Ban 'latest' as a reserved version string (#413)

## Summary
- Adds validation to prevent servers from being published with version
string "latest"
- "latest" is now a reserved keyword that cannot be used as a version
string

## Implementation
- Added `ErrReservedVersionString` error constant
- Created `validateVersion` function to check for reserved version
strings
- Integrated validation into the package field validation flow
- Added comprehensive test coverage

---

This is so we can potentially support things like
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/discussions/333 in
future more easily, as I imagine we might want to.
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adam jones 2025-09-10 10:52:08 -07:00 • committed by GitHub
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3 changed files with 45 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var (
// Package validation errors
ErrPackageNameHasSpaces = errors.New("package name cannot contain spaces")
ErrReservedVersionString = errors.New("version string 'latest' is reserved and cannot be used")
// Remote validation errors
ErrInvalidRemoteURL = errors.New("invalid remote URL")

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@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func validatePackageField(obj *model.Package) error {
return ErrPackageNameHasSpaces
}
// Validate version string
if err := validateVersion(obj.Version); err != nil {
return err
}
// Validate runtime arguments
for _, arg := range obj.RuntimeArguments {
if err := validateArgument(&arg); err != nil {
@ -95,6 +100,16 @@ func validatePackageField(obj *model.Package) error {
return nil
}
// validateVersion validates the version string
// NB: we decided that we would not enforce strict semver for version strings
func validateVersion(version string) error {
if version == "latest" {
return ErrReservedVersionString
}
return nil
}
// validateArgument validates argument details
func validateArgument(obj *model.Argument) error {
if obj.Type == model.ArgumentTypeNamed {
@ -144,12 +159,12 @@ func validateArgumentValueFields(name, value, defaultValue string) error {
// collectAvailableVariables collects all available template variables from a package
func collectAvailableVariables(pkg *model.Package) []string {
var variables []string
// Add environment variable names
for _, env := range pkg.EnvironmentVariables {
variables = append(variables, env.Name)
}
// Add runtime argument names and value hints
for _, arg := range pkg.RuntimeArguments {
if arg.Name != "" {
@ -159,7 +174,7 @@ func collectAvailableVariables(pkg *model.Package) []string {
variables = append(variables, arg.ValueHint)
}
}
// Add package argument names and value hints
for _, arg := range pkg.PackageArguments {
if arg.Name != "" {
@ -169,7 +184,7 @@ func collectAvailableVariables(pkg *model.Package) []string {
variables = append(variables, arg.ValueHint)
}
}
return variables
}
@ -193,7 +208,7 @@ func validatePackageTransport(transport *model.Transport, availableVariables []s
// Check if it's a template variable issue or basic URL issue
templateVars := extractTemplateVariables(transport.URL)
if len(templateVars) > 0 {
return fmt.Errorf("%w: template variables in URL %s reference undefined variables. Available variables: %v",
return fmt.Errorf("%w: template variables in URL %s reference undefined variables. Available variables: %v",
ErrInvalidRemoteURL, transport.URL, availableVariables)
}
return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrInvalidRemoteURL, transport.URL)

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@ -193,6 +193,30 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
},
expectedError: validators.ErrPackageNameHasSpaces.Error(),
},
{
name: "package with reserved version 'latest'",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{
Name: "com.example/test-server",
Description: "A test server",
Repository: model.Repository{
URL: "https://github.com/owner/repo",
Source: "github",
},
Version: "1.0.0",
Packages: []model.Package{
{
Identifier: "test-package",
RegistryType: "npm",
RegistryBaseURL: "https://registry.npmjs.org",
Version: "latest",
Transport: model.Transport{
Type: "stdio",
},
},
},
},
expectedError: validators.ErrReservedVersionString.Error(),
},
{
name: "multiple packages with one invalid",
serverDetail: apiv0.ServerJSON{