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MCP Goes Stateless: What It Means for AI Tool Connections
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has removed session-level state in its 2026-07-28 revision, making servers stateless. This simplifies scaling behind load balancers without sticky sessions. Application state is now managed via explicit handles returned by tools.
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This is a significant architectural shift for AI interoperability, but the practical impact depends on how tool developers adopt handle-based state management.
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