MCP: Fix scene_action connect persistence and callback stubs - #1375
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In `@modules/mcp/mcp_tools.cpp`:
- Around line 524-525: The callback creation flow around _ensure_callback_exists
and source->connect must be transactional: track whether this invocation
appended the callback stub, preserve the original script content, and restore it
if connection or subsequent ResourceSaver::save fails. Keep pre-existing
callbacks untouched and ensure the restored script remains synchronized with the
scene on every error path.
- Line 519: Validate method as a legal identifier before calling
_ensure_callback_exists, rejecting invalid names before any script generation or
file write; apply the same identifier constraint in the MCP tool schema so
invalid requests are rejected at the boundary.
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139-139: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPropagate callback file write failures.
FileAccess::store_string(content)returnsfalsewhen its underlyingstore_bufferfails, but_ensure_callback_existsignores this result and returnsOK.tool_scene_actionthen continues to connect and save the signal. Return a file-write error when storing the callback fails.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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570-570: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winHandle the
PackedScene::packresult before saving.
PackedScene::pack(Node *)clears the scene and returns an error when_parse_nodeor_parse_connectionsfails. This path ignores that error and passes the clearedPackedScenetoResourceSaver::save. Skip saving whenpackreturns an error.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@modules/mcp/mcp_tools.cpp`:
- Line 535: Update the callback-generation flow around _ensure_callback_exists
and the later scene-save failure handling to track whether this invocation
appended a stub, retain the original script state, and restore it when saving
the scene fails. Leave scripts unchanged when no callback was generated or when
the scene save succeeds.
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In `@modules/mcp/mcp_tools.cpp`:
- Line 139: Update _ensure_callback_exists to check the boolean result of
FileAccess::store_string(content) and return an appropriate file-write error
when it fails instead of OK. Ensure tool_scene_action receives and propagates
this failure before connecting or saving the signal.
- Line 570: Check the return value of PackedScene::pack in the scene-saving flow
before calling ResourceSaver::save; when packing returns an error, skip saving
the cleared scene and propagate or handle the error consistently with the
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What this fixes
I found these issues while testing Redot-Engine/redot-engine#1358, which changes how the MCP host and game process shut down.
The changes in that PR are fine and these bugs are unrelated to it. Testing it just led me to run a more complete end-to-end pass over every MCP tool, which exposed a couple of older problems in
scene_action.connect.Both bugs appear to date back to my original MCP implementation.
What I found
Signal connections were not actually being saved
scene_action.connectreturned a successful response such as:However, the connection was only registered in memory. No
[connection]entry was written to the.tscn, so it disappeared after reloading the scene.This was caused by calling
connect()withoutCONNECT_PERSIST.PackedScene::pack()intentionally ignores connections that do not have that flag.This one was particularly surprising because I have tested this workflow before and received successful responses. The success message and temporary in-memory connection made it look like everything had worked, so the problem was easy to miss unless the scene file was inspected or reloaded immediately. The symptoms also appeared inconsistent during initial testing, but tracing the save path confirmed the missing persistence flag.
Native methods could generate conflicting GDScript stubs
While retesting the first fix, I found that connecting a signal to a native method such as
queue_freecaused MCP to append this to the target script:That conflicts with
Node.queue_free()and causes a parse failure when native-method override warnings are treated as errors.The same behavior could also unnecessarily duplicate a method inherited from another script.
Changes
CONNECT_PERSISTfor connections created throughscene_action.connect.connect()instead of always reporting success.target->has_method()before generating a callback stub.PackedScene::pack()before saving the scene.Testing
I rebuilt the editor and tested the changes through the MCP JSON-RPC interface using disposable projects.
Confirmed:
queue_freedoes not modify the attached script.[connection]entries in the.tscn.A full end-to-end MCP pass was also completed while investigating this:
project_config: all 11 actionscode_intel: all 4 actionsscene_action: all 8 actionsresource_action: all 5 actionsgame_control: all 6 actionsAI disclosure
AI tools were used to assist with investigating the MCP behavior, tracing the relevant engine code, implementing the fixes, creating disposable regression tests, and drafting this PR description.
I reviewed the final changes, understand the issues being fixed and why the changes work, and manually verified the corrected behavior before submission. No external or proprietary code was used.
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