diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/client/lifecycle-errors.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/client/lifecycle-errors.ts
index 4466aa3e01..e5d2033329 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/client/lifecycle-errors.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/src/client/lifecycle-errors.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ function classifyActorError(
 function isRetryableGuardGatewayHttpError(code: string): boolean {
 	return (
 		code === "service_unavailable" ||
+		code === "actor_ready_timeout" ||
 		code === "actor_wake_retries_exceeded" ||
 		code === "actor_stopped_while_waiting" ||
 		code === "tunnel_request_aborted" ||
diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/lifecycle-errors.test.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/lifecycle-errors.test.ts
index 6d8b4c80de..08a851d6a5 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/lifecycle-errors.test.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/rivetkit/tests/lifecycle-errors.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { isRetryableLifecycleRequestError } from "../src/client/lifecycle-errors
 describe("lifecycle error retry classification", () => {
 	test.each([
 		"service_unavailable",
+		"actor_ready_timeout",
 		"actor_wake_retries_exceeded",
 		"actor_stopped_while_waiting",
 		"tunnel_request_aborted",