diff --git a/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/backends/elixir.test.ts b/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/backends/elixir.test.ts
index 3fc3e08..6d8d58a 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/backends/elixir.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/backends/elixir.test.ts
@@ -998,3 +998,92 @@ describe("elixir nullable composite descriptors", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("elixir emission of binary-format application/json responses", () => {
+  // Mirrors the two production ops whose 200 response is a raw blob served
+  // with a JSON content type: trajectories contents and private service
+  // definitions. Both must come out as raw ops, never decode: :string.
+  const binaryRawFixture = {
+    openapi: "3.0.0",
+    info: { title: "Binary Raw API", version: "1.0.0" },
+    paths: {
+      "/api/v1/trajectories/{trajectory}/contents": {
+        get: {
+          operationId: "get_api_v1_trajectories_contents",
+          parameters: [
+            { name: "trajectory", in: "path", required: true, schema: { type: "string" } },
+          ],
+          responses: {
+            "200": {
+              description: "Raw trajectory JSON blob",
+              content: {
+                "application/json": { schema: { type: "string", format: "binary" } },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      "/api/v1/private_service_definitions/{app_id}/{private_service_id}": {
+        get: {
+          operationId: "get_api_v1_private_service_definitions",
+          parameters: [
+            { name: "app_id", in: "path", required: true, schema: { type: "string" } },
+            {
+              name: "private_service_id",
+              in: "path",
+              required: true,
+              schema: { type: "string" },
+            },
+          ],
+          responses: {
+            "200": {
+              description: "Raw service definition",
+              content: {
+                "application/json": { schema: { type: "string", format: "binary" } },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      "/api/v1/configs/{config}/summary": {
+        get: {
+          operationId: "get_api_v1_configs_summary",
+          parameters: [
+            { name: "config", in: "path", required: true, schema: { type: "string" } },
+          ],
+          responses: {
+            "200": {
+              description: "Plain JSON string",
+              content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "string" } } },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+
+  it("emits raw ops for binary-format json responses and typed ops for plain strings", () => {
+    const spec = parseOpenApiSpec(binaryRawFixture, {
+      apiBase: "/api",
+      defaultVersion: "v1",
+    });
+    const files = generateElixir(spec, { outDir: "sdk" });
+
+    const trajectories = Object.entries(files).find(([path]) =>
+      path.includes("trajectories")
+    )![1];
+    expect(trajectories).toContain("raw: true");
+    expect(trajectories).toContain("{:ok, Req.Response.t()}");
+    expect(trajectories).not.toContain("decode: :string");
+
+    const definitions = Object.entries(files).find(([path]) =>
+      path.includes("private_service_definitions")
+    )![1];
+    expect(definitions).toContain("raw: true");
+    expect(definitions).not.toContain("decode: :string");
+
+    const configs = Object.entries(files).find(([path]) => path.includes("configs"))![1];
+    expect(configs).toContain("decode: :string");
+    expect(configs).not.toContain("raw: true");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/frontend/parse-spec.test.ts b/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/frontend/parse-spec.test.ts
index 00369de..151bcc1 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/frontend/parse-spec.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-generator/__tests__/frontend/parse-spec.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,52 @@ const rawFixture = {
         },
       },
     },
+    "/api/v1/trajectories/{trajectory}/contents": {
+      get: {
+        operationId: "get_api_v1_trajectories_contents",
+        parameters: [
+          {
+            name: "trajectory",
+            in: "path",
+            required: true,
+            schema: { type: "string" },
+          },
+        ],
+        responses: {
+          "200": {
+            description: "Raw trajectory JSON blob served as application/json",
+            content: {
+              "application/json": {
+                schema: { type: "string", format: "binary" },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    "/api/v1/configs/{config}/summary": {
+      get: {
+        operationId: "get_api_v1_configs_summary",
+        parameters: [
+          {
+            name: "config",
+            in: "path",
+            required: true,
+            schema: { type: "string" },
+          },
+        ],
+        responses: {
+          "200": {
+            description: "Plain JSON string",
+            content: {
+              "application/json": {
+                schema: { type: "string" },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
   },
 };
 
@@ -320,6 +366,19 @@ describe("parseOpenApiSpec detects raw responses", () => {
     const content = configs.operations.find((o) => o.name === "content")!;
     expect(content.rawResponse).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("marks binary-format application/json responses as raw", () => {
+    const trajectories = ast.resources.find((r) => r.name === "trajectories")!;
+    const contents = trajectories.operations.find((o) => o.name === "contents")!;
+    expect(contents.rawResponse).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps plain application/json string responses typed", () => {
+    const configs = ast.resources.find((r) => r.name === "configs")!;
+    const summary = configs.operations.find((o) => o.name === "summary")!;
+    expect(summary.rawResponse).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(summary.returnType).toEqual({ kind: "primitive", type: "string" });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("parseOpenApiSpec preserves no-content response descriptions", () => {
diff --git a/packages/sdk-generator/src/frontend/operation-parser.ts b/packages/sdk-generator/src/frontend/operation-parser.ts
index 3259825..5b9a1a9 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-generator/src/frontend/operation-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-generator/src/frontend/operation-parser.ts
@@ -237,8 +237,12 @@ function extractSuccessResponse(
     return { returnType: { kind: "void" }, returnDescription };
   }
 
+  // A binary-format schema is a raw blob even when served with a JSON content
+  // type, and must not be typed: HTTP clients decode the JSON body before the
+  // SDK's own decode runs. Only a top-level format is inspected; no spec shape
+  // wraps binary in a $ref or allOf today.
   const jsonContent = successResponse.content["application/json"];
-  if (jsonContent?.schema) {
+  if (jsonContent?.schema && jsonContent.schema.format !== "binary") {
     return {
       returnType: jsonSchemaToTypeRef(jsonContent.schema),
       returnDescription,