MCP Readiness
2026-07-28 Release Candidate
MCP specification update

Is your MCP setup ready for July 28?

Check how the upcoming MCP specification may affect your client, server, SDK, authorization, and deployment setup.

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What changes

The largest MCP revision since launch

The release changes transport state, extensions, long-running work, authorization, and future protocol evolution.

Stateless protocol core

Modern requests remove the protocol-level session and initialization handshake.

Tasks extension

Long-running work moves into an official extension instead of the protocol core.

MCP Apps and extensions

New capabilities can ship as opt-in extensions, including server-rendered interfaces.

Authorization hardening

Authorization aligns more closely with OAuth and OpenID Connect deployment patterns.

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Check your setup

This is a practical risk estimate, not a formal certification. Existing MCP implementations do not suddenly stop working on July 28.

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