fix: address issue with improper server start failure handling

crates/rust-mcp-sdk/src/error.rs

@@ -22,9 +22,19 @@ pub enum McpSdkError {
     #[cfg(feature = "hyper-server")]
     #[error("{0}")]
     TransportServerError(#[from] TransportServerError),
-    #[error("Incompatible mcp protocol version!\n client:{0}\nserver:{1}")]
+    #[error("Incompatible mcp protocol version: client:{0} server:{1}")]
     IncompatibleProtocolVersion(String, String),
 }
 
+impl McpSdkError {
+    /// Returns the RPC error message if the error is of type `McpSdkError::RpcError`.
+    pub fn rpc_error_message(&self) -> Option<&String> {
+        if let McpSdkError::RpcError(rpc_error) = self {
+            return Some(&rpc_error.message);
+        }
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 #[deprecated(since = "0.2.0", note = "Use `McpSdkError` instead.")]
 pub type MCPSdkError = McpSdkError;

crates/rust-mcp-sdk/src/mcp_handlers/mcp_server_handler.rs

@@ -31,22 +31,28 @@ pub trait ServerHandler: Send + Sync + 'static {
         initialize_request: InitializeRequest,
         runtime: &dyn McpServer,
     ) -> std::result::Result<InitializeResult, RpcError> {
-        runtime
-            .set_client_details(initialize_request.params.clone())
-            .map_err(|err| RpcError::internal_error().with_message(format!("{err}")))?;
-
         let mut server_info = runtime.server_info().to_owned();
         // Provide compatibility for clients using older MCP protocol versions.
 
         if let Some(updated_protocol_version) = enforce_compatible_protocol_version(
             &initialize_request.params.protocol_version,
             &server_info.protocol_version,
         )
-        .map_err(|err| RpcError::internal_error().with_message(err.to_string()))?
-        {
-            server_info.protocol_version = initialize_request.params.protocol_version;
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            tracing::error!(
+                "Incompatible protocol version : client: {} server: {}",
+                &initialize_request.params.protocol_version,
+                &server_info.protocol_version
+            );
+            RpcError::internal_error().with_message(err.to_string())
+        })? {
+            server_info.protocol_version = updated_protocol_version;
         }
 
+        runtime
+            .set_client_details(initialize_request.params.clone())
+            .map_err(|err| RpcError::internal_error().with_message(format!("{err}")))?;
+
         Ok(server_info)
     }
 

crates/rust-mcp-sdk/src/mcp_runtimes/server_runtime.rs

@@ -106,7 +106,14 @@ impl McpServer for ServerRuntime {
                     // create a response to send back to the client
                     let response: MessageFromServer = match result {
                         Ok(success_value) => success_value.into(),
-                        Err(error_value) => MessageFromServer::Error(error_value),
+                        Err(error_value) => {
+                            // Error occurred during initialization.
+                            // A likely cause could be an unsupported protocol version.
+                            if !self.is_initialized() {
+                                return Err(error_value.into());
+                            }
+                            MessageFromServer::Error(error_value)
+                        }
                     };
 
                     // send the response back with corresponding request id

examples/hello-world-mcp-server-core/src/main.rs

@@ -40,5 +40,13 @@ async fn main() -> SdkResult<()> {
     let server = server_runtime_core::create_server(server_details, transport, handler);
 
     // STEP 5: Start the server
-    server.start().await
+    if let Err(start_error) = server.start().await {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{}",
+            start_error
+                .rpc_error_message()
+                .unwrap_or(&start_error.to_string())
+        );
+    };
+    Ok(())
 }

examples/hello-world-mcp-server/src/main.rs

@@ -42,5 +42,13 @@ async fn main() -> SdkResult<()> {
     let server: ServerRuntime = server_runtime::create_server(server_details, transport, handler);
 
     // STEP 5: Start the server
-    server.start().await
+    if let Err(start_error) = server.start().await {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{}",
+            start_error
+                .rpc_error_message()
+                .unwrap_or(&start_error.to_string())
+        );
+    };
+    Ok(())
 }

examples/hello-world-server-core-sse/src/handler.rs

@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ impl ServerHandlerCore for MyServerHandler {
                         &initialize_request.params.protocol_version,
                         &server_info.protocol_version,
                     )
-                    .map_err(|err| RpcError::internal_error().with_message(err.to_string()))?
-                    {
-                        server_info.protocol_version = initialize_request.params.protocol_version;
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        tracing::error!(
+                            "Incompatible protocol version :\nclient: {}\nserver: {}",
+                            &initialize_request.params.protocol_version,
+                            &server_info.protocol_version
+                        );
+                        RpcError::internal_error().with_message(err.to_string())
+                    })? {
+                        server_info.protocol_version = updated_protocol_version;
                     }
 
                     return Ok(server_info.into());

rust-toolchain.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.87.0"
+channel = "1.88.0"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]