diff --git a/sdks/sandbox/python/src/opensandbox/adapters/converter/exception_converter.py b/sdks/sandbox/python/src/opensandbox/adapters/converter/exception_converter.py
index 88e43f7d..0a4ac817 100644
--- a/sdks/sandbox/python/src/opensandbox/adapters/converter/exception_converter.py
+++ b/sdks/sandbox/python/src/opensandbox/adapters/converter/exception_converter.py
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any
 
+from httpx import (
+    ConnectError,
+    HTTPStatusError,
+    NetworkError,
+    ReadTimeout,
+    TimeoutException,
+    WriteTimeout,
+)
+
+from opensandbox.api.execd.errors import UnexpectedStatus as ExecdUnexpectedStatus
+from opensandbox.api.lifecycle.errors import (
+    UnexpectedStatus as LifecycleUnexpectedStatus,
+)
 from opensandbox.exceptions import (
     InvalidArgumentException,
     SandboxApiException,
@@ -40,6 +53,15 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+UNEXPECTED_STATUS_TYPES = (LifecycleUnexpectedStatus, ExecdUnexpectedStatus)
+HTTPX_NETWORK_ERROR_TYPES = (
+    ConnectError,
+    TimeoutException,
+    NetworkError,
+    ReadTimeout,
+    WriteTimeout,
+)
+
 
 class ExceptionConverter:
     """
@@ -124,24 +146,17 @@ def to_sandbox_exception(e: Exception) -> SandboxException:
 
 def _is_unexpected_status_error(e: Exception) -> bool:
     """Check if exception is an openapi-python-client UnexpectedStatus error."""
-    return type(e).__name__ == "UnexpectedStatus"
+    return isinstance(e, UNEXPECTED_STATUS_TYPES)
 
 
 def _is_httpx_status_error(e: Exception) -> bool:
     """Check if exception is an httpx HTTPStatusError."""
-    return type(e).__name__ == "HTTPStatusError"
+    return isinstance(e, HTTPStatusError)
 
 
 def _is_httpx_network_error(e: Exception) -> bool:
     """Check if exception is an httpx network-related error."""
-    error_types = (
-        "ConnectError",
-        "TimeoutException",
-        "NetworkError",
-        "ReadTimeout",
-        "WriteTimeout",
-    )
-    return type(e).__name__ in error_types
+    return isinstance(e, HTTPX_NETWORK_ERROR_TYPES)
 
 
 def _convert_unexpected_status_to_api_exception(e: Exception) -> SandboxApiException:
diff --git a/sdks/sandbox/python/tests/test_converters_and_error_handling.py b/sdks/sandbox/python/tests/test_converters_and_error_handling.py
index c4650603..fd5be5f4 100644
--- a/sdks/sandbox/python/tests/test_converters_and_error_handling.py
+++ b/sdks/sandbox/python/tests/test_converters_and_error_handling.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import pytest
+from httpx import HTTPStatusError, Request, Response
 
 from opensandbox.adapters.converter.exception_converter import (
     ExceptionConverter,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 from opensandbox.adapters.converter.sandbox_model_converter import (
     SandboxModelConverter,
 )
+from opensandbox.api.lifecycle.errors import UnexpectedStatus
 from opensandbox.exceptions import (
     InvalidArgumentException,
     SandboxApiException,
@@ -96,6 +98,34 @@ def test_exception_converter_maps_common_types() -> None:
     assert isinstance(se2, SandboxInternalException)
 
 
+def test_exception_converter_maps_generated_unexpected_status_to_api_exception() -> (
+    None
+):
+    err = UnexpectedStatus(400, b'{"code":"X","message":"bad"}')
+
+    converted = ExceptionConverter.to_sandbox_exception(err)
+
+    assert isinstance(converted, SandboxApiException)
+    assert converted.status_code == 400
+    assert converted.error is not None
+    assert converted.error.code == "X"
+
+
+def test_exception_converter_maps_httpx_status_error_to_api_exception() -> None:
+    request = Request("GET", "https://example.test")
+    response = Response(
+        502, request=request, content=b'{"code":"UPSTREAM","message":"gateway"}'
+    )
+    err = HTTPStatusError("bad gateway", request=request, response=response)
+
+    converted = ExceptionConverter.to_sandbox_exception(err)
+
+    assert isinstance(converted, SandboxApiException)
+    assert converted.status_code == 502
+    assert converted.error is not None
+    assert converted.error.code == "UPSTREAM"
+
+
 def test_execution_converter_to_api_run_command_request() -> None:
     from opensandbox.api.execd.types import UNSET