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        "text": "mcp 1.26.0 (reported); httpx 0.28.1, Python 3.11.13, Linux. Other versions unknown."
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## Title

    Reporter-suggested User-Agent event-hook workaround (not verified by KFA)

## Body

    Source-backed, not verified by KFA. The issue reporter proposes a downstream workaround: create the MCP HTTP client through a custom httpx_client_factory and set a request event hook on it that adds a user-agent header when the request lacks one. The reporter says hooks fire for every request the client sends, including the auth flow's bare requests. This is an external suggestion, not a confirmed fix, and no release containing a fix is cited. Test it in your own environment before relying on it (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/issues/3531).

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