Return when this server process started and how long it has been running.
AI agents call server_stats to retrieve information from Srclight without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves diagnostic/telemetry information about the MCP server's runtime state. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or external operations. The data returned is read-only and non-sensitive operational metadata. Minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool returns server process metadata (start time and uptime duration). The description uses 'Return', indicating read-only retrieval with no side effects or state changes.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access server_stats gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Srclight, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for server_stats:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"server_stats": {}
}
}server_stats is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Return when this server process started and how long it has been running. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Srclight MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Srclight MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for server_stats: 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 Srclight. Nothing to install.
server_stats 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 server_stats 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 server_stats. 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.
server_stats is provided by the Srclight MCP server (srclight/srclight). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 42 Srclight tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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