diff --git a/src/services/mcp/McpHub.ts b/src/services/mcp/McpHub.ts
index 04a75f45d1..dd8af2451d 100644
--- a/src/services/mcp/McpHub.ts
+++ b/src/services/mcp/McpHub.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export class McpHub {
 					console.error(`Server "${name}" stderr:`, errorOutput)
 					const connection = this.connections.find((conn) => conn.server.name === name)
 					if (connection) {
+						// NOTE: we do not set server status to "disconnected" because stderr logs do not necessarily mean the server crashed or disconnected, it could just be informational. In fact when the server first starts up, it immediately logs "<name> server running on stdio" to stderr.
 						this.appendErrorMessage(connection, errorOutput)
 						await this.notifyWebviewOfServerChanges()
 					}