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ProtocolProbe fixes bug showing deprecated servers as active

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ProtocolProbe, a directory of server facts, encountered a bug where it continued to display servers as "active" even after their publishers had marked them as deprecated in the registry. This occurred because the system's daily update job only processed changes related to new servers or new versions, not metadata-only updates like status changes. To fix this, ProtocolProbe implemented two main changes: first, a daily reconciliation process to compare and patch server fields directly with the registry, and second, a live check of public pages for a sample of updated servers to ensure accuracy before reporting success. AI

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ProtocolProbe fixes bug showing deprecated servers as active

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · md sultan mahamud ·

    "Our MCP directory said \"active\". The publisher had deprecated it five days earlier."

    <p>I run ProtocolProbe, a directory of facts about every server in the official MCP Registry: each server gets a page, read from public records (the registry, npm, PyPI, GitHub), with a date on every fact.</p> <p>A publisher emailed us. They had renamed their server, marked the o…

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