diff --git a/app/Services/Ai/LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator.php b/app/Services/Ai/LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator.php
index 109d9c4a..fce2369d 100644
--- a/app/Services/Ai/LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator.php
+++ b/app/Services/Ai/LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ namespace App\Services\Ai;
 
 use App\Ai\Agents\RuleSuggestionAgent;
 use App\Services\Ai\Contracts\RuleSuggestionGenerator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Laravel\Ai\Enums\Lab;
+use Laravel\Ai\Exceptions\FailoverableException;
 use Throwable;
 
 class LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator implements RuleSuggestionGenerator
@@ -27,6 +29,17 @@ class LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator implements RuleSuggestionGenerator
                 foreach ($this->generateBatchWithRetry($batch, $categoryOptions) as $suggestion) {
                     $suggestions[] = $suggestion;
                 }
+            } catch (FailoverableException $exception) {
+                // An overloaded or rate-limited provider is an expected transient
+                // condition, not a bug (PHP-LARAVEL-44). Count it as a failure so
+                // an all-transient run still surfaces, but don't report the
+                // per-batch noise — a genuine total failure is still reported once
+                // by the run-level handler. Mirrors CategorizeTransactions.
+                $failures++;
+                $lastError = $exception;
+                Log::warning('AI rule-suggestion batch dropped: provider transient failure.', [
+                    'exception' => $exception->getMessage(),
+                ]);
             } catch (Throwable $exception) {
                 // A single batch failing must not discard the suggestions from
                 // the batches that did succeed (a run can span many batches).
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Ai/RuleSuggestionGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Feature/Ai/RuleSuggestionGeneratorTest.php
index aa471717..13b60e8a 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Ai/RuleSuggestionGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Ai/RuleSuggestionGeneratorTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 use App\Ai\Agents\RuleSuggestionAgent;
 use App\Services\Ai\LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Exceptions;
+use Laravel\Ai\Exceptions\ProviderOverloadedException;
 
 it('returns the structured suggestions produced by the model', function () {
     RuleSuggestionAgent::fake([
@@ -95,6 +97,55 @@ it('keeps successful batches when one batch fails after retry', function () {
         ->and($suggestions[0]['match_token'])->toBe('okkey');
 });
 
+it('does not report an expected transient provider overload', function () {
+    config()->set('ai_suggestions.group_batch_size', 1);
+
+    Exceptions::fake();
+
+    RuleSuggestionAgent::fake(function (string $prompt) {
+        if (str_contains($prompt, 'boomtoken')) {
+            throw ProviderOverloadedException::forProvider('gemini');
+        }
+
+        return ['suggestions' => [genSuggestion('okkey')]];
+    });
+
+    $generator = new LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator;
+
+    $suggestions = $generator->generate(
+        groups: [benchGroup('boomtoken'), benchGroup('goodkey')],
+        categoryOptions: [['id' => 'cat-1', 'name' => 'X', 'path' => 'X', 'type' => 'expense', 'direction' => 'outflow', 'is_leaf' => true]],
+    );
+
+    expect($suggestions)->toHaveCount(1)
+        ->and($suggestions[0]['match_token'])->toBe('okkey');
+
+    Exceptions::assertNothingReported();
+});
+
+it('reports an unexpected batch failure', function () {
+    config()->set('ai_suggestions.group_batch_size', 1);
+
+    Exceptions::fake();
+
+    RuleSuggestionAgent::fake(function (string $prompt) {
+        if (str_contains($prompt, 'boomtoken')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('batch failed');
+        }
+
+        return ['suggestions' => [genSuggestion('okkey')]];
+    });
+
+    $generator = new LaravelAiRuleSuggestionGenerator;
+
+    $generator->generate(
+        groups: [benchGroup('boomtoken'), benchGroup('goodkey')],
+        categoryOptions: [['id' => 'cat-1', 'name' => 'X', 'path' => 'X', 'type' => 'expense', 'direction' => 'outflow', 'is_leaf' => true]],
+    );
+
+    Exceptions::assertReported(RuntimeException::class);
+});
+
 it('rethrows when every batch fails', function () {
     config()->set('ai_suggestions.group_batch_size', 1);