Add Accept header for HTTP MCP backend session establishment#183
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Added 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' header to both initializeHTTPSession and sendHTTPRequest methods to ensure proper content negotiation with HTTP MCP backends like safeinputs. Co-authored-by: lpcox <15877973+lpcox@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Fix error connecting gateway to backend safeinputs server
Add Accept header for HTTP MCP backend session establishment
Jan 12, 2026
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The safeinputs HTTP backend returns "Session not found" (404) because the gateway doesn't send the required
Acceptheader during session establishment.Changes
Accept: application/json, text/event-streamheader to HTTP MCP requestsinitializeHTTPSession(): Ensures proper content negotiation during session creationsendHTTPRequest(): Maintains consistency for all HTTP backend communicationContext
HTTP MCP backends like safeinputs require explicit content type negotiation to establish sessions. Without the Accept header, the backend cannot determine the response format, leading to session initialization failures.
This aligns with the safeinputs server's documented initialization flow, which captures the session ID from response headers for subsequent authenticated requests.
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