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Return empty arrays instead of omitting results field for empty list responses — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in Azure/azure-mcp on Jun 17, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +180 −97, 27 files, 2 reviews.

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GitHub Copilot opened a fix in Azure/azure-mcp to return empty arrays instead of omitting the results field when list operations return nothing. The change touched 27 files, with 180 additions and 97 deletions, across six commits. Two reviews followed, with zero change requests and two review comments. The PR was closed unmerged after human review.

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## Summary This PR fixes the inconsistency in MCP tool responses when listing resources that return empty results. Previously, successful operations with no results would omit the `results` field entirely, making it harder for clients to distinguish between different response states. ## Changes *…

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