diff --git a/.changeset/sdk-facilitator-unknown-outcome.md b/.changeset/sdk-facilitator-unknown-outcome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cac9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sdk-facilitator-unknown-outcome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'radius-sdk': patch
+---
+
+`radiusPayments` answers `502` (`facilitator_error`) when a facilitator call fails without the facilitator's own answer, such as a dropped connection or an error page from a gateway. These were reported as `402`, which a buyer reads as "rejected, nothing moved", although a settle may have reached the chain. The facilitator's own rejections are still `402`.
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/hono/facilitator.ts b/packages/sdk/src/hono/facilitator.ts
index e2b3f22..94a48c4 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/hono/facilitator.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/hono/facilitator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { HTTPFacilitatorClient, type FacilitatorClient } from '@x402/core/server';
-import type { PaymentPayload, PaymentRequirements, SettleResponse, SupportedResponse, VerifyResponse } from '@x402/core/types';
+import { FacilitatorResponseError, HTTPFacilitatorClient, type FacilitatorClient } from '@x402/core/server';
+import { SettleError, VerifyError, type PaymentPayload, type PaymentRequirements, type SettleResponse, type SupportedResponse, type VerifyResponse } from '@x402/core/types';
 import type { RadiusNetwork } from '../networks.js';
 
 export interface FacilitatorOptions {
@@ -72,3 +72,27 @@ export class RadiusFacilitatorClient implements FacilitatorClient {
     return this.live ? this.http.getSupported() : Promise.resolve(staticSupported(this.network));
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * A facilitator call that fails without the facilitator's own answer (a network error, or an
+ * error status whose body is not an x402 response) leaves the outcome unknown: a settle may
+ * have reached the chain. @x402/core reports those as a `402`, which a buyer reads as "rejected,
+ * nothing moved", so this rethrows them as `FacilitatorResponseError`, which `radiusPayments`
+ * answers with `502`. The facilitator's own answers (`VerifyError`, `SettleError`) pass through.
+ */
+export function withUnknownOutcomes(facilitator: FacilitatorClient): FacilitatorClient {
+  const call = async <T>(operation: string, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> => {
+    try {
+      return await fn();
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof FacilitatorResponseError || error instanceof VerifyError || error instanceof SettleError) throw error;
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      throw Object.assign(new FacilitatorResponseError(`Facilitator ${operation} failed: ${message}`), { cause: error });
+    }
+  };
+  return {
+    verify: (payload, requirements) => call('verify', () => facilitator.verify(payload, requirements)),
+    settle: (payload, requirements) => call('settle', () => facilitator.settle(payload, requirements)),
+    getSupported: () => call('supported', () => facilitator.getSupported()),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/hono/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/hono/index.ts
index a17a693..39e03d4 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/hono/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/hono/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { resolveNetwork, type Address, type NetworkInput, type NetworkOverrides,
 import { resolvePrice, type Price } from '../amounts.js';
 import { explorerTxUrl } from '../networks.js';
 import type { PaymentReceipt } from '../receipt.js';
-import { RadiusFacilitatorClient, type FacilitatorOptions } from './facilitator.js';
+import { RadiusFacilitatorClient, withUnknownOutcomes, type FacilitatorOptions } from './facilitator.js';
 import { RadiusExactScheme, type GasSponsoringMode, type SettleMode } from './scheme.js';
 
 export { RadiusFacilitatorClient, staticSupported, type FacilitatorOptions } from './facilitator.js';
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ function internalErrorResponse<E extends Env>(c: Context<E>, error: unknown): Re
 export function radiusPayments<E extends Env = Env>(options: RadiusPaymentsOptions<E>): MiddlewareHandler<E> {
   const network = resolveNetwork(options.network, options);
   const settle: SettleMode = options.settle ?? 'before';
-  const facilitator = isFacilitatorClient(options.facilitator)
-    ? options.facilitator
-    : new RadiusFacilitatorClient(network, options.facilitator);
+  const facilitator = withUnknownOutcomes(
+    isFacilitatorClient(options.facilitator) ? options.facilitator : new RadiusFacilitatorClient(network, options.facilitator),
+  );
   const resourceServer = new x402ResourceServer(facilitator).register(network.network, new RadiusExactScheme(network, settle, options.gasSponsoring ?? 'auto'));
 
   const resolvePayTo = (spec: PayTo<E>) =>
diff --git a/packages/sdk/test/hono.test.ts b/packages/sdk/test/hono.test.ts
index d4f107f..39a14de 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/test/hono.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/test/hono.test.ts
@@ -212,3 +212,58 @@ describe('radiusPayments paid flow (facilitator mocked)', () => {
     expect(calls).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('radiusPayments when the facilitator gives no answer', () => {
+  // A settle that fails without the facilitator's own answer may still have reached the chain,
+  // so the buyer must see 502 (outcome unknown), not 402 (rejected, nothing moved).
+  function mockFacilitator(respond: (path: 'verify' | 'settle') => Response | Promise<Response>) {
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch').mockImplementation(async (input) => {
+      const url = String(input instanceof Request ? input.url : input);
+      if (url.endsWith('/verify')) return respond('verify');
+      if (url.endsWith('/settle')) return respond('settle');
+      throw new Error(`unexpected fetch ${url}`);
+    });
+  }
+  const gatewayTimeout = () => new Response('<html>504 Gateway Time-out</html>', { status: 504, headers: { 'content-type': 'text/html' } });
+  const verified = () => Response.json({ isValid: true, payer: '0xabc' });
+
+  async function pay(app: Hono<any>) {
+    const sig = await payloadFor(app);
+    return app.request('http://seller.test/api/lookup', { headers: { 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE': sig } });
+  }
+
+  it('answers 502 when settle returns an error page', async () => {
+    mockFacilitator(gatewayTimeout);
+    const res = await pay(makeApp());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(await res.json()).toMatchObject({ error: 'facilitator_error' });
+  });
+
+  it('answers 502 when the settle connection fails', async () => {
+    mockFacilitator(() => {
+      throw new TypeError('fetch failed');
+    });
+    const res = await pay(makeApp());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(await res.text()).not.toContain('secret');
+  });
+
+  it('answers 502 when settle fails after the handler (settle: "after")', async () => {
+    mockFacilitator((path) => (path === 'verify' ? verified() : gatewayTimeout()));
+    const res = await pay(makeApp({ settle: 'after' }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(await res.text()).not.toContain('secret');
+  });
+
+  it('answers 502 when verify returns an error page (settle: "after")', async () => {
+    mockFacilitator(gatewayTimeout);
+    const res = await pay(makeApp({ settle: 'after' }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(502);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps 402 for the facilitator's own settle rejection", async () => {
+    mockFacilitator(() => Response.json({ success: false, errorReason: 'insufficient_funds', transaction: '', network: 'eip155:72344' }, { status: 400 }));
+    const res = await pay(makeApp());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(402);
+  });
+});