Handle non-object JSON-RPC messages without raising

## Motivation and Context

A JSON-RPC message is an object, but two stdio-facing paths assumed that and raised
on a non-object value parsed from an incoming frame:

- `JsonRpcHandler.handle` maps each element of a batch array through `process_request`,
  which reads `request[:id]` assuming a Hash. A non-object batch element (for example `[[]]`
  or `[5]`) makes `[][:id]` raise `TypeError`. `handle_json` rescued only `JSON::ParserError`,
  so the error escaped; over stdio it escaped the `StdioTransport#open` read loop.
  The HTTP transport already rejects array bodies before dispatch, so this surfaced only on stdio.
- `MCP::Client::Stdio#read_response` parses each frame from the server and calls `parsed.key?("id")`,
  which raises `NoMethodError` when the server emits a non-object frame.
  Only `JSON::ParserError` was rescued, so one malformed line from the server escaped.

Both are robustness gaps: a malformed frame should be reported or skipped, not raise
an unhandled exception out of the transport.

- `process_request` now returns an `INVALID_REQUEST` error response for a non-object request
  before touching `request[:id]`, so a malformed batch element becomes a normal per-element error.

- `handle_json` gains a last-resort `StandardError` rescue that returns an `INTERNAL_ERROR` response,
  so an unexpected handling error still produces a JSON-RPC reply.
- `read_response` skips a non-object frame the same way it skips a frame without an id.

## How Has This Been Tested?

New tests in `test/json_rpc_handler_test.rb` cover non-object batch elements
(`[[]]`, `[5]`, `["x"]`, `[nil]`, `[true]`), a valid request followed by one non-object element,
and `handle_json("[[]]")` returning an error instead of raising. A test in
`test/mcp/server/transports/stdio_transport_test.rb` drives `open` with a `[[]]` line and
asserts it emits an error response without raising. A test in `test/mcp/client/stdio_test.rb`
has the server emit non-object frames before the response and asserts the client skips them
and still returns the response.

## Breaking Changes

None. A well-formed request, batch, or response is handled exactly as before;
only a non-object message now yields a JSON-RPC error on the server or is skipped by the client
instead of raising.
This commit is contained in:
Koichi ITO 2026-07-08 13:10:40 +09:00
commit 8875990909
5 changed files with 134 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -63,12 +63,29 @@ module JsonRpcHandler
message: "Parse error",
data: "Invalid JSON",
})
rescue StandardError
# Last-resort guard so an unexpected handling error returns a JSON-RPC error
# instead of escaping to the transport loop.
response = error_response(id: :unknown_id, id_validation_pattern: id_validation_pattern, error: {
code: ErrorCode::INTERNAL_ERROR,
message: "Internal error",
})
end
response&.to_json
end
def process_request(request, id_validation_pattern:, &method_finder)
# A batch element can be any JSON value; a non-object element cannot carry an id or a method,
# so reject it before the `request[:id]` access below.
unless request.is_a?(Hash)
return error_response(id: :unknown_id, id_validation_pattern: id_validation_pattern, error: {
code: ErrorCode::INVALID_REQUEST,
message: "Invalid Request",
data: "Request must be an object",
})
end
id = request[:id]
error = if !valid_version?(request[:jsonrpc])

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@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ module MCP
parsed = JSON.parse(line.strip)
next unless parsed.key?("id")
# A JSON-RPC message is an object; skip a non-object frame (array or scalar)
# the same way as a frame without an id.
next unless parsed.is_a?(Hash) && parsed.key?("id")
return parsed if parsed["id"] == request_id
end

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@ -682,6 +682,37 @@ describe JsonRpcHandler do
assert_equal 3, @response.first[:result]
assert_equal(-32600, @response.last.dig(:error, :code))
end
it "returns an invalid request error for a non-object batch element instead of raising" do
[[], [1], ["x"], [nil], [true]].each do |batch|
handle batch
assert_equal(-32600, @response.dig(:error, :code))
assert_equal "Invalid Request", @response.dig(:error, :message)
assert_nil @response[:id]
end
end
it "handles a valid request followed by a non-object element without raising" do
register("add") { |params| params[:a] + params[:b] }
handle [
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: 100, method: "add", params: { a: 1, b: 2 } },
[],
]
assert @response.is_a?(Array)
assert_equal 3, @response.first[:result]
assert_equal(-32600, @response.last.dig(:error, :code))
assert_nil @response.last[:id]
end
it "does not raise from handle_json when a batch element is not an object" do
result = handle_json("[[]]")
assert_equal(-32600, @response.dig(:error, :code))
refute_nil result
end
end
# 7 Examples

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@ -146,6 +146,68 @@ module MCP
stdout_write.close
end
def test_send_request_skips_non_object_frames
stdin_read, stdin_write = IO.pipe
stdout_read, stdout_write = IO.pipe
stderr_read, _ = IO.pipe
Open3.stubs(:popen3).returns([stdin_write, stdout_read, stderr_read, mock_wait_thread])
transport = Stdio.new(command: "ruby", args: ["server.rb"])
request = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: "test-id",
method: "tools/list",
}
server_thread = Thread.new do
init_line = stdin_read.gets
init_request = JSON.parse(init_line)
stdout_write.puts(JSON.generate({
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: init_request["id"],
result: {
protocolVersion: "2025-11-25",
capabilities: {},
serverInfo: { name: "test-server", version: "1.0.0" },
},
}))
stdout_write.flush
# Read initialized notification
stdin_read.gets
# Read tools/list request
stdin_read.gets
# Non-object frames are skipped like any other non-matching frame.
stdout_write.puts("[[]]")
stdout_write.puts("null")
stdout_write.flush
# Then send the actual response
stdout_write.puts(JSON.generate({
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: "test-id",
result: { tools: [] },
}))
stdout_write.flush
end
transport.connect
response = transport.send_request(request: request)
assert_equal("test-id", response["id"])
assert_empty(response.dig("result", "tools"))
ensure
server_thread.join
stdin_read.close
stdin_write.close
stdout_read.close
stdout_write.close
end
def test_send_request_raises_error_when_process_exits
stdin_read, stdin_write = IO.pipe
stdout_read, stdout_write = IO.pipe

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@ -133,6 +133,27 @@ module MCP
end
end
test "open handles a malformed JSON-RPC batch element and emits an error response" do
input = StringIO.new("[[]]\n")
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
@transport.open
response = JSON.parse(output.string, symbolize_names: true)
assert_nil(response[:id])
assert_equal(-32600, response[:error][:code])
assert_equal("Invalid Request", response[:error][:message])
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "rejects duplicate initialize on the same stdio session with -32600" do
first = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",