diff --git a/src/semantic.zig b/src/semantic.zig
index ac1c63b6..12d75977 100644
--- a/src/semantic.zig
+++ b/src/semantic.zig
@@ -344,11 +344,12 @@ fn fetchHttpResponseOnce(
         .response_writer = &response_writer,
     });
     if (fetch_result.status != .ok) {
-        return switch (fetch_result.status) {
-            .too_many_requests => error.EmbeddingRateLimited,
-            .internal_server_error, .bad_gateway, .service_unavailable, .gateway_timeout => error.EmbeddingProviderUnavailable,
-            else => error.EmbeddingProviderRejected,
-        };
+        if (fetch_result.status == .too_many_requests) return error.EmbeddingRateLimited;
+        // Gateways can emit non-standard 5xx codes that the status enum does
+        // not name. They are still provider failures, not client rejections.
+        const status_code = @intFromEnum(fetch_result.status);
+        if (status_code >= 500 and status_code < 600) return error.EmbeddingProviderUnavailable;
+        return error.EmbeddingProviderRejected;
     }
     return try allocator.dupe(u8, response_writer.buffer[0..response_writer.end]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test_semantic.zig b/src/test_semantic.zig
index 041195b2..c2098cfd 100644
--- a/src/test_semantic.zig
+++ b/src/test_semantic.zig
@@ -516,8 +516,10 @@ test "semantic: provider 4xx and 5xx responses fail closed with retryable classe
     defer guards.deinit();
 
     for ([_]struct { status: []const u8, expected: anyerror }{
+        .{ .status = "403 Forbidden", .expected = error.EmbeddingProviderRejected },
         .{ .status = "429 Too Many Requests", .expected = error.EmbeddingRateLimited },
         .{ .status = "500 Internal Server Error", .expected = error.EmbeddingProviderUnavailable },
+        .{ .status = "530 Unknown Server Error", .expected = error.EmbeddingProviderUnavailable },
     }) |case| {
         const addr = try std.Io.net.IpAddress.parse("127.0.0.1", 0);
         var server = try addr.listen(io, .{ .reuse_address = true, .mode = .stream, .protocol = .tcp });