Fix: Return CallToolResult with isError for tool errors to conform with MCP spec (#354)

Update server-side tool error handling to return `CallToolResult` with
`isError: true` instead of throwing protocol-level exceptions,
conforming with MCP specification

## Motivation and Context
[The MCP specification
states](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/schema#calltoolresult):
> Any errors that originate from the tool SHOULD be reported inside the
result object, with isError set to true, not as an MCP protocol-level
error response. Otherwise, the LLM would not be able
  to see that an error occurred and self-correct.

This PR updates the kotlin sdk to match this behavior

## How Has This Been Tested?
All tests pass successfully with the new behavior

## Breaking Changes
None

## Types of changes
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to change)
- [ ] Documentation update

## Checklist
- [x] I have read the [MCP
Documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)
- [x] My code follows the repository's style guidelines
- [x] New and existing tests pass locally
- [x] I have added appropriate error handling
- [x] I have added or updated documentation as needed

## Additional context

The TypeScript SDK was recently updated
[#1044](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/pull/1044)
to conform with the MCP specification regarding tool error handling.
That’s why we got exceptions in the integration tests
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Pavel Gorgulov 2025-10-30 12:19:23 +01:00 • committed by GitHub
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4 changed files with 95 additions and 77 deletions

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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.ReadResourceRequest
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.ReadResourceResult
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.Resource
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.ServerCapabilities
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.TextContent
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.Tool
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.ToolAnnotations
import io.modelcontextprotocol.kotlin.sdk.shared.ProtocolOptions
@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import kotlinx.collections.immutable.minus
import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentListOf
import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentMapOf
import kotlinx.collections.immutable.toPersistentSet
import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@ -515,13 +517,30 @@ public open class Server(
private suspend fun handleCallTool(request: CallToolRequest): CallToolResult {
logger.debug { "Handling tool call request for tool: ${request.name}" }
// Check if tool exists
val tool = _tools.value[request.name]
?: run {
logger.error { "Tool not found: ${request.name}" }
throw IllegalArgumentException("Tool not found: ${request.name}")
return CallToolResult(
content = listOf(TextContent(text = "Tool ${request.name} not found")),
isError = true,
)
}
logger.trace { "Executing tool ${request.name} with input: ${request.arguments}" }
return tool.handler(request)
// Execute tool handler and catch any errors
return try {
logger.trace { "Executing tool ${request.name} with input: ${request.arguments}" }
tool.handler(request)
} catch (e: CancellationException) {
throw e
} catch (e: Exception) {
logger.error(e) { "Error executing tool ${request.name}" }
CallToolResult(
content = listOf(TextContent(text = "Error executing tool ${request.name}: ${e.message}")),
isError = true,
)
}
}
private suspend fun handleListPrompts(): ListPromptsResult {

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@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonArray
import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonObject
import kotlinx.serialization.json.put
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
import java.text.DecimalFormat
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols
import java.util.Locale
@ -527,16 +526,18 @@ abstract class AbstractToolIntegrationTest : KotlinTestBase() {
"message" to "My exception message",
)
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
runBlocking {
client.callTool(errorToolName, exceptionArgs)
}
}
val exceptionResult = client.callTool(errorToolName, exceptionArgs) as CallToolResultBase
val msg = exception.message ?: ""
val expectedMessage = "JSONRPCError(code=InternalError, message=My exception message, data={})"
assertTrue(exceptionResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for exception")
assertEquals(expectedMessage, msg, "Unexpected error message for exception")
val exceptionContent = exceptionResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(exceptionContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val exceptionText = exceptionContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
exceptionText.contains("Error executing tool") && exceptionText.contains("My exception message"),
"Error message should contain the exception details",
)
}
@Test
@ -770,15 +771,21 @@ abstract class AbstractToolIntegrationTest : KotlinTestBase() {
val nonExistentToolName = "non-existent-tool"
val arguments = mapOf("text" to "Test")
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
runBlocking {
client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
}
val result = runBlocking {
client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
}
val msg = exception.message ?: ""
val expectedMessage = "JSONRPCError(code=InternalError, message=Tool not found: non-existent-tool, data={})"
assertNotNull(result, "Tool call result should not be null")
val callResult = result as CallToolResult
assertTrue(callResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for non-existent tool")
assertEquals(expectedMessage, msg, "Unexpected error message for non-existent tool")
val textContent = callResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(textContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val errorText = textContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
errorText.contains("non-existent-tool") && errorText.contains("not found"),
"Error message should indicate the tool was not found",
)
}
}

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@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout
import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
import kotlin.test.assertEquals
import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
@ -74,16 +73,19 @@ class KotlinClientTsServerEdgeCasesTestSse : TsTestBase() {
val nonExistentToolName = "non-existent-tool"
val arguments = mapOf("name" to "TestUser")
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
}
val result = client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
assertNotNull(result, "Tool call result should not be null")
val expectedMessage =
"JSONRPCError(code=InvalidParams, message=MCP error -32602: Tool non-existent-tool not found, data={})"
assertEquals(
expectedMessage,
exception.message,
"Unexpected error message for non-existent tool",
val callResult = result as CallToolResult
assertTrue(callResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for non-existent tool")
val textContent = callResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(textContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val errorText = textContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
errorText.contains("non-existent-tool") && errorText.contains("not found"),
"Error message should indicate the tool was not found",
)
}
}
@ -176,26 +178,20 @@ class KotlinClientTsServerEdgeCasesTestSse : TsTestBase() {
"name" to JsonObject(mapOf("nested" to JsonPrimitive("value"))),
)
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
client.callTool("greet", invalidArguments)
}
val result = client.callTool("greet", invalidArguments)
assertNotNull(result, "Tool call result should not be null")
val msg = exception.message ?: ""
val expectedMessage = """
JSONRPCError(code=InvalidParams, message=MCP error -32602: Invalid arguments for tool greet: [
{
"code": "invalid_type",
"expected": "string",
"received": "object",
"path": [
"name"
],
"message": "Expected string, received object"
}
], data={})
""".trimIndent()
val callResult = result as CallToolResult
assertTrue(callResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for invalid arguments")
assertEquals(expectedMessage, msg, "Unexpected error message for invalid arguments")
val textContent = callResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(textContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val errorText = textContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
errorText.contains("Invalid arguments") && errorText.contains("greet"),
"Error message should indicate invalid arguments for tool greet",
)
}
}

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@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout
import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
import kotlin.test.assertEquals
import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
@ -31,16 +30,19 @@ class KotlinClientTsServerEdgeCasesTestStdio : TsTestBase() {
val nonExistentToolName = "non-existent-tool"
val arguments = mapOf("name" to "TestUser")
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
}
val result = client.callTool(nonExistentToolName, arguments)
assertNotNull(result, "Tool call result should not be null")
val expectedMessage =
"JSONRPCError(code=InvalidParams, message=MCP error -32602: Tool non-existent-tool not found, data={})"
assertEquals(
expectedMessage,
exception.message,
"Unexpected error message for non-existent tool",
val callResult = result as CallToolResult
assertTrue(callResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for non-existent tool")
val textContent = callResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(textContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val errorText = textContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
errorText.contains("non-existent-tool") && errorText.contains("not found"),
"Error message should indicate the tool was not found",
)
}
}
@ -133,26 +135,20 @@ class KotlinClientTsServerEdgeCasesTestStdio : TsTestBase() {
"name" to JsonObject(mapOf("nested" to JsonPrimitive("value"))),
)
val exception = assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
client.callTool("greet", invalidArguments)
}
val result = client.callTool("greet", invalidArguments)
assertNotNull(result, "Tool call result should not be null")
val msg = exception.message ?: ""
val expectedMessage = """
JSONRPCError(code=InvalidParams, message=MCP error -32602: Invalid arguments for tool greet: [
{
"code": "invalid_type",
"expected": "string",
"received": "object",
"path": [
"name"
],
"message": "Expected string, received object"
}
], data={})
""".trimIndent()
val callResult = result as CallToolResult
assertTrue(callResult.isError ?: false, "isError should be true for invalid arguments")
assertEquals(expectedMessage, msg, "Unexpected error message for invalid arguments")
val textContent = callResult.content.firstOrNull { it is TextContent } as? TextContent
assertNotNull(textContent, "Error content should be present in the result")
val errorText = textContent.text ?: ""
assertTrue(
errorText.contains("Invalid arguments") && errorText.contains("greet"),
"Error message should indicate invalid arguments for tool greet",
)
}
}