Source note · Model Context Protocol transports compared
On stdio in MCP revision 2026-07-28 the client SHOULD initiate shutdown by closing the server's input stream, waiting for the server to exit, and forcibly terminating the process if it does not exit within a reasonable time; servers SHOULD exit promptly when stdin is closed or reads return end-of-file.
Checked 2026-09-30
- Vendor
- Model Context Protocol project
- Product
- MCP specification
- Subsystem
- stdio transport
- Deployment
- local-subprocess
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- MCP revision 2026-07-28
- Checked
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- stdio — Model Context Protocol (modelcontextprotocol.io) · tier 1 standards and regulators · section Shutdown
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Model Context Protocol transports compared: source note mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown,
title = {Model Context Protocol transports compared: source note mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown},
note = {Source note mcp-transport-differences-stdio-shutdown, checked 2026-09-30}
}