Reduce per-server Python watchdog process overhead
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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101598 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- A fix was merged to main in PR #101598. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address a performance concern where one parent-death supervisor (watchdog) process was being spawned per stdio MCP server, proposing to consolidate to one per process instead. The goal is to reduce fixed RSS and process count overhead.
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Fixes on record
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#101598 perf(mcp): one parent-death supervisor per process instead of one per stdio server (salvage #93517)
files:
tests/tools/test_mcp_death_supervisor.py,tests/tools/test_mcp_stdio_watchdog.py,tools/browser_tool.py,tools/mcp_death_supervisor.py,tools/mcp_stdio_watchdog.py,tools/mcp_tool.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#93517 perf(mcp): one parent-death supervisor per process instead of one per stdio server · merged via another change →
21c8fae,4d04a47,#101598,#98084
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#98084Reduce fixed RSS from one Python MCP watchdog per stdio server
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- 2 Sep 2026