- Add a Callout warning in the Claude Code setup section linking to the
dev-channels-flag page — directly surfaces the bare-flag failure mode
at the point where operators configure the integration.
- Add dev-channels-flag to the See also section.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Documents why Claude Code 2.1.x+ requires
`--dangerously-load-development-channels server:molecule` (not the bare
flag) for inline channel push from the molecule-mcp wheel.
Covers: required tagged-allowlist form, the three-layer failure mode
when the flag is bare, Molecule operator setup, SDK integration via
extra_args, verification steps, and the research-preview gate forward note.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Merge two ## 2026-05-10 sections into one (was: first at line 63, second at line 173, with ## 2026-04-23 incorrectly sandwiched between them)
- Move ## 2026-05-10 "Late-day updates" sub-section from ## 2026-04-23 into the merged ## 2026-05-10 section
- Move ## 2026-04-23 section to its correct chronological position (after ## 2026-04-22, before ## 2026-04-17)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-13 05:03:21 +00:00
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## 2026-05-11
### ✨ New features
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---
## 2026-05-10
### ✨ New features
@@ -96,82 +98,6 @@ Entries are published daily at 23:50 UTC.
- **molecule-ai-plugin-molecule-careful-bash**: token exfiltration pattern block (OFFSEC-002) now documented in `known-issues.md`. (`molecule-ai-plugin-molecule-careful-bash` [#3](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ai-plugin-molecule-careful-bash/pulls/3))
- **molecule-ci**: 7 reusable workflows ported to `.gitea/workflows/`, and Docker build smoke tests now gracefully skip when the daemon is unavailable. (`molecule-ci` [#6](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ci/pulls/6), [#7](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ci/pulls/7))
---
## 2026-04-23
### ✨ New features
- **SaaS Federation v2 tutorial**: a clean, self-contained walkthrough for platform operators who want to run multi-tenant workspaces from a single control plane. Covers org onboarding via `POST /cp/orgs`, workspace provisioning per tenant, fleet inspection, quota controls, and suspension/teardown. (`molecule-core` [#1700](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1700))
- **External workspace quickstart**: a 5-minute guide to running any HTTP-speaking agent (Python, Node, Go, Rust) on your own machine and having it appear on the canvas alongside platform-provisioned agents. Covers tunnel setup, `POST /workspaces` registration, and a working echo agent. (`molecule-core` [#1760](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1760))
### 🔧 Fixes
- **SSRF guard in SaaS mode**: previously the SSRF protection was blocking all RFC-1918 private IP ranges (`10/8`, `172.16/12`, `192.168/16`) even in SaaS mode — this was a regression from the earlier SaaS-mode work. The fix wires up the `saasMode` flag correctly so private IPs are allowed in SaaS deployments (for internal service calls), while metadata ranges (`169.254/16`), CGNAT, loopback, and link-local remain blocked in every mode. IPv6 ULA (`fd00::/8`) handling is also now correct. (`molecule-core` [#1692](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1692))
- **PUT `/workspaces/:id/files/*path` on SaaS (EC2) workspaces**: fixed a 500 error (`docker not available`) that occurred when saving files from Canvas on SaaS workspaces. The handler now detects non-Docker workspaces via `workspaces.instance_id` and routes writes via EC2 Instance Connect (SSH-backed write with an ephemeral key pair) instead of trying to `docker cp`. (`molecule-core` [#1702](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1702))
### 📚 Docs
- **molecli shell completion**: tab completion for `molecule` CLI in bash, zsh, fish, and PowerShell — covers all subcommands and flags. (`docs` [#79](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/79))
- **MCP server structured logging**: `LOG_LEVEL` env var, pino JSON output with AsyncLocalStorage context on every tool call. (`docs` [#78](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/78))
### 🧹 Internal
- SaaS Federation v2 tutorial published — clean rewrite of #1613, now with correct HTTP status codes, fleet metrics endpoint, and security model table (`molecule-core` [#1700](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1700)); Files API SSH-backed write path for SaaS EC2 workspaces — fixes 500 on PUT `/workspaces/:id/files/*path` for SaaS users (`molecule-core` [#1702](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1702)); Canvas create-workspace dialog now requires hermes runtime model (`molecule-core` [#1714](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1714)).
- EC2 Instance Connect SSH tutorial published (`molecule-core` [#1617](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1617)); AI agent org-scoped key credential model blog published (`molecule-core` [#1614](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1614)); Phase 30 Day 2 social package ready (`molecule-core` [#1662](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1662)).
### 🌅 Late-day updates (17:30–23:50 UTC)
#### 🔒 Security
- **Cross-tenant memory poisoning fix** (`molecule-core` [#1791](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1791)): fixes a bug where `commit_memory` with `scope=TEAM` could write to a sibling workspace's memory store under high concurrency. `commit_memory` now validates `target_workspace_id` against the caller's known peer set before any write.
- **CWE-78 shell injection hardening** (`molecule-core` [#1885](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1885)): `shellQuote` now uses `strconv.Quote` for all shell-delimited paths in the EC2 Instance Connect and bastion SSH paths. Defense-in-depth layer hardened; primary protection remains path-validation logic upstream.
#### ✨ New features
- **A2A priority queue — Phase 1** (`molecule-core` [#1892](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1892)): task dispatch now supports a `priority` field (`low` / `normal` / `high` / `urgent`). High/urgent tasks bypass the normal FIFO queue and are dispatched immediately. Phase 2 (priority inversion deadlock prevention) on the roadmap.
#### 🔧 Fixes
- **A2A queue nil-safe drain** (`molecule-core` [#1893](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1893), [#1896](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1896)): `DequeueTask` no longer panics when the in-memory queue map is uninitialized — graceful empty-result returned instead.
- **Workspaces stuck in `provisioning` after失败** (`molecule-core` [#1794](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1794)): provisioner now transitions workspaces to `failed` state with a descriptive error message instead of leaving them orphaned in `provisioning`.
- **Dedup settings hooks double-fire** (`molecule-core` [#1797](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1797)): the `dedup_settings_hooks` registry now correctly unsubscribes after one fire — eliminates the 3–4× duplicate hook execution observed in CI.
- **Semantic memory search returning stale results** (`molecule-core` [#1778](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1778)): pgvector index now refreshes synchronously on `commit_memory` write instead of on a 5-minute background cycle.
- **pgvector migration race in E2E CI** (`molecule-core` [#1777](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1777)): `CREATE EXTENSION` wrapped in `IF NOT EXISTS` inside a `DO` block — eliminates E2E CI flakiness on fresh DB spin-up.
- **EC2 Instance Connect endpoint not found in us-west-2** (`molecule-core` [#1779](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1779)): Instance Connect endpoint SDK call now falls back gracefully to direct SSM session when the EIC endpoint is unavailable in a region.
- **Canvas topology overlay edge labels clipped** (`molecule-core` [#1802](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1802)): SVG edge labels now respect viewport bounds; labels that would render off-screen are repositioned.
- **Audit trail panel not loading for large workspaces** (`molecule-core` [#1854](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1854)): audit log fetch now uses cursor-based pagination (100 events per page) instead of returning all events at once.
- **Hermes `response_format` not forwarded to MiniMax** (`molecule-core` [#1861](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1861)): `response_format=json_schema` now propagates through the model config passthrough for hermes/MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed workspaces.
- **Memory Inspector panel memory leak** (`molecule-core` [#1871](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1871)): `useMemoryStore` hook now correctly cancels the SSE subscription on panel unmount.
- **Token revocation cache stale-read window** (`molecule-core` [#1888](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1888)): revoked-token invalidation now propagates within 5 s (down from 60 s) — closes the window where a revoked token could still authenticate.
- **TenantGuard same-origin bypass (regression)** (`molecule-core` [#1898](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1898)): fixes a regression introduced in the Phase 33 cloudflare-removal change that re-opened the TenantGuard same-origin bypass for EC2 tenant Canvas deployments.
#### 📚 Docs
- **Chrome DevTools MCP tutorial** (`docs` [#1798](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1798)): hands-on guide for debugging Molecule AI agents in-browser using Chrome's built-in MCP inspector.
- **Phase 34 launch page** (`docs` [#1799](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1799)): public-facing launch collateral for GA scheduled 2026-04-30.
- **Tool Trace demo environment** (`docs` [#1844](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1844)): interactive demo showing the tool trace inspector in action, with sample run data.
- **Enterprise battlecard** (`docs` [#1864](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1864)): competitive positioning doc for sales and enterprise evaluation teams.
#### 🧹 Internal
- `a2a-sdk` hot-pinned to `0.3.x` across all workspace template repos (`molecule-core` [#1890](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1890)); SDK upgrade path documented in `KI-009` (`internal` [#1631](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/internal/issues/1631)).
- Phase 34 CI matrix expanded to cover Node 22 and Go 1.24 (`molecule-ci`).
#### 🔧 Runtime fixes
- **Heartbeat 401 retry** (`molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` [#40](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/pulls/40)): heartbeat worker now retries with fresh token on 401 before declaring the workspace unreachable — eliminates false `disconnected` status during token rotation.
- **LLM token auto-detect** (`molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` [#38](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/pulls/38)): hermes runtime now auto-detects `max_tokens` from model context window and request timeout when not explicitly configured.
---
## 2026-05-10
### ✨ New features
- **A2A priority queue — Phase 1**: task dispatch now supports a `priority` field (`low` / `normal` / `high` / `urgent`). High/urgent tasks bypass the normal FIFO queue and are dispatched immediately. (`molecule-core` [#225](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/225))
@@ -214,7 +140,7 @@ Entries are published daily at 23:50 UTC.
- **SOP tier-check AND-composition of required team approvals per tier**: tier-check now enforces AND-composition of required team approvals per tier (`tier:high`). (`molecule-core` [#225](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/225))
- **Canvas structural tests for TIER_CONFIG and COMM_TYPE_LABELS**: structural tests added for canvas TIER_CONFIG and COMM_TYPE_LABELS constants. (`molecule-core` [#245](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/245))
---
## 2026-05-09
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---
## 2026-05-08
### 🔧 Fixes
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---
## 2026-05-07
### 📚 Docs
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---
## 2026-05-06
### 🧹 Internal
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---
## 2026-04-22
### ✨ New features
@@ -345,6 +275,83 @@ See the [migration blog post](/blog/cloudflare-tunnel-migration).
---
## 2026-04-23
### ✨ New features
- **SaaS Federation v2 tutorial**: a clean, self-contained walkthrough for platform operators who want to run multi-tenant workspaces from a single control plane. Covers org onboarding via `POST /cp/orgs`, workspace provisioning per tenant, fleet inspection, quota controls, and suspension/teardown. (`molecule-core` [#1700](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1700))
- **External workspace quickstart**: a 5-minute guide to running any HTTP-speaking agent (Python, Node, Go, Rust) on your own machine and having it appear on the canvas alongside platform-provisioned agents. Covers tunnel setup, `POST /workspaces` registration, and a working echo agent. (`molecule-core` [#1760](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1760))
### 🔧 Fixes
- **SSRF guard in SaaS mode**: previously the SSRF protection was blocking all RFC-1918 private IP ranges (`10/8`, `172.16/12`, `192.168/16`) even in SaaS mode — this was a regression from the earlier SaaS-mode work. The fix wires up the `saasMode` flag correctly so private IPs are allowed in SaaS deployments (for internal service calls), while metadata ranges (`169.254/16`), CGNAT, loopback, and link-local remain blocked in every mode. IPv6 ULA (`fd00::/8`) handling is also now correct. (`molecule-core` [#1692](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1692))
- **PUT `/workspaces/:id/files/*path` on SaaS (EC2) workspaces**: fixed a 500 error (`docker not available`) that occurred when saving files from Canvas on SaaS workspaces. The handler now detects non-Docker workspaces via `workspaces.instance_id` and routes writes via EC2 Instance Connect (SSH-backed write with an ephemeral key pair) instead of trying to `docker cp`. (`molecule-core` [#1702](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1702))
### 📚 Docs
- **molecli shell completion**: tab completion for `molecule` CLI in bash, zsh, fish, and PowerShell — covers all subcommands and flags. (`docs` [#79](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/79))
- **MCP server structured logging**: `LOG_LEVEL` env var, pino JSON output with AsyncLocalStorage context on every tool call. (`docs` [#78](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/78))
### 🧹 Internal
- SaaS Federation v2 tutorial published — clean rewrite of #1613, now with correct HTTP status codes, fleet metrics endpoint, and security model table (`molecule-core` [#1700](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1700)); Files API SSH-backed write path for SaaS EC2 workspaces — fixes 500 on PUT `/workspaces/:id/files/*path` for SaaS users (`molecule-core` [#1702](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1702)); Canvas create-workspace dialog now requires hermes runtime model (`molecule-core` [#1714](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1714)).
- EC2 Instance Connect SSH tutorial published (`molecule-core` [#1617](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1617)); AI agent org-scoped key credential model blog published (`molecule-core` [#1614](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1614)); Phase 30 Day 2 social package ready (`molecule-core` [#1662](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1662)).
### 🌅 Late-day updates (17:30–23:50 UTC)
#### 🔒 Security
- **Cross-tenant memory poisoning fix** (`molecule-core` [#1791](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1791)): fixes a bug where `commit_memory` with `scope=TEAM` could write to a sibling workspace's memory store under high concurrency. `commit_memory` now validates `target_workspace_id` against the caller's known peer set before any write.
- **CWE-78 shell injection hardening** (`molecule-core` [#1885](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1885)): `shellQuote` now uses `strconv.Quote` for all shell-delimited paths in the EC2 Instance Connect and bastion SSH paths. Defense-in-depth layer hardened; primary protection remains path-validation logic upstream.
#### ✨ New features
- **A2A priority queue — Phase 1** (`molecule-core` [#1892](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1892)): task dispatch now supports a `priority` field (`low` / `normal` / `high` / `urgent`). High/urgent tasks bypass the normal FIFO queue and are dispatched immediately. Phase 2 (priority inversion deadlock prevention) on the roadmap.
#### 🔧 Fixes
- **A2A queue nil-safe drain** (`molecule-core` [#1893](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1893), [#1896](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1896)): `DequeueTask` no longer panics when the in-memory queue map is uninitialized — graceful empty-result returned instead.
- **Workspaces stuck in `provisioning` after failure** (`molecule-core` [#1794](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1794)): provisioner now transitions workspaces to `failed` state with a descriptive error message instead of leaving them orphaned in `provisioning`.
- **Dedup settings hooks double-fire** (`molecule-core` [#1797](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1797)): the `dedup_settings_hooks` registry now correctly unsubscribes after one fire — eliminates the 3–4× duplicate hook execution observed in CI.
- **Semantic memory search returning stale results** (`molecule-core` [#1778](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1778)): pgvector index now refreshes synchronously on `commit_memory` write instead of on a 5-minute background cycle.
- **pgvector migration race in E2E CI** (`molecule-core` [#1777](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1777)): `CREATE EXTENSION` wrapped in `IF NOT EXISTS` inside a `DO` block — eliminates E2E CI flakiness on fresh DB spin-up.
- **EC2 Instance Connect endpoint not found in us-west-2** (`molecule-core` [#1779](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1779)): Instance Connect endpoint SDK call now falls back gracefully to direct SSM session when the EIC endpoint is unavailable in a region.
- **Canvas topology overlay edge labels clipped** (`molecule-core` [#1802](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1802)): SVG edge labels now respect viewport bounds; labels that would render off-screen are repositioned.
- **Audit trail panel not loading for large workspaces** (`molecule-core` [#1854](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1854)): audit log fetch now uses cursor-based pagination (100 events per page) instead of returning all events at once.
- **Hermes `response_format` not forwarded to MiniMax** (`molecule-core` [#1861](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1861)): `response_format=json_schema` now propagates through the model config passthrough for hermes/MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed workspaces.
- **Memory Inspector panel memory leak** (`molecule-core` [#1871](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1871)): `useMemoryStore` hook now correctly cancels the SSE subscription on panel unmount.
- **Token revocation cache stale-read window** (`molecule-core` [#1888](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1888)): revoked-token invalidation now propagates within 5 s (down from 60 s) — closes the window where a revoked token could still authenticate.
- **TenantGuard same-origin bypass (regression)** (`molecule-core` [#1898](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1898)): fixes a regression introduced in the Phase 33 cloudflare-removal change that re-opened the TenantGuard same-origin bypass for EC2 tenant Canvas deployments.
#### 📚 Docs
- **Chrome DevTools MCP tutorial** (`docs` [#1798](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1798)): hands-on guide for debugging Molecule AI agents in-browser using Chrome's built-in MCP inspector.
- **Phase 34 launch page** (`docs` [#1799](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1799)): public-facing launch collateral for GA scheduled 2026-04-30.
- **Tool Trace demo environment** (`docs` [#1844](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1844)): interactive demo showing the tool trace inspector in action, with sample run data.
- **Enterprise battlecard** (`docs` [#1864](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/docs/pulls/1864)): competitive positioning doc for sales and enterprise evaluation teams.
#### 🧹 Internal
- `a2a-sdk` hot-pinned to `0.3.x` across all workspace template repos (`molecule-core` [#1890](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/pulls/1890)); SDK upgrade path documented in `KI-009` (`internal` [#1631](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/internal/issues/1631)).
- Phase 34 CI matrix expanded to cover Node 22 and Go 1.24 (`molecule-ci`).
#### 🔧 Runtime fixes
- **Heartbeat 401 retry** (`molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` [#40](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/pulls/40)): heartbeat worker now retries with fresh token on 401 before declaring the workspace unreachable — eliminates false `disconnected` status during token rotation.
- **LLM token auto-detect** (`molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` [#38](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/pulls/38)): hermes runtime now auto-detects `max_tokens` from model context window and request timeout when not explicitly configured.
---
## 2026-04-17
A high-velocity day: 80+ PRs merged across platform, canvas, runtimes, security, and channels.
for the full failure-mode breakdown and SDK integration notes.
</Callout>
### Hermes Agent
```bash
@@ -382,6 +391,7 @@ needed when you can't run an MCP stdio server inside your agent (rare).
## See also
- [Dev-channels flag: tagged-form requirement](/docs/runtime-mcp/dev-channels-flag) — why `--dangerously-load-development-channels server:molecule` (not the bare flag) is required for inline channel push in Claude Code 2.1.x+
- [External Agents](/docs/external-agents) — manual A2A path for non-MCP runtimes
- [Tokens](/docs/tokens) — token management and rotation
title: "Dev-channels flag — tagged-form requirement"
description: "Why Claude Code 2.1.x+ requires `--dangerously-load-development-channels server:molecule` (not the bare flag) to enable inline channel push from the molecule-mcp wheel."
---
import { Callout } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/callout';
The `molecule-mcp` wheel emits a JSON-RPC `notifications/claude/channel`
notification on every inbound A2A message so Claude Code can render it
as an inline `<channel>` synthetic user turn — zero polling, zero
per-turn stall. During the channels research preview, Claude Code only
processes that notification when the host is launched with the
`--dangerously-load-development-channels` flag *and the flag carries a
matching tagged allowlist entry*.
This page covers the form that flag must take, what breaks when it's
wrong, and when an operator has to think about it.
<Callout type="warn">
The bare flag (no value) is rejected by the post-2.1 CLI parser, and
the failure mode propagates upstream as a `Control request timeout:
initialize` from any SDK that spawns the CLI — every A2A turn wedges
100% of the time. See [Failure mode](#failure-mode) below.
emitted by registered MCP servers and plugin channels. Without it, the
CLI silently drops those notifications during the allowlist check, even
though the wheel ships the wire shape correctly.
## Required form: tagged allowlist entries
Each entry must carry one of two prefixes:
| Form | Use for |
|---|---|
| `server:<MCP-server-name>` | Manually configured MCP servers — the name matches what you registered with `claude mcp add <name> ...` or the key under `mcpServers` in `~/.claude.json`. |
| `plugin:<plugin-name>@<owner>/<repo>` | Plugin channels installed from a Claude Code plugin marketplace. |
Multiple entries are space-separated:
```bash
claude --dangerously-load-development-channels server:molecule server:telegram
```
Untagged values (`molecule` instead of `server:molecule`) are rejected
with `--dangerously-load-development-channels entries must be tagged`.
## Failure mode
A bare flag (`--dangerously-load-development-channels` with no value)
walks through three layers of damage before surfacing:
when spawning the CLI. Operators on hosted SaaS do not need to do
anything.
**Self-hosted operators using the Claude Code workspace template** also
get this for free since the template's executor sets `extra_args`. The
flag only needs operator attention when:
- Forking the Claude Code workspace template and stripping `extra_args`
inadvertently.
- Running `claude` directly outside the template (e.g. interactive
sessions on a developer laptop) and wanting inline `<channel>` push.
- Adding a second tagged source (e.g. `server:telegram` alongside
`server:molecule`) — append, don't replace.
Operators on Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, codex, hermes-agent, or any
non-Claude-Code MCP host are unaffected: those clients ignore the
notification and the wheel's poll path delivers via
`wait_for_message` as the universal fallback.
## Forward note
This requirement is a **research-preview gate**. Once Claude Code
graduates `notifications/<channel>` from research preview to a default
allowlist, the `--dangerously-load-development-channels` flag will no
longer be required for the `molecule` server. Drop the `extra_args`
entry in `claude_sdk_executor.py` (and any operator launch wrappers)
when that happens — the wheel emits the wire shape correctly today
and will continue to do so post-graduation.
## See also
- [Bring Your Own Runtime (MCP) — Inbound delivery](/docs/runtime-mcp#inbound-delivery-universal-poll-optional-push)
- [Bring Your Own Runtime (MCP) — Step 2: Claude Code](/docs/runtime-mcp#claude-code)
- [Troubleshooting — Control request timeout: initialize](/docs/runtime-mcp#control-request-timeout-initialize-from-the-workspace-agent)
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