Claude Code v2.1.221 ·
Connection telemetry gains negotiation and protocol fields
MCP debug output now shows which protocol version and path a server connection used.
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.221,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
MCP connection events now report which protocol path was taken.
Details
tengu_mcp_server_connection_succeeded adds negotiationMode, protocolEra, negotiatedProtocolVersion and probeFellBack.tengu_mcp_server_connection_failed adds negotiationMode and probeFellBack.- The negotiated version is passed through an allowlist of known revisions and reported as
other if it is not one of them. - The debug line for a successful connect now prints protocolEra and negotiatedProtocolVersion alongside the capability summary.
Evidence
negotiatedProtocolVersion
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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