MCP Moves to Stateless Servers in Latest Release Candidate

MCP Moves to Stateless Servers in Latest Release Candidate

The Model Context Protocol's July 28, 2026 release candidate shifts server-side session handling to a stateless model, removing the need for sticky sessions. MCP servers can now distribute freely across load-balanced instances. Previously, every request had to reach the specific server holding that session — a genuine scaling bottleneck. The spec is on the official MCP blog.

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