MCP publishes specification version 2026-07-28

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Specification 2026-07-28 — making the protocol core stateless

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Removes initialize and Mcp-Session-Id, introduces MRTR, adds server/discover, and promotes the Tasks and MCP Apps extensions

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Officialblog.modelcontextprotocol.iohttps://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28/

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