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MCP connections are dropped when you switch accounts mid-operation

MCP servers no longer stay connected with the previous account after you switch accounts.

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What

Connect, reconnect, deferred-connect and re-authentication all record which signed-in account they started under and refuse to deliver results after a switch, so a server no longer ends up connected with the previous account's credentials.

Details
  • A connection that opens during a switch is detached and closed, and its row becomes a failed client with error code IDENTITY_CHANGED.
  • In-flight tool calls abort, and re-auth promises created under the old account are refused rather than joined.
  • Cached discovery rows are purged or refused on an identity change.
  • The branches specific to the MCP discovery cache only run when that cache is enabled, which it is not by default; the identity fencing itself is unconditional.
Evidence

Account changed while connecting; reconnect to use it

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

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