diff --git a/src/examples/client/streamableHttpWithSseFallbackClient.ts b/src/examples/client/streamableHttpWithSseFallbackClient.ts
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+import { Client } from '../../client/index.js';
+import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from '../../client/streamableHttp.js';
+import { SSEClientTransport } from '../../client/sse.js';
+import {
+  ListToolsRequest,
+  ListToolsResultSchema,
+  CallToolRequest,
+  CallToolResultSchema,
+  LoggingMessageNotificationSchema,
+} from '../../types.js';
+
+/**
+ * Simplified Backwards Compatible MCP Client
+ * 
+ * This client demonstrates backward compatibility with both:
+ * 1. Modern servers using Streamable HTTP transport (protocol version 2025-03-26)
+ * 2. Older servers using HTTP+SSE transport (protocol version 2024-11-05)
+ * 
+ * Following the MCP specification for backwards compatibility:
+ * - Attempts to POST an initialize request to the server URL first (modern transport)
+ * - If that fails with 4xx status, falls back to GET request for SSE stream (older transport)
+ */
+
+// Command line args processing
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const serverUrl = args[0] || 'http://localhost:3000/mcp';
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  console.log('MCP Backwards Compatible Client');
+  console.log('===============================');
+  console.log(`Connecting to server at: ${serverUrl}`);
+
+  let client: Client;
+  let transport: StreamableHTTPClientTransport | SSEClientTransport;
+
+  try {
+    // Try connecting with automatic transport detection
+    const connection = await connectWithBackwardsCompatibility(serverUrl);
+    client = connection.client;
+    transport = connection.transport;
+
+    // Set up notification handler
+    client.setNotificationHandler(LoggingMessageNotificationSchema, (notification) => {
+      console.log(`Notification: ${notification.params.level} - ${notification.params.data}`);
+    });
+
+    // DEMO WORKFLOW:
+    // 1. List available tools
+    console.log('\n=== Listing Available Tools ===');
+    await listTools(client);
+
+    // 2. Call the notification tool
+    console.log('\n=== Starting Notification Stream ===');
+    await startNotificationTool(client);
+
+    // 3. Wait for all notifications (5 seconds)
+    console.log('\n=== Waiting for all notifications ===');
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+
+    // 4. Disconnect
+    console.log('\n=== Disconnecting ===');
+    await transport.close();
+    console.log('Disconnected from MCP server');
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error running client:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Connect to an MCP server with backwards compatibility
+ * Following the spec for client backward compatibility
+ */
+async function connectWithBackwardsCompatibility(url: string): Promise<{
+  client: Client,
+  transport: StreamableHTTPClientTransport | SSEClientTransport,
+  transportType: 'streamable-http' | 'sse'
+}> {
+  console.log('1. Trying Streamable HTTP transport first...');
+
+  // Step 1: Try Streamable HTTP transport first
+  const client = new Client({
+    name: 'backwards-compatible-client',
+    version: '1.0.0'
+  });
+
+  client.onerror = (error) => {
+    console.error('Client error:', error);
+  };
+  const baseUrl = new URL(url);
+
+  try {
+    // Create modern transport
+    const streamableTransport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(baseUrl);
+    await client.connect(streamableTransport);
+
+    console.log('Successfully connected using modern Streamable HTTP transport.');
+    return {
+      client,
+      transport: streamableTransport,
+      transportType: 'streamable-http'
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Step 2: If transport fails, try the older SSE transport
+    console.log(`StreamableHttp transport connection failed: ${error}`);
+    console.log('2. Falling back to deprecated HTTP+SSE transport...');
+
+    try {
+      // Create SSE transport pointing to /sse endpoint
+      const sseTransport = new SSEClientTransport(baseUrl);
+      const sseClient = new Client({
+        name: 'backwards-compatible-client',
+        version: '1.0.0'
+      });
+      await sseClient.connect(sseTransport);
+
+      console.log('Successfully connected using deprecated HTTP+SSE transport.');
+      return {
+        client: sseClient,
+        transport: sseTransport,
+        transportType: 'sse'
+      };
+    } catch (sseError) {
+      console.error(`Failed to connect with either transport method:\n1. Streamable HTTP error: ${error}\n2. SSE error: ${sseError}`);
+      throw new Error('Could not connect to server with any available transport');
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * List available tools on the server
+ */
+async function listTools(client: Client): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const toolsRequest: ListToolsRequest = {
+      method: 'tools/list',
+      params: {}
+    };
+    const toolsResult = await client.request(toolsRequest, ListToolsResultSchema);
+
+    console.log('Available tools:');
+    if (toolsResult.tools.length === 0) {
+      console.log('  No tools available');
+    } else {
+      for (const tool of toolsResult.tools) {
+        console.log(`  - ${tool.name}: ${tool.description}`);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`Tools not supported by this server: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Start a notification stream by calling the notification tool
+ */
+async function startNotificationTool(client: Client): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    // Call the notification tool using reasonable defaults
+    const request: CallToolRequest = {
+      method: 'tools/call',
+      params: {
+        name: 'start-notification-stream',
+        arguments: {
+          interval: 1000, // 1 second between notifications
+          count: 5       // Send 5 notifications
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    console.log('Calling notification tool...');
+    const result = await client.request(request, CallToolResultSchema);
+
+    console.log('Tool result:');
+    result.content.forEach(item => {
+      if (item.type === 'text') {
+        console.log(`  ${item.text}`);
+      } else {
+        console.log(`  ${item.type} content:`, item);
+      }
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`Error calling notification tool: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
+// Start the client
+main().catch((error: unknown) => {
+  console.error('Error running MCP client:', error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
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diff --git a/src/examples/server/simpleSseServer.ts b/src/examples/server/simpleSseServer.ts
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+import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { McpServer } from '../../server/mcp.js';
+import { SSEServerTransport } from '../../server/sse.js';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { CallToolResult } from '../../types.js';
+
+/**
+ * This example server demonstrates the deprecated HTTP+SSE transport 
+ * (protocol version 2024-11-05). It mainly used for testing backward compatible clients.
+ * 
+ * The server exposes two endpoints:
+ * - /sse: For establishing the SSE stream (GET)
+ * - /messages: For receiving client messages (POST)
+ * 
+ */
+
+// Create an MCP server instance
+const server = new McpServer({
+  name: 'simple-sse-server',
+  version: '1.0.0',
+}, { capabilities: { logging: {} } });
+
+server.tool(
+  'start-notification-stream',
+  'Starts sending periodic notifications',
+  {
+    interval: z.number().describe('Interval in milliseconds between notifications').default(1000),
+    count: z.number().describe('Number of notifications to send').default(10),
+  },
+  async ({ interval, count }, { sendNotification }): Promise<CallToolResult> => {
+    const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+    let counter = 0;
+
+    // Send the initial notification
+    await sendNotification({
+      method: "notifications/message",
+      params: {
+        level: "info",
+        data: `Starting notification stream with ${count} messages every ${interval}ms`
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Send periodic notifications
+    while (counter < count) {
+      counter++;
+      await sleep(interval);
+
+      try {
+        await sendNotification({
+          method: "notifications/message",
+          params: {
+            level: "info",
+            data: `Notification #${counter} at ${new Date().toISOString()}`
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error sending notification:", error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      content: [
+        {
+          type: 'text',
+          text: `Completed sending ${count} notifications every ${interval}ms`,
+        }
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+);
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.json());
+
+// Store transports by session ID
+const transports: Record<string, SSEServerTransport> = {};
+
+// SSE endpoint for establishing the stream
+app.get('/mcp', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  console.log('Received GET request to /sse (establishing SSE stream)');
+
+  try {
+    // Create a new SSE transport for the client
+    // The endpoint for POST messages is '/messages'
+    const transport = new SSEServerTransport('/messages', res);
+
+    // Store the transport by session ID
+    const sessionId = transport.sessionId;
+    transports[sessionId] = transport;
+
+    // Set up onclose handler to clean up transport when closed
+    transport.onclose = () => {
+      console.log(`SSE transport closed for session ${sessionId}`);
+      delete transports[sessionId];
+    };
+
+    // Connect the transport to the MCP server
+    await server.connect(transport);
+
+    // Start the SSE transport to begin streaming
+    // This sends an initial 'endpoint' event with the session ID in the URL
+    await transport.start();
+
+    console.log(`Established SSE stream with session ID: ${sessionId}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error establishing SSE stream:', error);
+    if (!res.headersSent) {
+      res.status(500).send('Error establishing SSE stream');
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+// Messages endpoint for receiving client JSON-RPC requests
+app.post('/messages', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  console.log('Received POST request to /messages');
+
+  // Extract session ID from URL query parameter
+  // In the SSE protocol, this is added by the client based on the endpoint event
+  const sessionId = req.query.sessionId as string | undefined;
+
+  if (!sessionId) {
+    console.error('No session ID provided in request URL');
+    res.status(400).send('Missing sessionId parameter');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const transport = transports[sessionId];
+  if (!transport) {
+    console.error(`No active transport found for session ID: ${sessionId}`);
+    res.status(404).send('Session not found');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Handle the POST message with the transport
+    await transport.handlePostMessage(req, res, req.body);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error handling request:', error);
+    if (!res.headersSent) {
+      res.status(500).send('Error handling request');
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+// Start the server
+const PORT = 3000;
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log(`Simple SSE Server (deprecated protocol version 2024-11-05) listening on port ${PORT}`);
+});
+
+// Handle server shutdown
+process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
+  console.log('Shutting down server...');
+
+  // Close all active transports to properly clean up resources
+  for (const sessionId in transports) {
+    try {
+      console.log(`Closing transport for session ${sessionId}`);
+      await transports[sessionId].close();
+      delete transports[sessionId];
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error closing transport for session ${sessionId}:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+  await server.close();
+  console.log('Server shutdown complete');
+  process.exit(0);
+});
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diff --git a/src/examples/server/sseAndStreamableHttpCompatibleServer.ts b/src/examples/server/sseAndStreamableHttpCompatibleServer.ts
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+import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { McpServer } from '../../server/mcp.js';
+import { EventStore, StreamableHTTPServerTransport } from '../../server/streamableHttp.js';
+import { SSEServerTransport } from '../../server/sse.js';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { CallToolResult, isInitializeRequest, JSONRPCMessage } from '../../types.js';
+
+/**
+ * This example server demonstrates backwards compatibility with both:
+ * 1. The deprecated HTTP+SSE transport (protocol version 2024-11-05)
+ * 2. The Streamable HTTP transport (protocol version 2025-03-26)
+ * 
+ * It maintains a single MCP server instance but exposes two transport options:
+ * - /mcp: The new Streamable HTTP endpoint (supports GET/POST/DELETE)
+ * - /sse: The deprecated SSE endpoint for older clients (GET to establish stream)
+ * - /messages: The deprecated POST endpoint for older clients (POST to send messages)
+ */
+
+// Simple in-memory event store for resumability
+class InMemoryEventStore implements EventStore {
+  private events: Map<string, { streamId: string, message: JSONRPCMessage }> = new Map();
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a unique event ID for a given stream ID
+   */
+  private generateEventId(streamId: string): string {
+    return `${streamId}_${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 10)}`;
+  }
+
+  private getStreamIdFromEventId(eventId: string): string {
+    const parts = eventId.split('_');
+    return parts.length > 0 ? parts[0] : '';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stores an event with a generated event ID
+   * Implements EventStore.storeEvent
+   */
+  async storeEvent(streamId: string, message: JSONRPCMessage): Promise<string> {
+    const eventId = this.generateEventId(streamId);
+    console.log(`Storing event ${eventId} for stream ${streamId}`);
+    this.events.set(eventId, { streamId, message });
+    return eventId;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replays events that occurred after a specific event ID
+   * Implements EventStore.replayEventsAfter
+   */
+  async replayEventsAfter(lastEventId: string,
+    { send }: { send: (eventId: string, message: JSONRPCMessage) => Promise<void> }
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    if (!lastEventId || !this.events.has(lastEventId)) {
+      console.log(`No events found for lastEventId: ${lastEventId}`);
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    const streamId = this.getStreamIdFromEventId(lastEventId);
+    if (!streamId) {
+      console.log(`Could not extract streamId from lastEventId: ${lastEventId}`);
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    let foundLastEvent = false;
+    let eventCount = 0;
+
+    // Sort events by eventId for chronological ordering
+    const sortedEvents = [...this.events.entries()].sort((a, b) => a[0].localeCompare(b[0]));
+
+    for (const [eventId, { streamId: eventStreamId, message }] of sortedEvents) {
+      // Only include events from the same stream
+      if (eventStreamId !== streamId) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Start sending events after we find the lastEventId
+      if (eventId === lastEventId) {
+        foundLastEvent = true;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (foundLastEvent) {
+        await send(eventId, message);
+        eventCount++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    console.log(`Replayed ${eventCount} events after ${lastEventId} for stream ${streamId}`);
+    return streamId;
+  }
+}
+
+// Create a shared MCP server instance
+const server = new McpServer({
+  name: 'backwards-compatible-server',
+  version: '1.0.0',
+}, { capabilities: { logging: {} } });
+
+// Register a simple tool that sends notifications over time
+server.tool(
+  'start-notification-stream',
+  'Starts sending periodic notifications for testing resumability',
+  {
+    interval: z.number().describe('Interval in milliseconds between notifications').default(100),
+    count: z.number().describe('Number of notifications to send (0 for 100)').default(50),
+  },
+  async ({ interval, count }, { sendNotification }): Promise<CallToolResult> => {
+    const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+    let counter = 0;
+
+    while (count === 0 || counter < count) {
+      counter++;
+      try {
+        await sendNotification({
+          method: "notifications/message",
+          params: {
+            level: "info",
+            data: `Periodic notification #${counter} at ${new Date().toISOString()}`
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error sending notification:", error);
+      }
+      // Wait for the specified interval
+      await sleep(interval);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      content: [
+        {
+          type: 'text',
+          text: `Started sending periodic notifications every ${interval}ms`,
+        }
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+);
+
+// Create Express application
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.json());
+
+// Store transports by session ID
+const transports: Record<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport | SSEServerTransport> = {};
+
+//=============================================================================
+// STREAMABLE HTTP TRANSPORT (PROTOCOL VERSION 2025-03-26)
+//=============================================================================
+
+// Handle all MCP Streamable HTTP requests (GET, POST, DELETE) on a single endpoint
+app.all('/mcp', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  console.log(`Received ${req.method} request to /mcp`);
+
+  try {
+    // Check for existing session ID
+    const sessionId = req.headers['mcp-session-id'] as string | undefined;
+    let transport: StreamableHTTPServerTransport;
+
+    if (sessionId && transports[sessionId]) {
+      // Check if the transport is of the correct type
+      const existingTransport = transports[sessionId];
+      if (existingTransport instanceof StreamableHTTPServerTransport) {
+        // Reuse existing transport
+        transport = existingTransport;
+      } else {
+        // Transport exists but is not a StreamableHTTPServerTransport (could be SSEServerTransport)
+        res.status(400).json({
+          jsonrpc: '2.0',
+          error: {
+            code: -32000,
+            message: 'Bad Request: Session exists but uses a different transport protocol',
+          },
+          id: null,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+    } else if (!sessionId && req.method === 'POST' && isInitializeRequest(req.body)) {
+      const eventStore = new InMemoryEventStore();
+      transport = new StreamableHTTPServerTransport({
+        sessionIdGenerator: () => randomUUID(),
+        eventStore, // Enable resumability
+        onsessioninitialized: (sessionId) => {
+          // Store the transport by session ID when session is initialized
+          console.log(`StreamableHTTP session initialized with ID: ${sessionId}`);
+          transports[sessionId] = transport;
+        }
+      });
+
+      // Set up onclose handler to clean up transport when closed
+      transport.onclose = () => {
+        const sid = transport.sessionId;
+        if (sid && transports[sid]) {
+          console.log(`Transport closed for session ${sid}, removing from transports map`);
+          delete transports[sid];
+        }
+      };
+
+      // Connect the transport to the MCP server
+      await server.connect(transport);
+    } else {
+      // Invalid request - no session ID or not initialization request
+      res.status(400).json({
+        jsonrpc: '2.0',
+        error: {
+          code: -32000,
+          message: 'Bad Request: No valid session ID provided',
+        },
+        id: null,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Handle the request with the transport
+    await transport.handleRequest(req, res, req.body);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error handling MCP request:', error);
+    if (!res.headersSent) {
+      res.status(500).json({
+        jsonrpc: '2.0',
+        error: {
+          code: -32603,
+          message: 'Internal server error',
+        },
+        id: null,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+//=============================================================================
+// DEPRECATED HTTP+SSE TRANSPORT (PROTOCOL VERSION 2024-11-05)
+//=============================================================================
+
+app.get('/sse', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  console.log('Received GET request to /sse (deprecated SSE transport)');
+  const transport = new SSEServerTransport('/messages', res);
+  transports[transport.sessionId] = transport;
+  res.on("close", () => {
+    delete transports[transport.sessionId];
+  });
+  await server.connect(transport);
+});
+
+app.post("/messages", async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  const sessionId = req.query.sessionId as string;
+  let transport: SSEServerTransport;
+  const existingTransport = transports[sessionId];
+  if (existingTransport instanceof SSEServerTransport) {
+    // Reuse existing transport
+    transport = existingTransport;
+  } else {
+    // Transport exists but is not a SSEServerTransport (could be StreamableHTTPServerTransport)
+    res.status(400).json({
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      error: {
+        code: -32000,
+        message: 'Bad Request: Session exists but uses a different transport protocol',
+      },
+      id: null,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+  if (transport) {
+    await transport.handlePostMessage(req, res);
+  } else {
+    res.status(400).send('No transport found for sessionId');
+  }
+});
+
+
+// Start the server
+const PORT = 3000;
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log(`Backwards compatible MCP server listening on port ${PORT}`);
+  console.log(`
+==============================================
+SUPPORTED TRANSPORT OPTIONS:
+
+1. Streamable Http(Protocol version: 2025-03-26)
+   Endpoint: /mcp
+   Methods: GET, POST, DELETE
+   Usage: 
+     - Initialize with POST to /mcp
+     - Establish SSE stream with GET to /mcp
+     - Send requests with POST to /mcp
+     - Terminate session with DELETE to /mcp
+
+2. Http + SSE (Protocol version: 2024-11-05)
+   Endpoints: /sse (GET) and /messages (POST)
+   Usage:
+     - Establish SSE stream with GET to /sse
+     - Send requests with POST to /messages?sessionId=<id>
+==============================================
+`);
+});
+
+// Handle server shutdown
+process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
+  console.log('Shutting down server...');
+
+  // Close all active transports to properly clean up resources
+  for (const sessionId in transports) {
+    try {
+      console.log(`Closing transport for session ${sessionId}`);
+      await transports[sessionId].close();
+      delete transports[sessionId];
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error closing transport for session ${sessionId}:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+  await server.close();
+  console.log('Server shutdown complete');
+  process.exit(0);
+});
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