fix(sep-2243): collapse check IDs to one-per-requirement (#287)

The sep-2243 scenario check IDs drifted from the requirement-traceability
yaml in #259 — the code emitted one ID per test case while the yaml
declares one per normative requirement, so the IDs no longer matched.

Rename the emitted IDs so a check ID maps to a single MUST/SHOULD and is
emitted once per case (the per-case detail moves to name/description),
matching the repo's existing 'same id, vary status/message' convention:

- mcp-method-header-* / mcp-name-header-*  -> client-includes-standard-headers
- reject-invalid-tool-* / keep-valid-tool  -> client-reject-invalid-tool
- server-accepts-{lower,upper}case-name    -> header-name-case-insensitive
- server reject status checks (mismatch/missing/case x method/name)
                                            -> server-reject-invalid-headers
- their error-code variants                 -> server-reject-error-code

Merge the yaml's server-reject-mismatch + server-reject-status into one
server-reject-invalid-headers MUST (HTTP 400 on a header-validation
failure); keep server-reject-error-code as the SHOULD. Base64/custom-header
rejection checks keep their own param-validation IDs (out of scope here).

Gates and the whitespace-acceptance check keep their scenario-matching
names. No behavior change — only check IDs, descriptions, and the yaml.
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5 changed files with 48 additions and 23 deletions

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@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ export class HttpInvalidToolHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
// Check that valid_tool WAS called — proves client kept valid tools
const validToolCalled = this.calledTools.has('valid_tool');
this.checks.push({
id: 'sep-2243-keep-valid-tool',
id: 'sep-2243-client-reject-invalid-tool',
name: 'ClientKeepsValidTool',
description: 'Client MUST keep valid tools while excluding invalid ones',
status: validToolCalled ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILURE',
@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ export class HttpInvalidToolHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
for (const toolName of invalidTools) {
const called = this.calledTools.has(toolName);
this.checks.push({
id: `sep-2243-reject-invalid-tool-${toolName.replace(/_/g, '-')}`,
id: 'sep-2243-client-reject-invalid-tool',
name: `ClientRejectsInvalidTool_${toolName}`,
description: `Client MUST NOT call tool '${toolName}' with invalid x-mcp-header`,
status: called ? 'FAILURE' : 'SUCCESS',

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@ -31,14 +31,19 @@ describe('HttpStandardHeadersScenario (SEP-2243) — negative', () => {
});
}
it('FAILs sep-2243-mcp-method-header-initialize when Mcp-Method is missing', async () => {
// The coarse check id is emitted once per method/name case, so we narrow to
// the initialize Mcp-Method emission via its (case-specific) name.
const COARSE_ID = 'sep-2243-client-includes-standard-headers';
const INIT_METHOD_NAME = 'ClientMcpMethodHeader_initialize';
it('FAILs the initialize Mcp-Method emission when Mcp-Method is missing', async () => {
const scenario = new HttpStandardHeadersScenario();
const { serverUrl } = await scenario.start();
try {
await postInitialize(serverUrl, {}); // no Mcp-Method header
const checks = scenario.getChecks();
const check = checks.find(
(c) => c.id === 'sep-2243-mcp-method-header-initialize'
(c) => c.id === COARSE_ID && c.name === INIT_METHOD_NAME
);
expect(check?.status).toBe('FAILURE');
} finally {
@ -46,14 +51,14 @@ describe('HttpStandardHeadersScenario (SEP-2243) — negative', () => {
}
});
it('SUCCEEDs sep-2243-mcp-method-header-initialize when Mcp-Method matches', async () => {
it('SUCCEEDs the initialize Mcp-Method emission when Mcp-Method matches', async () => {
const scenario = new HttpStandardHeadersScenario();
const { serverUrl } = await scenario.start();
try {
await postInitialize(serverUrl, { 'Mcp-Method': 'initialize' });
const checks = scenario.getChecks();
const check = checks.find(
(c) => c.id === 'sep-2243-mcp-method-header-initialize'
(c) => c.id === COARSE_ID && c.name === INIT_METHOD_NAME
);
expect(check?.status).toBe('SUCCESS');
} finally {

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@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class HttpStandardHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
for (const method of expectedMethods) {
if (!this.methodHeaderChecks.has(method)) {
result.push({
id: `sep-2243-mcp-method-header-${method.replace(/\//g, '-')}`,
id: 'sep-2243-client-includes-standard-headers',
name: `ClientMcpMethodHeader_${method.replace(/\//g, '_')}`,
description: `Client sends correct Mcp-Method header on ${method} request`,
status: 'SKIPPED',
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class HttpStandardHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
for (const method of expectedNameMethods) {
if (!this.nameHeaderChecks.has(method)) {
result.push({
id: `sep-2243-mcp-name-header-${method.replace(/\//g, '-')}`,
id: 'sep-2243-client-includes-standard-headers',
name: `ClientMcpNameHeader_${method.replace(/\//g, '_')}`,
description: `Client sends correct Mcp-Name header on ${method} request`,
status: 'SKIPPED',
@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class HttpStandardHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
this.methodHeaderChecks.set(method, errors.length === 0);
this.checks.push({
id: `sep-2243-mcp-method-header-${method.replace(/\//g, '-')}`,
id: 'sep-2243-client-includes-standard-headers',
name: `ClientMcpMethodHeader_${method.replace(/\//g, '_')}`,
description: `Client sends correct Mcp-Method header on ${method} request`,
status: errors.length === 0 ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILURE',
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class HttpStandardHeadersScenario extends BaseHttpScenario {
this.nameHeaderChecks.set(method, errors.length === 0);
this.checks.push({
id: `sep-2243-mcp-name-header-${method.replace(/\//g, '-')}`,
id: 'sep-2243-client-includes-standard-headers',
name: `ClientMcpNameHeader_${method.replace(/\//g, '_')}`,
description: `Client sends correct Mcp-Name header on ${method} request`,
status: errors.length === 0 ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILURE',

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@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ const SPEC_REFERENCE_CUSTOM = {
const HEADER_MISMATCH_ERROR_CODE = -32001;
// Coarse, requirement-level check IDs (SEP-2243) for STANDARD-header
// rejections. Every standard-header rejection case emits this same pair of IDs;
// the per-case name/description carry the detail of which case was exercised,
// matching the repo's "same id, vary status/message" convention. (Custom-header
// /Base64 rejections map to different requirements and keep their own IDs.)
const REJECT_STATUS_CHECK_ID = 'sep-2243-server-reject-invalid-headers';
const REJECT_ERROR_CODE_CHECK_ID = 'sep-2243-server-reject-error-code';
/**
* Helper to send a raw HTTP POST request with custom headers.
* Uses Node.js http.request to preserve exact header casing and values,
@ -119,9 +127,16 @@ async function sendRawRequest(
* but -32001 is SHOULD for *standard* headers (and MUST for *custom* headers,
* §Server Behavior for Custom Headers) — so a server returning 400 with a
* different error code is compliant for standard headers and must not FAIL.
*
* The two emitted check IDs are supplied explicitly by the caller: standard-
* header callers pass the coarse REJECT_STATUS_CHECK_ID/REJECT_ERROR_CODE_CHECK_ID
* so all standard-header cases collapse onto one requirement, while custom-header
* /Base64 callers pass their own per-case ids. The per-case `name`/`description`
* distinguish which rejection case was exercised.
*/
function createRejectionChecks(
id: string,
statusId: string,
errorCodeId: string,
name: string,
description: string,
response: { status: number; body: any },
@ -141,7 +156,7 @@ function createRejectionChecks(
return [
{
id,
id: statusId,
name,
description,
status: statusOk ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILURE',
@ -153,7 +168,7 @@ function createRejectionChecks(
details: fullDetails
},
{
id: `${id}-error-code`,
id: errorCodeId,
name: `${name}ErrorCode`,
description: `${description} — uses JSON-RPC error code -32001 (HeaderMismatch)`,
status: codeOk ? 'SUCCESS' : opts.errorCodeSeverity,
@ -397,7 +412,7 @@ export class HttpHeaderValidationScenario implements ClientScenario {
baseHeaders,
nextId,
'accept',
'sep-2243-server-accepts-lowercase-header-name',
'sep-2243-header-name-case-insensitive',
'ServerAcceptsLowercaseHeaderName',
'Server MUST accept lowercase header name (mcp-method)',
{ jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 0, method: 'tools/list' },
@ -412,7 +427,7 @@ export class HttpHeaderValidationScenario implements ClientScenario {
baseHeaders,
nextId,
'accept',
'sep-2243-server-accepts-uppercase-header-name',
'sep-2243-header-name-case-insensitive',
'ServerAcceptsUppercaseHeaderName',
'Server MUST accept uppercase header name (MCP-METHOD)',
{ jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 0, method: 'tools/list' },
@ -471,10 +486,13 @@ export class HttpHeaderValidationScenario implements ClientScenario {
...extraHeaders
});
if (expectation === 'reject') {
// Standard-header rejection: 400 is MUST, -32001 is SHOULD.
// Standard-header rejection: 400 is MUST, -32001 is SHOULD. All
// standard-header rejection cases collapse onto the coarse requirement
// ids; checkId/checkName still distinguish the case via name/details.
checks.push(
...createRejectionChecks(
checkId,
REJECT_STATUS_CHECK_ID,
REJECT_ERROR_CODE_CHECK_ID,
checkName,
description,
response,
@ -840,10 +858,12 @@ export class HttpCustomHeaderServerValidationScenario implements ClientScenario
);
} else {
// Custom-header rejection: both 400 and -32001 are MUST per
// §Server Behavior for Custom Headers.
// §Server Behavior for Custom Headers. These map to param-validation
// requirements, so they keep their per-case ids (status + -error-code).
checks.push(
...createRejectionChecks(
checkId,
`${checkId}-error-code`,
checkName,
description,
response,
@ -899,10 +919,12 @@ export class HttpCustomHeaderServerValidationScenario implements ClientScenario
}
);
// Custom-header rejection: both 400 and -32001 are MUST.
// Custom-header rejection: both 400 and -32001 are MUST. Keeps its own
// per-case ids (status + -error-code).
checks.push(
...createRejectionChecks(
'sep-2243-server-rejects-missing-custom-header',
'sep-2243-server-rejects-missing-custom-header-error-code',
'ServerRejectsMissingCustomHeader',
'Server MUST reject request where custom header is omitted but value is present in body',
response,

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@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ requirements:
text: 'The client MUST include the standard MCP request headers on each POST request. These headers are REQUIRED for compliance.'
- check: sep-2243-header-name-case-insensitive
text: 'Clients and servers MUST use case-insensitive comparisons for header names.'
- check: sep-2243-server-reject-mismatch
text: 'Servers that process the request body MUST reject requests where the values specified in the headers do not match the corresponding values in the request body.'
- check: sep-2243-server-reject-status
text: 'When rejecting a request due to header validation failure, servers MUST return HTTP status 400 Bad Request.'
- check: sep-2243-server-reject-invalid-headers
text: 'Servers that process the request body MUST reject requests with mismatched or missing standard-header values, returning HTTP 400 Bad Request.'
- check: sep-2243-server-reject-error-code
text: 'When rejecting a request due to header validation failure, servers SHOULD include a JSON-RPC error response using error code -32001.'
- check: sep-2243-client-supports-custom-headers