## Motivation and Context
SEP-2260 (modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#2260, merged for the 2026-07-28 spec release)
requires servers to send `roots/list`, `sampling/createMessage`, and `elicitation/create` only in
association with an originating client request (`ping` is exempt); standalone server-initiated requests
on independent streams must not be implemented. On the Streamable HTTP transport, an associated request
rides the originating POST's SSE response stream instead of the standalone GET stream.
The Ruby SDK's `ServerContext` already satisfies the requirement for handler-scoped calls:
`list_roots`, `create_sampling_message`, `create_form_elicitation`, and `create_url_elicitation` stamp
the originating request id as `related_request_id`, and because the literal keyword appears after `**kwargs`,
a caller-supplied `related_request_id:` is overridden. That behavior was previously untested and undocumented.
This change pins it down and adds a migration signal for direct `ServerSession` calls, mirroring
the TypeScript SDK's approach (typescript-sdk#2228, non-overridable `relatedRequestId` stamping on ctx-scoped requests):
- `ServerContext` documents the non-overridable stamping, and new tests lock it in for all four request helpers.
- `ServerSession#list_roots`, `#create_sampling_message`, `#create_form_elicitation`, and `#create_url_elicitation`
emit a deprecation warning when called without `related_request_id:` (the call still goes out unchanged,
on the GET stream for Streamable HTTP). `ServerSession#ping` is exempt per the SEP. Hard enforcement is
deferred to a future protocol-version gate for 2026-07-28.
- A new transport test verifies that `send_request` with `related_request_id` delivers on the originating POST stream
and never falls back to the GET stream.
Resolves#381.
## How Has This Been Tested?
- `test/mcp/server_context_test.rb`: `list_roots` stamps the originating request id; `create_sampling_message`,
`create_form_elicitation`, and `create_url_elicitation` stamp it non-overridably (a caller-supplied `related_request_id:
"attacker"` is replaced).
- `test/mcp/server_roots_test.rb`, `test/mcp/server_sampling_test.rb`, `test/mcp/server_elicitation_test.rb`:
each `ServerSession` method warns (matching /SEP-2260/) without `related_request_id:` and stays silent with it.
The warning assertions temporarily set `$VERBOSE = false` because the rake test task runs with `-W0`, following
the existing `assert_implicit_connect_deprecation_warning` precedent.
- `test/mcp/server/transports/streamable_http_transport_test.rb`: a `roots/list` request with `related_request_id`
is written to the registered POST request stream and not to the GET SSE stream.
- Existing direct-call test sites were updated to pass `related_request_id:` (or capture the warning) so the suite output
stays clean; their assertions are unchanged.
## Breaking Changes
None. Behavior is unchanged; direct `ServerSession` calls without `related_request_id:` now emit a deprecation warning
but are still sent exactly as before.
## 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.
## Motivation and Context
The MCP specification (2025-11-25) defines elicitation as a server-to-client
request mechanism that allows servers to request user input during tool execution:
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/client/elicitation
This aligns with the Python SDK, which also exposes separate methods for form and URL mode elicitation.
Three methods are added following the Python SDK's API design:
- `create_form_elicitation`: collects structured data via JSON Schema
- `create_url_elicitation`: directs users to external URLs for sensitive
interactions (OAuth, credentials, etc.)
- `notify_elicitation_complete`: notifies the client that a URL mode
interaction has completed
`URLElicitationRequiredError` (error code `-32042`) is defined as a subclass of `RequestHandlerError`
with its own `error_code` and `error_data` attributes. `JsonRpcHandler#handle_request_error` is
extended to check for these attributes so that MCP-specific error codes can be propagated without
embedding MCP knowledge in the generic JSON-RPC layer.
## How Has This Been Tested?
- Unit tests for `ServerSession` form/URL mode, capability checks, nil
capabilities, notification, and `URLElicitationRequiredError`
- `ServerContext` delegation tests for all three elicitation methods
- `JsonRpcHandler` tests for custom error code and fallback behavior
- `Methods` capability test for `NOTIFICATIONS_ELICITATION_COMPLETE`
- Conformance tests pass (40/40), including `tools-call-elicitation`,
`elicitation-sep1034-defaults`, and `elicitation-sep1330-enums`
- All tests pass (`rake test`), RuboCop is clean
- Verified form mode elicitation end-to-end with a sample MCP server
running in Claude Code
## Breaking Changes
None. This is a new feature addition.
Koichi ITO