# MCP 2025-06-18 Upgrade Summary
## Completed Changes
### ✅ Core Protocol Upgrade
1. **SDK Updated**: `v0.4.0` → `v1.21.0`
- File: [package.json](package.json#L17)
2. **Protocol Version**: `2024-11-05` → `2025-06-18`
- File: [src/mcp-http-server.ts](src/mcp-http-server.ts#L222)
- Now using SDK constant `LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION`
3. **API Breaking Changes Fixed**
- Updated `Server` constructor to new signature
- Files changed:
- [src/index.ts](src/index.ts#L12-L22)
- [src/mcp-http-server.ts](src/mcp-http-server.ts#L23-L33)
### ✅ Security Enhancements
4. **Authentication Middleware Added**
- New file: [src/auth.ts](src/auth.ts)
- Token-based authentication via `MCP_AUTH_TOKEN` environment variable
- Automatic dev mode when token not set
- Audit logging for all MCP requests
5. **HTTP Server Protection**
- Applied auth middleware to `/mcp` endpoint
- Returns proper JSON-RPC error codes for auth failures
- File: [src/mcp-http-server.ts](src/mcp-http-server.ts#L192)
### ✅ Testing & Validation
All three server modes tested and working:
- ✓ stdio transport (standard MCP)
- ✓ HTTP REST API
- ✓ Combined HTTP+MCP with JSON-RPC
## Files Changed
```
Modified:
- package.json (SDK version)
- src/index.ts (Server constructor)
- src/mcp-http-server.ts (Protocol version, auth middleware)
Added:
- src/auth.ts (Authentication & audit logging)
- MCP_COMPLIANCE.md (Detailed compliance report)
- UPGRADE_SUMMARY.md (This file)
```
## How to Use
### Development Mode (No Authentication)
```bash
npm run build
npm run start:mcp
```
### Production Mode (With Authentication)
```bash
export MCP_AUTH_TOKEN="your-secret-token-here"
npm run build
npm run start:mcp
```
### Docker Deployment
```bash
# Set token in docker-compose.yml or .env file
MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=your-secret-token docker-compose up
```
### Testing with Authentication
```bash
# Without auth (will fail if token is set)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}'
# With auth
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer your-secret-token" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}'
```
## Compliance Status
### ✅ Fully Compliant
- JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol
- Protocol version 2025-06-18
- Proper capability negotiation
- Tool definitions with JSON Schema
- Error handling per spec
### ⚠️ Partially Compliant
- Basic token authentication (not full OAuth 2.0)
- Audit logging (basic implementation)
- Tool outputs as text (not structured schemas)
### ❌ Not Implemented
- Full OAuth 2.0 / RFC 8707 Resource Indicators
- Elicitation (server-initiated user prompts)
- Structured output schemas (Zod validation)
- Rate limiting
- Comprehensive input validation
## Next Steps (Optional)
For full production compliance, consider:
1. **Implement OAuth 2.0** if exposing publicly
2. **Add rate limiting** (express-rate-limit)
3. **Migrate to `McpServer`** high-level API for structured outputs
4. **Add input validation** for dates and parameters
5. **Set up monitoring** and alerting
## Documentation
- **[MCP_COMPLIANCE.md](MCP_COMPLIANCE.md)** - Detailed compliance analysis with code examples
- **[src/auth.ts](src/auth.ts)** - Authentication implementation details
- **[MCP Specification](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18)** - Official spec
## Testing Commands
```bash
# Build
npm run build
# Test stdio server
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}' | node dist/index.js
# Test HTTP server
npm run start:mcp
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
# Test tool execution
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"check_school_vacation","arguments":{"date":"25/12/2024","region":"flanders"}}}'
```
## Breaking Changes Alert
⚠️ **Server Constructor API Changed**
If you have custom code creating Server instances, update from:
```typescript
// OLD (v0.4.0)
new Server({
name: 'server',
version: '1.0.0',
capabilities: { tools: {} }
})
```
To:
```typescript
// NEW (v1.21.0)
new Server(
{ name: 'server', version: '1.0.0' },
{ capabilities: { tools: {} } }
)
```
## Security Notice
🔒 **Important**: The authentication implementation is basic token-based auth suitable for internal use or development. For production deployment:
1. Always set `MCP_AUTH_TOKEN` environment variable
2. Use HTTPS/TLS in production
3. Consider implementing full OAuth 2.0 for public-facing deployments
4. Review [MCP_COMPLIANCE.md](MCP_COMPLIANCE.md) security section
## Support
- MCP Specification: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
- TypeScript SDK: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk
- Issues: Open an issue in your repository
---
**Upgrade completed**: 2025-11-07
**SDK Version**: 1.21.0
**Protocol Version**: 2025-06-18
**Status**: ✅ Production Ready (with basic auth)