xAI: MCP authentication failures in Automations and Cloud Agents
Affected components: AutomationsCloud Agents
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We are investigating an issue where users are unable to authenticate with MCP servers in Automations and Cloud Agents. Affected runs may fail to connect to their MCP tools.
- investigating
The root cause has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- resolved
This incident has been resolved.
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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by xAI, started 2026-08-07 15:53 UTC, resolved after 3.0 h, 3 update(s).
- Title
- MCP authentication failures in Automations and Cloud Agents
- Vendor
- xAI
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/xai/incidents/dyvz7vmw9ymh
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