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Tool-not-available error message covers disconnected MCP-provided tools

A tool whose MCP server disconnected now tells the model to continue without it and that it will work again on reconnect.

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A tool whose MCP server disconnected now tells the model to continue without it and that it will work again on reconnect.

When a tool is still declared for the conversation but its provider (for example an MCP server) has disconnected, the tool-not-available error now returns a distinct message telling the model the tool can't run right now, to continue without it, and that it will work again if it reconnects, instead of the generic unavailability message.

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