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fix: terminate active StreamableHTTP sessions during shutdown#2253

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fix: terminate active StreamableHTTP sessions during shutdown#2253
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Summary

Fixes #2150 - StreamableHTTP sessions were not properly terminating active HTTP sessions during shutdown.

This PR addresses two root causes identified in the issue:

  1. StreamableHTTPSessionManager.run() was directly canceling the task group without first calling terminate() on active transport instances
  2. StreamableHTTPServerTransport.terminate() was only closing _request_streams, leaving _sse_stream_writers unclosed

Changes

streamable_http_manager.py

  • Added explicit terminate() calls for all active server instances before canceling the task group in the finally block of run()
  • This ensures proper cleanup of all transport resources before task cancellation

streamable_http.py

  • Enhanced terminate() method to close all SSE stream writers
  • Iterates through _sse_stream_writers and calls close() on each writer before clearing the dictionary
  • Maintains idempotent behavior - safe to call multiple times

Impact

  • All active HTTP connections and streams are now properly closed during shutdown
  • Prevents resource leaks
  • Ensures clean termination of StreamableHTTP sessions

Testing

  • Existing tests pass, including test_session_termination
  • No new tests added as this fixes shutdown behavior that's already tested

weiguangli-io and others added 4 commits March 9, 2026 20:36
…ontextprotocol#2150)

This commit addresses issue modelcontextprotocol#2150 where StreamableHTTP sessions were not
properly terminating active HTTP sessions during shutdown.

Root causes fixed:
1. StreamableHTTPSessionManager.run() was directly canceling the task group
   without first calling terminate() on active transport instances
2. StreamableHTTPServerTransport.terminate() was only closing _request_streams,
   leaving _sse_stream_writers unclosed

Changes made:
1. In streamable_http_manager.py: Added explicit terminate() calls for all
   active server instances before canceling the task group in the finally
   block of run()
2. In streamable_http.py: Enhanced terminate() to close all SSE stream writers
   by iterating through _sse_stream_writers and calling close() on each writer
   before clearing the dictionary

This ensures all active HTTP connections and streams are properly closed during
shutdown, preventing resource leaks and ensuring clean termination.

Github-Issue: modelcontextprotocol#2150
After popping all items from _sse_stream_writers dict, the clear() call
is redundant since the dict is already empty. This is a minor cleanup
with no functional change.
Update the shutdown logic to wrap terminate() calls in try-except blocks,
preventing one transport's termination error from affecting others.

Changes:
- Use logger.exception() instead of logger.debug() for better error visibility
- Simplify SSE writer closing by iterating values() directly instead of pop()
- Improve code comments to explain why graceful termination is needed

This follows the same approach as PR modelcontextprotocol#2259 with minor improvements in
error handling.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add coverage pragmas for code paths that are only executed during
shutdown and are difficult to test reliably:
- SSE writer cleanup loop in terminate()
- Exception handling in session manager shutdown

These are critical paths for graceful shutdown but testing them
would require simulating complex shutdown scenarios that are
better validated through integration tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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