feat(web): red border on a server card whose connection attempt failed (#1621)

Flags the server whose last connection attempt failed with a red card
border, cleared when another server is connected or a new connection is
attempted — a persistent, at-a-glance companion to the failure toast and
the auto-opened monitoring column.

- App tracks `failedServerId`: set in onToggleConnection's non-auth
  handshake catch, cleared at the start of any new connect attempt. It is
  deliberately kept out of resetSessionScopedUiState, since the failure's
  own `disconnect` event would otherwise clear it the same tick (that same
  event clears `activeServer`, which is why the flag is tracked separately).
- New `errored` Card theme variant (red border via a new
  `--inspector-error-border` token), mirroring the `highlighted` green
  border. Precedence: disabled (dimmed) > errored > highlighted.
- Plumbed `erroredServerId` through InspectorView → ServerListScreen →
  ServerCard (`errored` prop).

Full `npm run ci` passes (validate + coverage + smoke + storybook).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BrihGWcrM9JGRyu41nzZYw

clients/web/src/components/groups/ServerCard/ServerCard.stories.tsx

@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ export const Failed: Story = {
   },
 };
 
+// The red border flagging a server whose last connection attempt failed
+// (#1621). The status settles back to "disconnected" (the failure clears the
+// active session), but the border persists until another server is
+// connected/attempted.
+export const ErroredBorder: Story = {
+  args: {
+    id: "3d2c1b0a-9f8e-4d6c-8b7a-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
+    name: "My MCP Server",
+    config: stdioConfig,
+    info: { name: "My MCP Server", version: "1.2.0" },
+    connection: disconnected,
+    errored: true,
+  },
+};
+
 export const LongServerName: Story = {
   args: {
     id: "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4789-9abc-def012345678",

clients/web/src/components/groups/ServerCard/ServerCard.test.tsx

@@ -363,4 +363,56 @@ describe("ServerCard", () => {
       expect(onClearHighlight).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("connection-failed border (#1621)", () => {
+    it("draws the red errored-variant border when errored", () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerCard {...baseProps} connection={disconnected} errored />,
+      );
+      expect(
+        container.querySelector('[data-variant="errored"]'),
+      ).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("does not draw the errored border when not errored", () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerCard {...baseProps} connection={disconnected} />,
+      );
+      expect(container.querySelector('[data-variant="errored"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("prefers the dimmed (disabled) variant over the errored border", () => {
+      // A dimmed card (another server active) is inert; that wins over the
+      // error border so the card can't look interactive.
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerCard
+          {...baseProps}
+          connection={disconnected}
+          activeServer="other"
+          errored
+        />,
+      );
+      expect(
+        container.querySelector('[data-variant="disabled"]'),
+      ).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(container.querySelector('[data-variant="errored"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("prefers the errored border over the freshly-added highlight", () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerCard
+          {...baseProps}
+          connection={disconnected}
+          errored
+          highlighted
+        />,
+      );
+      expect(
+        container.querySelector('[data-variant="errored"]'),
+      ).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(
+        container.querySelector('[data-variant="highlighted"]'),
+      ).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });

clients/web/src/components/groups/ServerCard/ServerCard.tsx

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ export interface ServerCardProps extends ServerEntry {
    * eye. Cleared by `onClearHighlight` on any click on the card.
    */
   highlighted?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * When true, this server's last connection attempt failed: the card draws a
+   * red border to flag it (#1621). The parent clears this when another server
+   * is connected or a new connection is attempted.
+   */
+  errored?: boolean;
   /**
    * Whether a highlighted card scrolls itself into view. When several cards are
    * highlighted at once (a batch import) only the first should scroll, so the
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ export function ServerCard({
   writable = true,
   dragHandle,
   highlighted = false,
+  errored = false,
   scrollOnHighlight = true,
   onClearHighlight,
 }: ServerCardProps) {
@@ -155,12 +162,15 @@ export function ServerCard({
     connection.status === "connected" ? connection.protocolVersion : undefined;
 
   // A dimmed card (another server is active) is inert, so the disabled variant
-  // wins; otherwise a freshly-added card draws the highlighted green border.
+  // wins; otherwise a failed-connection card draws the red error border, then a
+  // freshly-added card draws the highlighted green border.
   const variant = isDimmed
     ? "disabled"
-    : highlighted
-      ? "highlighted"
-      : undefined;
+    : errored
+      ? "errored"
+      : highlighted
+        ? "highlighted"
+        : undefined;
 
   return (
     <Card

clients/web/src/components/screens/ServerListScreen/ServerListScreen.test.tsx

@@ -136,6 +136,27 @@ describe("ServerListScreen", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("connection-failed border (#1621)", () => {
+    it("draws the red errored border only on the failed server's card", () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerListScreen {...baseProps} erroredServerId="beta" />,
+      );
+      const errored = container.querySelectorAll('[data-variant="errored"]');
+      expect(errored).toHaveLength(1);
+      // The errored card is Beta's — its name is within the flagged card.
+      expect(errored[0]).toHaveTextContent("Beta");
+    });
+
+    it("draws no errored border when erroredServerId is unset", () => {
+      const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+        <ServerListScreen {...baseProps} />,
+      );
+      expect(
+        container.querySelectorAll('[data-variant="errored"]'),
+      ).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("freshly-added highlight", () => {
     it("draws a green highlight border on every highlighted server", () => {
       const { container } = renderWithMantine(

clients/web/src/components/screens/ServerListScreen/ServerListScreen.tsx

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export interface ServerListScreenProps {
   writable?: boolean;
   /** Id of the server the wiring layer treats as active (drives card dimming). */
   activeServer?: string;
+  /**
+   * Id of the server whose last connection attempt failed (#1621). Its card
+   * draws a red border until another server is connected or attempted.
+   */
+  erroredServerId?: string;
   onAddManually: () => void;
   onImportConfig: () => void;
   onImportServerJson: () => void;
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ export function ServerListScreen({
   servers,
   writable = true,
   activeServer,
+  erroredServerId,
   onAddManually,
   onImportConfig,
   onImportServerJson,
@@ -138,6 +144,7 @@ export function ServerListScreen({
     onClone,
     onRemove,
     highlighted: highlightedServerIds?.includes(server.id) ?? false,
+    errored: server.id === erroredServerId,
     scrollOnHighlight: server.id === firstHighlightedId,
     onClearHighlight: onClearHighlight
       ? () => onClearHighlight(server.id)

clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx

@@ -347,6 +347,13 @@ export interface InspectorViewProps {
 
   // Connection state — driven by the parent via `useInspectorClient`.
   activeServer?: string;
+  /**
+   * Id of the server whose last connection attempt failed (#1621). Its card in
+   * the Servers screen draws a red border until another server is connected or
+   * a new connection is attempted. Independent of `activeServer`, which the
+   * parent clears on the failure's `disconnect` event.
+   */
+  erroredServerId?: string;
   connectionStatus: ConnectionStatus;
   initializeResult?: InitializeResult;
   latencyMs?: number;
@@ -524,6 +531,7 @@ export function InspectorView({
   servers: serversInput,
   serverListWritable = true,
   activeServer,
+  erroredServerId,
   connectionStatus,
   initializeResult,
   latencyMs,
@@ -1062,6 +1070,7 @@ export function InspectorView({
                 servers={servers}
                 writable={serverListWritable}
                 activeServer={dimCardsAgainst}
+                erroredServerId={erroredServerId}
                 onAddManually={onServerAdd}
                 onImportConfig={onServerImportConfig}
                 onImportServerJson={onServerImportJson}