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@@ -393,6 +393,23 @@ Structured results are automatically validated against the output schema
 generated from the annotation. This ensures the tool returns well-typed,
 validated data that clients can easily process.
 
+##### Validation Timing and Side Effects
+
+Output-schema validation happens after the tool function returns. If a tool
+performs side effects before returning, those side effects are not rolled back
+when structured-output validation fails.
+
+A validation failure means the tool implementation and its declared schema are
+out of sync. Treat it as a server bug, not as a signal that the operation was
+safe to retry.
+
+For tools with important side effects, prefer patterns that make the state
+explicit, for example:
+
+- return an operation or job identifier and expose completion state separately
+- separate "start work" from "fetch result" into different tools or resources
+- keep the structured result shape stable and version schema changes carefully
+
 **Note:** For backward compatibility, unstructured results are also
 returned. Unstructured results are provided for backward compatibility
 with previous versions of the MCP specification, and are quirks-compatible