diff -r d2e16419d3f4 -r 74de1c59f71c mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py	Tue Oct 13 10:41:54 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py	Tue Oct 13 11:45:30 2015 -0700
@@ -1599,15 +1599,26 @@
 
     res = remote._call('clonebundles')
     entries = parseclonebundlesmanifest(res)
-
-    # TODO filter entries by supported features.
-    # TODO sort entries by user preferences.
-
     if not entries:
         repo.ui.note(_('no clone bundles available on remote; '
                        'falling back to regular clone\n'))
         return
 
+    entries = filterclonebundleentries(repo, entries)
+    if not entries:
+        # There is a thundering herd concern here. However, if a server
+        # operator doesn't advertise bundles appropriate for its clients,
+        # they deserve what's coming. Furthermore, from a client's
+        # perspective, no automatic fallback would mean not being able to
+        # clone!
+        repo.ui.warn(_('no compatible clone bundles available on server; '
+                       'falling back to regular clone\n'))
+        repo.ui.warn(_('(you may want to report this to the server '
+                       'operator)\n'))
+        return
+
+    # TODO sort entries by user preferences.
+
     url = entries[0]['URL']
     repo.ui.status(_('applying clone bundle from %s\n') % url)
     if trypullbundlefromurl(repo.ui, repo, url):
@@ -1644,6 +1655,25 @@
 
     return m
 
+def filterclonebundleentries(repo, entries):
+    newentries = []
+    for entry in entries:
+        spec = entry.get('BUNDLESPEC')
+        if spec:
+            try:
+                parsebundlespec(repo, spec, strict=True)
+            except error.InvalidBundleSpecification as e:
+                repo.ui.debug(str(e) + '\n')
+                continue
+            except error.UnsupportedBundleSpecification as e:
+                repo.ui.debug('filtering %s because unsupported bundle '
+                              'spec: %s\n' % (entry['URL'], str(e)))
+                continue
+
+        newentries.append(entry)
+
+    return newentries
+
 def trypullbundlefromurl(ui, repo, url):
     """Attempt to apply a bundle from a URL."""
     lock = repo.lock()