diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index eb45b470877..adae31bc3b2 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opencodex-desktop"
-version = "2.65.0-vadymhimself.19"
+version = "2.65.0-vadymhimself.20"
 dependencies = [
  "dbus",
  "reqwest 0.12.24",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 299699ed3fa..504a80fa49a 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opencodex-desktop"
-version = "2.65.0-vadymhimself.19"
+version = "2.65.0-vadymhimself.20"
 description = "OpenCodex desktop shell"
 authors = ["OpenCodex contributors"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index bfc1eff3f77..acf9de30119 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "OpenCodex",
-  "version": "2.65.0-vadymhimself.19",
+  "version": "2.65.0-vadymhimself.20",
   "identifier": "com.opencodex.desktop",
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../ui",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11bce44e4c6..70606548ca2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bitkyc08/opencodex",
-  "version": "2.65.0-vadymhimself.19",
+  "version": "2.65.0-vadymhimself.20",
   "description": "Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM with Codex CLI/App/SDK and Claude Code",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./bin/package-main.mjs",
diff --git a/src/oauth/anthropic-routing.ts b/src/oauth/anthropic-routing.ts
index ddfbe85031b..f54ca6787d3 100644
--- a/src/oauth/anthropic-routing.ts
+++ b/src/oauth/anthropic-routing.ts
@@ -778,9 +778,13 @@ export function rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(
   // A 429 whose unified status says the account is still allowed is not a limit: upstream refused this
   // request's shape (e.g. a replay without the Claude Code identity). Cooling on it benched every client
   // on the account. A rejected window, or a 429 with no unified status at all, still cools as before.
+  // It still fails THIS request over: handed back, a combo moves to its next provider and model, which
+  // loses more cache than the account switch. ponytail: no per-request tried set, so a refusal every
+  // account repeats alternates accounts up to ANTHROPIC_POOL_MAX_FAILOVERS_PER_REQUEST times before the
+  // 429 returns (refused calls bill no tokens); pass the tried accounts in if that shows up in the logs.
   const status = header("status");
   const limited = status === undefined || [status, header("5h-status"), header("7d-status")].includes("rejected");
-  const failover = limited && (isAnthropicAccountPoolEnabled(config) || hasAnthropicFailoverQuorum(now));
+  const failover = isAnthropicAccountPoolEnabled(config) || hasAnthropicFailoverQuorum(now);
   // Which limit refused is only in these headers: log every unified one on every 429 (no credential is among them).
   const unified: string[] = [];
   (rateLimitHeaders as Headers | null | undefined)?.forEach?.((value, name) => {
@@ -788,12 +792,14 @@ export function rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(
   });
   console.warn(`[anthropic-pool] 429 on ${formatAnthropicAccountOrdinal(failedAccountId)} model=${modelId ?? "-"}`
     + ` retry-after=${retryAfterHeader?.trim() || "-"} ${unified.join(" ") || "unified=-"}`
-    + (failover
+    + (failover && limited
       ? ` cooldown=${Math.ceil(cooldownMs / 1000)}s until ${new Date(now + cooldownMs).toISOString()} (${cooldownSource}) scope=${family ?? "account"}`
       : ` cooldown=none (${limited ? "no failover pool" : "request refused, account not limited"})`));
   if (!failover) return null;
-  upstreamHealth.set(family ? familyKey(failedAccountId, family) : failedAccountId, { cooldownUntil: now + cooldownMs, cooldownSource });
-  sweepExpiredOnWrite(now);
+  if (limited) {
+    upstreamHealth.set(family ? familyKey(failedAccountId, family) : failedAccountId, { cooldownUntil: now + cooldownMs, cooldownSource });
+    sweepExpiredOnWrite(now);
+  }
   // Unbind only the session that hit the 429; others on the account move on their own next call.
   const key = normalizeAffinityComponent(sessionKey);
   sessionAffinity.delete(key);
diff --git a/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-ratelimit-headers.test.ts b/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-ratelimit-headers.test.ts
index f73c04dc7b9..a0f418f7f47 100644
--- a/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-ratelimit-headers.test.ts
+++ b/tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-ratelimit-headers.test.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe("a model-scoped weekly 429 cools only that model family", () => {
 });
 
 describe("a request-shape 429 does not cool the account", () => {
-  test("an allowed unified status fails only the request, while a header-less 429 still fails over", async () => {
+  test("an allowed unified status fails the request over without cooling either account, while a header-less 429 still cools", async () => {
     const start = Date.now();
     const ids = await seed(2);
     const allowed = new Headers({
@@ -162,10 +162,12 @@ describe("a request-shape 429 does not cool the account", () => {
     });
     const warn = spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
     try {
-      expect(rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(poolEnabled(), ids[0]!, "30", "s1", start, allowed, "claude-opus-5")).toBeNull();
-      expect(rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(poolEnabled(), ids[1]!, null, "s2", start, allowed, "claude-sonnet-5-5")).toBeNull();
-      expect(warn.mock.calls.map(c => String(c[0])).filter(l => l.startsWith("[anthropic-pool] 429 on "))
-        .every(l => l.endsWith(" cooldown=none (request refused, account not limited)"))).toBe(true);
+      // Handed back, a combo would move to its next provider and model; the request moves account instead.
+      expect(rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(poolEnabled(), ids[0]!, "30", "s1", start, allowed, "claude-opus-5")).toBe(ids[1]!);
+      expect(rotateAnthropicAccountOn429(poolEnabled(), ids[1]!, null, "s2", start, allowed, "claude-sonnet-5-5")).toBe(ids[0]!);
+      const lines = warn.mock.calls.map(c => String(c[0])).filter(l => l.startsWith("[anthropic-pool] 429 on "));
+      expect(lines.filter(l => l.includes(" model=")).map(l => l.endsWith(" cooldown=none (request refused, account not limited)"))).toEqual([true, true]);
+      expect(lines.filter(l => l.includes("; failing over to "))).toHaveLength(2);
     } finally { warn.mockRestore(); }
     expect(ids.map(id => getAnthropicAccountHealthSnapshot(id, start))).toEqual([null, null]);
     expect(getEligibleAnthropicAccounts(start, "opus")).toEqual(ids);