System requirements and configuration
InfinigraphNot available on AuraIntroduced in 2025.12

System requirements

The sharded property database requires the same system requirements as Neo4j 2025.10 and later versions.

Subscription requirements

Property sharding is not included in the standard Neo4j Enterprise Edition and requires an Infinigraph subscription. Contact Neo4j Sales for access.

Configuration settings

To enable the property sharding in your cluster, you must also ensure that the default Cypher version is set to Cypher 25 by adding db.query.default_language=CYPHER_25 parameter to the neo4j.conf file on each server or by prefixing your Cypher queries with CYPHER_25.

Starting from Neo4j 2026.02, the distributed neo4j.conf explicitly sets db.query.default_language=CYPHER_25. As a result, new deployments using the provided configuration file default to Cypher 25 for newly created databases. If you are using an older version of Neo4j, you need to explicitly set the default Cypher version to Cypher 25 when creating the database or by prefixing your Cypher queries with CYPHER_25 to be able to use the sharding features. For details on configuring the Cypher version, see Configure the Cypher default version and Cypher Manual → Select Cypher version.