test: add STDIO respawn and SSE stream-drop checker reconnect tests

[Pratham-Mishra04]

Summary

This PR adds test coverage for a previously untested failure mode: when an MCP client's underlying transport dies (either a STDIO subprocess being killed or an SSE stream being dropped), the periodic connection checker is the only mechanism capable of repairing it. The dead connection is never detached from the client entry, so the checker's live-connection branch must detect the stale state and reconnect. These tests verify that the checker correctly respawns the STDIO subprocess and re-establishes the SSE stream.

Changes

• Added TestSTDIOSubprocessKilled_CheckerRespawnsIt in the integration test package: launches a real STDIO server via a shell wrapper that records its PID, kills the process directly with SIGKILL, then runs a fast-cadence checker and asserts that a new process is spawned and the client returns to a healthy state.
• Added TestSSEStreamDropped_CheckerReconnects in the mcp package: spins up an in-process SSE server, drops all established streams via CloseClientConnections, and asserts that a single performCheck call re-establishes the stream, increments ConnGeneration, and repopulates the tool map.

Both tests specifically target the live-connection branch of the checker, which previously never triggered a reconnect for these transport-level failures.

Type of change

• Bug fix

Affected areas

• Core (Go)

How to test

# Build the STDIO test server binary first
make setup-mcp-tests

# Run the new integration test
go test ./core/internal/mcptests/ -run TestSTDIOSubprocessKilled_CheckerRespawnsIt -v -timeout 120s

# Run the SSE unit test
go test ./core/mcp/ -run TestSSEStreamDropped_CheckerReconnects -v -timeout 60s

The STDIO test will be skipped automatically if the go-test-server binary has not been built.

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Breaking changes

• No

Related issues

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Security considerations

None. Tests use local processes and in-process HTTP servers with no external network access or secrets.

Checklist

• I read docs/contributing/README.md and followed the guidelines
• I added/updated tests where appropriate
• I updated documentation where needed
• I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
• I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable

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• fix: widen OAuth2 client-controlled columns (state, scope, client_name) from varchar to text to stop Postgres rejecting long values with server_error #7405
• docs: add reregister endpoint and "Reauthorizing with a new client" section for invalid/dropped DCR client recovery #7230
• feat: add "Reauthorize with a new client" action to re-register OAuth client when provider rejects the existing client_id #7229
• feat: add ReregisterDynamicClient and POST /api/mcp/client/{id}/reregister to recover from evicted DCR registrations #7228
• fix: surface context-aware rejection message when inbound bearer token is rejected during delegated exchange #7051
• docs: add authenticated-user-without-access-profile breaking change and clarify allow_by_default scope in v2.1.0 changelog #7050
• feat: add flow_id to reauthorize status polling so stale "authorized" config status is not mistaken for a completed consent #7041
• docs: add refresh-tools endpoint and Manual Tool Refresh section across MCP connection docs #6929
• feat: add "Refresh tools" action to MCP client table for immediate tool re-discovery #6928
• feat: add RefreshMCPClientTools for on-demand tool rediscovery across all client types #6927
• docs: overhaul health monitoring docs to reflect adaptive cadence, automatic reconnect recovery, and simplified config knob #6931
• test: add STDIO respawn and SSE stream-drop checker reconnect tests #6930 👈 (View in Graphite)
• fix: preserve pending_verification state through EnableClient and connection checker #6926
• chore: clarify that connect-failure checker stops itself rather than retrying and rename test to match #6925
• fix: retry probe timeouts but treat dead sessions and auth failures as permanent in ProbeRetryConfig #6924
• feat: extend dead-session detection and recovery to executeToolInternal, renaming attemptAuthFailureRecovery to attemptCallFailureRecovery #6923
• fix: trigger reconnect after failed live-connection check instead of re-probing the same dead session #6922
• fix: preserve live connection on failed make-before-break re-dial instead of tearing it down #6921
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• Tests
  • Added coverage verifying that terminated STDIO MCP subprocesses are automatically respawned and restored to a healthy connection.
  • Added coverage confirming that interrupted SSE connections reconnect successfully, recover connection state, discover newly available tools, and preserve previously discovered tools.

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The pull request adds integration tests for connection-checker recovery. The tests cover STDIO subprocess replacement after termination and SSE reconnection after stream loss.

Changes

MCP connection recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
STDIO subprocess respawn core/internal/mcptests/stdio_respawn_test.go	The test records and terminates the STDIO subprocess, then verifies that the connection checker starts a replacement and restores client health.
SSE stream reconnection core/mcp/sse_reconnect_test.go	The test verifies dropped-stream state, checker-triggered reconnection, connection replacement, new tool discovery, and retention of the original tool.

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In `@core/internal/mcptests/stdio_respawn_test.go`:
- Line 63: Update the shell command in the stdio respawn test to pass pidFile
and serverBin as positional parameters, then use quoted positional-parameter
expansions when writing the PID and executing the server. Preserve the existing
command behavior while handling spaces and shell metacharacters safely.

In `@core/mcp/sse_reconnect_test.go`:
- Around line 70-73: Update the Eventually predicate around snapshotClientState
to wait for the expected failed-connection state before probing: require the
client generation to remain unchanged and st.Conn to be in
MCPConnectionStateUnstable, rather than only checking that the connection
exists. Keep the existing existence and non-nil connection checks so
performCheck runs only after the asynchronous loss callback establishes the
intended state.
- Line 88: Update the rediscovery test around ToolMap and the replacement
connection so the replacement connection’s ListTools response differs from the
stale state, then assert that the newly returned tool key is present. Preserve
the existing reconnection flow while ensuring the assertion cannot pass solely
because previously known tools remain in ToolMap.

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