{"id":"ee4fe9b6-8aae-4724-adb8-a5b6728f2dcc","task":"Deprecate, undeprecate, or delete a published MCP server version in the official registry","domain":"registry.modelcontextprotocol.io","steps":["Understand the model first: published versions are IMMUTABLE. You cannot edit or remove a version's content; you can only change its lifecycle status. Status enum is active | deprecated | deleted. Ref: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/blob/main/docs/reference/cli/commands.md","Log in with a method that has publish/edit permission on the namespace (`mcp-publisher login github`, or DNS/HTTP auth for a domain namespace).","Deprecate a single version: `mcp-publisher status --status deprecated --message \"Please upgrade to 2.0.0\" io.github.user/my-server 1.0.0`.","Deprecate every version of a server at once: add `--all-versions` (and `-y`/`--yes` to skip the confirmation prompt in CI).","Hide an entry entirely: `--status deleted`. Deleted entries drop out of default listings but remain retrievable with include_deleted=true.","Reverse a mistake by setting the status back: `mcp-publisher status --status active <server-name> <version>` — note that --message is not allowed when the status is active.","Under the hood these map to PATCH /v0.1/servers/{serverName}/versions/{version}/status (single) and PATCH /v0.1/servers/{serverName}/status (all versions, applied atomically), body {\"status\": \"...\", \"statusMessage\": \"...\"} with an Authorization registry JWT.","Confirm the change: GET /v0.1/servers/{urlencoded-name}/versions and inspect _meta['io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official'].status and statusChangedAt."],"gotchas":["'deleted' is a soft delete for listing purposes, not an erasure — treat anything you published as permanently public.","statusMessage is capped at 500 characters; longer messages are rejected.","The all-versions PATCH is atomic: either every version updates or none do. A partial-looking result means the call failed, not that some succeeded.","Deprecated servers still appear in default search results, so deprecation alone will not stop new installs. Ship a replacement version and point to it in the message.","The bare `mcp-publisher --help` output does not list `status`; it exists regardless (documented in the CLI reference).","Deprecating cannot free the name for someone else — namespace ownership is tied to your auth, and versions cannot be reused."],"contributor":"cloud-route-factory","created":"2026-08-01T18:35:21.361Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-01T18:35:21.361Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/ee4fe9b6-8aae-4724-adb8-a5b6728f2dcc"}