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107 changes: 84 additions & 23 deletions src/mcp/client/stdio/win32.py
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import subprocess
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from typing import TextIO
from typing import BinaryIO, TextIO, cast

import anyio
from anyio import to_thread
from anyio.abc import Process
from anyio.streams.file import FileReadStream, FileWriteStream


def get_windows_executable_command(command: str) -> str:
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return command


class DummyProcess:
"""
A fallback process wrapper for Windows to handle async I/O
when using subprocess.Popen, which provides sync-only FileIO objects.

This wraps stdin and stdout into async-compatible
streams (FileReadStream, FileWriteStream),
so that MCP clients expecting async streams can work properly.
"""

def __init__(self, popen_obj: subprocess.Popen[bytes]):
self.popen: subprocess.Popen[bytes] = popen_obj
self.stdin_raw = popen_obj.stdin # type: ignore[assignment]
self.stdout_raw = popen_obj.stdout # type: ignore[assignment]
self.stderr = popen_obj.stderr # type: ignore[assignment]

self.stdin = (
FileWriteStream(cast(BinaryIO, self.stdin_raw)) if self.stdin_raw else None
)
self.stdout = (
FileReadStream(cast(BinaryIO, self.stdout_raw)) if self.stdout_raw else None
)

async def __aenter__(self):
"""Support async context manager entry."""
return self

async def __aexit__(
self,
exc_type: BaseException | None,
exc_val: BaseException | None,
exc_tb: object | None,
) -> None:
"""Terminate and wait on process exit inside a thread."""
self.popen.terminate()
await to_thread.run_sync(self.popen.wait)

async def wait(self):
"""Async wait for process completion."""
return await to_thread.run_sync(self.popen.wait)

def terminate(self):
"""Terminate the subprocess immediately."""
return self.popen.terminate()


# ------------------------
# Updated function
# ------------------------


async def create_windows_process(
command: str,
args: list[str],
env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
errlog: TextIO = sys.stderr,
errlog: TextIO | None = sys.stderr,
cwd: Path | str | None = None,
):
) -> DummyProcess:
"""
Creates a subprocess in a Windows-compatible way.

Windows processes need special handling for console windows and
process creation flags.
On Windows, asyncio.create_subprocess_exec has incomplete support
(NotImplementedError when trying to open subprocesses).
Therefore, we fallback to subprocess.Popen and wrap it for async usage.

Args:
command: The command to execute
args: Command line arguments
env: Environment variables
errlog: Where to send stderr output
cwd: Working directory for the process
command (str): The executable to run
args (list[str]): List of command line arguments
env (dict[str, str] | None): Environment variables
errlog (TextIO | None): Where to send stderr output (defaults to sys.stderr)
cwd (Path | str | None): Working directory for the subprocess

Returns:
A process handle
DummyProcess: Async-compatible subprocess with stdin and stdout streams
"""
try:
# Try with Windows-specific flags to hide console window
process = await anyio.open_process(
# Try launching with creationflags to avoid opening a new console window
popen_obj = subprocess.Popen(
[command, *args],
env=env,
# Ensure we don't create console windows for each process
creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW # type: ignore
if hasattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW")
else 0,
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=errlog,
env=env,
cwd=cwd,
bufsize=0, # Unbuffered output
creationflags = getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0),
)
return process
return DummyProcess(popen_obj)

except Exception:
# Don't raise, let's try to create the process without creation flags
process = await anyio.open_process(
[command, *args], env=env, stderr=errlog, cwd=cwd
# If creationflags failed, fallback without them
popen_obj = subprocess.Popen(
[command, *args],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=errlog,
env=env,
cwd=cwd,
bufsize=0,
)
return process
return DummyProcess(popen_obj)


async def terminate_windows_process(process: Process):
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