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2 people reported

All time, since Oct 15.

MCP servers time out at startup

“New: when several sessions start at the same time, stdio MCP startup becomes unreliable.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/16981/file
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Stdio MCP servers fail to connect when sessions start together. Local stdio servers stay "pending" or hit CONNECT_TIMEOUT at 30 s when several sessions start at once, though the same servers connect in 3-5 s afterwards.

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Where
MCP servers
Error text
Connection failed (CONNECT_TIMEOUT): MCP server ...
Versions
2.1.300
Platforms
Linux, Windows
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Not quite your bug?

  1. HTTP MCP server never reconnects3 people
  2. Project MCP servers dropped9 people

Original reports2, newest first

  1. MCP servers time out when several sessions start at once (follow-up to #83495)#107472
  2. Local stdio MCP startup is racy under concurrency: servers silently stay "pending" while still consuming RAM#102457

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