Proposed fix: [Claude Code MCP headersHelper] 'Server rejected the Authorization header minted by the configured headersHelper (HTTP 401)' — pre-v2.1.248 surfaced as 'Incompatible auth server: does no
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Recommended action: Run the helper yourself from the same directory with the same env (minus stripped credential vars for project .mcp.json servers), fix it, then /mcp -> Reconnect.
Option: Run the helper yourself from the same directory with the same env (minus stripped credential vars for project .mcp.json servers), fix it, then /mcp -> Reconnect. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Connecting to a remote MCP server whose headersHelper supplies Authorization
Steps:
1. Run headersHelper manually the way Claude Code runs it
2. Fix helper output/credential source
3. /mcp -> select server -> Reconnect
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
f57eabf0-21cc-44d5-87d2-888e7ade5fd6
Proposed action
Recommended action: Run the helper yourself from the same directory with the same env (minus stripped credential vars for project .mcp.json servers), fix it, then /mcp -> Reconnect.
Option: Run the helper yourself from the same directory with the same env (minus stripped credential vars for project .mcp.json servers), fix it, then /mcp -> Reconnect. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Connecting to a remote MCP server whose headersHelper supplies Authorization
Steps:
1. Run headersHelper manually the way Claude Code runs it
2. Fix helper output/credential source
3. /mcp -> select server -> Reconnect
Expected: The error no longer appears.
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