Publish ToolHive updates for 2026-03-16

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+title: UI polish, auth server improvements, and configurable proxy timeouts
+sidebar_label: 'Mar 16: proxy timeouts and auth hardening'
+description:
+  Cloud UI adds display names for MCP servers, the embedded auth server gains
+  transparent token refresh and Redis TLS, and community contributors drive key
+  improvements across ToolHive.
+---
+
+This week's updates improve how MCP servers surface in the Cloud UI, harden the
+embedded authorization server for production deployments, refresh the Desktop UI
+with updated branding, and add configurable proxy timeouts for long-running MCP
+tools.
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+## Embedded auth server: Transparent token refresh and Redis TLS
+
+The embedded authorization server received two production-readiness
+improvements, both contributed by Aron at
+[Muon Space](https://github.com/muonspace):
+
+- **Transparent upstream token refresh** handles token expiration automatically
+  in the background without interrupting active MCP sessions or requiring users
+  to re-authenticate, so long-running workflows don't break when identity
+  provider tokens expire.
+- **TLS support for Redis token storage** enables encrypted connections between
+  the auth server and Redis, meeting compliance requirements for organizations
+  operating in multi-tenant or zero-trust environments where network-level
+  encryption is mandated by policy.
+
+## Cloud UI: Server display names and deep link fix
+
+[Cloud UI](https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive-cloud-ui) now supports
+`display_name` for MCP servers, so administrators can assign human-readable
+titles that appear throughout the interface instead of raw server identifiers.
+This release also fixes Claude Code deep link generation, which was previously
+producing incorrect URLs.
+
+## Desktop UI: Refreshed navigation
+
+[Desktop UI](/toolhive/guides-ui/) navbar has been refactored to align with the
+updated Stacklok brand style, providing a cleaner and more consistent navigation
+experience across the app.
+
+## ToolHive Runtime: Configurable proxy timeout
+
+The streamable HTTP proxy previously used a hardcoded 30-second response
+timeout, which caused 504 Gateway Timeout errors for MCP tools that need more
+time to complete, such as tools querying large datasets or interacting with slow
+external APIs. The timeout is now configurable via the
+`TOOLHIVE_PROXY_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT` environment variable, with a more generous
+default.
+
+## Getting started
+
+For detailed release notes, check the project repositories:
+
+- [ToolHive Runtimes](https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive/releases) (CLI and
+  Kubernetes Operator)
+- [ToolHive Desktop UI](https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive-studio/releases)
+- [ToolHive Cloud UI](https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive-cloud-ui/releases)
+- [ToolHive Registry Server](https://github.com/stacklok/toolhive-registry-server/releases)
+
+You can find all ToolHive documentation on the
+[Stacklok documentation site](/toolhive).