@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def validate_tool_name(name: str) -> ToolNameValidationResult:
         warnings.append("Tool name starts or ends with a dot, which may cause parsing issues in some contexts")
 
     # Check for invalid characters
-    if not TOOL_NAME_REGEX.match(name):
+    if not TOOL_NAME_REGEX.fullmatch(name):
         # Find all invalid characters (unique, preserving order)
         invalid_chars: list[str] = []
         seen: set[str] = set()
 
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ def _parse_expression(template: str, body: str, pos: int) -> _Expression:
         explode = spec.endswith("*")
         name = spec[:-1] if explode else spec
 
-        if not _VARNAME_RE.match(name):
+        if not _VARNAME_RE.fullmatch(name):
             raise InvalidUriTemplate(
                 f"Invalid variable name {name!r} at position {pos}",
                 template=template,
 
@@ -65,12 +65,17 @@ def test_validate_tool_name_rejects_name_exceeding_max_length() -> None:
         ("get,user,profile", "','"),
         ("user/profile/update", "'/'"),
         ("user@domain.com", "'@'"),
+        # a single trailing newline slipped past `$` with re.match
+        ("valid_name\n", "'\\n'"),
+        ("a" * 127 + "\n", "'\\n'"),
     ],
     ids=[
         "with_spaces",
         "with_commas",
         "with_slashes",
         "with_at_symbol",
+        "with_trailing_newline",
+        "max_length_with_trailing_newline",
     ],
 )
 def test_validate_tool_name_rejects_invalid_characters(tool_name: str, expected_char: str) -> None:
 
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ def test_parse_rejects_operator_without_variable():
         # RFC §2.3: dots only between varchars, not consecutive or trailing
         "foo..bar",
         "foo.",
+        # a single trailing newline slipped past `$` with re.match
+        "foo\n",
     ],
 )
 def test_parse_rejects_invalid_varname(name: str):
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ def test_parse_rejects_operator_without_variable():
144	144	# RFC §2.3: dots only between varchars, not consecutive or trailing
145	145	"foo..bar",
146	146	"foo.",
	147	+ # a single trailing newline slipped past `$` with re.match
	148	+ "foo\n",
147	149	],
148	150	)
149	151	def test_parse_rejects_invalid_varname(name: str):