diff --git a/agent/error_classifier.py b/agent/error_classifier.py
index d471e781b4..472e53d622 100644
--- a/agent/error_classifier.py
+++ b/agent/error_classifier.py
@@ -1399,9 +1399,32 @@ def _headers_of(exc: Any) -> Any:
     return headers if headers and hasattr(headers, "get") else None
 
 
+def _status_code_from_body(body: Any) -> Optional[int]:
+    """Numeric HTTP status (100-599) from ``error.code``/``code`` in a structured body.
+    An aggregator/relay can deliver the upstream failure only this way — as an
+    error object inside an HTTP-200 SSE stream — leaving the SDK to raise a
+    status-less ``APIError`` whose ``body`` carries the status (#121270). String
+    codes stay symbolic (``_code_from_payload``'s ``"400" is not a code``)."""
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        return None
+    candidates = []
+    error_obj = body.get("error")
+    if isinstance(error_obj, dict):
+        candidates.extend(error_obj.get(k) for k in ("status_code", "status", "http_status", "code"))
+    candidates.append(body.get("code"))
+    return next(
+        (c for c in candidates if isinstance(c, int) and not isinstance(c, bool) and 100 <= c < 600),
+        None,
+    )
+
+
 def _extract_status_code(error: Exception) -> Optional[int]:
-    """HTTP status code from the error or its cause chain."""
-    return _from_cause_chain(error, _status_of, None)
+    """HTTP status code from the error or its cause chain; a body-carried numeric
+    ``code`` counts when the exception itself carries no status (#121270)."""
+    status = _from_cause_chain(error, _status_of, None)
+    if status is None:
+        status = _status_code_from_body(_from_cause_chain(error, _body_of, {}))
+    return status
 
 
 def _extract_error_body(error: Exception) -> dict:
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_error_classifier_body_status.py b/tests/agent/test_error_classifier_body_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26bd0daea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/agent/test_error_classifier_body_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""Body-carried HTTP status extraction — an in-stream SSE error object's numeric
+``code`` must classify like the equivalent HTTP response (#121270)."""
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from agent.error_classifier import (
+    FailoverReason,
+    classify_api_error,
+    _extract_status_code,
+)
+
+
+class MockAPIError(Exception):
+    """Simulates a status-less OpenAI SDK APIError raised mid-stream."""
+
+    def __init__(self, message, status_code=None, body=None, headers=None):
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.body = body or {}
+        self.response = SimpleNamespace(headers=headers or {})
+
+
+_BAN_BODY = {
+    "error": {
+        "code": 403,
+        "message": "Your account has been banned by the upstream provider",
+        "metadata": {"provider_name": "acme"},
+    }
+}
+
+
+class TestBodyCarriedStatusExtraction:
+    def test_in_stream_error_code_is_extracted_as_status(self):
+        assert (
+            _extract_status_code(MockAPIError("Error code: 403", body=_BAN_BODY)) == 403
+        )
+
+    def test_exception_status_still_wins_over_body_code(self):
+        err = MockAPIError("Too Many Requests", status_code=429, body=_BAN_BODY)
+        assert _extract_status_code(err) == 429
+
+    def test_symbolic_string_codes_are_not_statuses(self):
+        body = {"error": {"code": "insufficient_quota", "message": "quota exceeded"}}
+        assert _extract_status_code(MockAPIError("quota", body=body)) is None
+
+    def test_out_of_range_and_non_int_codes_are_ignored(self):
+        for code in (99, 600, "403", True, 403.0):
+            body = {"error": {"code": code, "message": "x"}}
+            assert _extract_status_code(MockAPIError("x", body=body)) is None, code
+
+    def test_top_level_code_and_status_keys_also_count(self):
+        assert _extract_status_code(MockAPIError("x", body={"code": 503})) == 503
+        assert (
+            _extract_status_code(
+                MockAPIError("x", body={"error": {"http_status": 502}})
+            )
+            == 502
+        )
+
+
+class TestInStreamErrorClassification:
+    def test_403_ban_is_auth_not_transient_retry(self):
+        result = classify_api_error(
+            MockAPIError("Error code: 403", body=_BAN_BODY), provider="custom"
+        )
+        assert result.status_code == 403
+        assert result.reason == FailoverReason.auth
+        assert result.retryable is False
+        assert result.should_fallback is True
+
+    def test_502_in_stream_error_stays_retryable(self):
+        body = {"error": {"code": 502, "message": "upstream connect error"}}
+        result = classify_api_error(
+            MockAPIError("Error code: 502", body=body), provider="custom"
+        )
+        assert result.status_code == 502
+        assert result.retryable is True
+
+    def test_status_less_body_less_error_stays_unknown(self):
+        result = classify_api_error(
+            MockAPIError("weird failure", body={}), provider="custom"
+        )
+        assert result.status_code is None
+        assert result.reason == FailoverReason.unknown