{"version":"2.1.288","anchor":"mcp-server-listing-carries-connection-status","canonical_anchor":"mcp-server-listing-carries-connection-status","heading":"MCP server records can now include a connection status","tier":"internal","area":"MCP","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288\/e\/mcp-server-listing-carries-connection-status","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288","markdown":"### MCP server records can now include a connection status\n\nThe record Claude Code builds for an MCP server now includes its connection status when one is available\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear which listing or interface these server records appear in.\n\n**What**\n\nMCP servers are outside programs that give Claude extra tools. When Claude Code builds a record describing one of these servers, it now includes a `connection_status` field if the server has a connection status written as text.\n\n**Why**\n\nAnything that reads these records can now see whether a server is connected.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}