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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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## [0.12.4] - Unreleased

### CLI

- Correct the documented call timeout to 60 seconds and distinguish its `MCPORTER_CALL_TIMEOUT` and `--timeout` overrides from the 30-second list timeout. (PR #230, thanks @KrasimirKralev)

### OAuth

- Recover rotating refresh tokens after transient OAuth refresh failures without clearing a concurrently persisted winner, and clear only the exact rejected token on `invalid_grant`. (PR #227, thanks @feniix)
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> Tip: You can skip the verb entirely—`mcporter firecrawl` automatically runs `mcporter list firecrawl`, and dotted tokens like `mcporter linear.list_issues` dispatch to the call command (typo fixes included).

Timeouts default to 30 s; override with `MCPORTER_LIST_TIMEOUT` or `MCPORTER_CALL_TIMEOUT` when you expect slow startups. OAuth browser handshakes get a separate 5 minute grace period; pass `--oauth-timeout <ms>` (or export `MCPORTER_OAUTH_TIMEOUT_MS`) when you need the CLI to bail out faster while you diagnose stubborn auth flows.
Server listings default to a 30 s timeout, while calls default to 60 s. Override call timeouts with `MCPORTER_CALL_TIMEOUT` or `--timeout`, and list timeouts with `MCPORTER_LIST_TIMEOUT`. OAuth browser handshakes get a separate 5 minute grace period; pass `--oauth-timeout <ms>` (or export `MCPORTER_OAUTH_TIMEOUT_MS`) when you need the CLI to bail out faster while you diagnose stubborn auth flows.

### Try an MCP without editing config

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- Useful flags:
- `--server`, `--tool` – alternate way to target a tool.
- `--` – stop flag parsing so remaining tokens stay literal positional values.
- `--timeout <ms>` – override call timeout (defaults to `CALL_TIMEOUT_MS`).
- `--timeout <ms>` – override the 60 s call timeout; `MCPORTER_CALL_TIMEOUT` provides the equivalent environment override.
- `--output text|markdown|json|raw` – choose how to render the `CallResult`.
- `--save-images <dir>` – persist image content blocks to files under the specified directory.
- `--raw-strings` – disable numeric coercion for flag-style and positional values.
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