diff --git a/src/agents/agent-command.ts b/src/agents/agent-command.ts
index 5db40b13a27..da2b3f9eac6 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-command.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-command.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import {
   listAgentIds,
   resolveAgentDir,
   resolveEffectiveModelFallbacks,
+  resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors,
   resolveSessionAgentId,
   resolveAgentSkillsFilter,
   resolveAgentWorkspaceDir,
@@ -1177,6 +1178,11 @@ async function agentCommandInternal(
         runId,
         agentDir,
         fallbacksOverride: effectiveFallbacksOverride,
+        fallbackOnErrors: resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors({
+          cfg,
+          agentId: sessionAgentId,
+          sessionKey,
+        }),
         run: (providerOverride, modelOverride, runOptions) => {
           const isFallbackRetry = fallbackAttemptIndex > 0;
           fallbackAttemptIndex += 1;
diff --git a/src/agents/agent-scope.ts b/src/agents/agent-scope.ts
index 5425b033dca..6af1cada008 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-scope.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-scope.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { resolveAgentModelFallbackValues } from "../config/model-input.js";
+import {
+  resolveAgentModelFallbackOnErrors,
+  resolveAgentModelFallbackValues,
+} from "../config/model-input.js";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../config/paths.js";
+import type { FallbackOnErrorCodes } from "../config/types.agents-shared.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import {
   DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
@@ -230,6 +234,29 @@ export function resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride(params: {
   );
 }
 
+export function resolveAgentModelFallbackOnErrorsOverride(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  agentId: string,
+): FallbackOnErrorCodes | undefined {
+  const raw = resolveAgentConfig(cfg, agentId)?.model;
+  return resolveAgentModelFallbackOnErrors(raw);
+}
+
+export function resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors(params: {
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig | undefined;
+  agentId?: string | null;
+  sessionKey?: string | null;
+}): FallbackOnErrorCodes | undefined {
+  if (!params.cfg) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const raw = resolveAgentConfig(
+    params.cfg,
+    resolveFallbackAgentId({ agentId: params.agentId, sessionKey: params.sessionKey }),
+  )?.model;
+  return resolveAgentModelFallbackOnErrors(raw);
+}
+
 export function hasConfiguredModelFallbacks(params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig | undefined;
   agentId?: string | null;
diff --git a/src/agents/failover-error.ts b/src/agents/failover-error.ts
index bc053fd5e9e..acf34bf3183 100644
--- a/src/agents/failover-error.ts
+++ b/src/agents/failover-error.ts
@@ -330,21 +330,15 @@ export function coerceToFailoverError(
   });
 }
 
-/**
- * Default HTTP status codes that trigger fallback.
- * - Server errors: 500, 502, 503, 504
- * - Rate limits: 429
- * - Timeouts: 408
- * - Not found: 404 (model may have been removed)
- */
-const DEFAULT_FALLBACK_STATUS_CODES = new Set([408, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504, 404]);
-
 /**
  * Check if an error should trigger fallback based on the configured error codes.
  *
+ * For "default" or undefined, this delegates to resolveFailoverReasonFromError() which
+ * matches the original behavior (no regression).
+ *
  * @param err - The error to check
  * @param fallbackOnErrors - Configuration for which errors should trigger fallback
- *   - "default": Use default behavior (server errors + rate limits + timeout + not found)
+ *   - "default": Use original behavior (same as no config) - any recognized failover reason
  *   - "all": All HTTP errors (4xx and 5xx) trigger fallback
  *   - number[]: Custom list of status codes
  * @returns true if the error should trigger fallback
@@ -354,25 +348,23 @@ export function shouldTriggerFallback(
   fallbackOnErrors?: FallbackOnErrorCodes,
 ): boolean {
   const status = getStatusCode(err);
+  const reason = resolveFailoverReasonFromError(err);
 
-  // If no status code found, try to determine from error reason
-  if (status === undefined) {
-    const reason = resolveFailoverReasonFromError(err);
-    // For any mode, only trigger fallback if we have a recognized failover reason
-    // This prevents unrelated runtime errors (parse errors, filesystem errors) from triggering fallback
+  // For "default" or undefined, match original behavior exactly
+  // This delegates to the existing reason classification logic
+  if (fallbackOnErrors === undefined || fallbackOnErrors === "default") {
     return reason !== null;
   }
 
-  // Determine if status code should trigger fallback
-  if (fallbackOnErrors === undefined || fallbackOnErrors === "default") {
-    return DEFAULT_FALLBACK_STATUS_CODES.has(status);
-  } else if (fallbackOnErrors === "all") {
-    // "all" means all HTTP errors (4xx and 5xx)
-    return status >= 400;
-  } else {
-    // Custom list of status codes
-    return new Set(fallbackOnErrors).has(status);
+  // For "all", check if HTTP error (4xx or 5xx)
+  // Also allow non-HTTP errors with recognized reasons
+  if (fallbackOnErrors === "all") {
+    return status !== undefined ? status >= 400 : reason !== null;
   }
+
+  // For custom array, check specific status codes only
+  // Ignore non-HTTP errors even if they have a recognized reason
+  return status !== undefined && new Set(fallbackOnErrors).has(status);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
index abf6322a287..4b3fd44013c 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride } from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
+import {
+  resolveRunModelFallbacksOverride,
+  resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors,
+} from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import type { NormalizedUsage } from "../../agents/usage.js";
 import { getChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/index.js";
 import type { ChannelId, ChannelThreadingToolContext } from "../../channels/plugins/types.js";
@@ -165,6 +168,11 @@ export function resolveModelFallbackOptions(run: FollowupRun["run"]) {
       agentId: run.agentId,
       sessionKey: run.sessionKey,
     }),
+    fallbackOnErrors: resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors({
+      cfg: run.config,
+      agentId: run.agentId,
+      sessionKey: run.sessionKey,
+    }),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/model-input.ts b/src/config/model-input.ts
index 197947ab853..263dbcf86b1 100644
--- a/src/config/model-input.ts
+++ b/src/config/model-input.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AgentModelConfig } from "./types.agents-shared.js";
+import type { AgentModelConfig, FallbackOnErrorCodes } from "./types.agents-shared.js";
 
 type AgentModelListLike = {
   primary?: string;
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ export function resolveAgentModelFallbackValues(model?: AgentModelConfig): strin
   return Array.isArray(model.fallbacks) ? model.fallbacks : [];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the fallbackOnErrors configuration from an AgentModelConfig.
+ *
+ * @param model - The agent model configuration
+ * @returns The fallbackOnErrors value ("all", "default", number[], or undefined)
+ */
+export function resolveAgentModelFallbackOnErrors(
+  model?: AgentModelConfig,
+): FallbackOnErrorCodes | undefined {
+  if (!model || typeof model !== "object") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return model.fallbackOnErrors;
+}
+
 export function toAgentModelListLike(model?: AgentModelConfig): AgentModelListLike | undefined {
   if (typeof model === "string") {
     const primary = model.trim();
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
index 1a122f56864..4471bf0a7cd 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   resolveAgentModelFallbacksOverride,
   resolveAgentWorkspaceDir,
   resolveDefaultAgentId,
+  resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors,
 } from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { resolveSessionAuthProfileOverride } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/session-override.js";
 import { resolveBootstrapWarningSignaturesSeen } from "../../agents/bootstrap-budget.js";
@@ -586,6 +587,10 @@ export async function runCronIsolatedAgentTurn(params: {
         agentDir,
         fallbacksOverride:
           payloadFallbacks ?? resolveAgentModelFallbacksOverride(params.cfg, agentId),
+        fallbackOnErrors: resolveRunModelFallbackOnErrors({
+          cfg: cfgWithAgentDefaults,
+          agentId,
+        }),
         run: async (providerOverride, modelOverride, runOptions) => {
           if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
             throw new Error(abortReason());