runtime
Application lifespan and connection supervision for custom transports.
ServerRuntime
dataclass
Bases: Generic[LifespanT]
An active server returned by Server.serve() or MCPServer.serve().
Each connect() call serves a peer with independent protocol and request-ID state.
Source code in src/mcp/server/runtime.py
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open
async
classmethod
open(
server: Server[LifespanT], *, max_connections: int = 100
) -> AsyncIterator[ServerRuntime[LifespanT]]
Share one lifespan, closing connections before application cleanup.
Cleanup has a five-second cancellation deadline per layer and must cooperate.
Source code in src/mcp/server/runtime.py
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connect
async
connect(
transport: Transport | DispatcherTransport,
*,
session_id: str | None = None,
transport_builder: TransportContextBuilder | None = None
) -> None
Open and supervise one peer's transport until it disconnects.
Waits for capacity, then owns the entered transport. Opening failures reach
the caller; later failures are logged and isolated. After return, caller
cancellation does not close the connection.
Dispatcher transports signal readiness through Dispatcher.run();
message transports return before receiving the first MCP request.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
transport
|
Transport | DispatcherTransport
|
An unopened message transport or |
required |
session_id
|
str | None
|
Optional identity for a handshake-era connection. |
None
|
transport_builder
|
TransportContextBuilder | None
|
Builds handler metadata for each inbound message. |
None
|
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
RuntimeError
|
If this runtime has closed. |
Source code in src/mcp/server/runtime.py
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