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streamable_http

StreamableHTTP Server Transport Module

This module implements the (2025-era, sessionful) Streamable HTTP transport.

Each HTTP request is served directly: a POSTed JSON-RPC request is dispatched to the server's handler kernel and its outbound messages flow into a per-request _MessageChannel - the response's own SSE stream, backed by the optional EventStore for resumability - rather than through a shared message pipe. A POSTed JSON-RPC response resolves the server-to-client request awaiting it; a POSTed notification is handled after the 202. The standalone GET stream is one more channel, connection-scoped, for messages related to no request.

StreamableHTTPServerTransport is therefore the per-session core (session id, connection state, correlation of server-to-client requests, the open channels); StreamableHTTPSessionManager creates one per Mcp-Session-Id (or a fresh one per request in stateless mode) and routes ASGI requests to it.

check_accept_headers

check_accept_headers(request: Request) -> tuple[bool, bool]

Return (has_json, has_sse) for the request's Accept header, with RFC 7231 wildcard handling.

Supports wildcard media types per RFC 7231, section 5.3.2: - / matches any media type - application/* matches any application/ subtype - text/* matches any text/ subtype

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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def check_accept_headers(request: Request) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
    """Return (has_json, has_sse) for the request's Accept header, with RFC 7231 wildcard handling.

    Supports wildcard media types per RFC 7231, section 5.3.2:
    - */* matches any media type
    - application/* matches any application/ subtype
    - text/* matches any text/ subtype
    """
    accept_header = request.headers.get("accept", "")
    accept_types = [media_type.strip().split(";")[0].strip().lower() for media_type in accept_header.split(",")]

    has_wildcard = "*/*" in accept_types
    has_json = has_wildcard or any(t in (CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, "application/*") for t in accept_types)
    has_sse = has_wildcard or any(t in (CONTENT_TYPE_SSE, "text/*") for t in accept_types)

    return has_json, has_sse

EventMessage dataclass

A JSONRPCMessage with an optional event ID for stream resumability.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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@dataclass
class EventMessage:
    """A JSONRPCMessage with an optional event ID for stream resumability."""

    message: JSONRPCMessage
    event_id: str | None = None

EventStore

Bases: ABC

Interface for resumability support via event storage.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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class EventStore(ABC):
    """Interface for resumability support via event storage."""

    @abstractmethod
    async def store_event(self, stream_id: StreamId, message: JSONRPCMessage | None) -> EventId:
        """Stores an event for later retrieval.

        Args:
            stream_id: ID of the stream the event belongs to
            message: The JSON-RPC message to store, or None for priming events

        Returns:
            The generated event ID for the stored event.
        """
        pass  # pragma: no cover

    @abstractmethod
    async def replay_events_after(
        self,
        last_event_id: EventId,
        send_callback: EventCallback,
    ) -> StreamId | None:
        """Replays events that occurred after the specified event ID.

        Args:
            last_event_id: The ID of the last event the client received
            send_callback: A callback function to send events to the client

        Returns:
            The stream ID of the replayed events - the same id `store_event`
            received for them - or None if no events were found. The transport
            only releases a replay for a stream id it minted itself.
        """
        pass  # pragma: no cover

store_event abstractmethod async

store_event(
    stream_id: StreamId, message: JSONRPCMessage | None
) -> EventId

Stores an event for later retrieval.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
stream_id StreamId

ID of the stream the event belongs to

required
message JSONRPCMessage | None

The JSON-RPC message to store, or None for priming events

required

Returns:

Type Description
EventId

The generated event ID for the stored event.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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@abstractmethod
async def store_event(self, stream_id: StreamId, message: JSONRPCMessage | None) -> EventId:
    """Stores an event for later retrieval.

    Args:
        stream_id: ID of the stream the event belongs to
        message: The JSON-RPC message to store, or None for priming events

    Returns:
        The generated event ID for the stored event.
    """
    pass  # pragma: no cover

replay_events_after abstractmethod async

replay_events_after(
    last_event_id: EventId, send_callback: EventCallback
) -> StreamId | None

Replays events that occurred after the specified event ID.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
last_event_id EventId

The ID of the last event the client received

required
send_callback EventCallback

A callback function to send events to the client

required

Returns:

Type Description
StreamId | None

The stream ID of the replayed events - the same id store_event

StreamId | None

received for them - or None if no events were found. The transport

StreamId | None

only releases a replay for a stream id it minted itself.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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@abstractmethod
async def replay_events_after(
    self,
    last_event_id: EventId,
    send_callback: EventCallback,
) -> StreamId | None:
    """Replays events that occurred after the specified event ID.

    Args:
        last_event_id: The ID of the last event the client received
        send_callback: A callback function to send events to the client

    Returns:
        The stream ID of the replayed events - the same id `store_event`
        received for them - or None if no events were found. The transport
        only releases a replay for a stream id it minted itself.
    """
    pass  # pragma: no cover

StreamableHTTPServerTransport

HTTP server transport with event streaming support for MCP.

Handles JSON-RPC messages in HTTP POST requests with SSE streaming. Supports optional JSON responses and session management. One instance serves one session (or, in stateless mode, one request); the StreamableHTTPSessionManager creates and routes to them.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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class StreamableHTTPServerTransport:
    """HTTP server transport with event streaming support for MCP.

    Handles JSON-RPC messages in HTTP POST requests with SSE streaming.
    Supports optional JSON responses and session management. One instance
    serves one session (or, in stateless mode, one request); the
    `StreamableHTTPSessionManager` creates and routes to them.
    """

    _security: TransportSecurityMiddleware

    def __init__(
        self,
        mcp_session_id: str | None,
        is_json_response_enabled: bool = False,
        event_store: EventStore | None = None,
        security_settings: TransportSecuritySettings | None = None,
        retry_interval: int | None = None,
        *,
        app: Server[Any] | None = None,
        lifespan_state: Any = None,
    ) -> None:
        """Initialize a new StreamableHTTP server transport.

        Args:
            mcp_session_id: Optional session identifier for this connection.
                            Must contain only visible ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E).
            is_json_response_enabled: If True, return JSON responses for requests
                                    instead of SSE streams. Default is False.
            event_store: Event store for resumability support. If provided,
                        resumability will be enabled, allowing clients to
                        reconnect and resume messages.
            security_settings: Optional security settings for DNS rebinding protection.
            retry_interval: Retry interval in milliseconds to suggest to clients in SSE
                           retry field. When set, the server will send a retry field in
                           SSE priming events to control client reconnection timing for
                           polling behavior. Only used when event_store is provided.
            app: The `Server` whose handlers serve this session's requests. Only
                the `StreamableHTTPSessionManager` need supply this.
            lifespan_state: The server's already-entered lifespan output, shared
                across every session by the manager.

        Raises:
            ValueError: If the session ID contains invalid characters.
        """
        if mcp_session_id is not None and not SESSION_ID_PATTERN.fullmatch(mcp_session_id):
            raise ValueError("Session ID must only contain visible ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E)")

        self.mcp_session_id = mcp_session_id
        self.is_json_response_enabled = is_json_response_enabled
        self._event_store = event_store
        self._security = TransportSecurityMiddleware(security_settings)
        self._retry_interval = retry_interval
        self._app = app
        self._lifespan_state = lifespan_state
        self._terminated = False
        # Idle timeout cancel scope; managed by the session manager.
        self.idle_scope: anyio.CancelScope | None = None
        # Correlates server-to-client requests with the responses the client
        # POSTs back, and lets `notifications/cancelled` find in-flight handlers.
        self._corr: RequestCorrelator[_HTTPRequestDispatchContext] = RequestCorrelator()
        # Stream ids handed to the event store are minted here, in this
        # session's own namespace: distinct from anything a client can name
        # and unshared with other sessions on a common store. Stateless
        # transports (one per request) get a fresh scope each.
        self._stream_scope = mcp_session_id if mcp_session_id is not None else uuid4().hex
        # The standalone GET stream: server-initiated messages related to no request.
        self._standalone = _MessageChannel(f"{self._stream_scope}:{GET_STREAM_KEY}", event_store)
        # In-flight request streams, keyed by their event-store stream id
        # (`close_sse_stream()` and `Last-Event-ID` replay both look up here).
        self._streams: dict[StreamId, _MessageChannel] = {}
        # While an `initialize` is being served, other requests wait for its
        # commit: the handshake orders before every later request on the wire.
        self._initializing: anyio.Event | None = None
        # Session-scoped task group for request handlers (stateful mode). Handlers
        # outlive the HTTP request that started them: a dropped connection does
        # not cancel a 2025-era request (the client cancels explicitly).
        self._task_group: anyio.abc.TaskGroup | None = None
        # Whether session-bound work may still be scheduled. Cleared the moment
        # the session starts to end - explicit terminate, idle timeout, or
        # manager shutdown - before the task group drains its running handlers.
        self._accepting = True
        self._closed_event = anyio.Event()
        # The stateful session's connection state and handler kernel; stateless
        # mode builds a born-ready connection per request instead.
        self._connection: Connection | None = None
        self._runner: ServerRunner[Any] | None = None
        if app is not None and mcp_session_id is not None:
            outbound = _StandaloneOutbound(self._corr, self._standalone)
            self._connection = Connection.for_loop(outbound, session_id=mcp_session_id)
            self._runner = ServerRunner(app, self._connection, lifespan_state)

    @property
    def is_terminated(self) -> bool:
        """Check if this transport has been explicitly terminated."""
        return self._terminated

    def _owns_stream(self, stream_id: StreamId) -> bool:
        """Whether an event-store stream id was minted by this transport (this session)."""
        return stream_id == self._standalone.stream_id or stream_id.startswith(f"{self._stream_scope}:request:")

    def _request_stream_id(self, request_id: RequestId) -> StreamId:
        """The event-store stream id for one request's response stream.

        Minted in this session's namespace with a `request:` infix, so it is
        neither reachable from another session sharing the store nor equal to
        the standalone stream's id, whatever the client picks as request id.
        """
        return f"{self._stream_scope}:request:{request_id}"

    def close_sse_stream(self, request_id: RequestId) -> None:
        """Close SSE connection for a specific request without terminating the stream.

        This method closes the HTTP connection for the specified request, triggering
        client reconnection. Events continue to be stored in the event store and will
        be replayed when the client reconnects with Last-Event-ID.

        Use this to implement polling behavior during long-running operations -
        the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

        Args:
            request_id: The request ID whose SSE stream should be closed.

        Note:
            This is a no-op if there is no active stream for the request ID.
            Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during
            the disconnect.
        """
        channel = self._streams.get(self._request_stream_id(request_id))
        if channel is not None:
            channel.detach()

    def close_standalone_sse_stream(self) -> None:
        """Close the standalone GET SSE stream, triggering client reconnection.

        This method closes the HTTP connection for the standalone GET stream used
        for unsolicited server-to-client notifications. The client SHOULD reconnect
        with Last-Event-ID to resume receiving notifications.

        Use this to implement polling behavior for the notification stream -
        the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

        Note:
            This is a no-op if there is no active standalone SSE stream.
            Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during
            the disconnect.
        """
        self._standalone.detach()

    async def run(self, *, task_status: anyio.abc.TaskStatus[None] = anyio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED) -> None:
        """Host this session's request-handler tasks until the session is terminated.

        Request handlers run here rather than inside the HTTP request that
        started them, so a client that drops a connection does not cancel its
        request (per the 2025-era transport spec). Returns after `terminate()`;
        cancelling it (server shutdown or the idle timeout) cancels the
        handlers and tears the connection down.
        """
        self._require_app()
        connection = self._connection
        assert connection is not None, "a session-bound transport always has a connection"
        try:
            async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
                self._task_group = tg
                task_status.started()
                try:
                    await self._closed_event.wait()
                finally:
                    # However the session ends, stop taking work before the
                    # task group drains the handlers already running.
                    self._accepting = False
                tg.cancel_scope.cancel()
        finally:
            self._task_group = None
            # By now every request handler has finished and released its own
            # channel; end the standalone stream and wake anything awaiting a
            # client answer (runs on termination and manager shutdown alike).
            self._standalone.close()
            self._corr.close()
            await aclose_shielded(connection)

    def _build_message_metadata(
        self,
        request: Request,
        request_id: RequestId,
        protocol_version: str,
        *,
        channel: _MessageChannel | None = None,
    ) -> ServerMessageMetadata:
        """Build the per-request metadata the handler kernel lifts onto its request context.

        The close_sse_stream callbacks are only provided when the client supports
        resumability (protocol version >= 2025-11-25). Old clients can't resume if
        the stream is closed early because they didn't receive a priming event.
        With the request's `channel`, the metadata also carries the hook that
        terminates a request settling without a response on this era's wire.
        """
        on_request_unanswered = (
            partial(self._settle_unanswered_request, channel, request_id) if channel is not None else None
        )
        if self._event_store and is_version_at_least(protocol_version, "2025-11-25"):

            async def close_stream_callback() -> None:
                self.close_sse_stream(request_id)

            async def close_standalone_stream_callback() -> None:
                self.close_standalone_sse_stream()

            return ServerMessageMetadata(
                request_context=request,
                close_sse_stream=close_stream_callback,
                close_standalone_sse_stream=close_standalone_stream_callback,
                on_request_unanswered=on_request_unanswered,
            )
        return ServerMessageMetadata(request_context=request, on_request_unanswered=on_request_unanswered)

    def _transport_context(self, request: Request, *, can_send_request: bool) -> TransportContext:
        return TransportContext(kind="streamable-http", can_send_request=can_send_request, headers=request.headers)

    async def _mint_priming_event(self, stream_id: StreamId, protocol_version: str) -> SSEEvent | None:
        """Store the priming cursor for `stream_id` and return its SSE wire form.

        Called before the request is dispatched so the priming row precedes
        anything the handler can store for this stream. Returns `None` when
        no event store is configured or the client predates 2025-11-25
        (older clients cannot parse the empty-data event).
        """
        if not self._event_store:
            return None
        if not is_version_at_least(protocol_version, "2025-11-25"):
            return None
        priming_event_id = await self._event_store.store_event(stream_id, None)
        priming_event: SSEEvent = {"id": priming_event_id, "data": ""}
        if self._retry_interval is not None:
            priming_event["retry"] = self._retry_interval
        return priming_event

    def _create_error_response(
        self,
        error_message: str,
        status_code: HTTPStatus,
        error_code: int = INVALID_REQUEST,
        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    ) -> Response:
        """Create an error response with a simple string message."""
        response_headers = {"Content-Type": CONTENT_TYPE_JSON}
        if headers:
            response_headers.update(headers)

        if self.mcp_session_id:
            response_headers[MCP_SESSION_ID_HEADER] = self.mcp_session_id

        # Return a properly formatted JSON error response
        error_response = JSONRPCError(
            jsonrpc="2.0",
            id=None,
            error=ErrorData(code=error_code, message=error_message),
        )

        return Response(
            error_response.model_dump_json(by_alias=True, exclude_unset=True),
            status_code=status_code,
            headers=response_headers,
        )

    def _create_json_response(
        self,
        response_message: JSONRPCMessage | None,
        status_code: HTTPStatus = HTTPStatus.OK,
        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    ) -> Response:
        """Create a JSON response from a JSONRPCMessage."""
        response_headers = {"Content-Type": CONTENT_TYPE_JSON}
        if headers:
            response_headers.update(headers)  # pragma: no cover

        if self.mcp_session_id:
            response_headers[MCP_SESSION_ID_HEADER] = self.mcp_session_id

        return Response(
            response_message.model_dump_json(by_alias=True, exclude_unset=True) if response_message else None,
            status_code=status_code,
            headers=response_headers,
        )

    def _get_session_id(self, request: Request) -> str | None:
        """Extract the session ID from request headers."""
        return request.headers.get(MCP_SESSION_ID_HEADER)

    def _create_event_data(self, event_message: EventMessage) -> SSEEvent:
        """Create event data dictionary from an EventMessage."""
        event_data = {
            "event": "message",
            "data": event_message.message.model_dump_json(by_alias=True, exclude_unset=True),
        }

        # If an event ID was provided, include it
        if event_message.event_id:
            event_data["id"] = event_message.event_id

        return event_data

    def _sse_headers(self) -> dict[str, str]:
        return {
            "Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-transform",
            "Connection": "keep-alive",
            "Content-Type": CONTENT_TYPE_SSE,
            **({MCP_SESSION_ID_HEADER: self.mcp_session_id} if self.mcp_session_id else {}),
        }

    async def handle_request(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
        """Application entry point that handles all HTTP requests.

        Raises:
            RuntimeError: The transport was constructed without a server to
                dispatch to (`app`); it is created and driven by
                `StreamableHTTPSessionManager`.
        """
        self._require_app()
        request = Request(scope, receive)

        # Validate request headers for DNS rebinding protection
        is_post = request.method == "POST"
        error_response = await self._security.validate_request(request, is_post=is_post)
        if error_response:
            await error_response(scope, receive, send)
            return

        if self._terminated:
            # If the session has been terminated, return 404 Not Found
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Found: Session has been terminated",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
            )
            await response(scope, receive, send)
            return

        if request.method == "POST":
            await self._handle_post_request(scope, request, receive, send)
        elif request.method == "GET":
            await self._handle_get_request(request, send)
        elif request.method == "DELETE":
            await self._handle_delete_request(request, send)
        else:
            await self._handle_unsupported_request(request, send)

    def _check_content_type(self, request: Request) -> bool:
        """Check if the request has the correct Content-Type."""
        content_type = request.headers.get("content-type", "")
        content_type_parts = [part.strip() for part in content_type.split(";")[0].split(",")]

        return any(part == CONTENT_TYPE_JSON for part in content_type_parts)

    async def _validate_accept_header(self, request: Request, scope: Scope, send: Send) -> bool:
        """Validate Accept header based on response mode. Returns True if valid."""
        has_json, has_sse = check_accept_headers(request)
        if self.is_json_response_enabled:
            # For JSON-only responses, only require application/json
            if not has_json:
                response = self._create_error_response(
                    "Not Acceptable: Client must accept application/json",
                    HTTPStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE,
                )
                await response(scope, request.receive, send)
                return False
        # For SSE responses, require both content types
        elif not (has_json and has_sse):
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Acceptable: Client must accept both application/json and text/event-stream",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE,
            )
            await response(scope, request.receive, send)
            return False
        return True

    def _require_app(self) -> Server[Any]:
        if self._app is None:
            raise RuntimeError(
                "StreamableHTTPServerTransport is not bound to a server; "
                "it is created and driven by StreamableHTTPSessionManager"
            )
        return self._app

    async def _handle_post_request(self, scope: Scope, request: Request, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
        """Handle POST requests containing JSON-RPC messages."""
        try:
            # Validate Accept header
            if not await self._validate_accept_header(request, scope, send):
                return

            # Validate Content-Type
            if not self._check_content_type(request):  # pragma: no cover
                response = self._create_error_response(
                    "Unsupported Media Type: Content-Type must be application/json",
                    HTTPStatus.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
                )
                await response(scope, receive, send)
                return

            # Parse the body - only read it once
            body = await request.body()

            try:
                raw_message = pydantic_core.from_json(body)
            except ValueError as e:
                response = self._create_error_response(f"Parse error: {str(e)}", HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, PARSE_ERROR)
                await response(scope, receive, send)
                return

            try:
                message = jsonrpc_message_adapter.validate_python(raw_message, by_name=False)
            except ValidationError as e:
                response = self._create_error_response(
                    f"Validation error: {str(e)}",
                    HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
                    INVALID_PARAMS,
                )
                await response(scope, receive, send)
                return

            # Check if this is an initialization request
            is_initialization_request = isinstance(message, JSONRPCRequest) and message.method == "initialize"

            if is_initialization_request:
                # Check if the server already has an established session
                if self.mcp_session_id:
                    # Check if request has a session ID
                    request_session_id = self._get_session_id(request)

                    # If request has a session ID but doesn't match, return 404
                    if request_session_id and request_session_id != self.mcp_session_id:  # pragma: no cover
                        response = self._create_error_response(
                            "Not Found: Invalid or expired session ID",
                            HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
                        )
                        await response(scope, receive, send)
                        return
            elif not await self._validate_request_headers(request, send):
                return

            # For notifications and responses only, return 202 Accepted
            if not isinstance(message, JSONRPCRequest):
                # Create response object and send it
                response = self._create_json_response(
                    None,
                    HTTPStatus.ACCEPTED,
                )
                try:
                    await response(scope, receive, send)
                finally:
                    # A body that arrived in full is delivered even when the
                    # 202 could not be (the client dropped after sending it):
                    # a lost ack must not lose an answer or a cancellation.
                    await self._deliver_client_message(request, message)
                return

            # Extract protocol version for priming event decision.
            # For initialize requests, get from request params.
            # For other requests, get from header (already validated).
            protocol_version = (
                str(message.params.get("protocolVersion", DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_VERSION))
                if is_initialization_request and message.params
                else request.headers.get(MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEADER, DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_VERSION)
            )

            await self._serve_request(scope, request, receive, send, message, protocol_version)

        except Exception:
            logger.exception("Error handling POST request")
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Error handling POST request",
                HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                INTERNAL_ERROR,
            )
            await response(scope, receive, send)
            return

    def _session_runner(self) -> ServerRunner[Any]:
        """The stateful session's handler kernel; built with the transport's server binding."""
        assert self._runner is not None
        return self._runner

    def _stateless_runner(self, request: Request) -> ServerRunner[Any]:
        """A born-ready, no-back-channel kernel for one stateless request.

        The `MCP-Protocol-Version` header (or the spec's default when it is
        absent) seeds `ctx.protocol_version`; there is no handshake to negotiate it.
        """
        protocol_version = request.headers.get(MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEADER, DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_VERSION)
        connection = Connection.from_envelope(protocol_version, None, None)
        return ServerRunner(self._require_app(), connection, self._lifespan_state)

    async def _deliver_client_message(
        self, request: Request, message: JSONRPCNotification | JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCError
    ) -> None:
        """Handle a POSTed response (to a server-initiated request) or notification, after the 202."""
        if isinstance(message, JSONRPCResponse):
            self._corr.resolve(message.id, message.result)
            return
        if isinstance(message, JSONRPCError):
            self._corr.resolve(message.id, message.error)
            return
        if message.method == "notifications/cancelled":
            self._corr.peer_cancel(cancelled_request_id_from_params(message.params), interrupt=True)
        elif message.method == "notifications/progress":
            delivery = self._corr.progress_callback(message.params)
            if delivery is not None:
                fn, progress, total, note = delivery
                await self._spawn_or_run(fn, progress, total, note)
        if self.mcp_session_id is None:
            runner = self._stateless_runner(request)
            connection = runner.connection
        else:
            runner = self._session_runner()
            connection = None
        dctx = _HTTPRequestDispatchContext(
            transport=self._transport_context(request, can_send_request=self._can_send_request),
            _corr=self._corr,
            _channel=self._standalone,
            _request_id=None,
            message_metadata=ServerMessageMetadata(request_context=request),
        )

        async def _run_notification() -> None:
            # `on_notify` contains handler exceptions itself, so a crashing
            # notification handler cannot take the session down.
            try:
                await runner.on_notify(dctx, message.method, message.params)
            finally:
                if connection is not None:
                    await aclose_shielded(connection)

        await self._spawn_or_run(_run_notification)

    @property
    def _can_send_request(self) -> bool:
        """Whether a request handler on this transport has a back-channel for server-to-client requests.

        JSON-response mode has none: the request's response is one JSON body,
        so a nested elicitation or sampling request has no stream to ride.
        Stateless mode additionally lacks a session, so no POST of the client's
        answer could be correlated back to a waiting handler.
        """
        return self.mcp_session_id is not None and not self.is_json_response_enabled

    async def _spawn_or_run(self, fn: Callable[..., Awaitable[None]], *args: Any) -> None:
        """Run `fn(*args)`: on the session task group when session-bound, inline when stateless.

        A session-bound transport whose session has ended drops the work: the
        session is being torn down, so no handler may run against it.
        """
        if self.mcp_session_id is None:
            await fn(*args)
            return
        tg = self._task_group
        if tg is None or not self._accepting:
            logger.debug("dropped work for ended session %s", self.mcp_session_id)
            return
        tg.start_soon(fn, *args)

    async def _serve_request(
        self,
        scope: Scope,
        request: Request,
        receive: Receive,
        send: Send,
        message: JSONRPCRequest,
        protocol_version: str,
    ) -> None:
        """Dispatch one POSTed JSON-RPC request and stream its response."""
        request_id = message.id
        stream_id = self._request_stream_id(request_id)
        stateful = self.mcp_session_id is not None

        # A request other than `initialize` waits for a handshake in progress
        # to commit: over one stream the read loop parked to guarantee this;
        # over HTTP the requests are concurrent, so the transport keeps the
        # same order explicitly. This handshake's gate exists before its
        # first await.
        initialize_gate: anyio.Event | None = None
        if stateful and message.method == "initialize":
            initialize_gate = anyio.Event()
            self._initializing = initialize_gate
        elif stateful and (gate := self._initializing) is not None:
            await gate.wait()

        # From here the gate must be released whatever becomes of this
        # request: by the handler task once it exists, else by this frame.
        handler_started = False
        try:
            handler_started = await self._start_request(
                scope, request, receive, send, message, protocol_version, stream_id, initialize_gate
            )
        finally:
            if initialize_gate is not None and not handler_started:
                self._release_initialize_gate(initialize_gate)

    def _release_initialize_gate(self, gate: anyio.Event) -> None:
        """Let the requests held behind this handshake proceed, and clear it if still current."""
        gate.set()
        if self._initializing is gate:
            self._initializing = None

    async def _start_request(
        self,
        scope: Scope,
        request: Request,
        receive: Receive,
        send: Send,
        message: JSONRPCRequest,
        protocol_version: str,
        stream_id: StreamId,
        initialize_gate: anyio.Event | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """Register and start one request; returns whether a handler task took over its lifecycle."""
        request_id = message.id
        stateful = self.mcp_session_id is not None

        # Mint the priming event before any per-request state exists:
        # `EventStore.store_event` is user code and may raise, in which
        # case the outer handler returns a 500 with nothing to clean up.
        # Still strictly precedes dispatch, so storage order == wire order.
        priming_event = (
            None if self.is_json_response_enabled else await self._mint_priming_event(stream_id, protocol_version)
        )

        # The session may have ended (DELETE, idle timeout, manager shutdown)
        # while this request was suspended above; a session-bound transport must
        # refuse the request instead of running it against a dead session. No
        # await from here to the dispatch, so the answer holds when we act on it.
        session_task_group = self._task_group
        if stateful and (not self._accepting or session_task_group is None):
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Found: Session has been terminated",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
            )
            await response(scope, receive, send)
            return False

        channel = _MessageChannel(stream_id, self._event_store)
        self._streams[stream_id] = channel
        # Attach the response's writer before the handler starts, so nothing
        # the handler emits early lands on an unattached channel.
        reader = None if self.is_json_response_enabled else channel.attach()

        if stateful:
            runner = self._session_runner()
            connection = None
        else:
            runner = self._stateless_runner(request)
            connection = runner.connection
        dctx = _HTTPRequestDispatchContext(
            transport=self._transport_context(request, can_send_request=self._can_send_request),
            _corr=self._corr,
            _channel=channel,
            _request_id=request_id,
            message_metadata=self._build_message_metadata(request, request_id, protocol_version, channel=channel),
            _progress_token=progress_token_from_params(message.params),
        )
        cancel_scope = anyio.CancelScope()
        self._corr.enter_inbound(request_id, cancel_scope, dctx)

        async def _run_handler() -> None:
            try:
                # `serve_inbound` contains handler exceptions and `channel.write`
                # never raises, so this task always completes on its own.
                await self._corr.serve_inbound(
                    request_id,
                    dctx,
                    cancel_scope,
                    partial(runner.on_request, dctx, message.method, message.params),
                    write_result=partial(self._write_result, channel, request_id),
                    write_error=partial(self._write_error, channel, request_id),
                    settle_unanswered=dctx.message_metadata.on_request_unanswered if dctx.message_metadata else None,
                )
            finally:
                if initialize_gate is not None:
                    self._release_initialize_gate(initialize_gate)
                # The channel stays registered until the handler is done, so a
                # `Last-Event-ID` reconnect can re-attach while it still runs.
                channel.close()
                if self._streams.get(stream_id) is channel:
                    del self._streams[stream_id]
                if connection is not None:
                    await aclose_shielded(connection)

        if session_task_group is not None:
            # Session-scoped: the handler outlives this HTTP request. A client
            # that drops the connection is not cancelling the request (it may
            # resume via Last-Event-ID); it cancels by POSTing notifications/cancelled.
            session_task_group.start_soon(_run_handler)
            if reader is None:
                await self._respond_json(scope, receive, send, channel)
            else:
                await self._respond_sse(scope, receive, send, channel, reader, priming_event)
        else:
            # Stateless: this request is the whole connection, so the handler's
            # lifetime is the response's - it is cancelled once the response
            # ends (result delivered, or the client went away).
            async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
                tg.start_soon(_run_handler)
                if reader is None:
                    await self._respond_json(scope, receive, send, channel)
                else:
                    await self._respond_sse(scope, receive, send, channel, reader, priming_event)
                tg.cancel_scope.cancel()
        return True

    async def _settle_unanswered_request(self, channel: _MessageChannel, request_id: RequestId) -> None:
        """Terminate a request that settled without a response (e.g. it was cancelled).

        The 2025-era wire ends a request's stream only with a response for its
        id - and stores that response so a resuming client's replay terminates
        too - so this era answers a cancelled request with `REQUEST_CANCELLED`
        where the dispatch layer itself stays silent (the 2026 transports MUST
        NOT answer). It goes through the request's own ordered channel, so it
        cannot overtake anything already queued for it.
        """
        await self._write_error(channel, request_id, ErrorData(code=REQUEST_CANCELLED, message="Request cancelled"))

    async def _write_result(self, channel: _MessageChannel, request_id: RequestId, result: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
        await channel.write(JSONRPCResponse(jsonrpc="2.0", id=request_id, result=result))

    async def _write_error(self, channel: _MessageChannel, request_id: RequestId, error: ErrorData) -> None:
        await channel.write(JSONRPCError(jsonrpc="2.0", id=request_id, error=error))

    async def _respond_json(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send, channel: _MessageChannel) -> None:
        """Wait for the request's terminal message and send it as one JSON body."""
        await channel.finished.wait()
        response_message = channel.terminal
        if response_message is not None:
            response = self._create_json_response(response_message)
        elif self._terminated:
            # The session ended underneath the request; it gets the same
            # answer every request to a terminated session gets.
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Found: Session has been terminated",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
            )
        else:  # pragma: lax no cover
            # The request finished without recording an answer (a wedged store
            # can outlast the shutdown write bound). Nothing to send but a 500.
            logger.error("No response message received before stream closed")
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Error processing request: No response received",
                HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
            )
        await response(scope, receive, send)

    async def _respond_sse(
        self,
        scope: Scope,
        receive: Receive,
        send: Send,
        channel: _MessageChannel,
        reader: MemoryObjectReceiveStream[EventMessage] | None,
        priming_event: SSEEvent | None,
    ) -> None:
        """Stream the request's channel as this POST's SSE response, until the response frame passes."""
        assert reader is not None, "a freshly created request channel always attaches"
        await self._run_sse_response(
            scope, receive, send, partial(self._pump_channel, channel, reader, priming_event, stop_at_response=True)
        )
        # The client is gone (disconnect or delivered response): detach so the
        # handler carries on writing to the store alone.
        channel.detach(reader)

    async def _run_sse_response(
        self,
        scope: Scope,
        receive: Receive,
        send: Send,
        data_sender: Callable[[MemoryObjectSendStream[SSEEvent]], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]],
    ) -> None:
        """Run one SSE response fed by `data_sender`, the single containment site for all of them.

        `data_sender(sse_send)` writes the events (a channel pump, or a replay
        followed by a pump). An error escaping the started response is logged
        here and goes no further: the response already began, so nothing may
        answer this request a second time.
        """
        sse_send, sse_recv = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SSEEvent](0)
        response = EventSourceResponse(
            content=sse_recv,
            data_sender_callable=partial(data_sender, sse_send),
            headers=self._sse_headers(),
        )
        try:
            await response(scope, receive, send)
        except Exception:  # pragma: lax no cover
            logger.exception("Error in SSE response")
        finally:
            await sse_send.aclose()
            await sse_recv.aclose()

    async def _pump_channel(
        self,
        channel: _MessageChannel,
        reader: MemoryObjectReceiveStream[EventMessage],
        priming_event: SSEEvent | None,
        sse_send: MemoryObjectSendStream[SSEEvent],
        *,
        stop_at_response: bool,
    ) -> None:
        """Forward one attachment of `channel` onto an SSE response's event queue.

        Runs as sse-starlette's data sender, so a client disconnect cancels it
        along with the response; the `finally` detaches this attachment (never
        a newer one that a `Last-Event-ID` reconnect may have installed).
        """
        try:
            async with sse_send, reader:
                if priming_event is not None:
                    await sse_send.send(priming_event)
                async for event_message in reader:
                    await sse_send.send(self._create_event_data(event_message))
                    if stop_at_response and isinstance(event_message.message, JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCError):
                        break
        finally:
            logger.debug("Closing SSE writer")
            channel.detach(reader)

    async def _handle_get_request(self, request: Request, send: Send) -> None:
        """Handle GET request to establish SSE.

        This allows the server to communicate to the client without the client
        first sending data via HTTP POST. The server can send JSON-RPC requests
        and notifications on this stream.
        """
        # Validate Accept header - must include text/event-stream
        _, has_sse = check_accept_headers(request)

        if not has_sse:
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Acceptable: Client must accept text/event-stream",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return

        if not await self._validate_request_headers(request, send):
            return

        # Handle resumability: check for Last-Event-ID header
        if self._event_store and (last_event_id := request.headers.get(LAST_EVENT_ID_HEADER)):
            await self._replay_events(last_event_id, request, send)
            return

        # Check if we already have an active GET stream
        if self._standalone.attached:
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Conflict: Only one SSE stream is allowed per session",
                HTTPStatus.CONFLICT,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return

        reader = self._standalone.attach()
        if reader is None:  # pragma: lax no cover
            # The session was terminated between the entry check and here.
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Found: Session has been terminated",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return
        try:
            # This will send headers immediately and establish the SSE connection
            await self._run_sse_response(
                request.scope,
                request.receive,
                send,
                partial(self._pump_channel, self._standalone, reader, None, stop_at_response=False),
            )
        finally:
            self._standalone.detach(reader)

    async def _handle_delete_request(self, request: Request, send: Send) -> None:
        """Handle DELETE requests for explicit session termination."""
        # Validate session ID
        if not self.mcp_session_id:  # pragma: no cover
            # If no session ID set, return Method Not Allowed
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Method Not Allowed: Session termination not supported",
                HTTPStatus.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return

        if not await self._validate_request_headers(request, send):  # pragma: no cover
            return

        await self.terminate()

        response = self._create_json_response(
            None,
            HTTPStatus.OK,
        )
        await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)

    async def terminate(self) -> None:
        """Terminate the current session, closing all streams.

        Once terminated, all requests with this session ID will receive 404 Not Found.
        """

        self._terminated = True
        self._accepting = False
        logger.info(f"Terminating session: {self.mcp_session_id}")

        # Close every open response stream, wake anything awaiting a
        # client answer, and cancel in-flight handlers.
        for channel in list(self._streams.values()):
            channel.close()
        self._streams.clear()
        self._standalone.close()
        self._corr.close()
        self._corr.cancel_all_inbound()
        # Release the session task, which cancels any handler still running
        # and closes the connection's exit stack.
        self._closed_event.set()

    async def _handle_unsupported_request(self, request: Request, send: Send) -> None:
        """Handle unsupported HTTP methods."""
        headers = {
            "Content-Type": CONTENT_TYPE_JSON,
            "Allow": "GET, POST, DELETE",
        }
        if self.mcp_session_id:  # pragma: no branch
            headers[MCP_SESSION_ID_HEADER] = self.mcp_session_id

        response = self._create_error_response(
            "Method Not Allowed",
            HTTPStatus.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
            headers=headers,
        )
        await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)

    async def _validate_request_headers(self, request: Request, send: Send) -> bool:
        # Protocol-version validation lives in the manager's era-routing: only
        # values in `HANDSHAKE_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS` (or no header at all) reach
        # this transport, so the legacy version-gate is gone.
        return await self._validate_session(request, send)

    async def _validate_session(self, request: Request, send: Send) -> bool:
        """Validate the session ID in the request."""
        if not self.mcp_session_id:
            # If we're not using session IDs, return True
            return True

        # Get the session ID from the request headers
        request_session_id = self._get_session_id(request)

        # If no session ID provided but required, return error
        if not request_session_id:
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Bad Request: Missing session ID",
                HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return False

        # If session ID doesn't match, return error
        if request_session_id != self.mcp_session_id:  # pragma: no cover
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Not Found: Invalid or expired session ID",
                HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)
            return False

        return True

    async def _replay_events(self, last_event_id: str, request: Request, send: Send) -> None:
        """Replays events that would have been sent after the specified event ID.

        Only used when resumability is enabled.
        """
        event_store = self._event_store
        if not event_store:
            return  # pragma: no cover

        try:
            # The manager only routes supported (or absent) header values to this transport
            replay_protocol_version = request.headers.get(MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_HEADER, DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_VERSION)

            async def replay_then_tail(sse_send: MemoryObjectSendStream[SSEEvent]) -> None:
                try:
                    async with sse_send:
                        # Buffer the replay until the store names its stream: the
                        # event id came from the client, so only a stream in this
                        # session's namespace is allowed onto the wire.
                        replayed: list[EventMessage] = []

                        async def collect_event(event_message: EventMessage) -> None:
                            replayed.append(event_message)

                        # Replay past events and get the stream ID
                        stream_id = await event_store.replay_events_after(last_event_id, collect_event)
                        if not stream_id:
                            return
                        if not self._owns_stream(stream_id):
                            logger.warning(
                                "Refusing to replay foreign stream %r on session %s", stream_id, self.mcp_session_id
                            )
                            return
                        for event_message in replayed:
                            await sse_send.send(self._create_event_data(event_message))

                        # Live-tail the stream if it is still open and no response
                        # is currently attached to it: the `close_sse_stream()`
                        # polling reconnect, and a client resuming a dropped connection.
                        if stream_id == self._standalone.stream_id:
                            channel = self._standalone
                        else:
                            channel = self._streams.get(stream_id)
                        if channel is None or channel.attached:
                            return

                        # Attach first, so anything the still-running request emits
                        # from here on is buffered for this response rather than
                        # only stored. The replay→live-tail ordering window (frames
                        # stored between the replay read and the attach) is pre-existing
                        # and tracked separately.
                        reader = channel.attach()
                        if reader is None:
                            # The stream ended (session terminated) while the store
                            # was read; there is nothing left to tail.
                            return
                        try:
                            # Prime the resumed connection so the client sees the
                            # stream is re-registered.
                            priming_event = await self._mint_priming_event(stream_id, replay_protocol_version)

                            # Forward messages to SSE: a request's stream ends after
                            # its response frame; the standalone stream carries no
                            # response and tails until the client leaves again.
                            await self._pump_channel(
                                channel,
                                reader,
                                priming_event,
                                sse_send,
                                stop_at_response=channel is not self._standalone,
                            )
                        finally:
                            channel.detach(reader)
                            # The pump closes the reader it drained; this covers a
                            # priming failure that never handed the reader over.
                            reader.close()
                except Exception:
                    # `replay_events_after` is user code; a failing replay ends this response only.
                    logger.exception("Error in replay sender")

            # Create and start EventSourceResponse
            await self._run_sse_response(request.scope, request.receive, send, replay_then_tail)

        except Exception:  # pragma: lax no cover
            logger.exception("Error replaying events")
            response = self._create_error_response(
                "Error replaying events",
                HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                INTERNAL_ERROR,
            )
            await response(request.scope, request.receive, send)

__init__

__init__(
    mcp_session_id: str | None,
    is_json_response_enabled: bool = False,
    event_store: EventStore | None = None,
    security_settings: (
        TransportSecuritySettings | None
    ) = None,
    retry_interval: int | None = None,
    *,
    app: Server[Any] | None = None,
    lifespan_state: Any = None
) -> None

Initialize a new StreamableHTTP server transport.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
mcp_session_id str | None

Optional session identifier for this connection. Must contain only visible ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E).

required
is_json_response_enabled bool

If True, return JSON responses for requests instead of SSE streams. Default is False.

False
event_store EventStore | None

Event store for resumability support. If provided, resumability will be enabled, allowing clients to reconnect and resume messages.

None
security_settings TransportSecuritySettings | None

Optional security settings for DNS rebinding protection.

None
retry_interval int | None

Retry interval in milliseconds to suggest to clients in SSE retry field. When set, the server will send a retry field in SSE priming events to control client reconnection timing for polling behavior. Only used when event_store is provided.

None
app Server[Any] | None

The Server whose handlers serve this session's requests. Only the StreamableHTTPSessionManager need supply this.

None
lifespan_state Any

The server's already-entered lifespan output, shared across every session by the manager.

None

Raises:

Type Description
ValueError

If the session ID contains invalid characters.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    mcp_session_id: str | None,
    is_json_response_enabled: bool = False,
    event_store: EventStore | None = None,
    security_settings: TransportSecuritySettings | None = None,
    retry_interval: int | None = None,
    *,
    app: Server[Any] | None = None,
    lifespan_state: Any = None,
) -> None:
    """Initialize a new StreamableHTTP server transport.

    Args:
        mcp_session_id: Optional session identifier for this connection.
                        Must contain only visible ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E).
        is_json_response_enabled: If True, return JSON responses for requests
                                instead of SSE streams. Default is False.
        event_store: Event store for resumability support. If provided,
                    resumability will be enabled, allowing clients to
                    reconnect and resume messages.
        security_settings: Optional security settings for DNS rebinding protection.
        retry_interval: Retry interval in milliseconds to suggest to clients in SSE
                       retry field. When set, the server will send a retry field in
                       SSE priming events to control client reconnection timing for
                       polling behavior. Only used when event_store is provided.
        app: The `Server` whose handlers serve this session's requests. Only
            the `StreamableHTTPSessionManager` need supply this.
        lifespan_state: The server's already-entered lifespan output, shared
            across every session by the manager.

    Raises:
        ValueError: If the session ID contains invalid characters.
    """
    if mcp_session_id is not None and not SESSION_ID_PATTERN.fullmatch(mcp_session_id):
        raise ValueError("Session ID must only contain visible ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E)")

    self.mcp_session_id = mcp_session_id
    self.is_json_response_enabled = is_json_response_enabled
    self._event_store = event_store
    self._security = TransportSecurityMiddleware(security_settings)
    self._retry_interval = retry_interval
    self._app = app
    self._lifespan_state = lifespan_state
    self._terminated = False
    # Idle timeout cancel scope; managed by the session manager.
    self.idle_scope: anyio.CancelScope | None = None
    # Correlates server-to-client requests with the responses the client
    # POSTs back, and lets `notifications/cancelled` find in-flight handlers.
    self._corr: RequestCorrelator[_HTTPRequestDispatchContext] = RequestCorrelator()
    # Stream ids handed to the event store are minted here, in this
    # session's own namespace: distinct from anything a client can name
    # and unshared with other sessions on a common store. Stateless
    # transports (one per request) get a fresh scope each.
    self._stream_scope = mcp_session_id if mcp_session_id is not None else uuid4().hex
    # The standalone GET stream: server-initiated messages related to no request.
    self._standalone = _MessageChannel(f"{self._stream_scope}:{GET_STREAM_KEY}", event_store)
    # In-flight request streams, keyed by their event-store stream id
    # (`close_sse_stream()` and `Last-Event-ID` replay both look up here).
    self._streams: dict[StreamId, _MessageChannel] = {}
    # While an `initialize` is being served, other requests wait for its
    # commit: the handshake orders before every later request on the wire.
    self._initializing: anyio.Event | None = None
    # Session-scoped task group for request handlers (stateful mode). Handlers
    # outlive the HTTP request that started them: a dropped connection does
    # not cancel a 2025-era request (the client cancels explicitly).
    self._task_group: anyio.abc.TaskGroup | None = None
    # Whether session-bound work may still be scheduled. Cleared the moment
    # the session starts to end - explicit terminate, idle timeout, or
    # manager shutdown - before the task group drains its running handlers.
    self._accepting = True
    self._closed_event = anyio.Event()
    # The stateful session's connection state and handler kernel; stateless
    # mode builds a born-ready connection per request instead.
    self._connection: Connection | None = None
    self._runner: ServerRunner[Any] | None = None
    if app is not None and mcp_session_id is not None:
        outbound = _StandaloneOutbound(self._corr, self._standalone)
        self._connection = Connection.for_loop(outbound, session_id=mcp_session_id)
        self._runner = ServerRunner(app, self._connection, lifespan_state)

is_terminated property

is_terminated: bool

Check if this transport has been explicitly terminated.

close_sse_stream

close_sse_stream(request_id: RequestId) -> None

Close SSE connection for a specific request without terminating the stream.

This method closes the HTTP connection for the specified request, triggering client reconnection. Events continue to be stored in the event store and will be replayed when the client reconnects with Last-Event-ID.

Use this to implement polling behavior during long-running operations - the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
request_id RequestId

The request ID whose SSE stream should be closed.

required
Note

This is a no-op if there is no active stream for the request ID. Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during the disconnect.

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def close_sse_stream(self, request_id: RequestId) -> None:
    """Close SSE connection for a specific request without terminating the stream.

    This method closes the HTTP connection for the specified request, triggering
    client reconnection. Events continue to be stored in the event store and will
    be replayed when the client reconnects with Last-Event-ID.

    Use this to implement polling behavior during long-running operations -
    the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

    Args:
        request_id: The request ID whose SSE stream should be closed.

    Note:
        This is a no-op if there is no active stream for the request ID.
        Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during
        the disconnect.
    """
    channel = self._streams.get(self._request_stream_id(request_id))
    if channel is not None:
        channel.detach()

close_standalone_sse_stream

close_standalone_sse_stream() -> None

Close the standalone GET SSE stream, triggering client reconnection.

This method closes the HTTP connection for the standalone GET stream used for unsolicited server-to-client notifications. The client SHOULD reconnect with Last-Event-ID to resume receiving notifications.

Use this to implement polling behavior for the notification stream - the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

Note

This is a no-op if there is no active standalone SSE stream. Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during the disconnect.

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def close_standalone_sse_stream(self) -> None:
    """Close the standalone GET SSE stream, triggering client reconnection.

    This method closes the HTTP connection for the standalone GET stream used
    for unsolicited server-to-client notifications. The client SHOULD reconnect
    with Last-Event-ID to resume receiving notifications.

    Use this to implement polling behavior for the notification stream -
    the client will reconnect after the retry interval specified in the priming event.

    Note:
        This is a no-op if there is no active standalone SSE stream.
        Requires event_store to be configured for events to be stored during
        the disconnect.
    """
    self._standalone.detach()

run async

run(
    *, task_status: TaskStatus[None] = TASK_STATUS_IGNORED
) -> None

Host this session's request-handler tasks until the session is terminated.

Request handlers run here rather than inside the HTTP request that started them, so a client that drops a connection does not cancel its request (per the 2025-era transport spec). Returns after terminate(); cancelling it (server shutdown or the idle timeout) cancels the handlers and tears the connection down.

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async def run(self, *, task_status: anyio.abc.TaskStatus[None] = anyio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED) -> None:
    """Host this session's request-handler tasks until the session is terminated.

    Request handlers run here rather than inside the HTTP request that
    started them, so a client that drops a connection does not cancel its
    request (per the 2025-era transport spec). Returns after `terminate()`;
    cancelling it (server shutdown or the idle timeout) cancels the
    handlers and tears the connection down.
    """
    self._require_app()
    connection = self._connection
    assert connection is not None, "a session-bound transport always has a connection"
    try:
        async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
            self._task_group = tg
            task_status.started()
            try:
                await self._closed_event.wait()
            finally:
                # However the session ends, stop taking work before the
                # task group drains the handlers already running.
                self._accepting = False
            tg.cancel_scope.cancel()
    finally:
        self._task_group = None
        # By now every request handler has finished and released its own
        # channel; end the standalone stream and wake anything awaiting a
        # client answer (runs on termination and manager shutdown alike).
        self._standalone.close()
        self._corr.close()
        await aclose_shielded(connection)

handle_request async

handle_request(
    scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send
) -> None

Application entry point that handles all HTTP requests.

Raises:

Type Description
RuntimeError

The transport was constructed without a server to dispatch to (app); it is created and driven by StreamableHTTPSessionManager.

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async def handle_request(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
    """Application entry point that handles all HTTP requests.

    Raises:
        RuntimeError: The transport was constructed without a server to
            dispatch to (`app`); it is created and driven by
            `StreamableHTTPSessionManager`.
    """
    self._require_app()
    request = Request(scope, receive)

    # Validate request headers for DNS rebinding protection
    is_post = request.method == "POST"
    error_response = await self._security.validate_request(request, is_post=is_post)
    if error_response:
        await error_response(scope, receive, send)
        return

    if self._terminated:
        # If the session has been terminated, return 404 Not Found
        response = self._create_error_response(
            "Not Found: Session has been terminated",
            HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND,
        )
        await response(scope, receive, send)
        return

    if request.method == "POST":
        await self._handle_post_request(scope, request, receive, send)
    elif request.method == "GET":
        await self._handle_get_request(request, send)
    elif request.method == "DELETE":
        await self._handle_delete_request(request, send)
    else:
        await self._handle_unsupported_request(request, send)

terminate async

terminate() -> None

Terminate the current session, closing all streams.

Once terminated, all requests with this session ID will receive 404 Not Found.

Source code in src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
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async def terminate(self) -> None:
    """Terminate the current session, closing all streams.

    Once terminated, all requests with this session ID will receive 404 Not Found.
    """

    self._terminated = True
    self._accepting = False
    logger.info(f"Terminating session: {self.mcp_session_id}")

    # Close every open response stream, wake anything awaiting a
    # client answer, and cancel in-flight handlers.
    for channel in list(self._streams.values()):
        channel.close()
    self._streams.clear()
    self._standalone.close()
    self._corr.close()
    self._corr.cancel_all_inbound()
    # Release the session task, which cancels any handler still running
    # and closes the connection's exit stack.
    self._closed_event.set()