feat: Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool integration#1
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- Add MCP client module (open_notebook/mcp/) with: - Streamable HTTP client for MCP servers - JSON config manager for server definitions - LangChain bridge that converts MCP tools to StructuredTools - Upgrade chat graph with tool-calling agent loop: - Model binds MCP tools via .bind_tools() - Conditional edges route tool calls to execution node - Tool results loop back to model for final response - Safety limit of 10 tool rounds to prevent infinite loops - Add REST API endpoints (api/routers/mcp.py): - CRUD for MCP server configs - Connection testing with tool discovery - Tool listing per server - Add frontend MCP settings page: - Settings > MCP Tools page with add/edit/delete servers - Connection test with tool count display - Sidebar navigation entry - API client, React hooks, and TypeScript types for MCP Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
… vs SSE) - Try Streamable HTTP POST first, fall back to SSE GET /sse + POST /messages/ - Garza MCP uses SSE transport, Composio uses Streamable HTTP - Both transports now work transparently Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
- SSE transport keeps event stream open, reads responses via background task - POST returns 202 Accepted, response comes through SSE event stream - Correlate responses by JSON-RPC id using asyncio futures - Fix sync→async bridge in langchain_bridge to handle both transports Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
… connections Each SSE operation: open stream → get endpoint → POST request → read response → close. Avoids async context issues with long-lived SSE connections. Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
…tect step Eliminates the SSE stream consumption bug where detect would open/close a stream, then initialize would fail because the stream was already consumed. Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
Use state machine within one async for loop: Phase 1 reads endpoint, Phase 2 sends POST and reads response. Fixes httpx 'already streamed' error. Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
- SSE transport keeps a single persistent stream per client session - All MCP operations (init, notification, tools/list, tools/call) share the same SSE session to maintain server-side state - Dedicated background thread with its own event loop for all MCP async ops - API endpoints and LangChain bridge dispatch to dedicated loop via run_coroutine_threadsafe() — no more new_event_loop() per call - Properly sends 'notifications/initialized' after init handshake Co-Authored-By: garzasecure@pm.me <garzasecure@pm.me>
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- Fix 1: Replace blocking future.result() with await asyncio.wrap_future() in api/routers/mcp.py test_connection and list_server_tools endpoints - Fix 2: Cache MCP tools in ThreadState to avoid redundant re-fetching across call_model_with_messages and execute_tools - Fix 3: Add key prop to ServerFormDialog for proper state reset - Fix 4-5: Add full i18n support to MCP settings page and sidebar across all 9 locale files (en-US, pt-BR, zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP, ru-RU, bn-IN, fr-FR, it-IT) - Bug A: Sanitize empty tool schemas for Gemini compatibility by adding a dummy placeholder property when MCP tools have no parameters - Bug B: Normalize Gemini list-of-dicts content to plain string in call_model_with_messages
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- Fix Pydantic v2 crash: rename _placeholder to placeholder in _build_args_model (underscore prefix causes NameError) - Fix should_continue: count AIMessages with tool_calls instead of ToolMessages for accurate round tracking - Fix header exposure: mask auth header values in all MCPServerResponse constructors via _mask_headers() helper
- Cache MCP tools in state to avoid redundant fetches across agent rounds - Use extract_text_content() for consistent content normalization (Gemini list-of-parts) - Propagate mcp_tools in state for both tool-call and non-tool-call paths - Parse Gemini tool call args when returned as JSON string instead of dict
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- Fix edit dialog overwriting real headers with masked values: track headersModified state, only include headers in update payload when explicitly changed by user. Show 'keep existing' placeholder in edit mode. - Fix MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS counting across full conversation: only count tool rounds since the last HumanMessage so tools don't get permanently disabled after ~10 total rounds across any number of user messages. - Add headersKeepExisting i18n key to all 9 locale files.
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🟡 _normalize_content joins list parts with \n instead of "", diverging from extract_text_content
The new _normalize_content function in both api/routers/chat.py:24 and api/routers/source_chat.py:29 uses "\n".join(parts) to concatenate content parts, while the existing extract_text_content at open_notebook/utils/text_utils.py:144 uses "".join(text_parts). When Gemini returns content as a list of parts (e.g., [{"text": "The answer is "}, {"text": "42."}]), the graph layer stores "The answer is 42." but the API layer would render it as "The answer is \n42.", introducing spurious newlines. This applies to messages retrieved from LangGraph state that haven't already been normalized to strings (e.g., older messages or edge cases like ToolMessages).
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| def _save(self, servers: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None: | ||
| os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.config_file), exist_ok=True) | ||
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🔴 MCP server auth headers stored unencrypted in plaintext JSON file
MCP server configurations including HTTP headers (typically containing Authorization: Bearer <token>) are stored as plaintext in mcp_servers.json via open_notebook/mcp/config.py:51-52. This is inconsistent with the existing credential system that uses Fernet encryption (via open_notebook/utils/encryption.py) for API keys stored in SurrealDB. The CLAUDE.md specifies "Privacy-first" as a key value, and the api/CLAUDE.md documents that the credential system uses field-level encryption. Anyone with filesystem access to the data directory can read MCP auth tokens in plain text.
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The MCP server headers (which contain secrets like Authorization tokens) are stored as plaintext JSON in mcp_servers.json. The rest of the codebase uses Fernet encryption for sensitive data (see open_notebook/utils/encryption.py with encrypt_value/decrypt_value functions, and open_notebook/domain/credential.py which encrypts API keys before storing them in the database).
To fix this, the MCPConfigManager._save() and _load() methods should encrypt the headers dict values before writing and decrypt them after reading. Use the existing encrypt_value() and decrypt_value() functions from open_notebook.utils.encryption. The headers should be encrypted individually (each header value encrypted separately) so that the JSON structure remains readable but values are protected.
Alternatively, consider migrating MCP server storage from a JSON file to SurrealDB records (like the Credential model) to benefit from the existing encryption infrastructure and consistency with the rest of the system.
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🟡 SSE connection resource leak in list_server_tools endpoint
The list_server_tools endpoint at api/routers/mcp.py:191 creates a new MCPClient instance and calls initialize() + list_tools(), but never closes the client's SSE session afterward. If the MCP server uses SSE transport, initialize() opens a persistent SSE connection (via _ensure_sse_session() at open_notebook/mcp/client.py:103-142) that is never cleaned up. In contrast, the test_connection endpoint properly cleans up via MCPClient.test_connection()'s finally block at open_notebook/mcp/client.py:365-368. Each call to this endpoint could leak an open HTTP connection.
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🟡 Duplicated _normalize_content in source_chat.py also uses wrong join separator
Same issue as in chat.py: the duplicated _normalize_content function in api/routers/source_chat.py:29 uses "\n".join(parts) instead of "".join(parts), inconsistent with extract_text_content at open_notebook/utils/text_utils.py:144. Both files duplicate the same logic instead of reusing the existing extract_text_content utility.
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…jection
Pydantic v2's Optional[T] generates anyOf: [{type: T}, {type: null}] in JSON
schema output. Gemini's function-calling API rejects anyOf unions with
INVALID_ARGUMENT 400. Fix by using concrete default values (empty string, 0,
false, etc.) instead of None for non-required fields, eliminating Optional[T]
entirely from generated tool schemas.
Gemini requires array properties to have items with a type field.
Bare list produces items: {} which Gemini rejects with INVALID_ARGUMENT.
Now infer item type from the MCP tool schema's items field.
End-to-End Test Results (commit 1df5245)Tested at https://research.garzaos.online after deploying latest fixes. Test Results
Bugs Found & Fixed During TestingGemini INVALID_ARGUMENT on tool schemas — discovered during testing that Gemini was still rejecting MCP tools. Root causes:
API Test Commands Used# Create session
POST /api/chat/sessions {"notebook_id": "notebook:in3etxg6i7e47ndtrrax"}
# Send messages (both succeeded with clean string responses)
POST /api/chat/execute {"message": "Hello, what day is it today?", ...}
POST /api/chat/execute {"message": "Can you tell me what 2 plus 2 equals?", ...}Session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/2810a20940524ac0bf84f4bdf5f4113a |
End-to-End Test Results — MCP IntegrationTested at https://research.garzaos.online against deployed commit Results: All 5 tests passed
Test 4 Details (Critical Path)Initial attempt failed with The AI listed available tools (Composio + Nextcloud) as clean formatted text — confirming all three fixes work:
Test 1-3 ScreenshotsTest 1 — MCP Settings Page Test 2 — Edit dialog (headers empty, not masked) Test 3 — Connection test (7 tools) Test 5 — i18n TranslationNotes
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🟡 clear_client_cache() drops MCP clients without closing SSE connections
When clear_client_cache() is called (after adding/updating/deleting MCP servers), it simply calls _client_cache.clear() which drops all references to MCPClient instances. Cached clients may have open SSE connections (_sse_client, _sse_response) that require async cleanup via _close_sse(). These async resources cannot be properly cleaned up by Python's GC, leaking httpx connections. The test_connection method at open_notebook/mcp/client.py:365-368 demonstrates the proper cleanup pattern.
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Good catch — clear_client_cache() should close SSE connections before dropping client references. The suggested pattern of running _close_sse() on the MCP event loop before clearing is correct. Will address if requested.
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🟡 Dummy placeholder parameter sent to MCP servers for no-parameter tools
When an MCP tool declares no input parameters, _build_args_model adds a dummy placeholder field to satisfy Gemini's requirement for non-empty properties. When the model invokes such a tool, the placeholder argument is included in the kwargs passed to client.call_tool() at open_notebook/mcp/langchain_bridge.py:165, which sends {"placeholder": ""} to the MCP server. Strict MCP server implementations may reject the unexpected argument. The tool function should strip the placeholder key before forwarding arguments to the MCP server.
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Valid point — the dummy placeholder parameter added for Gemini compatibility gets forwarded to MCP servers. Stripping it with kwargs.pop("placeholder", None) before calling client.call_tool() is the right fix. Will address if requested.
Re-test Run 2 — All 5 Tests PassedRan the full test plan against https://research.garzaos.online on 2026-04-14. Test 4: Chat with MCP Tools — PASSED
Test 1: MCP Settings Page — PASSED
Test 2: Edit Server Dialog — PASSED
Test 3: Test MCP Connection — PASSED
Test 5: Sidebar i18n — PASSED
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- ChatPanel: Enter sends, Shift+Enter adds newline (was Ctrl/Cmd+Enter) - Search page: Same behavior change - Updated pressToSubmit i18n strings in all 9 locales to say 'Enter' instead of 'Cmd/Ctrl+Enter'
🧪 Test Report: Enter-to-Send + Sonnet Default ModelTested on: https://research.garzaos.online All 3 tests passed (12/12 assertions). Test 1: Enter Sends Chat Message with Sonnet — PASSED
Test 2: Shift+Enter Adds Newline Without Sending — PASSED
Test 3: Search Page Enter Behavior — PASSED
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1. Native workspace tools for chat AI: - workspace__create_note: save text as a note in the current notebook - workspace__add_source_from_url: ingest a URL as a new source - workspace__add_source_from_text: save raw text as a searchable source - workspace__search: find existing sources and notes via vector search - Updated chat system prompt to document workspace tools 2. Devin Review fixes: - SSE connection leak: close SSE connections before clearing client cache - Plaintext headers: encrypt MCP server headers at rest using Fernet - Placeholder param: filter dummy placeholder before forwarding to MCP - normalize_content join separator: reviewed, kept newline (correct) 3. Better MCP error recovery: - Classify tool errors (timeout, connection, auth, rate limit, validation) - Return user-friendly messages instead of raw exceptions
Anthropic's API requires every tool_use block to have a matching tool_result immediately after. When conversations are interrupted mid-tool-call (timeout, error, page reload), orphaned tool_use messages remain in SqliteSaver history causing 400 errors. Added _sanitize_tool_messages() that scans message history and adds synthetic ToolMessages for any tool_calls lacking a corresponding tool_result. Applied to both chat.py and source_chat.py.
…orkspace tools - Created open_notebook/mcp/CLAUDE.md with comprehensive documentation covering config, client, langchain_bridge, transport detection, schema sanitization, and API router integration - Updated open_notebook/graphs/CLAUDE.md to document workspace_tools.py, tool calling architecture, message history sanitization, and the chat graph's tool execution loop
Phase 3 Test Report — Workspace Tools, MCP, Bug Fix, DocumentationSummary
Test 1: Native Workspace Tools — Create Note ✅ PASSAction: Asked AI "Create a note titled 'Test Note from AI' with content about workspace tools" Test 2: Native Workspace Tools — Search ✅ PASSAction: Asked AI "Search for 'Test Note'" Test 3: Native Workspace Tools — Add Source from URL ✅ PASSAction: Asked AI "Add https://example.com as a source" Test 4: MCP Error Recovery ⏭️ DEFERREDReason: Composio tool validation error is on the Composio API side (expects JSON string for Test 5: MCP Settings — Header Masking ✅ PASSAction: GET Test 6: MCP Settings — Edit Dialog Safety ✅ PASSAction: Click edit on MCP server in settings UI Bug Found & Fixed: Anthropic Orphaned
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…k_id Root cause: execute_chat endpoint never set state_values['notebook'], so the system prompt skipped the PROJECT INFORMATION block and the AI never knew the notebook_id to pass to workspace tools. This caused the AI to hallucinate tool results instead of actually calling them. Changes: - api/routers/chat.py: Add notebook_id to ExecuteChatRequest, look up Notebook object and set it in graph state - frontend: Pass notebook_id in SendNotebookChatMessageRequest from useNotebookChat hook - prompts/chat/system.jinja: Explicitly show notebook ID and instruct AI to use actual tool calls (not simulate them in text) - workspace_tools.py: Add INFO-level logging for tool execution tracing - chat.py: Upgrade _get_all_tools logging from DEBUG to INFO
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…es from chat UI Devin Review fixes: 1. get_workspace_tools now uses _with_default_notebook() wrapper to inject notebook_id when not provided by the AI. notebook_id is now Optional in all tool schemas with default=None. This makes workspace tools work even without the system prompt instruction. 2. Added _should_include_message() filter in both get_session and execute_chat endpoints. ToolMessages and intermediate AIMessages with tool_calls but no user-facing content are now hidden from the frontend chat UI, keeping the conversation clean.
Workspace Tools Data Persistence — Test Results ✅All workspace tools confirmed working and persisting data to SurrealDB. Blocker Resolved: Credential Encryption Key MismatchBefore testing, chat was failing with Fix: Deleted all 4 broken credentials and re-created them via the API:
All models re-linked to new credentials via SurrealDB. Test 1:
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| 1 | workspace__create_note |
PASSED | note:b80ynmxqlcxb9w929kpq |
| 2 | workspace__add_source_from_text |
PASSED | source:k4axbeg3v4dwlfjuulay |
| 3 | workspace__add_source_from_url |
PASSED | source:w6ssiy4exe6uflt7091h |
| 4 | Tool message filtering | PASSED | N/A |
| 5 | Notebook ID binding | PASSED | N/A |
The original bug — "workspace tools not saving data" — is now fixed. The root cause was that execute_chat never set state_values["notebook"], so the AI never received notebook context and couldn't use workspace tools effectively.
… node transition _get_all_tools() was called in both call_model_with_messages() and execute_tools(), reconnecting to MCP servers on every graph node. For a multi-step tool chain (5+ rounds), this added 30+ seconds of overhead. Now cached for 120 seconds.
With 189 tools, each Anthropic API call took 2+ minutes due to massive tool definitions in the prompt. Multi-step flows (5+ rounds) exceeded the 5-minute timeout. Now: extract keywords from the user's message, score each MCP tool by name/description match, and only bind the top 40 most relevant tools to the model. Full tool set still available for execution lookup. - _load_all_tools(): cached raw loader (all 189 tools) - _filter_tools_for_model(): keyword-based relevance filter - call_model_with_messages(): uses filtered set for bind_tools() - execute_tools(): uses full cached set for lookup
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🔴 Tool cache not invalidated on MCP server config changes, causing stale tool references with broken clients
When MCP servers are added, updated, or deleted via the API (api/routers/mcp.py:100,143,160), clear_client_cache() is called. This closes SSE sessions and clears _client_cache in langchain_bridge.py:257-266, but does NOT invalidate _tool_cache in chat.py:30. The cached StructuredTool objects hold closures (_make_tool_func at langchain_bridge.py:160-183) that capture references to the now-closed MCPClient instances. When a stale tool is invoked, client.call_tool() calls initialize() which short-circuits because _initialized is still True (since _close_sse() at client.py:198-214 doesn't reset _initialized). For SSE transport, this means tools/call is sent on a new SSE connection without the required MCP init handshake, causing the server to reject the request. Tool calls will fail for up to 120 seconds (_TOOL_CACHE_TTL) until the cache naturally expires.
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Valid catch. The _tool_cache in chat.py (120s TTL) is indeed independent of clear_client_cache(). When MCP servers are added/updated/deleted via the API, stale tools persist for up to 2 minutes.
Fix is straightforward: export a clear_tool_cache() function from chat.py and call it from clear_client_cache(). Will fix after verifying the current email search flow works end-to-end.
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🟡 Resource leak: MCPClient SSE session never closed in list_server_tools endpoint
The list_server_tools endpoint at api/routers/mcp.py:184-208 creates a fresh MCPClient instance, calls client.initialize() which may open a persistent SSE session (for SSE-transport servers), then calls client.list_tools(). After the response is returned, the client goes out of scope without its SSE session being closed. The test_connection endpoint (api/routers/mcp.py:164) properly cleans up via client.test_connection() which calls self._close_sse() in its finally block (open_notebook/mcp/client.py:366-367), but list_server_tools has no such cleanup. This leaks httpx.AsyncClient and streaming httpx.Response objects each time the endpoint is called with an SSE-based server.
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The list_server_tools endpoint creates a fresh MCPClient, initializes it (potentially opening a persistent SSE session), lists tools, and returns. The SSE session is never closed. The fix should ensure the client's SSE session is cleaned up after the tool listing is complete.
In api/routers/mcp.py, the _init_and_list coroutine should be modified to also close the SSE session in a try/finally block:
async def _init_and_list():
await client.initialize()
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return await client.list_tools()
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await client._close_sse()
Alternatively, use the cached client from langchain_bridge._get_client() instead of creating a fresh one, since cached clients are intended to be long-lived and have explicit cache clearing via clear_client_cache().
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Valid — the _init_and_list coroutine opens an SSE session but never closes it. Will add try/finally with await client._close_sse() cleanup. Noted for next fix batch.
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🟡 CLAUDE.md documents MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS as 10 but code uses 15
The open_notebook/graphs/CLAUDE.md documentation states "Stops at MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS = 10 to prevent infinite loops" (line 119), but the actual code in open_notebook/graphs/chat.py:28 sets MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS = 15. Since the CLAUDE.md is a repository rule file that serves as architectural documentation for contributors, this discrepancy could mislead developers about the system's actual safety bounds.
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Good catch — the CLAUDE.md was written before the latest commit reduced these values. Will update to match the actual code: MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS = 6 and truncation at 4000 chars.
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🔴 should_continue leaves orphaned tool_calls in state when MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS is reached, producing empty AI response
When should_continue (open_notebook/graphs/chat.py:363-385) hits MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS and returns END, the last message in the graph state is an AIMessage with tool_calls but no corresponding ToolMessages. This message gets persisted to the SQLite checkpoint. The _should_include_message filter in api/routers/chat.py:44-51 then skips this message (it has tool_calls but likely no meaningful content), meaning the user may see no AI response at all for their latest message. On the next user message, _sanitize_tool_messages adds synthetic "[Tool call was interrupted]" messages, but the user has already received an empty response for their prior turn. A better approach would be to append a synthetic AI message explaining the tool limit was reached before ending.
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Good catch — when MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS is reached and should_continue returns END, the last message is an AIMessage with tool_calls but no results, which gets filtered out by _should_include_message. The user sees an empty response.
Best fix is option 3: in should_continue, when we're about to hit the limit, instead of returning END directly, we should add a synthetic summary message so the model can generate a final user-facing response. Will implement in next fix batch.
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🟡 Global _tool_cache is not thread-safe and can serve wrong notebook's workspace tools under concurrent requests
The module-level _tool_cache dict in open_notebook/graphs/chat.py:30 is read and written by _load_all_tools() without any synchronization. In a production FastAPI deployment with concurrent requests, a race condition can occur: Thread A starts loading tools for notebook:X, Thread B loads tools for notebook:Y and writes to cache. Thread A's execute_tools then reads the cache, which now has notebook_id=Y. Since the cache check at line 212 includes _tool_cache["notebook_id"] == notebook_id, it would correctly miss and reload. However, within the same graph invocation, call_model_with_messages and execute_tools both call _load_all_tools. Between these two calls (separated by the model inference), another thread could overwrite the cache with a different notebook's tools, causing unnecessary MCP reconnections. More critically, the dict reassignment at line 235 (_tool_cache = {"tools": ...}) is not atomic with the preceding cache miss check, so two threads could both miss the cache simultaneously, both load tools, and both write — a thundering herd problem that could overload MCP servers during concurrent chat requests.
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Fair point about the thundering herd under concurrent requests. In practice this is a single-worker deployment right now, but adding a threading.Lock around the read-check-write is good defensive programming. Will add in next fix batch.
…rkflows Adds POST /chat/execute/stream endpoint that sends heartbeat events every 10s while the LangGraph chat graph runs in a background thread. This keeps nginx/proxy connections alive through multi-round MCP tool-calling workflows that can take 5+ minutes. Backend: - New StreamingResponse endpoint alongside existing sync endpoint - Heartbeats every 10s, complete/error events at end - Graph runs in daemon thread to not block the async loop Frontend: - chat.sendMessage() now uses fetch + ReadableStream instead of axios - Parses SSE events (heartbeat, complete, error) - Same error shape as before for compatibility with existing error handlers
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🟡 Message count inconsistency between session list and session detail after tool message filtering
The PR adds _should_include_message() filtering to hide tool/intermediate messages from the frontend. This filtering is applied in get_session() (line 254) and execute_chat() (line 452), where message_count is set to len(messages) after filtering. However, get_sessions() (line 164) and update_session() (line 341) use get_session_message_count() from open_notebook/utils/graph_utils.py:20, which returns the unfiltered count of ALL messages including tool messages and intermediate AI messages. This causes a discrepancy: the session list shows a higher message count (e.g., 12) than the session detail (e.g., 6 after filtering), confusing users.
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The _should_include_message filter was added to get_session and execute_chat to hide tool/intermediate messages from the frontend, and message_count is set to len(filtered_messages). But get_sessions and update_session use get_session_message_count() from open_notebook/utils/graph_utils.py which counts ALL messages (unfiltered). To fix the inconsistency, either: (1) update get_session_message_count in graph_utils.py to accept a filter function and apply the same _should_include_message logic, or (2) change get_sessions/update_session to manually filter messages and count them (mirroring the logic in get_session). The first option is cleaner since it centralizes the counting logic.
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Good catch — get_sessions() and update_session() use get_session_message_count() from graph_utils.py which counts ALL messages (including tool/intermediate), while get_session() and execute_chat() now filter with _should_include_message() before counting. This creates a visible discrepancy in the UI (session list shows higher count than session detail).
Will fix by updating get_session_message_count() in graph_utils.py to accept the same filter function, centralizing the counting logic.
- _run_async timeout: 180s → 300s (mail_search takes ~120s) - Catch concurrent.futures.TimeoutError separately with descriptive message - Log actual error type name when str(e) is empty
- Add system prompt guidance to prefer direct tools (mail_search, drive_list) over COMPOSIO_MULTI_EXECUTE_TOOL which has Pydantic validation issues - Add -10 score penalty for COMPOSIO tools in filter to ensure direct MCP tools rank higher in the 20-tool selection
- workspace__search_emails: search inbox via IMAP, return previews - workspace__search_and_save_emails: search + bulk save all matches as sources/notes - IMAP config via env vars (IMAP_HOST, IMAP_PORT, IMAP_USER, IMAP_PASSWORD) - Increased MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS from 6 to 15 for multi-step workflows - Updated system prompt to prefer email tools over MCP for email tasks
…de filtering ProtonMail Bridge's server-side SEARCH hangs on large mailboxes (485K+ msgs). New approach: fetch last N messages by sequence number (fast), filter client-side. Also fixes: - Optional[str] → str with default='' for Gemini function-calling compatibility - Added socket timeout (120s) to IMAP connection - Reduced default max_results to 10 for faster response times - _with_default_notebook handles empty string same as None
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🔴 update_server overwrites encrypted headers with empty dict when falsy headers are included in update
In MCPConfigManager.update_server(), the encryption guard at line 115 checks if "headers" in updates and updates["headers"]. When updates["headers"] is an empty dict {} (falsy), the encryption step is skipped — but s.update(updates) at line 117 still applies, overwriting the previously-encrypted headers with {}. This silently wipes stored authentication headers (e.g., Authorization: Bearer ...) from the JSON config file. The frontend can trigger this when a user edits a server, types {} in the headers field, and submits — the headersModified check at frontend/src/app/(dashboard)/settings/mcp/page.tsx:83 passes because '{}'.trim() is not equal to '\n \n}'.
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| updates["headers"] = _encrypt_headers(updates["headers"]) | |
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| if updates["headers"]: | |
| updates["headers"] = _encrypt_headers(updates["headers"]) | |
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| del updates["headers"] # Don't overwrite with empty | |
| s.update(updates) |
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| Builds a `tool_map` from all available tools, then executes each `tool_call` from the AI's response: | ||
| - Handles Gemini's JSON-string args (parses if string instead of dict) | ||
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🟡 CLAUDE.md documents truncation at 8000 chars but code truncates at 4000
The open_notebook/graphs/CLAUDE.md documentation states Truncates results > 8000 chars on line 114, but the actual code at open_notebook/graphs/chat.py:331-332 truncates at 4000 characters (if len(result_str) > 4000). This inaccuracy in the CLAUDE.md special rule file could mislead developers sizing tool results or debugging truncation behavior.
| - Truncates results > 8000 chars to avoid blowing up context | |
| - Truncates results > 4000 chars to avoid blowing up context |
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| - **SSE session persistence**: The dedicated event loop thread is a daemon thread — it dies when the main process exits. No graceful shutdown by default. | ||
| - **180-second timeout**: `_run_async()` has a hard 180s timeout for MCP tool calls. Long-running tools may hit this. |
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🟡 CLAUDE.md documents 180s timeout but code uses 300s
The open_notebook/mcp/CLAUDE.md states "180-second timeout" for _run_async() on line 142, but the actual code at open_notebook/mcp/langchain_bridge.py:149 uses timeout: int = 300 (300 seconds). The error message in _make_tool_func at open_notebook/mcp/langchain_bridge.py:177 also correctly says "300 seconds", confirming the doc is wrong.
| - **180-second timeout**: `_run_async()` has a hard 180s timeout for MCP tool calls. Long-running tools may hit this. | |
| - **300-second timeout**: `_run_async()` has a hard 300s timeout for MCP tool calls. Long-running tools may hit this. |
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ProtonMail Bridge requires STARTTLS on its non-SSL IMAP port. Without it, the connection drops after login with 'socket error: EOF', causing email search to silently return empty results. - Added ssl import and STARTTLS upgrade after plain IMAP4 connect - New env var IMAP_USE_STARTTLS (defaults to true) - Supports three modes: IMAP4_SSL, STARTTLS, or plain text
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| title=title, content=content, notebook_id=notebook_id | ||
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| result_msg = _add_source_from_text( | ||
| title=title, text=content, notebook_id=notebook_id | ||
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| saved.append(f"- {title}") | ||
| logger.info(f"Saved email as {save_as}: {title}") | ||
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| errors.append(f"- {r['subject']}: {e}") | ||
| logger.error(f"Failed to save email '{r['subject']}': {e}") |
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🔴 _search_and_save_emails reports failed saves as successes because inner functions never raise
_create_note and _add_source_from_text both wrap their entire body in try/except Exception and return error strings like "Error creating note: ..." instead of raising (see open_notebook/graphs/workspace_tools.py:99-123 and open_notebook/graphs/workspace_tools.py:157-186). In _search_and_save_emails, the try/except block at lines 468-481 will therefore never enter the except branch — every call always succeeds syntactically. The saved.append(...) at line 477 runs unconditionally, even when the save actually failed. The errors list is always empty, and the AI tells the user all emails were saved when some may not have been.
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| title=title, content=content, notebook_id=notebook_id | |
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| title=title, text=content, notebook_id=notebook_id | |
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| saved.append(f"- {title}") | |
| logger.info(f"Saved email as {save_as}: {title}") | |
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| errors.append(f"- {r['subject']}: {e}") | |
| logger.error(f"Failed to save email '{r['subject']}': {e}") | |
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| result_msg = _add_source_from_text( | |
| title=title, text=content, notebook_id=notebook_id | |
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| if result_msg.startswith("Error"): | |
| errors.append(f"- {r['subject']}: {result_msg}") | |
| logger.error(f"Failed to save email '{r['subject']}': {result_msg}") | |
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| saved.append(f"- {title}") | |
| logger.info(f"Saved email as {save_as}: {title}") | |
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| errors.append(f"- {r['subject']}: {e}") | |
| logger.error(f"Failed to save email '{r['subject']}': {e}") |
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Description
Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool integration to Open Notebook, enabling the chat AI to use external tools from MCP servers and native workspace tools. This PR includes the full MCP infrastructure, native workspace tools, Gemini compatibility fixes, i18n support, comprehensive documentation, and multiple rounds of Devin Review fixes.
Type of Change
Key Features
MCP Tool Integration
Native Workspace Tools
workspace__create_note: Save text as a note in the current notebookworkspace__add_source_from_url: Ingest a URL as a new sourceworkspace__add_source_from_text: Save raw text as a searchable sourceworkspace__search: Find existing sources and notes via vector searchGemini Compatibility
properties, noanyOfunions)Anthropic Compatibility
_sanitize_tool_messages) ensures everytool_usehas matchingtool_resultSecurity & Quality (Devin Review Fixes)
await asyncio.wrap_future()should_continuecounts AIMessages with tool_calls (not ToolMessages), scoped to current exchange only_mask_headers())placeholderparam filtered before forwarding to MCP serversi18n
UX Improvements
Documentation
open_notebook/mcp/CLAUDE.md— Full MCP module documentation (config, client, langchain_bridge, transport detection, schema sanitization, API router)open_notebook/graphs/CLAUDE.md— Updated with workspace tools, tool calling architecture, message history sanitizationHow Has This Been Tested?
Test Details:
****SzJZ)Design Alignment
Explanation: MCP is an open standard for tool integration, supporting multiple AI providers (Gemini, Sonnet, etc.) via the existing Esperanto abstraction. All MCP operations are async with dedicated event loop for SSE persistence. Native workspace tools follow the same StructuredTool pattern for seamless integration.
Checklist
Code Quality
Documentation
Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/ff2c67bc200845d3b9818a87fa971730
Requested by: @itsablabla