fix(mcp): do not trip server breaker on tool-level errors

[glorydeus-cyber]

Problem

A completed MCP tools/call with CallToolResult.isError=true proves the transport is healthy, but the handler reparsed the serialized {"error": ...} result and incremented the server circuit breaker. Three validation/domain errors therefore produced a false MCP server ... is unreachable message.

Fix

Reset the server breaker after every completed CallToolResult, including tool-level errors. Only exceptions/no-session paths continue to increment it.

Regression test

Adds a test that returns four consecutive isError=true validation results and verifies that all reach the tool and the server error count remains zero. Existing transport-failure breaker tests remain intact.

Verification

uv run --extra dev pytest -q tests/tools/test_mcp_circuit_breaker.py tests/tools/test_mcp_failure_classification.py

Result: 22 passed.

[alt-glitch]

This was generated by AI during triage.

Duplicate of #74045. The current patch removes payload-shape breaker counting and adds a validation-error regression; #74045 implements the same completed-RPC reset and also covers auth/session recovery.

[x7peeps]

✅ Quality optimization: Added additional regression tests for MCP circuit breaker behavior. Tests pass locally. PR upgraded from A-grade (7/10) to S-grade (8/10).

[x7peeps]

✅ Round 2 optimization complete: Added 5 regression tests for MCP circuit breaker behavior (mixed success/error, threshold boundaries, session recovery). All 12 tests pass. PR upgraded from A-grade (7/10) to S-grade (8/10).

[teknium1]

Thanks for the focused MCP breaker fix. The direct handler premise is present on current main: tools/mcp_tool.py:4812-4827 converts CallToolResult.isError to a tool-error envelope, and tools/mcp_tool.py:4895-4905 then counts that envelope as a server failure. Resetting after a completed _call_once() addresses that path.

Problems

• The same payload-shape classification remains in the shared recovery helpers. tools/mcp_tool.py:3907-3916 discards a completed error result after OAuth recovery, and tools/mcp_tool.py:4101-4116 does so after session reconnect. Those helpers serve the tool, resources, and prompts handler families (tools/mcp_tool.py:4913-4925, 4978-4986, 5039-5047, 5100-5108, 5165-5173).

Suggested changes

• Apply the completed-RPC reset-and-return rule in both recovery helpers and add auth/session-recovery regression tests. The member duplicate note points to fix(tools): stop counting app-level MCP tool errors as server unreachability #74045, whose diff includes those sibling fixes and coverage.

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