fix: Return JSON-RPC protocol errors for unknown tools #1149
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Return JSON-RPC protocol errors for unknown tools
Motivation and Context
The MCP server was returning tool execution errors for unknown tools instead of proper JSON-RPC protocol errors. This caused issues where Unknown tools were treated as tool execution failures rather than protocol-level errors
Before(Tool execution error):
After(Protocol error):
Modified the tool call handler in src/mcp/server/lowlevel/server.py to:
How Has This Been Tested?
Breaking Changes
This is a breaking change that corrects the error handling behavior:
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