Tidewave Phoenix MCP Server
Runtime-level MCP server for Phoenix development: run code, read logs, query the DB, read docs.
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Known issues
88 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.
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ACP preload fails (ZodError / “Cannot preload without client”)
What is your operating system?
macOS (darwin/arm64)
What is your Elixir version?
Elixir 1.18.4 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 27)
What is your Phoenix version?
1.8.3
What is your Tidewave version?
0.5.4
Current behavior
I’m using Tidewave Web with Phoenix following the current documentation (Phoenix Plug + Tidewave CLI + *.localhost secure context).
The UI connects to MCP successfully, but any attempt to start a chat or perform actions fails during ACP preload. The bro
Read the thread · 2026-01-27 · closed · external user · 9 comments
Unable to configure Github Copilot provider
What is your operating system?
MacOS
What is your Elixir version?
1.18
What is your Phoenix version?
1.8.0
What is your Tidewave version?
0.4
Current behavior
When I try to configure the github copilot provider it takes me to github and everything looks to be working. Integration set up... all good, but then it just stays on github page, doesn't take me back to localhost:4000/tidewave. When I manually go back to localhost with tidewave, the configuration did not stic
Read the thread · 2025-09-07 · closed · external user · 9 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
### 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](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_phoenix/issues/275) · 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:
```elixir
# 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](/mcp/tidewave-phoenix/issues) — of 88 qualified upstream.
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