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Resources: subscriptions/listen model on modern servers (era fork) (#1630) (#1730)

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Fork resource subscriptions by protocol era: legacy keeps resources/subscribe; modern (2026-07-28) models subscriptions as a filter over one long-lived subscriptions/listen stream with reconnect-by-re-listen (capped backoff), an optimistic Connecting→Listening header badge, and a fix so the browser proxy no longer blocks listen() ~60s. Closes #1630.
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@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ A streamable-HTTP server can also serve the **modern (2026-07-28) protocol era**
`test-servers/configs/logging-legacy-http.json` and `test-servers/configs/logging-modern-http.json` are the **logging era-fork showcase** (#1629). Both serve `logging: true` plus a `send_notification` tool that emits a `notifications/message` at a chosen level; the legacy one is a plain streamable-HTTP server (`logging/setLevel` era) and the modern one sets `transport.modern: true`. Connect to the legacy server and open the **Logs** tab to get the session-scoped **Set Active Level** selector + **Set** button; calling `send_notification` streams the log into the panel. Connect to the modern one with **Protocol Era = Modern** and the same tab instead shows the **Log Level per Request** control — pick a level to opt in and the client stamps `_meta["io.modelcontextprotocol/logLevel"]` on every subsequent request (verify in the Network tab's request body); calling `send_notification` then streams the log into the panel over the request's SSE response. Set the control back to **Off** and the same call is silently gated — the request omits the `logLevel` key, so the log never arrives. That gating is faithful to the spec ("a server MUST NOT emit `notifications/message` for a request that didn't opt in") because `send_notification` emits through the SDK's request-scoped, threshold-aware `extra.log` (`ctx.mcpReq.log`): on the modern leg it reads the per-request `logLevel` opt-in from the request envelope and drops the message when the client didn't opt in or the level is below the requested severity; on legacy it honors the session level from `logging/setLevel`. Because it emits through the request's `notify`, the modern response upgrades to SSE and the log rides the originating request's stream.
`test-servers/configs/subscriptions-legacy-http.json` and `test-servers/configs/subscriptions-modern-http.json` are the **resource-subscription era-fork showcase** (#1630). Both serve three `numbered_resources` with `subscriptions: true`; the legacy one also serves an `update_resource` tool, and the modern one sets `transport.modern: true`. Connect to the **legacy** server, open a resource in the **Resources** tab and click **Subscribe** — the client sends `resources/subscribe` (Network/Protocol view) and the Subscriptions section lists the URI with no stream chrome; call `update_resource` with that URI and the server updates the content and emits `notifications/resources/updated`, stamping the subscribed tile's last-updated time. Connect to the **modern** server with **Protocol Era = Modern** and the same Subscribe instead sends **`subscriptions/listen`** (its filter carries `resourceSubscriptions` + the `resourcesListChanged` opt-in) and resolves on `notifications/subscriptions/acknowledged`; the Subscriptions section then shows the stream-status badge (`Connecting…` → `Listening`) in its header, and if the long-lived stream drops it reconnects by re-listing. The modern config deliberately **omits** `update_resource`: the SDK's modern leg is stateless/per-request (`createMcpHandler(() => createMcpServer(config))`), so the tool would run against a throwaway server instance — the content change wouldn't persist for the next `resources/read`, and its `resources/updated` wouldn't reach the (separate) listen stream — which is more confusing than useful. The live update-notification round-trip is therefore demonstrated on the legacy (stateful-session) server; the modern server is for the subscribe/listen/badge behavior. (The Inspector's *receive* path is era-transparent, so a real stateful modern server that routes `resources/updated` onto the listen stream drives the subscribed tile the same way.)
## Building
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