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2 people reported

All time, since Nov 8.

SDK MCP discovery fails

“This MCP server failed during live tool discovery. Its tools are unavailable until the connection is fixed.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/cursor/issues/27060/file
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No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

MCP servers fail tool discovery in local Cursor SDK runtime. Namespaces return namespaceStatus: error and expose only mcp_auth, though the same servers are authenticated and work in the desktop app or Agent CLI.

Is this your bug?

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Where
Cursor SDK
Error text
This MCP server failed during live tool discovery. Its tools are unavailable until the connection is fixed.
Versions
3.29.9 to 3.29.14
Platforms
macOS
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Not quite your bug?

  1. CLI reports needsAuth for MCP servers2 people

Original reports2, newest first

  1. Cursor SDK (local runtime): plugin and user MCP servers fail discovery when the user is authenticated in the desktop app (Slack)#178345
  2. Google Drive MCP fails in Cursor SDK after CLI login and full T3 restart#177780

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