---
title: "Sanity MCP server removes the dataset_assets_upload tool: 2026-10-16 | Harbyn"
description: "Sanity MCP server removes the dataset_assets_upload tool, announced Oct 16, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-10-16-retire-cli-only-asset-uploads"
last-updated: 2026-10-17
---

# Sanity MCP server removes the dataset\_assets\_upload tool

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-10-16-retire-cli-only-asset-uploads>.

Breaking change - Sanity. medium severity. In effect.

Sanity MCP server v2.41.0 removed the dataset\_assets\_upload tool, which only returned Sanity CLI instructions. Use dataset\_assets\_upload\_from\_file, dataset\_assets\_upload\_from\_url, or dataset\_assets\_upload\_from\_web\_chatgpt in ChatGPT to upload assets to a dataset.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Sanity](https://harbyn.com/vendors/sanity.md) |
| Kind | Breaking change |
| Severity | medium |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 17, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `dataset_assets_upload` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Sanity, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-17 13:00 UTC, sha256 `2b13dd82323e4741ab877bbf0e939ef348d57af378bf7313f6c5e4a9e7868b1b`)

## Related changes

### More from Sanity

- [MCP server upload tools change their inputs and responses](https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-10-02-manage-and-upload-media-library-assets-with-mcp.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 2, 2026)
- [MCP server renames media\_assets\_upload\_from\_url and the old name no longer uploads](https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-10-01-upload-local-files-and-chatgpt-attachments-to-datasets.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 1, 2026)
- [React App SDK keeps and retries edits when saving fails](https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-09-29-edits-are-kept-and-retried-when-saving-fails.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 29, 2026)
- [React App SDK instances are no longer disposed on unmount](https://harbyn.com/changes/sanity/2026-09-29-instances-are-no-longer-disposed-on-unmount.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 29, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [Amazon Selling Partner API: October listing attribute usage and enumeration value updates](https://harbyn.com/changes/amazon-sp-api/2026-10-14-sp-api-updates-new-listings-items-api-ivp-values-in-eu5-jp-and-ca-stores-oct-2.md) (effective Oct 26, 2026)
- [Supabase: four CBC-mode TLS 1.2 cipher suites will be removed from project HTTP APIs](https://harbyn.com/changes/supabase/2026-10-12-an-outdated-subset-of-tls-1-2-ciphers-will-be-disabled-on-project-http-apis.md) (effective Nov 10, 2026)
- [Google Workspace APIs: OAuth clients must be marked as agentic to call Google Workspace MCP servers](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-workspace/2026-10-12-oauth-clients-must-be-marked-as-agentic-to-call-google-workspace-mcp-servers.md) (effective Nov 11, 2026)
- [Bitbucket Cloud API: Git Credential Manager upgrade required for OAuth 2.0 Git authentication](https://harbyn.com/changes/bitbucket/2026-10-13-git-credential-manager-upgrade-required-for-oauth-2-0-git-authentication.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026)

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