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feat(servers): hot-reload server list on external mcp.json edits (#1345) (#1357)
* feat(servers): hot-reload server list on external mcp.json edits (#1345)

Watch ~/.mcp-inspector/mcp.json from the backend and push a change event
on a new /api/servers/events SSE channel. The web client subscribes via
fetch + ReadableStream (so the existing bearer-auth contract is
preserved — EventSource can't send custom headers) and re-fetches on
each event. The watcher is lazy: it starts on the first SSE subscriber
and stops when the last one disconnects, so tests that never open the
channel don't spin up a real fs watcher. Self-fires from the backend's
own POST/PUT/DELETE are suppressed by capturing the post-write mtime and
comparing it on each watcher event.

Chokidar is used for cross-platform editor-save semantics (temp-file +
rename produces unlink+add sequences that bare fs.watch handles poorly
on macOS/Linux); awaitWriteFinish coalesces those into a single event.

createRemoteApp now returns a close() to release the watcher, which the
standalone server and the vite dev plugin chain into their existing
close paths.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(servers): address PR review on hot-reload (#1357)

- writeMcpAndTrackMtime now stat()s the file before writing; if the
  mtime differs from the last value we recorded, an external editor
  slipped in between our writes and chokidar would coalesce both into
  one event whose mtime matches our own write — broadcast directly so
  peer subscribers learn about the external edit (review finding 1, 5).
- Split useServers.refresh into a public refresh() (loading toggle) and
  an internal refreshInternal(background) the SSE handler calls; the
  list now stays visible during background refreshes instead of
  flashing skeleton state on every external mcp.json edit (finding 2).
- Coalesce multiple \n\n frames landing in one decode chunk to a single
  refresh call so back-to-back broadcasts don't race two concurrent
  GETs whose setState order is unspecified (finding 3).
- Clarify createRemoteApp's close() docblock about in-flight SSE stream
  callbacks (finding 7).
- Add integration coverage for PUT/DELETE self-suppression and for the
  external-edit-between-backend-writes broadcast (finding 6).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(servers): address pass-2 review on hot-reload (#1357)

- Clarify writeMcpAndTrackMtime comment so a future reader can't
  mistake the broadcast for a content-preservation guarantee: the
  external edit's content may already have been read-around and
  overwritten depending on the interleave with readMcpConfig.
- Drop the no-op GET in the PUT/DELETE self-suppression tests. The
  pre-stat branch is short-circuited by `lastWrittenMtimeMs === null`
  with or without it; matches the POST test's structure.
- Add explicit no-flicker regression test: tracks every `loading`
  value across renders during an SSE-driven refresh and asserts none
  flipped back to true. Catches a future regression that reaches for
  setLoading(true) in the background path even under React batching.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-25 11:30:05 -04:00
.claude Add new components, typography, badge contrast, and screen layout refactors 2026-03-28 20:38:04 -04:00
.github/workflows ci(storybook): wire test:storybook into CI (#1251) (#1297) 2026-05-10 15:58:15 -04:00
clients/web feat(servers): hot-reload server list on external mcp.json edits (#1345) (#1357) 2026-05-25 11:30:05 -04:00
core feat(servers): hot-reload server list on external mcp.json edits (#1345) (#1357) 2026-05-25 11:30:05 -04:00
specification feat(servers): persist per-server settings to mcp.json (#1352) (#1353) 2026-05-24 19:23:26 -04:00
test-servers test: run v1.5-ported integration tests under node-env vitest project (#1307) (#1312) 2026-05-16 15:15:17 -04:00
.gitignore feat(servers): persist per-server settings to mcp.json (#1352) (#1353) 2026-05-24 19:23:26 -04:00
AGENTS.md Port v1.5 web dev backend (vite-hono-plugin + remote-server bootstrap) (#1321) 2026-05-18 19:22:14 -04:00
CLAUDE.md feat: Add Mantine theme, 12 atom components, and 25 molecule components with Storybook stories 2026-03-17 10:23:56 -04:00
package-lock.json feat(apps): add isAppTool helper in core (#1260) (#1272) 2026-05-01 17:03:11 -04:00
package.json ci(storybook): wire test:storybook into CI (#1251) (#1297) 2026-05-10 15:58:15 -04:00