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FastMCP v4.1.1 rejects regex tool-search patterns longer than 1,000 characters and stops searches after about a second. It also restores discovery of linked skill folders, while requiring each skill's files to resolve inside the linked folder.
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Softeria's Microsoft 365 MCP server v0.170.0 adds a gcc-high cloud type using the US Government login authority.
The v2.2.0-M1 prerelease introduces a stateless Streamable HTTP server for MCP 2026-07-28, with user-implemented tool, resource and prompt catalogs. A modern client, tasks and SEP-2243 custom headers are not yet supported.
Factbird's MCP connection lets compatible AI assistants query live manufacturing data after Factbird enables it on the account. Users authenticate with their own Factbird accounts and existing permissions; the connection cannot change production data, settings or line configuration.
Cursor cloud agents can now create interactive canvases that users can share by link. The update also introduces a beta Environments API for creating and managing cloud environments, which now support up to 300 repositories.
Claude Code v2.1.302 enables fork subagents by default in the Agent SDK, desktop app and VS Code. It also fixes MCP 2026-07-28 tool failures when resultType, ttlMs or cacheScope is omitted, and reduces filesystem calls when loading plugins.
For organizations using organization-wide sign-in, Speakeasy v1.43.2 provides one MCP gateway URL for authorized servers across projects. Access changes take effect on the next request, while each server retains its own sign-in.
GitHub's Slack and Teams assistant can now work across multiple repositories in one conversation, including issue creation, code changes and bug investigations. Shared Slack messages and threads can also provide context.
GitHub scheduled Copilot deprecation of Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra for November 16, 2026. Claude Opus 4.8 remains available to individual subscribers on annual plans.
GitHub made agentic autofix generally available for default-branch alerts to Code Security and Advanced Security customers on Enterprise Cloud; it reruns CodeQL to check fixes before opening draft pull requests. Access requires enterprise policy approval, organization or repository enablement and a Copilot billing method.