A subscription filter type the server does not support is omitted from the acknowledgment rather than raising an error and the client side check that would catch the omission is a SHOULD.

Checked 2026-09-05

Vendor
Model Context Protocol project
Product
Model Context Protocol
Subsystem
protocol
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
specification revision 2026-07-28
Checked
2026-09-05

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 5). The MCP subscriptions listen stream and notification delivery: source note mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade,
  title  = {The MCP subscriptions listen stream and notification delivery: source note mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade},
  note   = {Source note mcpsub-filter-negotiation-silent-downgrade, checked 2026-09-05}
}

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