You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.273,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code connects to MCP servers (external tool providers that plug into Claude Code) and tries to reconnect automatically if a server disconnects. If those automatic reconnection attempts run out without success, a persistent notification now appears telling you to reconnect manually by running /mcp. The notification clears on its own once the server successfully connects again.
Why
Previously a server could sit disconnected without a clear signal that automatic retries had given up. This notification makes it obvious when manual action is needed, and points directly at /mcp to fix it.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Added sinceA small documentation edit on MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks touched a line naming /mcp after this was published.With `"oauth": true`, Claude Desktop registers its own public client through dynamic client registration and lists this URI as the client's only redirect URI, so the authorization server must offer a registration endpoint and accept an `ht…third-party/claude-desktop/extensionssee the edit
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /mcp, on Deploy with Enterprise Admin Console.| Provider credentials, API keys, bearer tokens, and MCP secrets | **No**, except the client secret of a Google Desktop-app OAuth client, which Google doesn't treat as confidential. You can enter one for [Google sign-in to your provider](#…third-party/claude-desktop/admin-consolesee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /mcp, on Deploy with Enterprise Admin Console.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded a notification when an MCP server disconnects mid-session and automatic reconnection gives up, pointing at /mcp
