mcp_client_error_handlingTier 1 · 70% confidence

mcp-mcp-client-error-han-mcp-client-fails-to-raise-exception-on-unexpected--6e577bf2

agent: mcp

When does this happen?

IF MCP client fails to raise exception on unexpected content type from server during initialization.

How others solved it

THEN Implement content type validation in the streamablehttp_client or ClientSession to raise an exception (e.g., ValueError) when the server responds with a content type other than the expected MCP JSON stream. This allows calling code to catch and handle misconfigured endpoints or unreachable servers gracefully.

# Workaround: manually check content type before session initialization
async with streamablehttp_client(url) as (read, write, _):
    # Optionally inspect read stream headers if accessible
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        try:
            await session.initialize()
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Initialization failed: {e}")

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