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.
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 setstaging: a limited server-side tool set, such as browser tools onlyprod: 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.com→localhost: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
[See all 23 reports Pod holds for Tidewave Phoenix Desktop Extension](/mcp/tidewave-phoenix-desktop-extension/issues) — of 89 qualified upstream.
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