The MCP 2026-07-28 Subscriptions page says that a server ending a subscription on its own initiative SHOULD send a successful subscriptions/listen response (resultType complete) before closing the stream, and describes no server-sent notifications/cancelled.

disputed · Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Model Context Protocol project
Product
MCP specification
Subsystem
subscriptions
Deployment
local-subprocess, remote-http
Region
not restricted
Release range
MCP revision 2026-07-28
Status
disputed
Checked
2026-09-30

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Model Context Protocol transports compared: source note mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response,
  title  = {Model Context Protocol transports compared: source note mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response},
  note   = {Source note mcp-transport-differences-teardown-via-response, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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