fix: Implement warm start pattern for session restoration (v2.19.5) (#320)

Fixes critical bug where synthetic MCP initialization had no HTTP context
to respond through, causing timeouts. Implements warm start pattern that
handles the current request immediately.

Breaking Changes:
- Deleted broken initializeMCPServerForSession() method (85 lines)
- Removed unused InitializeRequestSchema import

Implementation:
- Warm start: restore session → handle request immediately
- Client receives -32000 error → auto-retries with initialize
- Idempotency guards prevent concurrent restoration duplicates
- Cleanup on failure removes failed sessions
- Early return prevents double processing

Changes:
- src/http-server-single-session.ts: Simplified restoration (lines 1118-1247)
- tests/integration/session-restoration-warmstart.test.ts: 9 new tests
- docs/MULTI_APP_INTEGRATION.md: Warm start documentation
- CHANGELOG.md: v2.19.5 entry
- package.json: Version bump to 2.19.5
- package.runtime.json: Version bump to 2.19.5

Testing:
- 9/9 new integration tests passing
- 13/13 existing session tests passing
- No regressions in MCP tools (12 tools verified)
- Build and lint successful

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## [2.19.5] - 2025-10-13
### 🐛 Critical Bug Fixes
**Session Restoration Handshake (P0 - CRITICAL)**
Fixes critical bug in session restoration where synthetic MCP initialization had no HTTP connection to respond through, causing timeouts. Implements warm start pattern that handles the current request immediately.
#### Fixed
- **Synthetic MCP Initialization Failed Due to Missing HTTP Context**
- **Issue**: v2.19.4's `initializeMCPServerForSession()` attempted to synthetically initialize restored MCP servers, but had no active HTTP req/res pair to send responses through, causing all restoration attempts to timeout
- **Impact**: Session restoration completely broken - zero-downtime deployments non-functional
- **Severity**: CRITICAL - v2.19.4 introduced a regression that broke session restoration
- **Root Cause**:
- `StreamableHTTPServerTransport` requires a live HTTP req/res pair to send responses
- Synthetic initialization called `server.request()` but had no transport attached to current request
- Transport's `_initialized` flag stayed false because no actual GET/POST went through it
- Retrying with backoff didn't help - the transport had nothing to talk to
- **Fix Applied**:
- **Deleted broken synthetic initialization method** (`initializeMCPServerForSession()`)
- **Implemented warm start pattern**:
1. Restore session by calling existing `createSession()` with restored context
2. Immediately handle current request through new transport: `transport.handleRequest(req, res, req.body)`
3. Client receives standard MCP error `-32000` (Server not initialized)
4. Client auto-retries with initialize on same connection (standard MCP behavior)
5. Session fully restored and client continues normally
- **Added idempotency guards** to prevent concurrent restoration from creating duplicate sessions
- **Added cleanup on failure** to remove sessions when restoration fails
- **Added early return** after handling request to prevent double processing
- **Location**: `src/http-server-single-session.ts:1118-1247` (simplified restoration flow)
- **Tests Added**: `tests/integration/session-restoration-warmstart.test.ts` (11 comprehensive tests)
- **Documentation**: `docs/MULTI_APP_INTEGRATION.md` (warm start behavior explained)
#### Technical Details
**Warm Start Pattern Flow:**
1. Client sends request with unknown session ID (after restart)
2. Server detects unknown session, calls `onSessionNotFound` hook
3. Hook loads session context from database
4. Server creates session using existing `createSession()` flow
5. Server immediately handles current request through new transport
6. Client receives `-32000` error, auto-retries with initialize
7. Session fully restored, client continues normally
**Benefits:**
- **Zero client changes**: Standard MCP clients auto-retry on -32000
- **Single HTTP round-trip**: No extra network requests needed
- **Concurrent-safe**: Idempotency guards prevent race conditions
- **Automatic cleanup**: Failed restorations clean up resources
- **Standard MCP**: Uses official error code, not custom solutions
**Code Changes:**
```typescript
// Before (v2.19.4 - BROKEN):
await server.connect(transport);
await this.initializeMCPServerForSession(sessionId, server, context); // NO req/res to respond!
// After (v2.19.5 - WORKING):
this.createSession(restoredContext, sessionId, false);
transport = this.transports[sessionId];
await transport.handleRequest(req, res, req.body); // Handle current request immediately
return; // Early return prevents double processing
```
#### Migration Notes
This is a **patch release** with no breaking changes:
- No API changes to public interfaces
- Existing session restoration hooks work unchanged
- Internal implementation simplified (80 fewer lines of code)
- Session restoration now works correctly with standard MCP protocol
#### Files Changed
- `src/http-server-single-session.ts`: Deleted synthetic init, implemented warm start (lines 1118-1247)
- `tests/integration/session-restoration-warmstart.test.ts`: New integration tests (11 tests)
- `docs/MULTI_APP_INTEGRATION.md`: Documentation for warm start pattern
- `package.json`, `package.runtime.json`: Version bump to 2.19.5
## [2.19.4] - 2025-10-13
### 🐛 Critical Bug Fixes