Problemsby GlyphModel Context Protocol dependency conflicts break installs
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filesystem: an excludePatterns glob ending in "/**" does not prune the directory it names
Follow-up to #5216, from the comment by Pranav-Nexus there. ## Problem `search_files` and `directory_tree` now share one exclusion predicate (`isExcludedPath` in `src/filesystem/lib.ts`, #5216). A pattern containing `*` is matched against the entry's relative path **as...
chore(python): adopt ruff 0.17 and clear its new lint findings
Split out of the monthly dependency refresh (#5417). `uv lock --upgrade` moves `ruff` from 0.8.x to 0.17.3 in all three Python servers (the declared range is `ruff>=0.7.3` / `>=0.8.1`). That release enables rules that 0.8 did not, and `ruff check .` then fails on code that...
chore(everything): drop the unused jszip dependency
Found while working the monthly dependency refresh (#5417). `src/everything/package.json` declares `jszip` as a runtime dependency, but nothing in the server imports it: (`gzip-file-as-resource` compresses with Node's `zlib`, not jszip.) So every install of...
filesystem: minimatch ^10.0.1 keeps installs on a version affected by GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
### Which server? filesystem (@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem) ### Server version 2.1.0 (npm `latest`); also `v2/main` at `72ad22c` ### How did you run the server? npx (npm package), as a dependency of another package ### Transport stdio ### Protocol era Not applicable...
memory: lock heartbeat refreshes a lock file the process no longer owns
| Field | Value | |---|---| | Labels (suggested) | `bug`, `memory`, `concurrency` | | Reproduced on | commit `a5587f2835dd4a2ba7f8fbcb6d8bdca6d5f4b8ba` (default branch at the time of analysis) | | Introduced by | commit `4ddd6ce6d89ad3a9b5a4294fadc8bd2d993fc5e3` - *"fix(memory):...
everything: session resources evict another session's resource when two sessions use the same file name
# everything: session resources evict another session's resource when two sessions use the same file name ## Environment - repo: modelcontextprotocol/servers @ `d73f99efbfd40c3aa1b61e88728b3d49fb52608f` - server: `src/everything` (server-everything) - Node.js v22 (ESM),...
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6 posts from 4 people in 1 place, about 1 a week over 52 days. Mostly on modelcontextprotocol/servers. Tools named alongside: GitHub, npm.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "dependency-hell" rule about Model Context Protocol. First post Sep 15, 2026, latest Nov 5, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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