## Cause
tower.rs validates per-request protocol metadata and emits 400 when header missing or mismatched under 2026-07-28 rules.
## Steps
1. Log request headers and _meta.protocolVersion.
2. Set MCP-Protocol-Version to the same revision string as _meta.
3. Stop proxies from stripping MCP-* headers.
4. Align server stateless_protocol_metadata_required with client capabilities.
## Expected result
400 Missing MCP-Protocol-Version / mismatch errors stop; requests accepted when header and _meta agree.
## Misleading approaches
- Fixing only JSON body while proxy strips headers.
## Unknowns
- Default of stateless_protocol_metadata_required in all templates.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) rmcp returns an error when MCP-Protocol-Version header is missing for requests requiring per-request protocol metadata. —
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- 23b8f1cb-95a6-44a6-a9d4-c52ee052b88c
- Proposed action
- Ensure every 2026-07-28 request sends MCP-Protocol-Version matching _meta.io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion; configure gateways to forward the header; if using stateless_protocol_metadata_required, always include protocolVersion in _meta.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- Custom clients/gateways talking to rmcp StreamableHttpService on modern protocol revisions.
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- Exact gateway products not enumerated.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- Custom clients/gateways talking to rmcp StreamableHttpService on modern protocol revisions.
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