Error exposing API as an MCP server in APIM ( Description issue)

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#35 opened on Sep 10, 2025 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: azure
Domain: api, cloud

Research direction

Start by reproducing API-to-MCP-server creation in Azure API Management using descriptions near and above the reported limit, then compare the two validation errors shown in the issue. Trace the APIM MCP creation flow to find where the description is validated; done means the behavior and error handling are consistent for supported descriptions.

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Description

In APIM, when i am exposing an api as a MCP server, after adding all the details including some desciption, I am getting error on create

Description must be less than 1000 characters.

If I add more description, I am getting another error

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