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
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.317,
Bug FixesSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear which sessions this recheck behaviour applies to.
What
MCP servers are add-ons that give Claude Code extra tools. From time to time Claude Code rechecks its list of MCP servers against the current configuration and decides which to keep and which to replace. That recheck now treats servers by the folder that declared them:
Servers declared in the current folder are kept, just as servers that come from plugins already were.
A server is replaced when the folder that declares it has changed, not only when its configuration has changed.
The debug log message for a replacement now reads "config or folder changed, will replace".
Why
Servers set up for a particular folder should now stay running through a recheck instead of being dropped. If the folder that declares a server changes, the server is reconnected so it matches the new folder.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear which sessions this recheck behaviour applies to.
