diff --git a/src/a2a/server/request_handlers/default_request_handler_v2.py b/src/a2a/server/request_handlers/default_request_handler_v2.py
index 872a3bfa2..372f11a10 100644
--- a/src/a2a/server/request_handlers/default_request_handler_v2.py
+++ b/src/a2a/server/request_handlers/default_request_handler_v2.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         task_store: TaskStore,
         agent_card: AgentCard,
         queue_manager: Any
-        | None = None,  # Kept for backward compat in signature
+        | None = None,  # Accepted for signature compat; ignored in v2 (warns)
         push_config_store: PushNotificationConfigStore | None = None,
         push_sender: PushNotificationSender | None = None,
         request_context_builder: RequestContextBuilder | None = None,
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         ]
         | None = None,
     ) -> None:
+        if queue_manager is not None:
+            logger.warning(
+                'A queue_manager was passed to DefaultRequestHandlerV2, but it '
+                'is not used: v2 delegates event streaming to an in-memory '
+                'ActiveTaskRegistry, so custom or distributed QueueManager '
+                'implementations are ignored. For multi-replica event '
+                'streaming, either use LegacyRequestHandler or route '
+                'subscription requests to the replica holding the task.'
+            )
         self.agent_executor = agent_executor
         self.task_store = task_store
         self._agent_card = agent_card
diff --git a/tests/server/request_handlers/test_default_request_handler_v2.py b/tests/server/request_handlers/test_default_request_handler_v2.py
index b276fb77a..9c2e18bb2 100644
--- a/tests/server/request_handlers/test_default_request_handler_v2.py
+++ b/tests/server/request_handlers/test_default_request_handler_v2.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 )
 from a2a.server.agent_execution.active_task_registry import ActiveTaskRegistry
 from a2a.server.context import ServerCallContext
-from a2a.server.events import EventQueue
+from a2a.server.events import EventQueue, InMemoryQueueManager
 from a2a.server.events.event_queue_v2 import EventQueueSource
 from a2a.server.request_handlers import DefaultRequestHandlerV2
 from a2a.server.tasks import (
@@ -140,6 +140,36 @@ def test_init_default_dependencies():
     assert handler._request_context_builder._task_store == task_store
 
 
+def test_init_warns_when_queue_manager_passed(caplog):
+    """A caller-supplied queue_manager is not honored in v2, so passing one
+    must emit a warning instead of being silently ignored (issue #1135)."""
+    queue_manager = InMemoryQueueManager()
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        DefaultRequestHandlerV2(
+            agent_executor=MockAgentExecutor(),
+            task_store=InMemoryTaskStore(),
+            agent_card=create_default_agent_card(),
+            queue_manager=queue_manager,
+        )
+    assert any(
+        'queue_manager' in record.message and record.levelno == logging.WARNING
+        for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+def test_init_no_warning_without_queue_manager(caplog):
+    """No warning is emitted when queue_manager is omitted."""
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        DefaultRequestHandlerV2(
+            agent_executor=MockAgentExecutor(),
+            task_store=InMemoryTaskStore(),
+            agent_card=create_default_agent_card(),
+        )
+    assert not any(
+        'queue_manager' in record.message for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_on_get_task_not_found():
     """Test on_get_task when task_store.get returns None."""