You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.247,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The status row for a running MCP task now passes the server name, tool name and status message through a sanitizing step before printing, and shortens the task id with a helper instead of a fixed eight-character cut. This hardens the line against control characters or overlong names sent by an MCP server. Exactly what the sanitizer strips is not settled by the code shown.
Evidence
mcp_task
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.