From 98b5442e9de38aa006642caafa10ae08b93d929f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scosemicolon <277933778+scosemicolon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 00:06:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify CLI subprocess environment comment

---
 src/mcp/cli/cli.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mcp/cli/cli.py b/src/mcp/cli/cli.py
index 62334a4a2c..44e2bae48e 100644
--- a/src/mcp/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/mcp/cli/cli.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def dev(
             [npx_cmd, "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"] + uv_cmd,
             check=True,
             shell=shell,
-            env=dict(os.environ.items()),  # Convert to list of tuples for env update
+            env=dict(os.environ.items()),  # Copy the environment for subprocess launch
         )
         sys.exit(process.returncode)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: