Error when using v1.7.x Java driver with Neo4j 4.x

Drivers & Stacks
1

Trying to connect our existing app using v1.7.5 java driver to neo4j-4.x server but keep getting

Caused by: org.neo4j.driver.v1.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException: Connection to the database terminated. This can happen due to network instabilities, or due to restarts of the database
	at org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.Futures.blockingGet(Futures.java:123)
	at org.neo4j.driver.internal.DriverFactory.verifyConnectivity(DriverFactory.java:349)
	at org.neo4j.driver.internal.DriverFactory.newInstance(DriverFactory.java:95)
	at org.neo4j.driver.v1.GraphDatabase.driver(GraphDatabase.java:141)
	at org.neo4j.driver.v1.GraphDatabase.driver(GraphDatabase.java:124)

Does v1.7.5 suppose to work with neo4j 4.x?

2

Please use Java Driver 4.0 for Neo4j 4.x.
Driver 1.7 is compatible with 3.5, 3.4 and 3.3 servers.
Driver 4.0 is compatible with 4.0, 3.5 servers.
https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-java-driver/wiki

3

You can absolutely use a 1.x Driver with a 4.x server. This is fully supported.

But bear in mind a couple of caveats if you do:

  • You will be working in 3.x fallback mode, so 4.x functionality (e.g. multidatabase) won't be available.
  • The default encryption settings have changed, so you will need to set encrypted=False in this combination (Neo4j 4.x no longer ships with a self-signed certificate)
3 Likes