MCP roadmap puts agent identity and HTTP-native transport on the agenda
The August 22 MCP roadmap lists agentic messaging, HTTP-native transport, agent identity and enterprise security, tool primitives, and SDK ergonomics. The July 28, 2026 spec already removed protocol sessions and the init handshake.

On August 22 the Model Context Protocol blog published a roadmap covering agentic messaging, HTTP-native transport, agent identity and enterprise security, tool primitives, and SDK ergonomics. A July 28, 2026 specification change had already removed protocol sessions and the init handshake.
What we know
- The August 22 roadmap lists agentic messaging, HTTP-native transport, agent identity and enterprise security, tool primitives, and SDK ergonomics.
- The July 28, 2026 spec removed protocol sessions and the init handshake.
- Identity work includes DPoP, workload identity federation, ID-JAG, and token exchange.
- Tasks remain an official extension as SEP-2663.
Takeaways
- The next MCP workstreams are messaging, HTTP-native transport, and enterprise agent identity.
- Sessions and the init handshake are already gone from the July 28, 2026 spec.
- Tasks are staying as official extension SEP-2663 rather than moving into the core spec in this note.
Source: MCP Blog


