diff --git a/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/__init__.py b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/__init__.py
index ab9f9358d..837822895 100644
--- a/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/__init__.py
+++ b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/__init__.py
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ import warnings
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version as _version
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from fastmcp import _install_hints
+from fastmcp import _install_hints, _sdk_patches
 from fastmcp.settings import Settings
 from fastmcp.utilities.logging import configure_logging as _configure_logging
 
+# Apply temporary SDK registry patches (SEP-1686 task methods) before any
+# client/server use. See fastmcp._sdk_patches for the upstream-gap rationale.
+_sdk_patches.install()
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from fastmcp.client import Client as Client
     from fastmcp.apps.app import FastMCPApp as FastMCPApp
diff --git a/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/_sdk_patches.py b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/_sdk_patches.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8204bb6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/_sdk_patches.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+"""Temporary in-place patches for gaps in the pinned MCP SDK.
+
+## SEP-1686 task methods missing from the SDK method registries
+
+`mcp==2.0.0b1` ships the task types (`CreateTaskResult`, `GetTaskResult`,
+`GetTaskPayloadResult`, `ListTasksResult`, `CancelTaskResult`) but its
+`mcp_types.methods` registries have no `tasks/*` rows, and every `tools/call`
+result row is a plain `CallToolResult` (2025 eras) or `CallToolResult |
+InputRequiredResult` (2026) with no `CreateTaskResult` arm.
+
+The lowlevel server runner (`mcp.server.runner`) serializes a handler's result
+through `serialize_server_result(method, version, ...)` for any method in
+`SPEC_CLIENT_METHODS`. `tools/call` is such a method, so when a FastMCP tool is
+submitted as a background task (`client.call_tool(..., task=True)`) the handler
+returns a `CreateTaskResult`, which fails validation against the un-widened
+`tools/call` surface row -> the client sees "Handler returned an invalid
+result". The `tasks/*` methods themselves are NOT in `SPEC_CLIENT_METHODS`, so
+their handler results already bypass serialization and reach the wire
+unvalidated; we still register their result rows here for symmetry and so the
+maps are consistent if a future SDK adds them to the spec method set.
+
+This module widens the registries IN PLACE (the maps are `MappingProxyType`
+views over private dicts, so we reach the backing dict via `gc.get_referents`
+and mutate it, which the already-bound default-argument references in
+`mcp_types.methods` observe). `install()` is idempotent.
+
+# TODO(sdk-upstream): remove when mcp>=2.0.0bX includes SEP-1686 in method registries
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import gc
+from types import MappingProxyType, UnionType
+
+import mcp_types
+from mcp_types import methods as _methods
+
+# Result type for each task method, keyed by the client request method name.
+_TASK_RESULT_TYPES: dict[str, type] = {
+    "tasks/get": mcp_types.GetTaskResult,
+    "tasks/result": mcp_types.GetTaskPayloadResult,
+    "tasks/list": mcp_types.ListTasksResult,
+    "tasks/cancel": mcp_types.CancelTaskResult,
+}
+
+_installed = False
+
+
+def _backing_dict(proxy: object) -> dict:
+    """Return the mutable dict a MappingProxyType wraps.
+
+    The `mcp_types.methods` surface maps are `MappingProxyType` views; their
+    sole dict referent is the backing store the module's functions read through
+    their default `surface=` arguments.
+    """
+    referents = [r for r in gc.get_referents(proxy) if isinstance(r, dict)]
+    if len(referents) != 1:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "expected exactly one backing dict for the method registry proxy, "
+            f"found {len(referents)}"
+        )
+    return referents[0]
+
+
+def install() -> None:
+    """Widen the SDK's server-result registry for SEP-1686 task methods.
+
+    Idempotent. Safe to call at import time before any client/server use.
+    """
+    global _installed
+    if _installed:
+        return
+
+    if not isinstance(_methods.SERVER_RESULTS, MappingProxyType):
+        # Registry shape changed upstream; the shim no longer applies.
+        _installed = True
+        return
+
+    server_results = _backing_dict(_methods.SERVER_RESULTS)
+
+    versions_with_tools_call = {
+        version for (method, version) in server_results if method == "tools/call"
+    }
+
+    for version in versions_with_tools_call:
+        # (a) widen tools/call so a CreateTaskResult validates (task submission).
+        existing = server_results[("tools/call", version)]
+        arms = get_union_arms(existing)
+        if mcp_types.CreateTaskResult not in arms:
+            server_results[("tools/call", version)] = (
+                existing | mcp_types.CreateTaskResult
+            )
+
+        # (b) register the tasks/* result rows for the same versions.
+        for method, result_type in _TASK_RESULT_TYPES.items():
+            server_results.setdefault((method, version), result_type)
+
+    _installed = True
+
+
+def get_union_arms(row: type | UnionType) -> tuple[type, ...]:
+    """Return the member types of a result row, whether a single type or union."""
+    if isinstance(row, UnionType):
+        return tuple(row.__args__)
+    return (row,)