From 3a61fa86fac66b2d6b2b77eccd6f01825808d17b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher <210261288+Christopher-Schulze@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:28:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(gateway): keep broad connection phrases out of the
 provider-error gate

Fixes #86570
---
 gateway/run.py                                 |  5 -----
 .../test_local_model_connection_reply.py       | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index cad1a4d75a..443af35d0d 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -727,11 +727,6 @@ _GATEWAY_PROVIDER_ERROR_SHAPE_RE = re.compile(
     r"|actively\s+refused"
     r"|winerror\s+10061"
     r"|errno\s+111"
-    r"|no\s+route\s+to\s+host"
-    r"|network\s+is\s+unreachable"
-    r"|cannot\s+connect"
-    r"|failed\s+to\s+establish"
-    r"|could\s+not\s+connect"
     r"|all\s+connection\s+attempts\s+failed"
     r")",
     re.IGNORECASE,
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_local_model_connection_reply.py b/tests/gateway/test_local_model_connection_reply.py
index b82595c450..ae52e318a7 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_local_model_connection_reply.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_local_model_connection_reply.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ class TestGatewayConnectionErrorReply:
             "ConnectionError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made",
             "Errno 111 Connection refused",
             "All connection attempts failed: Connection refused",
-            "cannot connect to http://127.0.0.1:8033/v1",
-            "failed to establish a new connection",
         ]
         for text in samples:
             assert _looks_like_gateway_provider_error(text), text
@@ -26,6 +24,22 @@ class TestGatewayConnectionErrorReply:
             assert "not responding" in reply.lower(), text
             assert "not running or is unreachable" in reply, text
 
+    def test_broad_connection_phrases_still_map_once_classified(self):
+        """Reply selector keeps the full phrase set; the gate does not."""
+        for text in (
+            "cannot connect to http://127.0.0.1:8033/v1",
+            "failed to establish a new connection",
+        ):
+            reply = _gateway_provider_error_reply(text)
+            assert "not running or is unreachable" in reply, text
+
+    def test_prose_cannot_connect_is_not_a_provider_error(self):
+        text = (
+            "cannot connect to the office VPN from this cafe, "
+            "so I used the backup notes instead"
+        )
+        assert not _looks_like_gateway_provider_error(text)
+
     def test_other_errors_keep_generic_reply(self):
         for text in (
             "RuntimeError: model returned empty content",