diff --git a/provider/openaiprovider/responses.go b/provider/openaiprovider/responses.go
index 371e0801..61848804 100644
--- a/provider/openaiprovider/responses.go
+++ b/provider/openaiprovider/responses.go
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ func NewResponsesAgent(oclient openai.Client, config AgentConfig) *agent.Agent {
 			Middlewares:  providerMiddlewares,
 			Format:       c.formatOf,
 			Unmarshal:    c.unmarshal,
-		}, config.Config)
+		}, config.Config,
+	)
 }
 
 type responsesClient struct {
@@ -1040,6 +1041,22 @@ func responsesProcessStreamingUpdate(update responses.ResponseStreamEventUnion,
 			u.ContinuationToken = contToken
 		}
 
+	case responses.ResponseFailedEvent:
+		// A failed response carries its error on the response object rather than
+		// as a top-level ResponseErrorEvent; surface it as ErrorContent instead
+		// of letting it fall through to the default (empty) update.
+		u = createUpdate(message.RoleAssistant, nil)
+		u.CreatedAt = time.Unix(int64(event.Response.CreatedAt), 0)
+		u.ResponseID = event.Response.ID
+		u.FinishReason = responsesFinishReason(&event.Response)
+		u.AdditionalProperties = responsesPopulateAdditionalProperties(&event.Response)
+		if event.Response.Error.Message != "" || event.Response.Error.Code != "" {
+			u.Contents = []message.Content{&message.ErrorContent{
+				Message:   event.Response.Error.Message,
+				ErrorCode: string(event.Response.Error.Code),
+			}}
+		}
+
 	case responses.ResponseTextDeltaEvent:
 		u = createUpdate(message.RoleAssistant, []message.Content{
 			&message.TextContent{Text: event.Delta},
diff --git a/provider/openaiprovider/responses_test.go b/provider/openaiprovider/responses_test.go
index 4f060310..305ecae9 100644
--- a/provider/openaiprovider/responses_test.go
+++ b/provider/openaiprovider/responses_test.go
@@ -5546,3 +5546,91 @@ func responsesBodyEqual(t *testing.T, got string, want string) {
 		t.Errorf("body\ngot %s\nwant %s", gotOut, wantOut)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestResponsesStreamingFailedResponseSurfacesError verifies that a streamed
+// response.failed event surfaces its error as ErrorContent rather than an
+// empty update.
+func TestResponsesStreamingFailedResponseSurfacesError(t *testing.T) {
+	const input = `
+            {
+                "model":"gpt-4o-mini",
+                "input":[{"type":"message","role":"user","content":[{"type":"input_text","text":"test"}]}],
+                "stream":true
+            }
+            `
+	const output = `event: response.created
+data: {"type":"response.created","response":{"id":"resp_001","object":"response","created_at":1741892091,"status":"in_progress","model":"gpt-4o-mini","output":[]}}
+
+event: response.failed
+data: {"type":"response.failed","response":{"id":"resp_001","object":"response","created_at":1741892091,"status":"failed","model":"gpt-4o-mini","output":[],"error":{"code":"server_error","message":"Internal error"}}}
+
+`
+	server := newTestResponsesServerStreaming(t, input, output)
+	defer server.Close()
+	a := newTestResponsesClient(server, "gpt-4o-mini")
+
+	var errContent *message.ErrorContent
+	for update, err := range a.RunText(t.Context(), "test", agent.Stream(true)) {
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error = %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, c := range update.Contents {
+			if ec, ok := c.(*message.ErrorContent); ok {
+				errContent = ec
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if errContent == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an ErrorContent for the failed response, got none")
+	}
+	if errContent.Message != "Internal error" {
+		t.Errorf("error message = %q, want %q", errContent.Message, "Internal error")
+	}
+	if errContent.ErrorCode != "server_error" {
+		t.Errorf("error code = %q, want %q", errContent.ErrorCode, "server_error")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResponsesStreamingFailedResponseSurfacesCodeOnlyError guards the case where a
+// failed response carries an error code but no message. The failure must still be
+// surfaced as ErrorContent rather than collapsing into an empty update.
+func TestResponsesStreamingFailedResponseSurfacesCodeOnlyError(t *testing.T) {
+	const input = `
+            {
+                "model":"gpt-4o-mini",
+                "input":[{"type":"message","role":"user","content":[{"type":"input_text","text":"test"}]}],
+                "stream":true
+            }
+            `
+	const output = `event: response.created
+data: {"type":"response.created","response":{"id":"resp_001","object":"response","created_at":1741892091,"status":"in_progress","model":"gpt-4o-mini","output":[]}}
+
+event: response.failed
+data: {"type":"response.failed","response":{"id":"resp_001","object":"response","created_at":1741892091,"status":"failed","model":"gpt-4o-mini","output":[],"error":{"code":"server_error"}}}
+
+`
+	server := newTestResponsesServerStreaming(t, input, output)
+	defer server.Close()
+	a := newTestResponsesClient(server, "gpt-4o-mini")
+
+	var errContent *message.ErrorContent
+	for update, err := range a.RunText(t.Context(), "test", agent.Stream(true)) {
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error = %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, c := range update.Contents {
+			if ec, ok := c.(*message.ErrorContent); ok {
+				errContent = ec
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if errContent == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an ErrorContent for the code-only failed response, got none")
+	}
+	if errContent.ErrorCode != "server_error" {
+		t.Errorf("error code = %q, want %q", errContent.ErrorCode, "server_error")
+	}
+	if errContent.Message != "" {
+		t.Errorf("error message = %q, want empty", errContent.Message)
+	}
+}