tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation_http
A Claude Code feature flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.221, including the newest one read.
What it is
A newer MCP protocol handshake exists per transport but every gate falls back to legacy here.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.221.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.221 – 2.1.243 22 releases | in the build | — | bool:false |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Gate readings
| Release | Resolved | This account | Anonymous | Compiled default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.1.221 read on another version | On for this account, and not off by default | on | on | on |
Two arms, because they disagree: this account is the one account this site reads and anonymous is a baseline with no identity attached. A reading says nothing about your account, and off cannot rule out a rollout both readings sit outside of. What these readings can and cannot show.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.221MCP protocol-era negotiation (2026-07-28 "modern" revision) added behind per-transport gates
A newer MCP protocol handshake exists per transport but every gate falls back to legacy here.
gate cited by this entry
Documentation pages
None of Anthropic's documentation pages this site has a copy of carries this name.
Names beside it
Every feature flag in the inventory starting tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation, up to twelve of them.
tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation_MCP servers using a newer protocol era no longer get custom notification handlers, and you see a warning. never mined
tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation_ccrThe ccr-proxy MCP transport can negotiate protocol versions, but stays on legacy unless a flag is turned on. 2.1.236
tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation_claudeaiA newer MCP protocol handshake exists per transport but every gate falls back to legacy here. 2.1.221
tengu_mcp_protocol_negotiation_stdioA newer MCP protocol handshake exists per transport but every gate falls back to legacy here. 2.1.221
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the feature flag does. All feature flags.