## What changed
Expose Windows process creation flags on the shared command wrapper and use
`CREATE_NO_WINDOW` when launching local stdio MCP servers, including fallback
launches without Job Object containment. Preserve `CREATE_SUSPENDED` when
assigning the server to a Job Object before execution.
## Testing
Add a Windows regression test covering direct launches and launches through
`cmd.exe`. Verify that the server has no console, initializes successfully,
returns tools, and exits after shutdown.
GitOrigin-RevId: 84475e82999d91a431e09327d4f5639b59c01427
## Why
A local stdio MCP server can exit while its descendants remain alive. Cleaning up
only the server process can therefore leak processes after client shutdown.
## What changed
- Contain locally launched MCP servers in non-breakaway Windows job objects and
terminate the job during shutdown so descendants exit with the server.
- Preserve compatibility when job creation or assignment is unavailable by
retrying without containment and terminating an owned process handle instead.
- Use the process-group member fallback when terminating piped processes on
macOS.
## Testing
- Cover descendant cleanup and breakaway prevention for both local MCP protocol
modes on Windows.
- Cover the Windows nested-job assignment fallback and verify the suspended
process resumes before handle-based termination.
GitOrigin-RevId: 33d3cc122de8f7ce0ae69a649b12ea0ff64b7c6f
## What changed
- Add an opt-in `mcp_2026_07_28` protocol mode while preserving the legacy
lifecycle by default.
- Negotiate the new protocol over streamable HTTP with `server/discover`,
including bounded responses, redirect protection, and fallback only when a
response establishes that the endpoint is legacy-only.
- Require stdio servers to opt in with
`CODEX_MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2026-07-28`, and add a bounded local stdio
transport for the modern lifecycle.
- Consume paginated tool, resource, and resource-template catalogs in modern
mode, reject repeated cursors, and retain discovered server identity.
- Reconnect reusable MCP clients when their selected protocol mode changes.
## Testing
- Cover HTTP JSON and SSE discovery, legacy fallback and rejection cases,
redirects, retries, response limits, and pagination.
- Cover local and executor stdio discovery, protocol markers, message limits,
and legacy compatibility.
GitOrigin-RevId: f6a78816e127d2a482292d63b91c8384f1595903
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