# When Perplexity Quit MCP, Cloudflare Built the Fix. The Hard Part Is Still Unolved.

- slug: when-perplexity-quit-mcp-cloudflare-built-the-fix-the-hard-part-is-still-unolved
- date: 2026-04-18
- category: Agentics

Perplexity quietly dropped MCP in March after context costs ate 72 percent of its capacity. Six weeks later, Cloudflare published the most complete architectural response yet — and the governance gaps that make it hard to replicate.

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