On the MCP anniversary (November 25, 2025), the specification was published 2025-11-25. Key changes relevant to enterprise integrations:
- Tasks (experimental) — an abstraction for long-running operations: the client requests a task's status and result some time after it starts. This moves MCP from synchronous "call a tool, get a response" into managed long-running processes.
- Stronger authorization — modern OAuth, client registration, and enterprise access management scenarios.
- Extensions — a formal way to declare, discover, and configure optional server capabilities.
For AI-native integration, this means MCP servers on top of enterprise systems can be built for controlled, auditable, long-lived workflows, not just chat questions.
