{"version":"2.1.247","anchor":"mcp-task-status-lines-are-cleaned-before-display","canonical_anchor":"mcp-task-status-lines-are-cleaned-before-display","heading":"MCP task status lines are cleaned before display","tier":"notice","area":"MCP","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247\/e\/mcp-task-status-lines-are-cleaned-before-display","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247","markdown":"### MCP task status lines are cleaned before display\n\nMCP task status lines are cleaned of control characters before printing, so a server can't mangle your terminal.\n\n**What**\n\nThe 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.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`mcp_task`\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}