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MCP spec: 2026-07-28 release candidate published

A release candidate for the Model Context Protocol's 2026-07-28 revision is available in draft form. The spec is explicitly not final and may change before the stable release; SDKs adopt on their own schedule and the prior revision stays in use for an undetermined period.

PUBLISHED2026-05-29
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE2mo
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  • 2026-07-28 published as a release candidate, in draft form.
  • Source states changes may still land between RC and final.
  • SDKs adopt at their own pace; prior spec revision remains in use indefinitely.
  • Clients and servers settle on a revision via the spec's version negotiation.
  • Change detail is in a linked draft changelog, not this note.

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