ruby-sdk/lib/mcp/client/http.rb
Koichi ITO 09c89aef14 Parse HTTP client response bodies without Faraday's JSON middleware
## Motivation and Context

json 3.0, released on 2026-09-07, accepts the options of `JSON.parse` as keywords only, and Faraday's json response middleware,
through 2.14.3, hands them over as a positional Hash, which Ruby 3 no longer converts. With both installed, every JSON body
the client receives fails inside that middleware, and `MCP::Client::HTTP` reports each request as an internal error.
Faraday's main branch passes the options as keywords, but no release carries that yet.

The client already parses streamed bodies and buffered SSE bodies itself; only a JSON body delivered
whole by an adapter without streaming support still went through the middleware. The client now parses that body too
and no longer registers the middleware, so every body takes `parse_json_buffer` and a malformed one answers
`:parse_error` whichever way it arrived. A JSON middleware added through the Faraday customizer block still works,
since a body it has parsed already is used as is.

## How Has This Been Tested?

A new test drives a buffered JSON response through a stand-in `JSON.parse` with the json 3.0 signature, options as keywords only,
so on Ruby 3 it failed with the middleware registered whatever json version is installed and passes now.
The existing buffered-body test keeps covering the plain path. The full suite passes on Ruby 3.0.7 with json 3.0.1 and faraday 2.14.3,
where five client tests failed before.

## Breaking Changes

None. A malformed JSON body delivered by an adapter without streaming support now raises `RequestHandlerError` with `error_type: :parse_error`,
as the streamed path already did, instead of `:internal_error` wrapping a `Faraday::ParsingError`.
2026-09-08 18:09:09 +09:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
require "securerandom"
require_relative "../../json_rpc_handler"
require_relative "../configuration"
require_relative "../methods"
require_relative "../protocol_deprecations"
require_relative "../version"
require_relative "mcp_param_headers"
require_relative "modern_envelope"
module MCP
class Client
class HTTP
ACCEPT_HEADER = "application/json, text/event-stream"
SSE_ACCEPT_HEADER = "text/event-stream"
SESSION_ID_HEADER = "Mcp-Session-Id"
PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEADER = "MCP-Protocol-Version"
METHOD_HEADER = "Mcp-Method"
NAME_HEADER = "Mcp-Name"
LAST_EVENT_ID_HEADER = "Last-Event-ID"
# SEP-1699 reconnection tuning: the SSE `retry:` field from the server takes precedence;
# this default applies when the server sent none. Both values match the Python SDK
# (`DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS`, `MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS`); the TypeScript SDK uses
# an exponential backoff that the `retry:` field likewise overrides.
DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS = 1000
MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS = 2
# Floor on the effective reconnection delay. `listen_for_server_requests` treats a graceful close as success
# and resets `consecutive_failures`, so `retry: 0` never reaches the attempt cap and reconnects in a tight loop.
# Waiting longer than the server asked for is explicitly allowed: the `retry` field the spec points at is
# the one defined by WHATWG HTML, whose reconnection algorithm reads "Wait a delay equal to the reconnection time
# of the event source. Optionally, wait some more." Waiting *less* is what the spec's MUST rules out,
# and nothing here ever does that.
#
# https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/server-sent-events.html#reconnection-time
MIN_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS = 100
# Budget in seconds for `await_response_after_disconnect`: it gates every wait between reconnection attempts,
# and whatever is left of it becomes the read timeout of each resumed stream. That method runs on the calling thread,
# so without a deadline a server answering with a large `retry:` parks a thread of the embedding application for
# as long as it likes; `MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS` caps how many times the client reconnects,
# not how long it waits for each. A delay that would run past the deadline is not shortened - the client stops
# reconnecting instead, the same kind of decision the attempt cap already makes, so the server's `retry:` is
# always honored in full or not acted on at all.
#
# Matches `SSE_LISTENER_READ_TIMEOUT`, this client's other "how long to wait on a quiet SSE stream" value.
# `listen_for_server_requests` has no such deadline: it runs on a thread this client owns and is meant
# to poll indefinitely, so a long `retry:` there idles the SDK's own listener rather than the application.
MAX_RECONNECTION_WAIT = 300
# How long the standalone GET listening stream may stay idle before the read times out
# and the connection is counted as a failure and retried. Matches the Python SDK's
# `sse_read_timeout` default of 5 minutes; without this, the adapter's default read timeout
# (60 seconds for Net::HTTP) would recycle quiet streams too eagerly.
SSE_LISTENER_READ_TIMEOUT = 300
# Upper bound in bytes on a single JSON-RPC message from the server - an SSE event or
# a JSON response body - buffered in memory while reading a response. Without a bound,
# a server that never terminates an SSE event (or never ends a JSON body) grows
# the buffer indefinitely. Matches the 4 MiB default of `MCP::Client::Stdio::MAX_LINE_BYTES`
# and the server transports' request cap.
MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024
# Upper bound on the tools whose `x-mcp-header` declarations are retained for
# `Mcp-Param-*` mirroring (SEP-2243). Past the cap, newly listed tools mirror nothing
# (the spec's guidance to send without custom headers), so a server rotating tool names across
# `tools/list` responses cannot grow the registry without bound.
MAX_MCP_PARAM_TOOLS = 1000
# Raised when an `oauth:` provider is paired with an MCP URL that is neither HTTPS nor
# a loopback `http://` URL, since a bearer token sent over plain HTTP to a remote host
# is trivially observed and stolen.
class InsecureURLError < ArgumentError; end
# Faraday request middleware that compares the outgoing request URL
# against the URL snapshotted at `MCP::Client::HTTP#initialize` time.
# Registered after the user's customizer so it sees `env.url` *after*
# any custom middleware has had a chance to rewrite it - closing
# the `Faraday env.url = URI("https://attacker...")` bypass that a plain
# `client.url_prefix` check would miss. The comparison includes
# the query string, so a middleware that rewrites `env.url.query` to
# a different tenant (e.g. `?tenant=evil`) is rejected as well; otherwise
# the audience-binding check on the OAuth side could be bypassed at
# the send step.
class OAuthURLGuard
def initialize(app, expected_url:)
@app = app
@expected_url = expected_url
end
def call(env)
effective = MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.canonicalize_url(env.url.to_s)
unless effective == @expected_url
# Surface the *canonicalized* form (no userinfo, no fragment) so
# credentials like `user:pass@` cannot leak into logs, stack
# traces, or exception reporters.
raise InsecureURLError,
"Effective request URL #{effective.inspect} does not match the URL " \
"validated at initialize time (#{@expected_url.inspect}); refusing to send a bearer token."
end
@app.call(env)
end
end
# Internal control-flow signal raised inside the streaming callback to stop reading
# an SSE stream once the awaited JSON-RPC response has arrived; servers may hold
# a stream open indefinitely (notably the standalone GET stream), so EOF cannot be relied on.
class StreamAbort < StandardError; end
private_constant :StreamAbort
# Raised inside the streaming callback when the server sends more bytes than
# `max_message_bytes` without completing a message. Translated into
# a `RequestHandlerError` (or a listener stop) where the request context is known.
class MessageTooLargeError < StandardError; end
private_constant :MessageTooLargeError
# Per-exchange SSE state shared between the initial POST stream and any SEP-1699 reconnection GET streams:
# the incrementally parsed JSON-RPC response, the last received SSE event id (for `Last-Event-ID`),
# and the server's `retry:` reconnection delay. Non-SSE bodies accumulate in `buffer` for the JSON path.
class SSEStream
attr_reader :buffer, :response, :last_event_id, :retry_ms
attr_accessor :abortable
def initialize(abortable:, max_message_bytes: MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES, on_request: nil)
@abortable = abortable
@max_message_bytes = max_message_bytes
@on_request = on_request
@buffer = +""
@parser = nil
@response = nil
@last_event_id = nil
@retry_ms = nil
end
# Whether the server sent a SEP-1699 priming event (any event carrying an id),
# which marks the stream as resumable after a graceful close.
def primed?
!@last_event_id.nil?
end
# Faraday `on_data` streaming callback. SSE chunks are parsed incrementally;
# anything else (JSON bodies) accumulates in `buffer`. Both paths are bounded
# by `max_message_bytes`, checked after the awaited response had its chance to
# abort the stream so an over-limit tail cannot mask a response that already arrived.
def on_data
proc do |chunk, _received_bytes, env|
if event_stream?(env)
feed(chunk)
raise StreamAbort if @abortable && @response
if parser_buffered_bytes > @max_message_bytes
raise MessageTooLargeError, "Server SSE event exceeds #{@max_message_bytes} bytes without completing"
end
else
@buffer << chunk
if @buffer.bytesize > @max_message_bytes
raise MessageTooLargeError, "Server response body exceeds #{@max_message_bytes} bytes"
end
end
end
end
# A fresh parser for a new HTTP connection (reconnection GET),
# so a partial line from the previous stream cannot corrupt the next one.
def reset_parser!
@parser = nil
end
# Parses an SSE body that was delivered outside the streaming callback:
# Faraday versions that do not pass `env` to `on_data` leave SSE chunks in `buffer`
# (consumed here so they are not parsed twice), and adapters without `on_data` support
# yield the whole body only via `fallback_body` (the Faraday `response.body`).
def ingest_pending!(fallback_body)
text = @buffer.empty? ? fallback_body : @buffer.slice!(0..-1)
feed(text) if text.is_a?(String) && !text.empty?
end
private
def event_stream?(env)
headers = env&.response_headers
content_type = headers && (headers["content-type"] || headers["Content-Type"])
!!content_type&.include?("text/event-stream")
end
def feed(chunk)
parser.feed(chunk) do |_type, data, id, reconnection_time|
@last_event_id = id if id && !id.empty?
@retry_ms = reconnection_time if reconnection_time
next if data.nil? || data.empty?
begin
parsed = JSON.parse(data)
rescue JSON::ParserError
next
end
next unless parsed.is_a?(Hash)
if parsed.key?("result") || parsed.key?("error")
@response ||= parsed
elsif parsed["method"] && parsed.key?("id")
# A server-to-client request (e.g. `elicitation/create`) delivered
# on the stream while the original request is still pending.
@on_request&.call(parsed)
end
end
end
# Bytes the parser has buffered for a not-yet-dispatched event: the partial line
# and the accumulated `data:` field values (plus the small event type and last event id buffers).
# External byte counting cannot tell consumed-and-discarded bytes (comments, field names, delimiters)
# from consumed-and-retained ones, so the parser's own String buffers are measured instead;
# summing every String instance variable keeps the measurement valid if the parser renames or adds buffers.
# A parser rewrite that buffered elsewhere would make this return 0 and quietly lift the cap -
# the regression tests feeding an over-limit event guard against that.
def parser_buffered_bytes
parser.instance_variables.sum do |name|
value = parser.instance_variable_get(name)
value.is_a?(String) ? value.bytesize : 0
end
end
def parser
@parser ||= begin
require "event_stream_parser"
EventStreamParser::Parser.new
rescue LoadError
raise LoadError, "The 'event_stream_parser' gem is required to parse SSE responses. " \
"Add it to your Gemfile: gem 'event_stream_parser', '>= 1.0'. " \
"See https://rubygems.org/gems/event_stream_parser for more details."
end
end
end
private_constant :SSEStream
attr_reader :url, :session_id, :protocol_version, :server_info, :oauth
def initialize(
url:,
headers: {},
oauth: nil,
max_message_bytes: MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES,
max_reconnection_wait: MAX_RECONNECTION_WAIT,
&block
)
# `nil` or a non-positive value would make the buffering unbounded and silently
# disable the protection, so reject it up front.
unless max_message_bytes.is_a?(Integer) && max_message_bytes > 0
raise ArgumentError, "max_message_bytes must be a positive Integer"
end
unless max_reconnection_wait.is_a?(Numeric) && max_reconnection_wait > 0
raise ArgumentError, "max_reconnection_wait must be a positive number"
end
if oauth && !MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.secure_url?(url)
# Mask credentials (userinfo) and query parameters before quoting the URL in the error message
# so they cannot leak into logs.
safe_url = MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.canonicalize_origin_and_path(url)
raise InsecureURLError,
"MCP URL #{safe_url.inspect} must use https or be a loopback http URL when an oauth provider is set; " \
"sending bearer tokens over plain http to a remote host would leak them on the wire."
end
@url = url
@headers = headers
@faraday_customizer = block
@oauth = oauth
@max_message_bytes = max_message_bytes
@max_reconnection_wait = max_reconnection_wait
# Snapshot the canonical URL at construction time. This single value
# serves two related roles, both of which need to see the query string:
#
# - As the RFC 8707 `resource` claim sent on the authorization and
# token requests (and as the base for PRM discovery URLs) -
# matching the TS / Python SDKs' `resourceUrlFromServerUrl` /
# `resource_url_from_server_url` so multi-tenant servers that scope
# by `?tenant=...` round-trip correctly.
# - As the comparison value for the URL guard middleware. Comparing
# query strings as well as origin + path is required so a Faraday
# middleware that rewrites `env.url.query` to a different tenant
# cannot send the bearer token to the wrong audience while
# the resource binding on the OAuth side stays correct.
#
# Saved only when `oauth:` is set so non-OAuth transports keep their
# existing behavior.
@oauth_server_url = oauth ? MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.canonicalize_url(url) : nil
@session_id = nil
@protocol_version = nil
@server_info = nil
@connected = false
@server_request_handlers = {}
@listener_thread = nil
@modern_client_info = nil
@modern_capabilities = nil
@mcp_param_declarations = {}
end
# Registers a handler for a server-to-client request (e.g. `elicitation/create`) delivered on an SSE stream.
# The handler receives the request's `params` (a Hash with string keys, possibly empty) and its return value is
# sent back to the server as the JSON-RPC `result`.
# The handler may raise `MCP::Client::ServerRequestError` to answer with a specific JSON-RPC error code.
# Requests for methods without a registered handler are answered with a JSON-RPC "method not found" (-32601) error.
# Registering a handler opens a standalone GET SSE listening stream (once connected), since servers send requests
# that are not tied to a client request on that stream - matching the TypeScript and Python SDK clients,
# which start listening after the `initialize` handshake.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#listening-for-messages-from-the-server
def on_server_request(method, &handler)
raise ArgumentError, "A handler block is required" unless handler
@server_request_handlers[method.to_s] = handler
start_listening if connected?
end
# Performs the MCP `initialize` handshake: sends an `initialize` request
# followed by the required `notifications/initialized` notification.
# The server's `InitializeResult` (protocol version, capabilities, server
# info, instructions) is cached on the transport and returned.
#
# Idempotent: a second call returns the cached `InitializeResult` without
# contacting the server. After `close`, state is cleared and `connect`
# will handshake again.
#
# @param client_info [Hash, nil] `{ name:, version: }` identifying the client.
# Defaults to `{ name: "mcp-ruby-client", version: MCP::VERSION }`.
# @param protocol_version [String, nil] Protocol version to offer on the legacy handshake.
# Defaults to `MCP::Configuration::LATEST_HANDSHAKE_PROTOCOL_VERSION`; a modern version
# raises `ArgumentError` here (modern versions are selected via `mode: :modern`/`:auto`).
# @param capabilities [Hash] Capabilities advertised by the client. Defaults to `{}`.
# @return [Hash] The server's `InitializeResult`.
# @raise [RequestHandlerError] If the server responds with a JSON-RPC error
# or a malformed result.
# @param mode [Symbol] Lifecycle selection (SEP-2575): `:legacy` (default) performs
# the handshake below, `:modern` skips it and probes `server/discover`,
# and `:auto` probes `server/discover` first, falling back to the legacy handshake
# when the server does not serve a mutually supported modern version.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#initialization
def connect(client_info: nil, protocol_version: nil, capabilities: {}, mode: :legacy)
return @server_info if connected?
# Per the SEP-2575 era model, a modern version cannot ride the legacy `initialize` handshake.
MCP::Configuration.reject_modern_handshake_version!(protocol_version) if mode == :legacy
client_info ||= { name: "mcp-ruby-client", version: MCP::VERSION }
case mode
when :legacy
connect_legacy(client_info: client_info, protocol_version: protocol_version, capabilities: capabilities)
when :modern
connect_modern(client_info: client_info, protocol_version: protocol_version, capabilities: capabilities)
when :auto
connect_auto(client_info: client_info, protocol_version: protocol_version, capabilities: capabilities)
else
raise ArgumentError, "mode must be :legacy, :modern, or :auto"
end
end
# Whether the transport operates in the stateless modern lifecycle (SEP-2575):
# no handshake was performed and every request carries the `_meta` envelope.
def modern?
!@modern_client_info.nil?
end
# Returns true once `connect` has completed the full handshake
# (`initialize` response received and `notifications/initialized` sent),
# or once the modern lifecycle was adopted via `server/discover`.
# Returns false before the first handshake and after `close`.
def connected?
@connected
end
# Sends a JSON-RPC request and returns the parsed response body.
# After a successful `initialize` handshake, the session ID and protocol version returned by
# the server are captured and automatically included on subsequent requests.
#
# If a block is given, it is invoked just before Faraday's `post` is called.
# Faraday's synchronous `post` does not expose a post-write / pre-response hook,
# so this is the latest send-boundary signal the adapter exposes; the actual TCP write happens
# inside `post`. `MCP::Client#dispatch_with_cancellation` uses this yield to release
# the cancel-dispatch thread, which then issues a separate `notifications/cancelled` POST
# that may overlap with the original request on the network. The spec covers this:
# the sender has issued the request and still believes it in-progress, and receivers MAY ignore
# a cancellation referring to an unknown request id when the cancel POST happens to arrive first.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/cancellation
def send_request(request:)
# Modern requests (never notifications, whose `_meta` has no envelope) carry
# the SEP-2575 triple; the `MCP-Protocol-Version` header from `session_headers`
# matches it by construction.
if modern? && (request[:id] || request["id"])
request = ModernEnvelope.stamp(
request,
protocol_version: @protocol_version,
client_info: @modern_client_info,
capabilities: @modern_capabilities,
)
end
method = request[:method] || request["method"]
params = request[:params] || request["params"]
oauth_retried = false
step_up_retried = false
begin
# The response is consumed incrementally so that an SSE stream the server holds open
# (or closes early per SEP-1699) can be handled; `initialize` streams are read to EOF
# so the response object (and its `Mcp-Session-Id` header) is always available for capture.
stream = SSEStream.new(
abortable: method.to_s != MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE,
max_message_bytes: @max_message_bytes,
on_request: ->(message) { dispatch_server_request(message) },
)
yield if block_given?
response = begin
client.post("", request, session_headers.merge(request_metadata_headers(method, params))) do |req|
req.options.on_data = stream.on_data
end
rescue StreamAbort
nil
end
body = resolve_response_body(stream, response, method, params)
capture_session_info(method, response, body) if response
capture_mcp_param_declarations(method, params, body)
body
rescue MessageTooLargeError => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
e.message,
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
rescue Faraday::BadRequestError => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"The #{method} request is invalid",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :bad_request,
original_error: e,
)
rescue Faraday::UnauthorizedError => e
# Run the OAuth flow at most once per `send_request` invocation.
# The `oauth_retried` flag lives outside the `begin` so it survives `retry`,
# ensuring a server returning 401 indefinitely raises rather than loops.
if @oauth && !oauth_retried
oauth_retried = true
run_oauth_flow!(unauthorized_error: e)
retry
end
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"You are unauthorized to make #{method} requests",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :unauthorized,
original_error: e,
)
rescue Faraday::ForbiddenError => e
# OAuth 2.0 step-up: a 403 carrying `error="insufficient_scope"` in
# the Bearer challenge means the existing access token is valid
# but lacks scopes the server now requires for this operation.
# Re-run the full authorization flow with the escalated scope from
# the challenge and retry once. A plain 403 without the challenge is
# surfaced unchanged.
if @oauth && !step_up_retried && insufficient_scope_challenge?(e)
step_up_retried = true
run_step_up_flow!(forbidden_error: e)
retry
end
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"You are forbidden to make #{method} requests",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :forbidden,
original_error: e,
)
rescue Faraday::ResourceNotFound => e
# Per spec, 404 is the session-expired signal only when the request
# actually carried an `Mcp-Session-Id`. A 404 without a session attached
# (e.g. wrong URL or a stateless server) surfaces as a generic not-found.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#session-management
if @session_id
clear_session
raise SessionExpiredError.new(
"The #{method} request is not found",
{ method: method, params: params },
original_error: e,
)
else
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"The #{method} request is not found",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :not_found,
original_error: e,
)
end
rescue Faraday::UnprocessableEntityError => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"The #{method} request is unprocessable",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :unprocessable_entity,
original_error: e,
)
rescue Faraday::Error => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Internal error handling #{method} request",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
original_error: e,
)
end
end
# Sends a JSON-RPC notification (no response expected). Used by `Client#cancel` to deliver
# `notifications/cancelled` for an in-flight request. The server acknowledges with HTTP 202 Accepted
# per the Streamable HTTP spec.
def send_notification(notification:)
method = notification[:method] || notification["method"]
client.post("", notification, session_headers)
nil
rescue Faraday::Error => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Failed to send #{method} notification",
{ method: method },
error_type: :internal_error,
original_error: e,
)
end
# Terminates the session by sending an HTTP DELETE to the MCP endpoint
# with the current `Mcp-Session-Id` header, and clears locally tracked
# session state afterward. No-op when no session has been established.
#
# Per spec, the server MAY respond with HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed when
# it does not support client-initiated termination, and returns 404 for
# a session it has already terminated. Both mean the session is gone —
# the desired end state. Other errors surface to the caller; local
# session state is cleared either way.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#session-management
def close
unless @session_id
clear_session
return
end
begin
client.delete("", nil, session_headers)
rescue Faraday::ClientError => e
raise unless [404, 405].include?(e.response&.dig(:status))
ensure
clear_session
end
end
private
attr_reader :headers
def connect_legacy(client_info:, protocol_version:, capabilities:)
protocol_version ||= MCP::Configuration::LATEST_HANDSHAKE_PROTOCOL_VERSION
response = send_request(request: {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: SecureRandom.uuid,
method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE,
params: {
protocolVersion: protocol_version,
capabilities: capabilities,
clientInfo: client_info,
},
})
if response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?("error")
clear_session
error = response["error"]
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server initialization failed: #{error["message"]}",
{ method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
unless response.is_a?(Hash) && response["result"].is_a?(Hash)
clear_session
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server initialization failed: missing result in response",
{ method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
@server_info = response["result"]
negotiated_protocol_version = @server_info["protocolVersion"]
# A modern version in an `InitializeResult` is rejected along with unknown ones: the handshake
# settles on a legacy version by definition, and the TypeScript and Python clients refuse
# a modern counter-offer the same way.
unless MCP::Configuration::SUPPORTED_HANDSHAKE_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS.include?(negotiated_protocol_version)
clear_session
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server initialization failed: unsupported protocol version #{negotiated_protocol_version.inspect}",
{ method: MCP::Methods::INITIALIZE },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
begin
send_request(request: {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
method: MCP::Methods::NOTIFICATIONS_INITIALIZED,
})
rescue StandardError
clear_session
raise
end
@connected = true
start_listening if @server_request_handlers.any?
@server_info
end
# Enters the modern lifecycle by probing `server/discover` at the requested (or latest) modern version.
# No `initialize` or `notifications/initialized` is sent; the probe response becomes `server_info`.
def connect_modern(client_info:, protocol_version:, capabilities:)
version = protocol_version || MCP::Configuration::LATEST_MODERN_PROTOCOL_VERSION
unless MCP::Configuration.modern_protocol_version?(version)
raise ArgumentError, "protocol_version #{version.inspect} is not a supported modern protocol version"
end
enter_modern_mode(protocol_version: version, client_info: client_info, capabilities: capabilities)
begin
result = probe_discover
rescue StandardError
leave_modern_mode
raise
end
supported = result["supportedVersions"]
unless supported.is_a?(Array) && supported.include?(version)
leave_modern_mode
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server discovery failed: no mutually supported modern protocol version " \
"(server supports #{supported.inspect})",
{ method: MCP::Methods::SERVER_DISCOVER },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
# SEP-2577 deprecates roots and sampling at 2026-07-28, the revision every modern connection speaks,
# so the warning lives here now that the handshake cannot land on one.
MCP::ProtocolDeprecations.warn_for_client_capabilities(capabilities, protocol_version: version, uplevel: 1)
@server_info = result
@connected = true
@server_info
end
# Probes `server/discover` and adopts the modern lifecycle when the server serves
# a mutually supported modern version; otherwise falls back to the legacy handshake.
# The fallback intentionally covers a successful discovery without a mutual modern
# version as well: during the 2026-07-28 rollout a server may answer discovery while
# only serving legacy versions.
def connect_auto(client_info:, protocol_version:, capabilities:)
modern_pin = protocol_version if protocol_version && MCP::Configuration.modern_protocol_version?(protocol_version)
connect_modern(client_info: client_info, protocol_version: modern_pin, capabilities: capabilities)
rescue RequestHandlerError
# An explicitly requested modern version is never downgraded by the fallback: the legacy handshake cannot negotiate it,
# so the probe's failure is the real answer and propagates.
raise if modern_pin
connect_legacy(client_info: client_info, protocol_version: protocol_version, capabilities: capabilities)
end
def enter_modern_mode(protocol_version:, client_info:, capabilities:)
@modern_client_info = client_info
@modern_capabilities = capabilities || {}
# `session_headers` sends `@protocol_version` as the `MCP-Protocol-Version` header,
# which the modern lifecycle requires to match the `_meta`-carried version.
@protocol_version = protocol_version
end
def leave_modern_mode
@modern_client_info = nil
@modern_capabilities = nil
@protocol_version = nil
end
def probe_discover
response = send_request(request: {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: SecureRandom.uuid,
method: MCP::Methods::SERVER_DISCOVER,
})
if response.is_a?(Hash) && response.key?("error")
error = response["error"]
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server discovery failed: #{error["message"]}",
{ method: MCP::Methods::SERVER_DISCOVER },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
result = response.is_a?(Hash) ? response["result"] : nil
unless result.is_a?(Hash)
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server discovery failed: missing result in response",
{ method: MCP::Methods::SERVER_DISCOVER },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
result
end
def client
require_faraday!
@client ||= Faraday.new(url) do |faraday|
faraday.request(:json)
# The client parses response bodies itself (`resolve_response_body`), so streamed and buffered responses
# take the same path; Faraday's json response middleware is deliberately left out.
faraday.response(:raise_error)
faraday.headers["Accept"] = ACCEPT_HEADER
headers.each do |key, value|
faraday.headers[key] = value
end
@faraday_customizer&.call(faraday)
# Register the URL identity guard *after* the user's customizer
# so it sits closest to the adapter in the request stack. That way
# the guard sees `env.url` after any customizer-added middleware has had
# a chance to rewrite it, closing the `env.url = URI("https://...")`
# bypass that a `Faraday::Connection#url_prefix` check cannot detect.
faraday.use(OAuthURLGuard, expected_url: @oauth_server_url) if @oauth_server_url
end
end
# Per spec, the client MUST include `MCP-Session-Id` (when the server assigned one)
# and `MCP-Protocol-Version` on all requests after `initialize`.
#
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#session-management
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#protocol-version-header
def session_headers
request_headers = {}
request_headers[SESSION_ID_HEADER] = @session_id if @session_id
request_headers[PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEADER] = @protocol_version if @protocol_version
if @oauth && (token = @oauth.access_token)
request_headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{token}"
end
request_headers
end
# Per SEP-2243, mirror the JSON-RPC method and target name/uri into HTTP headers so intermediaries
# can route and inspect requests without parsing the body. `Mcp-Name` comes from `params.name`
# (tools, prompts) or, when absent, `params.uri` (resources).
#
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/basic/transports/streamable-http#request-metadata
def request_metadata_headers(method, params)
return {} unless method
metadata_headers = { METHOD_HEADER => method }
if params.is_a?(Hash)
name = params[:name] || params["name"]
name = params[:uri] || params["uri"] unless name.is_a?(String)
metadata_headers[NAME_HEADER] = encode_header_value(name) if name.is_a?(String)
if method == MCP::Methods::TOOLS_CALL && (declarations = @mcp_param_declarations[params[:name] || params["name"]])
arguments = params[:arguments] || params["arguments"]
metadata_headers.merge!(McpParamHeaders.build(declarations, arguments))
end
end
metadata_headers
end
# Learns the `x-mcp-header` declarations of the tools a `tools/list` response advertises,
# so later `tools/call` requests can mirror the annotated arguments into `Mcp-Param-*` headers (SEP-2243).
# The custom headers exist on the modern lifecycle only, matching the TypeScript and Python SDKs,
# so legacy connections learn nothing. Only a valid, non-empty declaration set is kept:
# an invalid tool definition mirrors nothing,
# following the spec's guidance to send without custom headers when no reliable declarations are available.
def capture_mcp_param_declarations(method, params, body)
return unless modern?
return unless method.to_s == MCP::Methods::TOOLS_LIST && body.is_a?(Hash)
tools = body.dig("result", "tools")
return unless tools.is_a?(Array)
# An uncursored request answered without `nextCursor` is the complete tool universe,
# so knowledge about unlisted tools is stale; the registry is rebuilt from this listing,
# the same pruning the Python SDK applies to complete listings.
cursor = params.is_a?(Hash) && (params[:cursor] || params["cursor"])
complete = !cursor && body.dig("result", "nextCursor").nil?
registry = complete ? {} : @mcp_param_declarations
tools.each do |tool|
next unless tool.is_a?(Hash)
name = tool["name"]
next unless name.is_a?(String)
scan = McpParamHeaders.scan(tool["inputSchema"])
if scan[:valid] && !scan[:declarations].empty?
next if !registry.key?(name) && registry.size >= MAX_MCP_PARAM_TOOLS
registry[name] = scan[:declarations]
else
registry.delete(name)
end
end
@mcp_param_declarations = registry if complete
end
# A header value that is not safe to transmit as-is - non-ASCII, control characters (including CR/LF,
# which would otherwise allow header injection), or significant leading/trailing whitespace - is wrapped as
# `=?base64?<base64>?=`. Safe ASCII values are sent unchanged.
def encode_header_value(value)
return value if safe_header_value?(value)
"=?base64?#{[value].pack("m0")}?="
end
def safe_header_value?(value)
value.bytes.all? { |byte| byte.between?(0x20, 0x7e) } &&
(value.empty? || (!value.start_with?(" ", "\t") && !value.end_with?(" ", "\t"))) &&
!(value.start_with?("=?base64?") && value.end_with?("?="))
end
# Drives the OAuth orchestrator on a 401 from the MCP endpoint.
# The `WWW-Authenticate` header (when present) supplies the `resource_metadata`
# URL and an optional `scope` challenge per RFC 9728 Section 5.1.
#
# If the provider already holds a refresh token, we try to exchange it
# for a fresh access token first; only when that fails (e.g., the refresh token was revoked)
# do we fall back to the full Authorization Code + PKCE + DCR flow.
#
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/authorization#error-handling
def run_oauth_flow!(unauthorized_error:)
params = parse_www_authenticate_from_error(unauthorized_error)
flow = MCP::Client::OAuth::Flow.new(provider: @oauth)
return if attempt_refresh(flow: flow, resource_metadata_url: params["resource_metadata"])
run_full_authorization_flow!(flow: flow, params: params)
end
# Drives a full Authorization Code + PKCE flow without first attempting
# to refresh the access token. Used for the MCP scope-selection-strategy
# step-up path: the provider already holds a valid access token,
# but the server returned a 403 with
# `WWW-Authenticate: ... error="insufficient_scope", scope="..."`
# per RFC 6750 Section 3.1. Refreshing the existing token would re-issue
# the same scope set the server already rejected, so the SDK must run
# a fresh authorization request. The request asks for the union of
# the currently granted scope and the newly demanded scope; otherwise
# the caller would lose previously held scopes and trigger another step-up
# on the next operation that needs them.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/authorization#scope-selection-strategy
def run_step_up_flow!(forbidden_error:)
params = parse_www_authenticate_from_error(forbidden_error)
flow = MCP::Client::OAuth::Flow.new(provider: @oauth)
params = params.merge("scope" => escalated_step_up_scope(params["scope"]))
run_full_authorization_flow!(flow: flow, params: params)
end
# Returns the space-separated union of the currently granted scope (read
# from the stored token response per RFC 6749 Section 5.1) and the scope
# demanded by the step-up challenge. Duplicates are collapsed; order
# follows first appearance so existing scopes precede the newly added
# ones. Returns `nil` when neither side carries a scope so
# `build_authorization_url` omits the `scope` parameter entirely.
def escalated_step_up_scope(challenge_scope)
tokens = @oauth.tokens
granted = tokens.is_a?(Hash) ? (tokens["scope"] || tokens[:scope]) : nil
scopes = [granted, challenge_scope].compact.flat_map { |scope| scope.to_s.split }.uniq
scopes.empty? ? nil : scopes.join(" ")
end
# True when the response on `forbidden_error` carries a Bearer challenge
# with `error="insufficient_scope"` per RFC 6750 Section 3.1 and the MCP
# scope-selection-strategy section. A 403 without that signal is not a
# step-up challenge and must not trigger re-authorization.
def insufficient_scope_challenge?(forbidden_error)
parse_www_authenticate_from_error(forbidden_error)["error"] == "insufficient_scope"
end
def parse_www_authenticate_from_error(error)
response = error.response || {}
response_headers = response[:headers] || {}
header = response_headers["www-authenticate"] || response_headers["WWW-Authenticate"]
MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.parse_www_authenticate(header)
end
def run_full_authorization_flow!(flow:, params:)
# Use the URL snapshotted at `initialize` time so a post-construction
# mutation of `@url` cannot redirect PRM/AS discovery and the authorize
# URL to an attacker-controlled host.
flow.run!(
server_url: @oauth_server_url,
resource_metadata_url: params["resource_metadata"],
scope: params["scope"],
)
end
# Tries to swap a saved `refresh_token` for a fresh access token. Returns truthy
# on success and falsy on either "no refresh token available" or "refresh attempt failed"
# (in which case the caller should run the full interactive flow).
def attempt_refresh(flow:, resource_metadata_url:)
return false unless refresh_token_available?
# Use the snapshotted URL for the same reason as `run_oauth_flow!` above:
# post-construction `@url` mutation must not redirect token-refresh
# discovery to an attacker-controlled host. Use the query-bearing form
# so the refresh request's RFC 8707 `resource` claim matches
# the original authorization request.
flow.refresh!(server_url: @oauth_server_url, resource_metadata_url: resource_metadata_url)
true
rescue MCP::Client::OAuth::Flow::InvalidGrantError
# The refresh token has been revoked or expired by the AS. Wipe it so
# the full interactive flow runs fresh on the retry.
@oauth.clear_tokens!
false
rescue MCP::Client::OAuth::Flow::AuthorizationError
# Transient failure (network, 5xx, AS metadata, etc.). Leave the refresh
# token in place; the next attempt may succeed and we avoid forcing
# the user through an interactive reauth for a recoverable error.
false
end
def refresh_token_available?
tokens = @oauth.tokens
return false unless tokens.is_a?(Hash)
!(tokens["refresh_token"] || tokens[:refresh_token]).to_s.empty?
end
def capture_session_info(method, response, body)
return unless method.to_s == Methods::INITIALIZE
# Faraday normalizes header names to lowercase.
session_id = response.headers[SESSION_ID_HEADER.downcase]
@session_id ||= session_id unless session_id.to_s.empty?
@protocol_version ||= body.is_a?(Hash) ? body.dig("result", "protocolVersion") : nil
end
def clear_session
stop_listening
@session_id = nil
@protocol_version = nil
@server_info = nil
@connected = false
@modern_client_info = nil
@modern_capabilities = nil
end
# Opens the standalone GET SSE listening stream on a background thread so server-to-client requests
# can arrive while the main thread is blocked on its own request (e.g. a tools/call awaiting elicitation).
# Like the TypeScript and Python SDK clients, the GET is fired without waiting for it to be established.
def start_listening
return if @listener_thread&.alive?
@listener_thread = Thread.new { listen_for_server_requests }
end
def stop_listening
@listener_thread&.kill
@listener_thread = nil
end
# Reconnection semantics match the TypeScript and Python SDK clients: a stream that was established and
# then closed gracefully is retried indefinitely after the server's `retry:` interval (SSE semantics),
# while consecutive connection failures - HTTP errors and idle read timeouts both count - stop the listener
# once they reach `MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS`; a successful stream in between resets the count.
# A 405 stops immediately without retrying, since it is the spec's answer from a server that offers no listening stream.
def listen_for_server_requests
stream = SSEStream.new(
abortable: false,
max_message_bytes: @max_message_bytes,
on_request: ->(message) { dispatch_server_request(message) },
)
consecutive_failures = 0
loop do
begin
client.get("") do |request|
request.headers.update(session_headers)
request.headers["Accept"] = SSE_ACCEPT_HEADER
request.headers[LAST_EVENT_ID_HEADER] = stream.last_event_id if stream.last_event_id
request.options.read_timeout = SSE_LISTENER_READ_TIMEOUT
request.options.on_data = stream.on_data
end
consecutive_failures = 0
rescue MessageTooLargeError
# Reconnecting would let the server stream the same over-limit event again, so stop listening instead of retrying.
break
rescue Faraday::Error => e
break if e.response&.dig(:status) == 405
consecutive_failures += 1
break if consecutive_failures >= MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS
end
stream.reset_parser!
sleep(reconnection_delay_seconds(stream))
end
end
# The reconnection delay in seconds: the server's `retry:` value when it sent one and
# the default otherwise, never shortened, raised to `MIN_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS` when the server
# asked for less than that. A `retry:` that is negative or not a run of digits is not a value at all;
# the SSE parser drops it, so those arrive here as the default rather than as something to guard.
def reconnection_delay_seconds(stream)
delay_ms = stream.retry_ms || DEFAULT_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS
[delay_ms, MIN_RECONNECTION_DELAY_MS].max / 1000.0
end
# Seconds left before `deadline`, floored just above zero so a budget consumed down to the last instant
# still asks the adapter for a timeout rather than for "no timeout".
def remaining_reconnection_budget(deadline)
[deadline - Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC), 0.001].max
end
def require_faraday!
require "faraday"
rescue LoadError
raise LoadError, "The 'faraday' gem is required to use the MCP client HTTP transport. " \
"Add it to your Gemfile: gem 'faraday', '>= 2.0'" \
"See https://rubygems.org/gems/faraday for more details."
end
# Determines the logical JSON-RPC body of the exchange after the POST stream finished
# (or was aborted because the response already arrived).
def resolve_response_body(stream, response, method, params)
return stream.response if stream.response
# 202 Accepted is the server's ACK for a JSON-RPC notification or response; no body is expected.
# https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/transports#sending-messages-to-the-server
return if response.status == 202
content_type = response.headers["Content-Type"]
if content_type&.include?("text/event-stream")
# Nothing was parsed during streaming: either the adapter does not support `on_data`
# (the whole body sits in `response.body`) or Faraday did not pass `env` to `on_data`
# (Faraday < 2.1; the SSE chunks sit in `buffer`). Parse whichever holds the body.
unless stream.primed?
stream.ingest_pending!(response.body)
return stream.response if stream.response
end
# SEP-1699: a graceful close after a priming event (an event with an id) but before
# the response means "reconnect via GET to resume".
return await_response_after_disconnect(stream, method, params) if stream.primed?
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"No valid JSON-RPC response found in SSE stream",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :parse_error,
)
elsif content_type&.include?("application/json")
return parse_json_buffer(stream.buffer, method, params) unless stream.buffer.empty?
# Adapters without `on_data` support deliver the body via `response.body`; a JSON middleware
# added by the Faraday customizer may have parsed it already.
response.body.is_a?(String) ? parse_json_buffer(response.body, method, params) : response.body
else
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Unsupported Content-Type: #{content_type.inspect}. Expected application/json or text/event-stream.",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :unsupported_media_type,
)
end
end
# Answers a server-to-client request received on an SSE stream by invoking the handler registered via
# `on_server_request` and POSTing its return value back as a JSON-RPC response; the server ACKs with
# 202 Accepted. Requests without a registered handler are answered with a "method not found" error.
# A handler may raise `ServerRequestError` to answer with a specific JSON-RPC error code
# (e.g. `-1` for a rejected sampling request); any other error is answered with an "internal error".
# In every case the server is not left waiting, matching how the TypeScript and Python SDKs convert handler
# failures into JSON-RPC error responses.
def dispatch_server_request(message)
handler = @server_request_handlers[message["method"]]
response = if handler
begin
{
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: message["id"],
result: handler.call(message["params"] || {}),
}
rescue ServerRequestError => e
{
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: message["id"],
error: { code: e.code, message: e.message },
}
rescue StandardError => e
{
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: message["id"],
error: {
code: JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::INTERNAL_ERROR,
message: "Internal error handling #{message["method"]} request: #{e.message}",
},
}
end
elsif message["method"] == MCP::Methods::PING && (message["id"].is_a?(String) || message["id"].is_a?(Numeric))
# The ping receiver "MUST respond promptly with an empty response" (MCP ping utility),
# so an unhandled ping is answered with the empty result rather than Method not found.
# A JSON-RPC id is a String or a Number; the reference SDKs reject other shapes at
# schema validation, so a ping carrying one falls through to Method not found instead.
# The default lives here instead of in `@server_request_handlers`, whose `any?` opens
# the GET listening stream on connect: a built-in pong must not change listener behavior.
# A handler registered via `on_server_request("ping")` still wins through the branch above.
{
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: message["id"],
result: {},
}
else
{
jsonrpc: JsonRpcHandler::Version::V2_0,
id: message["id"],
error: {
code: JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND,
message: "Method not found: #{message["method"]}",
},
}
end
send_client_response(response)
end
def send_client_response(response)
client.post("", response, session_headers)
end
def parse_json_buffer(buffer, method, params)
return if buffer.empty?
JSON.parse(buffer)
rescue JSON::ParserError => e
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Failed to parse JSON response: #{e.message}",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :parse_error,
)
end
# SEP-1699 resumability: the server closed the SSE stream after a priming event
# without delivering the response. Treat the graceful close like a network failure:
# wait the `retry:` interval the server asked for (default 1000ms), then reconnect with
# a GET carrying `Last-Event-ID` so the server can replay the pending response on
# the standalone stream. Mirrors the TypeScript SDK's `StreamableHTTPClientTransport`
# reconnection and the Python SDK's `_handle_reconnection` (including its 2-attempt cap).
#
# This runs on the caller's thread, so the attempts are bounded by `max_reconnection_wait` as well as
# by their count: the deadline gates each wait, and what is left of it becomes the read timeout of
# the resumed stream. A delay that would run past the deadline is never shortened: the client stops
# reconnecting instead, so the server's `retry:` is honored in full or not acted on at all.
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/issues/1699
def await_response_after_disconnect(stream, method, params)
stream.abortable = true
deadline = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) + @max_reconnection_wait
gave_up_waiting = false
MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS.times do
delay = reconnection_delay_seconds(stream)
if Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) + delay > deadline
gave_up_waiting = true
break
end
sleep(delay)
stream.reset_parser!
# Bound the resumed stream's idle time by what is left of the budget, rather than leaving it to
# whatever the Faraday adapter defaults to. `listen_for_server_requests` guards its own GET the same way;
# without this, a caller-supplied adapter with no default read timeout would let a server hold
# the connection open past the budget by simply sending nothing.
read_timeout = remaining_reconnection_budget(deadline)
reconnect_response = begin
client.get("") do |req|
req.headers.update(session_headers)
req.headers["Accept"] = SSE_ACCEPT_HEADER
req.headers[LAST_EVENT_ID_HEADER] = stream.last_event_id if stream.last_event_id
req.options.read_timeout = read_timeout
req.options.on_data = stream.on_data
end
rescue StreamAbort
# The awaited response arrived on the reconnected stream.
nil
end
# Same fallback as `resolve_response_body` for adapters that do not stream via `on_data`.
if reconnect_response && stream.response.nil?
stream.ingest_pending!(reconnect_response.body)
end
return stream.response if stream.response
end
reason = if gave_up_waiting
"the reconnection delay it asked for would exceed the #{@max_reconnection_wait} second reconnection budget"
else
"#{MAX_RECONNECTION_ATTEMPTS} reconnection attempts"
end
raise RequestHandlerError.new(
"Server closed the SSE stream without a response for #{method} after #{reason}",
{ method: method, params: params },
error_type: :internal_error,
)
end
end
end
end