diff --git a/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/client/errors.py b/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/client/errors.py
index a7000366..0cfa774f 100644
--- a/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/client/errors.py
+++ b/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/client/errors.py
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ class GatewayError(Exception):
     status_code: int
     generation_id: str | None
     is_retryable: bool
+    response_body: Any = None
+    """Full HTTP error response body from the gateway (parsed JSON when
+    possible, else the raw text).
+
+    The gateway includes provider routing/fallback details here -- which
+    backends it tried and how each one failed -- so the whole body is
+    retained rather than just the extracted ``message``/``type``.
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -41,12 +49,14 @@ def __init__(
         status_code: int = 500,
         generation_id: str | None = None,
         is_retryable: bool | None = None,
+        response_body: Any = None,
     ) -> None:
         display = f"{message} [{generation_id}]" if generation_id else message
         super().__init__(display)
         self.message = display
         self.status_code = status_code
         self.generation_id = generation_id
+        self.response_body = response_body
         self.is_retryable = (
             status_code in {408, 409, 429} or status_code >= 500
             if is_retryable is None
@@ -210,8 +220,8 @@ def __init__(
             message,
             status_code=status_code,
             generation_id=generation_id,
+            response_body=response_body,
         )
-        self.response_body = response_body
         self.validation_error = validation_error
 
 
@@ -295,9 +305,10 @@ def create_gateway_error(
     error_type: str | None = error_obj.get("type")
     generation_id: str | None = body.get("generationId")
 
+    err: GatewayError
     match error_type:
         case "authentication_error":
-            return GatewayAuthenticationError.create_contextual(
+            err = GatewayAuthenticationError.create_contextual(
                 api_key_provided=api_key_provided,
                 status_code=status_code,
                 generation_id=generation_id,
@@ -306,7 +317,7 @@ def create_gateway_error(
         case "model_not_found":
             param = error_obj.get("param")
             model_id = param.get("modelId") if isinstance(param, dict) else None
-            return GatewayModelNotFoundError(
+            err = GatewayModelNotFoundError(
                 message=message,
                 status_code=status_code,
                 model_id=model_id,
@@ -315,8 +326,13 @@ def create_gateway_error(
 
         case _:
             cls = _TYPE_MAP.get(error_type or "", GatewayInternalServerError)
-            return cls(
+            err = cls(
                 message=message,
                 status_code=status_code,
                 generation_id=generation_id,
             )
+
+    # Retain the full body (provider routing/fallback details live alongside
+    # the extracted message/type) for surfacing to callers.
+    err.response_body = body
+    return err
diff --git a/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/errors.py b/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/errors.py
index acfe78f1..0f8d4b45 100644
--- a/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/errors.py
+++ b/src/ai/providers/ai_gateway/errors.py
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ def map_error(exc: client_errors.GatewayError) -> ai_errors.ProviderAPIError:
             model_id=exc.model_id,
             provider="ai-gateway",
             http_context=_http_context(exc),
+            body=exc.response_body,
             error_type=exc.type,
             is_retryable=exc.is_retryable,
         )
     if isinstance(exc, client_errors.GatewayInternalServerError):
         return _mapped(ai_errors.ProviderInternalServerError, exc)
     if isinstance(exc, client_errors.GatewayResponseError):
-        return _mapped(
-            ai_errors.ProviderResponseError, exc, body=exc.response_body
-        )
+        return _mapped(ai_errors.ProviderResponseError, exc)
     if isinstance(exc, client_errors.GatewayTimeoutError):
         return _mapped(ai_errors.ProviderTimeoutError, exc)
     return _mapped(ai_errors.ProviderAPIError, exc)
@@ -37,14 +36,12 @@ def map_error(exc: client_errors.GatewayError) -> ai_errors.ProviderAPIError:
 def _mapped(
     cls: type[ai_errors.ProviderAPIError],
     exc: client_errors.GatewayError,
-    *,
-    body: object | None = None,
 ) -> ai_errors.ProviderAPIError:
     return cls(
         str(exc),
         provider="ai-gateway",
         http_context=_http_context(exc),
-        body=body,
+        body=exc.response_body,
         error_type=exc.type,
         is_retryable=exc.is_retryable,
     )
diff --git a/tests/providers/ai_gateway/test_errors.py b/tests/providers/ai_gateway/test_errors.py
index 2c737a29..6e55ce1d 100644
--- a/tests/providers/ai_gateway/test_errors.py
+++ b/tests/providers/ai_gateway/test_errors.py
@@ -199,3 +199,43 @@ def test_response_error_mapping_preserves_response_body(self) -> None:
         assert mapped.body == {"raw": True}
         assert mapped.http_context is not None
         assert mapped.http_context.status_code == 502
+
+    def test_full_body_with_routing_info_is_retained(self) -> None:
+        # Routing/fallback details live alongside the extracted message,
+        # so the whole body must survive parsing and mapping.
+        body = {
+            "error": {
+                "message": "All providers failed",
+                "type": "internal_server_error",
+            },
+            "routing": {
+                "attempts": [
+                    {"provider": "anthropic", "error": "overloaded"},
+                    {"provider": "bedrock", "error": "timeout"},
+                ]
+            },
+        }
+        err = client_errors.create_gateway_error(
+            response_body=json.dumps(body), status_code=500
+        )
+        assert err.response_body == body
+        mapped = errors.map_error(err)
+        assert mapped.body == body
+
+    def test_body_retained_for_every_mapped_error_type(self) -> None:
+        for error_type, status in (
+            ("authentication_error", 401),
+            ("invalid_request_error", 400),
+            ("rate_limit_exceeded", 429),
+            ("model_not_found", 404),
+            ("internal_server_error", 500),
+        ):
+            body = {
+                "error": {"message": "boom", "type": error_type},
+                "routing": {"tried": ["a", "b"]},
+            }
+            err = client_errors.create_gateway_error(
+                response_body=body, status_code=status
+            )
+            assert err.response_body == body, error_type
+            assert errors.map_error(err).body == body, error_type