connection
Connection - per-client connection state and the standalone outbound channel.
Always present on Context, even in stateless deployments: peer info,
per-connection state, an exit_stack for teardown, and an Outbound for
the standalone stream. Construct via Connection.from_envelope (modern
single-exchange path) or Connection.for_loop (handshake-driven loop path).
notify is best-effort and never raises; send_raw_request raises
NoBackChannelError when there is no channel.
NotifyOnlyOutbound
Bases: _NoChannelOutbound
Connection-scoped Outbound for modern (2026-07-28+) duplex-stream connections:
forwards notifications, refuses server-initiated requests (the protocol forbids them).
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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Connection
Per-client connection state and standalone-stream Outbound.
Construct via from_envelope (born ready) or for_loop (handshake-driven);
protocol_version is populated at construction.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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outbound
instance-attribute
outbound: Outbound = outbound
The connection-scoped channel for server-initiated messages.
protocol_version
instance-attribute
protocol_version: str = protocol_version
The protocol version this connection speaks. Populated at construction
by the factory and overwritten by _handle_initialize once the handshake
commits on the loop path.
client_capabilities
instance-attribute
client_capabilities: ClientCapabilities | None = None
The capabilities the peer declared: the handshake's on the loop path,
the request envelope's on the modern path. None when none were declared.
Kept in lockstep with client_params by its setter, and settable on its
own for the modern envelope, where capabilities are required but client
info is optional (spec PR #3002) - capability checks must not depend on the
peer having identified itself.
initialized
instance-attribute
initialized: Event = anyio.Event()
Set when notifications/initialized arrives (matches TS oninitialized);
the point from which the spec permits server-initiated requests beyond
ping/logging. Pre-set on connections built via from_envelope.
state
instance-attribute
Per-connection scratch state; persists across requests on this connection.
exit_stack
instance-attribute
exit_stack: AsyncExitStack = AsyncExitStack()
Per-connection teardown, unwound LIFO (shielded) when the connection closes. Push cleanup from handlers or middleware; exceptions are logged and swallowed.
client_params
property
writable
client_params: InitializeRequestParams | None
The full initialize request params, or the equivalent built from the
2026-era envelope. None when no client info was supplied.
from_envelope
classmethod
from_envelope(
protocol_version: str,
client_info: Any,
client_capabilities: Any,
*,
outbound: Outbound = _NO_CHANNEL
) -> Connection
A born-ready connection populated from a request's _meta envelope.
protocol_version must already be validated. Well-formed
client_capabilities are recorded as client_capabilities (client info
is optional per spec PR #3002, so capability checks never depend on it),
and the full client_params is additionally synthesized when
well-formed client_info was supplied too; mis-shaped values are
treated as not supplied. outbound defaults to the no-channel
sentinel; duplex modern transports pass a notify-only wrapper.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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for_loop
classmethod
for_loop(
outbound: Outbound,
*,
session_id: str | None = None,
protocol_version_hint: str | None = None
) -> Connection
A connection for the handshake-driven loop path: not born-ready;
protocol_version is seeded from the hint (or LATEST_HANDSHAKE_VERSION)
until the handshake overwrites it.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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has_standalone_channel
property
has_standalone_channel: bool
Whether this connection has a real channel for server-initiated messages
(False only for the no-channel sentinel). Presence, not request permission:
a modern duplex connection has a channel yet refuses server-initiated requests.
initialize_accepted
property
initialize_accepted: bool
True once the inbound request gate is open: initialize recorded the
peer info, or the handshake completed outright (born-ready, or a bare
notifications/initialized). Derived, never stored.
send_raw_request
async
send_raw_request(
method: str,
params: Mapping[str, Any] | None,
opts: CallOptions | None = None,
) -> dict[str, Any]
Send a raw request on the standalone stream (low-level Outbound; prefer send_request).
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
MCPError
|
The peer responded with an error. |
NoBackChannelError
|
No back-channel for server-initiated requests
( |
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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send_request
async
send_request(
req: CreateMessageRequest,
*,
opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> CreateMessageResult
send_request(
req: ElicitRequest, *, opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> ElicitResult
send_request(
req: ListRootsRequest,
*,
opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> ListRootsResult
send_request(
req: PingRequest, *, opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> EmptyResult
send_request(
req: Request[Any, Any],
*,
result_type: type[ResultT],
opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> ResultT
send_request(
req: Request[Any, Any],
*,
result_type: type[BaseModel] | None = None,
opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> BaseModel
Send a typed server-to-client request and return its typed result.
For spec request types the result type is inferred. For custom requests
pass result_type= explicitly.
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
MCPError
|
The peer responded with an error. |
NoBackChannelError
|
No back-channel for server-initiated requests. |
ValidationError
|
The peer's result does not match the expected result type. |
KeyError
|
|
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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notify
async
notify(
method: str,
params: Mapping[str, Any] | None,
opts: CallOptions | None = None,
) -> None
Send a best-effort notification on the standalone stream.
Never raises. If there's no standalone channel or the stream is broken, the notification is dropped and debug-logged.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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ping
async
ping(
*,
meta: Meta | None = None,
opts: CallOptions | None = None
) -> None
Send a ping request on the standalone stream.
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
MCPError
|
The peer responded with an error. |
NoBackChannelError
|
No back-channel for server-initiated requests
( |
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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log
async
log(
level: LoggingLevel,
data: Any,
logger: str | None = None,
*,
meta: Meta | None = None
) -> None
Send a notifications/message log entry on the standalone stream. Best-effort.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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check_capability
check_capability(capability: ClientCapabilities) -> bool
Return whether the connected client declared the given capability.
Returns False when no capabilities have been recorded.
Source code in src/mcp/server/connection.py
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