{"version":"2.1.286","anchor":"mcp-config-loading-takes-an-admits-argument","canonical_anchor":"mcp-config-loading-takes-an-admits-argument","heading":"MCP server settings are loaded with an extra admission check","tier":"internal","area":"MCP","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286\/e\/mcp-config-loading-takes-an-admits-argument","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286","markdown":"### MCP server settings are loaded with an extra admission check\n\nWhenever Claude Code loads MCP server settings, at startup, on reconnect or when enabling one, it now passes an extra admission value\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what the new admission value allows or blocks.\n\n**What**\n\nMCP servers are outside programs that give Claude Code extra tools. Every place that loads their settings now passes an extra value that decides what is admitted:\n\n- at startup\n\n- when reconnecting to a server\n\n- when switching a server on\n\n**Why**\n\nThis could change which MCP servers get loaded.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}