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Tidewave Phoenix Desktop Extension MCP Server

Runtime-level MCP server for Phoenix development: run code, read logs, query the DB, read docs.

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Windows/Claude Desktop

Hello,

Trying to run Tidewave on Windows with Claude desktop and Elixir mcp proxy , keep getting the errors in the attached file and the below on the command line :

19:30:54.329 [error] Failed to parse SSE event!

19:30:54.336 [info] SSE connection closed. Trying to reconnect in 1s.

mcp-server-tidewave.log

Read the thread · 2025-05-01 · closed · external user · 21 comments

claude code can't authorize

Which editor/MCP client are you using?

claude code

Are you using a MCP proxy?

no

Is your web application working correctly?

yes

What is your operating system?

arch

What is your Tidewave version?

~> 0.4

Current behavior

tidewave is working in my browser and i have a few messages with it so far.

claude code can't do much other than detect the MCP.

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[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/173) · 2025-09-02 · closed · external user · 17 comments

### Can't register Tidewave in Claude Code (requests end up in application router)

### Which editor/MCP client are you using?

Claude Code 1.0.55 (via the bun-based installer, see below)

### Are you using a MCP proxy?

No

### Is your web application working correctly?

```bash
$ curl -v http://localhost:4011/tidewave/mcp

*   Trying 127.0.0.1:4011...
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 4011 (#0)
> GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:4011
> User-Agent: curl/7.88.1
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< cache-control: no-cache
< connection: keep-alive
< content-typ

[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/128) · 2025-07-18 · closed · external user · 12 comments

### Unknown registry: Tidewave.MCP.Registry

### Which editor/MCP client are you using?

Claude Code

### Are you using a MCP proxy?

No

### Is your web application working correctly?

* Host localhost:4000 was resolved. * IPv6: ::1 * IPv4: 127.0.0.1 *   Trying [::1]:4000... * connect to ::1 port 4000 from ::1 port 60158 failed: Connection refused *   Trying 127.0.0.1:4000... * Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 4000 * using HTTP/1.x > GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1 > Host: localhost:4000 > User-Agent: curl/8.13.0 > Accept: */* > * Reque

[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/101) · 2025-06-18 · closed · external user · 12 comments

### Bug: SSE error when using Cursor

Using Cursor's latest (I'm on the nightly branch)

Installed Tidewave, set up MCP as described in the Tidewave docs

Getting the following SSE error - screenshots below:

To recreate: 

1) Start Phoenix with Tidewave installed
2) Navigate to `https://localhost:4000/tidewave/mcp`
3) Navigate to the data endpoint URL displayed (`http://localhost:4000/tidewave/mcp/message?sessionId=8e6a5e81-833d62f4-3305d87c`)

If I cycle the MCP server (toggle on/off) the error disappears

Error: 

[error] **

Read the thread · 2025-04-29 · closed · external user · 11 comments

Most recent

Support opt-in staging releases without Mix and server-side tool selection

Use case

We use Tidewave in an authenticated internal staging environment where non-developer teammates use Claude Code and Vision mode to record UI tutorials.

The desired environment split is:

  • dev: full Tidewave tool set
  • staging: a limited server-side tool set, such as browser tools only
  • prod: no Tidewave dependency or plug

A consumer can already scope the dependency with only: [:dev, :staging]. However, Tidewave.Application currently starts the MCP supervisor only when t

Read the thread · 2026-08-28 · open · external user · 1 comment

project_eval never reloads code in non-Phoenix projects (v0.9.0)

Tidewave.MCP.Tools.Eval.eval_code/5 reloads before every evaluation, but only when a Phoenix endpoint is present:

# lib/tidewave/mcp/tools/eval.ex
if endpoint = assigns[:phoenix_endpoint] do
  Phoenix.CodeReloader.reload(endpoint)
end

Tidewave.call/2 sets phoenix_endpoint: conn.private[:phoenix_endpoint], which is nil for the non-Phoenix setup the README documents under "In non-Phoenix applications" (bandit + a mix tidewave alias). So that branch never runs, and the nod

Read the thread · 2026-08-23 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Plug.Conn.register_before_send/2 crashes on diagnostic GET with Plug 1.20

Which editor/MCP client are you using?

Codex, using MCP.

Are you using a MCP proxy?

No

Is your web application working correctly?

The MCP endpoint is reachable. A GET request returns: HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed Method Not Allowed Command: curl -v http://localhost:4000/tidewave/mcp

What is your operating system?

Linux, Fedora Silverblue.

What is your Tidewave version?

0.8.3.

Current behavior

With Tidewave 0.8.3 and Plug 1.20.3, a same-origin

Read the thread · 2026-08-14 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Tidewave Web: with local_port discovery the client rewrites the MCP target to localhost keeping the https scheme, breaking TLS-terminating dev proxies

What is your operating system?

macOS (Apple Silicon)

What is your Elixir version?

1.15.7 (Erlang/OTP 26)

What is your Phoenix version?

1.7.10

What is your Tidewave version?

0.6.1 (hex package) / 0.4.5 (CLI)

Current behavior

Setup: Phoenix dev server on plain HTTP (localhost:4000), with a local TLS-terminating reverse proxy (Caddy) in front of it:

  • https://app.example.comlocalhost:4000 (Phoenix)
  • https://tidewave.example.com → Tidewave CLI (`tidewave --a

Read the thread · 2026-07-01 · closed · external user · 2 comments

before_send callback crashes with AlreadySentError on WebSocket upgrades

Description

When plug Tidewave is enabled and a request is upgraded to a WebSocket (via WebSockAdapter.upgrade/4 / Plug.Conn.upgrade_adapter/3), the before_send callback registered in Tidewave.call/2 crashes with Plug.Conn.AlreadySentError.

Root cause

In call/2, Tidewave registers a before_send that mutates response headers:

def call(conn, _opts) do
  conn
  |> validate!()
  |> Plug.Conn.register_before_send(fn conn ->
    conn
    |> maybe_rewrite_csp()
    |

[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/247) · 2026-06-30 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### (RuntimeError) get_sock_data not supported by Plug.Cowboy.Conn

### Which editor/MCP client are you using?

Tidewave web

### Are you using a MCP proxy?

No

### Is your web application working correctly?

* Host localhost:55110 was resolved. * IPv6: ::1 * IPv4: 127.0.0.1 *   Trying [::1]:55110... * connect to ::1 port 55110 from ::1 port 52189 failed: Connection refused *   Trying 127.0.0.1:55110... * Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 55110 > GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1 > Host: localhost:55110 > User-Agent: curl/8.7.1 > Accept: */* > * Request complete

[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/246) · 2026-06-25 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Support system HTTP/HTTPS proxy environment variables

### Which editor/MCP client are you using?

vscode

### Are you using a MCP proxy?

_No response_

### Is your web application working correctly?

_No response_

### What is your operating system?

windows

### What is your Tidewave version?

0.5

### Current behavior

Tidewave currently does not appear to use the system-configured proxy settings or standard proxy environment variables such as:

- HTTP_PROXY
- HTTPS_PROXY
- http_proxy
- https_proxy

This can cause connection issues in environmen

[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/243) · 2026-05-18 · closed · external user · 3 comments

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