Merge pull request #2034 from modelcontextprotocol/v2/fix/1860-mrtr-results-panel

fix(web): name an empty tool result instead of "No results yet" (#1860)
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@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Each config below is a ready-made server for exercising one feature by hand. Loa
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `mcp-app-http.json` **(legacy era)** | An MCP App (UI resource + app tool) in the Apps tab | [#1859](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1859) |
| `modern-mrtr-http.json` | A single MRTR round-trip | — |
| `mrtr-showcase-http.json` | Every MRTR preset in one server | — |
| `mrtr-showcase-http.json` | Every MRTR preset in one server | [#1860](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1860) |
| `modern-network-http.json` | Network tab: `Mcp-*` headers + error taxonomy | [#1628](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1628) |
| `xmcpheader-modern-http.json` | Tools tab: `x-mcp-header` mirroring and exclusions | [#1632](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1632) |
| `pagination-http.json` | Page-by-page list fetching | [#1721](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1721) |
@ -175,8 +175,21 @@ The Inspector drives MRTR manually (`inputRequired: { autoFulfill: false }`), so
| `mrtr_sample` | Embedded sampling → the Sampling panel |
| `mrtr_roots` | Embedded `roots/list`, auto-answered silently from configured roots (no modal) |
| `mrtr_edge` | An `inputRequests`-only round, then a `requestState`-only round |
| `mrtr_empty` | Completes with an empty result — no `content`, no `structuredContent` |
| `mrtr_loop` | Never completes → trips the `MRTR_MAX_ROUNDS` bound |
Run `mrtr_empty` and answer its single elicitation: the Protocol tab groups the
exchange as an MRTR conversation ending **COMPLETE**, and the Results panel says
**"Empty result — The tool call completed successfully and returned no content."**
On the broken build that same result rendered as **"No results yet"**, the panel's
pre-run placeholder ([#1860](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1860)) —
so a call the user had just watched succeed read as a call that never ran. An
empty `content` array with no `structuredContent` is a legal `CallToolResult`,
and the panel only ever mounts once a result exists, so the placeholder wording
could not be true there. (The neighbouring half of the same gap — a result whose
payload lives only in `structuredContent` — was closed by
[#1908](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector/issues/1908).)
> The legacy `collect_elicitation` preset calls `server.elicitInput`, which errors on the 2026-07-28 leg — server→client requests aren't allowed there. MRTR is the modern replacement.
#### Network tab — standardized headers and error taxonomy

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@ -35,11 +35,20 @@ describe("ToolResultPanel", () => {
expect(screen.getByText("boom")).toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("renders the empty state when content is empty", () => {
// #1860: this panel only mounts once a result exists, so an empty result must
// read as "the call completed and returned nothing" — never as the pre-run
// "No results yet" placeholder, which denies a call the user watched succeed.
it("names the outcome when a completed result has no content", () => {
renderWithMantine(
<ToolResultPanel result={emptyResult} onClear={() => {}} />,
);
expect(screen.getByText("No results yet")).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(screen.getByText("Empty result")).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(
screen.getByText(
"The tool call completed successfully and returned no content.",
),
).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(screen.queryByText("No results yet")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("groups resource_link blocks in a scrollable Resource Links box", async () => {
@ -141,7 +150,7 @@ describe("ToolResultPanel", () => {
onClear={() => {}}
/>,
);
expect(screen.queryByText("No results yet")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
expect(screen.queryByText("Empty result")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
expect(
screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Structured Output" }),
).toBeInTheDocument();

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@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
Paper,
ScrollArea,
Stack,
Text,
Title,
} from "@mantine/core";
import type {
@ -176,6 +175,16 @@ const ErrorAlert = Alert.withProps({
title: "Tool Error",
});
// A completed call whose result renders nothing. `content: []` with no
// `structuredContent` is a legal CallToolResult, and this panel is only mounted
// once a result exists — so saying "no results yet" here would deny a call the
// user just watched succeed (#1860). Name the outcome instead.
const EmptyResultAlert = Alert.withProps({
color: "gray",
variant: "light",
title: "Empty result",
});
function ResourceLinksGroup({
links,
onReadResource,
@ -277,7 +286,9 @@ export function ToolResultPanel({
</ResultScroll>
) : result.content.length === 0 && !structuredNode ? (
<ResultScroll>
<Text c="dimmed">No results yet</Text>
<EmptyResultAlert>
The tool call completed successfully and returned no content.
</EmptyResultAlert>
</ResultScroll>
) : hasLinks ? (
<FillStack>

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@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
createMrtrSamplingTool,
createMrtrLoopTool,
createMrtrEdgeCaseTool,
loadConfig,
resolveConfig,
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-test-server";
import type { ServerConfig } from "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector-test-server";
import type {
@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ import type {
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/client";
import { LOG_LEVEL_META_KEY } from "@modelcontextprotocol/client";
import type { MessageEntry } from "@inspector/core/mcp/types.js";
import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
// clients/web/src/test/integration/mcp → repo root is six levels up. Derived
// from the module URL rather than `process.cwd()` so the showcase config
// resolves the same however vitest is invoked.
const repoRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../".repeat(6));
/**
* Live coverage of the modern (2026-07-28) connection path (#1700). The bundled
@ -389,6 +398,45 @@ describe("modern-era negotiation (2026-07-28)", () => {
expect(Object.keys(retry2.inputResponses ?? {})).toHaveLength(0);
});
// #1860. Drives the reproduction the README documents, through the SAME
// artifacts a human would use — the showcase config file, resolved through the
// preset registry — so the config entry, the `mrtr_empty` registry branch, and
// the handler are all covered rather than just the fixture factory. The
// assertion is that a completed MRTR call really does hand back an empty
// `CallToolResult`: that is the input the Tools panel has to render as
// "completed, returned nothing" instead of its pre-run placeholder.
it("completes an MRTR sequence with an empty result (mrtr_empty, via the showcase config)", async () => {
const config = loadConfig(
join(repoRoot, "test-servers/configs/mrtr-showcase-http.json"),
);
expect(config.tools).toContainEqual({ preset: "mrtr_empty" });
const started = createTestServerHttp(resolveConfig(config));
await started.start();
server = started;
const connected = await connectWithEra(started.url, "modern");
let pausedAtPendingUi = false;
connected.addEventListener("newPendingElicitation", (event) => {
pausedAtPendingUi = true;
void event.detail.respond({
action: "accept",
content: { ack: true },
});
});
const { tools } = await connected.listTools();
const tool = tools.find((t) => t.name === "mrtr_empty");
expect(tool).toBeDefined();
const result = await connected.callTool(tool!, {});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(pausedAtPendingUi).toBe(true);
expect(result.result!.content).toEqual([]);
expect(result.result!.structuredContent).toBeUndefined();
expect(result.result!.isError).toBeFalsy();
});
it("cancels an in-flight MRTR call while its embedded request is pending", async () => {
const started = await startMrtrServer(createMrtrTool());
const connected = await connectWithEra(started.url, "modern");

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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
{ "preset": "mrtr_sample" },
{ "preset": "mrtr_roots" },
{ "preset": "mrtr_edge" },
{ "preset": "mrtr_empty" },
{ "preset": "mrtr_loop" }
],
"transport": {

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@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
createMrtrSamplingTool,
createMrtrLoopTool,
createMrtrEdgeCaseTool,
createMrtrEmptyResultTool,
createCollectUrlElicitationTool,
createUrlElicitationFormTool,
createSendNotificationTool,
@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ function resolveToolPreset(
return createMrtrLoopTool();
case "mrtr_edge":
return createMrtrEdgeCaseTool();
case "mrtr_empty":
return createMrtrEmptyResultTool();
case "collect_url_elicitation":
return createCollectUrlElicitationTool();
case "url_elicitation_form":

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@ -755,6 +755,50 @@ export function createMrtrEdgeCaseTool(): ToolDefinition {
};
}
/**
* An MRTR tool whose FINAL (complete) result carries an empty `content` array
* and no `structuredContent` — a legal `CallToolResult` that renders nothing.
*
* This is the shape behind #1860: the sequence completes (the Protocol tab shows
* the conversation COMPLETE), a real result is stored, and the Results panel had
* no way to say so — it fell through to the same "No results yet" placeholder it
* shows before anything has run, so a successful call read as a call that never
* happened. Kept as an MRTR tool rather than a plain one because the multi-round
* case is where the ambiguity actually misleads: the user has answered prompts
* and watched rounds complete, so "no results yet" is flatly contradicted by
* what they just did.
*/
export function createMrtrEmptyResultTool(): ToolDefinition {
return {
name: "mrtr_empty",
description:
"MRTR tool that completes with an empty result (no content, no structuredContent).",
inputSchema: {},
handler: async (
_params: Record<string, unknown>,
_context?: TestServerContext,
extra?: HandlerExtra,
) => {
if (extra?.inputResponses?.ack === undefined) {
return inputRequired({
inputRequests: {
ack: inputRequired.elicit({
message: "Acknowledge to finish (the result will be empty)",
requestedSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: { ack: { type: "boolean", title: "Acknowledge" } },
required: ["ack"],
},
}),
},
requestState: `mrtr-empty:${++mrtrMintCount}`,
});
}
return { content: [] } satisfies CallToolResult;
},
};
}
/**
* Create a "url_elicitation_form" tool that spins up a simple HTTP server on a dynamic
* port with a form page, sends that URL via URL elicitation, and on form submit collects