fix streamable http post error isolation

Author: pragnyanramtha

src/mcp/client/streamable_http.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 )
 from mcp.shared.message import ClientMessageMetadata, SessionMessage
 from mcp.types import (
+    INTERNAL_ERROR,
     ErrorData,
     InitializeResult,
     JSONRPCError,
@@ -355,7 +356,16 @@ async def _handle_post_request(self, ctx: RequestContext) -> None:
                     )  # pragma: no cover
                 return  # pragma: no cover
 
-            response.raise_for_status()
+            if response.status_code >= 400:
+                if isinstance(message.root, JSONRPCRequest):
+                    jsonrpc_error = JSONRPCError(
+                        jsonrpc="2.0",
+                        id=message.root.id,
+                        error=ErrorData(code=INTERNAL_ERROR, message="Server returned an error response"),
+                    )
+                    await ctx.read_stream_writer.send(SessionMessage(JSONRPCMessage(jsonrpc_error)))
+                return
+
             if is_initialization:
                 self._maybe_extract_session_id_from_response(response)
 

tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py

@@ -1043,6 +1043,106 @@ async def test_streamable_http_client_error_handling(initialized_client_session:
     assert "Unknown resource: unknown://test-error" in exc_info.value.error.message
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_streamable_http_client_http_error_does_not_cancel_concurrent_request():
+    """Test that one POST HTTP error does not tear down an unrelated request."""
+    good_request_started = anyio.Event()
+    allow_good_response = anyio.Event()
+
+    async def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        payload = json.loads(request.content)
+        request_id = payload["id"]
+        uri = payload["params"]["uri"]
+
+        if uri == "foobar://bad":
+            with anyio.fail_after(5):
+                await good_request_started.wait()
+            return httpx.Response(400, request=request, json={"error": "boom"})
+
+        assert uri == "foobar://good"
+        good_request_started.set()
+        with anyio.fail_after(5):
+            await allow_good_response.wait()
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            request=request,
+            headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+            json={
+                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                "id": request_id,
+                "result": {
+                    "contents": [
+                        {
+                            "uri": uri,
+                            "mimeType": "text/plain",
+                            "text": "good response",
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+            },
+        )
+
+    good_result: types.ReadResourceResult | None = None
+    good_error: Exception | None = None
+    bad_error: Exception | None = None
+
+    async def run_good_request(session: ClientSession) -> None:
+        nonlocal good_result, good_error
+        try:
+            good_result = await session.send_request(
+                types.ClientRequest(
+                    types.ReadResourceRequest(
+                        params=types.ReadResourceRequestParams(uri=AnyUrl("foobar://good")),
+                    )
+                ),
+                types.ReadResourceResult,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            good_error = exc
+
+    async def run_bad_request(session: ClientSession) -> None:
+        nonlocal bad_error
+        try:
+            await session.send_request(
+                types.ClientRequest(
+                    types.ReadResourceRequest(
+                        params=types.ReadResourceRequestParams(uri=AnyUrl("foobar://bad")),
+                    )
+                ),
+                types.ReadResourceResult,
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            bad_error = exc
+
+    transport = httpx.MockTransport(handler)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport) as http_client:
+        async with streamable_http_client("http://test/mcp", http_client=http_client) as (
+            read_stream,
+            write_stream,
+            _,
+        ):
+            async with ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
+                async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
+                    tg.start_soon(run_good_request, session)
+                    with anyio.fail_after(5):
+                        await good_request_started.wait()
+
+                    tg.start_soon(run_bad_request, session)
+
+                    with anyio.fail_after(5):
+                        while bad_error is None:
+                            await anyio.sleep(0)
+
+                    allow_good_response.set()
+
+    assert isinstance(bad_error, McpError)
+    assert bad_error.error.code == types.INTERNAL_ERROR
+    assert good_error is None
+    assert good_result is not None
+    assert isinstance(good_result.contents[0], types.TextResourceContents)
+    assert good_result.contents[0].text == "good response"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_streamable_http_client_session_persistence(basic_server: None, basic_server_url: str):
     """Test that session ID persists across requests."""