From d429b0bf649542feda66f5bc7d3f146fba40d61f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:54:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix _meta properties to use JsonObject (#1341)

Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: stephentoub <2642209+stephentoub@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Protocol/Root.cs         | 4 ++--
 tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Protocol/RootTests.cs | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Protocol/Root.cs b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Protocol/Root.cs
index 465d998..0a86aaf 100644
--- a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Protocol/Root.cs
+++ b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Protocol/Root.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ public sealed class Root
     /// This is reserved by the protocol for future use.
     /// </remarks>
     [JsonPropertyName("_meta")]
-    public JsonElement? Meta { get; set; }
+    public JsonObject? Meta { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Protocol/RootTests.cs b/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Protocol/RootTests.cs
index 8f5bbe6..1ffe13f 100644
--- a/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Protocol/RootTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Protocol/RootTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 
 namespace ModelContextProtocol.Tests.Protocol;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ public static class RootTests
         {
             Uri = "file:///home/user/project",
             Name = "My Project",
-            Meta = JsonDocument.Parse("""{"custom":"data"}""").RootElement.Clone()
+            Meta = new JsonObject { ["custom"] = "data" }
         };
 
         string json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(original, McpJsonUtilities.DefaultOptions);
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public static class RootTests
         Assert.Equal("file:///home/user/project", deserialized.Uri);
         Assert.Equal("My Project", deserialized.Name);
         Assert.NotNull(deserialized.Meta);
-        Assert.Equal("data", deserialized.Meta.Value.GetProperty("custom").GetString());
+        Assert.Equal("data", (string?)deserialized.Meta["custom"]);
     }
 
     [Fact]