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MCP servers no longer re-authenticate several times at once

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MCP

Failing MCP calls now share one login retry instead of firing several at once.

What

The MCP client now tracks whether a re-authentication is already running for each server, and both the tool-call and connect retry paths check it before treating a closed connection as grounds for another attempt. Several calls failing together now share one OAuth re-auth.

Evidence

reauthInFlight = new Map();

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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