# DBHub MCP Server

Minimal, token-efficient Database MCP Server for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite, MariaDB

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled DBHub yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `@bytebase/dbhub` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**59 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### Demo returns `Cannot GET /message`

In terminal A, I run the demo command
```
> npx @bytebase/dbhub --demo --transport http --port 8080
Connecting with DSN: sqlite:///:memory:
DSN source: demo mode
Successfully connected to SQLite database
Successfully initialized database with script
Using transport: http
Transport source: command line argument
Running in DEMO mode - using sample employee database

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[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/135) · 2025-11-21 · closed · external user · 5 comments

### [Librechat] StreamableHTTPError: Streamable HTTP error: Failed to open SSE stream: Not Found

Hi,

I'm trying to setup this server using Librechat, but it cannot connect to the stream.
```
LibreChat         | 2025-11-20 12:00:49 info: [MCP][postgres] Creating streamable-http transport: http://localhost:3081/mcp
LibreChat         | 2025-11-20 12:00:49 error: [MCP][postgres] Transport error: fetch failed
LibreChat         | 2025-11-20 12:00:49 info: [MCP][postgres] Streamable-http transport closed
LibreChat         | 2025-11-20 12:00:49 error: [MCP][postgres] Connection failed: fetch faile

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/134) · 2025-11-20 · closed · external user · 7 comments

### Claude Agent SDK says: I don't have database access at the moment

This is how I have `@bytebase/dbhub` set up using Claude's Agent SDK:

```ts
import { query } from "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk";

for await (const event of query({
  prompt,
  options: {
    systemPrompt,
    mcpServers: {
      "dbhub-postgres": {
        type: "stdio",
        command: "npx",
        args: [
          "@bytebase/dbhub@0.11.6",
          "--transport",
          "stdio",
          "--dsn",
          `${process.env.PG_CONNECTION_STRING}?sslmode=true"`,
        ],
        env

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/114) · 2025-11-07 · closed · external user · 5 comments

### What is the largest SQL Query I can send using this MCP Server?

I am using your MCP Server for ETL work, and I wanted to increase the batch size of my SQL UPDATE query, but I ran into issues with malformed JSON, and it seems I cannot send as much as I would like. 

Is this an MCP Server limitation or a SQL Server limitation?

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/85) · 2025-07-30 · closed · external user · 8 comments

### Failed to call tool execute_sql

Failed to call tool execute_sql: McpError: MCP error -32602: MCP error -32602: Invalid arguments for tool execute_sql: [ { "code": "invalid_type", "expected": "object", "received": "undefined", "path": [], "message": "Required" } ]

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/81) · 2025-07-23 · closed · external user · 6 comments

### Most recent

### max_rows cap fires silently — no truncation signal in tool response

## Summary

When `max_rows` is configured in `[[tools]]` and a query hits the cap, the MCP response contains no indication that the result was truncated. The `count` field equals `max_rows`, which is indistinguishable from a table that genuinely has that many rows. LLM consumers cannot detect that the result is incomplete.

## Steps to reproduce

1. Configure a tool with `max_rows = 200`
2. Query a table with more than 200 rows
3. Response: `count: 200`, 200 rows returned
4. Query a table with e

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/404) · 2026-08-20 · closed · external user · 0 comments

### max_rows truncation not signaled in response — truncated field missing

## Problem

When `max_rows` is configured in a `[[tools]]` block and a query result is capped, the response JSON does not include a `truncated` field — the key is absent entirely (not `false` or `null`).

## Steps to reproduce

```toml
[[sources]]
id = "mydb"
dsn = "mysql://..."

[[tools]]
name = "execute_sql"
source = "mydb"
readonly = true
max_rows = 200
```

Run a query that returns more than 200 rows:
```sql
SELECT * FROM large_table
```

## Expected response

```json
{
  "success": true,
  

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/403) · 2026-08-20 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### npx install command fails on Windows 11 with latest version

# Description
When I run the npx install command `npx @bytebase/dbhub@latest --transport http --port 8080 --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"` on my Windows machine, I have an error :
```
npx @bytebase/dbhub@latest --transport http --port 8080 --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
Need to install the following packages:
@bytebase/dbhub@1.1.0
Ok to proceed? (y) y
node:internal/modules/run_main:107
    triggerUncaughtException(
  

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/392) · 2026-07-31 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### [Bug] Database connector error logging leaks sensitive SQL query data

## Summary
`dbhub` has a sensitive information disclosure issue in database connector error logging. PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server execution error handlers log the full SQL text, and parameterized connector paths also log JSON-serialized parameters, to stderr. If SQL text or bind parameters contain secrets, tokens, personal data, or business-sensitive values, those values can be written to process, container, or platform logs.

## To reproduce
Start DBHub with a PostgreSQL test database and 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/373) · 2026-07-27 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### [Bug] HTTP transport exposes unauthenticated database APIs

## Summary
`dbhub` has missing authentication on its HTTP MCP and REST API endpoints. In HTTP mode, the server defaults to binding `0.0.0.0`, registers `/mcp`, `/api/sources`, and `/api/requests`, and processes requests without any authentication mechanism (e.g., API key, token-based authentication, or equivalent authorization checks).

## To reproduce
Start DBHub in HTTP demo mode:

```bash
npx @bytebase/dbhub@0.22.6 --transport http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --demo
```

Send an unauthenticate

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/372) · 2026-07-27 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Feature Request: Support connecting to MySQL without specifying a database name (or support multiple databases)

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Currently, the DBHub MCP server requires a full DSN that includes the database name, e.g.:
mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/dbname

This forces me to create a separate MCP server instance for every database I need to work with. When managing multiple databases (e.g., development, staging, testing, or different projects), this leads to a bloated configuration in the MCP client and makes switching between databases cumbersome.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/360) · 2026-07-16 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### [BUG] SQL Server read-only mode bypass via dynamic SQL in `execute_sql`

## Summary

`dbhub` has a SQL Server read-only bypass in `execute_sql`. In read-only mode, the application-level SQL classifier strips string literals before checking for mutating keywords, so dynamic SQL text inside strings is not detected. The SQL Server connector then sends the original SQL to `request.query()` without an engine-level read-only transaction or equivalent backstop.

## To reproduce

Create a SQL Server test table:

```sql
CREATE TABLE dbo.users (
  id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,

[Read the thread](https://github.com/bytebase/dbhub/issues/349) · 2026-06-30 · closed · external user · 0 comments

[See all 24 reports Pod holds for DBHub](/mcp/dbhub/issues) — of 59 qualified upstream.

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