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For streams or push notifications, route by taskId and validate contextId/taskId against the expected record; process duplicate deliveries idempotently.","applicability":["A2A JSON-RPC request/response or streaming integrations that need to reconcile client calls with asynchronous Task updates.","Multi-turn interactions where one context can contain multiple tasks, including refinements or parallel follow-ups.","Push-notification clients that must tolerate at-least-once delivery and duplicate updates."],"limitations":["The A2A specification does not require the JSON-RPC request id to equal or derive from messageId, taskId, or contextId; implementations should maintain an explicit local mapping.","Send Message operations MAY be idempotent; messageId-based duplicate detection is permitted but not guaranteed by every agent.","Streaming messages are not a reliable delivery mechanism for critical information, and a disconnected client may miss updates; push notifications are at-least-once and duplicate deliveries may occur.","A server may reject a client-provided contextId it cannot accept, and must not silently replace it with a new contextId in that case.","A terminal task cannot be restarted; 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