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Galaxy MCP server — tool calls failing

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  1. Identified

    Starburst Galaxy's MCP server is returning an error for every tool call from MCP clients using the newest protocol revision, 2026-07-28. Sign-in, discovery and tool listing are unaffected, and clients on revision 2025-11-25 are not affected.

    Workaround: pin your MCP client to protocol revision 2025-11-25, which has been confirmed to restore tool calls.

    We are investigating and will post an update as soon as we have one.

  2. Identified

    We've identified an issue causing MCP tool calls to fail with a protocol error for Galaxy MCP users (both mcp-starburst and mcp-starburst-public, all auth methods). A fix is in progress.

    Workaround (Claude Code users): setting "MCP_PROTOCOL_NEGOTIATION": "legacy" in ~/.claude/settings.json mitigates the issue. Other MCP clients (Gemini CLI, Cursor, Continue.dev, Cline) aren't currently affected, since they default to an older protocol revision.

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