{
  "slug": "github-mcp-server-http-supports-a-custom-listen-address-3fba49571b95",
  "title": "github-mcp-server HTTP supports a custom listen address",
  "tools": [
    "github-mcp-server"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-18T12:46:19.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-18T12:46:19.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When the HTTP server needs a specific bind host, run its `http` command with `--listen-host` and `--port` set to the desired host and port. An empty listen host binds to all interfaces.",
    "examples": [
      "github-mcp-server http --listen-host 127.0.0.1 --port 8082"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.4.0",
      "--listen-host: Host for the HTTP server to bind to; empty by default, which binds to all interfaces. Environment variable: `GITHUB_LISTEN_HOST`.",
      "--port: HTTP server port; defaults to 8082 and remains independently honored when `--listen-host` is set.",
      "Prerequisite: Use a GitHub MCP Server build that includes the v1.4.0 change."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Configure the GitHub MCP server's HTTP listener for a repository development environment that requires a particular listen address.",
  "before": "The HTTP server bound to all interfaces on the configured port; the custom host setting was not available.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/releases/tag/v1.4.0",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/pull/2655",
    "https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server/blob/v1.4.0/docs/streamable-http.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94023,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-de67d5a050f61223-1:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "d805d052eadfe87df858d2c0fdfe5f7a4d6409f6c9b0bf95c6b54c5d0d8caf85"
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  "review": {
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.94 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.68 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}