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Summary

  • serve MCP 2026-07-28 discovery and stateless tools/list / tools/call over HTTP while retaining legacy Streamable HTTP and HTTP+SSE sessions
  • negotiate each configured upstream independently with auto, legacy, or pinned 2026-07-28 modes across HTTP, SSE, stdio, OAuth recovery, retries, replacement, and proxy forwarding
  • keep inbound protocol metadata and credentials out of outbound hops, regenerate v2 metadata per backend, and preserve SDK-free gateway contracts
  • make conformance transport proofs hermetic and run exact-source foundation evidence in an isolated stage

Closes #477
Closes #478

Verification

Tested at f3ea8447957f22ce29ab8209c7b236b146309a9a:

  • pnpm ci:static
  • pnpm test:unit - 350 files, 5,091 tests passed
  • pnpm test:e2e:non-browser - 74 files passed in the aggregate run; the sole worker-startup failure passed 3/3 when rerun in isolation
  • pnpm test:e2e:browser - 2 files, 24 tests passed outside the workspace sandbox
  • pnpm test:conformance - six transport profiles, 116 conformance checks, and the exact-source official/matrix foundation passed
  • pnpm pack - package created with built inbound/outbound artifacts
  • pnpm sea:build; node build/bundled.cjs --version - bundled artifact reported 0.37.0

Native pnpm sea:binary was not verified locally: Node 24's executable lacked the expected NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 sentinel during postject injection, before application startup.

Compatibility Boundary

The modern inbound path advertises only the tools capability implemented here. Complete resource/prompt schema translation, cache/ordering, OAuth brokerage, interactions/MRTR, subscriptions, and Tasks remain intentionally unavailable until their owning MCP 2026 issues land. This PR does not claim deployment or runtime activation.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added modern MCP protocol negotiation with automatic selection and explicit version pinning.
    • Added modern HTTP support for discovery, streaming, tools/list, and tools/call.
    • Added modern client and transport support across HTTP, SSE, and STDIO connections.
    • Added request-scoped cancellation and improved gateway routing.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved OAuth reconnection, client replacement, error handling, cancellation, and connection cleanup.
    • Added stricter HTTP host and origin validation.
  • Documentation
    • Documented protocol version configuration and fallback behavior.

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  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/freshClientRetry.integration.test.ts
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Walkthrough

The change adds modern MCP HTTP support, outbound protocol negotiation, compatibility adapters, STDIO proxy era handling, connection lifecycle updates, and conformance changes. Legacy transports and endpoints remain supported.

Changes

MCP compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Protocol contracts and client lifecycle
src/core/types/*, src/gateway/*, src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/*
Transport configuration, gateway operations, client creation, retry handling, OAuth recovery, and connection replacement now support modern protocol flows.
Modern outbound adapters and transport recreation
src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/*, src/sdk/legacy/transport/transportFactory.ts
Modern and legacy clients use compatibility adapters. Transport factories select protocol-specific implementations and preserve recreation state.
Modern inbound HTTP routes and bridge
src/transport/http/routes/*, src/sdk/legacy/transport/http/*
Modern routes validate requests, dispatch gateway operations through private bridges, stream responses, enforce origin policy, and handle cancellation.
STDIO proxy negotiation
src/sdk/legacy/transport/stdioProxyTransport.ts, src/transport/stdioProxyTransport.test.ts
The proxy classifies protocol evidence, rejects era conflicts, applies negotiated legacy revisions, and performs idempotent cleanup.
Conformance and repository validation
scripts/run-conformance.mjs, test/conformance/*, test/sdk-boundary/*, .gitignore, docs/en/reference/mcp-servers.md
Conformance runs wait for a stable clean worktree. Fixture expectations, artifact digests, boundary rules, documentation, and generated-directory ignores were updated.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2e436

This change adds modern and legacy MCP compatibility, but unresolved lifecycle and OAuth recovery behaviors can leave removed backends active, leak retry connections, or prevent authenticated reconnection. These material compatibility risks should be resolved before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant ModernHttpRoutes
  participant InboundBridge
  participant Gateway
  participant UpstreamTransport
  Client->>ModernHttpRoutes: send modern MCP request
  ModernHttpRoutes->>InboundBridge: create request-private connection
  InboundBridge->>Gateway: connect legacy adapter
  Gateway->>UpstreamTransport: dispatch tools/list or tools/call
  UpstreamTransport-->>Gateway: return upstream result
  Gateway-->>ModernHttpRoutes: return gateway response
  ModernHttpRoutes-->>Client: send MCP response
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A rabbit checks the route,
Modern frames cross bridges bright,
Legacy paths remain,
Tests pin each protocol era,
Clean worktrees greet the dawn.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: serving and negotiating MCP 2026 compatibility while retaining the existing compatibility path.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address both linked issues [#477] and [#478]. They add modern HTTP discovery and tool routes, preserve legacy endpoints, implement per-upstream protocol negotiation, support modern and leg…
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Actionable comments posted: 13

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src/transport/stdioProxyTransport.test.ts (1)

290-299: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pin a legacy session before the authentication error, so the test proves its stated claim.

This test passes because downstreamPin is undefined, so observeUpstreamFrame returns at the first guard. The error code -32_000 is never reached by any classification logic. The realistic case for the "no fallback on authentication failure" requirement is a legacy-pinned session that receives an auth error carrying the recorded initialize id. Send a legacy initialize first and reuse its id in the error response. Then the assertion exercises the !('result' in message) guard, which is the branch that actually keeps the frame neutral.

♻️ Proposed change to exercise the pinned-session branch
     it('keeps authentication errors classification-neutral', async () => {
       proxy = new StdioProxyTransport({ serverUrl: 'http://localhost:3050/mcp' });
       await proxy.start();
+      await proxy['stdioTransport'].onmessage!({
+        jsonrpc: '2.0',
+        method: 'initialize',
+        id: 1,
+        params: { protocolVersion: '2025-11-25', capabilities: {}, clientInfo: { name: 'legacy', version: '1' } },
+      });
       const response = { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 1, error: { code: -32_000, message: 'Unauthorized' } } as const;
 
       await proxy['httpTransport'].onmessage!(response);
 
-      expect(proxy['downstreamPin']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(proxy['downstreamPin']).toEqual({ era: 'legacy', revision: '2025-11-25' });
+      expect(proxy['httpTransport'].setProtocolVersion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(proxy['stdioTransport'].send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(response);
     });
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In `@src/transport/stdioProxyTransport.test.ts` around lines 290 - 299, Update the
test around StdioProxyTransport.start and the httpTransport onmessage handler to
first send a legacy initialize request, capture its id, and use that id in the
authentication error response. Keep the existing downstreamPin and
stdioTransport.send assertions so the test exercises the pinned-session
classification-neutral branch rather than the uninitialized guard.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/en/reference/mcp-servers.md`:
- Line 156: Update the Chinese MCP servers reference page to document the
protocolVersion option with legacy, 2026-07-28, auto, and omission-as-auto
behavior, matching the existing English reference entry.

In `@src/core/client/legacyAdapterRequest.ts`:
- Around line 20-27: Update numericProtocolError to extract own data-property
values from the unknown adapter.request rejection without invoking getters, then
validate the resulting { code, message, data } snapshot with a Zod schema before
constructing OneMcpProtocolError. Replace the current manual
rawCode/messageDescriptor validation while preserving rejection of invalid or
unsafe numeric codes.

In `@src/gateway/adapters/modern/modernInboundEraAdapter.ts`:
- Line 114: Update the modern inbound request handling around the operation
validation and createGatewayRequestEnvelope so the decoded operation or complete
request frame is parsed with the existing Zod validation pattern before envelope
creation. Preserve rejection of unsupported operations while replacing the
manual-only boundary check with schema validation.

In `@src/gateway/contracts/gatewayRequest.ts`:
- Line 27: Replace the manual operation allowlist in the gateway contract with a
shared Zod schema for GatewayOperation, and infer the type from that schema.
Parse or validate input.operation with the schema before constructing the
gateway envelope, using the schema as the single source of truth for allowed
operations.

In `@src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/clientManager.ts`:
- Line 305: Update the session-loss recovery and bulk-load cleanup around the
outbound connection registration logic so a recovered client is not republished
when its name has been removed from the requested snapshot. Add a
reload-generation or requested-name guard before recovery publishes, and dispose
the current entry for names excluded from nextNames; cover concurrent removal
during recovery with a regression test.
- Line 373: Update the OAuthRequiredError handling around connectWithRetry to
close the discarded candidate using error.client and error.transport ??
transport before retaining the healthy client, while preserving the existing
cleanup behavior for the original transport when no replacement transport is
provided.

In `@src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/oauthFlowHandler.ts`:
- Around line 76-78: Update completeOAuthAndReconnect and OAuthFlowHandler so
the validated callback URLSearchParams or issuer value is propagated to modern
transports’ finishAuth call, preserving the authorization code. Ensure legacy
transports continue receiving only the authorization code, and retain validation
before forwarding the callback issuer data.

In `@src/sdk/legacy/transport/stdioProxyTransport.ts`:
- Around line 292-297: Update the response construction in the failing-frame
path of the surrounding transport method to always include an id member: reuse
the validated string or numeric id when available, and send null when id is
undefined, including rejected notifications. Keep the existing
classifyDownstreamFrame handling and error response behavior unchanged.

In `@src/sdk/legacy/transport/transportFactory.ts`:
- Around line 369-373: Update the transport.recreate callback to accept and
forward RecreateTransportOptions through the createSingleTransport flow,
ensuring preserveSessionId reaches createHTTPTransport so streamable HTTP
recreation retains the live session ID when requested.

In `@src/transport/http/middlewares/errorHandler.ts`:
- Around line 9-10: Update errorHandler’s mcp-protocol-version extraction to
validate the HTTP-boundary value with Zod before passing it to
LEGACY_PROTOCOL_REVISIONS.includes. Replace the manual Array.isArray check with
the appropriate Zod schema result, preserving the existing protocol-based
parse-error behavior and treating invalid values as unclaimed.

In `@src/transport/http/routes/modernHttpRoutes.ts`:
- Line 253: Validate the raw Host header with
requestPolicy.allowsHost(req.get('host')) before constructing the web request,
so invalid URL authorities are rejected with the intended 403 rather than
reaching Express error handling. Apply this ordering in both the main route
around webRequest and the rejectUnsupportedTransportMethod flow.
- Line 214: Update the streaming flow around pipeline to catch and suppress
errors when the response is already destroyed, including
ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE from client disconnects; continue propagating
pipeline errors when the response remains active.

In `@test/conformance/foundation/officialClientBridge.mjs`:
- Line 114: Update runFixture so the kind classification occurs only after
stderr has fully closed, ensuring gatewayRejected includes the final marker
before deciding between attempted and fixture-defect. Strengthen the existing
test with a fixture that writes the rejection marker and exits immediately, then
assert it returns the attempted result with code 0.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/transport/stdioProxyTransport.test.ts`:
- Around line 290-299: Update the test around StdioProxyTransport.start and the
httpTransport onmessage handler to first send a legacy initialize request,
capture its id, and use that id in the authentication error response. Keep the
existing downstreamPin and stdioTransport.send assertions so the test exercises
the pinned-session classification-neutral branch rather than the uninitialized
guard.

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  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/connectedClient.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/connectionHandler.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/legacyGatewayClientAdapter.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/legacyOutboundConnection.test.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/legacyOutboundConnection.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/legacyTransport.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/modernSdkClientAdapter.test.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/modernSdkClientAdapter.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/oauthFlowHandler.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/client/runtime/outboundRequestParams.ts
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  • src/sdk/legacy/server/protocol/notificationHandlers.ts
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  • src/sdk/legacy/transport/http/modernInboundLegacyBridge.test.ts
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  • src/sdk/legacy/transport/http/server.originPolicy.test.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/transport/http/server.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/transport/stdioProxyTransport.ts
  • src/sdk/legacy/transport/transportFactory.ts
  • src/transport/http/middlewares/errorHandler.ts
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