MCP 2025-06-18 removed JSON-RPC batching and requires the MCP-Protocol-Version header over HTTP
- One JSON-RPC message per POST body.
- After initialization, send
MCP-Protocol-Version: <negotiated version>(e.g.2025-11-25) on every HTTP request. - If the server returned
MCP-Session-Id, include it too (2025-x revisions; removed in 2026-07-28). A 404 for a session ID means start a new session.
Symptom
A client sends an array of JSON-RPC requests in one POST (allowed in 2025-03-26), or omits protocol-version headers after initialization; 2025-06-18+ servers reject it, often with 400 Bad Request.
Cause
Revision 2025-06-18: "Remove support for JSON-RPC batching" (PR #416) and "Require negotiated protocol version to be specified via MCP-Protocol-Version header in subsequent requests when using HTTP" (PR #548). Per the transport spec, a server receiving an invalid or unsupported MCP-Protocol-Version MUST respond 400 Bad Request; without the header and no other way to know, it SHOULD assume 2025-03-26.
Verify
Server logs show no 400s after initialize; requests carry the header.
Sources
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