Strings doesn't work in latest version.

Author: IWishI808Created Dec 5, 2025Updated Jun 13, 2026
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● IDA connection is timing out. when searching for strings

The first idb_meta call worked, so the connection was alive initially but seems to have dropped.

● ida-pro-mcp - strings (MCP)(queries: {}) ⎿  Error: MCP error -32000: Failed to connect to IDA Pro! Did you run Edit -> Plugins -> MCP (Ctrl+Alt+M) to start the server? Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ida_pro_mcp\server.py", line 51, in dispatch_proxy response = conn.getresponse() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\http\client.py", line 1374, in getresponse response.begin() File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\http\client.py", line 318, in begin version, status, reason = self._read_status() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ … +7 lines (ctrl+o to see all) ⎿  Error: MCP error -32000: Failed to connect to IDA Pro! Did you run Edit -> Plugins -> MCP (Ctrl+Alt+M) to start the server? Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ida_pro_mcp\server.py", line 51, in dispatch_proxy response = conn.getresponse() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\http\client.py", line 1374, in getresponse response.begin() File "C:\Users\yo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\http\client.py", line 318, in begin version, status, reason = self._read_status() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^