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Add deterministic capability exposure ordering in initialization responses #3410

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@davidahmann

Problem
Capability ordering in initialization responses can vary, producing snapshot churn and non-reproducible handshakes for clients/tests.

Why now
Reference servers should provide stable protocol surfaces and deterministic initialization behavior.

Expected behavior
Equivalent configurations produce byte-stable capability ordering in initialization responses.

Acceptance criteria

  • Capability exposure ordering is deterministic across runs.
  • Existing capability semantics unchanged.
  • Tests assert stable init response ordering for equivalent config.

Evidence packet

  • Commit under test: 04cce79
  • Runtime environment: macOS Darwin 25.3.0 arm64, Node 22.19.0
  • Minimal repro:
    1. Start server repeatedly with same config.
    2. Capture init response capability sections.
  • Expected: stable deterministic ordering.
  • Actual: ordering may vary and cause churn.

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