From dd7b850dd4d525b3a15647c1dc24bb79a1079718 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Sosenko <evan@getseam.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:39:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Handle non-JSON content type errors

---
 src/lib/error-interceptor.ts         |  2 +-
 test/seam/connect/http-error.test.ts | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/error-interceptor.ts b/src/lib/error-interceptor.ts
index 1f752b8d..ec297709 100644
--- a/src/lib/error-interceptor.ts
+++ b/src/lib/error-interceptor.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const isApiErrorResponse = (
 
   if (headers == null) return false
 
-  const contentType = headers['Content-Type']
+  const contentType = headers['content-type']
   if (
     typeof contentType === 'string' &&
     !contentType.startsWith('application/json')
diff --git a/test/seam/connect/http-error.test.ts b/test/seam/connect/http-error.test.ts
index 27318f11..be435869 100644
--- a/test/seam/connect/http-error.test.ts
+++ b/test/seam/connect/http-error.test.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,44 @@
 import test from 'ava'
-import { AxiosError } from 'axios'
+import { AxiosError, AxiosHeaders } from 'axios'
 import { getTestServer } from 'fixtures/seam/connect/api.js'
 
 import {
+  errorInterceptor,
   SeamHttp,
   SeamHttpApiError,
   SeamHttpInvalidInputError,
   SeamHttpUnauthorizedError,
 } from '@seamapi/http/connect'
 
+test('SeamHttp: preserves AxiosError for JSON-shaped non-JSON response', async (t) => {
+  const data = {
+    error: {
+      type: 'bad_gateway',
+      message: 'A middlebox returned this error page',
+    },
+  }
+  const err = new AxiosError(
+    'Request failed with status code 502',
+    AxiosError.ERR_BAD_RESPONSE,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    {
+      data,
+      status: 502,
+      statusText: 'Bad Gateway',
+      headers: new AxiosHeaders({ 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8' }),
+      config: { headers: new AxiosHeaders() },
+    },
+  )
+
+  const thrown = await t.throwsAsync(errorInterceptor(err), {
+    instanceOf: AxiosError,
+  })
+
+  t.is(thrown, err)
+  t.deepEqual(thrown.response?.data, data)
+})
+
 test('SeamHttp: throws AxiosError on non-standard response', async (t) => {
   const { seed, endpoint } = await getTestServer(t)