Where you host your MCP server decides whether it still works in three months
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I probed every remote MCP server listed in the official registry — 10,716 endpoints — and then asked a question the aggregate numbers hide: when a listing is dead, where is it hosted? The answer is not evenly distributed. It is not close to evenly distributed. Failure rate by hosting platform Counting an endpoint as failing if it returns a hard 404, fails DNS, times out, refuses the connection, or 5xxs: Host Endpoints Failing Rate ngrok 6 6 100% smithery.ai 217 191 88% trycloudflare tunnels 115…
1Key Takeaways
- I probed every remote MCP server listed in the official registry — 10,716 endpoints — and then asked a question the aggregate numbers hide: when a listing is dead, where is it hosted?
- The answer is not evenly distributed.
- It is not close to evenly distributed.
- Failure rate by hosting platform Counting an endpoint as failing if it returns a hard 404, fails DNS, times out, refuses the connection, or 5xxs: Host Endpoints Failing Rate ngrok 6 6 100% smithery.ai 217 191 88% trycloudflare tunnels 115….
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that i probed every remote MCP server listed in the official registry — 10,716 endpoints — and then asked a question the aggregate numbers hide: when a listing is dead, where is it hosted?
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