diff --git a/endpoint_json2/models/endpoint_endpoint.py b/endpoint_json2/models/endpoint_endpoint.py
index 6f14f73..8e4b997 100644
--- a/endpoint_json2/models/endpoint_endpoint.py
+++ b/endpoint_json2/models/endpoint_endpoint.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _json2_is_valid_response_field(self, Model, field_spec):
             and sub in self.env[fd.comodel_name]._fields
         )
 
-    @api.constrains("json2_response_fields", "json2_model_id")
+    @api.constrains("json2_response_fields", "json2_model_id", "json2_method")
     def _check_json2_response_fields(self):
         for rec in self:
             if not rec.json2_response_fields or not rec.json2_model_name:
@@ -209,10 +209,22 @@ def _check_json2_response_fields(self):
                 continue
             Model = self.env[rec.json2_model_name]
             field_names, _aliases = rec._json2_parse_response_fields()
+            # Plain names are checked only for these two methods. This is a
+            # policy choice, not a taxonomy of the ORM: read_group returns model
+            # field values too and is deliberately excluded, because its rows
+            # carry keys of its own (__count, __domain) as well. A module wanting
+            # its own method checked should constrain it where the payload is
+            # defined, which can pin the exact keys rather than merely "is a
+            # field of the model".
+            # Dotted specs stay checkable whatever the method is, because
+            # _json2_resolve_dotted_fields resolves their base against
+            # Model._fields before injecting the related values.
+            reads_fields = rec.json2_method in ("read", "search_read")
             invalid = [
                 f
                 for f in field_names
-                if not rec._json2_is_valid_response_field(Model, f)
+                if ("." in f or reads_fields)
+                and not rec._json2_is_valid_response_field(Model, f)
             ]
             if invalid:
                 raise ValidationError(
diff --git a/endpoint_json2/readme/CONFIGURE.md b/endpoint_json2/readme/CONFIGURE.md
index 792da91..86c5210 100644
--- a/endpoint_json2/readme/CONFIGURE.md
+++ b/endpoint_json2/readme/CONFIGURE.md
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ set to **JSON-2 API**.
   country_id.name country
   write_date last_modified
   ```
+
+  Works with any method whose rows are objects; rows of another shape (ids,
+  `(id, name)` pairs, a scalar) pass through untouched. Plain names are validated
+  against the model only for `read` and `search_read` — for anything else the keys
+  are the method's own, so a typo is not reported and simply drops that key from
+  the response. Dotted specs are always validated.
 - **Default Domain**: A JSON-formatted domain filter applied to every request
   (e.g. `[["active", "=", true]]`).
 - **Response Language**: Optionally force a language on the execution context so
diff --git a/endpoint_json2/tests/test_endpoint_json2.py b/endpoint_json2/tests/test_endpoint_json2.py
index 1b028ed..edd0a8a 100644
--- a/endpoint_json2/tests/test_endpoint_json2.py
+++ b/endpoint_json2/tests/test_endpoint_json2.py
@@ -35,6 +35,52 @@ def test_invalid_response_fields(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
             self.endpoint.json2_response_fields = "name\ncountry_id.nonexistent"
 
+    def test_plain_names_unvalidated_when_not_a_field_reader(self):
+        """Neither is read/search_read, so their declared names go unchecked.
+
+        The snippet body is never run by the constraint; it is only there
+        because an endpoint needs either a method or a snippet.
+        """
+        for name, response_fields, vals in (
+            ("counts", "__count total", {"json2_method": "read_group"}),
+            ("summary", "branch_code", {"json2_code_snippet": "result = []"}),
+        ):
+            endpoint = self._create_endpoint(
+                dict(vals, name=f"get_{name}", json2_response_fields=response_fields)
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(endpoint.json2_response_fields, response_fields)
+
+    def test_dotted_specs_validated_whatever_the_method(self):
+        """Their base must resolve against the model, method or not."""
+        endpoint = self._create_endpoint(
+            {
+                "name": "get_counts_dotted",
+                "json2_method": "read_group",
+                "json2_response_fields": "__count\ncountry_id.name country",
+            }
+        )
+        bad = ("nonexistent_id.name", "email.something", "country_id.nonexistent")
+        for spec in bad:
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                endpoint.json2_response_fields = f"__count\n{spec}"
+
+    def test_plain_names_still_validated_for_search_read(self):
+        """__count is not a field of res.partner."""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+            self.endpoint.json2_response_fields = "name\n__count"
+
+    def test_changing_method_rechecks_response_fields(self):
+        """The constraint depends on json2_method, so a switch must re-run it."""
+        endpoint = self._create_endpoint(
+            {
+                "name": "get_switched",
+                "json2_method": "read_group",
+                "json2_response_fields": "country_id\n__count",
+            }
+        )
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+            endpoint.json2_method = "search_read"
+
     def test_empty_response_fields(self):
         self.endpoint.json2_response_fields = False
         fields, aliases = self.endpoint._json2_parse_response_fields()