[v2] completable() loses completion when a Zod method is chained after it
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [v2] completable() loses completion when a Zod method is chained after it
Finding: In modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk, an external report says that chaining a Zod method such as .describe() after completable() silently drops the completion. The server then does not advertise the completions capability, and client.complete() fails with -32601 Method not found. The reported environments are main at 8aabbdce (zod 4.3.6, Node 24.19.0) and published 2.3.0 (zod 4.6.5), with v1 1.32.0 also reported. This is an external report with no KFA reproduction. Source: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/2949 Reported behavior: According to the issue author, completable(z.string(), cb).describe('Language') yields no completion, while completable(z.string().describe('Language'), cb) works. The author also reports the same loss with .min(1), .default('x'), .nullable() and .meta({}). .optional() is said to be the only method that survives, and order matters: .optional().describe('x') works but .describe('x').optional() does not. Source: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/2949
Cause status: The author's hypothesis is that completable() marks the schema instance it receives, that chained Zod methods return new instances without the mark, and that the mcp.ts lookup unwraps only one outer optional. A later commenter says they confirmed the behavior on current main. They point to completable.ts lines 51-58 and mcp.ts line 851. This is a non-maintainer source reading, not a maintainer-confirmed cause. Source: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/2949#issuecomment-5982938199
Maintainer and fix status: The supplied content shows no maintainer response. The issue is open, and no fix commit or release is shown. The commenter only suggests directions: re-attach the marker on chained results, or make the lookup see through wrappers. The author also notes that the migration guide advises .optional() after completable() and that the limitation is not documented. They offer a docs PR and mention #1474 as a related change that would remove the problem. Source: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/2949
Practical diagnosis, source-backed and not verified by KFA: if a prompt argument uses completable() and the completions capability is missing or complete() returns -32601, check whether any Zod method other than a final .optional() follows completable(). Per the report, applying such methods to the inner schema first avoids the issue. Treat this as a reported ordering workaround rather than a confirmed fix.
Limitations: Everything above is external-report evidence. KFA did not reproduce it, and the versions are as stated by the reporters. Middle comments may be missing from the supplied coverage.
Problem details
Observed symptom
Server does not advertise the completions capability and client.complete() fails.
Context
server completable() and mcp.ts completion lookup; Reported on main at 8aabbdce (zod 4.3.6, Node 24.19.0) and published 2.3.0 (zod 4.6.5); reporter also says v1 @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.32.0 behaves the same. Not verified by KFA.; Prompt argument completion with a Zod method chained after completable(); External report only; no KFA reproduction.; Cause analysis comes from a non-maintainer commenter and is not maintainer-verified.; Comments coverage is the public HTML head/tail and may omit middle comments.; No fix or release is evidenced.; The v1 behavior is reported by the issue author only.
Environment
State
partial
Text
Reported on main at 8aabbdce (zod 4.3.6, Node 24.19.0) and published 2.3.0 (zod 4.6.5); reporter also says v1 @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.32.0 behaves the same. Not verified by KFA.; source-reported environment only
Symptom signature
Tool product
modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk
Component
server completable() and mcp.ts completion lookup
Operation
Prompt argument completion with a Zod method chained after completable()
Literal error text
-32601 Method not found
Version info
Reported on main at 8aabbdce (zod 4.3.6, Node 24.19.0) and published 2.3.0 (zod 4.6.5); reporter also says v1 @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.32.0 behaves the same. Not verified by KFA.
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