diff --git a/src/lib/errors.ts b/src/lib/errors.ts
index 7f8839eeb86..18b27d34827 100644
--- a/src/lib/errors.ts
+++ b/src/lib/errors.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,16 @@ export function isClientClosedMessage(text: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Ambiguous-reset refusal wording owned by this proxy (src/lib/upstream-retry.ts):
+ * the upstream connection closed before any response arrived, so the request may
+ * already have been processed and automatic replay was stopped. Matched narrowly
+ * so a provider-sent message is never relabeled by it.
+ */
+export function isUpstreamResetReplayRefusedMessage(text: string): boolean {
+  return text.toLowerCase().includes("connection closed before a response was received");
+}
+
 export function classifyError(status: number, type: string, message: string): OcxErrorPayload {
   const text = message.toLowerCase();
   if (type === "previous_response_not_found") {
diff --git a/src/providers/key-failover.ts b/src/providers/key-failover.ts
index 3235cfb97bd..e4552df141a 100644
--- a/src/providers/key-failover.ts
+++ b/src/providers/key-failover.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ const OPENCODE_GO_RATE_LIMIT_RETRY = {
 } as const satisfies Required<RateLimitRetryPolicy>;
 
 /** True when the provider row points at the OpenCode Go destination. */
-function isOpenCodeGoDestination(
+export function isOpenCodeGoDestination(
   provider: Partial<Pick<OcxProviderConfig, "baseUrl" | "authMode">>,
 ): boolean {
   const raw = typeof provider.baseUrl === "string" ? provider.baseUrl : "";
diff --git a/src/server/request-log.ts b/src/server/request-log.ts
index 176ec0c5a2c..f3d73ba8984 100644
--- a/src/server/request-log.ts
+++ b/src/server/request-log.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   isCyberPolicyCode,
   isCyberPolicyMessage,
   isRateLimitOrQuotaFailureMessage,
+  isUpstreamResetReplayRefusedMessage,
   upstreamErrorMessageFromPayload,
 } from "../lib/errors";
 import { CODEX_CONFIG_PATH, readRootTomlString } from "../codex/paths";
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { normalizeRouteDecisionTrace, type RouteDecisionTraceV1 } from "../routi
 import type { AdapterRequest } from "../adapters/base";
 import type { RequestSpendSettlement } from "./responses/request-spend";
 import type { AdapterTierMetadata } from "../providers/fastwire";
+import { UPSTREAM_RESET_REPLAY_REFUSED_CODE } from "../lib/upstream-retry";
 import { redactSecretString, sanitizeLogMetadataString } from "../lib/redact";
 import {
   appendUsageEntry,
@@ -729,7 +731,15 @@ export function requestLogErrorCode(
     }
     return "permission_denied";
   }
-  if (status === 429) return "rate_limit_exceeded";
+  if (status === 429) {
+    // A refused ambiguous reset answers 429 by design (it must not invite a client
+    // retry that could duplicate inference); classify it by its message so the log
+    // distinguishes a proxy refusal from provider throttling.
+    if (upstreamError?.trim() && isUpstreamResetReplayRefusedMessage(upstreamError)) {
+      return UPSTREAM_RESET_REPLAY_REFUSED_CODE;
+    }
+    return "rate_limit_exceeded";
+  }
   if (status === 503) return "server_is_overloaded";
   if (status >= 500) return "upstream_server_error";
   return `http_${status}`;
diff --git a/src/server/responses/passthrough-dispatch.ts b/src/server/responses/passthrough-dispatch.ts
index 4e458f135f6..e4ca80ccb22 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/passthrough-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/passthrough-dispatch.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ import { recordCodexUpstreamOutcome } from "../../codex/routing";
 import { describeUpstreamConnectFailure } from "./upstream-error";
 import type { OpaqueBlobRecoveryGuard } from "./core-opaque-recovery";
 import {
+  isOpenCodeGoDestination,
   rateLimitRetryPolicyFor,
   rateLimitRetryDelayMs,
   transientRetryPolicyFor,
@@ -841,7 +842,15 @@ export async function preparePassthroughExchange(
             // retry wrapper replaces — proves the host was reached (#914 review).
             .then(adoptObservedResponse);
         },
-        { abortSignal: upstream.signal, label: safeHostLabel(request.url), attempts: remainingTransientSendBudget(transientSendAttempts()), onSendsConsumed: noteTransientSends },
+        { abortSignal: upstream.signal, label: safeHostLabel(request.url),
+          attempts: remainingTransientSendBudget(transientSendAttempts()), onSendsConsumed: noteTransientSends,
+          // The OpenCode Go destination stalls-then-drops inference sends (ambiguous
+          // pre-header resets surfacing as refused 429s); its subscription traffic is
+          // inference-only, so a bounded reset replay here absorbs the blip instead of
+          // failing the turn. Recovery legs keep the fail-closed refusal; only this
+          // initial send is replay-eligible. Attempts stay budget-bounded via attempts.
+          replaySafe: isOpenCodeGoDestination(route.provider),
+        },
       );
     } catch (err) {
       return transportFailureResponse(err);
diff --git a/tests/responses/responses-passthrough-transient-policy.test.ts b/tests/responses/responses-passthrough-transient-policy.test.ts
index c598ac4fa1c..77bc00487fe 100644
--- a/tests/responses/responses-passthrough-transient-policy.test.ts
+++ b/tests/responses/responses-passthrough-transient-policy.test.ts
@@ -175,3 +175,10 @@ describe("a configured ladder is bounded by the request budget", () => {
     expect(budget.reserveSpent).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+  const goPacked = dense(readResponsesCoreModule("passthrough-dispatch.ts"));
+describe("the Go destination replays ambiguous resets on the initial send", () => {
+  test("replaySafe is destination-scoped to exactly one leg", () => {
+    expect(occurrences(goPacked, "replaySafe:isOpenCodeGoDestination(route.provider)")).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/usage/request-log.test.ts b/tests/usage/request-log.test.ts
index f4842c27809..ae4c9b9493d 100644
--- a/tests/usage/request-log.test.ts
+++ b/tests/usage/request-log.test.ts
@@ -830,6 +830,10 @@ describe("request log metadata", () => {
       "Provider error 401: this model requires a subscription, upgrade for access",
     )).toBe("invalid_api_key");
     expect(requestLogErrorCode(429)).toBe("rate_limit_exceeded");
+    expect(requestLogErrorCode(
+      429,
+      "The upstream connection closed before a response was received. The request may already have been processed; automatic replay was stopped.",
+    )).toBe("upstream_reset_replay_refused");
     expect(requestLogErrorCode(499)).toBe("client_closed_request");
     expect(requestLogErrorCode(502, "client closed request during web-search")).toBe("client_closed_request");
     expect(requestLogErrorCode(400, "blocked", "cyber_policy")).toBe("cyber_policy");