diff --git a/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor.go b/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor.go
index c5c7e3f9..2d355d48 100644
--- a/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor.go
+++ b/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor.go
@@ -2351,6 +2351,19 @@ func (m *Manager) MarkResult(ctx context.Context, result Result) {
 						state.NextRetryAfter = next
 						suspendReason = "model_not_supported"
 						shouldSuspendModel = true
+					} else if isCloudflareChallengeResultError(result.Error) {
+						next, backoffLevel := nextCloudflareCooldown(state.Quota.BackoffLevel, disableCooling, now)
+						state.NextRetryAfter = next
+						state.StatusMessage = "cloudflare challenge"
+						if auth.LastError != nil {
+							auth.StatusMessage = "cloudflare challenge"
+						}
+						state.Quota = QuotaState{
+							Exceeded:      true,
+							Reason:        "cloudflare challenge",
+							NextRecoverAt: next,
+							BackoffLevel:  backoffLevel,
+						}
 					} else {
 						switch statusCode {
 						case 401:
@@ -2750,6 +2763,42 @@ func isModelSupportResultError(err *Error) bool {
 	return isModelSupportErrorMessage(err.Message)
 }
 
+func isCloudflareChallengeErrorMessage(message string) bool {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(message))
+	return strings.Contains(lower, "challenge-platform") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "cf-mitigated") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "cloudflare challenge") ||
+		(strings.Contains(lower, "cloudflare") && strings.Contains(lower, "<html"))
+}
+
+func isCloudflareChallengeError(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return isCloudflareChallengeErrorMessage(err.Error())
+}
+
+func isCloudflareChallengeResultError(err *Error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return isCloudflareChallengeErrorMessage(err.Message)
+}
+
+func nextCloudflareCooldown(backoffLevel int, disableCooling bool, now time.Time) (time.Time, int) {
+	var next time.Time
+	if !disableCooling {
+		cooldown, nextLevel := nextQuotaCooldown(backoffLevel, disableCooling)
+		if cooldown < 10*time.Second {
+			cooldown = 10 * time.Second
+		}
+		if cooldown > 0 {
+			next = now.Add(cooldown)
+		}
+		backoffLevel = nextLevel
+	}
+	return next, backoffLevel
+}
 func isRequestScopedNotFoundMessage(message string) bool {
 	if message == "" {
 		return false
@@ -2777,6 +2826,9 @@ func isRequestInvalidError(err error) bool {
 	if err == nil {
 		return false
 	}
+	if isCloudflareChallengeError(err) {
+		return false
+	}
 	if isModelSupportError(err) {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -2818,6 +2870,18 @@ func applyAuthFailureState(auth *Auth, resultErr *Error, retryAfter *time.Durati
 		}
 	}
 	statusCode := statusCodeFromResult(resultErr)
+	if isCloudflareChallengeResultError(resultErr) {
+		auth.StatusMessage = "cloudflare challenge"
+		next, backoffLevel := nextCloudflareCooldown(auth.Quota.BackoffLevel, disableCooling, now)
+		auth.Quota = QuotaState{
+			Exceeded:      true,
+			Reason:        "cloudflare challenge",
+			NextRecoverAt: next,
+			BackoffLevel:  backoffLevel,
+		}
+		auth.NextRetryAfter = next
+		return
+	}
 	switch statusCode {
 	case 401:
 		auth.StatusMessage = "unauthorized"
diff --git a/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor_overrides_test.go b/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor_overrides_test.go
index 017602e3..5acd331e 100644
--- a/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor_overrides_test.go
+++ b/sdk/cliproxy/auth/conductor_overrides_test.go
@@ -570,6 +570,60 @@ func TestManager_MarkResult_RespectsAuthDisableCoolingOverride_On403(t *testing.
 	}
 }
 
+func TestManager_MarkResult_CloudflareChallenge_On403(t *testing.T) {
+	prev := quotaCooldownDisabled.Load()
+	quotaCooldownDisabled.Store(false)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { quotaCooldownDisabled.Store(prev) })
+
+	m := NewManager(nil, nil, nil)
+
+	auth := &Auth{
+		ID:       "auth-cf-403",
+		Provider: "claude",
+	}
+	if _, errRegister := m.Register(context.Background(), auth); errRegister != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("register auth: %v", errRegister)
+	}
+
+	model := "test-model-cf-403"
+	reg := registry.GetGlobalRegistry()
+	reg.RegisterClient(auth.ID, "claude", []*registry.ModelInfo{{ID: model}})
+	t.Cleanup(func() { reg.UnregisterClient(auth.ID) })
+
+	m.MarkResult(context.Background(), Result{
+		AuthID:   auth.ID,
+		Provider: "claude",
+		Model:    model,
+		Success:  false,
+		Error:    &Error{HTTPStatus: http.StatusForbidden, Message: "cf-mitigated: challenge"},
+	})
+
+	updated, ok := m.GetByID(auth.ID)
+	if !ok || updated == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected auth to be present")
+	}
+	state := updated.ModelStates[model]
+	if state == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected model state to be present")
+	}
+	if state.NextRetryAfter.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatalf("expected NextRetryAfter to be non-zero for cloudflare challenge")
+	}
+	diff := time.Until(state.NextRetryAfter)
+	if diff < 5*time.Second || diff > 25*time.Second {
+		t.Fatalf("expected NextRetryAfter to be ~10 seconds, got %v", diff)
+	}
+	if state.StatusMessage != "cloudflare challenge" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected StatusMessage to be 'cloudflare challenge', got %s", state.StatusMessage)
+	}
+
+	// Because Cloudflare Challenge is treated as transient (no suspension),
+	// the model should NOT be suspended in the global registry, so count > 0.
+	if count := reg.GetModelCount(model); count <= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected model count > 0 for cloudflare challenge transient cooldown, got %d", count)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestManager_Execute_DisableCooling_DoesNotBlackoutAfter403(t *testing.T) {
 	prev := quotaCooldownDisabled.Load()
 	quotaCooldownDisabled.Store(false)