mcp.json not able to load; kiro-cli doctor and dashboard not able to run

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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 20.04.6 LTS

Expected behaviour

I expect the mcp.json in my ~/.kiro/settings get loaded when opening with kiro-cli. It was working but all of the sudden it stopped working and others in my group do not have the issue.

Actual behaviour

Initial issue is my mcp.json will no longer load when starting kiro-cli. No changes made to it. Works fine from kiro IDE. I tried kiro-cli dashboard and doctor and getting issues on both:

root$ kiro-cli dashboard
error: Launching the dashboard is not supported in minimal mode
root$ kiro-cli doctor

✘ Qterm Socket Check: Failed to validate socket permissions: No such file or directory (os error 2)

Socket path: "/run/user/1000/kirorun/t/63bacaa15a1542e9a32dd23d0e8319a7.sock"

✘ Doctor found errors. Please fix them and try again.

Steps to reproduce

Start a Ubuntu WSL terminal on windows 11 and run kiro-cli. Kiro cli starts but shows this message: "failed to retrieve MCP settings — MCP disabled"

Environment

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[q-details]
version = "2.6.1"
hash = "979b991de95e75ddf2318f67c6d196532502cad9"
date = "2026-06-08T21:13:22.883685Z (2d ago)"
variant = "minimal"

[system-info]
chip = "Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265U"
total-cores = 7
memory = "15.35 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2"
id = "ubuntu"
name = "Ubuntu"
pretty_name = "Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS"
version_id = "20.04"
version = "20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)"

[environment]
cwd = "/root"
cli-path = "/root"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/usr/bin/bash"
shell-version = "5.0.17"
install-method = "unknown"
in-wsl = true

[env-vars]
DISPLAY = ":0"
PATH = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/USER/.local/bin"
QTERM_SESSION_ID = "63bacaa15a1542e9a32dd23d0e8319a7"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "2.6.1"
SHELL = "/bin/bash"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
XDG_SESSION_TYPE = "tty"