fix(client): classify discover outcome at source, not at the error type (#1133)

`ClientLifecycleMode::Auto` only fell back from `server/discover` on
`-32601`, so legacy servers that reject the probe with other codes
(`-32600`, `-32602`, implementation-defined errors) failed to connect
even though `initialize` would have succeeded.

The previous attempt (indicates_legacy_server) classified the failure
after the fact by reverse-engineering the error type. This rewrite moves
the classification into `discover_startup` itself, where the full context
(request id, response correlation, transport state) is still available.

`discover_startup` now returns `DiscoverOutcome`: `Modern` on success,
`Legacy(error)` when the probe received a complete, correlated JSON-RPC
error whose code is not a modern-era rejection. Every other failure
becomes `Err`, so `Auto` simply matches the outcome — no methods on
`ClientInitializeError`, no downcast, no transport-specific types
leaking into the generic lifecycle layer.

Additional fixes that fall out naturally:

- Response correlation is now checked in `expect_response` for both
  success and error branches. Previously error responses skipped id
  correlation entirely. A new `UncorrelatedErrorResponse` variant
  surfaces responses that cannot be tied to the request.

- When both discover and the legacy fallback fail, a
  `LegacyFallbackFailed` compound error preserves both phases instead
  of discarding the discover error.

Fixes #1040.
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@ -125,11 +125,18 @@ async fn test_client_init_handles_jsonrpc_error() {
});
tokio::spawn(async move {
let _init_request = server.receive().await;
let request = server.receive().await;
// Echo the request's own id back on the error so it correlates: an
// uncorrelated id would surface as `UncorrelatedErrorResponse`
// instead of the `JsonRpcError` this test exercises.
let request_id = request
.and_then(|message| message.into_request())
.map(|(_, id)| id)
.expect("client sent an initialize request");
let error_msg = ServerJsonRpcMessage::Error(JsonRpcError {
jsonrpc: JsonRpcVersion2_0,
id: Some(RequestId::Number(1)),
id: Some(request_id),
error: ErrorData {
code: ErrorCode(-32600),
message: Cow::Borrowed("Invalid Request"),

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@ -337,6 +337,334 @@ async fn auto_startup_falls_back_after_discover_method_not_found() {
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
/// Drives an `Auto` client through a single `server/discover` probe and asserts
/// the legacy fallback decision against the response the server sends back.
///
/// When `expect_fallback` is set, the server also accepts the subsequent
/// `initialize` request and the client is expected to connect. Otherwise the
/// client must surface the discover error without sending `initialize`, and the
/// server's next receive must not be an initialize request.
async fn run_auto_discover_response_scenario(error: ErrorData, expect_fallback: bool) {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let mut server = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleServer, _, _>::into_transport(server_transport);
let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(discover) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected discover request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
assert!(matches!(
discover.request,
ClientRequest::DiscoverRequest(_)
));
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::error(error, Some(discover.id)))
.await
.expect("send discover error response");
if expect_fallback {
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(initialize) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected initialize request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
assert!(matches!(
initialize.request,
ClientRequest::InitializeRequest(_)
));
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::response(
ServerResult::InitializeResult(InitializeResult::new(
ServerCapabilities::default(),
)),
initialize.id,
))
.await
.expect("send initialize response");
assert!(matches!(
server.receive().await,
Some(ClientJsonRpcMessage::Notification(_))
));
} else {
// The client must surface the error without falling back, so no
// initialize request should follow. The transport closes when the
// failed client is dropped.
if let Some(ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(request)) = server.receive().await {
panic!(
"client fell back to {:?} but should have surfaced the modern error",
request.request
);
}
}
});
let client_result = DiscoverClient
.serve_with_lifecycle(
client_transport,
ClientLifecycleMode::Auto {
preferred_versions: vec![ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28],
legacy_version: Some(ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25),
},
)
.await;
if expect_fallback {
let client = client_result.expect("auto client should fall back to initialize");
client.cancel().await.expect("cancel client");
} else {
assert!(
client_result.is_err(),
"modern error should surface without legacy fallback"
);
}
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_falls_back_after_discover_invalid_request() {
// Legacy servers commonly reject an unknown pre-initialize request with
// `-32600` (e.g. a session middleware that requires `initialize` first).
run_auto_discover_response_scenario(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::INVALID_REQUEST, "Bad Request", None),
true,
)
.await;
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_falls_back_after_discover_invalid_params() {
// `-32602` is explicitly called out by the specification as an
// implementation-defined response legacy servers use for unknown requests.
run_auto_discover_response_scenario(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::INVALID_PARAMS, "Invalid params", None),
true,
)
.await;
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_does_not_fall_back_for_missing_required_capability() {
// A `MISSING_REQUIRED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY` response identifies a modern
// server; falling back to `initialize` would not address it.
run_auto_discover_response_scenario(
ErrorData::new(
ErrorCode::MISSING_REQUIRED_CLIENT_CAPABILITY,
"Missing required client capability",
None,
),
false,
)
.await;
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_does_not_fall_back_for_header_mismatch() {
// A `HEADER_MISMATCH` response identifies a modern server performing
// header validation; falling back to `initialize` would not address it.
run_auto_discover_response_scenario(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::HEADER_MISMATCH, "Header mismatch", None),
false,
)
.await;
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_preserves_both_errors_when_fallback_also_fails() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let mut server = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleServer, _, _>::into_transport(server_transport);
let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
// Discover: legacy rejection.
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(discover) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected discover request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::error(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "not found", None),
Some(discover.id),
))
.await
.expect("send discover error");
// Initialize: close the transport instead of responding.
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(_) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected initialize request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
drop(server); // closes the transport
});
let result = DiscoverClient
.serve_with_lifecycle(
client_transport,
ClientLifecycleMode::Auto {
preferred_versions: vec![ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28],
legacy_version: Some(ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25),
},
)
.await;
let err = result.err().expect("both phases should fail");
match err {
rmcp::service::ClientInitializeError::LegacyFallbackFailed { discover, fallback } => {
assert!(
matches!(
*discover,
rmcp::service::ClientInitializeError::JsonRpcError(_)
),
"discover phase should be a JsonRpcError, got {discover:?}"
);
assert!(
matches!(
*fallback,
rmcp::service::ClientInitializeError::ConnectionClosed(_)
),
"fallback phase should be ConnectionClosed, got {fallback:?}"
);
}
other => panic!("expected LegacyFallbackFailed, got {other:?}"),
}
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_surfaces_uncorrelated_error_id() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let mut server = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleServer, _, _>::into_transport(server_transport);
let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(_) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected discover request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
// Respond with an error carrying a different id.
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::error(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "not found", None),
Some(RequestId::Number(999)),
))
.await
.expect("send mismatched-id error");
});
let result = DiscoverClient
.serve_with_lifecycle(
client_transport,
ClientLifecycleMode::Auto {
preferred_versions: vec![ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28],
legacy_version: Some(ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25),
},
)
.await;
assert!(
matches!(
result,
Err(rmcp::service::ClientInitializeError::UncorrelatedErrorResponse { .. })
),
"mismatched id should surface as UncorrelatedErrorResponse, got {:?}",
result.as_ref().err()
);
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn auto_startup_falls_back_for_absent_error_id() {
// Spec: error id is optional; a server that cannot read the request id
// omits it. The error is still a response to our request, so it should
// trigger legacy fallback.
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let mut server = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleServer, _, _>::into_transport(server_transport);
let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(_discover) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected discover request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::error(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "not found", None),
None,
))
.await
.expect("send no-id error");
// Client should fall back to initialize.
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(initialize) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected initialize request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::response(
ServerResult::InitializeResult(
InitializeResult::new(ServerCapabilities::default()),
),
initialize.id,
))
.await
.expect("send initialize response");
assert!(matches!(
server.receive().await,
Some(ClientJsonRpcMessage::Notification(_))
));
});
let client = DiscoverClient
.serve_with_lifecycle(
client_transport,
ClientLifecycleMode::Auto {
preferred_versions: vec![ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28],
legacy_version: Some(ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25),
},
)
.await
.expect("absent-id error should trigger legacy fallback");
client.cancel().await.expect("cancel client");
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn discover_mode_surfaces_legacy_error() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let mut server = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleServer, _, _>::into_transport(server_transport);
let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
let ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(discover) =
server.receive().await.expect("expected discover request")
else {
panic!("expected request");
};
server
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::error(
ErrorData::new(ErrorCode::METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "not found", None),
Some(discover.id),
))
.await
.expect("send discover error");
});
let result = DiscoverClient
.serve_with_lifecycle(
client_transport,
ClientLifecycleMode::Discover {
preferred_versions: vec![ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28],
},
)
.await;
assert!(
matches!(
result,
Err(rmcp::service::ClientInitializeError::JsonRpcError(_))
),
"Discover mode should surface a legacy error, not fall back, got {:?}",
result.as_ref().err()
);
server_task.await.expect("server task");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn discover_startup_retries_a_mutually_supported_version() {
let unsupported: ProtocolVersion =