ruby-sdk/lib/mcp/server/transports/streamable_http_transport.rb
Koichi ITO e5d3b2c135 Support CORS and Accept wildcard for browser-based MCP clients
## Summary

When using browser-based MCP clients such as MCP Inspector, connections to
the example HTTP server failed due to two issues:

1. CORS preflight (OPTIONS) requests returned 405 Method Not Allowed,
causing browsers to block all cross-origin requests.
2. `Accept: */*` (commonly sent by browsers and fetch API) returned 406 Not Acceptable
because the transport required the Accept header to explicitly list `application/json`
and `text/event-stream`.

Add `rack-cors` middleware to the example HTTP servers so that preflight requests are handled correctly
and `Mcp-Session-Id` is exposed to browser clients. Also fix `validate_accept_header` in `StreamableHTTPTransport`
to treat `*/*` as satisfying all required Accept types.

Fixes #141.

## Repro Steps

### 1. Start the example server (Terminal 1)

```console
$ bundle exec ruby examples/streamable_http_server.rb
```

### 2. Start MCP Inspector (Terminal 2)

```console
$ npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
```

### 3. Open the Inspector Web UI (http://localhost:6274) in a browser

- Set Transport Type to "Streamable HTTP"
- Set URL to http://localhost:9393
- Disable the Authorization header toggle (the example server does not require authentication)
- Click "Connect"

Before this change, the connection fails due to CORS or 406 errors.
After this change, the connection succeeds and tools are listed.

These steps have been added to examples/README.md.
2026-03-09 10:45:53 +09:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
require_relative "../../transport"
require "json"
require "securerandom"
module MCP
class Server
module Transports
class StreamableHTTPTransport < Transport
def initialize(server, stateless: false)
super(server)
# { session_id => { stream: stream_object }
@sessions = {}
@mutex = Mutex.new
@stateless = stateless
end
REQUIRED_POST_ACCEPT_TYPES = ["application/json", "text/event-stream"].freeze
REQUIRED_GET_ACCEPT_TYPES = ["text/event-stream"].freeze
STREAM_WRITE_ERRORS = [IOError, Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET].freeze
def handle_request(request)
case request.env["REQUEST_METHOD"]
when "POST"
handle_post(request)
when "GET"
handle_get(request)
when "DELETE"
handle_delete(request)
else
method_not_allowed_response
end
end
def close
@mutex.synchronize do
@sessions.each_key { |session_id| cleanup_session_unsafe(session_id) }
end
end
def send_notification(method, params = nil, session_id: nil)
# Stateless mode doesn't support notifications
raise "Stateless mode does not support notifications" if @stateless
notification = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: method,
}
notification[:params] = params if params
@mutex.synchronize do
if session_id
# Send to specific session
session = @sessions[session_id]
return false unless session && session[:stream]
begin
send_to_stream(session[:stream], notification)
true
rescue *STREAM_WRITE_ERRORS => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(
e,
{ session_id: session_id, error: "Failed to send notification" },
)
cleanup_session_unsafe(session_id)
false
end
else
# Broadcast to all connected SSE sessions
sent_count = 0
failed_sessions = []
@sessions.each do |sid, session|
next unless session[:stream]
begin
send_to_stream(session[:stream], notification)
sent_count += 1
rescue *STREAM_WRITE_ERRORS => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(
e,
{ session_id: sid, error: "Failed to send notification" },
)
failed_sessions << sid
end
end
# Clean up failed sessions
failed_sessions.each { |sid| cleanup_session_unsafe(sid) }
sent_count
end
end
end
private
def send_to_stream(stream, data)
message = data.is_a?(String) ? data : data.to_json
stream.write("data: #{message}\n\n")
stream.flush if stream.respond_to?(:flush)
end
def send_ping_to_stream(stream)
stream.write(": ping #{Time.now.iso8601}\n\n")
stream.flush if stream.respond_to?(:flush)
end
def handle_post(request)
accept_error = validate_accept_header(request, REQUIRED_POST_ACCEPT_TYPES)
return accept_error if accept_error
body_string = request.body.read
session_id = extract_session_id(request)
body = parse_request_body(body_string)
return body unless body.is_a?(Hash) # Error response
if body["method"] == "initialize"
handle_initialization(body_string, body)
elsif notification?(body) || response?(body)
handle_accepted
else
handle_regular_request(body_string, session_id)
end
rescue StandardError => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(e, { request: body_string })
[500, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Internal server error" }.to_json]]
end
def handle_get(request)
if @stateless
return method_not_allowed_response
end
accept_error = validate_accept_header(request, REQUIRED_GET_ACCEPT_TYPES)
return accept_error if accept_error
session_id = extract_session_id(request)
return missing_session_id_response unless session_id
return session_not_found_response unless session_exists?(session_id)
setup_sse_stream(session_id)
end
def handle_delete(request)
success_response = [200, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ success: true }.to_json]]
if @stateless
# Stateless mode doesn't support sessions, so we can just return a success response
return success_response
end
session_id = request.env["HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID"]
return [
400,
{ "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
[{ error: "Missing session ID" }.to_json],
] unless session_id
cleanup_session(session_id)
success_response
end
def cleanup_session(session_id)
@mutex.synchronize do
cleanup_session_unsafe(session_id)
end
end
def cleanup_session_unsafe(session_id)
session = @sessions[session_id]
return unless session
begin
session[:stream]&.close
rescue
nil
end
@sessions.delete(session_id)
end
def extract_session_id(request)
request.env["HTTP_MCP_SESSION_ID"]
end
def validate_accept_header(request, required_types)
accept_header = request.env["HTTP_ACCEPT"]
return not_acceptable_response(required_types) unless accept_header
accepted_types = parse_accept_header(accept_header)
return if accepted_types.include?("*/*")
missing_types = required_types - accepted_types
return not_acceptable_response(required_types) unless missing_types.empty?
nil
end
def parse_accept_header(header)
header.split(",").map do |part|
part.split(";").first.strip
end
end
def not_acceptable_response(required_types)
[
406,
{ "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
[{ error: "Not Acceptable: Accept header must include #{required_types.join(" and ")}" }.to_json],
]
end
def parse_request_body(body_string)
JSON.parse(body_string)
rescue JSON::ParserError, TypeError
[400, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Invalid JSON" }.to_json]]
end
def notification?(body)
!body["id"] && !!body["method"]
end
def response?(body)
!!body["id"] && !body["method"]
end
def handle_initialization(body_string, body)
session_id = nil
unless @stateless
session_id = SecureRandom.uuid
@mutex.synchronize do
@sessions[session_id] = {
stream: nil,
}
end
end
response = @server.handle_json(body_string)
headers = {
"Content-Type" => "application/json",
}
headers["Mcp-Session-Id"] = session_id if session_id
[200, headers, [response]]
end
def handle_accepted
[202, {}, []]
end
def handle_regular_request(body_string, session_id)
unless @stateless
# If session ID is provided, but not in the sessions hash, return an error
if session_id && !@sessions.key?(session_id)
return [400, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Invalid session ID" }.to_json]]
end
end
response = @server.handle_json(body_string) || ""
# Stream can be nil since stateless mode doesn't retain streams
stream = get_session_stream(session_id) if session_id
if stream
send_response_to_stream(stream, response, session_id)
elsif response.nil? && notification_request?(body_string)
[202, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [response]]
else
[200, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [response]]
end
end
def notification_request?(body_string)
body = parse_request_body(body_string)
body.is_a?(Hash) && body["method"].start_with?("notifications/")
end
def get_session_stream(session_id)
@mutex.synchronize { @sessions[session_id]&.fetch(:stream, nil) }
end
def send_response_to_stream(stream, response, session_id)
message = JSON.parse(response)
send_to_stream(stream, message)
handle_accepted
rescue *STREAM_WRITE_ERRORS => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(
e,
{ session_id: session_id, error: "Stream closed during response" },
)
cleanup_session(session_id)
[200, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [response]]
end
def session_exists?(session_id)
@mutex.synchronize { @sessions.key?(session_id) }
end
def method_not_allowed_response
[405, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Method not allowed" }.to_json]]
end
def missing_session_id_response
[400, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Missing session ID" }.to_json]]
end
def session_not_found_response
[404, { "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, [{ error: "Session not found" }.to_json]]
end
def setup_sse_stream(session_id)
body = create_sse_body(session_id)
headers = {
"Content-Type" => "text/event-stream",
"Cache-Control" => "no-cache",
"Connection" => "keep-alive",
}
[200, headers, body]
end
def create_sse_body(session_id)
proc do |stream|
store_stream_for_session(session_id, stream)
start_keepalive_thread(session_id)
end
end
def store_stream_for_session(session_id, stream)
@mutex.synchronize do
if @sessions[session_id]
@sessions[session_id][:stream] = stream
else
stream.close
end
end
end
def start_keepalive_thread(session_id)
Thread.new do
while session_active_with_stream?(session_id)
sleep(30)
send_keepalive_ping(session_id)
end
rescue StandardError => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(e, { session_id: session_id })
ensure
cleanup_session(session_id)
end
end
def session_active_with_stream?(session_id)
@mutex.synchronize { @sessions.key?(session_id) && @sessions[session_id][:stream] }
end
def send_keepalive_ping(session_id)
@mutex.synchronize do
if @sessions[session_id] && @sessions[session_id][:stream]
send_ping_to_stream(@sessions[session_id][:stream])
end
end
rescue *STREAM_WRITE_ERRORS => e
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter.call(
e,
{ session_id: session_id, error: "Stream closed" },
)
raise # Re-raise to exit the keepalive loop
end
end
end
end
end