Tidewave Rails MCP Server
Runtime-level MCP server for Rails development: run code, read logs, query the DB, read docs.
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Known issues
28 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.
Most discussed
Tidewave MCP + mcp-proxy not compatible with Codex CLI
Which editor/MCP client are you using?
Codex CLI
Are you using a MCP proxy?
was using mcp-proxy, but after the SSE -> Streamable HTTP update it doesn't work for Codex
Is your web application working correctly?
- Host localhost:3100 was resolved. * IPv6: ::1 * IPv4: 127.0.0.1 * Trying [::1]:3100... * Connected to localhost (::1) port 3100 > GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1 > Host: localhost:3100 > User-Agent: curl/8.7.1 > Accept: / > * Request completely sent off < HTTP/1.1 405 Me
Read the thread · 2025-11-04 · closed · external user · 7 comments
get_logs tool fails with large log files causing HTTP 500 errors
Issue: get_logs tool fails with large log files
Problem Description
The get_logs tool fails with HTTP 500 errors when the log file is very large, causing timeouts and memory overflow.
Root Cause Analysis
The get_logs tool uses a hardcoded file path and attempts to read the entire log file into memory:
def call(tail:, grep: nil)
log_file = Rails.root.join("log", "#{Rails.env}.log")
return "Log file not found" unless File.exist?(log_file)
logs = File.readlines(log
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/86) · 2025-09-15 · closed · outside contributor · 6 comments
### Could not connect to your app MCP error -32001
### Which editor/MCP client are you using?
gem install tidewave; rails server -p 3003
### Are you using a MCP proxy?
No
### Is your web application working correctly?
➜ ~ curl -v http://localhost:3003/tidewave/mcp * Host localhost:3003 was resolved. * IPv6: ::1 * IPv4: 127.0.0.1 * Trying [::1]:3003... * connect to ::1 port 3003 from ::1 port 57474 failed: Connection refused * Trying 127.0.0.1:3003... * Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 3003 > GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1 > Host: l
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/78) · 2025-08-22 · closed · external user · 6 comments
### Consider all models, not just those backed by a database
Hey there!
I see that the concept of models only has a direct relationship with the database, when anything you have in the models folder is actually a model. They can be simple POROs, ActiveModel objects, etc. Considering them to be only database object could cause agents to ignore other files.
It'd be great if everything that is a model as such were returned.
What do you think? Thanks!
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/77) · 2025-08-19 · closed · external user · 4 comments
### Distracting debug output for CLI rails commands
When running commands like `rails db:migrate` the Tidewave debug code outputs several lines of text that is distracting and surprising:
rails db:migrate D, [2025-06-10T15:05:48.724748 #61924] DEBUG -- : Registered tool: write_project_file D, [2025-06-10T15:05:48.724773 #61924] DEBUG -- : Registered tool: shell_eval D, [2025-06-10T15:05:48.724779 #61924] DEBUG -- : Registered tool: read_project_file D, [2025-06-10T15:05:48.724782 #61924] DEBUG -- : Registered tool: project_eval D, [2025-06-1
Read the thread · 2025-06-10 · closed · external user · 5 comments
Most recent
FastMCP incompatible with Dry::Schema
Current behavior
Dry::Schemas fail to load due to an invalid monkey patch in FastMCP, see https://github.com/yjacquin/fast-mcp/pull/161.
Expected behavior
Meanwhile, you can add this to your config/environments/development.rb to fix it:
Dry::Schema::Macros::Hash.class_eval do
def call(*args, &block)
if block
# Use current context to track nested context if available
context = MetadataContext.current
if context
context.with_neste
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/98) · 2025-11-25 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
### Cannot Authenticate MCP
### Which editor/MCP client are you using?
Claude Code
### Are you using a MCP proxy?
no
### Is your web application working correctly?
curl -v http://localhost:4000/tidewave/mcp * Host localhost:4000 was resolved. * IPv6: ::1 * IPv4: 127.0.0.1 * Trying [::1]:4000... * Connected to localhost (::1) port 4000 > GET /tidewave/mcp HTTP/1.1 > Host: localhost:4000 > User-Agent: curl/8.7.1 > Accept: */* > * Request completely sent off < HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed < Content-Type: application
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/96) · 2025-11-09 · closed · external user · 2 comments
### Main+latest fast_mcp is not compatible with Tidewave
### Which editor/MCP client are you using?
Tidewave
### Are you using a MCP proxy?
No
### Is your web application working correctly?
Yes
### What is your operating system?
All
### What is your Tidewave version?
Main
### Current behavior
`project_eval` is failing.
### Expected behavior
`project_eval` should work.
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/91) · 2025-10-01 · open · outside contributor · 2 comments
### Gem Load Error is: undefined method 'subclasses' for module Rails::Generators
### What is your operating system?
macOS 26
### What is your Ruby version?
3.4.6
### What is your Ruby on Rails version?
main/Edge
### What is your Tidewave version?
0.3.1
### Current behavior
After installing the gem in the `development` group I get an error. I also set the ENV vars as suggested (RAILS_MAX_THREADS=1 WEB_CONCURRENCY=1) and it does not seem to make a difference.
Here is the error and stacktrace I get when attempting to boot my development server:
`Gem Load Error is: un
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/89) · 2025-09-26 · closed · external user · 4 comments
### Rails: Server fails to start `No such middleware to insert before: Rails::Rack::Logger` if there is no `Rails::Rack::Logger`
Thanks for tidewave! 🎉 Very excited about the direction of the project.
### Which editor/MCP client are you using?
n/a
### Are you using a MCP proxy?
n/a
### Is your web application working correctly?
no
### What is your operating system?
mac
### What is your Tidewave version?
0.3.1
### Current behavior
Error: `No such middleware to insert before: Rails::Rack::Logger`
FYI, if the `Rails::Rack::Logger` doesn't exist, this will throw an error and the server won't start. Maybe that's o
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/87) · 2025-09-18 · closed · external user · 3 comments
### can't open Tidewave after upgrade
### What is your operating system?
MacOS Tahoe
### What is your Ruby version?
3.4.5
### What is your Ruby on Rails version?
main
### What is your Tidewave version?
0.3.0
### Current behavior
After updating the gem, I can no longer access `/tidewave`, it shows a blank screen, and this error on the devtools console
```json
{"project_name":"Switchboard","framework_type":"rails","tidewave_version":"0.3.0","team":{}}
[
{
"expected": "string",
"code": "invalid_type",
"path": [
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/83) · 2025-09-08 · closed · external user · 4 comments
### Use streamable http transport instead of SSE
### What is your operating system?
All
### What is your Ruby version?
All
### What is your Ruby on Rails version?
All
### What is your Tidewave version?
All
### Current behavior
It uses SSE.
### Expected behavior
It should use streamable http for better web server compatibility.
[Read the thread](https://github.com/tidewave-ai/tidewave_rails/issues/81) · 2025-09-03 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
[See all 19 reports Pod holds for Tidewave Rails](/mcp/tidewave-rails/issues) — of 28 qualified upstream.
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