diff --git a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/main/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClient.java b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/main/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClient.java
index ccdac26d7e..064ba4fccc 100644
--- a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/main/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClient.java
+++ b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/main/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClient.java
@@ -315,18 +315,20 @@ private static class RetryInterceptor implements Interceptor {
         public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
             Request request = chain.request();
             Response response = null;
-            IOException lastException = null;
+            boolean responseReturned = false;
 
             try {
                 for (int attempt = 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) {
                     try {
                         if (response != null) {
                             response.close();
+                            response = null;
                         }
                         response = chain.proceed(request);
 
                         // Don't retry on successful responses or client errors (4xx)
                         if (response.isSuccessful() || response.code() < 500) {
+                            responseReturned = true;
                             return response;
                         }
 
@@ -337,7 +339,6 @@ public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                                 maxRetries + 1);
 
                     } catch (IOException e) {
-                        lastException = e;
                         logger.warn(
                                 "RAGFlow request failed with exception, attempt {}/{}: {}",
                                 attempt + 1,
@@ -361,14 +362,12 @@ public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (lastException != null) {
-                    throw lastException;
-                }
-
+                responseReturned = true;
                 return response;
             } finally {
-                // Ensure response is closed if we're not returning it successfully
-                if (response != null && (lastException != null || !response.isSuccessful())) {
+                // Keep the response open for the caller to consume, including final error
+                // responses.
+                if (response != null && !responseReturned) {
                     response.close();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/test/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClientTest.java b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/test/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClientTest.java
index 5473ff3c60..10e49fbde3 100644
--- a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/test/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClientTest.java
+++ b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-rag/agentscope-extensions-rag-ragflow/src/test/java/io/agentscope/core/rag/integration/ragflow/RAGFlowClientTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import io.agentscope.core.rag.integration.ragflow.exception.RAGFlowApiException;
@@ -26,8 +32,14 @@
 import io.agentscope.core.rag.integration.ragflow.model.RAGFlowResponse;
 import io.agentscope.core.util.JsonUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import okhttp3.Interceptor;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
@@ -742,6 +754,83 @@ void testHttp503ServiceUnavailable() {
         assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("server error"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRetryKeepsFinalErrorResponseBodyReadable() {
+        mockWebServer.enqueue(
+                new MockResponse()
+                        .setResponseCode(500)
+                        .setBody("{\"message\": \"first failure\"}"));
+        mockWebServer.enqueue(
+                new MockResponse()
+                        .setResponseCode(500)
+                        .setBody("{\"message\": \"final failure\"}"));
+
+        RAGFlowConfig config =
+                RAGFlowConfig.builder()
+                        .apiKey("test-api-key")
+                        .baseUrl(mockWebServer.url("").toString().replaceAll("/$", ""))
+                        .addDatasetId("dataset-123")
+                        .maxRetries(1)
+                        .build();
+
+        RAGFlowClient client = new RAGFlowClient(config);
+
+        RAGFlowApiException exception =
+                assertThrows(
+                        RAGFlowApiException.class,
+                        () -> client.retrieve("test query", null, null, null).block());
+
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("final failure"));
+        assertEquals(2, mockWebServer.getRequestCount());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRetryReturnsFinalErrorResponseAfterEarlierIOException() throws Exception {
+        RAGFlowConfig config =
+                RAGFlowConfig.builder()
+                        .apiKey("test-api-key")
+                        .baseUrl(mockWebServer.url("").toString().replaceAll("/$", ""))
+                        .addDatasetId("dataset-123")
+                        .maxRetries(1)
+                        .build();
+        RAGFlowClient client = new RAGFlowClient(config);
+
+        Field httpClientField = RAGFlowClient.class.getDeclaredField("httpClient");
+        httpClientField.setAccessible(true);
+        OkHttpClient httpClient = (OkHttpClient) httpClientField.get(client);
+        Interceptor retryInterceptor =
+                httpClient.interceptors().stream()
+                        .filter(
+                                interceptor ->
+                                        interceptor
+                                                .getClass()
+                                                .getSimpleName()
+                                                .equals("RetryInterceptor"))
+                        .findFirst()
+                        .orElseThrow();
+
+        Interceptor.Chain chain = mock(Interceptor.Chain.class);
+        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(mockWebServer.url("/api/v1/retrieval")).build();
+        ResponseBody responseBody = mock(ResponseBody.class);
+        Response finalErrorResponse = mock(Response.class);
+
+        when(chain.request()).thenReturn(request);
+        when(chain.proceed(request))
+                .thenThrow(new IOException("first attempt failed"))
+                .thenReturn(finalErrorResponse);
+        when(finalErrorResponse.isSuccessful()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(finalErrorResponse.code()).thenReturn(500);
+        when(finalErrorResponse.body()).thenReturn(responseBody);
+        when(responseBody.string()).thenReturn("{\"message\": \"final failure\"}");
+
+        Response returned = retryInterceptor.intercept(chain);
+
+        assertSame(finalErrorResponse, returned);
+        assertEquals("{\"message\": \"final failure\"}", returned.body().string());
+        verify(chain, times(2)).proceed(request);
+        verify(finalErrorResponse, never()).close();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testApiErrorWithNonZeroCode() {
         String errorResponse =