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MCP 2026-07-28 is stateless: no initialize handshake, no Mcp-Session-Id; servers must implement server/discover

mcpmcp-spec@2026-07-28#mcp#protocol-version#sessions#breaking-change
Fix

Upgrade 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).

Symptom

Code 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.

Cause

Current protocol revision is 2026-07-28. Changes (SEP-2567, SEP-2575):

  • initialize / notifications/initialized removed. Each request carries io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion and io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities in _meta; mismatch returns UnsupportedProtocolVersionError (code -32022).
  • server/discover is mandatory for servers (versions, capabilities, identity).
  • Protocol-level sessions and the Mcp-Session-Id header are removed; use server-minted handles passed as tool arguments for cross-call state.
  • HTTP GET endpoint and resources/subscribe replaced by subscriptions/listen.
  • ping, logging/setLevel, notifications/roots/list_changed removed.
  • SSE resumability (Last-Event-ID, event IDs) removed: re-issue a broken request with a new ID.
  • Results require resultType (complete / input_required); treat missing as complete.
  • Resource-not-found error code changed -32002 -> -32602.
  • POSTs require Mcp-Method / Mcp-Name headers.

Verify

server/discover returns your supported versions; requests without initialize succeed.

Sources

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