Stateless MCP

Historical synthesis preserved from the August 2026 source captures. The September reconciliation checks identifiers and provenance; time-sensitive claims have not been freshly re-verified.

Stateless MCP is the transport model described in the 2026-07-28 MCP specification release candidate: each request is independently processable rather than pinned to server-side protocol session state [src-407].

Key points

  • Protocol and client metadata travel inline with each request [src-407].
  • Standard load balancing, serverless scale-to-zero, and transparent failover become possible without a shared session store [src-407].
  • Mirrored HTTP headers expose method and tool/resource identity for routing, rate limits, audit, and policy; header/body mismatches are rejected [src-407].
  • Cache time-to-live and scope reduce unnecessary listing refreshes [src-407].
  • Multi Round-Trip Requests serialize pending interaction state so clarification or approval does not require a long-lived connection [src-407].

Related concepts

Source references

  • [src-407] Kurtis Van Gent and Alan Blount / Google Developers Blog – MCP stateless updates (2026-08-05)

Robin Cartier perspective

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