Client tool call hangs forever if server crashes or connection dies when using streamable-http

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Description

If the server dies during a tool call before it sends a response the client will get stuck forever.

Example Code

# server.py

from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
import sys

mcp = FastMCP("StatefulServer")

@mcp.tool()
def greet(name: str = "World") -> str:
    """Greet someone by name."""
    sys.exit(0)
    return f"Hello, {name}!"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    mcp.run(transport="streamable-http")


# client.py

import asyncio

from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client


async def main():
    # Connect to a streamable HTTP server
    async with streamablehttp_client("http://localhost:8000/mcp") as (
        read_stream,
        write_stream,
        _,
    ):
        # Create a session using the client streams
        async with ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
            # Initialize the connection
            await session.initialize()

            res = await session.call_tool("greet", {"name": "World"})
            print(res)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())



# Run server.py then client.py


# client.py will hang forever in the tool call and never complete. I would expect it to throw an error since the connection died and it will never get a response.

Python & MCP Python SDK

Python 3.13.7
mcp 1.20.0

Commencez par le point d’entrée streamablehttp_client et le chemin ClientSession.call_tool présenté dans client.py, puis reproduisez le plantage de server.py lors d’un appel d’outil. C’est terminé lorsque le client signale un échec de connexion au lieu d’attendre indéfiniment si le serveur se termine avant de répondre.