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Update GitHub MCP Server v0.27.0 → v0.28.1 and MCP Gateway v0.0.39 → v0.0.47 #9779

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Updates default versions for GitHub MCP Server (v0.28.1) and MCP Gateway (v0.0.47) to incorporate consolidated Projects toolset, OAuth scope filtering, HTTP transport fallback, and session initialization fixes.

Changes

  • Version constants (pkg/constants/constants.go)

    • DefaultGitHubMCPServerVersion: v0.27.0 → v0.28.1
    • DefaultMCPGatewayVersion: v0.0.39 → v0.0.47

  • Test expectations updated in:

    • pkg/constants/constants_test.go
    • pkg/workflow/docker_predownload_test.go

  • Workflow lock files recompiled (119 files)

    • 234 references to GitHub MCP Server updated
    • 228 references to MCP Gateway updated

Key Features in Updates

GitHub MCP Server v0.28.1:

  • Consolidated Projects toolset with remote_mcp_consolidated_projects feature flag
  • OAuth scope metadata and PAT scope filtering for token-based permissions
  • Enhanced assign_copilot_to_issue with base_ref parameter support

MCP Gateway v0.0.47:

  • HTTP transport fallback for non-standard MCP servers
  • Fixed session initialization with Mcp-Session-Id headers
  • Accept header support for proper content negotiation

Example Impact

Workflow lock files now reference updated versions:

- run: bash /opt/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh \
    ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v0.28.1 \
    ghcr.io/githubnext/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.0.47
mcpServers:
  github:
    container: "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v0.28.1"
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<issue_title>[ca] Update GitHub MCP Server v0.27.0 → v0.28.1 and MCP Gateway v0.0.39 → v0.0.47</issue_title>
<issue_description># CLI Version Updates - January 12, 2026

This issue tracks updates for 2 CLI tools/containers with new versions available.

1. Update GitHub MCP Server

Version: v0.27.0 → v0.28.1 (2 releases)
Release Timeline: January 12, 2026
Repository: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server
Release Notes: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases

Version History

  • v0.28.0 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.28.1 (January 12, 2026)

Breaking Changes

None

New Features

  • Consolidated Projects toolset - Enabled via remote_mcp_consolidated_projects feature flag
  • OAuth scope metadata - Added to all MCP tools for better permission management
  • PAT scope filtering - Tools now filtered based on classic Personal Access Token scopes
  • list-scopes command - New command using inventory architecture for scope management
  • assign_copilot_to_issue enhancements - Added base_ref parameter and GraphQL-Features header support

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed nil pointer dereference in completion handler
  • Fixed --tools flag handling with feature-flagged tools and deprecation aliases
  • Fixed resource handler to use dependencies from context
  • Fixed resources/read request handling to keep all resources registered

Security

None

CLI Discovery

N/A (Docker container, not a CLI tool)

Impact

Risk: Low
Affects: All workflows using GitHub MCP Server
Migration: No migration required - backward compatible updates

2. Update MCP Gateway

Version: v0.0.39 → v0.0.47 (8 releases)
Release Timeline: January 12, 2026
Repository: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-mcpg
Release Notes: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-mcpg/releases
Docker Image: ghcr.io/githubnext/gh-aw-mcpg

Version History

  • v0.0.40 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.41 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.42 (January 12, 2026) - Release notes unavailable
  • v0.0.43 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.44 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.45 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.46 (January 12, 2026)
  • v0.0.47 (January 12, 2026)

Breaking Changes

None

New Features

  • HTTP transport fallback - Automatically falls back to HTTP transport for non-standard MCP servers that don't use stdio protocol

Bug Fixes

  • HTTP backend session initialization - Fixed to include Mcp-Session-Id headers (formatted as gateway-init-{serverID})
  • Accept header support - Added Accept: application/json, text/event-stream headers for proper content negotiation
  • Unit test stability - Fixed test hangs in HTTP transport connection attempts
  • Debug logging improvements - Fixed inconsistent markdown styling in RPC message logging with uniform backtick formatting and JSON syntax highlighting

Security

None

CLI Discovery

N/A (Docker container, not a CLI tool)

Impact

Risk: Low
Affects: All workflows using MCP Gateway (sandbox.agent configuration)
Migration: No migration required - backward compatible bug fixes and compatibility improvements

GitHub MCP Server Release Highlights

v0.28.0

The release introduced consolidated Projects toolset management and token-based permission filtering. When using classic Personal Access Tokens, tools are automatically filtered based on token scopes for improved security.

v0.28.1

Patch release adding base_ref parameter and GraphQL-Features header support to the assign_copilot_to_issue tool for better issue assignment capabilities.

GitHub MCP Server Merged PRs

v0.28.0

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Copilot AI and others added 3 commits January 12, 2026 22:48
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Plan: Update GitHub MCP Server and MCP Gateway versions
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Update test expectations for new MCP versions
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✅ GitHub MCP - fetched PRs
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✅ Tavily Search - returned 10 results
✅ File Write - created test file
✅ Bash - verified file content

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Tests: ✅ GitHub MCP PR titles | ✅ GOTOOLCHAIN=local go version | ✅ Playwright title contains "GitHub" | ❌ Tavily search tool unavailable | ✅ File write/read (/tmp/gh-aw/agent)
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