List current open transactions and their states.
AI agents call mysql_list_open_transactions to retrieve information from Mcp Windows without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays information about open database transactions. It performs a read-only operation that queries database state without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The action is informational only, making it a Read category tool with low severity since viewing transaction state poses minimal risk even if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'mysql_list_open_transactions' and description 'List current open transactions and their states' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access mysql_list_open_transactions gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Windows, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for mysql_list_open_transactions:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"mysql_list_open_transactions": {}
}
}mysql_list_open_transactions is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List current open transactions and their states. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Windows MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Windows MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mysql_list_open_transactions: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Windows. Nothing to install.
mysql_list_open_transactions is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the mysql_list_open_transactions rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for mysql_list_open_transactions. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
mysql_list_open_transactions is provided by the Mcp Windows MCP server (mukul975/mcp-windows-automation). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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