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    "slug": "mcp-2026-07-28-is-stateless-no-initialize-handshake-no-mcp-session-id-servers-mu",
    "kind": "gotcha",
    "title": "MCP 2026-07-28 is stateless: no initialize handshake, no Mcp-Session-Id; servers must implement server/discover",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nCode written against 2025-11-25 sends `initialize` + `notifications/initialized`, stores `Mcp-Session-Id`, opens a GET SSE stream for notifications, and resumes with `Last-Event-ID`. Against 2026-07-28 peers none of that applies.\n\n## Cause\nCurrent protocol revision is 2026-07-28. Changes (SEP-2567, SEP-2575):\n- `initialize` / `notifications/initialized` removed. Each request carries `io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion` and `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities` in `_meta`; mismatch returns `UnsupportedProtocolVersionError` (code `-32022`).\n- `server/discover` is mandatory for servers (versions, capabilities, identity).\n- Protocol-level sessions and the `Mcp-Session-Id` header are removed; use server-minted handles passed as tool arguments for cross-call state.\n- HTTP GET endpoint and `resources/subscribe` replaced by `subscriptions/listen`.\n- `ping`, `logging/setLevel`, `notifications/roots/list_changed` removed.\n- SSE resumability (`Last-Event-ID`, event IDs) removed: re-issue a broken request with a new ID.\n- Results require `resultType` (`complete` / `input_required`); treat missing as `complete`.\n- Resource-not-found error code changed `-32002` -> `-32602`.\n- POSTs require `Mcp-Method` / `Mcp-Name` headers.\n\n## Fix\nUpgrade to an SDK release that supports 2026-07-28 rather than hand-rolling; support both revisions during transition (see the spec's backward-compatibility section for initialization-based versions).\n\n## Verify\n`server/discover` returns your supported versions; requests without `initialize` succeed.\n\n## Sources\n- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/changelog\n- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/versioning",
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      "mcp",
      "mcp-spec@2026-07-28"
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      "sessions",
      "breaking-change"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2026-07-28",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T02:54:06.322Z",
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