On Windows 11 when you initialize an mcp client it hangs indefinitely

[BenMawnMahlauNBTC]

Describe the bug
On Windows 11 when you initialize an mcp client it hangs indefinitely.

To Reproduce
Code to reproduce:

# ruff: noqa
import asyncio

from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client


async def run():
    params = StdioServerParameters(
        command='bunx', args=['@playwright/mcp@latest']
    )
    async with stdio_client(params) as (read, write):
        print('inside client')
        async with ClientSession(read, write) as c:
            print('inside ClientSession')
            await c.initialize()
        print('exit ClientSession')
    print('exit stdio_client')


async def run_sse():
    async with sse_client('http://localhost:8931/sse') as (read, write):
        async with ClientSession(read, write) as c:
            await c.initialize()
        print('exit ClientSession')
    print('exit sse_client')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(run_sse())  # works
    asyncio.run(run())  # does not work

Expected behavior
in both cases it should print both exit statements

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Python Version: Tested on both 3.13.1 and 3.12.7

Additional context
counterintuitively commenting out the code meant to support windows fixes this issue:

import os
import sys
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Literal, TextIO

import anyio
import anyio.lowlevel
from anyio.streams.memory import MemoryObjectReceiveStream, MemoryObjectSendStream
from anyio.streams.text import TextReceiveStream
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

import mcp.types as types

# from .win32 import (
#     create_windows_process,
#     get_windows_executable_command,
#     terminate_windows_process,
# )

# Environment variables to inherit by default
DEFAULT_INHERITED_ENV_VARS = (
    [
        "APPDATA",
        "HOMEDRIVE",
        "HOMEPATH",
        "LOCALAPPDATA",
        "PATH",
        "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE",
        "SYSTEMDRIVE",
        "SYSTEMROOT",
        "TEMP",
        "USERNAME",
        "USERPROFILE",
    ]
    if sys.platform == "win32"
    else ["HOME", "LOGNAME", "PATH", "SHELL", "TERM", "USER"]
)
print( sys.platform)

def get_default_environment() -> dict[str, str]:
    """
    Returns a default environment object including only environment variables deemed
    safe to inherit.
    """
    env: dict[str, str] = {}

    for key in DEFAULT_INHERITED_ENV_VARS:
        value = os.environ.get(key)
        if value is None:
            continue

        if value.startswith("()"):
            # Skip functions, which are a security risk
            continue

        env[key] = value

    return env


class StdioServerParameters(BaseModel):
    command: str
    """The executable to run to start the server."""

    args: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
    """Command line arguments to pass to the executable."""

    env: dict[str, str] | None = None
    """
    The environment to use when spawning the process.

    If not specified, the result of get_default_environment() will be used.
    """

    cwd: str | Path | None = None
    """The working directory to use when spawning the process."""

    encoding: str = "utf-8"
    """
    The text encoding used when sending/receiving messages to the server

    defaults to utf-8
    """

    encoding_error_handler: Literal["strict", "ignore", "replace"] = "strict"
    """
    The text encoding error handler.

    See https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#codec-base-classes for
    explanations of possible values
    """


@asynccontextmanager
async def stdio_client(server: StdioServerParameters, errlog: TextIO = sys.stderr):
    """
    Client transport for stdio: this will connect to a server by spawning a
    process and communicating with it over stdin/stdout.
    """
    read_stream: MemoryObjectReceiveStream[types.JSONRPCMessage | Exception]
    read_stream_writer: MemoryObjectSendStream[types.JSONRPCMessage | Exception]

    write_stream: MemoryObjectSendStream[types.JSONRPCMessage]
    write_stream_reader: MemoryObjectReceiveStream[types.JSONRPCMessage]

    read_stream_writer, read_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream(0)
    write_stream, write_stream_reader = anyio.create_memory_object_stream(0)

    command = _get_executable_command(server.command)

    # Open process with stderr piped for capture
    process = await _create_platform_compatible_process(
        command=command,
        args=server.args,
        env=(
            {**get_default_environment(), **server.env}
            if server.env is not None
            else get_default_environment()
        ),
        errlog=errlog,
        cwd=server.cwd,
    )

    async def stdout_reader():
        assert process.stdout, "Opened process is missing stdout"

        try:
            async with read_stream_writer:
                buffer = ""
                async for chunk in TextReceiveStream(
                    process.stdout,
                    encoding=server.encoding,
                    errors=server.encoding_error_handler,
                ):
                    lines = (buffer + chunk).split("\n")
                    buffer = lines.pop()

                    for line in lines:
                        try:
                            message = types.JSONRPCMessage.model_validate_json(line)
                        except Exception as exc:
                            await read_stream_writer.send(exc)
                            continue

                        await read_stream_writer.send(message)
        except anyio.ClosedResourceError:
            await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()

    async def stdin_writer():
        assert process.stdin, "Opened process is missing stdin"

        try:
            async with write_stream_reader:
                async for message in write_stream_reader:
                    json = message.model_dump_json(by_alias=True, exclude_none=True)
                    await process.stdin.send(
                        (json + "\n").encode(
                            encoding=server.encoding,
                            errors=server.encoding_error_handler,
                        )
                    )
        except anyio.ClosedResourceError:
            await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()

    async with (
        anyio.create_task_group() as tg,
        process,
    ):
        tg.start_soon(stdout_reader)
        tg.start_soon(stdin_writer)
        try:
            yield read_stream, write_stream
        finally:
            # Clean up process to prevent any dangling orphaned processes
            # if sys.platform == "win32":
            #     await terminate_windows_process(process)
            # else:
            process.terminate()


def _get_executable_command(command: str) -> str:
    """
    Get the correct executable command normalized for the current platform.

    Args:
        command: Base command (e.g., 'uvx', 'npx')

    Returns:
        str: Platform-appropriate command
    """
      # if sys.platform == "win32":
      #     return get_windows_executable_command(command)
      # else:
    return command


async def _create_platform_compatible_process(
    command: str,
    args: list[str],
    env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    errlog: TextIO = sys.stderr,
    cwd: Path | str | None = None,
):
    """
    Creates a subprocess in a platform-compatible way.
    Returns a process handle.
    """
    # if sys.platform == "win32":
    #     print('attempting create windows process')
    #     process = await create_windows_process(command, args, env, errlog, cwd)
    #     print('created windows process')
    # else:
    process = await anyio.open_process(
        [command, *args], env=env, stderr=errlog, cwd=cwd
    )

    return process

[Dadiya-Harsh]

@BenMawnMahlauNBTC yes i am facing the same issue, if you overcome this issue please tell me, how to do it.