Pin the MCP conformance tester package (#1176)

.github/workflows/ci-build-test.yml

@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: 📦 Install dependencies for tests
       run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory
 
-    - name: 📦 Install dependencies for tests
+    # Keep version in sync with McpConformanceVersion in Directory.Packages.props
-      run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/conformance
+    - name: 📦 Install conformance test runner
+      run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/conformance@0.1.10
 
     - name: 🏗️ Build
       run: make build CONFIGURATION=${{ matrix.configuration }}

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <System9Version>9.0.11</System9Version>
     <System10Version>10.0.2</System10Version>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>10.2.0</MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>
+    <!-- Pin the conformance tester Node package version for CI stability.
+         Keep in sync npm install step at ci-build-test.yml -->
+    <McpConformanceVersion>0.1.10</McpConformanceVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Product dependencies shared -->

tests/ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore.Tests/ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore.Tests.csproj

@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.AsyncEnumerable" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute">
+      <_Parameter1>McpConformanceVersion</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(McpConformanceVersion)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\samples\TestServerWithHosting\TestServerWithHosting.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ModelContextProtocol.Core\ModelContextProtocol.Core.csproj" />

tests/ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore.Tests/ServerConformanceTests.cs

@@ -115,9 +115,21 @@ public class ServerConformanceTests : IAsyncLifetime
         _serverTask = Task.Run(() => ConformanceServer.Program.MainAsync(["--urls", _serverUrl], new XunitLoggerProvider(_output), cancellationToken: _serverCts.Token));
     }
 
+    private static string GetConformanceVersion()
+    {
+        var assembly = typeof(ServerConformanceTests).Assembly;
+        var attribute = assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute), false)
+            .Cast<System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute>()
+            .FirstOrDefault(a => a.Key == "McpConformanceVersion");
+        return attribute?.Value ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("McpConformanceVersion not found in assembly metadata");
+    }
+
     private async Task<(bool Success, string Output, string Error)> RunNpxConformanceTests()
     {
-        var startInfo = NodeHelpers.NpxStartInfo($"-y @modelcontextprotocol/conformance server --url {_serverUrl}");
+        // Version is configured in Directory.Packages.props for central management
+        var version = GetConformanceVersion();
+
+        var startInfo = NodeHelpers.NpxStartInfo($"-y @modelcontextprotocol/conformance@{version} server --url {_serverUrl}");
 
         var outputBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         var errorBuilder = new StringBuilder();

tests/ModelContextProtocol.ConformanceServer/Program.cs

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class Program
 
         app.MapMcp();
 
-        app.MapGet("/health", () => TypedResults.Ok("Healthy"));
+        app.MapGet("/health", () => "Healthy");
 
         await app.RunAsync(cancellationToken);
     }