.NET: Add MCP long-running task support for MCP client tools (#5994)

* Add MCP long-running task support for MCP client tools

* Fixed project file formatting issue.

* Removed experimentation tag from MCP alpha project.

* Addressed PR comments
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Peter Ibekwe
2026-05-22 19:09:54 +00:00
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
/// <summary>
/// Minimal empty <see cref="IServiceProvider"/> for in-memory fixtures that don't use DI.
/// </summary>
internal sealed class EmptyServiceProvider : IServiceProvider
{
public static EmptyServiceProvider Instance { get; } = new();
public object? GetService(Type serviceType) => null;
}
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Pipelines;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using ModelContextProtocol;
using ModelContextProtocol.Client;
using ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
/// <summary>
/// In-process MCP server fixture that pairs a <see cref="McpServer"/> and a <see cref="McpClient"/>
/// over duplex <see cref="Pipe"/>-backed streams so unit tests can exercise the
/// real task-augmentation protocol without spawning a child process or opening a socket.
/// </summary>
internal sealed class InMemoryMcpServerFixture : IAsyncDisposable
{
private readonly McpServer _server;
private readonly Task _serverLoop;
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts;
public McpClient Client { get; }
private InMemoryMcpServerFixture(McpServer server, McpClient client, Task serverLoop, CancellationTokenSource cts)
{
this._server = server;
this.Client = client;
this._serverLoop = serverLoop;
this._cts = cts;
}
public static async Task<InMemoryMcpServerFixture> CreateAsync(
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools,
CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
Pipe clientToServer = new();
Pipe serverToClient = new();
// Stream conventions:
// StreamClientTransport(serverInput, serverOutput, ...): serverInput is what the client
// WRITES to (server reads it); serverOutput is what the client READS from (server writes it).
// StreamServerTransport(input, output, ...): input is what the server READS from; output
// is what the server WRITES to.
Stream clientWriteStream = clientToServer.Writer.AsStream();
Stream clientReadStream = serverToClient.Reader.AsStream();
Stream serverReadStream = clientToServer.Reader.AsStream();
Stream serverWriteStream = serverToClient.Writer.AsStream();
StreamServerTransport serverTransport = new(
serverReadStream,
serverWriteStream,
"test-server",
NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
McpServerOptions serverOptions = new()
{
ServerInfo = new Implementation { Name = "test-server", Version = "1.0.0" },
TaskStore = new InMemoryMcpTaskStore(),
ToolCollection = tools,
};
McpServer server = McpServer.Create(
serverTransport,
serverOptions,
NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
EmptyServiceProvider.Instance);
CancellationTokenSource cts = new();
Task serverLoop = Task.Run(() => server.RunAsync(cts.Token), cts.Token);
StreamClientTransport clientTransport = new(
clientWriteStream,
clientReadStream,
NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
McpClient client = await McpClient.CreateAsync(
clientTransport,
clientOptions: null,
NullLoggerFactory.Instance,
cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
return new InMemoryMcpServerFixture(server, client, serverLoop, cts);
}
public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
{
try
{
await this.Client.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
}
catch
{
// Best effort.
}
this._cts.Cancel();
try
{
await this._serverLoop.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
// Expected.
}
catch
{
// Best effort.
}
try
{
await this._server.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
}
catch
{
// Best effort.
}
this._cts.Dispose();
}
}
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using FluentAssertions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
public class ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportTests
{
[Fact]
public async Task ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupport_WrapsTaskCapableTools_LeavesOthersAsIsAsync()
{
// Arrange
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools = [
TestTools.Create("opt", ToolTaskSupport.Optional, () => "opt-result"),
TestTools.Create("req", ToolTaskSupport.Required, () => "req-result"),
TestTools.Create("forb", ToolTaskSupport.Forbidden, () => "forb-result"),
TestTools.Create("none", taskSupport: null, () => "none-result"),
];
await using InMemoryMcpServerFixture fixture = await InMemoryMcpServerFixture.CreateAsync(tools);
// Act
var result = await fixture.Client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync();
// Assert
result.Should().HaveCount(4);
AIFunction opt = result.Single(f => f.Name == "opt");
AIFunction req = result.Single(f => f.Name == "req");
AIFunction forb = result.Single(f => f.Name == "forb");
AIFunction none = result.Single(f => f.Name == "none");
req.Should().BeOfType<TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunction>("Required tools must be wrapped");
opt.Should().NotBeOfType<TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunction>("Optional tools must not be wrapped; inline invocation is preserved by default");
forb.Should().NotBeOfType<TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunction>("Forbidden tools must not be wrapped");
none.Should().NotBeOfType<TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunction>("Tools without execution metadata must not be wrapped");
}
[Fact]
public async Task ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupport_ThrowsOnNullClientAsync()
{
// Arrange
ModelContextProtocol.Client.McpClient client = null!;
// Act
Func<Task> act = async () => await client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync();
// Assert
await act.Should().ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>();
}
}
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using FluentAssertions;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
public class McpTaskOptionsTests
{
[Fact]
public void Defaults_AreSane()
{
// Act
McpTaskOptions options = new();
// Assert
options.DefaultTimeToLive.Should().BeNull();
options.CancelRemoteTaskOnLocalCancellation.Should().BeTrue();
}
}
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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksCore)</TargetFrameworks>
<NoWarn>$(NoWarn);MCPEXP001</NoWarn>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
<PackageReference Include="ModelContextProtocol" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.csproj" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using FluentAssertions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
public class TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunctionTests
{
[Fact]
public async Task InvokeAsync_RequiredTool_HappyPath_ReturnsResultAsync()
{
// Arrange
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools = [
TestTools.Create("req", ToolTaskSupport.Required, () => "required-result"),
];
await using InMemoryMcpServerFixture fixture = await InMemoryMcpServerFixture.CreateAsync(tools);
var result = await fixture.Client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync();
AIFunction req = result.Single(f => f.Name == "req");
req.Should().BeOfType<TaskAwareMcpClientAIFunction>();
// Act
object? invokeResult = await req.InvokeAsync(arguments: null, CancellationToken.None);
// Assert
JsonElement payload = invokeResult.Should().BeOfType<JsonElement>().Subject;
ExtractTextContent(payload).Should().Be("required-result");
}
[Fact]
public async Task InvokeAsync_PropagatesDefaultTimeToLiveAsync()
{
// Arrange — capture the request meta on the server so we can assert TTL flowed through.
TimeSpan? observedTtl = null;
McpServerTool tool = McpServerTool.Create(
(RequestContext<CallToolRequestParams> ctx) =>
{
observedTtl = ctx.Params?.Task?.TimeToLive;
return "ok";
},
new McpServerToolCreateOptions
{
Name = "ttl-tool",
Description = "Echoes the requested TTL.",
Execution = new ToolExecution { TaskSupport = ToolTaskSupport.Required },
});
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools = [tool];
await using InMemoryMcpServerFixture fixture = await InMemoryMcpServerFixture.CreateAsync(tools);
TimeSpan requestedTtl = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(7);
var result = await fixture.Client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync(new McpTaskOptions { DefaultTimeToLive = requestedTtl });
AIFunction wrapped = result.Single();
// Act
_ = await wrapped.InvokeAsync(arguments: null, CancellationToken.None);
// Assert
observedTtl.Should().Be(requestedTtl);
}
[Fact]
public async Task InvokeAsync_RespectsCancellationAsync()
{
// Arrange — a tool that never completes until it's cancelled.
var serverCancelled = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
McpServerTool tool = McpServerTool.Create(
async (CancellationToken ct) =>
{
try
{
await Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, ct);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
serverCancelled.TrySetResult(true);
throw;
}
return "should-not-complete";
},
new McpServerToolCreateOptions
{
Name = "blocking",
Description = "Blocks indefinitely until cancelled.",
Execution = new ToolExecution { TaskSupport = ToolTaskSupport.Required },
});
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools = [tool];
await using InMemoryMcpServerFixture fixture = await InMemoryMcpServerFixture.CreateAsync(tools);
var result = await fixture.Client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync();
AIFunction wrapped = result.Single();
using CancellationTokenSource cts = new();
// Act — start the invocation, cancel after a brief delay.
Task<object?> invocation = wrapped.InvokeAsync(arguments: null, cts.Token).AsTask();
await Task.Delay(200);
cts.Cancel();
// Assert — wrapper observes cancellation and signals server-side cancellation.
Func<Task> awaitInvocation = async () => await invocation;
await awaitInvocation.Should().ThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>();
// Server-side handler should have observed cancellation as a result of the wrapper's
// tasks/cancel call (best-effort wait — give the server-loop a few seconds).
Task observedTask = serverCancelled.Task;
Task completed = await Task.WhenAny(observedTask, Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)));
completed.Should().BeSameAs(observedTask, "the wrapper should have issued tasks/cancel");
}
[Fact]
public async Task InvokeAsync_FailedTask_ThrowsInvalidOperationAsync()
{
// Arrange — a tool whose handler throws, which the server surfaces as a Failed task.
McpServerTool tool = McpServerTool.Create(
(Func<string>)(() => throw new InvalidOperationException("simulated tool failure")),
new McpServerToolCreateOptions
{
Name = "boom",
Description = "Throws unconditionally.",
Execution = new ToolExecution { TaskSupport = ToolTaskSupport.Required },
});
McpServerPrimitiveCollection<McpServerTool> tools = [tool];
await using InMemoryMcpServerFixture fixture = await InMemoryMcpServerFixture.CreateAsync(tools);
var result = await fixture.Client.ListAgentToolsWithTaskSupportAsync();
AIFunction wrapped = result.Single();
// Act
Func<Task> act = async () => await wrapped.InvokeAsync(arguments: null, CancellationToken.None);
// Assert — Phase 1 surfaces non-Completed terminal states as InvalidOperationException
// carrying the server's StatusMessage. (See PollAndRetrieveResultAsync.)
await act.Should().ThrowAsync<Exception>().Where(ex =>
ex is InvalidOperationException
|| ex.GetType().FullName == "ModelContextProtocol.McpException");
}
/// <summary>
/// Extracts the first text-content block from a serialized <c>CallToolResult</c>
/// (the JSON shape returned by the wrapper and by <c>McpClientTool.InvokeAsync</c>).
/// </summary>
private static string ExtractTextContent(JsonElement payload)
{
payload.ValueKind.Should().Be(JsonValueKind.Object);
JsonElement content = payload.GetProperty("content");
content.ValueKind.Should().Be(JsonValueKind.Array);
JsonElement firstBlock = content.EnumerateArray().First();
return firstBlock.GetProperty("text").GetString()!;
}
}
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using ModelContextProtocol.Protocol;
using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mcp.UnitTests;
/// <summary>
/// Helpers to create <see cref="McpServerTool"/> instances with a specific
/// <see cref="ToolTaskSupport"/> level for in-memory fixtures.
/// </summary>
internal static class TestTools
{
public static McpServerTool Create(string name, ToolTaskSupport? taskSupport, Delegate handler)
{
McpServerToolCreateOptions options = new()
{
Name = name,
Description = $"Test tool {name}.",
};
if (taskSupport is ToolTaskSupport ts)
{
options.Execution = new ToolExecution { TaskSupport = ts };
}
return McpServerTool.Create(handler, options);
}
}