Support notifications/cancelled per MCP specification

## Motivation and Context

The MCP specification defines `notifications/cancelled` so either party can stop
a previously-issued in-flight request. The Ruby SDK declared the method constant
but had no receive logic, no in-flight tracking, and no way for handlers to participate
in cancellation; cancellation notifications fell through to the unsupported-method path.

This PR implements the **server-side** half of the spec. The server stops processing
the targeted request cooperatively and suppresses its JSON-RPC response, matching
the Python SDK's anyio `CancelScope` and the TypeScript SDK's `RequestHandlerExtra.signal`.
Cancellation is observable by every user-overridable request handler:

- `Tool.call` (tools/call)
- prompt templates (prompts/get)
- blocks registered via `resources_read_handler` / `completion_handler` /
  `resources_subscribe_handler` / `resources_unsubscribe_handler` / `define_custom_method`

Each handler opts in by declaring a `server_context:` keyword and polls `server_context.cancelled?`
or calls `server_context.raise_if_cancelled!` (raising `MCP::CancelledError`) inside long-running work.
Handlers that keep their existing `|params|` (or `|args|`) signature continue to work unchanged.

On `StreamableHTTPTransport`, cancelling a parent `tools/call` automatically cancels n
ested server-to-client requests (`sampling/createMessage`, `elicitation/create`);
the nested `send_request` raises `MCP::CancelledError` and a cancel notification is routed to
the peer on the parent's POST response stream. `StdioTransport` is single-threaded and blocks on `$stdin.gets`,
so it deliberately does not propagate nested cancellation.
Tools running on stdio still observe cancellation between calls via `server_context.cancelled?`.

The design is cooperative-only (no `Thread#raise`) because preemptive cancellation is unsafe
across Rack adapters and arbitrary handler code. The `initialize` request is never cancellable,
satisfying the spec rule that it MUST NOT be cancelled. Unknown / completed / duplicate cancel notifications
are silently ignored per the spec.

`MCP::Client#cancel` (an equivalent that aborts the calling thread's synchronous wait) is deferred to a follow-up PR.

Ref: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/cancellation

## How Has This Been Tested?

`test/mcp/cancellation_test.rb` covers the `MCP::Cancellation` token contract.

`test/mcp/server_cancellation_test.rb` covers end-to-end cancellation:

- A handler spins on `cancelled?` in a background thread; the test sends `notifications/cancelled`
  and asserts the handler observed cancellation and the JSON-RPC response was suppressed.
  Each user-overridable handler type (tool, prompt template, resources/read, completion, custom method)
  has its own regression test.
- `initialize` is not cancellable; unknown / duplicate / late-after-completion cancels are silently ignored.
- The `reason` propagates into the `cancellation_reason` instrumentation field.
- Custom transports implementing only the abstract `(method, params = nil)` contract keep working;
  the new kwargs (`session_id:`, `related_request_id:`, `parent_cancellation:`, `server_session:`)
  are silently dropped when the transport's signature does not declare them.

`StreamableHTTPTransport` tests cover nested cancellation, hook deregistration after normal completion
(so a late parent cancel does not emit a stray `notifications/cancelled`), and the first-writer-wins race
when a real response and a cancel arrive concurrently.

## Breaking Change

None. `MCP::ServerContext#initialize` gains an optional `cancellation:` keyword (defaults to `nil`),
and `StreamableHTTPTransport#send_request` / `#send_notification` gain optional cancellation kwargs.
The abstract `Transport` base class and `StdioTransport` keep their existing `(method, params = nil)` signatures,
and custom transports following those signatures continue to work. `StreamableHTTPTransport` now dispatches
client-originated notifications through `ServerSession#handle_json` before returning 202;
previously these were accepted without dispatch, but the existing handlers for `notifications/initialized`
and `notifications/progress` were already no-ops, so no user-visible effect is expected.
Adding `server_context:` to a handler block is strictly opt-in.
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@ -2168,6 +2168,239 @@ module MCP
assert_equal "correct", result[:content][:text]
end
test "send_request with parent_cancellation unblocks with MCP::CancelledError when cancelled" do
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: "init" }.to_json,
)
init_response = @transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
io = StringIO.new
get_request = create_rack_request("GET", "/", { "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id })
response = @transport.handle_request(get_request)
response[2].call(io) if response[2].is_a?(Proc)
sleep(0.1)
cancellation = MCP::Cancellation.new(request_id: "parent-1")
server_session = @transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:server_session]
result_queue = Queue.new
Thread.new do
@transport.send_request(
"sampling/createMessage",
{ messages: [] },
session_id: session_id,
parent_cancellation: cancellation,
server_session: server_session,
)
rescue => e
result_queue.push(e)
end
sleep(0.1)
cancellation.cancel(reason: "parent cancelled")
error = result_queue.pop
assert_kind_of MCP::CancelledError, error
end
test "send_request deregisters on_cancel hook after completion so late parent cancel is a no-op" do
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: "init" }.to_json,
)
init_response = @transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
io = StringIO.new
get_request = create_rack_request("GET", "/", { "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id })
response = @transport.handle_request(get_request)
response[2].call(io) if response[2].is_a?(Proc)
sleep(0.1)
cancellation = MCP::Cancellation.new(request_id: "parent-x")
server_session = @transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:server_session]
result_queue = Queue.new
Thread.new do
result = @transport.send_request(
"sampling/createMessage",
{ messages: [] },
session_id: session_id,
parent_cancellation: cancellation,
server_session: server_session,
)
result_queue.push(result)
end
sleep(0.1)
io.rewind
data_lines = io.read.lines.select { |line| line.start_with?("data: ") }
request_data = JSON.parse(data_lines.first.sub("data: ", ""))
nested_request_id = request_data["id"]
# Client responds successfully; send_request completes normally.
client_response = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json", "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: nested_request_id, result: { role: "assistant", content: { type: "text", text: "ok" } } }.to_json,
)
@transport.handle_request(client_response)
result = result_queue.pop
assert_equal "ok", result[:content][:text]
# Snapshot what was written to the SSE stream before late cancel.
io.rewind
before_cancel = io.read
# Parent is cancelled after the nested request already completed. The hook must
# have been deregistered, so no `notifications/cancelled` should go to the peer
# for the already-completed nested request.
cancellation.cancel(reason: "late")
sleep(0.05) # Give any stray callback time to fire (none should).
io.rewind
after_cancel = io.read
refute_includes after_cancel.sub(before_cancel, ""), "notifications/cancelled"
end
test "cancel_pending_request is no-op when a real response is already queued (race)" do
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "initialize", id: "init" }.to_json,
)
init_response = @transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
io = StringIO.new
get_request = create_rack_request("GET", "/", { "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id })
response = @transport.handle_request(get_request)
response[2].call(io) if response[2].is_a?(Proc)
sleep(0.1)
result_queue = Queue.new
Thread.new do
result = @transport.send_request(
"sampling/createMessage",
{ messages: [] },
session_id: session_id,
)
result_queue.push(result)
end
sleep(0.1)
io.rewind
data_lines = io.read.lines.select { |line| line.start_with?("data: ") }
request_data = JSON.parse(data_lines.first.sub("data: ", ""))
request_id = request_data["id"]
# Client responded first.
client_response = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json", "HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id },
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: request_id, result: { role: "assistant", content: { type: "text", text: "ok" } } }.to_json,
)
@transport.handle_request(client_response)
# Cancel arrives after the response was already enqueued. Must not clobber the result.
@transport.cancel_pending_request(request_id, reason: "late cancel")
result = result_queue.pop
assert_equal "ok", result[:content][:text]
end
test "JSON response mode returns accepted when cancellation suppresses response" do
server = Server.new(name: "test", tools: [], prompts: [], resources: [])
transport = StreamableHTTPTransport.new(server, enable_json_response: true)
server.transport = transport
server.define_tool(name: "slow_tool") do |server_context:|
50.times do
break if server_context.cancelled?
sleep(0.01)
end
Tool::Response.new([{ type: "text", text: "done" }])
end
init_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{ "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json" },
{
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "initialize",
id: "init",
params: { protocolVersion: "2025-11-25", clientInfo: { name: "test" } },
}.to_json,
)
init_response = transport.handle_request(init_request)
session_id = init_response[1]["Mcp-Session-Id"]
server_session = transport.instance_variable_get(:@sessions)[session_id][:server_session]
tool_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{
"CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json",
"HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id,
},
{
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: "call-1",
method: "tools/call",
params: { name: "slow_tool", arguments: {} },
}.to_json,
)
response_queue = Queue.new
request_thread = Thread.new { response_queue.push(transport.handle_request(tool_request)) }
sleep(0.01) until server_session.lookup_in_flight("call-1")
cancel_request = create_rack_request(
"POST",
"/",
{
"CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json",
"HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID" => session_id,
},
{
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: MCP::Methods::NOTIFICATIONS_CANCELLED,
params: { requestId: "call-1", reason: "user cancelled" },
}.to_json,
)
cancel_response = transport.handle_request(cancel_request)
assert_equal(202, cancel_response[0])
response = response_queue.pop
assert_equal(202, response[0])
assert_empty(response[1])
assert_empty(response[2])
ensure
request_thread.kill if request_thread.alive?
transport.close
end
test "send_request raises on error response from client" do
# Create session.
init_request = create_rack_request(