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Expose and serialize allowAllMcpServerInstructions in TypeScript SDK #2379

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Problem

The Copilot runtime protocol supports allowAllMcpServerInstructions, but TypeScript SDK 1.0.11 does not provide a working SessionConfig path for it.

The generated RPC types contain the field, and the runtime describes it as including instructions from every MCP server instead of only allowlisted servers. However:

  • dist/types.d.ts does not expose it on SessionConfigBase.
  • CopilotClient.createSession() in dist/client.js does not serialize it into the session.create request.
  • A consumer adding the property at runtime therefore has no effect.

This prevents evaluation harnesses and other SDK consumers from explicitly testing or enabling instructions from a non-allowlisted MCP server.

Controlled reproduction

A one-turn probe used a temporary MCP server whose unique canary existed only in server-level initialization instructions. The tool description did not contain the canary, and the prompt prohibited tool calls.

  • Stock SDK: agent returned NO_MCP_INSTRUCTION_CANARY (18,924 tokens, 1 turn, 0 tool calls).
  • Consumer supplied allowAllMcpServerInstructions: true without changing SDK serialization: same negative result.
  • Temporary SDK wiring that serialized the field into session.create, together with the consumer option: agent returned the exact instruction canary (19,028 tokens, 1 turn, 0 tool calls).

This isolates the missing SDK forwarding from model variance and MCP tool selection.

Requested behavior

  1. Add allowAllMcpServerInstructions?: boolean to the public TypeScript session configuration shared by create/resume paths as appropriate.
  2. Serialize it to the runtime request and ensure resumed or updated sessions honor the same policy.
  3. Preserve the secure default: omitted or false must continue to exclude instructions from non-allowlisted servers.

Required side-by-side tests

Please cover both policy states using the same non-allowlisted MCP server fixture:

  • Disallowed: omitted and explicit false do not expose the server instruction canary.
  • Allowed: explicit true exposes the exact canary.
  • The server's tools remain available in both states, proving the assertion concerns instruction visibility rather than MCP startup.
  • Wire-level tests assert both false and true are serialized correctly where supplied.

The allow/disallow behavior should remain explicit rather than changing the default globally.

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