Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.248,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The MCP client now carries an explicit list of the protocol versions it supports, "2025-06-18", "2025-03-26", "2024-11-05", "2024-10-07", preceded by two newer symbolic versions, giving a clear descending preference order when negotiating with a server.