title: MongoDB Bson Document depth
body: <p>In MongoDB 3.4 Documentation its mentioned that</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>MongoDB supports no more than 100 levels of nesting for BSON documents</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But i was able to insert documents with more than 100 levels, so is my understanding of document nesting is wrong? what I am missing here could anyone please point out?
  below are the two stored document:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>db.check.find()</p>
    
    <p>{ "_id" : ObjectId("598da4250de4a665225f2741"), "k1" : { "k2" : { "k3"
    : { "k4" : { "k5" : { "k6" : { "k7" : { "k8" : { "k9" : { "k10" : {
    "k11" : { "k12" : { "k13" : { "k14" : { "k15" : { "k16" : { "k17" : {
    "k18" : { "k19" : { "k20" : { " k21" : { "k22" : { "k23" : { "k24" : {
    "k25" : { "k26" : { "k27" : { "k28" : { "k29" : { "k30" : { "k31" : {
    "k32" : { " k33" : { "k34" : { "k35" : { "k36" : { "k37" : { "k38" : {
    "k39" : { "k40" : { "k41" : { "k42" : { "k43" : { "k44" : { " k45" : {
    "k46" : { "k47" : { "k48" : { "k49" : { "k50" : { "k51" : { "k52" : {
    "k53" : { "k54" : { "k55" : { "k56" : { " k57" : { "k58" : { "k59" : {
    "k60" : { "k61" : { "k62" : { "k63" : { "k64" : { "k65" : { "k66" : {
    "k67" : { "k68" : { " k69" : { "k70" : { "k71" : { "k72" : { "k73" : {
    "k74" : { "k75" : { "k76" : { "k77" : { "k78" : { "k79" : { "k80" : {
    " k81" : { "k82" : { "k83" : { "k84" : { "k85" : { "k86" : { "k87" : {
    "k88" : { "k89" : { "k90" : { "k91" : { "k92" : { " k93" : { "k94" : {
    "k95" : { "k96" : { "k97" : { "k98" : { "k99" : { "k100" : { "k101" :
    "hi" } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }
    } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }
    } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }</p>
    
    <p>{ "_id" : ObjectId("598da502d662e277bf7971b0"), "k1" : { "k2" : { "k3"
    : { "k4" : { "k5" : { "k6" : { "k7" : { "k8" : { "k9" : { "k10" : {
    "k11" : { "k12" : { "k13" : { "k14" : { "k15" : { "k16" : { "k17" : {
    "k18" : { "k19" : { "k20" : { " k21" : { "k22" : { "k23" : { "k24" : {
    "k25" : { "k26" : { "k27" : { "k28" : { "k29" : { "k30" : { "k31" : {
    "k32" : { " k33" : { "k34" : { "k35" : { "k36" : { "k37" : { "k38" : {
    "k39" : { "k40" : { "k41" : { "k42" : { "k43" : { "k44" : { " k45" : {
    "k46" : { "k47" : { "k48" : { "k49" : { "k50" : { "k51" : { "k52" : {
    "k53" : { "k54" : { "k55" : { "k56" : { " k57" : { "k58" : { "k59" : {
    "k60" : { "k61" : { "k62" : { "k63" : { "k64" : { "k65" : { "k66" : {
    "k67" : { "k68" : { " k69" : { "k70" : { "k71" : { "k72" : { "k73" : {
    "k74" : { "k75" : { "k76" : { "k77" : { "k78" : { "k79" : { "k80" : {
    " k81" : { "k82" : { "k83" : { "k84" : { "k85" : { "k86" : { "k87" : {
    "k88" : { "k89" : { "k90" : { "k91" : { "k92" : { " k93" : { "k94" : {
    "k95" : { "k96" : { "k97" : { "k98" : { "k99" : { "k100" : { "k101" :
    { "k102" : "hi2" } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }
    } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }
    } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }
    } } } } }
    ></p>
  </blockquote>