diff --git a/logos_delivery/messaging/rest_api/client.nim b/logos_delivery/messaging/rest_api/client.nim
index c202b3f1d..c618849ca 100644
--- a/logos_delivery/messaging/rest_api/client.nim
+++ b/logos_delivery/messaging/rest_api/client.nim
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ proc messagingGetSendEventsByIdV1*(
   rest, endpoint: "/messaging/v1/events/send/{requestId}", meth: HttpMethod.MethodGet
 .}
 
+# Raw variant: the typed client above cannot decode a non-2xx text error body,
+# so status-code assertions (e.g. 404) use this string form.
+proc messagingGetSendEventsByIdRawV1*(
+  requestId: string
+): RestResponse[string] {.
+  rest, endpoint: "/messaging/v1/events/send/{requestId}", meth: HttpMethod.MethodGet
+.}
+
 proc messagingGetReceivedMessagesV1*(): RestResponse[seq[ReceivedMessageRecord]] {.
   rest, endpoint: "/messaging/v1/events/received", meth: HttpMethod.MethodGet
 .}
diff --git a/tests/api/test_messaging_rest.nim b/tests/api/test_messaging_rest.nim
index 8e86d912e..66c1816d8 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_messaging_rest.nim
+++ b/tests/api/test_messaging_rest.nim
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import brokers/broker_context
 import logos_delivery
 import
   logos_delivery/messaging/rest_api/client as messaging_rest_client,
+  logos_delivery/waku/rest_api/endpoint/client,
   logos_delivery/waku/common/base64
 import tools/confutils/cli_args
 import ../testlib/[wakucore, testasync]
@@ -99,8 +100,7 @@ suite "Messaging REST API":
       brokerCtx, MessageSentEvent(requestId: reqA, messageHash: "0xaa")
     )
     MessageErrorEvent.emit(
-      brokerCtx,
-      MessageErrorEvent(requestId: reqB, messageHash: "0xbb", error: "boom"),
+      brokerCtx, MessageErrorEvent(requestId: reqB, messageHash: "0xbb", error: "boom")
     )
     await sleepAsync(settleDelay)
 
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ suite "Messaging REST API":
       byIdResp.data.events.anyIt(it.kind == SendEventKind.Sent)
       byIdResp.data.events.anyIt(it.kind == SendEventKind.Propagated)
 
-    # Unknown / already-polled id → 404.
-    let missingResp = await client.messagingGetSendEventsByIdV1($reqA)
+    # Unknown / already-polled id → 404 (raw string client so the text error
+    # body decodes; the typed client would raise on a non-2xx body).
+    let missingResp = await client.messagingGetSendEventsByIdRawV1($reqA)
     check missingResp.status == 404
 
     # GET all now returns only reqB (with its error), then clears.