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The large-payload-tester workflow creates test data in /tmp/mcp-test-fs and expects the filesystem MCP server to read it, but the gateway container had no access to mount it through.

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  • Added /tmp/mcp-test-fs:/tmp/mcp-test-fs:ro to sandbox.mcp.mounts in workflow frontmatter
  • Recompiled lock file with updated docker command

Flow

# Host creates: /tmp/mcp-test-fs/large-test-file.json
# 
# Gateway container needs:
sandbox:
  mcp:
    mounts:
      - "/tmp/mcp-test-fs:/tmp/mcp-test-fs:ro"  # ← Added
      
# So it can launch filesystem MCP with:
mcp-servers:
  filesystem:
    mounts:
      - "/tmp/mcp-test-fs:/workspace/test-data:ro"  # ← Now works

Gateway launches backend MCP servers via Docker-in-Docker. Without host directory access, it can't propagate mounts to child containers.


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Co-authored-by: lpcox <15877973+lpcox@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix large-payload-tester functionality Fix MCP Gateway mount propagation in large-payload-tester workflow Feb 5, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from lpcox February 5, 2026 22:19
@lpcox lpcox marked this pull request as ready for review February 5, 2026 23:05
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings February 5, 2026 23:05
@lpcox lpcox merged commit 560f64d into main Feb 5, 2026
@lpcox lpcox deleted the copilot/fix-large-payload-tester branch February 5, 2026 23:06
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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a mount propagation issue in the large-payload-tester workflow where the MCP Gateway container couldn't access the /tmp/mcp-test-fs directory to mount it into the filesystem MCP server. The gateway launches backend MCP servers via Docker-in-Docker, requiring host directory access to propagate mounts to child containers.

Changes:

  • Added /tmp/mcp-test-fs:/tmp/mcp-test-fs:ro mount to sandbox.mcp.mounts configuration
  • Recompiled lock file with updated Docker command and frontmatter hash

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File Description
.github/workflows/large-payload-tester.md Added read-only mount for /tmp/mcp-test-fs to gateway container sandbox configuration
.github/workflows/large-payload-tester.lock.yml Updated compiled Docker command to include new mount and refreshed frontmatter hash

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