diff --git a/tests/integration/test_http_responses_bridge.py b/tests/integration/test_http_responses_bridge.py
index bdc858dc77..909fed0586 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_http_responses_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_http_responses_bridge.py
@@ -9395,6 +9395,109 @@ async def fake_connect_responses_websocket(
     assert connect_count == 2
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_v1_responses_http_bridge_retries_unanchored_request_when_upstream_never_acknowledges_response_create(
+    async_client,
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    _install_bridge_settings_with_limits(
+        monkeypatch,
+        enabled=True,
+    )
+    proxy_module.get_settings().http_responses_session_bridge_stuck_gate_retire_after_seconds = 0.01
+    account_id = await _import_account(
+        async_client,
+        "acc_http_bridge_missing_created_retry",
+        "http-bridge-missing-created-retry@example.com",
+    )
+    account = await _get_account(account_id)
+    silent_upstream = _SilentUpstreamWebSocket()
+    recovered_upstream = _FakeBridgeUpstreamWebSocket()
+    upstreams = [silent_upstream, recovered_upstream]
+    connect_count = 0
+
+    async def fake_select_account_with_budget(
+        self,
+        deadline,
+        *,
+        request_id,
+        kind,
+        request_stage="first_turn",
+        sticky_key,
+        sticky_kind,
+        reallocate_sticky,
+        sticky_max_age_seconds,
+        prefer_earlier_reset_accounts,
+        routing_strategy,
+        model,
+        exclude_account_ids=None,
+        additional_limit_name=None,
+        api_key=None,
+        preferred_account_id=None,
+    ):
+        del preferred_account_id
+        del (
+            self,
+            deadline,
+            request_id,
+            kind,
+            request_stage,
+            sticky_key,
+            sticky_kind,
+            reallocate_sticky,
+            sticky_max_age_seconds,
+            prefer_earlier_reset_accounts,
+            routing_strategy,
+            model,
+            exclude_account_ids,
+            additional_limit_name,
+            api_key,
+        )
+        return AccountSelection(account=account, error_message=None, error_code=None)
+
+    async def fake_ensure_fresh_with_budget(self, target, *, force=False, timeout_seconds):
+        del self, force, timeout_seconds
+        return target
+
+    async def fake_connect_responses_websocket(
+        headers,
+        access_token,
+        account_id_header,
+        *,
+        base_url=None,
+        session=None,
+    ):
+        del headers, access_token, account_id_header, base_url, session
+        nonlocal connect_count
+        upstream = upstreams[connect_count]
+        connect_count += 1
+        return upstream
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_module.ProxyService, "_select_account_with_budget", fake_select_account_with_budget)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_module.ProxyService, "_ensure_fresh_with_budget", fake_ensure_fresh_with_budget)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_module, "connect_responses_websocket", fake_connect_responses_websocket)
+
+    response = await asyncio.wait_for(
+        async_client.post(
+            "/v1/responses",
+            json={
+                "model": "gpt-5.1",
+                "instructions": "Return exactly OK.",
+                "input": "retry missing response.created",
+                "prompt_cache_key": "missing-created-retry-key",
+            },
+        ),
+        timeout=_TEST_SYNC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert connect_count == 2
+    assert silent_upstream.closed is True
+    assert len(silent_upstream.sent_text) == 1
+    assert len(recovered_upstream.sent_text) == 1
+    assert silent_upstream.sent_text == recovered_upstream.sent_text
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_backend_responses_http_bridge_retries_precreated_server_overload(async_client, monkeypatch):
     _install_bridge_settings(monkeypatch, enabled=True)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_proxy_http_bridge.py b/tests/unit/test_proxy_http_bridge.py
index 3e91a8f60b..76a8b76c88 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_proxy_http_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_proxy_http_bridge.py
@@ -844,6 +844,48 @@ def _make_eventless_http_bridge_owner(
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("include_sibling", [False, True])
+async def test_http_bridge_eventless_anchored_precreated_retry_stays_fail_closed(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    include_sibling: bool,
+) -> None:
+    service = proxy_service.ProxyService(cast(Any, nullcontext()))
+    owner = _make_eventless_http_bridge_owner()
+    owner.request_text = '{"type":"response.create","input":"continue"}'
+    owner.previous_response_id = "resp-parent"
+    pending_requests = deque([owner])
+    queued_request_count = 1
+
+    if include_sibling:
+        sibling = proxy_service._WebSocketRequestState(
+            request_id="req-created-sibling",
+            model="gpt-5.6-sol",
+            service_tier=None,
+            reasoning_effort="high",
+            api_key_reservation=None,
+            started_at=time.monotonic(),
+            transport="http",
+            response_id="resp-created-sibling",
+        )
+        pending_requests.append(sibling)
+        queued_request_count = 2
+
+    session = _make_bridge_session(
+        key=proxy_service._HTTPBridgeSessionKey("session_header", "hard-anchor", None),
+        pending_requests=pending_requests,
+        queued_request_count=queued_request_count,
+    )
+    session.last_upstream_close_code = 1011
+    session.upstream = cast(UpstreamWebSocket, SimpleNamespace(send_text=AsyncMock(), close=AsyncMock()))
+    reconnect = AsyncMock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proxy_service, "get_settings", lambda: _make_app_settings())
+    monkeypatch.setattr(service, "_reconnect_http_bridge_session", reconnect)
+
+    assert await service._retry_http_bridge_precreated_request(session) is False
+    reconnect.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
 class _SilentEventlessUpstream:
     """Upstream double that never produces a response event, for eventless-timeout tests."""