diff --git a/reme/components/service/http_service.py b/reme/components/service/http_service.py
index 177fec33..029db215 100644
--- a/reme/components/service/http_service.py
+++ b/reme/components/service/http_service.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from starlette.routing import Route
 
 from .base_service import BaseService
 from ..component_registry import R
@@ -92,9 +93,31 @@ class HttpService(BaseService):
             allow_headers=["*"],
         )
         if self.mcp_app is not None:
-            # Mounting at /mcp makes Starlette redirect to /mcp/. Merge the
-            # generated routes so the configured path remains canonical.
-            self.service.router.routes.extend(self.mcp_app.routes)
+            # Forward the exact path to the complete FastMCP ASGI app. Copying
+            # only its routes would bypass its middleware and application state;
+            # mounting it would make the trailing-slash path canonical instead.
+            self.service.router.routes.append(
+                Route(
+                    self.mcp_path,
+                    endpoint=self.mcp_app,
+                    include_in_schema=False,
+                ),
+            )
+
+    def add_jobs(self, app: "Application") -> None:
+        """Validate reserved routes before the shared tolerant registration loop."""
+        if self.mcp_enabled:
+            conflicts = sorted(
+                job.name
+                for name, job in app.context.jobs.items()
+                if job.enable_serve and (self.jobs is None or name in self.jobs) and f"/{job.name}" == self.mcp_path
+            )
+            if conflicts:
+                names = ", ".join(conflicts)
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Job name conflicts with the MCP endpoint {self.mcp_path!r}: {names}",
+                )
+        super().add_jobs(app)
 
     def add_job(self, job: BaseJob) -> bool:
         """Register HTTP routes for every job and MCP tools for non-stream jobs."""
@@ -180,6 +203,12 @@ class HttpService(BaseService):
             raise ValueError(
                 "mcp_path must start with '/', must not be '/', and must not end with '/'",
             )
+        if "//" in path or any(segment in {".", ".."} for segment in path.split("/")):
+            raise ValueError("mcp_path must use non-empty literal path segments")
+        if any(char in path for char in "{}?#\\") or any(
+            char.isspace() or ord(char) < 32 or ord(char) == 127 for char in path
+        ):
+            raise ValueError("mcp_path must be a literal URL path without route, query, or fragment syntax")
         if path in {"/assets", "/docs", "/redoc", "/openapi.json"}:
             raise ValueError(f"mcp_path conflicts with reserved HTTP path {path!r}")
         return path
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_http_web_workspace.py b/tests/unit/test_http_web_workspace.py
index 57a5a7f8..4d6fc994 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_http_web_workspace.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_http_web_workspace.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from types import ModuleType, SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 
 from reme.components.service.http_service import HttpService
 from reme.components.job import BaseJob, StreamJob
@@ -133,6 +134,19 @@ def test_http_service_uses_exact_mcp_path_and_runs_one_application_lifespan() ->
     app = CountingApplication()
     service = HttpService(web_enabled=False)
     service.build_service(app)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    mcp_server = service.mcp_server
+
+    class VerifyFastMCPAppMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+        """Prove requests retain FastMCP middleware and application state."""
+
+        async def dispatch(self, request, call_next):
+            """Verify the child app context and mark its response."""
+            assert request.app.state.fastmcp_server is mcp_server
+            response = await call_next(request)
+            response.headers["X-FastMCP-Middleware"] = "preserved"
+            return response
+
+    service.mcp_app.add_middleware(VerifyFastMCPAppMiddleware)
 
     with TestClient(service.service, follow_redirects=False) as client:
         response = client.post(
@@ -154,6 +168,7 @@ def test_http_service_uses_exact_mcp_path_and_runs_one_application_lifespan() ->
         )
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert '"serverInfo"' in response.text
+        assert response.headers["X-FastMCP-Middleware"] == "preserved"
         assert client.post("/mcp/mcp", json={}).status_code == 404
 
     assert app.start_count == 1
@@ -171,7 +186,18 @@ def test_http_service_can_disable_mcp() -> None:
 
 def test_http_service_rejects_invalid_or_conflicting_mcp_paths() -> None:
     """Reject paths that shadow built-ins and jobs that shadow the MCP endpoint."""
-    for path in ("mcp", "/", "/mcp/", "/docs"):
+    for path in (
+        "mcp",
+        "/",
+        "/mcp/",
+        "/docs",
+        "/{rest:path}",
+        "/mcp?mode=test",
+        "/mcp#fragment",
+        "/mcp path",
+        "/mcp//nested",
+        "/mcp/../nested",
+    ):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="mcp_path"):
             HttpService(mcp_path=path)
 
@@ -181,6 +207,18 @@ def test_http_service_rejects_invalid_or_conflicting_mcp_paths() -> None:
         service.add_job(BaseJob(name="mcp"))
 
 
+def test_http_service_fails_startup_preflight_for_mcp_job_conflict() -> None:
+    """Do not let BaseService's tolerant registration hide reserved-route conflicts."""
+    service = HttpService(web_enabled=False)
+    service.build_service(_FakeApplication())  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    app = SimpleNamespace(
+        context=SimpleNamespace(jobs={"mcp": BaseJob(name="mcp")}),
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="conflicts with the MCP endpoint"):
+        service.add_jobs(app)
+
+
 def test_http_service_does_not_serve_symlinks_outside_static_dir(
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None: