SEP-2692: Stdio process lifetime#2692
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Clarifies the intended lifetime of stdio MCP server processes.
Motivation and Context
The stdio transport documentation says that clients launch servers as subprocesses, but it does not currently spell out the intended lifetime boundary for those subprocesses. That leaves room for clients or server authors to treat a single task or conversation as the natural process boundary.
This adds an informational SEP and corresponding documentation clarifications stating that a stdio server process should generally live for approximately the lifetime of the host application instance that launched it, and should be expected to serve multiple conversations over that lifetime.
The change also updates the client best-practices guidance so task or conversation completion is not presented as the default disconnect signal for stdio servers.
How Has This Been Tested?
Documentation-only change.
Breaking Changes
None. This is a documentation-only clarification and does not change the wire protocol, schema, or runtime behavior.
Types of changes
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Additional context
This PR intentionally keeps the clarification narrow: