fix: honor supported_protocol_versions when negotiating initialize

crates/rmcp/src/handler/server.rs

@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ impl<H: ServerHandler> Service<RoleServer> for H {
     fn get_info(&self) -> <RoleServer as ServiceRole>::Info {
         self.get_info()
     }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        ServerHandler::supported_protocol_versions(self)
+    }
 }
 
 macro_rules! server_handler_methods {
@@ -321,10 +325,17 @@ macro_rules! server_handler_methods {
             info.protocol_version = negotiate_protocol_version(
                 &request.protocol_version,
                 info.protocol_version,
+                &self.supported_protocol_versions(),
             );
             std::future::ready(Ok(info))
         }
         /// Return the protocol versions supported by this server.
+        ///
+        /// Defaults to every version this SDK knows. Override it to narrow the
+        /// set to the revisions the server actually implements: the returned
+        /// list is advertised by [`Self::discover`], bounds what `initialize`
+        /// negotiation may agree to, and is what per-request versions are
+        /// validated against.
         fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
             Cow::Borrowed(ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS)
         }

crates/rmcp/src/handler/server/router.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, sync::Arc};
 
 use prompt::{IntoPromptRoute, PromptRoute};
 use tool::{IntoToolRoute, ToolRoute};
 
 use super::ServerHandler;
 use crate::{
     RoleServer, Service,
-    model::{ClientNotification, ClientRequest, ListPromptsResult, ListToolsResult, ServerResult},
+    model::{
+        ClientNotification, ClientRequest, ListPromptsResult, ListToolsResult, ProtocolVersion,
+        ServerResult,
+    },
     service::NotificationContext,
 };
 
@@ -155,6 +158,10 @@ where
             .list_changed = Some(true);
         info
     }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        ServerHandler::supported_protocol_versions(&self.service)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

crates/rmcp/src/service.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, sync::OnceLock};
 
 use futures::FutureExt;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "local"))]
@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ pub trait Service<R: ServiceRole>: Send + Sync + 'static {
         context: NotificationContext<R>,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), McpError>> + MaybeSendFuture + '_;
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info;
+    /// The protocol versions this service can speak, bounding what `initialize`
+    /// negotiation may agree to.
+    ///
+    /// Servers normally override
+    /// [`ServerHandler::supported_protocol_versions`] instead of this method;
+    /// the blanket `Service` impl forwards to it. This method exists so the
+    /// transport and handshake layers, which see only a `Service`, can read the
+    /// list and avoid agreeing to a version the server cannot serve.
+    ///
+    /// [`ServerHandler::supported_protocol_versions`]: crate::handler::server::ServerHandler::supported_protocol_versions
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "local")]
@@ -299,6 +312,12 @@ pub trait Service<R: ServiceRole>: 'static {
         context: NotificationContext<R>,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), McpError>> + MaybeSendFuture + '_;
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info;
+    /// The protocol versions this service can speak.
+    ///
+    /// See the non-`local` variant of this trait for details.
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS)
+    }
 }
 
 pub trait ServiceExt<R: ServiceRole>: Service<R> + Sized {
@@ -350,6 +369,10 @@ impl<R: ServiceRole> Service<R> for Box<dyn DynService<R>> {
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info {
         DynService::get_info(self.as_ref())
     }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        DynService::supported_protocol_versions(self.as_ref())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "local"))]
@@ -365,6 +388,10 @@ pub trait DynService<R: ServiceRole>: Send + Sync {
         context: NotificationContext<R>,
     ) -> MaybeBoxFuture<'_, Result<(), McpError>>;
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info;
+    /// See [`Service::supported_protocol_versions`].
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "local")]
@@ -380,6 +407,10 @@ pub trait DynService<R: ServiceRole> {
         context: NotificationContext<R>,
     ) -> MaybeBoxFuture<'_, Result<(), McpError>>;
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info;
+    /// See [`Service::supported_protocol_versions`].
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<R: ServiceRole, S: Service<R>> DynService<R> for S {
@@ -400,6 +431,9 @@ impl<R: ServiceRole, S: Service<R>> DynService<R> for S {
     fn get_info(&self) -> R::Info {
         self.get_info()
     }
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Service::supported_protocol_versions(self)
+    }
 }
 
 use std::{

crates/rmcp/src/service/server.rs

@@ -460,12 +460,18 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-/// Echoes the client-requested version if known; otherwise returns `server_fallback`.
+/// Echoes the client-requested version if the server supports it; otherwise
+/// returns `server_fallback`.
+///
+/// `server_supported` comes from [`Service::supported_protocol_versions`], so a
+/// server that narrows that list is never made to answer `initialize` with a
+/// version it cannot serve.
 pub(crate) fn negotiate_protocol_version(
     client_requested: &ProtocolVersion,
     server_fallback: ProtocolVersion,
+    server_supported: &[ProtocolVersion],
 ) -> ProtocolVersion {
-    if ProtocolVersion::KNOWN_VERSIONS.contains(client_requested) {
+    if server_supported.contains(client_requested) {
         client_requested.clone()
     } else {
         tracing::warn!(
@@ -578,8 +584,11 @@ where
             return Err(ServerInitializeError::InitializeFailed(e));
         }
     };
-    init_response.protocol_version =
-        negotiate_protocol_version(&requested_protocol_version, init_response.protocol_version);
+    init_response.protocol_version = negotiate_protocol_version(
+        &requested_protocol_version,
+        init_response.protocol_version,
+        &service.supported_protocol_versions(),
+    );
     // Update peer_info so context.protocol_version() reflects the negotiated
     // version in all subsequent request handlers.
     negotiated_peer_info.protocol_version = init_response.protocol_version.clone();

crates/rmcp/src/transport/streamable_http_server/tower.rs

@@ -279,8 +279,11 @@ impl<S: Service<RoleServer>> Service<RoleServer> for NegotiatingStatelessHttpSer
         if let (Some(requested), ServerResult::InitializeResult(result)) =
             (requested_protocol_version, &mut response)
         {
-            result.protocol_version =
-                negotiate_protocol_version(&requested, result.protocol_version.clone());
+            result.protocol_version = negotiate_protocol_version(
+                &requested,
+                result.protocol_version.clone(),
+                &self.0.supported_protocol_versions(),
+            );
             if let Some(peer_info) = peer.peer_info() {
                 let mut peer_info = (*peer_info).clone();
                 peer_info.protocol_version = result.protocol_version.clone();
@@ -301,6 +304,10 @@ impl<S: Service<RoleServer>> Service<RoleServer> for NegotiatingStatelessHttpSer
     fn get_info(&self) -> ServerInfo {
         self.0.get_info()
     }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        self.0.supported_protocol_versions()
+    }
 }
 
 #[expect(

crates/rmcp/tests/test_protocol_version_negotiation.rs

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 #![cfg(not(feature = "local"))]
 #![cfg(feature = "client")]
 
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
 use rmcp::{
-    ClientHandler, ServerHandler, ServiceExt,
-    model::{ClientInfo, ProtocolVersion, ServerInfo},
+    ClientHandler, ErrorData, RoleServer, ServerHandler, ServiceExt,
+    model::{ClientInfo, InitializeRequestParams, InitializeResult, ProtocolVersion, ServerInfo},
+    service::RequestContext,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
@@ -18,6 +21,52 @@ impl ServerHandler for EchoServer {
     }
 }
 
+/// Every known version except `2026-07-28`, standing in for a server that has
+/// not implemented that revision.
+const NARROWED_VERSIONS: &[ProtocolVersion] = &[
+    ProtocolVersion::V_2024_11_05,
+    ProtocolVersion::V_2025_03_26,
+    ProtocolVersion::V_2025_06_18,
+    ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25,
+];
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+struct NarrowedServer;
+
+impl ServerHandler for NarrowedServer {
+    fn get_info(&self) -> ServerInfo {
+        ServerInfo::default()
+    }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(NARROWED_VERSIONS)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Narrows the supported versions *and* overrides `initialize`, so the
+/// handler's own answer never runs the default negotiation. The handshake layer
+/// must still honor the narrowed list.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+struct NarrowedOverridingServer;
+
+impl ServerHandler for NarrowedOverridingServer {
+    fn get_info(&self) -> ServerInfo {
+        ServerInfo::default()
+    }
+
+    fn supported_protocol_versions(&self) -> Cow<'static, [ProtocolVersion]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(NARROWED_VERSIONS)
+    }
+
+    async fn initialize(
+        &self,
+        _request: InitializeRequestParams,
+        _context: RequestContext<RoleServer>,
+    ) -> Result<InitializeResult, ErrorData> {
+        Ok(self.get_info())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct VersionedClient {
     protocol_version: ProtocolVersion,
@@ -32,10 +81,17 @@ impl ClientHandler for VersionedClient {
 }
 
 async fn negotiated_version(client_version: ProtocolVersion) -> ProtocolVersion {
+    negotiated_version_with(EchoServer, client_version).await
+}
+
+async fn negotiated_version_with<S: ServerHandler>(
+    server: S,
+    client_version: ProtocolVersion,
+) -> ProtocolVersion {
     let (server_transport, client_transport) = tokio::io::duplex(4096);
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        let _ = EchoServer
+        let _ = server
             .serve(server_transport)
             .await
             .expect("server should start")
@@ -81,3 +137,35 @@ async fn unknown_version_falls_back_to_latest() {
         "unknown version should fall back to LATEST"
     );
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn narrowed_server_still_echoes_versions_it_supports() {
+    for version in NARROWED_VERSIONS {
+        let negotiated = negotiated_version_with(NarrowedServer, version.clone()).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            negotiated, *version,
+            "supported version {version} should be echoed back"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn narrowed_server_does_not_agree_to_version_it_excludes() {
+    let negotiated = negotiated_version_with(NarrowedServer, ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        negotiated,
+        ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25,
+        "a version outside supported_protocol_versions should not be echoed back"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn narrowed_server_caps_even_when_it_overrides_initialize() {
+    let negotiated =
+        negotiated_version_with(NarrowedOverridingServer, ProtocolVersion::V_2026_07_28).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        negotiated,
+        ProtocolVersion::V_2025_11_25,
+        "the handshake layer should not raise the version above what the server supports"
+    );
+}