diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.test.ts b/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.test.ts
index c3df40115..119466861 100644
--- a/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('renderer/utils/api/errors.ts', () => {
       });
 
       it('network error - no status', () => {
-        const mockError = new RequestError('Network error', 0, {
+        const mockError = new RequestError('Network error', 500, {
           request: {
             method: 'GET',
             url: 'https://api.github.com',
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ describe('renderer/utils/api/errors.ts', () => {
         expect(result).toBe(Errors.NETWORK);
       });
 
-      it('unknown error - unhandled 403', () => {
-        const mockError = new RequestError('Forbidden', 403, {
+      it('unknown error - unhandled 418', () => {
+        const mockError = new RequestError('Forbidden', 418, {
           request: {
             method: 'GET',
             url: 'https://api.github.com',
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.ts b/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.ts
index 7bf00f0a8..ae80b3f4d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/api/errors.ts
@@ -29,26 +29,26 @@ export function determineFailureType(
   if (err instanceof RequestError) {
     const status = err.status;
 
-    if (status === 401) {
-      return Errors.BAD_CREDENTIALS;
-    }
-
-    if (status === 403) {
-      if (message.includes("Missing the 'notifications' scope")) {
-        return Errors.MISSING_SCOPES;
-      }
-
-      if (
-        message.includes('API rate limit exceeded') ||
-        message.includes('You have exceeded a secondary rate limit')
-      ) {
-        return Errors.RATE_LIMITED;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Network-like errors for RequestError (no status or status 0)
-    if (status === 0 || status === undefined) {
-      return Errors.NETWORK;
+    switch (status) {
+      case 401:
+        return Errors.BAD_CREDENTIALS;
+      case 403:
+        if (message.includes("Missing the 'notifications' scope")) {
+          return Errors.MISSING_SCOPES;
+        }
+
+        if (
+          message.includes('API rate limit exceeded') ||
+          message.includes('You have exceeded a secondary rate limit')
+        ) {
+          return Errors.RATE_LIMITED;
+        }
+
+        break;
+      case 500:
+        return Errors.NETWORK;
+      default:
+        break;
     }
   }