Failed to retrieve MCP settings; MCP functionality disabled

[amalaguti]

Checks

• I have searched github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues and there are no duplicates of my issue
• I have run q doctor in the affected terminal session
• I have run q restart and replicated the issue again

Operating system

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

Expected behaviour

kiro-cli loads mcp servers

Actual behaviour

I get Failed to retrieve MCP settings; MCP functionality disabled when starting kiro-cli

Even with an empty mcp settigns file
cat .kiro/settings/mcp.json
{ "mcpServers": {} }

Steps to reproduce

No response

Environment

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[q-details]
version = "1.26.2"
hash = "a8687141fdf1e599719c4da99f88f338aba93537"
date = "2026-02-18T03:14:21.951683Z (5d ago)"
variant = "minimal"

[system-info]
chip = "AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U with Radeon Graphics"
total-cores = 8
memory = "7.16 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2"
id = "ubuntu"
name = "Ubuntu"
pretty_name = "Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS"
version_id = "24.04"
version = "24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)"

[environment]
cwd = "/home/USER"
cli-path = "/home/USER"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/usr/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
install-method = "unknown"
in-wsl = true

[env-vars]
DISPLAY = ":0"
PATH = "/home/USER/.atuin/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:/mnt/c/windows/system32:/mnt/c/windows:/mnt/c/windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Amazon/AWSCLIV2/:/mnt/c/Program Files/PowerShell/7/:/mnt/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Amazon/AWSSAMCLI/bin/:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/oh-my-posh/bin/:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/scoop/shims:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/cursor/resources/app/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Roaming/Python/Scripts:/mnt/c/users/USER.malaguti/.local/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Packages/PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0/LocalCache/local-packages/Python313/Scripts:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/tflint:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/Kiro/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Programs/Warp/bin:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WinGet/Packages/Gitleaks.Gitleaks_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe:/mnt/c/Users/USER.malaguti/AppData/Local/cursor-agent:/home/USER/.local/bin"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "5b1f625783504df68e27e63d01e5b6ce"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.26.2"
SHELL = "/usr/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"