{"version":"2.1.283","anchor":"mcp-authenticate-option-hidden-for-servers-with-an-unparse","canonical_anchor":"mcp-authenticate-option-hidden-for-servers-with-an-unparse","heading":"MCP menu hides Authenticate for servers with a broken URL","tier":"notice","area":"MCP","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.283\/e\/mcp-authenticate-option-hidden-for-servers-with-an-unparse","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.283","markdown":"### MCP menu hides Authenticate for servers with a broken URL\n\nAuthenticate and Re-authenticate now appear in the MCP server menu only when the server's configured URL is valid\n\n**What**\n\nMCP servers are add-ons that give Claude Code extra tools. In the MCP server menu, the Authenticate and Re-authenticate options now only appear when the server's configured URL can be read as a valid web address. Before, they were shown whatever the URL was.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis is a small guard in the menu so you are not offered sign-in for a server whose address cannot work.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}