diff --git a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/federation/FederationSchemaFactory.java b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/federation/FederationSchemaFactory.java
index ec9efbc9..0c56de76 100644
--- a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/federation/FederationSchemaFactory.java
+++ b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/federation/FederationSchemaFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.apollographql.federation.graphqljava.Federation;
 import com.apollographql.federation.graphqljava.SchemaTransformer;
+import graphql.language.Argument;
+import graphql.language.BooleanValue;
+import graphql.language.Directive;
 import graphql.language.TypeDefinition;
 import graphql.schema.DataFetcher;
 import graphql.schema.GraphQLSchema;
@@ -189,8 +192,7 @@ public final class FederationSchemaFactory
 		List<String> unmappedEntities = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (TypeDefinition<?> type : registry.types().values()) {
 			type.getDirectives().forEach((directive) -> {
-				boolean isEntityType = directive.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("key");
-				if (isEntityType && !this.handlerMethods.containsKey(type.getName())) {
+				if (isResolvableKeyDirective(directive) && !this.handlerMethods.containsKey(type.getName())) {
 					unmappedEntities.add(type.getName());
 				}
 			});
@@ -201,6 +203,18 @@ public final class FederationSchemaFactory
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean isResolvableKeyDirective(Directive directive) {
+		if (!directive.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("key")) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		Argument argument = directive.getArgument("resolvable");
+		if (argument != null) {
+			Object value = argument.getValue();
+			return (value instanceof BooleanValue bv && bv.isValue());
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 
 	public record EntityMappingInfo(String typeName, HandlerMethod handlerMethod) {
 
diff --git a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/server/WebGraphQlRequest.java b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/server/WebGraphQlRequest.java
index 6bf59945..1fdc6194 100644
--- a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/server/WebGraphQlRequest.java
+++ b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/server/WebGraphQlRequest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import org.springframework.graphql.ExecutionGraphQlRequest;
 import org.springframework.graphql.GraphQlRequest;
 import org.springframework.graphql.support.DefaultExecutionGraphQlRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpCookie;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-public class WebGraphQlRequest extends DefaultExecutionGraphQlRequest implements ExecutionGraphQlRequest {
+public class WebGraphQlRequest extends DefaultExecutionGraphQlRequest {
 
 	private static final MultiValueMap<String, HttpCookie> EMPTY_COOKIES =
 			CollectionUtils.unmodifiableMultiValueMap(new LinkedMultiValueMap<>());
diff --git a/spring-graphql/src/test/resources/books/federation-schema.graphqls b/spring-graphql/src/test/resources/books/federation-schema.graphqls
index 251dca33..0f891859 100644
--- a/spring-graphql/src/test/resources/books/federation-schema.graphqls
+++ b/spring-graphql/src/test/resources/books/federation-schema.graphqls
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+extend schema @link(url: "https://specs.apollo.dev/federation/v2.9", import: ["@key", "@extends", "@external"] )
+
 type Book @key(fields: "id") @extends {
     id: ID! @external
     author: Author
+    publisher: Publisher
 }
 
 type Author {
@@ -8,3 +11,7 @@ type Author {
     firstName: String
     lastName: String
 }
+
+type Publisher @key(fields: "id", resolvable: false) {
+    id: ID! @external
+}