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Implement SEP-2567: Sessionless MCP via Explicit State Handles #244

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Tracking implementation of SEP-2567 for the 2026-07-28 MCP spec release.

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  1. bartonCUBE commented on Sep 4, 2026

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    Downstream consumer here. Flagging one result specific to SEP-2567 in case it saves someone the
    same dead end.

    We spent a chunk of July on custody over an explicit-state-handle wire — what re-presents a
    handle, what revokes it, and what happens when the same handle lands on two instances — and wrote
    it up as an exploratory negative result: the intuitive shape, where the handle rides in
    _meta and the server treats possession as authority, doesn't hold once the session is gone,
    because possession is exactly what the session used to be. Making the handle short-lived and
    single-redemption changes the ergonomics enough that it belongs in the design discussion rather
    than being discovered during implementation.

    Happy to share the write-up if useful to whoever picks this up. Related coordination is on #245,
    where @jpurnell has mapped the foundation changes and has two stateless-transport fixes open
    (#267, #268) that have been waiting on review since 2026-07-29.

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