Not able to fetch result for jira_search request

[pushkar1923]

I have followed the README file here (https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian) to start a mcp server by pulling the image and starting a docker container which is running on port 8000.
[Command to start docker container ->
docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 \ -e JIRA_URL=https://<my-company-name>.atlassian.net \ -e JIRA_USERNAME=<my-email-id>@<my-company-name>.com \ -e JIRA_API_TOKEN=*** \ ghcr.io/sooperset/mcp-atlassian:latest \ --transport sse --port 8000 -vv
]

My server has started. I pinged on - http://localhost:8000/sse to get the session_id (dummy_id below).
Result -
event: endpoint data: /messages/?session_id=12345

I used this session id to make a call from postman to fetch result for tool jira_search
curl --location 'http://localhost:8000/messages/?session_id=12345' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "jira_search", "params": { "jql": "project = <Project_name>" }, "id": 1 }'

I am getting the following error for this POST call -
`DEBUG - mcp.server.sse - Handling POST message
DEBUG - mcp.server.sse - Parsed session ID: 0341ef3b-fde3-4977-ac5f-bfb2815a934b
DEBUG - mcp.server.sse - Received JSON: {'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'method': 'jira_search', 'params': {'jql': 'project = <Project_name>'}, 'id': 1}
DEBUG - mcp.server.sse - Validated client message: root=JSONRPCRequest(method='jira_search', params={'jql': 'project = <Project_name>'}, jsonrpc='2.0', id=1)
DEBUG - mcp.server.sse - Sending message to writer: root=JSONRPCRequest(method='jira_search', params={'jql': 'project = <Project_name>'}, jsonrpc='2.0', id=1)
INFO: 172.17.0.1:65520 - "POST /messages/?session_id=0341ef3bfde34977ac5fbfb2815a934b HTTP/1.1" 202 Accepted
ERROR: Exception in ASGI application

• Exception Group Traceback (most recent call last):
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/server/sse.py", line 131, in connect_sse
  | yield (read_stream, write_stream)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp_atlassian/server.py", line 2488, in handle_sse
  | await app.run(
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/server/lowlevel/server.py", line 484, in run
  | async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 714, in aexit
  | raise exc_details[1]
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 217, in aexit
  | await self.gen.athrow(typ, value, traceback)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp_atlassian/server.py", line 188, in server_lifespan
  | yield AppContext(confluence=confluence, jira=jira)
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 697, in aexit
  | cb_suppress = await cb(*exc_details)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/shared/session.py", line 197, in aexit
  | return await self._task_group.aexit(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 767, in aexit
  | raise BaseExceptionGroup(
  | exceptiongroup.ExceptionGroup: unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)
  +-+---------------- 1 ----------------
  | Traceback (most recent call last):
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/shared/session.py", line 292, in _receive_loop
  | validated_request = self._receive_request_type.model_validate(
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pydantic/main.py", line 627, in model_validate
  | return cls.pydantic_validator.validate_python(
  | pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 24 validation errors for ClientRequest
  | PingRequest.method
  | Input should be 'ping' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | InitializeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'initialize' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | InitializeRequest.params.protocolVersion
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | InitializeRequest.params.capabilities
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | InitializeRequest.params.clientInfo
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CompleteRequest.method
  | Input should be 'completion/complete' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | CompleteRequest.params.ref
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CompleteRequest.params.argument
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | SetLevelRequest.method
  | Input should be 'logging/setLevel' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | SetLevelRequest.params.level
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | GetPromptRequest.method
  | Input should be 'prompts/get' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | GetPromptRequest.params.name
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | ListPromptsRequest.method
  | Input should be 'prompts/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ListResourcesRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ListResourceTemplatesRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/templates/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ReadResourceRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/read' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ReadResourceRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | SubscribeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/subscribe' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | SubscribeRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | UnsubscribeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/unsubscribe' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | UnsubscribeRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CallToolRequest.method
  | Input should be 'tools/call' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | CallToolRequest.params.name
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | ListToolsRequest.method
  | Input should be 'tools/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  +------------------------------------

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

• Exception Group Traceback (most recent call last):
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/uvicorn/protocols/http/h11_impl.py", line 403, in run_asgi
  | result = await app( # type: ignore[func-returns-value]
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py", line 60, in call
  | return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/applications.py", line 112, in call
  | await self.middleware_stack(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 187, in call
  | raise exc
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 165, in call
  | await self.app(scope, receive, _send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/middleware/exceptions.py", line 62, in call
  | await wrap_app_handling_exceptions(self.app, conn)(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 53, in wrapped_app
  | raise exc
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 42, in wrapped_app
  | await app(scope, receive, sender)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 715, in call
  | await self.middleware_stack(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 735, in app
  | await route.handle(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 288, in handle
  | await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 76, in app
  | await wrap_app_handling_exceptions(app, request)(scope, receive, send)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 53, in wrapped_app
  | raise exc
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 42, in wrapped_app
  | await app(scope, receive, sender)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 73, in app
  | response = await f(request)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp_atlassian/server.py", line 2485, in handle_sse
  | async with sse.connect_sse(
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 217, in aexit
  | await self.gen.athrow(typ, value, traceback)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/server/sse.py", line 123, in connect_sse
  | async with anyio.create_task_group() as tg:
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 767, in aexit
  | raise BaseExceptionGroup(
  | exceptiongroup.ExceptionGroup: unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)
  +-+---------------- 1 ----------------
  | Exception Group Traceback (most recent call last):
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/server/sse.py", line 131, in connect_sse
  | yield (read_stream, write_stream)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp_atlassian/server.py", line 2488, in handle_sse
  | await app.run(
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/server/lowlevel/server.py", line 484, in run
  | async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 714, in aexit
  | raise exc_details[1]
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 217, in aexit
  | await self.gen.athrow(typ, value, traceback)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp_atlassian/server.py", line 188, in server_lifespan
  | yield AppContext(confluence=confluence, jira=jira)
  | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 697, in aexit
  | cb_suppress = await cb(*exc_details)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/shared/session.py", line 197, in aexit
  | return await self._task_group.aexit(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 767, in aexit
  | raise BaseExceptionGroup(
  | exceptiongroup.ExceptionGroup: unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)
  +-+---------------- 1 ----------------
  | Traceback (most recent call last):
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/mcp/shared/session.py", line 292, in _receive_loop
  | validated_request = self._receive_request_type.model_validate(
  | File "/app/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pydantic/main.py", line 627, in model_validate
  | return cls.pydantic_validator.validate_python(
  | pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 24 validation errors for ClientRequest
  | PingRequest.method
  | Input should be 'ping' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | InitializeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'initialize' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | InitializeRequest.params.protocolVersion
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | InitializeRequest.params.capabilities
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | InitializeRequest.params.clientInfo
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CompleteRequest.method
  | Input should be 'completion/complete' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | CompleteRequest.params.ref
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CompleteRequest.params.argument
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | SetLevelRequest.method
  | Input should be 'logging/setLevel' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | SetLevelRequest.params.level
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | GetPromptRequest.method
  | Input should be 'prompts/get' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | GetPromptRequest.params.name
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | ListPromptsRequest.method
  | Input should be 'prompts/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ListResourcesRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ListResourceTemplatesRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/templates/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ReadResourceRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/read' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | ReadResourceRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | SubscribeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/subscribe' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | SubscribeRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | UnsubscribeRequest.method
  | Input should be 'resources/unsubscribe' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | UnsubscribeRequest.params.uri
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | CallToolRequest.method
  | Input should be 'tools/call' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  | CallToolRequest.params.name
  | Field required [type=missing, input_value={'jql': 'project = ThoughtSpot'}, input_type=dict]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
  | ListToolsRequest.method
  | Input should be 'tools/list' [type=literal_error, input_value='jira_search', input_type=str]
  | For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/literal_error
  +------------------------------------
  `

Can someone help me in resolving this issue I am facing.
Feel free to correct me in any of the above steps.

[sooperset]

Hi @pushkar1923,

Thanks for sharing your detailed setup process! Looking at your error logs, I think I see the issue with your JSON-RPC request format.

The error suggests that the MCP server is expecting a different request structure than what you're sending. When calling tools like jira_search, the JSON-RPC method should be "tools/call" rather than directly using the tool name as the method.

Try modifying your payload to this structure:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "jira_search",
    "arguments": { "jql": "project = <Project_name>" }
  },
  "id": 1
}

The key differences are:

1. Using "method": "tools/call" instead of "method": "jira_search"
2. Putting the tool name in "params.name"
3. Moving your original parameters into "params.arguments"

This should align with how the MCP protocol expects tool calls to be formatted. I haven't tested this specific configuration myself, but based on the error messages, this approach seems worth trying.

Let us know if this works for you!

[LazySeaSeal]

I'm having the same issue , I did follow your instructions