diff --git a/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/__init__.py b/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/__init__.py
index f44eec7..15109da 100644
--- a/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/__init__.py
+++ b/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from harness_sdk.gen_ai.exceptions import ControlEvaluationBlocked
+from harness_sdk.gen_ai.exceptions import ControlEvaluationBlocked, ControlRequestBlocked
 
 __all__ = ["ControlEvaluationBlocked"]
diff --git a/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/exceptions.py b/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/exceptions.py
index 095387d..7d316c6 100644
--- a/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/harness_sdk/gen_ai/exceptions.py
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ def __init__(self, result: "ControlResult") -> None:
         self.result = result
         msg = getattr(result, "response_message", None) or "Forbidden"
         super().__init__(msg)
+
+
+class ControlRequestBlocked(Exception):
+    """Raised when control registry ``evaluate`` returns ``block=True`` for an outbound request."""
+
+    def __init__(self, result: "ControlResult") -> None:
+        self.result = result
+        msg = getattr(result, "response_message", None) or "Forbidden"
+        super().__init__(msg)
diff --git a/src/harness_sdk/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py b/src/harness_sdk/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
index e40ef04..5619756 100644
--- a/src/harness_sdk/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
+++ b/src/harness_sdk/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.httpx import HTTPXClientInstrumentor
 
 from harness_sdk.plugins.control import get_control_registry
+from harness_sdk.gen_ai.exceptions import ControlRequestBlocked
 from harness_sdk.instrumentation import BaseInstrumentorWrapper
 from harness_sdk.instrumentation.httpx.utils import (
     decode_response_body_for_capture,
@@ -42,7 +43,14 @@ def _process_request(self, span, request_info):
         headers = headers_from_httpx(request_info.headers)
         body = read_request_body(request_info.stream)
         self.generic_request_handler(headers, body, span)
-        get_control_registry().evaluate(span, url, headers, body, False)
+        control_result = get_control_registry().evaluate(span, url, headers, body, False)
+        if control_result.block:
+            logger.debug(
+                "httpx request blocked by control plugin: url=%s status=%s",
+                url,
+                control_result.response_status_code,
+            )
+            raise ControlRequestBlocked(control_result)
 
     def _process_response(self, span, response_info):
         headers = headers_from_httpx(response_info.headers)
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/httpx_client/test_httpx_blocking.py b/test/instrumentation/httpx_client/test_httpx_blocking.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b51d7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/instrumentation/httpx_client/test_httpx_blocking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+"""Tests for httpx client blocking via control plugins."""
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from harness_sdk.gen_ai.exceptions import ControlRequestBlocked
+from harness_sdk.instrumentation.httpx import HTTPXClientInstrumentorWrapper
+from harness_sdk.plugins.control import ControlResult, get_control_registry
+from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import InMemorySpanExporter
+
+
+class _BlockingPlugin:
+    name = "test_blocking"
+    provides_blocking = True
+
+    def on_init(self, config):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        pass
+
+    def evaluate(self, span, url, headers, body, is_grpc):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        return ControlResult(
+            block=True,
+            response_status_code=403,
+            response_message="Blocked by policy",
+        )
+
+    def evaluate_agent_span(self, span, body=""):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        return ControlResult()
+
+    def shutdown(self):
+        pass
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def httpx_wrapper():
+    wrapper = HTTPXClientInstrumentorWrapper()
+    yield wrapper
+    if wrapper.is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry:
+        wrapper.uninstrument()
+
+
+def test_httpx_request_hook_raises_when_control_blocks(httpx_wrapper):
+    exporter = InMemorySpanExporter()
+    provider = TracerProvider()
+    provider.add_span_processor(SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter))
+    trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
+
+    get_control_registry().register(_BlockingPlugin())
+    httpx_wrapper.instrument(tracer_provider=provider)
+
+    request_info = httpx.Request("GET", "https://example.com/get", headers={"x-test": "1"})
+    tracer = provider.get_tracer("test")
+    with tracer.start_as_current_span("httpx") as span:
+        with pytest.raises(ControlRequestBlocked) as exc_info:
+            httpx_wrapper._process_request(span, request_info)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+
+    assert exc_info.value.result.response_status_code == 403
+    get_control_registry().clear()