[Schema] Refuse an invalid x-mcp-header annotation at definition time (#441)

* [Schema] Refuse an invalid x-mcp-header annotation at definition time

SEP-2243 calls a tool definition invalid when its x-mcp-header annotation is
empty, is not an HTTP field name, collides case-insensitively with another,
or sits on a number, array or object property - none of which can be
mirrored onto a header.

Nothing said so. The earliest place to is where the tool is defined, rather
than on the request that trips over it.

* Clarify x-mcp-header validation only reaches properties

* Make checkHeaderAnnotations() a private instance method

* Make headerAnnotations() a private instance method

* Apply suggestion from @chr-hertel
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@ -125,6 +125,97 @@ class Tool implements \JsonSerializable
// sub-schemas — not only SchemaGenerator / fromArray.
$this->inputSchema = self::normalizeSchema($inputSchema);
$this->outputSchema = null !== $outputSchema ? self::normalizeSchema($outputSchema) : null;
// An out-of-bounds `x-mcp-header` reachable through `properties` makes
// the whole tool definition invalid, so it is refused where the tool
// is defined rather than discovered when a header comparison
// mysteriously fails.
if (null !== $reason = $this->checkHeaderAnnotations()) {
throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('Tool "%s" has an invalid "x-mcp-header" annotation: %s', $this->name, $reason));
}
}
/**
* Validates every `x-mcp-header` annotation reachable through `properties`
* in an input schema (SEP-2243).
*
* The value becomes an HTTP field name, so it has to be one; it has to be
* unique case-insensitively, or two arguments would fight over one header;
* and it may only sit on a primitive that is not `number`, because a float
* has no single decimal spelling for a receiver to compare against.
*
* @return string|null the reason it is invalid, or null when every annotation is well-formed
*/
private function checkHeaderAnnotations(): ?string
{
$seen = [];
foreach ($this->headerAnnotations($this->inputSchema) as [$name, $type, $path]) {
if ('' === $name) {
return \sprintf('the annotation at "%s" is empty', $path);
}
// RFC 9110 tchar; excludes CR, LF and every other control character.
if (1 !== preg_match('/^[!#$%&\'*+\-.^_`|~0-9A-Za-z]+$/', $name)) {
return \sprintf('"%s" is not a valid HTTP field name', $name);
}
$folded = strtolower($name);
if (isset($seen[$folded])) {
return \sprintf('"%s" is declared twice, at "%s" and "%s"', $name, $seen[$folded], $path);
}
$seen[$folded] = $path;
if ('number' === $type) {
return \sprintf('"%s" is on a "number" property ("%s"), which cannot be mirrored', $name, $path);
}
if (null !== $type && !\in_array($type, ['string', 'integer', 'boolean'], true)) {
return \sprintf('"%s" is on a "%s" property ("%s"); only string, integer and boolean can be mirrored', $name, $type, $path);
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Every annotation reachable through `properties` alone, as name, declared
* type and dotted path.
*
* @param array<string, mixed> $schema
*
* @return list<array{string, ?string, string}>
*/
private function headerAnnotations(array $schema, string $prefix = ''): array
{
$properties = $schema['properties'] ?? null;
if (!\is_array($properties)) {
return [];
}
$found = [];
foreach ($properties as $property => $definition) {
if (!\is_array($definition)) {
continue;
}
$path = '' === $prefix ? (string) $property : $prefix.'.'.$property;
$annotation = $definition['x-mcp-header'] ?? null;
if (null !== $annotation) {
if (!\is_string($annotation)) {
$found[] = ['', null, $path];
} else {
$found[] = [$annotation, \is_string($definition['type'] ?? null) ? $definition['type'] : null, $path];
}
}
$found = [...$found, ...$this->headerAnnotations($definition, $path)];
}
return $found;
}
/**

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<?php
/*
* This file is part of the official PHP MCP SDK.
*
* A collaboration between Symfony and the PHP Foundation.
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Mcp\Tests\Unit\Schema;
use Mcp\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
use Mcp\Schema\Tool;
use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\TestDox;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
class ToolHeaderAnnotationTest extends TestCase
{
/**
* @param array<string, mixed> $properties
*/
private static function tool(array $properties): Tool
{
return new Tool(
name: 'a_tool',
title: null,
inputSchema: ['type' => 'object', 'properties' => $properties, 'required' => null],
description: 'x',
annotations: null,
);
}
#[TestDox('a well-formed annotation is accepted')]
public function testValidAnnotationIsAccepted(): void
{
$tool = self::tool([
'region' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Region'],
'retries' => ['type' => 'integer', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Retries'],
'dry_run' => ['type' => 'boolean', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Dry-Run'],
'query' => ['type' => 'string'],
]);
$this->assertSame('a_tool', $tool->name);
}
#[TestDox('an annotation on a nested property is accepted: the chain is all properties')]
public function testNestedAnnotationIsAccepted(): void
{
$tool = self::tool([
'target' => [
'type' => 'object',
'properties' => ['region' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Region']],
],
]);
$this->assertSame('a_tool', $tool->name);
}
/**
* @return iterable<string, array{array<string, mixed>, string}>
*/
public static function invalidAnnotations(): iterable
{
yield 'empty name' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => '']],
'is empty',
];
yield 'name with a space' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'My Header']],
'not a valid HTTP field name',
];
yield 'name with a newline' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => "X\nInjected: yes"]],
'not a valid HTTP field name',
];
yield 'name with a carriage return' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => "X\rY"]],
'not a valid HTTP field name',
];
yield 'name with a colon' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'X:Y']],
'not a valid HTTP field name',
];
yield 'duplicate, differing only in case' => [
[
'a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Region'],
'b' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'region'],
],
'declared twice',
];
yield 'on a number' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'number', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Amount']],
'cannot be mirrored',
];
yield 'on an array' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'array', 'items' => ['type' => 'string'], 'x-mcp-header' => 'Tags']],
'only string, integer and boolean',
];
yield 'on an object' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'object', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Blob']],
'only string, integer and boolean',
];
yield 'non-string annotation value' => [
['a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 42]],
'is empty',
];
yield 'duplicate across nesting levels' => [
[
'a' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Region'],
'nested' => [
'type' => 'object',
'properties' => ['b' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Region']],
],
],
'declared twice',
];
}
/**
* @param array<string, mixed> $properties
*/
#[DataProvider('invalidAnnotations')]
#[TestDox('an out-of-bounds annotation makes the tool definition invalid')]
public function testInvalidAnnotationIsRefused(array $properties, string $reason): void
{
$this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
$this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/'.preg_quote($reason, '/').'/');
self::tool($properties);
}
#[TestDox('an annotation the walk cannot reach statically is simply not seen')]
public function testUnreachableAnnotationIsIgnored(): void
{
// Under `items`, so it is not reachable through `properties` alone.
// The spec calls such a definition invalid; this SDK does not mirror
// what it cannot reach, and does not pretend the annotation exists.
$tool = self::tool([
'tags' => [
'type' => 'array',
'items' => ['type' => 'string', 'x-mcp-header' => 'Bad Name With Spaces'],
],
]);
$this->assertSame('a_tool', $tool->name);
}
}