diff --git a/lib/canvas/generate-image.ts b/lib/canvas/generate-image.ts
index 73c7d239f..5df759862 100644
--- a/lib/canvas/generate-image.ts
+++ b/lib/canvas/generate-image.ts
@@ -1526,6 +1526,75 @@ export async function generateCanvasImage(
     await slot.release();
   }
 
+  await recordAiModelHealthFailure({
+    model: selectedModel.model,
+    provider,
+    error: caughtError,
+    context: debugLabel,
+    elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+    metadata: {
+      aspectRatio,
+      imageSize,
+      imageCount,
+      requestedReferenceImageCount: normalizedReferenceImages.length,
+      reachableReferenceImageCount: reachableReferenceImages.length,
+      effectiveReferenceImageCount: effectiveReferenceImages.length,
+      droppedReferenceImageCount: unreachableReferenceImages.length,
+      ...debugMeta,
+    },
+  }).catch((healthError) => {
+    console.warn("[Canvas Generate Image] Record model health failure failed:", {
+      selectedModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
+      selectedModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
+      error: healthError instanceof Error ? healthError.message : String(healthError),
+    });
+  });
+
+  const failedModelRefs = Array.from(
+    new Set([
+      ...(Array.isArray(request.internalFailoverTriedModelRefs)
+        ? request.internalFailoverTriedModelRefs
+        : []),
+      selectedModel.model.id,
+      selectedModel.model.modelId,
+    ].filter(Boolean))
+  );
+  const allowFailover = request.allowFailover !== false;
+  const shouldFailover =
+    shouldFailoverAiModelError(caughtError) ||
+    (Boolean(debugMeta?.detailFixedModelApplied) && Boolean(caughtError));
+  const fallbackModel = allowFailover && shouldFailover
+    ? findCanvasFailoverModel({
+        selectedModel,
+        imageModels,
+        failedModelRefs,
+      })
+    : null;
+
+  if (fallbackModel) {
+    console.warn("[Canvas Generate Image] Failover to alternate image model:", {
+      debugLabel,
+      failedModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
+      failedModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
+      fallbackModelRef: fallbackModel.model.id,
+      fallbackModelId: fallbackModel.model.modelId,
+      fallbackProviderType: fallbackModel.provider.type,
+      error: caughtError instanceof Error ? caughtError.message : String(caughtError),
+      ...debugMeta,
+    });
+
+    return await generateCanvasImage({
+      ...request,
+      model: fallbackModel.model.id,
+      internalFailoverTriedModelRefs: failedModelRefs,
+      debugMeta: {
+        ...debugMeta,
+        failoverFromModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
+        failoverFromModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   if (scaleAdjustVerification) {
     try {
       const sourceImage = await loadScaleAdjustSourceImage(scaleAdjustVerification);
@@ -1533,38 +1602,13 @@ export async function generateCanvasImage(
         const fallbackImage = await createScaleAdjustFallbackUpload({
           debugLabel,
           imageIndex: 1,
-          reason: "provider-error",
+          reason: allowFailover ? "provider-error-after-failover-exhausted" : "provider-error",
           sourceBuffer: sourceImage.sourceBuffer,
           sourceHeight: sourceImage.sourceHeight,
           sourceWidth: sourceImage.sourceWidth,
           verification: scaleAdjustVerification,
         });
 
-        await recordAiModelHealthFailure({
-          model: selectedModel.model,
-          provider,
-          error: caughtError,
-          context: debugLabel,
-          elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
-          metadata: {
-            aspectRatio,
-            imageSize,
-            imageCount,
-            requestedReferenceImageCount: normalizedReferenceImages.length,
-            reachableReferenceImageCount: reachableReferenceImages.length,
-            effectiveReferenceImageCount: effectiveReferenceImages.length,
-            droppedReferenceImageCount: unreachableReferenceImages.length,
-            scaleAdjustFallbackReason: "provider-error",
-            ...debugMeta,
-          },
-        }).catch((healthError) => {
-          console.warn("[Canvas Generate Image] Record model health failure failed:", {
-            selectedModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
-            selectedModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
-            error: healthError instanceof Error ? healthError.message : String(healthError),
-          });
-        });
-
         recordCanvasImageModelExecutionDuration(
           resolvedModelKey,
           Date.now() - startedAt
@@ -1602,71 +1646,5 @@ export async function generateCanvasImage(
     }
   }
 
-  await recordAiModelHealthFailure({
-    model: selectedModel.model,
-    provider,
-    error: caughtError,
-    context: debugLabel,
-    elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
-    metadata: {
-      aspectRatio,
-      imageSize,
-      imageCount,
-      requestedReferenceImageCount: normalizedReferenceImages.length,
-      reachableReferenceImageCount: reachableReferenceImages.length,
-      effectiveReferenceImageCount: effectiveReferenceImages.length,
-      droppedReferenceImageCount: unreachableReferenceImages.length,
-      ...debugMeta,
-    },
-  }).catch((healthError) => {
-    console.warn("[Canvas Generate Image] Record model health failure failed:", {
-      selectedModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
-      selectedModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
-      error: healthError instanceof Error ? healthError.message : String(healthError),
-    });
-  });
-
-  const failedModelRefs = Array.from(
-    new Set([
-      ...(Array.isArray(request.internalFailoverTriedModelRefs)
-        ? request.internalFailoverTriedModelRefs
-        : []),
-      selectedModel.model.id,
-      selectedModel.model.modelId,
-    ].filter(Boolean))
-  );
-  const allowFailover = request.allowFailover !== false;
-  const fallbackModel = allowFailover && shouldFailoverAiModelError(caughtError)
-    ? findCanvasFailoverModel({
-        selectedModel,
-        imageModels,
-        failedModelRefs,
-      })
-    : null;
-
-  if (fallbackModel) {
-    console.warn("[Canvas Generate Image] Failover to alternate image model:", {
-      debugLabel,
-      failedModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
-      failedModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
-      fallbackModelRef: fallbackModel.model.id,
-      fallbackModelId: fallbackModel.model.modelId,
-      fallbackProviderType: fallbackModel.provider.type,
-      error: caughtError instanceof Error ? caughtError.message : String(caughtError),
-      ...debugMeta,
-    });
-
-    return await generateCanvasImage({
-      ...request,
-      model: fallbackModel.model.id,
-      internalFailoverTriedModelRefs: failedModelRefs,
-      debugMeta: {
-        ...debugMeta,
-        failoverFromModelId: selectedModel.model.modelId,
-        failoverFromModelRef: selectedModel.model.id,
-      },
-    });
-  }
-
   throw caughtError;
 }