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From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:11:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 62064ef970b624e76cd23474086d210e5fba2574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:12:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Increase MaxReconnectionAttempts default from 2 to 5

Co-authored-by: stephentoub <2642209+stephentoub@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../Client/HttpClientTransportOptions.cs                   | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Client/HttpClientTransportOptions.cs b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Client/HttpClientTransportOptions.cs
index 73eaae700..ce61849e0 100644
--- a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Client/HttpClientTransportOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Client/HttpClientTransportOptions.cs
@@ -113,14 +113,15 @@ public required Uri Endpoint
     /// Gets or sets the maximum number of consecutive reconnection attempts when an SSE stream is disconnected.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>
-    /// The maximum number of reconnection attempts. The default is 2.
+    /// The maximum number of reconnection attempts. The default is 5.
     /// </value>
     /// <remarks>
     /// When an SSE stream is disconnected (e.g., due to a network issue), the client will attempt to
     /// reconnect using the Last-Event-ID header to resume from where it left off. This property controls
-    /// how many reconnection attempts are made before giving up.
+    /// how many consecutive reconnection attempts are made before giving up. The counter resets to zero
+    /// on each successful stream read, so this value only limits consecutive failures.
     /// </remarks>
-    public int MaxReconnectionAttempts { get; set; } = 2;
+    public int MaxReconnectionAttempts { get; set; } = 5;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the default interval at which the client attempts reconnection after an SSE stream is disconnected.