The admin takedown script cannot work as written, and the runbook that
documents it has the same problem.
## The bug
`tools/admin/takedown.sh` sent `PUT` with a `?status=deleted` query
parameter to two routes:
| What the script sent | Reality |
|---|---|
| `PUT /v0/servers/{name}/versions/{version}?status=deleted` | Route
exists, but requires a full `ServerJSON` body and has no `status` query
parameter |
| `PUT /v0/servers/{name}?status=deleted` | **Not registered at all** —
the whole-server takedown path 404s |
The real endpoints are `PATCH
/v0/servers/{name}/versions/{version}/status` and `PATCH
/v0/servers/{name}/status`
([status.go:83](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/blob/main/internal/api/handlers/v0/status.go#L83),
[:198](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/blob/main/internal/api/handlers/v0/status.go#L198)),
both taking `{"status": ..., "statusMessage": ...}`. `edit.go` even says
so in its own description: use the status endpoint for status changes.
## Script changes
- Send `PATCH` with a JSON body built via `jq`
- **Require `VERSION` or `ALL_VERSIONS=true` explicitly.** Previously a
missing `VERSION` meant "entire server". Since `PATCH .../status`
updates *every* version, an operator who simply forgot `VERSION` would
have taken down the whole server. Now that needs saying out loud.
- Support `STATUS` (default `deleted`) and `STATUS_MESSAGE`, so a
takedown can record its reason
- `set -euo pipefail`, non-zero exit on HTTP errors, and print the
response body so huma error detail is visible instead of being swallowed
## Runbook changes
- `GET /v0/servers/{name}` is not a route — use `GET
.../versions/latest` (which is supported, see
[servers.go:155-178](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/blob/main/internal/api/handlers/v0/servers.go#L155))
- Replace the per-version `?status=deleted` loop with the single
all-versions `PATCH .../status` call, which reports `updatedCount`
- Keep the per-version `PUT` loop for *content* edits, which genuinely
has no bulk endpoint, and show that it needs the full body
- Correct the closing note claiming server-wide changes must be applied
per version — true for content, not for status
- Fix the broken `moderation-guidelines.md` link (dead since the docs
restructuring; the file is now
`modelcontextprotocol-io/moderation-policy.mdx`)
## Verification
`shellcheck` clean, `bash -n` clean, and all three guard paths exercised
(no args / neither VERSION nor ALL_VERSIONS / both set). Both `PATCH`
paths confirmed present in `docs/reference/api/openapi.yaml`. I did not
run a live takedown against production.
Kept on `/v0` rather than `/v0.1` to match the existing admin/deploy
convention — happy to switch if you would rather admin tooling target
the frozen version.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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