From 154e8a78eccd012a82d14e80e813c6faccde188c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grtninja <grtninja@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:16:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: implement MCP ping health checks (#600)

---
 mempalace/mcp_server.py  | 2 ++
 tests/test_mcp_server.py | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mempalace/mcp_server.py b/mempalace/mcp_server.py
index 09203b6..fce6f35 100644
--- a/mempalace/mcp_server.py
+++ b/mempalace/mcp_server.py
@@ -951,6 +951,8 @@ def handle_request(request):
                 "serverInfo": {"name": "mempalace", "version": __version__},
             },
         }
+    elif method == "ping":
+        return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id, "result": {}}
     elif method == "notifications/initialized":
         return None
     elif method == "tools/list":
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp_server.py b/tests/test_mcp_server.py
index 96fe80c..2c73f06 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp_server.py
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ class TestHandleRequest:
         resp = handle_request({"method": "notifications/initialized", "id": None, "params": {}})
         assert resp is None
 
+    def test_ping_returns_empty_result(self):
+        from mempalace.mcp_server import handle_request
+
+        resp = handle_request({"method": "ping", "id": 11, "params": {}})
+        assert resp["id"] == 11
+        assert resp["result"] == {}
+
     def test_tools_list(self):
         from mempalace.mcp_server import handle_request