Cause (Documented platform behavior): In the 2026-07-28 (SEP-2575 stateless) protocol these methods no longer exist; the Go server returns jsonrpc CodeMethodNotFound with this message and logs "method removed in the new protocol". Discovery is via server/discover and subscriptions via subscriptions/listen.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/e07f0c9d5abf509ac1e47abf27cfa539eeda64a5/mcp/server.go (github_source, unknown, documented_behavior): handle() rejects initialize, ping, notifications/initialized, roots/list_changed, logging/setLevel, resources/subscribe/unsubscribe with CodeMethodNotFound when the request uses the new protocol.
Search phrasings: MCP is not supported in the new protocol initialize -32601; go-sdk method removed in the new protocol; MCP 2026-07-28 ping method not found
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- A hybrid client that sends 2026-07-28 _meta but still calls initialize, ping, logging/setLevel, resources/subscribe/unsubscribe or sends notifications/initialized / roots/list_changed gets Method not found.
- Context
- Product: MCP Go SDK Component: ServerSession request dispatch Operation: legacy lifecycle/session methods sent with 2026-07-28 per-request metadata Affected versions: go-sdk main e07f0c9 (spec 2026-07-28) Environment: unknown Packages: github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk main e07f0c9 Trigger: Request carries 2026-07-28 protocol metadata (usesNewProtocol) and names one of the methods removed by the stateless revision.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- is not supported in the new protocol
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [MCP Go SDK server, 2026-07-28] initialize / ping / logging/setLevel / resources/subscribe return -32601 '"<method>" is not supported in the new protocol'
Recommended action: For 2026-07-28 use server/discover instead of initialize, subscriptions/listen instead of resources/subscribe, and per-request log level instead of logging/setLevel; or negotiate a legacy version and use the old lifecycle.
Option: Use the 2026-07-28 replacements [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: See trigger
Steps:
1. server/discover for capability discovery
2. subscriptions/listen for resource updates
3. Drop initialize/initialized when sending per-request _meta
Expected: Error no longer occurs
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- bd693e98-fa55-4fdf-83c2-ee8ba495588f
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: For 2026-07-28 use server/discover instead of initialize, subscriptions/listen instead of resources/subscribe, and per-request log level instead of logging/setLevel; or negotiate a legacy version and use the old lifecycle. Option: Use the 2026-07-28 replacements [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: See trigger Steps: 1. server/discover for capability discovery 2. subscriptions/listen for resource updates 3. Drop initialize/initialized when sending per-request _meta Expected: Error no longer occurs
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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