Initialize call hangs forever if MCP server does not return a Content-Type: text/plain #2432

# server.py

from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

class PlainTextHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_POST(self):
        length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
        self.rfile.read(length)

        body = b"this is not json"
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(body)

    def log_message(self, format, *args):
        print(f"[server] {format % args}")

server = HTTPServer(("localhost", 9000), PlainTextHandler)
print("[server] listening on http://localhost:9000")
server.serve_forever()

# client.py
import asyncio
import mcp
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client

async def main():
    print("connecting…")
    async with streamable_http_client("http://localhost:9000/mcp") as (
        read_stream, write_stream, _,
    ):
        async with mcp.ClientSession(read_stream, write_stream) as session:
            await session.initialize()  # ← hangs here forever

    print("done (you should never see this)")