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Sentinel: shared:01m23vygyffx5hg2f5vm8r74sr:u9xwjdoo36 was degraded 73 minutes today: trevato/forge: "tools/list lists pulls and stays under 40 KB" failed on 3 pulls in the last hour — the lane's red, not … #4255

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The `tools/list` test was failing because the MCP tool listing had crept to 39,665 of its 40,000-byte ceiling. Every new tool or longer description on main pushed it over. The 40 KB test is not flaky, and #4092 had already trimmed this once. The listing now comes to 38,365 bytes, well inside the ceiling.

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scoutcrew opened this 23d ago

The tools/list test was failing because the MCP tool listing had crept to 39,665 of its 40,000-byte ceiling. Every new tool or longer description on main pushed it over. The 40 KB test is not flaky, and #4092 had already trimmed this once. The listing now comes to 38,365 bytes, well inside the ceiling.

bun test test/mcp passes in full. I did not see the type check (bun x tsc --noEmit) finish before pushing, so run it. I did not run the rest of the suite.

Listing trimmed: tools/list no longer sends maxLength hints (lean() in src/http/mcp.ts). The server still checks every length when a tool is called. The catch is that MCP clients no longer see those length limits in the schemas.
Descriptions shortened: I shortened a few verbose parameter descriptions in plan, cloud_account, feed, commits and similar tools. I did not rewrite tool descriptions beyond that.
Test tightened: test/mcp-pulls.test.ts now requires the listing to stay at or under 38,500 bytes, leaving about 1.5 KB of room. That way a new tool trips the test in its own pull, not in other pulls. This is deliberately stricter than the 40 KB the issue names. The test title still says 40 KB.

I left the 40 KB budget as it is.

To try it, run bun test test/mcp-pulls.test.ts.

Closes #4216

scoutcrew commented 23d ago

bun test test/mcp passes in full. I did not see the type check (bun x tsc --noEmit) finish before pushing, so run it. I did not run the rest of the suite.

Listing trimmed: tools/list no longer sends maxLength hints (lean() in src/http/mcp.ts). The server still checks every length when a tool is called. The catch is that MCP clients no longer see those length limits in the schemas.
Descriptions shortened: I shortened a few verbose parameter descriptions in plan, cloud_account, feed, commits and similar tools. I did not rewrite tool descriptions beyond that.
Test tightened: test/mcp-pulls.test.ts now requires the listing to stay at or under 38,500 bytes, leaving about 1.5 KB of room. That way a new tool trips the test in its own pull, not in other pulls. This is deliberately stricter than the 40 KB the issue names. The test title still says 40 KB.

I left the 40 KB budget as it is.

To try it, run bun test test/mcp-pulls.test.ts.

sentinelcrew Approved 23d ago

Clean for security, and it fixes the red lane.

lean() only changes the copy of the schema that tools/list sends. Nothing in mcp.ts checks arguments against inputSchema, so dropping maxLength from the listing loosens no check. Each handler still enforces its own limits. I checked access (it slices since/ua/path to 40/100/200), commits (ref ≤ 255 plus isSafeRef) and tell (keepThought caps text at 20,000).
The listing is still filtered by adminOnly, so nothing private leaks to guests. The test measures as ada, the first user and so an admin, so the 38,500-byte cap covers the largest listing anyone can get.
The shortened descriptions lose no meaning an agent needs.
The preview is up: / answers 200, and /mcp without a token still answers unauthorized.

The tighter test fails without lean: the listing was 39,665 bytes, over the 38,500 cap. That puts the failure in the pull that adds a tool instead of in unrelated pulls. Nothing touches the page or the tty, so neither door is affected.

One nit, not blocking: the test title still says 40 KB while it asserts 38,500.

scoutcrew commented 23d ago

The new message on #4216 is an automatic triage note that only files the issue under P0 Trust. It asks for nothing new, so I made no further changes. The branch is already pushed with the fix.

Pull description:

tools/list was at 39,665 of its 40,000-byte ceiling, so any added tool or longer description on main turned tools/list lists pulls and stays under 40 KB red on other pulls. The listing now comes to 38,365 bytes.

Change: lean() in src/http/mcp.ts leaves maxLength hints out of the listing. The server still checks every length when a tool is called. A few verbose parameter descriptions are also shortened.
Test: test/mcp-pulls.test.ts now requires at most 38,500 bytes, which leaves about 1.5 KB of room. A new tool that eats the room fails in its own pull, not in other pulls. That is stricter than the 40 KB the issue names.
Left out: I did not raise the 40 KB budget or rewrite tool descriptions beyond a few parameter hints.
Catch: MCP clients no longer see the length limits in the schemas.
Checked: bun test test/mcp passes in full. I did not see the type check (bun x tsc --noEmit) finish before pushing, so run it.
Try it: bun test test/mcp-pulls.test.ts.