refactor: remove unused mcp.shared.progress module (#2080)

Author: maxisbey

docs/migration.md

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ async def handle_call_tool(ctx: ServerRequestContext, params: CallToolRequestPar
 server = Server("my-server", on_call_tool=handle_call_tool)
 ```
 
-### `RequestContext` and `ProgressContext` type parameters simplified
+### `RequestContext` type parameters simplified
 
 The `RequestContext` class has been split to separate shared fields from server-specific fields. The shared `RequestContext` now only takes 1 type parameter (the session type) instead of 3.
 
@@ -380,40 +380,59 @@ The `RequestContext` class has been split to separate shared fields from server-
 - Type parameters reduced from `RequestContext[SessionT, LifespanContextT, RequestT]` to `RequestContext[SessionT]`
 - Server-specific fields (`lifespan_context`, `experimental`, `request`, `close_sse_stream`, `close_standalone_sse_stream`) moved to new `ServerRequestContext` class in `mcp.server.context`
 
-**`ProgressContext` changes:**
-
-- Type parameters reduced from `ProgressContext[SendRequestT, SendNotificationT, SendResultT, ReceiveRequestT, ReceiveNotificationT]` to `ProgressContext[SessionT]`
-
 **Before (v1):**
 
 ```python
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext, LifespanContextT, RequestT
-from mcp.shared.progress import ProgressContext
 
 # RequestContext with 3 type parameters
 ctx: RequestContext[ClientSession, LifespanContextT, RequestT]
-
-# ProgressContext with 5 type parameters
-progress_ctx: ProgressContext[SendRequestT, SendNotificationT, SendResultT, ReceiveRequestT, ReceiveNotificationT]
 ```
 
 **After (v2):**
 
 ```python
 from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
-from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.server.context import ServerRequestContext, LifespanContextT, RequestT
-from mcp.shared.progress import ProgressContext
 
 # For client-side context (sampling, elicitation, list_roots callbacks)
 ctx: ClientRequestContext
 
 # For server-specific context with lifespan and request types
 server_ctx: ServerRequestContext[LifespanContextT, RequestT]
+```
+
+### `ProgressContext` and `progress()` context manager removed
+
+The `mcp.shared.progress` module (`ProgressContext`, `Progress`, and the `progress()` context manager) has been removed. This module had no real-world adoption — all users send progress notifications via `Context.report_progress()` or `session.send_progress_notification()` directly.
+
+**Before:**
+
+```python
+from mcp.shared.progress import progress
 
-# ProgressContext with 1 type parameter
-progress_ctx: ProgressContext[ClientSession]
+with progress(ctx, total=100) as p:
+    await p.progress(25)
+```
+
+**After — use `Context.report_progress()` (recommended):**
+
+```python
+@server.tool()
+async def my_tool(x: int, ctx: Context) -> str:
+    await ctx.report_progress(25, 100)
+    return "done"
+```
+
+**After — use `session.send_progress_notification()` (low-level):**
+
+```python
+await session.send_progress_notification(
+    progress_token=progress_token,
+    progress=25,
+    total=100,
+)
 ```
 
 ### Resource URI type changed from `AnyUrl` to `str`

src/mcp/shared/progress.py

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 from mcp.server.lowlevel import NotificationOptions
 from mcp.server.models import InitializationOptions
 from mcp.server.session import ServerSession
-from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
-from mcp.shared.progress import progress
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder
 
 
@@ -198,117 +196,6 @@ async def handle_client_message(
     assert server_progress_updates[2]["progress"] == 1.0
 
 
-@pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_progress_context_manager():
-    """Test client using progress context manager for sending progress notifications."""
-    # Create memory streams for client/server
-    server_to_client_send, server_to_client_receive = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessage](5)
-    client_to_server_send, client_to_server_receive = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessage](5)
-
-    # Track progress updates
-    server_progress_updates: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-    progress_token = None
-
-    # Register progress handler
-    async def handle_progress(ctx: ServerRequestContext, params: types.ProgressNotificationParams) -> None:
-        server_progress_updates.append(
-            {
-                "token": params.progress_token,
-                "progress": params.progress,
-                "total": params.total,
-                "message": params.message,
-            }
-        )
-
-    server = Server(name="ProgressContextTestServer", on_progress=handle_progress)
-
-    # Run server session to receive progress updates
-    async def run_server():
-        # Create a server session
-        async with ServerSession(
-            client_to_server_receive,
-            server_to_client_send,
-            InitializationOptions(
-                server_name="ProgressContextTestServer",
-                server_version="0.1.0",
-                capabilities=server.get_capabilities(NotificationOptions(), {}),
-            ),
-        ) as server_session:
-            async for message in server_session.incoming_messages:
-                try:
-                    await server._handle_message(message, server_session, {})
-                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-                    raise e
-
-    # Client message handler
-    async def handle_client_message(
-        message: RequestResponder[types.ServerRequest, types.ClientResult] | types.ServerNotification | Exception,
-    ) -> None:
-        if isinstance(message, Exception):  # pragma: no cover
-            raise message
-
-    # run client session
-    async with (
-        ClientSession(
-            server_to_client_receive,
-            client_to_server_send,
-            message_handler=handle_client_message,
-        ) as client_session,
-        anyio.create_task_group() as tg,
-    ):
-        tg.start_soon(run_server)
-
-        await client_session.initialize()
-
-        progress_token = "client_token_456"
-
-        # Create request context
-        request_context = RequestContext(
-            request_id="test-request",
-            session=client_session,
-            meta={"progress_token": progress_token},
-        )
-
-        # Utilize progress context manager
-        with progress(request_context, total=100) as p:
-            await p.progress(10, message="Loading configuration...")
-            await p.progress(30, message="Connecting to database...")
-            await p.progress(40, message="Fetching data...")
-            await p.progress(20, message="Processing results...")
-
-        # Wait for all messages to be processed
-        await anyio.sleep(0.5)
-        tg.cancel_scope.cancel()
-
-    # Verify progress updates were received by server
-    assert len(server_progress_updates) == 4
-
-    # first update
-    assert server_progress_updates[0]["token"] == progress_token
-    assert server_progress_updates[0]["progress"] == 10
-    assert server_progress_updates[0]["total"] == 100
-    assert server_progress_updates[0]["message"] == "Loading configuration..."
-
-    # second update
-    assert server_progress_updates[1]["token"] == progress_token
-    assert server_progress_updates[1]["progress"] == 40
-    assert server_progress_updates[1]["total"] == 100
-    assert server_progress_updates[1]["message"] == "Connecting to database..."
-
-    # third update
-    assert server_progress_updates[2]["token"] == progress_token
-    assert server_progress_updates[2]["progress"] == 80
-    assert server_progress_updates[2]["total"] == 100
-    assert server_progress_updates[2]["message"] == "Fetching data..."
-
-    # final update
-    assert server_progress_updates[3]["token"] == progress_token
-    assert server_progress_updates[3]["progress"] == 100
-    assert server_progress_updates[3]["total"] == 100
-    assert server_progress_updates[3]["message"] == "Processing results..."
-
-
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_progress_callback_exception_logging():
     """Test that exceptions in progress callbacks are logged and \