diff --git a/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.test.ts b/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.test.ts
index c5d575ab1..e3421feb7 100644
--- a/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.test.ts
+++ b/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ describe("buildRunFailureView", () => {
       .toBe("The request to OpenAI timed out");
   });
 
+  test("doesn't blame the provider for failures on Fabro's side", () => {
+    const failure = (message: string) => view(failedRun({ message }));
+    expect(failure("model request failed (configuration): provider anthropic is disabled in the catalog")).toMatchObject({
+      headline: "Fabro couldn't send the request to Anthropic",
+      nextStep: "Check Anthropic and the step's model under Settings → Models, then choose Retry from Actions.",
+    });
+    expect(failure("model request failed (model_selection): provider anthropic has no default model")?.headline)
+      .toBe("Fabro couldn't send the request to Anthropic");
+    expect(failure("model request failed (network): provider openai connection refused")?.headline)
+      .toBe("The request never reached OpenAI");
+    expect(failure("model request failed (resource_limit): provider openai response exceeded 16 MiB")?.headline)
+      .toBe("Fabro stopped the request to OpenAI");
+  });
+
   test("falls back to the provider's status and code", () => {
     const failure = view(
       failedRun({
diff --git a/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.ts b/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.ts
index 3f8080d65..3788db2a2 100644
--- a/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.ts
+++ b/apps/fabro-web/app/routes/run-detail/failure.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,22 @@ function parseModelRequest(message: string): ModelRequest | null {
 }
 
 function requestAdvice({ kind, status, code }: ModelRequest, message: string, who: string): Advice {
+  // These kinds fail on Fabro's side, before or without the provider's say.
+  if (kind === "configuration" || kind === "model_selection") {
+    return {
+      headline: `Fabro couldn't send the request to ${who}`,
+      nextStep: `Check ${who} and the step's model under Settings → Models, then ${RETRY}.`,
+    };
+  }
+  if (kind === "network") {
+    return {
+      headline: `The request never reached ${who}`,
+      nextStep: "Check that the Fabro server can reach the provider, then choose Retry from Actions.",
+    };
+  }
+  if (kind === "middleware" || kind === "resource_limit") {
+    return { headline: `Fabro stopped the request to ${who}`, nextStep: "The message, under Details, says why." };
+  }
   if (
     kind === "quota_exceeded" ||
     status === 402 ||