diff --git a/src/shared/protocol.test.ts b/src/shared/protocol.test.ts
index fb5ecd13..c14a3961 100644
--- a/src/shared/protocol.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/protocol.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   Request,
   Result,
   ServerCapabilities,
+  JSONRPCRequest,
 } from "../types.js";
 import { Protocol, mergeCapabilities } from "./protocol.js";
 import { Transport } from "./transport.js";
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class MockTransport implements Transport {
   onclose?: () => void;
   onerror?: (error: Error) => void;
   onmessage?: (message: unknown) => void;
+  sessionId?: string;
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {}
   async close(): Promise<void> {
@@ -256,6 +258,75 @@ describe("protocol tests", () => {
       await expect(requestPromise).resolves.toEqual({ result: "success" });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("request handler params preservation", () => {
+    let protocol: Protocol<Request, Notification, Result>;
+    let transport: MockTransport;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      transport = new MockTransport();
+      protocol = new (class extends Protocol<Request, Notification, Result> {
+        protected assertCapabilityForMethod(): void {}
+        protected assertNotificationCapability(): void {}
+        protected assertRequestHandlerCapability(): void {}
+      })();
+      protocol.connect(transport);
+    });
+
+    it("should preserve request params when passed to handler via setRequestHandler", async () => {
+      const testMethod = "test/paramsMethod";
+      const testParams = { key1: "value1", key2: 123 };
+      const testId = 99;
+
+      const requestSchema = z.object({
+        method: z.literal(testMethod),
+        params: z.object({
+          key1: z.string(),
+          key2: z.number(),
+        }),
+      });
+
+      const mockHandler = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true });
+
+      protocol.setRequestHandler(requestSchema, mockHandler);
+
+      const rawIncomingRequest: JSONRPCRequest = {
+        jsonrpc: "2.0",
+        id: testId,
+        method: testMethod,
+        params: testParams,
+      };
+
+      if (!transport.onmessage) {
+        throw new Error("transport.onmessage was not set by protocol.connect()");
+      }
+      transport.onmessage(rawIncomingRequest);
+
+      await new Promise(setImmediate);
+
+      expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      const handlerArg = mockHandler.mock.calls[0][0];
+      const handlerExtraArg = mockHandler.mock.calls[0][1];
+
+      expect(handlerArg).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          jsonrpc: "2.0",
+          id: testId,
+          method: testMethod,
+          params: testParams,
+        })
+      );
+
+      expect(handlerExtraArg).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          signal: expect.any(AbortSignal),
+          sessionId: transport.sessionId,
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
 });
 
 describe("mergeCapabilities", () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/protocol.ts b/src/shared/protocol.ts
index a6e47184..e1bda8b5 100644
--- a/src/shared/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/shared/protocol.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ZodLiteral, ZodObject, ZodType, z } from "zod";
+import { ZodLiteral, ZodObject, ZodType, z, ZodTypeAny } from "zod";
 import {
   CancelledNotificationSchema,
   ClientCapabilities,
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   ProgressNotificationSchema,
   Request,
   RequestId,
+  RequestIdSchema,
   Result,
   ServerCapabilities,
 } from "../types.js";
@@ -170,9 +171,21 @@ export abstract class Protocol<
       controller?.abort(notification.params.reason);
     });
 
-    this.setNotificationHandler(ProgressNotificationSchema, (notification) => {
-      this._onprogress(notification as unknown as ProgressNotification);
-    });
+    // Register the internal _onprogress handler DIRECTLY, bypassing the
+    // complex parsing wrapper logic added for general handlers,
+    // as we know the exact structure we need for progress notifications.
+    this._notificationHandlers.set(
+        ProgressNotificationSchema.shape.method.value,
+        async (rawNotification: JSONRPCNotification) => {
+            try {
+                // Directly parse the known ProgressNotificationSchema
+                const parsedNotification = ProgressNotificationSchema.parse(rawNotification);
+                this._onprogress(parsedNotification);
+            } catch (e) {
+                this._onerror(new Error(`Invalid progress notification structure: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}. Notification ignored. Raw: ${JSON.stringify(rawNotification)}`));
+            }
+        }
+    );
 
     this.setRequestHandler(
       PingRequestSchema,
@@ -571,6 +584,9 @@ export abstract class Protocol<
   setRequestHandler<
     T extends ZodObject<{
       method: ZodLiteral<string>;
+      jsonrpc?: ZodLiteral<"2.0">;
+      id?: z.ZodUnion<[z.ZodString, z.ZodNumber]>;
+      params?: ZodTypeAny;
     }>,
   >(
     requestSchema: T,
@@ -581,9 +597,31 @@ export abstract class Protocol<
   ): void {
     const method = requestSchema.shape.method.value;
     this.assertRequestHandlerCapability(method);
-    this._requestHandlers.set(method, (request, extra) =>
-      Promise.resolve(handler(requestSchema.parse(request), extra)),
-    );
+
+    this._requestHandlers.set(method, async (rawRequest: JSONRPCRequest, extra: RequestHandlerExtra): Promise<SendResultT> => {
+      const parsingSchemaDefinition = {
+        jsonrpc: z.literal("2.0" as const),
+        id: RequestIdSchema, 
+        method: z.literal(method),
+        params: requestSchema.shape.params 
+                  ? requestSchema.shape.params 
+                  : z.unknown().optional(),  
+      };
+      const finalParsingSchema = z.object(parsingSchemaDefinition).passthrough();
+
+      let parsedRequest: z.infer<T>;
+      try {
+        parsedRequest = await finalParsingSchema.parseAsync(rawRequest) as z.infer<T>;
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof z.ZodError) {
+          const errorDetails = e.errors.map(err => `${err.path.join('.') || 'params'}: ${err.message}`).join('; ');
+          throw new McpError(ErrorCode.InvalidParams, `Invalid request structure for method ${method}: ${errorDetails}`, e.flatten());
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
+
+      return await Promise.resolve(handler(parsedRequest, extra));
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -612,16 +650,39 @@ export abstract class Protocol<
   setNotificationHandler<
     T extends ZodObject<{
       method: ZodLiteral<string>;
+      jsonrpc?: ZodLiteral<"2.0">;
+      params?: ZodTypeAny;
     }>,
   >(
     notificationSchema: T,
     handler: (notification: z.infer<T>) => void | Promise<void>,
   ): void {
-    this._notificationHandlers.set(
-      notificationSchema.shape.method.value,
-      (notification) =>
-        Promise.resolve(handler(notificationSchema.parse(notification))),
-    );
+    const method = notificationSchema.shape.method.value;
+
+    this._notificationHandlers.set(method, async (rawNotification: JSONRPCNotification): Promise<void> => {
+         const parsingSchemaDefinition = {
+            jsonrpc: z.literal("2.0" as const),
+            method: z.literal(method),
+            params: notificationSchema.shape.params
+                      ? notificationSchema.shape.params 
+                      : z.unknown().optional(),   
+         };
+         const finalParsingSchema = z.object(parsingSchemaDefinition).passthrough();
+
+         let parsedNotification: z.infer<T>;
+         try {
+             parsedNotification = await finalParsingSchema.parseAsync(rawNotification) as z.infer<T>;
+         } catch (e) {
+             if (e instanceof z.ZodError) {
+                 this._onerror(new Error(`Invalid notification structure for ${method}: ${e.message}. Notification ignored.`));
+                 return;
+             }
+             this._onerror(new Error(`Unexpected error parsing notification ${method}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`));
+             return;
+         }
+
+         await Promise.resolve(handler(parsedNotification));
+    });
   }
 
   /**