ruby-sdk/test/mcp/server/transports/stdio_transport_test.rb
Koichi ITO c40aa9cc59 Serve the subscriptions/listen notification stream per SEP-2575
## Motivation and Context

Companion to the stateless lifecycle work (SEP-2575, modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#2575) for
the 2026-07-28 MCP spec release. The modern lifecycle removed the HTTP GET listening stream;
`subscriptions/listen` replaces it as a long-lived POST that opts in to server change notifications.
The Python SDK ships the server side of this as its SEP-2575 event-bus work (python-sdk PR /modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk#3035);
the TypeScript SDK landed it in PR modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk#2321.

Wire behavior, per the draft schema:

- The request carries a REQUIRED `notifications` filter (`SubscriptionFilter`): `toolsListChanged`,
  `promptsListChanged`, `resourcesListChanged`, and `resourceSubscriptions` (URI list, replacing
  the legacy `resources/subscribe` RPC). Every type is opt-in; the server MUST NOT send types
  the client did not request.
- The first stream message is `notifications/subscriptions/acknowledged`, reporting the subset of
  requested types the server agreed to honor. Honoring reads the capability FLAGS that promise delivery
  (`listChanged`, `subscribe`), the same derivation `server/discover` uses for its era-aware capability stripping;
  the mere presence of a primitive's capability is not enough.
- Every notification delivered on the stream carries the correlating `io.modelcontextprotocol/subscriptionId`
  (the listen request id) in `_meta`.
- A graceful teardown (transport `close`) sends a `SubscriptionsListenResult` response before closing the stream,
  stamped with the REQUIRED 2026-07-28 `resultType` at its construction site (it never passes through the dispatch path);
  an abrupt disconnect sends nothing.

Implementation:

- `StreamableHTTPTransport` intercepts `subscriptions/listen` on the modern path (after header and envelope validation)
  and serves it as a long-lived SSE stream, using the same register-and-return body proc pattern as the legacy GET stream.
  Subscriptions live in an in-process registry keyed by the listen request id; fan-out hooks into `send_notification` ahead of
  the legacy delivery, so a resource updated by one session's tool call also reaches modern subscribers.
  The matching snapshot is taken under the transport mutex, but stream writes happen outside it,
  matching the legacy delivery paths: a slow or stalled subscriber must not block the transport.
  Duplicate subscription ids close the new stream instead of double-registering.
- Concurrent listen streams are capped (`max_listen_subscriptions:`, default 1000, `nil` to opt out);
  a listen request past the cap is rejected with HTTP 503, like the `max_sessions` guard against session floods.
  Each stream holds an open connection for its lifetime, so without a bound an unauthenticated client can retain
  unbounded connections.
- Each stream is kept alive by an SSE comment frame written every `listen_keepalive_interval:` seconds
  (default 15, matching the TypeScript SDK; `nil` to opt out when an upstream proxy pings the stream).
  A silently dropped connection would otherwise hold its capped slot until the next fan-out write failed,
  so on a quiet server the cap would ratchet down permanently; the periodic write detects the dead peer
  and frees the slot. A comment frame cannot corrupt an interleaved notification's JSON, and the write
  happens outside the transport mutex, reusing the legacy GET stream's keepalive mechanism.
- Every SSE response now carries `x-accel-buffering: no`, which the spec asks of SSE streams and both
  reference SDKs send: a buffering reverse proxy would hold events back instead of delivering them as
  they are written, and on a listen stream it would also swallow the keepalive frames a dropped peer
  is detected by. The header rides the shared `SSE_HEADERS`, so the legacy streams gain it too.
- stdio does not serve the stream, matching the Python SDK's stream-pair behavior: no server handler is registered,
  so the method answers `-32601`.
- `Server#discover` becomes era-aware about notification delivery: `listChanged`/`subscribe` capability flags
  promise delivery over `subscriptions/listen` streams in the modern lifecycle, so they are stripped when
  the transport does not serve that RPC (the new `Transport#serves_subscriptions_listen?` seam, true for `StreamableHTTPTransport`).
- The conformance fixture defines the diagnostic triggers the `server-stateless` scenario calls
  (`test_trigger_tool_change` / `test_trigger_prompt_change`): each broadcasts its list-changed notification
  to the listen streams and returns, mirroring the suite's TypeScript reference fixture, which mutates nothing either.

Out of scope, noted for follow-ups: an external event bus for multi-worker deployments, and the client-side listen driver
(the Python reference is python-sdk PR modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk#3047).

Refs #389.

## How Has This Been Tested?

New tests in `test/mcp/server/transports/streamable_http_transport_test.rb` cover:
the SSE response with the acknowledgement as the first event (including the honored-subset reduction for unsupported types and
for capability entries lacking the delivery flag), the `notifications` filter and envelope requirements (400 responses),
opt-in-only delivery with the correlating `subscriptionId`, URI-scoped `resources/updated` delivery, per-subscription ids across
concurrent streams, the graceful close result carrying `resultType: "complete"`, duplicate-id rejection, the 503 past
the concurrent stream cap, the keepalive (writing the comment frame outside the mutex, freeing a dead peer's slot,
no thread when the interval is `nil`, and the positive-or-nil interval validation), and `x-accel-buffering: no`
on both the listen stream and the legacy GET stream.
`test/mcp/server/transports/stdio_transport_test.rb` asserts `-32601` over stdio,
and `test/mcp/server_test.rb` covers the era-aware capability stripping in `server/discover` for both transport kinds.

`bundle exec rake` (tests, RuboCop, and conformance baseline) passes.

Against the conformance fixture server at `--spec-version 2026-07-28`, the `server-stateless` subscription checks
all report SUCCESS: the acknowledgement, `subscriptionId` tagging, and filter-containment MUSTs, plus both
list-changed SHOULD checks driven by the new trigger tools. The `--requirements 2025-11-25` server leg
passes 78/78, unchanged.

## Breaking Changes

None. The method was previously unhandled (`-32601` everywhere); the only observable change to existing responses is that
`server/discover` no longer advertises `listChanged`/`subscribe` flags on transports that cannot deliver those notifications in
the modern lifecycle, which `server/discover` has not shipped in a gem release with anyway.
2026-08-11 00:05:39 +09:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
require "test_helper"
module MCP
class Server
module Transports
class StdioTransportTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
include InstrumentationTestHelper
include InitializeParamsTestHelper
setup do
configuration = MCP::Configuration.new
configuration.instrumentation_callback = instrumentation_helper.callback
@server = Server.new(name: "test_server", configuration: configuration)
@transport = StdioTransport.new(@server)
end
test "initializes with server and closed state" do
server = @transport.instance_variable_get(:@server)
assert_equal @server.object_id, server.object_id
refute @transport.instance_variable_get(:@open)
end
test "processes JSON-RPC requests from stdin and sends responses to stdout" do
request = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "ping",
id: "123",
}
input = StringIO.new(JSON.generate(request) + "\n")
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
thread = Thread.new { @transport.open }
sleep(0.1)
@transport.close
thread.join
response = JSON.parse(output.string, symbolize_names: true)
assert_equal("2.0", response[:jsonrpc])
assert_equal("123", response[:id])
assert_equal({}, response[:result])
refute(@transport.instance_variable_get(:@open))
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "sends string responses to stdout" do
output = StringIO.new
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdout = output
@transport.send_response("test response")
assert_equal("test response\n", output.string)
ensure
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "sends JSON responses to stdout" do
output = StringIO.new
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdout = output
response = { key: "value" }
@transport.send_response(response)
assert_equal(JSON.generate(response) + "\n", output.string)
ensure
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "handles valid JSON-RPC requests" do
request = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "ping",
id: "123",
}
output = StringIO.new
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdout = output
@transport.send(:handle_request, JSON.generate(request))
response = JSON.parse(output.string, symbolize_names: true)
assert_equal("2.0", response[:jsonrpc])
assert_nil(response[:id])
assert_nil(response[:result])
ensure
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "open creates a ServerSession and processes requests through it" do
request = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "initialize",
id: "1",
params: {
protocolVersion: "2025-11-25",
capabilities: {},
clientInfo: { name: "stdio-client", version: "1.0" },
},
}
input = StringIO.new(JSON.generate(request) + "\n")
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
@transport.open
# Verify a session was created.
session = @transport.instance_variable_get(:@session)
assert_instance_of(ServerSession, session)
# Verify client info was stored on the session, not on the server.
assert_equal({ name: "stdio-client", version: "1.0" }, session.client)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
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",
method: "initialize",
id: "first",
params: {
protocolVersion: "2025-11-25",
capabilities: {},
clientInfo: { name: "original", version: "1.0" },
},
}
second = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "initialize",
id: "second",
params: {
protocolVersion: "2024-11-05",
capabilities: {},
clientInfo: { name: "intruder", version: "9.9" },
},
}
input = StringIO.new("#{JSON.generate(first)}\n#{JSON.generate(second)}\n")
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
@transport.open
lines = output.string.lines
assert_equal(2, lines.length)
first_response = JSON.parse(lines[0], symbolize_names: true)
second_response = JSON.parse(lines[1], symbolize_names: true)
assert_equal("first", first_response[:id])
refute_nil(first_response[:result])
assert_equal("second", second_response[:id])
assert_equal(-32600, second_response[:error][:code])
assert_equal("Invalid Request", second_response[:error][:message])
session = @transport.instance_variable_get(:@session)
assert_equal({ name: "original", version: "1.0" }, session.client)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "handles invalid JSON requests" do
invalid_json = "invalid json"
output = StringIO.new
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdout = output
@transport.send(:handle_request, invalid_json)
response = JSON.parse(output.string, symbolize_names: true)
assert_equal("2.0", response[:jsonrpc])
assert_nil(response[:id])
assert_equal(-32600, response[:error][:code])
assert_equal("Invalid Request", response[:error][:message])
assert_equal("Request must be an array or a hash", response[:error][:data])
ensure
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "send_request sends request to stdout and waits for response" do
reader, writer = IO.pipe
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = reader
$stdout = output
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
# Send response from client in a thread.
Thread.new do
sleep(0.05) # Wait for request to be written to `StringIO`.
request = JSON.parse(output.string.lines.first, symbolize_names: true)
response = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: request[:id],
result: { content: "test response" },
}
writer.puts(response.to_json)
writer.flush
end
result = @transport.send_request("test/method", { param: "value" })
assert_equal({ content: "test response" }, result)
# Verify request was sent.
request = JSON.parse(output.string.lines.first, symbolize_names: true)
assert_equal("2.0", request[:jsonrpc])
assert_equal("test/method", request[:method])
assert_equal({ param: "value" }, request[:params])
assert(request[:id])
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
begin
writer.close
rescue
nil
end
begin
reader.close
rescue
nil
end
end
end
test "send_request raises on error response from client" do
reader, writer = IO.pipe
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = reader
$stdout = output
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
Thread.new do
sleep(0.05) # Wait for request to be written to `StringIO`.
request = JSON.parse(output.string.lines.first, symbolize_names: true)
error_response = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: request[:id],
error: { code: -1, message: "User rejected sampling request" },
}
writer.puts(error_response.to_json)
writer.flush
end
error = assert_raises(StandardError) do
@transport.send_request("sampling/createMessage", { messages: [] })
end
assert_equal("Client returned an error for sampling/createMessage request (code: -1): User rejected sampling request", error.message)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
begin
writer.close
rescue
nil
end
begin
reader.close
rescue
nil
end
end
end
test "send_request does not double-report intentional raises via exception_reporter" do
reader, writer = IO.pipe
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
reported_errors = []
original_reporter = MCP.configuration.exception_reporter
begin
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter = ->(e, ctx) { reported_errors << [e, ctx] }
$stdin = reader
$stdout = output
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
Thread.new do
sleep(0.05) # Wait for request to be written to `StringIO`.
request = JSON.parse(output.string.lines.first, symbolize_names: true)
error_response = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: request[:id],
error: { code: -1, message: "rejected" },
}
writer.puts(error_response.to_json)
writer.flush
end
assert_raises(StandardError) do
@transport.send_request("sampling/createMessage", { messages: [] })
end
assert_empty(reported_errors)
ensure
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter = original_reporter
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
begin
writer.close
rescue
nil
end
begin
reader.close
rescue
nil
end
end
end
test "send_request processes interleaved requests via session" do
reader, writer = IO.pipe
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = reader
$stdout = output
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
# Initialize a session so @session is set.
session = MCP::ServerSession.new(server: @server, transport: @transport)
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@session, session)
Thread.new do
sleep(0.05) # Wait for request to be written to `StringIO`.
request = JSON.parse(output.string.lines.first, symbolize_names: true)
# Send an interleaved ping request before the response.
ping = { jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "ping", id: "ping-1" }
writer.puts(ping.to_json)
writer.flush
sleep(0.05) # Wait for the ping to be processed.
# Then send the actual response.
response = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
id: request[:id],
result: { content: "done" },
}
writer.puts(response.to_json)
writer.flush
end
result = @transport.send_request("test/method", { param: "value" })
assert_equal({ content: "done" }, result)
# Verify the interleaved ping was handled (response sent to output).
lines = output.string.lines
ping_response = lines.find { |l| l.include?("ping-1") }
assert(ping_response, "Interleaved ping request should have been handled")
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
begin
writer.close
rescue
nil
end
begin
reader.close
rescue
nil
end
end
end
test "send_request raises when transport is closed while waiting" do
reader, writer = IO.pipe
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = reader
$stdout = output
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
# Close transport while waiting for response.
Thread.new do
sleep(0.05) # Wait for request to be written to `StringIO`.
@transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, false)
writer.close
end
error = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
@transport.send_request("sampling/createMessage", { messages: [] })
end
assert_equal("Transport closed while waiting for response to sampling/createMessage request.", error.message)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
begin
writer.close
rescue IOError
nil
end
begin
reader.close
rescue IOError
nil
end
end
end
test "raises ArgumentError when max_line_bytes is not a positive Integer" do
[nil, 0, -1, 1.5, "1024"].each do |invalid|
error = assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
StdioTransport.new(@server, max_line_bytes: invalid)
end
assert_equal("max_line_bytes must be a positive Integer", error.message)
end
end
test "open stops and reports when a stdin frame exceeds max_line_bytes without a newline" do
transport = StdioTransport.new(@server, max_line_bytes: 64)
input = StringIO.new("A" * 200) # No newline: an unbounded frame.
output = StringIO.new
reported = []
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
original_reporter = MCP.configuration.exception_reporter
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter = ->(e, ctx) { reported << [e, ctx] }
transport.open
refute(transport.instance_variable_get(:@open))
assert_equal(1, reported.size)
error, _ctx = reported.first
assert_instance_of(RequestHandlerError, error)
assert_match(/exceeds 64 bytes without a newline/, error.message)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
MCP.configuration.exception_reporter = original_reporter
end
end
test "open processes a valid final frame that ends at EOF without a trailing newline" do
request = { jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "ping", id: "eof" }
input = StringIO.new(JSON.generate(request)) # No trailing newline.
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_equal("eof", response[:id])
assert_equal({}, response[:result])
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "send_request raises when a response frame exceeds max_line_bytes without a newline" do
transport = StdioTransport.new(@server, max_line_bytes: 64)
input = StringIO.new("A" * 200) # No newline: an unbounded frame.
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
transport.instance_variable_set(:@open, true)
error = assert_raises(RequestHandlerError) do
transport.send_request("sampling/createMessage", { messages: [] })
end
assert_match(/exceeds 64 bytes without a newline/, error.message)
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
end
test "locks the legacy era on a successful initialize and rejects a later modern envelope" do
responses = run_transport_session([
initialize_request(id: 1),
modern_tools_list_request(id: 2),
])
refute responses[0].key?(:error)
assert_equal :legacy, session_era
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::INVALID_REQUEST, responses[1].dig(:error, :code)
end
test "initialize negotiating 2026-07-28 still locks the legacy era" do
# 2026-07-28 serves both lifecycles of the dual-era model: negotiating it through
# the legacy handshake locks `:legacy`, so a later modern envelope is still rejected.
responses = run_transport_session([
initialize_request(id: 1, protocol_version: "2026-07-28"),
modern_tools_list_request(id: 2),
])
assert_equal "2026-07-28", responses[0].dig(:result, :protocolVersion)
assert_equal :legacy, session_era
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::INVALID_REQUEST, responses[1].dig(:error, :code)
end
test "locks the modern era on a successful server/discover and rejects a later initialize with -32601" do
responses = run_transport_session([
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "server/discover", id: 1 },
initialize_request(id: 2),
modern_tools_list_request(id: 3),
])
assert_equal Configuration::SUPPORTED_MODERN_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS, responses[0].dig(:result, :supportedVersions)
assert_equal :modern, session_era
# SEP-2575 removes `initialize` from the modern lifecycle, so a modern-locked connection
# answers it with Method not found.
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, responses[1].dig(:error, :code)
refute responses[2].key?(:error)
end
test "locks the modern era on a successful request carrying the modern envelope" do
responses = run_transport_session([modern_tools_list_request(id: 1)])
refute responses[0].key?(:error)
assert_equal :modern, session_era
end
test "does not lock an era when the era-distinctive request fails" do
# An unsupported envelope version fails with -32022, so the connection stays unlocked
# and a legacy initialize can still succeed afterwards.
responses = run_transport_session([
modern_tools_list_request(id: 1, version: "2027-01-01"),
initialize_request(id: 2),
])
assert_equal ErrorCodes::UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSION, responses[0].dig(:error, :code)
refute responses[1].key?(:error)
assert_equal :legacy, session_era
end
test "requires the modern envelope after a modern era lock" do
responses = run_transport_session([
modern_tools_list_request(id: 1),
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "tools/list", id: 2 },
])
refute responses[0].key?(:error)
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::INVALID_PARAMS, responses[1].dig(:error, :code)
end
test "answers removed lifecycle methods with -32601 after a modern era lock" do
removed_requests = Methods::MODERN_REMOVED_METHODS.each_with_index.map do |method, index|
{ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: method, id: index + 2 }
end
responses = run_transport_session([modern_tools_list_request(id: 1)] + removed_requests)
refute responses[0].key?(:error)
responses[1..].each_with_index do |response, index|
method = Methods::MODERN_REMOVED_METHODS[index]
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, response.dig(:error, :code), "expected -32601 for #{method}"
end
end
test "subscriptions/listen is not served over stdio and answers -32601" do
# Like the Python SDK, the stream-pair transport does not serve the SEP-2575 notification subscription stream.
listen = {
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "subscriptions/listen",
id: "listen-1",
params: {
notifications: { toolsListChanged: true },
_meta: {
"io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion": "2026-07-28",
"io.modelcontextprotocol/clientInfo": { name: "modern_client", version: "2.0" },
"io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities": {},
},
},
}
responses = run_transport_session([listen])
assert_equal JsonRpcHandler::ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, responses[0].dig(:error, :code)
end
test "#send_request raises on a modern-locked session" do
run_transport_session([modern_tools_list_request(id: 1)])
error = assert_raises(RuntimeError) do
@transport.send_request("roots/list")
end
assert_match(/modern lifecycle/, error.message)
end
private
def initialize_request(id:, protocol_version: "2025-11-25")
{
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "initialize",
id: id,
params: initialize_params(
protocolVersion: protocol_version,
clientInfo: { name: "legacy_client", version: "1.0" },
),
}
end
# `tools/list` stands in as the era-distinctive modern request: `ping` cannot,
# because SEP-2575 removes it from the modern lifecycle (-32601 there).
def modern_tools_list_request(id:, version: "2026-07-28")
{
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "tools/list",
id: id,
params: {
_meta: {
"io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion": version,
"io.modelcontextprotocol/clientInfo": { name: "modern_client", version: "2.0" },
"io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities": {},
},
},
}
end
# Feeds the frames to a fresh transport session over swapped stdio and returns the parsed responses in order.
def run_transport_session(frames)
input = StringIO.new(frames.map { |frame| JSON.generate(frame) }.join("\n") + "\n")
output = StringIO.new
original_stdin = $stdin
original_stdout = $stdout
begin
$stdin = input
$stdout = output
thread = Thread.new { @transport.open }
sleep(0.1)
@transport.close
thread.join
ensure
$stdin = original_stdin
$stdout = original_stdout
end
output.string.each_line.map { |line| JSON.parse(line, symbolize_names: true) }
end
def session_era
@transport.instance_variable_get(:@session).era
end
end
end
end
end