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Problem

On a busy host, every Claude turn can fail with "Claude timed out while registering its MCP tools". We hit this on a 4-vCPU VM with a load average of about 47 and CPU pressure (/proc/pressure/cpu, some avg300) of 87%. Two turns failed after 94s and 99s, and the server logged no MCP connection error either time.

The 90-second deadline added in #17898 starts when query() spawns the CLI. That means it also covers CLI boot, not just the mcp_set_servers request it was added to guard. On fresh sessions there is no retry, so the turn just fails.

I timed each phase through the SDK (0.3.276), using a trivial HTTP MCP server and settingSources: []. The "oversubscribed" rows ran 12 busy threads per core:

Host load	CLI boot (initializationResult)	setMcpServers
idle	0.7s	0.1s
12x oversubscribed	52.7s	17.8s
12x oversubscribed	60.3s	9.5s

At this level of contention, boot uses most of the budget even in this minimal setup. User MCP servers, plugins and a busy T3 server push the total past 90s.

Fix

The runner now waits for initializationResult() before starting the registration deadline. The deadline therefore covers only mcp_set_servers, and the retry and cleanup logic from #25372 is unchanged.

Boot gets its own, longer deadline of 5 minutes, because the SDK puts no deadline on query() initialization (initializeTimeoutMs only applies to prewarm). A CLI that never boots fails with the same timeout error and cleanup as registration, so resumed sessions keep their one retry. A CLI that exits during boot rejects the wait right away, and Stop still interrupts it.

Verification

• New test table: a slow boot (120s) still opens, which fails on main, and a CLI that never boots times out at 5 minutes. The existing registration-timeout tests still pass.
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip and typecheck pass. 13 tests in ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts (attachment paths and tool search) fail on Windows both on main and on this branch, so this change didn't cause them.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 1dc4c01

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Claude initialization now completes before the existing MCP registration timeout starts, allowing slower hosts to finish startup. Registration limits and interruption cleanup remain in place, with no changes to tool permissions or product defaults.

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Walkthrough

The query runner waits up to five minutes for Claude SDK initialization before MCP registration. Timeout errors identify whether initialization or MCP registration timed out. Tests cover delayed initialization and update existing query mocks.

Changes: Claude SDK initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Wait for SDK initialization before MCP registration apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts	The adapter waits up to five minutes for SDK initialization before registering MCP servers. Timeout handling identifies the phase and uses phase-specific errors. Tests cover success after a 120-second initialization delay and failure when initialization remains pending for five minutes. Existing query mocks now provide initializationResult.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#23151: The PR starts the MCP-registration deadline after initialization and adds a separate startup deadline, addressing the reported startup timing issue.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#25372: Both PRs use ClaudeMcpRegistrationTimeoutError in resumed-session retry handling.
• pingdotgg/t3code#22365: Both PRs change or rely on the ClaudeMcpRegistrationTimeoutError contract.
• pingdotgg/t3code#23202: Both PRs define the MCP registration timeout behavior and deadline.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, yash-singh1, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 8afe1

Concurrent slow startups can delay unrelated work and prevent active turns from stopping for minutes. Protect interrupt capacity before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the symptom, environment, timing data, and root cause. The Change…	Add a Scope and approval section. Link the triaged bug issue or the discussion with explicit maintainer approval, including the approval comment. If no prior issue exists, explain why this focused fix of an obvious bug qualifies without pri…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: Claude turns on busy hosts no longer time out while registering MCP tools. The raw summary and objectives show the deadline now starts after CLI initialization, so the…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: Claude turns on busy hosts no longer time out while registering MCP tools. The raw summary and objectives show the deadline now starts after CLI initialization, so the title matches the fix. It uses a conventional commit prefix and plain language, though it is slightly long at 80 characters.

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Explanation

The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem section gives the symptom, environment, timing data, and root cause. The Change section explains the new wait on initializationResult() and the separate five-minute boot deadline. The Verification section lists a new test table, the check run, and the Windows failures that predate the change. The Scope and approval section is the weak point. It has no linked issue or maintainer approval, and it does not explain why the fix qualifies without prior approval. It links only #17898 and #25372, which are background references, not triaged issue or approval evidence. The objectives say the author declined one review suggestion, which does not affect this check. The PR also adds a new 5-minute boot timeout, which is a behavior change beyond a small obvious bug fix.

Resolution

Add a Scope and approval section. Link the triaged bug issue or the discussion with explicit maintainer approval, including the approval comment. If no prior issue exists, explain why this focused fix of an obvious bug qualifies without prior approval. Also address the new five-minute boot timeout, since it changes behavior beyond the registration deadline. Keep the existing Problem, Change, and Verification sections.

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Follow-up Comments

Propagate initialization failures instead of treating them as successful boot.

1120-1122: Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Propagate initialization failures instead of treating them as successful boot.

When initializationResult() rejects, this catch resolves it successfully. The open flow then continues to setMcpServers, and its failure fallback allows the session to open with unavailable servers. Cleanup does not run because the setup effect did not fail.

Suggested fix

                       yield* Effect.promise(() =>
-                        queryRuntime.initializationResult().catch(() => undefined),
+                        queryRuntime.initializationResult(),
                       ).pipe(

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
around lines 1120 - 1122:
Update the initialization flow around queryRuntime.initializationResult() to let
rejected initialization propagate as a setup failure instead of converting it to
success. Preserve the existing failure handling so setup does not continue to
setMcpServers or open a session with unavailable servers, and cleanup runs
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@coderabbitai Re the follow-up on ClaudeAdapterV2.ts lines 1120-1122 (propagating initializationResult() rejections): not changing this. Swallowing the rejection keeps main's behavior. On main, a CLI that dies before answering rejects the pending setMcpServers request, orElseSucceed turns that into "all servers unavailable", and the session opens. The query stream then reports the CLI's real exit error and the session closes through the normal stream-failure path. That still happens here: setMcpServers on a closed query rejects the same way. Making a boot rejection fail open would change that error path (which error the user sees, and refusal versus turn-failure handling), and that change is outside this fix, which only moves when the registration deadline starts.

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@dw3105 Understood. The inspected code supports your explanation: setMcpServers() failures remain nonfatal, and query stream failures retain the existing error handling, including root-refusal classification.

Propagating initializationResult() rejections from open would change that error path. I withdraw the recommendation. No change is needed for this concern.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts: 1

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Assert query-runtime disposal after the initialization timeout.

The never-boots case checks only the failure result and message. Its pending initializationResult() reaches the error cleanup, which invokes queryRuntime[Symbol.asyncDispose]() once. Capture that method and assert one call so the test detects a boot-timeout cleanup regression. The existing disposal assertions do not cover this path because their initialization resolves immediately.

Suggested fix

       const waiting = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
       const booted = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+      const disposed = vi.fn(async () => {});
       const querySpy = vi.spyOn(ClaudeSdk, "query").mockImplementation(
         () =>
           ({
@@
             },
             close: vi.fn(),
-            [Symbol.asyncDispose]: async () => {},
+            [Symbol.asyncDispose]: disposed,
           }) as unknown as ClaudeSdk.Query,
       );
@@
       const result = yield* Fiber.join(opening);
 
       assert.equal(result._tag, boots ? "Success" : "Failure");
       if (result._tag === "Success") yield* result.success.close;
-      else
+      else {
+        assert.equal(disposed.mock.calls.length, 1);
         assert.equal(
           makeProviderFailure({
             cause: { _tag: "ProviderAdapterTurnStartError", cause: result.failure },
@@
           }).message,
           "Claude timed out while starting up. Retry the turn; if it keeps failing, check Claude and the server logs.",
         );
+      }

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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified unchanged head 8afe10b45be7340e1551d7e5150a6948310f9ff0 on a linux boat vm, using the dev web client with repository playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome.

• on github/main (e89abadaee), created a real git project through the app and completed real codex gpt-6.1-sol and claude haiku 5.5 turns through the local proxy.
• reproduced the bug with a configured cli launcher that waited 120 seconds, then executed the installed claude binary. main failed at about 90 seconds with the mcp registration timeout. on the pr, the same project, provider, launcher and prompt completed with SLOW_BOOT_OK after 125.225 seconds. no provider responses or mcp servers were mocked.
• claude then discovered and called t3_project_list; its returned project payload matched the names in the client response. stop during another delayed startup interrupted the run and its captured provider process exited. a codex gpt-6.1-sol turn on the pr returned CODEX_PR_OK.
• holding startup beyond five minutes produced the startup-specific error after 300.492 seconds. the server logged phase: initialize, and the captured process exited.
• blacksmith ran vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunner.test.ts: all 18 tests passed. the current head also has 29 successful ci checks. no source changes or pushes were needed.

one dev server ran at a time. the pr checks used an explicit isolated home. command transcript.

main's registration error (the account-status toast obscures part of the prompt):

time-lapse of the real pr turn, with the app's elapsed timer visible:

Not verified

native desktop and ios/android clients, macos/windows, and remote/relay/tunnel connections were not exercised on this linux vm. startup slowness was injected through the cli launcher rather than organic cpu saturation. resumed-session timeout retry exhaustion and the 90-second registration-only stall were covered by the focused tests, not separately injected through the running app.