feat: add streamable-http support

Author: radugheo

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath-mcp"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "UiPath MCP SDK"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_factory.py

@@ -110,9 +110,26 @@ async def new_runtime(
                 McpErrorCode.SERVER_NOT_FOUND,
                 "MCP server not found",
                 f"Server '{entrypoint}' not found. Available: {available}",
-                UiPathErrorCategory.DEPLOYMENT,
+                UiPathErrorCategory.USER,
             )
 
+        # Validate streamable-http configuration
+        if server.is_streamable_http:
+            if not server.url:
+                raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                    McpErrorCode.CONFIGURATION_ERROR,
+                    "Invalid configuration",
+                    f"Server '{entrypoint}' uses streamable-http transport but 'url' is not specified in mcp.json",
+                    UiPathErrorCategory.USER,
+                )
+            if not server.command or server.command == "None":
+                raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                    McpErrorCode.CONFIGURATION_ERROR,
+                    "Invalid configuration",
+                    f"Server '{entrypoint}' uses streamable-http transport but 'command' is not specified in mcp.json",
+                    UiPathErrorCategory.USER,
+                )
+
         # Validate runtime_id is a valid UUID, generate new one if not
         try:
             uuid.UUID(runtime_id)

src/uipath_mcp/_cli/_runtime/_runtime.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from .._utils._config import McpServer
 from ._context import UiPathServerType
 from ._exception import McpErrorCode, UiPathMcpRuntimeError
-from ._session import SessionServer
+from ._session import BaseSessionServer, StdioSessionServer, StreamableHttpSessionServer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
@@ -76,10 +76,14 @@ def __init__(
         self._server_slug = server_slug
 
         self._signalr_client: SignalRClient | None = None
-        self._session_servers: dict[str, SessionServer] = {}
+        self._session_servers: dict[str, BaseSessionServer] = {}
         self._session_output: str | None = None
         self._cancel_event = asyncio.Event()
         self._keep_alive_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
+        self._http_server_process: asyncio.subprocess.Process | None = None
+        self._http_monitor_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
+        self._http_stderr_drain_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
+        self._http_server_stderr_lines: list[str] = []
         self._uipath = UiPath()
         self._cleanup_done = False
 
@@ -223,6 +227,12 @@ async def _run_server(self) -> UiPathRuntimeResult:
                 # Register the local server with UiPath MCP Server
                 await self._register()
 
+                # Start HTTP server process monitor if using streamable-http
+                if self._server.is_streamable_http:
+                    self._http_monitor_task = asyncio.create_task(
+                        self._monitor_http_server_process()
+                    )
+
                 run_task = asyncio.create_task(self._signalr_client.run())
                 cancel_task = asyncio.create_task(self._cancel_event.wait())
                 self._keep_alive_task = asyncio.create_task(self._keep_alive())
@@ -300,6 +310,9 @@ async def _cleanup(self) -> None:
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error cleaning up session server {session_id}: {str(e)}")
 
+        # Stop the shared HTTP server process (streamable-http only)
+        await self._stop_http_server_process()
+
         if self._signalr_client and hasattr(self._signalr_client, "_transport"):
             transport = self._signalr_client._transport
             if transport and hasattr(transport, "_ws") and transport._ws:
@@ -358,8 +371,15 @@ async def _handle_signalr_message(self, args: list[str]) -> None:
         try:
             # Check if we have a session server for this session_id
             if session_id not in self._session_servers:
-                # Create and start a new session server
-                session_server = SessionServer(self._server, self.slug, session_id)
+                session_server: BaseSessionServer
+                if self._server.is_streamable_http:
+                    session_server = StreamableHttpSessionServer(
+                        self._server, self.slug, session_id
+                    )
+                else:
+                    session_server = StdioSessionServer(
+                        self._server, self.slug, session_id
+                    )
                 try:
                     await session_server.start()
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -393,6 +413,156 @@ async def _handle_signalr_close(self) -> None:
         """Handle SignalR connection close event."""
         logger.info("Websocket connection closed.")
 
+    async def _start_http_server_process(self) -> None:
+        """Spawn the streamable-http server process.
+
+        The process is started once and shared across all sessions.
+        """
+        env_vars = self._server.env.copy()
+        if self.server_type is UiPathServerType.Coded:
+            for name, value in os.environ.items():
+                if name not in env_vars:
+                    env_vars[name] = value
+
+        merged_env = {**os.environ, **env_vars} if env_vars else None
+        self._http_server_stderr_lines = []
+        self._http_server_process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+            self._server.command,
+            *self._server.args,
+            env=merged_env,
+            stdout=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        self._http_stderr_drain_task = asyncio.create_task(self._drain_http_stderr())
+        logger.info(
+            f"Started HTTP server process (PID: {self._http_server_process.pid}) "
+            f"for {self._server.url}"
+        )
+
+    async def _drain_http_stderr(self) -> None:
+        """Continuously read and log stderr from the HTTP server process.
+
+        Accumulates output in _http_server_stderr_lines for error reporting.
+        """
+        if not self._http_server_process or not self._http_server_process.stderr:
+            return
+        try:
+            async for line in self._http_server_process.stderr:
+                decoded = line.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").rstrip()
+                self._http_server_stderr_lines.append(decoded)
+                logger.debug(f"HTTP server stderr: {decoded}")
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            pass
+
+    async def _wait_for_http_server_ready(
+        self,
+        max_retries: int = 30,
+        retry_delay: float = 1.0,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Wait for the HTTP server to start accepting connections."""
+        import httpx
+
+        url = self._server.url
+        if not url:
+            raise ValueError("streamable-http transport requires url in config")
+
+        for attempt in range(max_retries):
+            # Check if process has crashed
+            if (
+                self._http_server_process
+                and self._http_server_process.returncode is not None
+            ):
+                stderr_output = "\n".join(self._http_server_stderr_lines)
+                raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                    McpErrorCode.INITIALIZATION_ERROR,
+                    "HTTP server process exited unexpectedly",
+                    f"Exit code: {self._http_server_process.returncode}\n{stderr_output}",
+                    UiPathErrorCategory.SYSTEM,
+                )
+
+            try:
+                async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+                    response = await client.get(url, timeout=2.0)
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"HTTP server is ready (status: {response.status_code})"
+                    )
+                    return
+            except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ConnectTimeout) as err:
+                if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"HTTP server not ready yet, retrying in {retry_delay}s "
+                        f"(attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries})"
+                    )
+                    await asyncio.sleep(retry_delay)
+                else:
+                    raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                        McpErrorCode.INITIALIZATION_ERROR,
+                        "HTTP server failed to start",
+                        f"Server at {url} did not become ready after {max_retries} attempts",
+                        UiPathErrorCategory.SYSTEM,
+                    ) from err
+            except httpx.HTTPStatusError:
+                # Server responded with an error status code
+                logger.info("HTTP server is ready (responded with error, but is up)")
+                return
+
+    async def _stop_http_server_process(self) -> None:
+        """Stop the shared HTTP server process."""
+        if self._http_monitor_task and not self._http_monitor_task.done():
+            self._http_monitor_task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self._http_monitor_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+            self._http_monitor_task = None
+
+        if self._http_server_process:
+            try:
+                self._http_server_process.terminate()
+                try:
+                    await asyncio.wait_for(
+                        self._http_server_process.wait(), timeout=5.0
+                    )
+                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                    self._http_server_process.kill()
+                    await self._http_server_process.wait()
+            except ProcessLookupError:
+                pass
+            finally:
+                logger.info("HTTP server process stopped")
+                self._http_server_process = None
+
+        if self._http_stderr_drain_task and not self._http_stderr_drain_task.done():
+            self._http_stderr_drain_task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self._http_stderr_drain_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+            self._http_stderr_drain_task = None
+
+    async def _monitor_http_server_process(self) -> None:
+        """Monitor the HTTP server process and handle unexpected exits."""
+        if not self._http_server_process:
+            return
+        try:
+            returncode = await self._http_server_process.wait()
+            if not self._cancel_event.is_set():
+                logger.error(
+                    f"HTTP server process exited unexpectedly with code {returncode}"
+                )
+                # Stop all HTTP sessions, they will fail on next request anyway
+                for session_id, session_server in list(self._session_servers.items()):
+                    if isinstance(session_server, StreamableHttpSessionServer):
+                        try:
+                            await session_server.stop()
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            logger.error(
+                                f"Error stopping session {session_id} after process crash: {e}"
+                            )
+                        self._session_servers.pop(session_id, None)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            pass
+
     async def _register(self) -> None:
         """Register the MCP server with UiPath."""
 
@@ -409,36 +579,63 @@ async def _register(self) -> None:
                     env_vars[name] = value
 
         try:
-            # Create a temporary session to get tools
-            server_params = StdioServerParameters(
-                command=self._server.command,
-                args=self._server.args,
-                env=env_vars,
-            )
+            if self._server.is_streamable_http:
+                # spawn process, wait for readiness, connect via HTTP
+                await self._start_http_server_process()
+                await self._wait_for_http_server_ready()
+
+                from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
 
-            # Start a temporary stdio client to get tools
-            # Use a temporary file to capture stderr
-            with tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode="w+b") as stderr_temp_binary:
-                stderr_temp = io.TextIOWrapper(stderr_temp_binary, encoding="utf-8")
-                async with stdio_client(server_params, errlog=stderr_temp) as (
+                if self._server.url is None:
+                    raise UiPathMcpRuntimeError(
+                        McpErrorCode.CONFIGURATION_ERROR,
+                        "Missing URL for streamable-http server",
+                        "Please specify a 'url' in the server configuration for streamable-http transport.",
+                        UiPathErrorCategory.SYSTEM,
+                    )
+                async with streamable_http_client(self._server.url) as (
                     read,
                     write,
+                    _,
                 ):
                     async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
-                        logger.info("Initializing client session...")
-                        # Try to initialize with timeout
+                        logger.info("Initializing client session (streamable-http)...")
                         try:
                             await asyncio.wait_for(session.initialize(), timeout=30)
                             initialization_successful = True
-                            logger.info("Initialization successful")
-
-                            # Only proceed if initialization was successful
                             tools_result = await session.list_tools()
+                            logger.info(f"Discovered {len(tools_result.tools)} tool(s)")
                         except Exception as err:
                             logger.error(f"Initialization error: {err}")
-                            # Capture stderr output here, after the timeout
-                            stderr_temp.seek(0)
-                            server_stderr_output = stderr_temp.read()
+                            server_stderr_output = "\n".join(
+                                self._http_server_stderr_lines
+                            )
+                logger.info("Registration session closed (DELETE sent to server)")
+            else:
+                # spawn temporary process, discover tools, process dies with context
+                server_params = StdioServerParameters(
+                    command=self._server.command,
+                    args=self._server.args,
+                    env=env_vars,
+                )
+
+                with tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode="w+b") as stderr_temp_binary:
+                    stderr_temp = io.TextIOWrapper(stderr_temp_binary, encoding="utf-8")
+                    async with stdio_client(server_params, errlog=stderr_temp) as (
+                        read,
+                        write,
+                    ):
+                        async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
+                            logger.info("Initializing client session...")
+                            try:
+                                await asyncio.wait_for(session.initialize(), timeout=30)
+                                initialization_successful = True
+                                logger.info("Initialization successful")
+                                tools_result = await session.list_tools()
+                            except Exception as err:
+                                logger.error(f"Initialization error: {err}")
+                                stderr_temp.seek(0)
+                                server_stderr_output = stderr_temp.read()
 
         except* Exception as eg:
             for e in eg.exceptions: