fix(server): remove initialized notification gate to support Streamable HTTP (#788)

* fix(server): remove initialized notification gate to support Streamable HTTP

The server's init handshake loop fatally rejected any request arriving
before the `notifications/initialized` message. This breaks Streamable
HTTP clients where each JSON-RPC message is a separate POST with no
ordering guarantee — `tools/list` can easily arrive before `initialized`.

Remove the ~40-line wait loop and enter `serve_inner` immediately after
sending `InitializeResult`. The `initialized` notification is now
handled as a regular notification by the main service loop, matching the
TypeScript SDK behavior (validated in typescript-sdk#578).

Also remove the now-unreachable `ExpectedInitializedNotification` error
variant from `ServerInitializeError`.

Closes #783

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(server): keep ExpectedInitializedNotification as deprecated

Retain the variant for semver compatibility — removing it would be a
breaking change caught by cargo-semver-checks. Mark it deprecated with
a note that it is never constructed and will be removed in a future
major release.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Anar Azadaliyev <anar.azadaliye@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.gitignore vendored
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@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ __pycache__/
# and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file. For a more nuclear
# option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
#.idea/
node_modules/
.DS_Store

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@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ pub enum ServerInitializeError {
#[error("expect initialized request, but received: {0:?}")]
ExpectedInitializeRequest(Option<ClientJsonRpcMessage>),
#[deprecated(
since = "1.4.0",
note = "The server no longer gates on the initialized notification. This variant is never constructed and will be removed in a future major release."
)]
#[error("expect initialized notification, but received: {0:?}")]
ExpectedInitializedNotification(Option<ClientJsonRpcMessage>),
@ -243,49 +247,12 @@ where
ServerInitializeError::transport::<T>(error, "sending initialize response")
})?;
// Wait for initialized notification. The MCP spec permits logging/setLevel and ping
// before initialized; VS Code sends setLevel immediately after the initialize response.
let notification = loop {
let msg = expect_next_message(&mut transport, "initialize notification").await?;
match msg {
ClientJsonRpcMessage::Notification(n)
if matches!(
n.notification,
ClientNotification::InitializedNotification(_)
) =>
{
break n.notification;
}
ClientJsonRpcMessage::Request(req)
if matches!(
req.request,
ClientRequest::SetLevelRequest(_) | ClientRequest::PingRequest(_)
) =>
{
transport
.send(ServerJsonRpcMessage::response(
ServerResult::EmptyResult(EmptyResult {}),
req.id,
))
.await
.map_err(|error| {
ServerInitializeError::transport::<T>(error, "sending pre-init response")
})?;
}
other => {
return Err(ServerInitializeError::ExpectedInitializedNotification(
Some(other),
));
}
}
};
let context = NotificationContext {
meta: notification.get_meta().clone(),
extensions: notification.extensions().clone(),
peer: peer.clone(),
};
let _ = service.handle_notification(notification, context).await;
// Continue processing service
// Enter the main service loop immediately after sending InitializeResult.
// The initialized notification will be handled as a regular notification by serve_inner.
// This matches the TypeScript SDK behavior: no init gate, no waiting for initialized.
// Streamable HTTP has no ordering guarantee between POSTs, and the MCP spec uses
// SHOULD NOT (not MUST NOT) for pre-initialized messages, so any request arriving
// before initialized is processed normally.
Ok(serve_inner(service, transport, peer, peer_rx, ct))
}

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@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use common::handlers::TestServer;
use rmcp::{
ServiceExt,
model::{ClientJsonRpcMessage, ServerJsonRpcMessage, ServerResult},
service::ServerInitializeError,
transport::{IntoTransport, Transport},
};
@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ async fn do_initialize(client: &mut impl Transport<rmcp::RoleClient>) {
let _response = client.receive().await.unwrap();
}
// Server responds with EmptyResult to setLevel received before initialized.
// Server handles setLevel sent before initialized notification (processed by serve_inner).
#[tokio::test]
async fn server_init_set_level_response_is_empty_result() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
@ -64,7 +63,14 @@ async fn server_init_set_level_response_is_empty_result() {
do_initialize(&mut client).await;
client.send(set_level_request(2)).await.unwrap();
let response = client.receive().await.unwrap();
// The handler may send logging notifications before the response;
// skip notifications to find the EmptyResult response.
let response = loop {
let msg = client.receive().await.unwrap();
if matches!(msg, ServerJsonRpcMessage::Response(_)) {
break msg;
}
};
assert!(
matches!(
response,
@ -85,7 +91,13 @@ async fn server_init_succeeds_after_set_level_before_initialized() {
do_initialize(&mut client).await;
client.send(set_level_request(2)).await.unwrap();
let _response = client.receive().await.unwrap();
// Skip notifications until we get the response
loop {
let msg = client.receive().await.unwrap();
if matches!(msg, ServerJsonRpcMessage::Response(_)) {
break;
}
}
client.send(initialized_notification()).await.unwrap();
let result = server_handle.await.unwrap();
@ -179,23 +191,66 @@ async fn server_init_succeeds_after_ping_before_initialized() {
result.unwrap().cancel().await.unwrap();
}
// Server returns ExpectedInitializedNotification for any other message before initialized.
// Server buffers tools/list sent before initialized and processes it after initialization.
#[tokio::test]
async fn server_init_rejects_unexpected_message_before_initialized() {
async fn server_init_buffers_request_before_initialized() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let server_handle =
tokio::spawn(async move { TestServer::new().serve(server_transport).await });
let mut client = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleClient, _, _>::into_transport(client_transport);
do_initialize(&mut client).await;
// Send tools/list before initialized notification
client.send(list_tools_request(2)).await.unwrap();
// Now send initialized notification
client.send(initialized_notification()).await.unwrap();
// The buffered tools/list should be processed — expect a response
let response = client.receive().await.unwrap();
assert!(
matches!(response, ServerJsonRpcMessage::Response(_)),
"expected response for buffered tools/list, got: {response:?}"
);
let result = server_handle.await.unwrap();
assert!(
matches!(
result,
Err(ServerInitializeError::ExpectedInitializedNotification(_))
),
"expected ExpectedInitializedNotification error"
result.is_ok(),
"server should initialize successfully when buffering pre-init messages"
);
result.unwrap().cancel().await.unwrap();
}
// Server buffers multiple requests before initialized and processes them in order.
#[tokio::test]
async fn server_init_buffers_multiple_requests_before_initialized() {
let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
let server_handle =
tokio::spawn(async move { TestServer::new().serve(server_transport).await });
let mut client = IntoTransport::<rmcp::RoleClient, _, _>::into_transport(client_transport);
do_initialize(&mut client).await;
// Send two requests before initialized
client.send(list_tools_request(2)).await.unwrap();
client.send(ping_request(3)).await.unwrap();
// Now send initialized notification
client.send(initialized_notification()).await.unwrap();
// Both buffered messages should get responses
let response1 = client.receive().await.unwrap();
let response2 = client.receive().await.unwrap();
assert!(
matches!(response1, ServerJsonRpcMessage::Response(_)),
"expected response for first buffered message, got: {response1:?}"
);
assert!(
matches!(response2, ServerJsonRpcMessage::Response(_)),
"expected response for second buffered message, got: {response2:?}"
);
let result = server_handle.await.unwrap();
assert!(
result.is_ok(),
"server should initialize successfully with multiple buffered messages"
);
result.unwrap().cancel().await.unwrap();
}