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Unbounded dependency version causes production outage

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A routine deployment of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using the fastmcp library resulted in a production outage, with all requests returning a 421 Misdirected Request error. The issue stemmed from an unbounded version constraint in the project's pyproject.toml file, which allowed the dependency resolver to automatically update fastmcp from version 3.4.2 to 3.4.3. This newer version introduced a default-enabled DNS rebinding protection feature that blocked requests to the custom domain, as the allowed hosts were not explicitly configured. The problem was exacerbated by the fact that the 3.4.3 release, which included this breaking change, was treated as a patch update. AI

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Unbounded dependency version causes production outage

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Hiroshi Toyama ·

    How an Unbounded fastmcp Version Constraint Took Down Production with 421 Misdirected Request

    <p>We run a <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Model Context Protocol</a> server on Cloud Run, built with <a href="https://gofastmcp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">fastmcp</a>, sitting behind a custom domain on an HTTPS load balancer. It hadn't …

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