diff --git a/open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts b/open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts
index 21995f8ebb..bfe087e077 100644
--- a/open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts
+++ b/open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts
@@ -3766,7 +3766,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
               retryAfterMs,
               upstreamErrorCode,
               upstreamErrorType,
-              upstreamErrorBody
+              upstreamErrorBody,
+              { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
             );
           }
         } catch {
@@ -3785,7 +3786,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
             retryAfterMs,
             upstreamErrorCode,
             upstreamErrorType,
-            upstreamErrorBody
+            upstreamErrorBody,
+            { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
           );
         }
       } else {
@@ -3804,7 +3806,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
           retryAfterMs,
           upstreamErrorCode,
           upstreamErrorType,
-          upstreamErrorBody
+          upstreamErrorBody,
+          { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
         );
       }
     } else if (isContextOverflowError(statusCode, message)) {
@@ -3852,7 +3855,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
               retryAfterMs,
               upstreamErrorCode,
               upstreamErrorType,
-              upstreamErrorBody
+              upstreamErrorBody,
+              { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
             );
           }
         } catch {
@@ -3871,7 +3875,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
             retryAfterMs,
             upstreamErrorCode,
             upstreamErrorType,
-            upstreamErrorBody
+            upstreamErrorBody,
+            { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
           );
         }
       } else {
@@ -3890,7 +3895,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
           retryAfterMs,
           upstreamErrorCode,
           upstreamErrorType,
-          upstreamErrorBody
+          upstreamErrorBody,
+          { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
         );
       }
     } else {
@@ -3916,7 +3922,8 @@ export async function handleChatCore({
         retryAfterMs,
         upstreamErrorCode,
         upstreamErrorType,
-        upstreamErrorBody
+        upstreamErrorBody,
+        { passthrough: sourceFormat === FORMATS.CLAUDE }
       );
     }
     // ── End T5 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/open-sse/utils/error.ts b/open-sse/utils/error.ts
index 99027b872e..c31277f3b6 100644
--- a/open-sse/utils/error.ts
+++ b/open-sse/utils/error.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { unwrapClinepassEnvelope } from "./clinepassEnvelope.ts";
 import { getDefaultErrorMessage, getErrorInfo } from "../config/errorConfig.ts";
 import { normalizePayloadForLog } from "@/lib/logPayloads";
 import type { ModelCooldownErrorPayload } from "@/types";
+import { buildPassthroughErrorResponse } from "./upstreamErrorPassthrough.ts";
 
 /**
  * Sanitize an error message to prevent stack trace exposure in API responses.
@@ -520,7 +521,8 @@ export function createErrorResult(
   retryAfterMs: number | null = null,
   errorCode?: string,
   errorType?: string,
-  upstreamDetails?: unknown
+  upstreamDetails?: unknown,
+  opts?: { passthrough?: boolean }
 ) {
   const body = buildErrorBody(statusCode, message, upstreamDetails);
   if (errorCode) {
@@ -568,6 +570,22 @@ export function createErrorResult(
     result.retryAfterMs = retryAfterMs;
   }
 
+  // Opt-in relay of the verbatim upstream error body (Claude Code auto-recover
+  // contract — see upstreamErrorPassthrough.ts). Only swaps `result.response`;
+  // `result.error`/`rawMessage`/`errorType`/`errorCode` stay untouched so
+  // server-side classification (checkFallbackError, combo retry logic, etc.)
+  // never sees a different value depending on this flag.
+  if (opts?.passthrough) {
+    const passthroughResponse = buildPassthroughErrorResponse(
+      statusCode,
+      upstreamDetails,
+      retryAfterMs ? { "Retry-After": String(Math.ceil(retryAfterMs / 1000)) } : undefined
+    );
+    if (passthroughResponse) {
+      result.response = passthroughResponse;
+    }
+  }
+
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/upstream-error-passthrough.test.ts b/tests/unit/upstream-error-passthrough.test.ts
index cedfdfb9ea..0152775ff4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/upstream-error-passthrough.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/upstream-error-passthrough.test.ts
@@ -44,3 +44,69 @@ test("upstream error passthrough", async (t) => {
     assert.equal(buildPassthroughErrorResponse(500, {}), null);
   });
 });
+
+test("createErrorResult opt-in passthrough (opts.passthrough)", async (t) => {
+  await t.test(
+    "com opts.passthrough e corpo elegível, result.response é o corpo upstream verbatim",
+    async () => {
+      const { createErrorResult } = await import("../../open-sse/utils/error.ts");
+      const upstreamBody = {
+        type: "error",
+        error: {
+          type: "invalid_request_error",
+          message: "thinking.type: adaptive is not supported",
+        },
+      };
+      const result = createErrorResult(400, "msg", null, "code", "type", upstreamBody, {
+        passthrough: true,
+      });
+      assert.deepEqual(await result.response.json(), upstreamBody);
+      assert.equal(result.status, 400);
+      // Internal classification fields must never be affected by passthrough.
+      assert.equal(typeof result.error, "string");
+      assert.notEqual(result.error, JSON.stringify(upstreamBody));
+    }
+  );
+
+  await t.test("sem opts, comportamento atual (corpo sanitizado) é preservado", async () => {
+    const { createErrorResult } = await import("../../open-sse/utils/error.ts");
+    const upstreamBody = {
+      type: "error",
+      error: { type: "invalid_request_error", message: "thinking.type: adaptive is not supported" },
+    };
+    const result = createErrorResult(400, "msg", null, "code", "type", upstreamBody);
+    const body = (await result.response.json()) as { error?: { message?: string } };
+    assert.ok(body.error?.message, "sanitized body keeps the wrapped error.message shape");
+    assert.ok(
+      !JSON.stringify(body).includes("    at /"),
+      "sanitized body never leaks stack-trace-like text"
+    );
+  });
+
+  await t.test("com retryAfterMs e passthrough elegível, header Retry-After é setado", async () => {
+    const { createErrorResult } = await import("../../open-sse/utils/error.ts");
+    const upstreamBody = {
+      type: "error",
+      error: { type: "rate_limit_error", message: "slow down" },
+    };
+    const result = createErrorResult(429, "msg", 5000, "code", "type", upstreamBody, {
+      passthrough: true,
+    });
+    assert.equal(result.response.headers.get("Retry-After"), "5");
+    assert.deepEqual(await result.response.json(), upstreamBody);
+  });
+
+  await t.test(
+    "opts.passthrough true mas corpo inelegível (401) cai no corpo sanitizado atual",
+    async () => {
+      const { createErrorResult } = await import("../../open-sse/utils/error.ts");
+      const upstreamBody = { error: { message: "bad key" } };
+      const result = createErrorResult(401, "unauthorized", null, "code", "type", upstreamBody, {
+        passthrough: true,
+      });
+      const body = (await result.response.json()) as { error?: { message?: string } };
+      assert.notDeepEqual(body, upstreamBody);
+      assert.ok(body.error?.message, "sanitized body keeps the wrapped error.message shape");
+    }
+  );
+});