Learned while setting up the MCP Inspector to debug a Go-based MCP server using the 2026-07-28 Streamable HTTP transport (stateless mode).
- MCP server: Go service using
github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp, mounted atPOST /mcp - Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless,
JSONResponse: true) - Protocol era: Modern (2026-07-28) — requires
_meta.io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersionin every request body andMcp-MethodHTTP headers - Inspector version:
@modelcontextprotocol/inspector@2.0.0