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Summary

Fixes a nil pointer dereference panic in RepositoryResourceCompletionHandler when the Context field is not provided in the completion request.

Problem

The CompleteParams.Context field in the MCP protocol is optional (marked as omitempty and is a pointer type *CompleteContext). When clients don't include it in their requests, the code was panicking because it directly accessed req.Params.Context.Arguments without first checking if Context was nil.

// Before (panic when Context is nil)
resolved := req.Params.Context.Arguments
if resolved == nil {
    resolved = map[string]string{}
}

Solution

Added a nil check for Context before accessing Arguments:

// After (safe)
var resolved map[string]string
if req.Params.Context != nil && req.Params.Context.Arguments != nil {
    resolved = req.Params.Context.Arguments
} else {
    resolved = map[string]string{}
}

Testing

  • All existing completion tests pass
  • TestRepositoryResourceCompletionHandler_NilContext specifically covers this scenario

The CompleteParams.Context field is optional (marked omitempty) and can be
nil when clients don't send it. The code was accessing Context.Arguments
directly without checking if Context was nil first, causing a panic.

This fix adds a nil check for Context before accessing Arguments.
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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a nil pointer dereference panic in the MCP completion handler that occurred when clients send completion requests without a Context field (which is optional per the MCP protocol specification).

Key Changes:

  • Added defensive nil checks for both req.Params.Context and req.Params.Context.Arguments before dereferencing
  • Ensures resolved map is always initialized to an empty map when Context or Arguments is nil

Comment on lines +36 to 41
var resolved map[string]string
if req.Params.Context != nil && req.Params.Context.Arguments != nil {
resolved = req.Params.Context.Arguments
} else {
resolved = map[string]string{}
}
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The fix for the nil pointer dereference is correct and handles both nil Context and nil Arguments. However, the test TestRepositoryResourceCompletionHandler_NilContext mentioned in the PR description doesn't actually test the case where Context is nil. It sets Context: &mcp.CompleteContext{Arguments: map[string]string{}} on line 360 of the test file, which is still a non-nil Context object. Consider adding a test case that explicitly sets Context: nil to ensure this fix is properly covered.

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@SamMorrowDrums SamMorrowDrums merged commit cc9e864 into main Jan 7, 2026
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@SamMorrowDrums SamMorrowDrums deleted the fix-nil-context-completion-handler branch January 7, 2026 15:45
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