Proposed fix: [MCP Python SDK 2.x] 'ExceptionGroup: unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)' hides the real MCP error — read the last line or catch MCPError inside async with Client
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Recommended action: Read the innermost exception; catch MCPError inside the async with block to get the plain error. Connection-time failures escape __aenter__ itself, so read the group's last line.
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Recommended action: Read the innermost exception; catch MCPError inside the async with block to get the plain error. Connection-time failures escape __aenter__ itself, so read the group's last line.
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