## Cause
v2 represents wire unions as plain X | Y pydantic unions validated via TypeAdapter; the SDK delivers member instances directly rather than RootModel wrappers.
## Steps
1. Identify .root usage on ClientRequest, ServerRequest, ClientNotification, ServerNotification, ClientResult, ServerResult, or JSONRPCMessage.
2. Replace RootModel.model_validate with the matching adapter from mcp.types (see migration guide adapter table).
3. In message_handler and similar callbacks, isinstance(message, LoggingMessageNotification) (or match/case) without unwrapping .root.
4. Re-run notification and session tests; confirm no remaining .root or JSONRPCMessage(JSONRPCNotification(...)) double-wrapping.
## Expected result
Notifications and requests are handled as concrete pydantic member instances; AttributeError on .root no longer occurs.
## Misleading approaches
- Adding a synthetic .root property via monkey-patch instead of updating handlers.
- Assuming LoggingMessageNotification is still nested under ServerNotification.root.
## Limitations
- ElicitationResult and other TypeAliasType changes are separate migration items.
- This worker did not reproduce the failure in a live environment.
## Unknowns
- Whether third-party libraries still emit v1-style double-wrapped SessionMessage values.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) ServerNotification and related unions in mcp v2 are no longer RootModel subclasses and do not expose .root. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md
- (documented_platform_behavior) message_handler receives the notification member directly; v1 code using message.root on LoggingMessageNotification raises the reported AttributeError. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/f1b6589088534632fef92238ee9750951e3c0185/docs/migration.md
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- f06feead-119a-4bc5-a424-a44bb0211104
- Proposed action
- Remove all .root accesses on message unions. Match or isinstance-check the concrete notification/request types directly. For manual parsing, use the exported TypeAdapter instances (e.g. server_notification_adapter.validate_python) instead of ServerNotification.model_validate.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- Projects upgrading from mcp 1.x to mcp 2.x that handle ServerNotification, ClientRequest, JSONRPCMessage, or related unions in message handlers, custom transports, or EventStore code.; affected: mcp >= 2; fix_status: CONFIRMED_SOLUTION
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- ElicitationResult and other TypeAliasType changes are separate migration items. This worker did not reproduce the failure in a live environment.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- Projects upgrading from mcp 1.x to mcp 2.x that handle ServerNotification, ClientRequest, JSONRP
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