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MCP server start/restart buttons go missing all of a sudden #248730

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@skannan-maf

Type: Bug

MCP server start/restart buttons go missing all of a sudden.
Sometimes, they show up...
And then suddenly they dont show up...
I can't connect to my server now...to discover tools.
Sometimes the button briefly appears when I load VS code and then when I click, it just disappears...

Here is my entry. I know the localhost entry works well (It worked with VS code before and the port is all open)

"mcp": {
        "servers": {
            "lyl_sales_sse": {
                "type" : "sse",
                "url" : "http://localhost:8086/sse" 
            }
        }
    }

VS Code version: Code 1.100.0 (Universal) (19e0f9e, 2025-05-07T12:48:53.763Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 23.6.0
Modes:

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz (16 x 2300)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) 4, 3, 3
Memory (System) 16.00GB (0.06GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 6fa31e8b-27cb-47ed-a974-189f771f805c
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Extensions (19)
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