diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/retry.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/retry.ts
index 4139665bd2bd..e998d4e8c913 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/retry.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/retry.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Cause, Clock, Duration, Effect, Schedule } from "effect"
 import { MessageV2 } from "./message-v2"
 import { iife } from "@/util/iife"
 import { isRecord } from "@/util/record"
+import { ProviderError } from "@/provider/error"
 
 export type Err = ReturnType<NamedError["toObject"]>
 
@@ -137,6 +138,12 @@ export function retryable(error: Err, provider: string) {
 
   const json = parseJSON(msg)
   if (!json || typeof json !== "object") return undefined
+  // OpenRouter reports upstream failures inside a 200 stream as {code: <http status>, ...},
+  // so the status never reaches the APIError branch above. Same rule as there: 429 and 5xx retry,
+  // except an overflow relayed with a 502 code, which must reach compaction instead of the retry loop.
+  if (ProviderError.parseStreamError(json)?.type === "context_overflow") return undefined
+  if (json.code === 429) return { message: "Rate Limited" }
+  if (typeof json.code === "number" && json.code >= 500) return { message: "Provider is overloaded" }
   const code = typeof json.code === "string" ? json.code : ""
 
   if (json.type === "error" && json.error?.type === "too_many_requests") {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/session/retry.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/session/retry.test.ts
index 30ac879a6a9d..773abad66382 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/session/retry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/session/retry.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,38 @@ describe("session.retry.retryable", () => {
     expect(SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
+  test("retries OpenRouter rate limits reported inside a 200 stream", () => {
+    const error = wrap(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        code: 429,
+        message: "Provider returned error",
+        metadata: { error_type: "rate_limit_exceeded" },
+      }),
+    )
+    expect(SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)).toEqual({ message: "Rate Limited" })
+  })
+
+  test("retries OpenRouter upstream 5xx reported inside a 200 stream", () => {
+    const error = wrap(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        code: 502,
+        message: "Upstream error from Together: Stream error: h2 protocol error: error reading a body from connection",
+        metadata: { error_type: "provider_unavailable" },
+      }),
+    )
+    expect(SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)).toEqual({ message: "Provider is overloaded" })
+  })
+
+  test("does not retry an OpenRouter context overflow relayed with a 502 code", () => {
+    const error = wrap(JSON.stringify({ code: 502, message: "Your input exceeds the context window of this model" }))
+    expect(SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test("does not retry OpenRouter 4xx request errors reported inside a 200 stream", () => {
+    const error = wrap(JSON.stringify({ code: 400, message: "Error resolving schema reference '#/$defs/__schema0'" }))
+    expect(SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   test("does not throw on numeric error codes", () => {
     const error = wrap(JSON.stringify({ type: "error", error: { code: 123 } }))
     const result = SessionRetry.retryable(error, retryProvider)