v0.6.9

🚀 Toolhive v0.6.9 is live!

This release brings enhancements to MCP workflows, better registry customization, and improved developer experience across the board.

MCP & Workflows
• Smart transport auto-detection makes thv mcp commands easier to use
• Standard JSON Schema format now used for composite tool parameters
• Added RetryDelay to error handling in WorkflowStep CRD for more resilient workflows
• Extracted MCP client setup into reusable CreateInitializedMCPClient helper
• E2E tests now use mcp.LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION for better compatibility
• Removed token cache from vMCP for cleaner authentication flow

Registry & Deployment
• Registry server can now be configured with custom database connection details
• New podTemplateSpec field in MCPRegistry CRD lets you fully customize registry API deployments
• MergePodTemplateSpecs utility added for cleaner pod template composition
• Updated registry from toolhive-registry release v2025.11.28

Tool Filtering & Configuration
• New ExcludeAll option provides more flexible tool filtering controls
• Better error handling throughout vMCP code (replaced utilruntime.Must with proper error checks)
• Minor fixes for retryDelay handling improve reliability

Testing & Quality
• Added vMCP E2E tests using yardstick MCP server
• Proposal naming validation now only checks new files, reducing false positives

Infrastructure
• Updated docker/metadata-action to v5.10.0

👋 Welcome to our newest contributors @ignorant05 and @4t8dd! 🥳

🔗 Full changelog: v0.6.8...v0.6.9

What's Changed

• Update docker/metadata-action action to v5.10.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2760
• adds MergePodTemplateSpecs that merges podTemplateSpecs by @ChrisJBurns in #2770
• Use standard JSON Schema format for VMCP composite tool parameters by @JAORMX in #2651
• Fix proposal naming validation to only check new files by @JAORMX in #2788
• Update registry from toolhive-registry release v2025.11.28 by @github-actions[bot] in #2791
• Replace utilruntime.Must with proper error handling in vMCP code by @JAORMX in #2787
• Add smart transport auto-detection for thv mcp commands by @JAORMX in #2790
• Add vmcp e2e tests using yardstick MCP server by @JAORMX in #2778
• Enhancement: Added ExcludeAll option for toll filtering by @ignorant05 in #2789
• Use mcp.LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION in E2E tests by @jhrozek in #2793
• Add RetryDelay to ErrorHandling in WorkflowStep CRD by @JAORMX in #2776
• adds podTemplateSpec field to MCPRegistry CRD that allows user to customise registry api deployment by @ChrisJBurns in #2777
• Extract MCP client setup to CreateInitializedMCPClient helper by @jhrozek in #2796
• Two minor fixes for vMCP retryDelay handling by @jhrozek in #2795
• Issue 2680 by @4t8dd in #2757
• fix: remove tokencache from vmcp by @yrobla in #2799
• adds ability to configure database details for registry server by @ChrisJBurns in #2800

New Contributors

• @ignorant05 made their first contribution in #2789
• @4t8dd made their first contribution in #2757

Full Changelog: v0.6.8...v0.6.9