diff --git a/docs/architecture/RESILIENCE_GUIDE.md b/docs/architecture/RESILIENCE_GUIDE.md
index d946513afb..5aaba73652 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/RESILIENCE_GUIDE.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/RESILIENCE_GUIDE.md
@@ -308,10 +308,13 @@ event.
   per-provider list of rules (`{id, fromStatuses, toStatus, textMarkers,
 excludeMarkers, defaultRetryAfterMs}`), matched via `applyStatusRestatement()`.
 - Call site: the `providerFailure:` block in `open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts`
-  (around line 3654), right after the upstream error is parsed — both the
-  HTTP-error path and the error-hidden-in-a-200-SSE-stream path converge
-  there before `applyStatusRestatement()` runs, so every downstream consumer
-  sees the corrected status.
+  (around line 3654), right after `parseUpstreamError()` parses an upstream
+  response with an error HTTP status (`!providerResponse.ok`), and before any
+  classification runs, so every downstream consumer sees the corrected
+  status. Errors embedded inside a `200` SSE stream follow a separate,
+  later stream-parsing path and are **not** covered by this hook today — a
+  known limitation, not yet needed for agentrouter's misstatus (which
+  surfaces as an error HTTP status).
 - Retry eligibility: `429` is in `RETRY_AFTER_ELIGIBLE_STATUSES`
   (`open-sse/services/combo/unavailableRetryGate.ts`), so a restated error
   carries a real retry window instead of surfacing as a dead `403`.
diff --git a/open-sse/config/upstreamStatusRestatement.ts b/open-sse/config/upstreamStatusRestatement.ts
index af27c2cd81..75f84ecf72 100644
--- a/open-sse/config/upstreamStatusRestatement.ts
+++ b/open-sse/config/upstreamStatusRestatement.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
  * fallback engine classifies it as AUTH_ERROR instead of a quota event.
  *
  * applyStatusRestatement() is called from exactly ONE place — the
- * `providerFailure:` block in open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts, right after the
- * upstream error is parsed (both the HTTP-error path and the error-hidden-in-
- * a-200-SSE-stream path converge there) — so every downstream consumer
- * (checkFallbackError, combo aggregation, the client response) sees the
- * corrected status. 429 is Retry-After-eligible in
+ * `providerFailure:` block in open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts, right after
+ * parseUpstreamError() parses an upstream response with an error HTTP status
+ * (!providerResponse.ok), and before any classification runs — so every
+ * downstream consumer (checkFallbackError, combo aggregation, the client
+ * response) sees the corrected status. Errors embedded inside a 200 SSE
+ * stream follow a separate, later stream-parsing path and are NOT covered by
+ * this hook today (known limitation; not yet needed for agentrouter's
+ * misstatus, which surfaces as an error HTTP status). 429 is
+ * Retry-After-eligible in
  * open-sse/services/combo/unavailableRetryGate.ts, so the client also gets a
  * retry window instead of a dead 403.
  *