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2026-10-20Streamable HTTP vs SSE: moving a remote MCP server to the current transportHow HTTP+SSE (2024-11-05) differs from Streamable HTTP, what 2026-07-28 changed again, how to keep old clients working, and curl checks for the move.2026-10-14How often does an MCP server change its tools? One in five did within two weeksWe read 1,893 remote MCP servers' tool lists every 12 hours. 22% changed at least once; most changes only added tools, and a few servers made most of them.2026-10-13The remote MCP server launch checklistThirteen checks before a remote MCP server goes live, from TLS to a toolset fingerprint per release, each with why it matters and a command to verify it.2026-10-12MCP server won't connect? Work through the error you getWhere 2,980 MCP endpoints stopped on their latest run, what each error means, and a curl command to reproduce it against your own server.2026-10-10How to test an MCP server before you ship itA layer-by-layer way to test a remote MCP server from the outside — transport, handshake, tools/list, errors, auth and tool descriptions — with curl commands you can copy.2026-09-23Your MCP server may already be in a directory you never signed up forMCP Checkup lists remote MCP servers it observes, whether or not anyone registered them with it. How a server gets in, what the page says about it and refuses to say, how to take ownership of the page, and how to opt out.2026-09-23Why we don't score MCP serversMCP Checkup shows what it observed about an MCP server and refuses to roll it into a number or a grade. The reasons are structural, not modesty.2026-09-14Claiming an MCP server page: we verify the address, not the recordHow MCP Checkup decides who may speak for a server page. Proof is anchored to the endpoint host itself, via a well-known file or a DNS TXT record, so a claim can never be transferred between records or faked with a repository you happen to control.