diff --git a/src/agents/auth-profiles/types.ts b/src/agents/auth-profiles/types.ts
index b2d3c771a..a92618869 100644
--- a/src/agents/auth-profiles/types.ts
+++ b/src/agents/auth-profiles/types.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export type AuthProfileFailureReason =
   | "rate_limit"
   | "billing"
   | "timeout"
+  | "provider_unavailable"
   | "unknown";
 
 /** Per-profile usage statistics for round-robin and cooldown tracking */
diff --git a/src/agents/failover-error.test.ts b/src/agents/failover-error.test.ts
index a43ae289f..a71a355d1 100644
--- a/src/agents/failover-error.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/failover-error.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,38 @@ describe("failover-error", () => {
     expect(err?.status).toBe(400);
   });
 
+  it("infers provider_unavailable from OpenRouter no-endpoints error", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveFailoverReasonFromError({
+        status: 404,
+        message: "No endpoints found that support tool use",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+  });
+
+  it("infers provider_unavailable from model-unavailable messages", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveFailoverReasonFromError({
+        message: "model is currently unavailable",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+    expect(
+      resolveFailoverReasonFromError({
+        message: "model not available for this request",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+  });
+
+  it("coerces provider_unavailable errors with a 404 status", () => {
+    const err = coerceToFailoverError(
+      { message: "No endpoints found that support tool use", status: 404 },
+      { provider: "openrouter", model: "deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324" },
+    );
+    expect(err?.reason).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+    expect(err?.status).toBe(404);
+    expect(err?.provider).toBe("openrouter");
+  });
+
   it("describes non-Error values consistently", () => {
     const described = describeFailoverError(123);
     expect(described.message).toBe("123");
diff --git a/src/agents/failover-error.ts b/src/agents/failover-error.ts
index 5026394f3..de3a1bce8 100644
--- a/src/agents/failover-error.ts
+++ b/src/agents/failover-error.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export function resolveFailoverStatus(reason: FailoverReason): number | undefine
       return 408;
     case "format":
       return 400;
+    case "provider_unavailable":
+      return 404;
     default:
       return undefined;
   }
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.classifyfailoverreason.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.classifyfailoverreason.test.ts
index 749a52414..5038ac2dd 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.classifyfailoverreason.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.classifyfailoverreason.test.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,16 @@ describe("classifyFailoverReason", () => {
       "rate_limit",
     );
   });
+  it("classifies OpenRouter no-endpoints errors as provider_unavailable", () => {
+    expect(classifyFailoverReason("No endpoints found that support tool use")).toBe(
+      "provider_unavailable",
+    );
+    expect(classifyFailoverReason("No endpoints found that support this request")).toBe(
+      "provider_unavailable",
+    );
+  });
+  it("classifies model-unavailable errors as provider_unavailable", () => {
+    expect(classifyFailoverReason("model is currently unavailable")).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+    expect(classifyFailoverReason("model not available")).toBe("provider_unavailable");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
index 849c4293e..03ef2f04e 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ const ERROR_PATTERNS = {
     "messages.1.content.1.tool_use.id",
     "invalid request format",
   ],
+  providerUnavailable: [
+    "no endpoints found",
+    /no .* endpoints? available/,
+    "model is currently unavailable",
+    "model not available",
+  ],
 } as const;
 
 const IMAGE_DIMENSION_ERROR_RE =
@@ -496,6 +502,10 @@ export function isAuthAssistantError(msg: AssistantMessage | undefined): boolean
   return isAuthErrorMessage(msg.errorMessage ?? "");
 }
 
+export function isProviderUnavailableErrorMessage(raw: string): boolean {
+  return matchesErrorPatterns(raw, ERROR_PATTERNS.providerUnavailable);
+}
+
 export function classifyFailoverReason(raw: string): FailoverReason | null {
   if (isImageDimensionErrorMessage(raw)) return null;
   if (isImageSizeError(raw)) return null;
@@ -505,6 +515,7 @@ export function classifyFailoverReason(raw: string): FailoverReason | null {
   if (isBillingErrorMessage(raw)) return "billing";
   if (isTimeoutErrorMessage(raw)) return "timeout";
   if (isAuthErrorMessage(raw)) return "auth";
+  if (isProviderUnavailableErrorMessage(raw)) return "provider_unavailable";
   return null;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/types.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/types.ts
index f76ee6dea..accac6459 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/types.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 export type EmbeddedContextFile = { path: string; content: string };
 
-export type FailoverReason = "auth" | "format" | "rate_limit" | "billing" | "timeout" | "unknown";
+export type FailoverReason =
+  | "auth"
+  | "format"
+  | "rate_limit"
+  | "billing"
+  | "timeout"
+  | "provider_unavailable"
+  | "unknown";