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    {
      "Title": "pgedge-postgres-mcp server reports MCP protocol version 2024-11-05, incompatible with Streamable HTTP-only clients (e.g., OpenAI Codex)",
      "Excerpt": "The MCP server's initialize response always returns \"protocolVersion\": \"2024-11-05\", regardless of what protocol version the client requests. Confirmed via direct initialize calls:\n\n- Cloud endpoint (server v1.0.0): reports 2024-11-05\n- Upgraded staging test build (server v1.1.0-beta1): also reports 2024-11-05\n\nSo this isn't fixed by the version upgrade already in progress, it's present in every build tested so far.\n\nWhy it matters: \"Streamable HTTP\" as an MCP transport was introduced in protoco",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/277",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-24T13:39:22.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    {
      "Title": "Default knowledgebase config in RPM ships enabled with invalid path",
      "Excerpt": "The default postgres-mcp.yaml shipped with the pgedge-postgres-mcp RPM package has the knowledgebase feature enabled with a hardcoded path that does not exist:\n\n\n```\nknowledgebase:\n  enabled: true\n  database_path: /usr/share/pgedge/pgedge-ai-kb/kb.db\n```\nThe actual KB database filename is provider and model specific. For example:\n\n```\nkb-openai-text-embedding-3-small.db\nkb-gemini-gemini-embedding-001.db\n```\nThe file kb.db is never created by any package, so the server starts with a broken knowle",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/272",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-17T12:56:50.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    {
      "Title": "GET /api/user/info panics on a nil UserStore when HTTP auth is disabled",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\n`GET /api/user/info` with any `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header panics with a nil pointer dereference when the server is started with HTTP auth disabled (`-no-auth`, or any config with `http.auth.enabled: false`).\n\n## Steps to reproduce\n\n```\n./bin/pgedge-postgres-mcp -http -addr localhost:8080 -no-auth -debug\ncurl -H \"Authorization: Bearer anything\" http://localhost:8080/api/user/info\n```\n\nServer log shows:\n\n```\npanic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer derefer",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/269",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-13T22:03:30.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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      "Extractor": "github_issue"
    },
    {
      "Title": "Feature request: metadata-only trace mode (no query text or results)",
      "Excerpt": "**Context:** drydock (pgEdge Cloud's multi-tenant platform) wants a per-token/per-user audit trail for MCP tool calls — \"which bearer token ran this query, when, did it succeed.\" The existing `trace_file` / `-trace-file` mechanism already logs exactly that shape of event (session ID, token hash, tool name, duration, success/failure), which is why it looked like the right fit at first.\n\n**The problem:** `LogToolCall`/`LogToolResult` currently also serialize the full tool arguments and full tool r",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/262",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T20:29:22.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
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    {
      "Title": "Simple deployment mode writes the database password to a plain-text, overly-readable file",
      "Excerpt": "**Priority:** Low\n\nOne deployment mode (multi-database setup via environment variables, not the mode our main hosted deployments use) writes a config file that contains a real database password in plain text, and that file ends up more widely readable than it needs to be.\n\nThis does not affect our main hosted deployments, which deliver the password a safer way. It only matters for anyone using the simpler, environment-variable-driven deployment mode.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/261",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T16:09:17.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    },
    {
      "Title": "Query results aren't actually capped, despite the safety limit",
      "Excerpt": "**Priority:** High\n\nThe query tool is supposed to cap results at 1,000 rows for safety. It doesn't.\n\nIf a query happens to contain the word \"limit\" or \"offset\" anywhere in the text — even in an unrelated phrase like \"credit limit\" — the tool wrongly assumes a cap is already in place and returns the whole table instead of the requested number of rows.\n\nConfirmed with a real test: asked for 5 rows back, got 387 instead.\n\nThere's also a related issue where the tool can tell the user the wrong page ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/260",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T16:09:06.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
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    {
      "Title": "Web client does not support MCP 2026-07-28 protocol",
      "Excerpt": "The server already supports both the old and new MCP protocols, but the web client is stuck on the old one. It always sends the legacy initialize handshake with protocolVersion: 2024-11-05 and never includes the modern protocol headers. The only way to test the 2026-07-28 path right now is through curl.\n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Open the GUI and check the browser Network tab\n2. All requests to /mcp/v1 use the old handshake with protocolVersion: 2024-11-05\n3. No MCP-Protocol-Version header is pres",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/259",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T15:27:11.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    },
    {
      "Title": "OpenAI embedding provider fails when no model is configured",
      "Excerpt": "When embedding.provider is set to openai without specifying a model, the server starts successfully but generate_embedding fails with \"model parameter is required.\" The OpenAI embedding case in embed_client.go passes the model value directly to the API without applying a default. Every other provider (Voyage, Gemini, Ollama) has a built-in fallback model, but OpenAI does not. The fix is to add text-embedding-3-small as the default when no model is configured.\n\n**Steps to reproduce:**\n\n1. Set emb",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/258",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T14:23:13.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
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    {
      "Title": "Connection list shows contradictory status after successful connect",
      "Excerpt": "The connection list shows \"connected to testdb\" and \"currently unavailable\" for the same entry at the same time. The server checks connection health at startup and caches the result, but never refreshes it. So even after successfully switching to a connection, the list still shows the stale startup state.\n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Configure a secondary database connection and start the server\n2. Notice secondary shows as unavailable in the connection list\n3. Switch to the secondary connection — i",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/256",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T13:48:59.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "fix(chat): model fallback can select an embedding-only model for chat",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\n`selectModel` (`internal/chat/client.go`) falls back to\n`availableModels[0]` with no capability check when a saved/default\nmodel isn't available. If an embedding-only model sorts first, every\nchat message fails.\n\n## Reproduction\n\nOllama with only `nomic-embed-text` (embedding) and `llama3.2` (chat)\ninstalled, saved preference pointing at a model no longer present:\n\n```\nError: LLM error: ollama (400): \"nomic-embed-text:latest\" does not support chat\n```\n\n`llama3.2` was available the wh",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/255",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-12T13:31:48.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "Gemini model list includes non-chat-capable models (TTS, preview), confusing error if selected",
      "Excerpt": "Gemini's model list (as surfaced in the web client's Model dropdown)\nincludes models that cannot actually be used for chat/tool-calling, leading\nto a confusing error if selected.\n\n## Confirmed examples\n\n- `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts` — text-to-speech only\n- `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts` — text-to-speech only\n- `antigravity-preview-05-2026` — not a chat-capable model\n\nSelecting any of these and sending a message fails with:\n\n```\ngemini (400): Multiturn chat is not enabled for models/<model-name>",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/246",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-11T09:15:25.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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    {
      "Title": "Fast provider switch can pair the new provider with the previous provider's model name",
      "Excerpt": "Switching providers in the web client sends a request paired with the\n*previous* provider's model name, if you send a message before the new\nprovider's model list finishes loading.\n\n## Root cause\n\n`useLLMProviders`'s model-list fetch is asynchronous (`fetchModels`, in\n`web/src/hooks/useLLMProviders.js`) — switching `selectedProvider` triggers\na re-fetch of that provider's model list, but `selectedModel` is not cleared\nuntil the fetch resolves. `ChatInterface.jsx`'s `handleSend` (and\n`handlePromp",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/245",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-11T09:15:05.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
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    },
    {
      "Title": "sseChat.js drops Gemini tool-call arguments and signatures, breaking Gemini tool use in the web client",
      "Excerpt": "Two distinct bugs in `web/src/utils/sseChat.js`'s `tool_use_start` handler\nthat together make Gemini tool-calling not work through the web client, even\nthough the underlying library (`pgedge-go-llm-lib`) is correct.\n\n## Bug 1: tool-call arguments are silently dropped\n\n`tool_use_start`'s handler only ever populates its argument buffer from\nlater `tool_use_delta` chunks:\n\n```js\npendingTools.set(id, {\n    name: tu.name || '',\n    partial: '',\n});\n```\n\nIt never reads `tu.input`, even when the start ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/244",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-11T09:14:43.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    },
    {
      "Title": "add Gemini LLM provider support to the CLI client",
      "Excerpt": "The MCP server supports Gemini as an LLM provider (provider: gemini in YAML config, PGEDGE_GEMINI_API_KEY env var), but the CLI client (pgedge-pg-mcp-cli) does not expose it. The --llm-provider flag only accepts anthropic, openai, or ollama. There is no --gemini-api-key flag and /set provider gemini is not available in the interactive CLI.\n\n**Expected fix:**\n\nAdd --gemini-api-key / --gemini-api-key-file CLI flags\nAdd gemini to --llm-provider accepted values\nAdd gemini to /set provider in the int",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/238",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-07T10:25:02.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
      "Reporter": "Contributor",
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    },
    {
      "Title": "add sslcert/sslkey/sslrootcert fields to example config files",
      "Excerpt": "The sslcert, sslkey, and sslrootcert database config fields are not present in any example configuration file. The examples only show sslmode, making the client certificate fields undiscoverable for users browsing examples.\n\nAffected files:\n\nexamples/pgedge-postgres-mcp-http.yaml.example\nexamples/pgedge-postgres-mcp-stdio.yaml.example\nexamples/.env.example (missing PGEDGE_DB_SSLCERT, PGEDGE_DB_SSLKEY, PGEDGE_DB_SSLROOTCERT)\nExpected fix:\n\nAdd commented-out sslcert, sslkey, sslrootcert fields nex",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/237",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-07T10:17:50.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
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      "Title": "Connection pool never succeeds when the role is restricted by pgedge_safesession (default_transaction_read_only reassertion gets blocked)",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nWhen a database connection is protected by the `pgedge_safesession` extension\n(which enforces a hard read-only restriction on a given role at the Postgres\nlevel), the MCP server cannot establish a working pooled connection at all.\n`AllowWrites: false` (the default) makes every connection fail at\n`AfterConnect`, so the pool never has a usable connection to hand out.\n\n## Reproduction\n\nConfig (`allow_writes` omitted, so it defaults to `false`):\n\n```yaml\ndatabases:\n    - name: \"safesessi",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/236",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-06T16:34:54.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 1,
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    {
      "Title": "Need some help to setup a pgedge postgres MCP Server",
      "Excerpt": "Hi,\n\nI am trying to set up your MCP Server but it does not seem to start properly.\nI do not have enough logs to tell me whats wrong\n\nHere is the log I can get:\n\n```bash\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Starting pgEdge Natural Language Agent...\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Data directory: /var/lib/pgedge/mcp-server\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Starting MCP server\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Connected to database: xxx_reader@xxx:5432/xxx\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Authentication: DISABLED\npgedge-postgres-mcp  | Starting MCP ser",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/145",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-06T07:49:37.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 4,
      "Reporter": "External",
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    {
      "Title": "Add multi-host connection support for high availability and failover",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd support for libpq multi-host connection strings, enabling automatic failover and read-write routing across multiple PostgreSQL servers.\n\n## Motivation\n\nProduction PostgreSQL deployments commonly use streaming replication with multiple nodes. The MCP server currently accepts a single host and port per database connection, requiring users to point at a single server with no failover capability. Adding multi-host support lets pgx try each configured host in order and connect to whic",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/96",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-10T17:01:30.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 11,
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    {
      "Title": "Server should not exit when one of multiple configured databases is unreachable at startup",
      "Excerpt": "**Describe the bug**\n\nWhen multiple databases are configured, the MCP server attempts to connect to all of them at startup. If any single database is unreachable (network issue, VPN not connected, temporary outage), the entire server exits with an error. This makes the server unusable in environments where not all databases are always accessible.\n\n**To Reproduce**\n\n1. Configure multiple databases, where one is temporarily unreachable:\n```yaml\ndatabases:\n  - name: \"local_db\"\n    host: \"localhost\"",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/82",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-25T17:54:15.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 4,
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    {
      "Title": "`default_transaction_read_only` startup parameter breaks connections through PgBouncer/HAProxy",
      "Excerpt": "**Describe the bug**\n\nThe MCP server sends `default_transaction_read_only` as a PostgreSQL startup parameter when connecting to databases, even when `allow_writes: true` is configured. This causes connections through PgBouncer or HAProxy (in transaction/statement pooling mode) to fail, as these proxies do not support this startup parameter.\n\n**Error message:**\n```\nERROR: Failed to connect to database: unable to ping database: failed to connect to\n`user=user_admin database=delivery_db`: 10.246.0.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/81",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-25T17:54:08.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 3,
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    },
    {
      "Title": "Need a script and clear \"quick start\" documentation for running the MCP server standalone",
      "Excerpt": "There are scripts and getting started instructions for running the MCP with both the web and CLI clients, but not standalone.   Maybe the quick start should be titled something like \"Running the MCP server with other clients and agents\".",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/80",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-25T17:19:02.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "CLI does not display database write mode status on connection",
      "Excerpt": "When connecting to the MCP server, the CLI displays the active database name but does not show the allow_writes status. As a result, users cannot determine whether write operations are permitted until they attempt one and encounter a failure.\n\n**Current Behavior**\n\n```\n./pgedge-nla-cli -mcp-mode http -mcp-url http://localhost:8080/\nUsername: imtiaz\nPassword: \n\n          _\n   ______/ \\-.   _           pgEdge Natural Language Agent\n.-/     (    o\\_//           CLI: v1.0.0-beta3  Server: v1.0.0-bet",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/58",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-01-27T05:13:19.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "Web GUI Loses Connection When Switching Between Multiple Databases in MCP Server",
      "Excerpt": "I have observed a bug in the MCP Server Web GUI when configuring and switching between multiple databases.\n\nIssue Summary\nWhen multiple databases are configured in the MCP server YAML file, switching from the default database to another database via the Web GUI causes the connection to drop and results in a JSON parsing error.\n\n\n\nConfiguration Details\nThe MCP server is configured with two databases in the YAML file, for example:\n\n\n\ndatabases:\n  - name: \"default\"\n    host: localhost\n    port: 543",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/43",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-01-20T11:36:49.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 7,
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    {
      "Title": "Usability Issue: add-user / add-token Command Does Not Respect Server Configuration File Path",
      "Excerpt": "I have identified a usability issue with the add-user command that could lead to user confusion and potential misconfiguration.\n\nIssue Summary\nWhen the add-user command is executed without the --user-file flag, it uses a hardcoded default path instead of reading the user file path from the MCP server’s YAML configuration.\n\n\nCurrent Behavior\nThe --user-file flag is optional and defaults to an empty string.\n\nWhen omitted, the command falls back to GetDefaultUserPath(), which checks:\n\n/etc/pgedge/p",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/pgEdge/pgedge-postgres-mcp/issues/42",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-01-20T11:31:42.000Z",
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