REST

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An architectural style for building web APIs around stateless requests and resource-based routing.

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Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by framework updates, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

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6InfoQ·8/12/2026framework_update
MCP Becomes Stateless in New Spec
The MCP 2026-07-28 specification removes the initialize handshake and session header, while adding required method and tool-name headers to help gateways route agent traffic without parsing JSON. Developers are split between seeing the change as a return to API-style design and viewing it as a pragmatic refinement of the standard.