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MCP runtime idle sweep defeated by releaseLease resetting lastUsedAt #91075

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Bug: releaseLease in acquireLease() resets lastUsedAt, defeating MCP runtime idle sweep

Location: agent-bundle-mcp-runtime-n24dxm4C.jsacquireLease() method, release callback

What happens:

acquireLease() {
    activeLeases += 1;
    let released = false;
    return () => {
        if (released) return;
        released = true;
        activeLeases = Math.max(0, activeLeases - 1);
        lastUsedAt = Date.now();  // BUG: release is not "use"
    };
}

When a lease is released, lastUsedAt is reset to Date.now(). The idle sweep (sweepIdleRuntimes) uses lastUsedAt to determine if a runtime has been idle past sessionIdleTtlMs. By resetting the timer on release, the sweep never fires for runtimes whose sessions are re-used frequently (e.g., cron jobs every 5-15 min with resolveCronSession session reuse).

Impact: MCP server processes accumulate linearly over gateway uptime. Observed: 24 processes / 3.3 GB after ~3h uptime with 4 fixer-agent cron jobs at 5/10/15/15 min intervals.

Fix: Remove the lastUsedAt = Date.now() line from the release callback. Releasing a lease is not "using" the runtime.

Mitigation applied: Reduced mcp.sessionIdleTtlMs from 600000 to 180000, then patched the release callback. Root cause fix confirmed working with sessionIdleTtlMs restored to default 600000.

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