diff --git a/docs/portal/build/workflows-activities.md b/docs/portal/build/workflows-activities.md
index 64c390ce..4db697b9 100644
--- a/docs/portal/build/workflows-activities.md
+++ b/docs/portal/build/workflows-activities.md
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ $worker->registerWorkflow(
 
 The sequence, type, and details of context operations are durable. Changing them while old histories are still running can raise `NonDeterministicWorkflow`. Deploy replay-compatible code or drain incompatible histories before removing an old branch.
 
+## Keep invocation state local
+
+Create execution-local variables and temporary mutable objects inside the
+workflow method. Workflow replay reconstructs durable values through `WorkflowContext`.
+Apply the same rule to queries and updates.
+
+The released SDK shallow-clones attributed workflow handlers without rerunning
+their constructors. Constructor-created nested objects and referenced
+properties can remain shared across workflows and replay attempts. Do not use
+them, injected services, static properties or captured shared objects for
+execution-local mutable state. This handler-lifetime limitation remains open in
+[#16](https://github.com/durable-workflow/sdk-php/issues/16); the proposed
+fresh-construction correction is not released.
+
 ## Call a registered service
 
 This authoring API is introduced in the PHP SDK 2.3 prerelease. Install it with
diff --git a/docs/protocol.md b/docs/protocol.md
index e9c58025..718b3853 100644
--- a/docs/protocol.md
+++ b/docs/protocol.md
@@ -100,13 +100,18 @@ interleaved workflow executions cannot consume one another's execution state.
 Generator-returning workflow handlers are not part of the 2.0 service-mode
 contract.
 
-Attribute-discovered workflow entry points, queries, and updates receive a fresh
+Attribute-discovered workflow entry points, queries, and updates receive a
 shallow clone of the registered workflow handler template for every invocation.
-The template retains constructor-injected collaborators, but mutable properties
-on the workflow handler always begin at their registration-time values. Activity
-handlers are different: the worker invokes the resolved activity service
-instance directly across tasks. Low-level callable registrations likewise keep
-the lifetime and captured state of the callable supplied by the application.
+The SDK does not rerun the constructor. Nested objects and referenced properties can remain
+shared under [PHP's cloning rules](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.cloning.php),
+including constructor-created state and injected collaborators. This does not
+provide complete workflow-state isolation. Keep execution-local state in method
+variables and construct temporary objects inside each invocation. The remaining
+handler-lifetime defect is tracked in [#16](https://github.com/durable-workflow/sdk-php/issues/16).
+
+Activity handlers use the resolved activity service instance directly across
+tasks. Low-level callable registrations keep the lifetime and captured state
+of the callable supplied by the application.
 
 The runtime fetches all paginated history before replay. Activity handlers can
 heartbeat and observe cancellation. Query handlers receive immutable committed
diff --git a/docs/sdk-reference.md b/docs/sdk-reference.md
index 0505e645..fcfb0ea0 100644
--- a/docs/sdk-reference.md
+++ b/docs/sdk-reference.md
@@ -440,22 +440,25 @@ required constructor arguments are instantiated automatically. Pass any PSR-11
 `ContainerInterface` as the third argument to `Worker::create()` when handlers
 have application dependencies.
 
-Attributed workflow classes have a replay-scoped lifecycle. Registration
-captures a clean handler template, then each workflow task replay, query, and
-update runs on a fresh shallow clone. Mutable properties on the workflow object
-therefore cannot cross workflow IDs, runs, or replay attempts, while
-constructor-injected collaborators retain their configured identity. Keep
-workflow-local mutable state directly on the handler; injected collaborators
-are shared services and must not be used to hold execution-local state.
-Workflow handler classes must remain cloneable.
+Registration retains a workflow handler template. Each attributed workflow task
+replay, query, and update runs on a shallow clone of it. The constructor is not
+rerun, and shallow cloning does not automatically isolate nested objects or referenced properties.
+Mutating constructor-created object state can therefore affect another workflow
+ID, run or replay. This limitation remains open in
+[#16](https://github.com/durable-workflow/sdk-php/issues/16).
+
+Keep workflow-local state in method variables. Create temporary mutable objects
+inside each workflow, query or update invocation. During workflow replay,
+reconstruct durable values through `WorkflowContext`. Injected collaborators retain their configured
+identity and must not hold execution-local state. Workflow handler classes must
+remain cloneable. The proposed fresh-construction API in #111 is not released.
 
 Activity services have worker-scoped lifetimes instead: their resolved instance
 is reused for activity tasks, so they can retain clients and other service
 resources. The explicit `registerWorkflow()`, `registerQuery()`, and
 `registerUpdate()` low-level methods also invoke the supplied callable as-is;
-state captured by such a callable remains owned by the application. Use
-attribute-based workflow registration when the SDK should provide replay-state
-isolation.
+state captured by such a callable remains owned by the application. Neither
+registration style makes shared mutable objects safe workflow-local storage.
 
 Pass a PSR-3 `LoggerInterface` with the named `logger` argument; lifecycle,
 retry, shutdown, and handler failures then use the application's normal logging