Fix: Validate tool name presence in MCP tools/call requests#287
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[WIP] Fix error handling for invalid tool call requests
Fix: Validate tool name presence in MCP tools/call requests
Jan 16, 2026
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The
TestHandleRequest_ToolsCall_InvalidJSONtest was failing because requests with missing or empty tool names returned "unknown tool: " instead of "invalid params".Root Cause
Valid JSON structures like
{"arguments": {}},null, or{}successfully unmarshal but leavecallParams.Nameas an empty string. The code then calledcallTool("")which returned "unknown tool: " rather than validating the parameter first.Changes
internal/sys/sys.go
callParams.Nameis emptyinternal/sys/sys_test.go
TestHandleRequest_ToolsCall_UnknownToolsince explicit empty strings are now correctly categorized as invalid params rather than unknown toolsThis distinguishes between malformed requests (missing required field) and valid requests for non-existent tools, providing clearer error semantics.
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