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MCP moves core maintainer Nick Aldridge to emeritus status

The MCP project moved Nick Aldridge from its core maintainers list to the emeritus section in MAINTAINERS.md and the governance documentation. The pull request states he is stepping back from the core maintainer role.

The MCP project moved Nick Aldridge from its core maintainers list to the emeritus section, in a pull request merged on 2026-08-05. The change touches both MAINTAINERS.md and the governance documentation page, and refreshes the document's last-updated date.

The stated reason, in the pull request description, is that Aldridge is stepping back from the core maintainer role. The change was merged by another maintainer, dend.

It is the second recorded change to MCP's maintainer roster inside a week, following the Registry Working Group lead change merged on 2026-08-02.

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Published · last verified · confidence 1.00.

  1. modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol pull request #3199 "Move Nick Aldridge to Core Maintainer Emeritus" - merged 2026-08-05T22:19:57Z by dend, changing MAINTAINERS.md and the governance documentation page and refreshing the last-updated date; the description states "Nick Aldridge is stepping back from the Core Maintainer role" - accessed

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