MCP 2026 Roadmap: Transport Scalability, Agent Task Retry Semantics, and Enterprise Governance

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The Model Context Protocol published its 2026 roadmap pivoting from date-based milestones to four strategic priority areas: transport evolution (stateless Streamable HTTP, session migration, .well-known server discovery), agent communication (retry semantics and expiry policies for Tasks), governance maturation (Working Group delegation model), and enterprise readiness (audit trails, SSO, gateway patterns, config portability). Proposals aligned to these areas are fast-tracked, signaling MCP is entering a production-hardening phase focused on horizontal scaling and enterprise audit requirements.