MCP releases spec 2025-03-26

Spec 2025-03-26 — OAuth 2.1 authorization, Streamable HTTP, tool annotations

Why it matters

Introduced a transport that replaces HTTP+SSE and a standard authorization framework

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Officialmodelcontextprotocol.iohttps://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-03-26/changelog

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