MCP server timeout

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Before submitting your bug report

• [x] I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• [x] I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• [x] I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: macOS
- Continue version: 1.0.6
- IDE version: 1.99.3
- YAML config:
mcpServers:
  - name: snowflake_pip
    command: uvenv
    args:
      - run
      - mcp_snowflake_server
      - --
      - --authenticator
      - external browser

Description

ISSUE

When using an external MCP server like for instance map_snowflake_server, it takes a while to start up the server, especially when using external browser authentication (longer than the default time in the DEFAULT_MCP_TIMEOUT parameter in core/context/mcp/MCPConnection.ts). This results in the server being started multiple times and failing every time on a connection time out (even though the server did start fully, but is not recognised by continue).

RESOLUTION

Please add an option in the YAML config to set a longer mcp_timeout value to overcome this.

To reproduce

1. install uvenv on your computer
2. add the config as above under mcpServers in config.yaml, add a username and server address (I omitted this due to security reasons)
3. look at the MCP tab in the prompt window and observe the error.

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