diff --git a/docs/01-rainbow-triangle.md b/docs/01-rainbow-triangle.md
index e837ce1..a19fb72 100644
--- a/docs/01-rainbow-triangle.md
+++ b/docs/01-rainbow-triangle.md
@@ -1004,7 +1004,10 @@ fn render(&mut self) {
             return;
         }
         wgpu::CurrentSurfaceTexture::Lost => {
-            log::error!("Surface lost — cannot recover without re-creating State");
+            log::error!("Surface lost — GPU resources invalidated; full re-init required");
+            // Production recovery: signal App to drop `self.state`,
+            // then recreate on the next RedrawRequested or in a
+            // dedicated recovery callback. See callout below.
             return;
         }
         wgpu::CurrentSurfaceTexture::Validation { source, description } => {
@@ -1067,6 +1070,17 @@ from the [swapchain](concepts/GLOSSARY.md#swapchain). The swapchain cycles throu
 2–3 pre-allocated back buffers. This call returns immediately if a buffer is
 available; it does not block on the GPU.
 
+> **Surface Lost recovery pattern:** `Lost` means the compositor destroyed the
+> surface (display server restart, GPU reset, hotplug, etc.). Every GPU
+> resource tied to that surface — the `Surface`, `Device`, `Queue`, pipeline,
+> buffers — is irrecoverably invalidated. You cannot reuse any of them. The
+> production pattern is to set `self.state = None` in `App`, then on the next
+> `RedrawRequested` (or in a dedicated recovery callback), re-run the full
+> `State::new()` initialization chain from S3. This recreates the adapter,
+> device, surface, and all child resources. Without this, continued renders
+> against a lost surface will either panic or silently produce corrupted
+> output.
+
 **`device.poll(wgpu::PollType::Wait { submission_index: None, timeout: None })`** — **Synchronous** call that drives
 in-flight GPU work to completion: shader compilation fences, memory allocation,
 and queue signaling. Without this, resources accumulate because the device does