diff --git a/src/server/responses/adapter-continuation.ts b/src/server/responses/adapter-continuation.ts
index 8bef1f9a7c4..2268da028ee 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/adapter-continuation.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/adapter-continuation.ts
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ export function createAdapterContinuations(
             );
             sealRequestAttemptIdentity(logCtx.activeAttempt, logCtx.provider, transportState.activeAdapter.name, logCtx.accountLogLabel);
             recordAttemptCredentialSource(logCtx.activeAttempt, route.providerName, route.provider, transportState.activeAdapter.name);
-            nextContinuationRecoveryKind = response.status === 401 ? "oauth-401" : "anthropic-oauth-429";
+            nextContinuationRecoveryKind = response.status === 401 ? "oauth-401"
+              : response.status === 403 ? "oauth-account-403" : "anthropic-oauth-429";
             continue;
           } catch {
             // fall through to emit continuation error below
diff --git a/src/server/responses/adapter-dispatch.ts b/src/server/responses/adapter-dispatch.ts
index 6f418529a3f..a8e2c86fa0b 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/adapter-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/adapter-dispatch.ts
@@ -1348,7 +1348,8 @@ export async function prepareAdapterExchange(
           );
           sealRequestAttemptIdentity(logCtx.activeAttempt, logCtx.provider, transportState.activeAdapter.name, logCtx.accountLogLabel);
           recordAttemptCredentialSource(logCtx.activeAttempt, route.providerName, route.provider, transportState.activeAdapter.name);
-         const result = await rebuildAndRefetch(upstreamResponse.status === 401 ? "oauth-401" : "anthropic-oauth-429");
+         const result = await rebuildAndRefetch(upstreamResponse.status === 401 ? "oauth-401"
+           : upstreamResponse.status === 403 ? "oauth-account-403" : "anthropic-oauth-429");
          if ("failed" in result) return result.failed;
          upstreamResponse = result;
           if (isNonReplayableResponse(upstreamResponse)) continue recovery;
diff --git a/src/server/responses/sidecar-execution.ts b/src/server/responses/sidecar-execution.ts
index 01973827e21..1954422452c 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/sidecar-execution.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/sidecar-execution.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,8 @@ export async function executeResponsesSidecars(
         hop.permit?.release();
         return null;
       }
-      recoveryKind = originalResponse?.status === 401 ? "oauth-401" : "anthropic-oauth-429";
+      recoveryKind = originalResponse?.status === 401 ? "oauth-401"
+        : originalResponse?.status === 403 ? "oauth-account-403" : "anthropic-oauth-429";
       sidecarBudget.ownCredentialHop(hop.permit);
     } else {
       // No key pool, no generic OAuth roster, no Anthropic pool could produce a replacement
diff --git a/structure/providers/anthropic-account-pool.md b/structure/providers/anthropic-account-pool.md
index 34cbe3d10cb..2ec76b06ad6 100644
--- a/structure/providers/anthropic-account-pool.md
+++ b/structure/providers/anthropic-account-pool.md
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ A usage probe cannot clear this non-reset-derived cooldown. Plan renewal therefo
 no permanent reauthentication flag, though a renewed account waits for cooldown expiry.
 The main dispatch, pre-output empty-completion retry, web-search and image bridge use the
 same bounded recovery and record the final refusal even when no retry sends remain.
+Each records the rotated send as `oauth-account-403` (cause `credential-rejected`), not the
+quota recovery `anthropic-oauth-429`, as the native Messages path already did.
 A streamed terminal continuation after assistant output and search after live output or a
 published search call cannot rotate on 403. Non-streaming buffered continuations may recover.
 No eligible replacement preserves the upstream 403; generic 401 handling is unchanged.
diff --git a/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-quota-dispatch.test.ts b/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-quota-dispatch.test.ts
index 1d1bfab31e1..29f495c2d49 100644
--- a/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-quota-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-quota-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getAccountSet, saveAccountCredential, saveCredential, setActiveAccount
 import { clearAccountQuotaCache, getCachedProviderAccountQuota, resetProviderQuotaReconcileStateForTests } from "../../../src/providers/quota";
 import { clearResponseStateForTests } from "../../../src/responses/state";
 import { handleResponses } from "../../../src/server/responses";
+import type { RequestLogContext } from "../../../src/server/request-log";
 import type { OcxConfig, OcxProviderConfig } from "../../../src/types";
 import { removeTreeWithRetry } from "../../helpers/remove-tree";
 
@@ -156,11 +157,11 @@ function configFor(reply: (body: Record<string, unknown>) => Response | Promise<
   };
 }
 
-function post(config: OcxConfig, body: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+function post(config: OcxConfig, body: Record<string, unknown> = {}, logCtx: RequestLogContext = { model: "", provider: "" }) {
   return handleResponses(new Request("http://localhost/v1/responses", {
     method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
     body: JSON.stringify({ model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5", input: "Answer briefly", stream: false, ...body }),
-  }), config, { model: "", provider: "" });
+  }), config, logCtx);
 }
 
 function expectQuota(id: string, fiveHourPercent: number, weeklyPercent: number) {
@@ -447,6 +448,28 @@ test.each(["search", "image"])("real %s sidecar recovers account 403", async kin
   expect(getAnthropicAccountHealthSnapshot(a!)).not.toBeNull();
 });
 
+// An account refusal is a credential denial, not a quota spend: it must not count as a rate limit.
+test.each(["main", "search", "image", "continuation"])("%s account 403 rotation records oauth-account-403", async path => {
+  await seed();
+  const refusalAt = path === "continuation" ? 2 : 1;
+  const config = configFor(body => sent.length === refusalAt ? accountRefusal()
+    : answer(body.stream === true, "0.1", "0.2", path === "continuation" && sent.length === 1 ? "" : "The answer is complete."));
+  if (path === "search") config.webSearchSidecar = { backend: "anthropic", enabled: true };
+  if (path === "image") {
+    config.images = { bridgeEnabled: true };
+    config.providers.xai = { adapter: "openai-chat", baseUrl: "https://api.x.ai/v1", authMode: "key", apiKey: "synthetic-image-key" };
+  }
+  if (path === "continuation") config.emptyCompletionRetry = true;
+  const tools = path === "search" ? [{ type: "web_search" }] : path === "image" ? [{ type: "image_generation" }] : undefined;
+  const logCtx: RequestLogContext = { model: "", provider: "" };
+  const response = await post(config, { stream: true, ...(tools ? { tools } : {}) }, logCtx);
+  expect(await response.text()).toContain("The answer is complete.");
+  expect(sent).toHaveLength(refusalAt + 1);
+  const kinds = [...(logCtx.attempts ?? []), logCtx.activeAttempt].flatMap(attempt => attempt?.recoveryKinds ?? []);
+  expect(kinds).toContain("oauth-account-403");
+  expect(kinds).not.toContain("anthropic-oauth-429");
+});
+
 test("empty pre-output continuation recovers account 403", async () => {
   await seed();
   const config = configFor(body => {