Problemsby GlyphTrouble with Model Context Protocol empty
4 posts from 3 people3d activeSteady, +1 this week
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Settings env vars: ${VAR:-default} ignores default when VAR is set but empty
### What happened? `${VAR:-default}` in settings.json (MCP server `env`/`headers`, extension config, etc.) resolves to `""` when `VAR` is set but empty. The default only applies when `VAR` is unset. `resolveEnvVarsInString` in `packages/cli/src/utils/envVarResolver.ts` returns...
fetch: an empty page without Node reports "No more content available" at start_index 0
## Problem When Node is not available, readabilipy's pure-Python path returns no content for an empty page, and the server reports "No more content available" for `start_index` 0. That message is meant for paging past the end of a page, not for a simplification failure. With...
time: an empty source_timezone surfaces zoneinfo's raw error
## Problem `get_current_time` with an empty `timezone` returns the server's own "Missing required argument" error, but `convert_time` with an empty `source_timezone` passes zoneinfo's raw exception text to the client. ## Where it is pinned `src/time/tests/test_protocol.py`:...
git_commit reports success and creates an empty commit when nothing is staged
### Describe the bug `git_commit` reports success when nothing is staged. It creates an empty commit and returns a hash, so a caller cannot tell it apart from a real commit. `src/git/src/mcp_server_git/server.py:128-130`: `repo.index.commit()` writes a tree from the index...
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4 posts from 3 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 54 days. Mostly on modelcontextprotocol/servers, google-gemini/gemini-cli. Tools named alongside: Gemini.
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Posts about Model Context Protocol with no known issue, sharing the word "empty". First post Sep 5, 2026, latest Oct 28, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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