diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.isbillingerrormessage.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.isbillingerrormessage.test.ts
index 3500df63876..afb60b81d09 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.isbillingerrormessage.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.isbillingerrormessage.test.ts
@@ -646,6 +646,12 @@ describe("classifyFailoverReason", () => {
     expect(classifyFailoverReason("402 Payment Required: Weekly/Monthly Limit Exhausted")).toBe(
       "billing",
     );
+    // Poe returns 402 without "payment required"; must be recognized for fallback
+    expect(
+      classifyFailoverReason(
+        "402 You've used up your points! Visit https://poe.com/api/keys to get more.",
+      ),
+    ).toBe("billing");
     expect(classifyFailoverReason(INSUFFICIENT_QUOTA_PAYLOAD)).toBe("billing");
     expect(classifyFailoverReason("deadline exceeded")).toBe("timeout");
     expect(classifyFailoverReason("request ended without sending any chunks")).toBe("timeout");
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
index 9ab52c04355..181ba89d8ce 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ const RETRYABLE_402_SCOPED_RESULT_HINTS = [
   "exhausted",
 ] as const;
 const RAW_402_MARKER_RE =
-  /["']?(?:status|code)["']?\s*[:=]\s*402\b|\bhttp\s*402\b|\berror(?:\s+code)?\s*[:=]?\s*402\b|\b(?:got|returned|received)\s+(?:a\s+)?402\b|^\s*402\s+payment required\b/i;
+  /["']?(?:status|code)["']?\s*[:=]\s*402\b|\bhttp\s*402\b|\berror(?:\s+code)?\s*[:=]?\s*402\b|\b(?:got|returned|received)\s+(?:a\s+)?402\b|^\s*402\s+payment required\b|^\s*402\s+.*used up your points\b/i;
 const LEADING_402_WRAPPER_RE =
   /^(?:error[:\s-]+)?(?:(?:http\s*)?402(?:\s+payment required)?|payment required)(?:[:\s-]+|$)/i;