From bf0998ba2f64d70dee7917df2955cf3c2d907cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Judge <spencer@temporal.io>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:28:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix misleading docstring in preferred version PR

---
 .../main/java/io/temporal/worker/PreferredVersionProvider.java | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/PreferredVersionProvider.java b/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/PreferredVersionProvider.java
index cd8351c5a..f930f1d34 100644
--- a/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/PreferredVersionProvider.java
+++ b/temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/worker/PreferredVersionProvider.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ public interface PreferredVersionProvider {
    *
    * <p>This method is invoked on the workflow thread. Any exception it throws propagates out of the
    * {@code getVersion} call and fails the current workflow task, which will be retried; a provider
-   * that always throws will therefore block the workflow. Implementations should be deterministic
-   * and side-effect free.
+   * that always throws will therefore block the workflow.
    */
   @Nullable
   VersionPreference getPreferredVersion(@Nonnull PreferredVersionProviderInput input);