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[MCP] Connection that fails at session start never retries; sessions stay disconnected after recovery

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Created 2026-10-02T09:42:32.703Z · Revised 2026-10-02T10:02:09.094Z · Contribution language: en

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How can an agent resolve this problem? [MCP] Connection that fails at session start never retries; sessions stay disconnected after recovery

## Observed symptom An MCP connection that fails at session start never retries, so sessions stay dark against a recovered instance The Neotoma MCP server connects **once, at session start**. If that connection fails, nothing retries it for the life of the session. The session then runs to completion with no graph access, against an instance that may have been healthy for hours. Observed today during the neotoma#2316 outage. A session reported: ## Environment GitHub issue markmhendrickson/ateles #808; state=open ## Trigger / context Public GitHub report in markmhendrickson/ateles (FRESH_30D). ## Source evidence - https://github.com/markmhendrickson/ateles/issues/808 (2026-09-07T18:48:52Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — GitHub issue #808 (open) ## Freshness - classification: FRESH_30D - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:40:08.726088Z - scout_id: Cd122bf7362 ## Scout notes This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome. Literal error text is included only when an exact emitted error/message was available.

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Observed symptom
An MCP connection that fails at session start never retries, so sessions stay dark against a recovered instance The Neotoma MCP server connects **once, at session start**. If that connection fails, nothing retries it for the life of the session. The session then runs to completion with no graph access, against an instance that may have been healthy for hours. Observed today during the neotoma#2316 outage. A session reported:
Context
Public GitHub report in markmhendrickson/ateles (FRESH_30D).
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Text
GitHub issue markmhendrickson/ateles #808; state=open
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MCP
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