diff --git a/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/handler.ts b/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/handler.ts
index 4438688c22..48514e5865 100644
--- a/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/handler.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { localeFromRequest } from "~/lib/language"
 import { createModelTpmLimiter } from "./modelTpmLimiter"
 import { createModelTpsLimiter } from "./modelTpsLimiter"
 import { accumulateUsage, HOT_WORKSPACES } from "./usageBatcher"
+import { parseProviderErrorBody } from "./providerError"
 
 type ZenData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof ZenData.list>>
 type RetryOptions = {
@@ -248,7 +249,15 @@ export async function handler(
 
     // Handle non-streaming response
     if (!isStream || [400, 404, 429].includes(res.status)) {
-      const json = await res.json()
+      const json = await (async () => {
+        if (res.status === 200) return res.json()
+        const body = await res.text()
+        try {
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(body)
+          if (parsed && typeof parsed === "object") return parsed as Record<string, any>
+        } catch {}
+        return parseProviderErrorBody(body, res.statusText)
+      })()
       await rateLimiter?.track()
       const usage = providerInfo.extractUsage(json)
       if (usage) {
diff --git a/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/providerError.ts b/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/providerError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f52f605252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/console/app/src/routes/zen/util/providerError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export function parseProviderErrorBody(body: string, statusText: string) {
+  const text = body.trim()
+  const sseData = text
+    .split(/\r?\n/)
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    .filter((line) => line.startsWith("data:"))
+    .map((line) => line.slice(5).trim())
+    .filter((line) => line && line !== "[DONE]")
+
+  const parsed = (() => {
+    for (const data of sseData) {
+      try {
+        const json = JSON.parse(data)
+        if (json && typeof json === "object") return json as Record<string, any>
+      } catch {}
+    }
+  })()
+  if (parsed) return parsed as Record<string, any>
+
+  return {
+    error: {
+      message: sseData[0] || text || statusText,
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/console/app/test/providerError.test.ts b/packages/console/app/test/providerError.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38d4f3c208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/console/app/test/providerError.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { parseProviderErrorBody } from "../src/routes/zen/util/providerError"
+
+describe("provider error parsing", () => {
+  test("parses SSE error bodies from upstream rate limits", () => {
+    expect(
+      parseProviderErrorBody(
+        'event:error\ndata: {"error":{"type":"rate_limit_error","message":"Too many requests"}}\n\n',
+        "Too Many Requests",
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({
+      error: {
+        type: "rate_limit_error",
+        message: "Too many requests",
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("wraps plain text errors in provider error shape", () => {
+    expect(parseProviderErrorBody("overloaded", "Too Many Requests")).toEqual({
+      error: {
+        message: "overloaded",
+      },
+    })
+  })
+})