Populate with spaces get evaluated Cannot populate path `` because it is not in your schema. Set the strictPopulate option to false to override.

[vkarpov15]

Discussed in #13939

^{Originally posted by masterbater October 5, 2023}
Cannot populate path `` because it is not in your schema. Set the strictPopulate option to false to override.
If you put two spaces between populate I got the error above

 const readings = await Gwapo.find(conditions)
    .populate(
      "user  testgwapo",
      "fname lname isActive height abbrev "
    )

"mongoose": "^6.12.0",

[IslandRhythms]

Happens on latest as well. Just need to add new in front of the ObjectId creation.

const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const testSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  user: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
  address: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId
});

const Test = mongoose.model('Test', testSchema);

async function run() {
  await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017');
  await mongoose.connection.dropDatabase();
  await Test.create({
    user: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(),
    address: mongoose.Types.ObjectId()
  })

  await Test.find().populate("user  address");
  console.log('done');
}

run();