diff --git a/ampel/alert/AmpelAlert.py b/ampel/alert/AmpelAlert.py
index ee19b1d3..76f88da4 100755
--- a/ampel/alert/AmpelAlert.py
+++ b/ampel/alert/AmpelAlert.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	'is': operator.is_,
 	'is not': operator.is_not,
 	'contains': operator.contains,
-	'exists': None, # type: ignore
+	'exists': None, # type: ignore[dict-item]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ampel/base/AlternativeAmpelBaseModel.py b/ampel/base/AlternativeAmpelBaseModel.py
index 8db4c901..01fab1bc 100755
--- a/ampel/base/AlternativeAmpelBaseModel.py
+++ b/ampel/base/AlternativeAmpelBaseModel.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
 		Combines annotations & default values of this class with the one defined in sub-classes.
 		Has similarities with the newly introduced typing.get_type_hints() function.
 		"""
-		super().__init_subclass__(*args, **kwargs) # type: ignore
+		super().__init_subclass__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 		joined_ann = {
 			k: v for k, v in cls._annots.items()
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
 							continue
 						joined_defaults[k] = base.__dict__[k]
 					# if None |  with no default
-					elif get_origin(v) in (Union, UnionType) and NoneType in get_args(v) and k not in joined_defaults: # type: ignore[misc]
+					elif get_origin(v) in (Union, UnionType) and NoneType in get_args(v) and k not in joined_defaults:
 						joined_defaults[k] = None
 					elif k in cls._slot_defaults:
 						joined_defaults[k] = cls._slot_defaults[k]
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def _has_nested_model(cls, annot: type) -> bool:
 		if cls._debug > 1:
 			print("Checking " + str(annot).replace('collections.abc.', '') + " for nested models")
 
-		if isinstance(annot, _GenericAlias) and hasattr(annot, 'mro') and issubclass(get_origin(annot), Secret): # type: ignore
+		if isinstance(annot, _GenericAlias) and hasattr(annot, 'mro') and issubclass(get_origin(annot), Secret):
 			return True
 
 		for i, el in enumerate(get_args(annot)):
diff --git a/ampel/base/AmpelABC.py b/ampel/base/AmpelABC.py
index b67f0a8a..08587b36 100644
--- a/ampel/base/AmpelABC.py
+++ b/ampel/base/AmpelABC.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, abstract: bool = False, **kwargs) -> None:
 		omits to call to the super method.
 		"""
 
-		# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/5887
-		super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs) # type: ignore
+		super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
 
 		# If class name contains '[', it is parameterization of a subclass of
 		# (AmpelBaseModel, Generic), and not a true subclass. Skip it.
diff --git a/ampel/base/AmpelUnit.py b/ampel/base/AmpelUnit.py
index d1c32edd..cbf50223 100644
--- a/ampel/base/AmpelUnit.py
+++ b/ampel/base/AmpelUnit.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
 		Combines annotations & default values of this class with the one defined in sub-classes.
 		Has similarities with the newly introduced typing.get_type_hints() function.
 		"""
-		super().__init_subclass__(*args, **kwargs) # type: ignore
+		super().__init_subclass__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 		joined_ann = {
 			k: v for k, v in cls._annots.items()
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def __init_subclass__(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
 						else:
 							joined_defaults[k] = base.__dict__[k]
 					# if None |  with no default
-					elif get_origin(v) in (Union, UnionType) and NoneType in get_args(v) and k not in joined_defaults: # type: ignore[misc]
+					elif get_origin(v) in (Union, UnionType) and NoneType in get_args(v) and k not in joined_defaults:
 						joined_defaults[k] = None
 					elif k in cls._slot_defaults:
 						joined_defaults[k] = cls._slot_defaults[k]
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def _create_model(cls, omit_traceless: bool = False) -> type[BaseModel]:
 
 		defs = cls._defaults
 		if hasattr(cls, 'model_fields'):
-			cls.model_fields.clear() # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+			cls.model_fields.clear()
 
 		if omit_traceless:
 			ttf = type(Traceless)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def _create_model(cls, omit_traceless: bool = False) -> type[BaseModel]:
 		return create_model(
 			cls.__name__,
 			__base__ = AmpelBaseModel,
-			**kwargs # type: ignore
+			**kwargs # type: ignore[call-overload]
 		)
 
 
diff --git a/ampel/base/AuxUnitRegister.py b/ampel/base/AuxUnitRegister.py
index 2d5c41c0..5574b996 100755
--- a/ampel/base/AuxUnitRegister.py
+++ b/ampel/base/AuxUnitRegister.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Last Modified By:    valery brinnel <firstname.lastname@gmail.com>
 
 from importlib import import_module
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, overload  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, overload
 
 from ampel.base.AmpelUnit import AmpelUnit
 from ampel.config.AmpelConfig import AmpelConfig
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ def new_unit(cls, model: UnitModel, *, sub_type: None | type[T] = None, **kwargs
 
 		if model.config:
 			if isinstance(model.config, dict):
-				return Klass(**(model.config | kwargs)) # type: ignore[call-arg]
+				return Klass(**(model.config | kwargs))
 			raise ValueError("Auxiliary units cannot use config aliases")
 
-		unit = Klass(**kwargs) # type: ignore[call-arg]
+		unit = Klass(**kwargs)
 		if hasattr(unit, "post_init"):
-			unit.post_init() # type: ignore[union-attr]
+			unit.post_init()
 
 		return unit
 
diff --git a/ampel/base/LogicalUnit.py b/ampel/base/LogicalUnit.py
index 7aed1c3b..1f4595ec 100755
--- a/ampel/base/LogicalUnit.py
+++ b/ampel/base/LogicalUnit.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LogicalUnit(AmpelUnit):
 
 	@classmethod
 	def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs) -> None:
-		super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs) # type: ignore
+		super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
 		cls.require = tuple(
 			set(getattr(cls, "require", None) or []) | {
 				el for base in cls.__bases__
diff --git a/ampel/cli/AmpelArgumentParser.py b/ampel/cli/AmpelArgumentParser.py
index dc4482cd..33de0f6e 100755
--- a/ampel/cli/AmpelArgumentParser.py
+++ b/ampel/cli/AmpelArgumentParser.py
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ def __init__(self, ampel_op: None | str = None, **kwargs) -> None:
 		optional_group._group_actions = []
 
 		# Capitalize title
-		optional_group.title = optional_group.title.capitalize() # type: ignore
+		if optional_group.title:
+			optional_group.title = optional_group.title.capitalize()
 
 		# Add required argument group (first pos)
 		self.groups["required"] = self.add_argument_group('Required arguments')
diff --git a/ampel/cli/config.py b/ampel/cli/config.py
index bfe11870..78b00357 100644
--- a/ampel/cli/config.py
+++ b/ampel/cli/config.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from os import environ, makedirs, path
 
-from appdirs import user_data_dir  # type: ignore[import]
+from platformdirs import user_data_dir
 
 
 def get_user_data_config_path() -> str:
diff --git a/ampel/config/AmpelConfig.py b/ampel/config/AmpelConfig.py
index f4b10de3..7d7c7196 100755
--- a/ampel/config/AmpelConfig.py
+++ b/ampel/config/AmpelConfig.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def get(self, entry: str | int | Sequence[str | int], ret_type: type[JT], *, rai
 		""" config.get('logging', dict, raise_exc=True) """
 
 
-	def get(self, # type: ignore[misc]
+	def get(self,
 		entry: None | str | int | Sequence[str | int] = None,
 		ret_type: None | type[JT] = None,
 		*, raise_exc: bool = False
diff --git a/ampel/util/hash.py b/ampel/util/hash.py
index 6f857a6e..f633d5fc 100755
--- a/ampel/util/hash.py
+++ b/ampel/util/hash.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Last Modified Date:  12.07.2022
 # Last Modified By:    valery brinnel <firstname.lastname@gmail.com>
 
-import json  # type: ignore[import]
+import json
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 import xxhash
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def hash_payload(payload: bytes, ret: type[HT] = int, size: int = -64) -> HT: #
 	x = getattr(xxhash, f'xxh{abs(size)}_{xxfunc[ret]}')(payload)
 
 	# Convert unsigned to signed int if passed 'size' parameter is negative
-	if size < 0 and ret == int and x & (1 << (-size-1)): # type: ignore[operator]
+	if size < 0 and ret == int and x & (1 << (-size-1)):
 		x = x - 2**-size
 
 	return x
diff --git a/ampel/util/mappings.py b/ampel/util/mappings.py
index 4c5fcd4c..76144a09 100755
--- a/ampel/util/mappings.py
+++ b/ampel/util/mappings.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def set_by_path(
 	:returns: False if the key was successfully set, True otherwise
 	"""
 	if isinstance(path, str):
-		path = path.split(delimiter) # type: ignore
+		path = path.split(delimiter)
 	l = len(path) - 1
 	for i, k in enumerate(path):
 		if k not in d:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def del_by_path(d: dict, path: str | Sequence[str], delimiter: str = '.') -> boo
 	""" :returns: False if the key was successfully deleted, True otherwise """
 
 	if isinstance(path, str):
-		path = path.split(delimiter) # type: ignore
+		path = path.split(delimiter)
 	l = len(path) - 1
 	for i, k in enumerate(path):
 		if k not in d:
diff --git a/ampel/util/tag.py b/ampel/util/tag.py
index b9ba5a86..b58d9159 100644
--- a/ampel/util/tag.py
+++ b/ampel/util/tag.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def merge_tags(
 	if arg1 is None:
 		if arg2 is None:
 			return None
-		return merge_tags(arg2, arg1, reduce) # type: ignore # no idea, no time
+		return merge_tags(arg2, arg1, reduce) # type: ignore[call-overload] # no idea, no time
 
 	if isinstance(arg1, str | int):
 		if isinstance(arg2, str | int):
diff --git a/ampel/view/ReadOnlyDict.py b/ampel/view/ReadOnlyDict.py
index e24ed176..148b138e 100755
--- a/ampel/view/ReadOnlyDict.py
+++ b/ampel/view/ReadOnlyDict.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ def __readonly__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 	__setitem__ = __readonly__
 	__delitem__ = __readonly__
-	pop = __readonly__ # type: ignore
+	pop = __readonly__ # type: ignore[assignment]
 	popitem = __readonly__
 	clear = __readonly__
-	update = __readonly__ # type: ignore
-	setdefault = __readonly__ # type: ignore
+	update = __readonly__ # type: ignore[assignment]
+	setdefault = __readonly__ # type: ignore[assignment]
 
 	del __readonly__
 
diff --git a/ampel/view/SnapView.py b/ampel/view/SnapView.py
index c2d9098a..7467bcc2 100755
--- a/ampel/view/SnapView.py
+++ b/ampel/view/SnapView.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def get_t2_ntuple(self,
 		"""
 
 		for t2v in self.get_t2_views(unit):
-			if (x := t2v.get_ntuple( # type: ignore
+			if (x := t2v.get_ntuple( # type: ignore[call-overload]
 				key, rtype, no_none = no_none, require_all_keys = require_all_keys, code = code
 			)):
 				return x
diff --git a/ampel/view/T2DocView.py b/ampel/view/T2DocView.py
index e518dbd3..3f01f5fc 100755
--- a/ampel/view/T2DocView.py
+++ b/ampel/view/T2DocView.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def get_ntuple(self,
 				for k in key
 			)
 
-			return None if (no_none and None in t) else t # type: ignore[return-value]
+			return None if (no_none and None in t) else t
 
 		return None
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3f9ef199..565aad43 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ tomli = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_full_version <= \"3.1
 [package.extras]
 toml = ["tomli"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dnspython"
+version = "2.6.1"
+description = "DNS toolkit"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "dnspython-2.6.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5ef3b9680161f6fa89daf8ad451b5f1a33b18ae8a1c6778cdf4b43f08c0a6e50"},
+    {file = "dnspython-2.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e8f0f9c23a7b7cb99ded64e6c3a6f3e701d78f50c55e002b839dea7225cff7cc"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["black (>=23.1.0)", "coverage (>=7.0)", "flake8 (>=7)", "mypy (>=1.8)", "pylint (>=3)", "pytest (>=7.4)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1.0)", "sphinx (>=7.2.0)", "twine (>=4.0.0)", "wheel (>=0.42.0)"]
+dnssec = ["cryptography (>=41)"]
+doh = ["h2 (>=4.1.0)", "httpcore (>=1.0.0)", "httpx (>=0.26.0)"]
+doq = ["aioquic (>=0.9.25)"]
+idna = ["idna (>=3.6)"]
+trio = ["trio (>=0.23)"]
+wmi = ["wmi (>=1.5.1)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -183,6 +203,22 @@ files = [
     {file = "packaging-24.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:eb82c5e3e56209074766e6885bb04b8c38a0c015d0a30036ebe7ece34c9989e9"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "4.2.2"
+description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-4.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2d7a1657e36a80ea911db832a8a6ece5ee53d8de21edd5cc5879af6530b1bfee"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-4.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:38b7b51f512eed9e84a22788b4bce1de17c0adb134d6becb09836e37d8654cd3"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo (>=2023.9.10)", "proselint (>=0.13)", "sphinx (>=7.2.6)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.25.2)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.12)"]
+type = ["mypy (>=1.8)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -308,6 +344,87 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.6.0,<4.7.0 || >4.7.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pymongo"
+version = "4.7.3"
+description = "Python driver for MongoDB <http://www.mongodb.org>"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
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+    {file = "pymongo-4.7.3-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:517243b2b189c98004570dd8fc0e89b1a48363d5578b3b99212fa2098b2ea4b8"},
+    {file = "pymongo-4.7.3-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:23b1e9dabd61da1c7deb54d888f952f030e9e35046cebe89309b28223345b3d9"},
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+
+[package.dependencies]
+dnspython = ">=1.16.0,<3.0.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+aws = ["pymongo-auth-aws (>=1.1.0,<2.0.0)"]
+encryption = ["certifi", "pymongo-auth-aws (>=1.1.0,<2.0.0)", "pymongocrypt (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)"]
+gssapi = ["pykerberos", "winkerberos (>=0.5.0)"]
+ocsp = ["certifi", "cryptography (>=2.5)", "pyopenssl (>=17.2.0)", "requests (<3.0.0)", "service-identity (>=18.1.0)"]
+snappy = ["python-snappy"]
+test = ["pytest (>=7)"]
+zstd = ["zstandard"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
 version = "8.2.1"
@@ -716,4 +833,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "485ecf34e3aff31a8f9c49d54e8bddc68f0c062cdee5f1920e60e633da801366"
+content-hash = "1a7443b73f837845576d3ad4e6ebc91f9fa0e95e6d9aa1bbf940f05e1c881194"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc5c7740..3ee1c709 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ampel-interface"
-version = "0.10.1.post0"
+version = "0.10.2a0"
 description = "Base classes for the Ampel analysis platform"
 authors = ["Valery Brinnel"]
 maintainers = ["Jakob van Santen <jakob.van.santen@desy.de>"]
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pydantic = "^2.7"
 xxhash = "^3.0.0"
 PyYAML = "^6.0.0"
 ujson = "^5.1.0"
+platformdirs = "^4.2.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.2.1"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ types-setuptools = "^65.3.0"
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest-mock = "^3.12.0"
 ruff = "^0.4.0"
+pymongo = "^4.7.3"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "setuptools>=40.8.0"]
@@ -52,12 +54,17 @@ namespace_packages = true
 show_error_codes = true
 check_untyped_defs = true
 disallow_untyped_calls = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+enable_error_code = "ignore-without-code"
 plugins = [
     "pydantic.mypy"
 ]
 packages = [
     "ampel"
 ]
+exclude = [
+    "ampel/base/AlternativeAmpelBaseModel.py"
+]
 
 [tool.pydantic-mypy]
 init_typed = true
@@ -66,10 +73,6 @@ init_typed = true
 module = "ampel.abstract.*"
 disable_error_code = "empty-body"
 
-[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = "bson.*"
-ignore_missing_imports = true
-
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py310"
 exclude = [