All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
- Support SSE reconnection per SEP-1699 in the HTTP client transport (#426)
- Validate the RFC 9207
issauthorization response parameter per SEP-2468 (#431) - Support
private_key_jwtclient authentication for theclient_credentialsgrant (#432) - Recognize multi round-trip
input_requiredresults per SEP-2322 (#433) - Add opt-in
ttlMs/cacheScopecache hints to List and Read results per SEP-2549 (#436) - Add
server/discoverand stateless lifecycle error codes per SEP-2575 (#438) - Associate server-to-client requests with the originating client request per SEP-2260 (#440)
- Add server-side MCP Apps helpers per SEP-1865 (#441)
- Support client-side elicitation with SEP-1034 schema defaults (#443)
- Support class-based Resource and ResourceTemplate definitions (#447)
- Bind stored client credentials to the authorization server issuer per SEP-2352 (#439)
- Handle non-object JSON-RPC messages without raising (#448)
- Perform SSE stream writes outside the session mutex (#449)
- Validate required params for
initializeandresources/subscribe(#451)
- Add a session-ownership hook to
StreamableHTTPTransport
- Require calling
MCP::Client#connectbefore sending requests on stdio transport (#427)
- Annotate Roots, Sampling, and Logging APIs as deprecated per SEP-2577 (#429)
- Fix an incorrect
result: nullresponse to an id-bearing notification message (#435) - Validate
HostandOriginheaders to prevent DNS rebinding per MCP 2025-11-25 - Bound stateful session retention to prevent an initialize-flood DoS
- Bound stdio frame reads with
max_line_bytes - Bound request body and frame reads to prevent memory-exhaustion DoS
- Add
audiencerole validation forMCP::Annotationsper MCP specification (#422) - Send SEP-2243
Mcp-MethodandMcp-Nameheaders per MCP specification (#423) - Support client-side
notifications/cancelledper MCP specification (#425)
- Conform Tool Schemas to JSON Schema 2020-12 per SEP-2106 (#417)
- Fix a
SyntaxErroron Ruby 2.7.0 caused by arguments forwarding syntax (#419)
- Support capability extensions per SEP-2133 (#405)
- Add range validation for
MCP::Annotations#priorityper MCP specification (#410) - Isolate stateless requests in ephemeral sessions per SEP-2567 (#415)
- Set OIDC
application_typeon Dynamic Client Registration per SEP-837 (#408) - Fall back to legacy 2025-03-26 OAuth discovery for servers without PRM (#414)
- Support W3C Trace Context Propagation via
_metaper SEP-414 (#397) - Support OAuth
client_credentialsgrant in OAuth client (#399) - Add
annotationsfield toMCP::ResourceandMCP::ResourceTemplateper MCP specification (#403)
- Re-run OAuth flow on 403
insufficient_scope(step-up) (#368) - Speed up
Tool::Schemavalidation by 5x to 100x (#369) - Use JSON-RPC error envelope for
StreamableHTTPTransporterrors (#371) - Pin RFC 8414 default well-known suffix per SEP-2351 (#395)
- Default missing
MCP-Protocol-Versionto2025-03-26inStreamableHTTPTransport(#392)
- Preserve the request ID in invalid request error responses (#400)
- Standardize Resource Not Found errors on -32602 with URI data per SEP-2164 (#402)
- Support Client ID Metadata Documents in OAuth client (#361)
- Request
offline_accessscope when supported (#365) - Add
sizefield toMCP::Resourceper MCP specification (#393)
- Support server-to-client
pingper MCP specification (#358)
- Warn on implicit stdio initialization (#338)
- Cache
Tool::Schemavalidation to avoid re-validating identical schemas (#363)
- Fix case-sensitive
Acceptheader comparison (#359)
- Add OAuth 2.1 client support for MCP authorization flow (#353)
- Validate
MCP-Protocol-Versionheader inStreamableHTTPTransport(#347) - Reject duplicate
initializerequests (#350) - Reject non-Hash JSON-RPC bodies in
StreamableHTTPTransport(#354)
- Add opt-in tool output validation (#344)
- Advertise JSON Schema 2020-12 dialect on emitted tool schemas (#342)
- Preserve client tool output schemas (#343)
- Fix missing
output_schemaargument indefine_toolAPI (#301)
- Support
notifications/cancelledper MCP specification (#332) - Add client-level
connectfor initialize handshake (#327) - Add client-level
connecthandshake to stdio transport (#336)
- Return tool argument validation failures as tool execution errors (#333)
- Remove obsolete
MCP::Transportsmodule (#331)
- Support pagination per MCP specification (#320)
- Support resource subscriptions per MCP specification (#313)
- Add
roots/listandnotifications/roots/list_changedsupport (#315) - Support JSON response mode for
StreamableHTTPTransport(#328) - Add HTTP client close for explicit session termination (#326)
- Track
Mcp-Session-Idand protocol version in HTTP client (#325) - Support
pingclient API per MCP specification (#324)
- Handle 202 Accepted response in HTTP client (#323)
- Parse SSE responses in HTTP client via
event_stream_parser(#322)
- Make
StreamableHTTPTransporta Rack application (#263) - Support
elicitation/createper MCP specification (#312) - Add
around_requesthook for request instrumentation (#309) - Add
_metafield to resource, content, and result classes (#310)
- Remove
Server#create_sampling_messagedirect call (#311)
- Support customizing the Faraday client in
MCP::Client::HTTP(#306)
- Auto-set
server.transportinTransport#initialize(#305)
- Validate Content-Type on POST requests (#304)
- Support
sampling/createMessageper MCP specification (#282) - Support
completion/completeper MCP specification (#289)
- Support POST response SSE streams for server-to-client messages (#294)
- Return protocol errors for invalid arguments and server errors (#285)
- Fix client methods silently swallowing JSON-RPC error responses (#281)
- Close streams outside mutex in session cleanup (#291)
- Session expiry controls for
StreamableHTTPTransportviasession_idle_timeout:option (#268)
ServerSessionfor per-connection state (#275)
- Remove
Server#notify_progressbroadcast API (#276) - Remove undocumented handler override methods (#270)
- Reject POST requests without session ID in stateful mode (#274)
- Use accessor method in
server_context_with_metainstead of ivar (#273) - Reject duplicate SSE connections with 409 to prevent stream hijacking
- Allow
Client#call_toolto accept a tool name (#266)
- Return 404 for invalid session ID in
handle_delete(#261)
MCP::Client::Stdiotransport (#262)- Progress notifications per MCP specification (#254)
- Automatic
_metaparameter extraction support (#172) - CORS and Accept wildcard support for browser-based MCP clients (#253)
- Use
autoloadto defer loading of unused subsystems (#255) - Reduce release package size (#239)
- Return 404 for invalid session ID in
handle_regular_request(#257) - Use mutex-protected
session_exists?inhandle_regular_request(#258)
Content::EmbeddedResourceclass for embedded resource content type (#244)Content::Audioclass for audio content type (#243)$refsupport inTool::Schemafor protocol version 2025-11-25 (#242)- MCP conformance test suite (#248)
- Handle
Errno::ECONNRESETin SSE stream operations (#249) - Fix default handler return values to comply with MCP spec (#247)
- Fix
Prompt#validate_arguments!crash when arguments arenil(#246) - Return 202 Accepted for SSE responses per MCP spec (#245)
- Fix
Content::Image#to_hto returnmimeType(camelCase) per MCP spec (#241)
- Fix
Resource::Contents#to_hto use correct property names per MCP spec (#235) - Return JSON-RPC protocol errors for unknown tool calls (#231)
- Fix
logging/setLevelto return empty hash per MCP specification (#230)
loggingsupport (#103)- Protocol version negotiation to server initialization (#223)
- Tool arguments to instrumentation data (#218)
- Client info to instrumentation callback (#221)
resource_templatestoMCP::Client(#225)
- Extract
MCP::Annotationsinto a dedicated file (#224)
Resource::Embeddednot setting@resourceininitialize(#220)
- Update licensing to Apache 2.0 for new contributions (#213)
- Omit
iconsfrom responses when empty or nil to reduce context window usage (#212)
- Protocol specification version "2025-11-25" support (#184)
iconsparameter support (#205)websiteUrlparameter inserverInfo(#188)descriptionparameter inserverInfo(#201)additionalPropertiessupport for schema validation (#198)- "Draft" protocol version to supported versions (#179)
statelessmode for high availability (#101)- Exception messages for tool call errors (#194)
- Elicitation skeleton (#178)
prompts/listandprompts/getsupport to client (#163)- Accept header validation for HTTP client transport (#207)
- Ruby 2.7 - Ruby 3.1 support (#206)
- Make tool names stricter (#204)
- Symlink path comparison in schema validation (#193)
- Duplicate tool names across namespaces now raise an error (#199)
- Tool error handling to follow MCP spec (#165)
- XSS vulnerability in json_rpc_handler (#175)
- Client resources support with
resources/listandresources/readmethods (#160) _metafield support for Tool schema (#124)_metafield support for Prompttitlefield support for prompt argumentscall_tool_rawmethod to client for accessing full tool responses (#149)- Structured content support in tool responses (#147)
- AGENTS.md development guidance documentation (#134)
- Dependabot configuration for automated dependency updates (#138)
- Set default
contentto empty array instead ofnil(#150) - Improved prompt spec compliance (#153)
- Allow output schema to be array of objects (#144)
- Return 202 response code for accepted JSON-RPC notifications (#114)
- Added validation to
MCP::Configurationsetters (#145) - Updated metaschema URI format for cross-OS compatibility
- Client tools functionality and test coverage (#166)
- Client resources test for empty responses (#162)
- Documentation typos and incorrect examples (#157, #146)
- Removed redundant transport requires (#154)
- Cleaned up unused block parameters and magic comments
- Tool output schema support with comprehensive validation (#122)
- HTTP client transport layer for MCP clients (#28)
- Tool annotations validation for protocol compatibility (#122)
- Server instructions support (#87)
- Title support in server info (#119)
- Default values for tool annotation hints (#118)
- Notifications/initialized method implementation (#84)
- Make default protocol version the latest specification version (#83)
- Protocol version validation to ensure valid values (#80)
- Improved tool handling for tools with no arguments (#85, #86)
- Better error handling and response API (#109)
- JSON-RPC notification format in Streamable HTTP transport (#91)
- Errors when title is not specified (#126)
- Tools with missing arguments handling (#86)
- Namespacing issues in README examples (#89)
- Custom methods support via
define_custom_method(#75) - Streamable HTTP transport implementation (#33)
- Tool argument validation against schemas (#43)
- Server context is now optional for Tools and Prompts (#54)
- Improved capability handling and removed automatic capability determination (#61, #63)
- Refactored architecture in preparation for client support (#27)
- Input schema validation for schemas without required fields (#73)
- Error handling when sending notifications (#70)
Initial release in collaboration with Shopify