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      "Title": "bug(fedreserve_get_observations): calendar-invalid dates return series_not_found",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.2.2\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n^0.10.9\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.11 / Node v26.3.1\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP (Streamable HTTP)\n\n### OS\n\nmacOS 26.1\n\n### Description\n\n`fedreserve_get_observations` validates `observation_start` / `observation_end` with `^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$`, which only checks digit shape, not calendar validity. A date like `2024-13-01` (month 13) or `2024-02-30` (Feb 30) matches the regex, reaches FRED, and FRED's resulting 400 is classified as",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/10",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:22:33.000Z",
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      "Title": "refactor: rename to federal-reserve-mcp-server",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nRename `fred-mcp-server` → `federal-reserve-mcp-server` across the entire project and ecosystem. \"fred\" reads as a person's name — zero signal about Federal Reserve Economic Data. The rename makes the server immediately identifiable.\n\nContinue publishing the npm package under the old name (`@cyanheads/fred-mcp-server`) alongside the new one so existing installs are not broken. Everything else (repo, Docker, MCP registry) moves to the new name outright.\n\n## Touchpoints\n\n### GitHub\n\n- ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/16",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-24T08:23:39.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_release): both release_id and release_search provided — release_id wins silently",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3+\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nThe tool description states \"Provide exactly one of release_id or release_search.\" The handler only validates the case where neither is provided. When both are supplied, `release_id` silently wins and `release_search` is ignored — no warning, no error.\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\n1. Call `fred_get_release` with `{\"release_id\": 10, \"release_search\": \"emplo",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/15",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:24:17.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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      "Title": "bug(fred_search_series): offset > 5000 produces opaque HTTP 400 without actionable guidance",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3+\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\n`fred_search_series` accepts `offset` as an integer with no upper-bound validation. FRED's API enforces a maximum of 5000 searchable results (offset + limit ≤ 5000). When the offset exceeds this, the service returns HTTP 400 with body `{\"error_message\":\"Bad Request. Exceeded 5000 maximum searchable results\"}`. The server surfaces this as a generic vali",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/14",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:23:57.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_series,fred_get_observations): empty string series IDs pass Zod validation",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3+\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nAn empty string `\"\"` is accepted as a valid series ID by both `fred_get_series` and `fred_get_observations`. It passes Zod validation (the array item type is `z.string()` with no `min(1)`), reaches FRED, and returns a confusing error message with a blank ID.\n\n**Repro:**\n1. Call `fred_get_series` with `{\"series_ids\": [\"\"]}` or `{\"series_ids\": \"\"}`\n2. Ob",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/13",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:23:01.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_release,fred_browse_categories): nonexistent ID returns generic 400 instead of NotFound",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3+\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nCalling `fred_get_release` with a nonexistent `release_id` and `fred_browse_categories` with a nonexistent `category_id` both surface a generic upstream error instead of the declared domain error.\n\n**Repro — fred_get_release:**\n1. Call `fred_get_release` with `{\"release_id\": 999999}`\n2. Observe: `isError: true`, `code: -32602` (ValidationError), `reaso",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/12",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:22:50.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_release): no-input validation error missing recovery hint",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.x\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nWhen `fred_get_release` is called with no `release_id` and no `release_search`, the handler throws `validationError('Provide either release_id or release_search.')` instead of `ctx.fail(...)`. This means the error has no `data.reason` and no `data.recovery.hint` — the `content[0].text` shows only `\"Error: Provide either release_id or release_search.\"`",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/11",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:22:45.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_series): empty array input returns silent empty response",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.x\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nWhen `series_ids: []` is passed, the handler calls `Promise.allSettled([])`, returns `{ series: [], failed: [] }`, and `format()` produces an empty string. The response `content[0].text` is `\"\"` with no indication that the call did nothing.\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\n1. Call `fred_get_series` with `{ \"series_ids\": [] }`\n2. Observe `content[0].text` and ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/9",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:22:31.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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    {
      "Title": "feat(config): default MCP_SESSION_MODE to stateless across env, Docker, and src",
      "Excerpt": "`Dockerfile` sets `ENV MCP_SESSION_MODE=\"stateless\"`, but `.env.example` carries a commented `# MCP_SESSION_MODE=stateful`, whose comment documents the value set as `stateful | stateless (default: stateful)`. The container and the same code run via `bunx`, `npm start`, or from source therefore resolve to different session modes — stateless in Docker, stateful everywhere else, since the framework schema defaults to `auto` and `auto` resolves to `stateful`.\n\nRelated: cyanheads/mcp-ts-core#376\n\n## ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/23",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-22T19:00:38.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 0,
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    {
      "Title": "test(enrichment): no coverage for the new totalCount enrichment on three tools",
      "Excerpt": "`fedreserve_search_series`, `fedreserve_get_release`, and `fedreserve_dataframe_query` each declare an `enrichment: { totalCount }` block and call `ctx.enrich.total(...)` in their handlers, but no test in `tests/tools/` asserts that the value is populated.\n\n### Affected files\n\n- `src/mcp-server/tools/definitions/fedreserve-search-series.tool.ts` — `ctx.enrich.total(resp.count)`\n- `src/mcp-server/tools/definitions/fedreserve-get-release.tool.ts` — `ctx.enrich.total(seriesResp.count ?? 0)`\n- `src/",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/22",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-21T16:45:48.000Z",
      "State": "open",
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      "Title": "bug(fedreserve_get_observations): unbounded requests surface FRED sentinel bounds as the actual observation range",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.2.2\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n^0.12.3\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Transport\n\nstdio\n\n### Description\n\nWhen a request omits `observation_start`/`observation_end`, the [FRED observations endpoint](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/observations.html) reports its full-table bounds as sentinels — verified live: `observation_start: \"1600-01-01\"`, `observation_end: \"9999-12-31\"` while real data spans ~1948 to present. The tool passes these through verbatim into fields described ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/21",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-21T15:21:26.000Z",
      "State": "open",
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      "Title": "bug(fedreserve_get_release): scheduled_dates structurally empty — release dates fetched capped at 5 ascending",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.2.2\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n^0.12.3\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Transport\n\nstdio\n\n### Description\n\n`getReleaseDates()` hardcodes `limit: '5'` and sends no `sort_order` (`src/services/fred/fred-service.ts`, `/release/dates` call). The [FRED release/dates endpoint](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/release_dates.html) returns dates **ascending**, so the handler's `d >= today` filter only ever sees the 5 oldest dates on record. Any future-dated release entry is invisible ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/20",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-21T15:21:11.000Z",
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      "Title": "feat(fedreserve_get_observations): name the dataframe tools in the canvas spill response",
      "Excerpt": "When observations spill to DataCanvas, `fedreserve_get_observations` returns an opaque `df_XXXXX_XXXXX` handle in `dataset.name` and nothing in `structuredContent` says how to reach the staged rows. The only runtime pointer is emitted from `format()`, so it lands in `content[]` alone — a client that forwards only `structuredContent` receives the handle with no instruction attached. Callers that miss the pointer report the truncation and stop, or re-call the tool with a narrower date range, re-fe",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/19",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-13T01:15:36.000Z",
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      "Title": "bug(fedreserve_search_series): incomplete filter pairs silently no-op",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.2.2\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n^0.10.9\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.11 / Node v26.3.1\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP (Streamable HTTP)\n\n### OS\n\nmacOS 26.1\n\n### Description\n\n`fedreserve_search_series` accepts `filter_variable` and `filter_value` independently, but either one alone silently behaves like no filter was supplied. That makes typo or partial filter calls look successful while returning broader results than requested.\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\n1. Call `fedre",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/18",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-30T09:59:53.000Z",
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      "Title": "bug(fedreserve_get_observations): canvas_id input is ignored",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.2.2\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n^0.10.9\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.11 / Node v26.3.1\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP (Streamable HTTP)\n\n### OS\n\nmacOS 26.1\n\n### Description\n\n`fedreserve_get_observations` exposes `canvas_id` as an input for reusing a prior observations canvas, but the handler never reads it. When the second request spills, the server materializes a separate dataframe; when the second request is short enough not to spill, no dataframe is updated at all",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/17",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-30T09:59:51.000Z",
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      "Title": "bug(fred_get_observations): truncateInline starves subsequent series of preview rows when canvas is unavailable",
      "Excerpt": "### Server version\n\n0.1.5\n\n### mcp-ts-core version\n\n0.9.6\n\n### Runtime\n\nBun\n\n### Runtime version\n\nBun 1.3.x\n\n### Transport\n\nHTTP\n\n### Description\n\nWhen canvas is unavailable and a multi-series request is made, `truncateInline` distributes the 20-row preview budget sequentially. The first series consumes all 20 rows; every subsequent series gets `observations: []` and `observation_count: 0`. The agent has no way to tell whether a series with count=0 had no data or was simply crowded out by the tr",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/federal-reserve-mcp-server/issues/8",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T16:22:22.000Z",
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