diff --git a/src/telegram/network-errors.test.ts b/src/telegram/network-errors.test.ts
index c7206305b04..4eff7b4da2e 100644
--- a/src/telegram/network-errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/network-errors.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe("isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError", () => {
   });
 
   it("skips broad message matches for send context", () => {
-    const networkRequestErr = new Error("Network request for 'sendMessage' timed out!");
+    const networkRequestErr = new Error("Network request for 'sendMessage' failed!");
     expect(isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(networkRequestErr, { context: "send" })).toBe(false);
     expect(isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(networkRequestErr, { context: "polling" })).toBe(true);
 
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@ describe("isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError", () => {
     expect(isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(undiciSnippetErr, { context: "polling" })).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("treats grammY network envelope errors as recoverable in send context", () => {
-    expect(
-      isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(new Error("Network request for 'sendMessage' failed!"), {
-        context: "send",
-      }),
-    ).toBe(true);
+  it("treats grammY failed-after envelope errors as recoverable in send context", () => {
     expect(
       isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(
         new Error("Network request for 'sendMessage' failed after 2 attempts."),
diff --git a/src/telegram/network-errors.ts b/src/telegram/network-errors.ts
index 7413a20e9d2..b670bc48212 100644
--- a/src/telegram/network-errors.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/network-errors.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ const RECOVERABLE_ERROR_NAMES = new Set([
 ]);
 
 const ALWAYS_RECOVERABLE_MESSAGES = new Set(["fetch failed", "typeerror: fetch failed"]);
-const GRAMMY_NETWORK_REQUEST_FAILED_RE =
-  /^network request(?:\s+for\s+["']?[^"']+["']?)?\s+failed(?:\s+after\b.*)?[!.]?$/i;
+const GRAMMY_NETWORK_REQUEST_FAILED_AFTER_RE =
+  /^network request(?:\s+for\s+["']?[^"']+["']?)?\s+failed\s+after\b.*[!.]?$/i;
 
 const RECOVERABLE_MESSAGE_SNIPPETS = [
   "undici",
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function isRecoverableTelegramNetworkError(
     if (message && ALWAYS_RECOVERABLE_MESSAGES.has(message)) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (message && GRAMMY_NETWORK_REQUEST_FAILED_RE.test(message)) {
+    if (message && GRAMMY_NETWORK_REQUEST_FAILED_AFTER_RE.test(message)) {
       return true;
     }
     if (allowMessageMatch && message) {