feat(transport): add a headless boot path for the HTTP plugin hub - #1372
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StartStdioForCi forces stdio and only listens. The HTTP transport is a pull model where the editor dials the hub, so an editor booted for CI over HTTP never registers and every tool call returns no_unity_session against a healthy editor. StartHttpForCi dials the hub instead, on the port in UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT. The port comes from the env rather than a pref because sibling checkouts of one project share an EditorPrefs file and would clobber each other's endpoint.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds ChangesCI HTTP bootstrap
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new headless HTTP boot path can use a stale endpoint when UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is invalid, and it relies on an unauthenticated loopback service while potentially allowing conflicting transports or losing the connection across reloads. These bounded correctness, security, and reliability risks require explicit owner acceptance or follow-up before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant UnityEditor
participant McpHttpCiBoot
participant TransportManager
participant HttpEndpointUtility
UnityEditor->>McpHttpCiBoot: Call StartHttpForCi
McpHttpCiBoot->>McpHttpCiBoot: Validate UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT
McpHttpCiBoot->>UnityEditor: Schedule delayed callback
UnityEditor->>TransportManager: StartAsync(TransportMode.Http)
HttpEndpointUtility->>McpHttpCiBoot: Read CI port
McpHttpCiBoot-->>HttpEndpointUtility: Return validated port
HttpEndpointUtility-->>UnityEditor: Return local endpoint and scope
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Full details: Description checkExplanation The description includes all required sections, identifies the new feature, explains the implementation, records compatibility details, and documents testing. One implementation detail should be reconciled: the description says an InitializeOnLoadMethod reasserts the endpoint, while the change summary says the previous reassertion was removed. ✨ Finishing Touches🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)
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In `@MCPForUnity/Editor/McpHttpCiBoot.cs`:
- Line 46: Update the port validation in McpHttpCiBoot to reject values greater
than 65535, while preserving the existing checks for missing, non-numeric, and
non-positive ports.
- Around line 51-53: Update the CI startup flow around
TransportManager.StartAsync so the CI transport settings, especially the
dynamically assigned HttpBaseUrl, are stored in process-local runtime
configuration or a supported per-editor override rather than shared EditorPrefs.
Ensure each editor instance retains its own port and interactive startup cannot
reuse a stale CI endpoint when UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is absent; avoid modifying
the shared EditorPrefs keys for these CI values.
- Line 39: Update the startup flow in McpHttpCiBoot to await the Task<bool>
returned by TransportManager.StartAsync(TransportMode.Http), handle a false
result as a startup failure, and catch/report exceptions from the awaited task.
Ensure CI does not proceed until HTTP transport startup has succeeded and the
Unity session is registered.
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…ort start failures Sibling checkouts of one project share an EditorPrefs file, so persisting the port let whichever editor wrote last clobber the others, and an interactive editor could resume a stale CI endpoint. UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is now read live at the endpoint choke point and never stored, which is per-process by construction. Also await StartAsync so a transport that never starts is logged instead of leaving CI to fail later with no_unity_session, and reject ports above 65535.
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In `@MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/HttpEndpointUtility.cs`:
- Line 55: Update McpHttpCiBoot.TryGetCiPort and the callers in
HttpEndpointUtility so an invalid UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is distinguishable from an
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| if (McpHttpCiBoot.TryGetCiPort(out int ciPort)) return $"http://127.0.0.1:{ciPort}"; |
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Distinguish an invalid CI port from an unset CI port.
McpHttpCiBoot.TryGetCiPort returns false for both cases. When UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is present but invalid, Line 55 falls back to EditorPrefs, and Line 138 can preserve a persisted remote scope. A CI editor with UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT=65536 can therefore resolve requests to a stale or sibling checkout endpoint. Distinguish these states and fail closed before using the persisted URL or scope.
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In `@MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/HttpEndpointUtility.cs` at line 55, Update
McpHttpCiBoot.TryGetCiPort and the callers in HttpEndpointUtility so an invalid
UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORT is distinguishable from an unset variable; when the variable
is present but invalid, fail closed without falling back to EditorPrefs,
persisted URLs, or persisted remote scope, while preserving existing fallback
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Description
An editor booted headlessly for CI over the HTTP transport never registers with the bridge, so every tool call returns
no_unity_sessionagainst a perfectly healthy editor. This adds the missing boot entry point.Type of Change
Changes Made
MCPForUnity.Editor.McpHttpCiBootwithStartHttpForCi, usable as a-executeMethodtarget.ws://127.0.0.1:<port>/hub/pluginand the editor must dial in.StartStdioForCiforces stdio and only listens, so it cannot serve this case.UNITY_MCP_HTTP_PORTrather than a persisted pref, because sibling checkouts of one project share anEditorPrefsfile and a storedHttpBaseUrlis clobbered by whichever editor wrote last.[InitializeOnLoadMethod]re-asserts the endpoint from the env on every domain load, so a reload cannot resume a sibling's port. It is a no-op unless the variable is set, so interactive editors are unaffected.EditorApplication.delayCallsoMCPServiceLocatoris initialised first.Compatibility / Package Source
#beta,#main, tag, branch, orfile:):file:— branch checked out and symlinked in as an embedded packagePackages/packages-lock.json(if using a Git package URL): n/a,"source": "embedded". Branch tested atc79bd10a.Testing/Screenshots/Recordings
cd Server && uv run pytest tests/ -v)No automated test: this is an
InitializeOnLoadboot path gated on an environment variable, so a unit test would assert little beyond the pref writes. It is covered by continuous real-world use instead, see below. No Python changed.Documentation Updates
tools/UPDATE_DOCS_PROMPT.md(recommended)No tool or resource added, removed, or modified.
Related Issues
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Additional Notes
This is in daily production use. Four headless editors here boot with
-executeMethod MCPForUnity.Editor.McpHttpCiBoot.StartHttpForCiagainst four shared always-on HTTP servers, and have done so across many restarts, domain reloads and recompiles. Before it existed, those editors booted healthy and every tool call returnedno_unity_session.The multi-checkout detail is the non-obvious part. Several checkouts of the same project share one
EditorPrefsfile, keyed on company plus product name. Persisting the endpoint there means the last editor to write wins and the others silently dial the wrong port. Reading it from the environment on every domain load is what makes concurrent editors of one project workable.Summary by CodeRabbit