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MCP stdio bridge null args handling fix

Cluster 80652 · mcp. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
1open PR
4items grouped
Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 2 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

A bug where the MCP stdio bridge crashes with a TypeError when the args field is null in config. The fix treats null args as an empty list in the stdio bridge.

Open issues1

  • Issue#80652[Bug]: MCP stdio bridge crashes with TypeError 'Value after * must be an iterable, not NoneType' when args is null in config

Open PRs1

  • PR#112354fix(mcp): stdio servers with `args:` and no value connect instead of parking (#80652, salvage #80495)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #80653 fix: guard MCP stdio bridge against args=null in config · superseded by another PR → #80495
  • #80729 fix(mcp): treat null args as empty list in stdio bridge (#80652) · duplicate → #80495
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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