,
+      trim: true,
+      required: true,
+      unique: true,
+      lowercase: true
+    },
+    password: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true
+    },
+    dateOfBirth: {
+      type: Date,
+      required: true
+    }
+  };
+
+  type UserType = InferPojoType< typeof schemaDefinition>;
+  expectType<{ email: string, password: string, dateOfBirth: Date }>({} as UserType);
+}
 function gh14839() {
   const schemaDefinition = {
     email: {
diff --git a/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts b/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
index 9e54ef3ea0..6c49ccc257 100644
--- a/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
+++ b/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
     ? ObtainSchemaGeneric<TSchema, 'EnforcedDocType'>
     : FlattenMaps<SubdocsToPOJOs<ObtainSchemaGeneric<TSchema, 'DocType'>>>;
 
-  export type InferRawDocType<
+  export type InferPojoType<
     SchemaDefinition,
     TSchemaOptions extends Record<any, any> = DefaultSchemaOptions,
     TTransformOptions = { bufferToBinary: false }
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
       : ObtainRawDocumentPathType<SchemaDefinition[K], TSchemaOptions['typeKey'], TTransformOptions> | null;
   }, TSchemaOptions>>;
 
+  export type InferRawDocType<
+    SchemaDefinition,
+    TSchemaOptions extends Record<any, any> = DefaultSchemaOptions,
+    TTransformOptions = { bufferToBinary: false }
+  > = Require_id<InferPojoType<SchemaDefinition, TSchemaOptions, TTransformOptions>>;
+
   /**
    * @summary Allows users to optionally choose their own type for a schema field for stronger typing.
    * Make sure to check for `any` because `T extends { __rawDocTypeHint: infer U }` will infer `unknown` if T is `any`.

From 95a2be74a9736a97416412d75bed49af2445192e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Huang <phillippianist@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:35:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] actually make the change

---
 types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts b/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
index 6c49ccc257..906e457158 100644
--- a/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
+++ b/types/inferrawdoctype.d.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
     SchemaDefinition,
     TSchemaOptions extends Record<any, any> = DefaultSchemaOptions,
     TTransformOptions = { bufferToBinary: false }
-  > = Require_id<ApplySchemaOptions<{
+  > = ApplySchemaOptions<{
     [
     K in keyof (RequiredPaths<SchemaDefinition, TSchemaOptions['typeKey']> &
     OptionalPaths<SchemaDefinition, TSchemaOptions['typeKey']>)
     ]: IsPathRequired<SchemaDefinition[K], TSchemaOptions['typeKey']> extends true
       ? ObtainRawDocumentPathType<SchemaDefinition[K], TSchemaOptions['typeKey'], TTransformOptions>
       : ObtainRawDocumentPathType<SchemaDefinition[K], TSchemaOptions['typeKey'], TTransformOptions> | null;
-  }, TSchemaOptions>>;
+  }, TSchemaOptions>;
 
   export type InferRawDocType<
     SchemaDefinition,