# Reported issues for SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI) Pod holds 8 of 8 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded entirely — a maintainer's release checklist is not a warning to a prospective user. Back to [SemanticOps MCP (for Power BI)](/mcp/semanticops-mcp-for-power-bi). ## Most discussed ### Slow list operation due to stale Analysis Services workspace directories with dead ports Summary The list operation for Power BI Desktop models can take 10-20+ minutes when stale Analysis Services workspace directories have accumulated on the machine. MCP Engine attempts to connect to every discovered port, and dead ports cause long connection timeouts that stack up sequentially. Root Cause Power BI Desktop creates a workspace directory under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\AnalysisServicesWorkspaces\ each time a PBIX file is opened. Each directory contains [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/10) · 2026-05-08 · closed · external user · 3 comments ### [Security]: ESET detects mcp-engine binary as trojan (Win64/Filecoder_AGen.CO) ## Summary ESET Endpoint Security detects the distributed `mcp-engine` binary as a trojan when it is pulled via `npx`. ## Category Packaging / supply chain / release artifacts ## Severity High ## Affected surface The packaged `bin/mcp-engine-bin-*.exe` download path on Windows machines with ESET Endpoint Security enabled. ## Reproduction steps 1. Pull the package via `npx`. 2. Allow ESET real-time protection and deep behavioral inspection to scan the downloaded binary. 3. Observe that E [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/9) · 2026-04-10 · closed · external user · 3 comments ### The Chatbot said "I cannot directly control Power BI Desktop through the browser extension". Can't create visuals I don't understand. Ask the chatbot to create a simple visual. It said I need to install a Chrome extension and log in to Claude in Chrome. Already did it. Then it said, "I cannot directly control Power BI Desktop through the browser extension." What is going on? How does this work exactly? I thought that this would work with PowerBI Desktop locally? Now it says it can't modify things using a Chrome extension. It also said it needs my screenshot of PowerBI Visual. WTF? Does this modify visuals [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/8) · 2026-01-28 · closed · external user · 1 comment ### Flagged as Ransomeware by Trend Security Agent Hi, Trend Security Agent flagged powerbi-desktop-mcp-2.0.10.mcpb as Ransomeware (high probability). Is there a possibility were we could inspect source code for review ? env pro so can't take risk :3 Thx for your work ! [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/7) · 2026-01-23 · closed · external user · 2 comments ### Vertipaq cache only cleared on first run When I ran the trace tool with n runs, it only cleared the cache on the first one. [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/5) · 2025-11-17 · closed · external user · 2 comments ### MCPB file is a html extract of the github page not a package Looking forward to using this! The current release file is a html file of a page, not the zip packed one following this format with a manifest https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/desktop-extensions [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/4) · 2025-11-07 · closed · external user · 1 comment ### Claude will return soon Hi I'm trying to install Power BI MCP v. 1.3 Claude desktop is installed, and the Power BI MCP installation makes it to "Requirements - All requirements met" But then Claude hangs with: " Claude will return soon. Claude is currently experiencing a temporary service disruption. We're working on it , please check back soon." The message window has a link to https://status.claude.com, where everything is green. Regards, Henrik [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/3) · 2025-11-06 · closed · external user · 1 comment ### Failed to validate tool mcp_powerbi-deskt_create_table_with_m_partition I got the follow error when running the MCP in VS Code: Image I was seemingly able to get it to start: Image [Read the thread](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues/2) · 2025-11-04 · closed · external user · 1 comment ## Most recent The remaining reports are on [the project's issue tracker](https://github.com/maxanatsko/mcp-engine-public/issues).