diff --git a/lib/ai/providers/vip98k.ts b/lib/ai/providers/vip98k.ts
index b123fb6ab..d3e2d88cd 100644
--- a/lib/ai/providers/vip98k.ts
+++ b/lib/ai/providers/vip98k.ts
@@ -1024,6 +1024,77 @@ function getConfiguredPollSeconds(config: Vip98kModelRuntimeConfig, key: string,
   return Math.min(Math.max(value, 1), 3600);
 }
 
+function isSynchronousImagePath(path: string) {
+  return /^\/v1\/images\/(?:generations|edits)\/?$/.test(path);
+}
+
+async function recoverImageSubmission(params: {
+  apiKey: string;
+  baseURL: string;
+  modelId: string;
+  path: string;
+  idempotencyKey: string;
+  pollIntervalMs: number;
+  maxPollMs: number;
+}) {
+  if (!isSynchronousImagePath(params.path)) return null;
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const deadline = startedAt + params.maxPollMs;
+  logger.info("recovering original image request", { modelId: params.modelId });
+
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    try {
+      const lookup = await fetch(`${params.baseURL}/api/external/requests/by-idempotency-key`, {
+        cache: "no-store",
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${params.apiKey}`,
+          "Idempotency-Key": params.idempotencyKey,
+        },
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(Math.min(60_000, deadline - Date.now())),
+      });
+      if ([401, 403, 404, 410].includes(lookup.status)) return null;
+      if (lookup.ok) {
+        const state = toRecord(await parseJsonResponse(lookup));
+        if (!state || !["processing", "succeeded"].includes(String(state.status))) return null;
+        if (state.status === "succeeded") {
+          if (state.result_available !== true || !state.request_id) return null;
+          const result = await fetch(
+            `${params.baseURL}/api/external/requests/${encodeURIComponent(String(state.request_id))}/result`,
+            {
+              cache: "no-store",
+              headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${params.apiKey}` },
+              signal: AbortSignal.timeout(Math.max(1, Math.min(60_000, deadline - Date.now()))),
+            },
+          );
+          if ([401, 403, 404, 410].includes(result.status)) return null;
+          if (result.ok) {
+            const payload = await parseJsonResponse(result);
+            const outputs = collectOutputUrls(payload);
+            if (!outputs.length) {
+              throw new ProviderTaskUncertainError("原生图请求已完成，但未取回图片结果，请勿重复生成");
+            }
+            logger.info("original image request recovered", {
+              modelId: params.modelId,
+              providerRequestId: state.request_id,
+              outputCount: outputs.length,
+              durationMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+            });
+            return { payload, taskId: extractTaskId(payload), resultPath: extractResultPath(payload), outputs };
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof ProviderTaskUncertainError) throw error;
+    }
+    await delay(Math.max(0, Math.min(params.pollIntervalMs, deadline - Date.now())));
+  }
+  logger.warn("original image request recovery timed out", {
+    modelId: params.modelId,
+    durationMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+  });
+  return null;
+}
+
 async function submitTask(params: {
   apiKey: string;
   baseURL?: string | null;
@@ -1036,6 +1107,8 @@ async function submitTask(params: {
   submissionTimeoutMs: number;
   maxSubmissionAttempts: number;
   submissionRetryBaseDelayMs: number;
+  pollIntervalMs: number;
+  maxPollMs: number;
 }) {
   const baseURL = normalizeVip98kBaseUrl(params.baseURL);
   const path = String(params.path || "/api/external/task/generate").trim();
@@ -1099,7 +1172,9 @@ async function submitTask(params: {
         signal: AbortSignal.timeout(params.submissionTimeoutMs),
       });
     } catch (error) {
-      if (attempt >= maxAttempts) {
+      const recovered = await recoverImageSubmission({ ...params, baseURL, path, idempotencyKey });
+      if (recovered) return recovered;
+      if (isSynchronousImagePath(path) || attempt >= maxAttempts) {
         logger.error("provider submission transport failed", {
           modelId: params.modelId,
           path,
@@ -1145,6 +1220,14 @@ async function submitTask(params: {
       };
     }
 
+    if ([502, 504, 524].includes(response.status)) {
+      const recovered = await recoverImageSubmission({ ...params, baseURL, path, idempotencyKey });
+      if (recovered) return recovered;
+      if (isSynchronousImagePath(path)) {
+        throw new ProviderTaskUncertainError(`供应商提交结果未确认，可能仍在处理，请勿重复生成：${getUserFacingImageGenerationErrorMessage({ message: extractErrorMessage(payload), status: response.status })} (HTTP ${response.status})`);
+      }
+    }
+
     const errorMessage = extractErrorMessage(payload);
     const stagedMediaRetryDelayMs = getVip98kStagedMediaRetryDelay({
       status: response.status,
@@ -1311,6 +1394,12 @@ export async function submitVip98kExternalTask(params: {
     ),
     maxSubmissionAttempts: params.durable ? 1 : runtimeConfig.maxSubmissionAttempts,
     submissionRetryBaseDelayMs: runtimeConfig.submissionRetryBaseDelayMs,
+    pollIntervalMs: getConfiguredPollSeconds(
+      taskParams.modelConfig, "pollIntervalSeconds", DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
+    ) * 1000,
+    maxPollMs: getConfiguredPollSeconds(
+      taskParams.modelConfig, "maxPollSeconds", DEFAULT_MAX_POLL_SECONDS,
+    ) * 1000,
   });
   const resultPath = submitted.resultPath || invocation?.resultPath || "";
   return {
diff --git a/lib/ai/runtime/model-health.ts b/lib/ai/runtime/model-health.ts
index b1403b5a0..ebb71a8dd 100644
--- a/lib/ai/runtime/model-health.ts
+++ b/lib/ai/runtime/model-health.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import "server-only";
+import { ProviderTaskUncertainError } from "@/lib/video-canvas/video-task-lifecycle";
 import { isProviderAuthenticationFailure, isCredentialFailureBan } from "./authentication-failover";
 
 import { and, desc, eq, inArray, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ export function classifyAiModelHealthFailure(error: unknown): {
 }
 
 export function shouldFailoverAiModelError(error: unknown) {
-  if (isGatewayResponseTimeout(error)) return false;
+  if (error instanceof ProviderTaskUncertainError || isGatewayResponseTimeout(error)) return false;
   const classification = classifyAiModelHealthFailure(error);
   const normalized = getErrorMessage(error).toLowerCase();
   const imageProviderTaskFailed =
diff --git a/tests/routes/image-provider-error-classification.test.ts b/tests/routes/image-provider-error-classification.test.ts
index fca519434..5e3d93e71 100644
--- a/tests/routes/image-provider-error-classification.test.ts
+++ b/tests/routes/image-provider-error-classification.test.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ test("HTTP 524 does not start another model while the original result is unconfi
   expect(health.shouldFailoverAiModelError(new Error("Service unavailable (HTTP 503)"))).toBe(true);
 });
 
-test("the provider submits once and keeps an HTTP 524 response unconfirmed", async () => {
+test("the provider submits once when an HTTP 524 request cannot be located", async () => {
   let submissions = 0;
   const provider = serverLoader({
     "@/lib/db/queries": { getSystemSetting: async () => null },
     "@/lib/storage/image-archive": {},
     "@/lib/storage/service": {},
-    fetch: async () => {
+    fetch: async (_url: string, init: RequestInit) => {
+      if (init?.method !== "POST") return Response.json({}, { status: 404 });
       submissions++;
       return new Response(gatewayHtml, { status: 524, headers: { "content-type": "text/html" } });
     },
@@ -61,6 +62,136 @@ test("the provider submits once and keeps an HTTP 524 response unconfirmed", asy
   expect(submissions).toBe(1);
 });
 
+function imageRecoveryHarness(
+  handler: (path: string, method: string, call: number) => Response | Promise<Response>,
+  maxPollSeconds = 3,
+) {
+  let now = 1_000;
+  const calls: { path: string; method: string; headers: Headers }[] = [];
+  const archived: string[] = [];
+  const load = serverLoader({
+    "@/lib/db": { db: {} },
+    "@/lib/db/queries": { getSystemSetting: async () => null },
+    "@/lib/storage/image-archive": { createDeferredUploadedImage: async (url: string) => {
+      archived.push(url);
+      return { thumbnail: url, original: url };
+    } },
+    "@/lib/storage/service": {},
+    Date: class extends Date { static now() { return now; } },
+    setTimeout: (fn: () => void, ms: number) => { now += ms; return setTimeout(fn, 0); },
+    fetch: async (url: string, init: RequestInit) => {
+      const path = new URL(url).pathname;
+      const method = init?.method || "GET";
+      calls.push({ path, method, headers: new Headers(init?.headers) });
+      return handler(path, method, calls.length);
+    },
+  });
+  const provider = load("lib/ai/providers/vip98k.ts");
+  return {
+    calls, load, archived,
+    generate: () => provider.createVip98k({ apiKey: "test-only-key", baseURL: "https://provider.test" })
+      .chat("gpt-image-2.5", { capabilities: { vip98k: { pollIntervalSeconds: 1, maxPollSeconds } } })
+      .doGenerate({ messages: [{ role: "user", content: "A desk" }] }),
+    run: () => provider.executeVip98kExternalTask({
+      apiKey: "test-only-key", baseURL: "https://provider.test", modelId: "gpt-image-2.5",
+      kind: "image", prompt: "A desk", imageUrls: [],
+      modelConfig: { capabilities: { vip98k: { pollIntervalSeconds: 1, maxPollSeconds } } },
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+const recoveredImage = { created: 1, data: [{ url: "https://image.example/original.png" }] };
+const originalCompleted = { request_id: "original-request", status: "succeeded", result_available: true };
+
+test("an edge timeout waits for and delivers the original image without another POST", async () => {
+  let lookups = 0;
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness((path, method) => {
+    if (method === "POST") return new Response(gatewayHtml, { status: 524 });
+    if (path.endsWith("by-idempotency-key")) {
+      return Response.json(++lookups === 1 ? { status: "processing" } : originalCompleted);
+    }
+    return Response.json(recoveredImage);
+  });
+  expect((await h.generate()).text).toContain(recoveredImage.data[0].url);
+  expect(h.archived).toEqual([recoveredImage.data[0].url]);
+  expect(h.calls.filter(c => c.method === "POST")).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(lookups).toBe(2);
+  const originalKey = h.calls[0].headers.get("Idempotency-Key");
+  expect(originalKey).toBeTruthy();
+  for (const call of h.calls.filter(c => c.path.endsWith("by-idempotency-key"))) {
+    expect(call.headers.get("Idempotency-Key")).toBe(originalKey);
+    expect(call.headers.get("Authorization")).toBe("Bearer test-only-key");
+  }
+  expect(h.calls.at(-1)?.path).toBe("/api/external/requests/original-request/result");
+});
+
+test("a lost POST response recovers by its original key without resubmitting", async () => {
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness((path, method) => {
+    if (method === "POST") throw new TypeError("fetch failed");
+    return Response.json(path.endsWith("by-idempotency-key") ? originalCompleted : recoveredImage);
+  });
+  expect((await h.run()).outputUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(h.calls.filter(c => c.method === "POST")).toHaveLength(1);
+});
+
+test("temporary lookup and result-read failures retry only GET requests", async () => {
+  let lookups = 0;
+  let reads = 0;
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness((path, method) => {
+    if (method === "POST") return new Response("Gateway timeout", { status: 504 });
+    if (path.endsWith("by-idempotency-key")) {
+      return ++lookups === 1 ? new Response("Unavailable", { status: 503 }) : Response.json(originalCompleted);
+    }
+    return ++reads === 1 ? Response.json({}, { status: 409 }) : Response.json(recoveredImage);
+  }, 5);
+  expect((await h.run()).outputUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(h.calls.filter(c => c.method === "POST")).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(reads).toBe(2);
+});
+
+test("missing, unconfirmed and unretained originals never create a replacement", async () => {
+  for (const state of [null, { status: "failed" }, { status: "unresolved" }, { ...originalCompleted, result_available: false }]) {
+    const h = imageRecoveryHarness((_path, method) => method === "POST"
+      ? new Response(gatewayHtml, { status: 524 })
+      : Response.json(state || {}, { status: state ? 200 : 404 }));
+    await expect(h.run()).rejects.toThrow(/结果未确认.*HTTP 524/);
+    expect(h.calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(["POST", "GET"]);
+  }
+});
+
+test("a still-processing original stops at the polling deadline without another POST", async () => {
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness((_path, method) => method === "POST"
+    ? new Response(gatewayHtml, { status: 524 }) : Response.json({ status: "processing" }), 2);
+  await expect(h.run()).rejects.toThrow(/结果未确认.*HTTP 524/);
+  expect(h.calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(["POST", "GET", "GET"]);
+});
+
+test("HTTP 502 and 504 without a recoverable original do not repeat the POST", async () => {
+  for (const status of [502, 504]) {
+    const h = imageRecoveryHarness((_path, method) => method === "POST"
+      ? new Response("Gateway timeout", { status }) : Response.json({}, { status: 404 }));
+    await expect(h.run()).rejects.toThrow(/结果未确认/);
+    expect(h.calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(["POST", "GET"]);
+  }
+});
+
+test("a completed original with no image stays unconfirmed and cannot fail over", async () => {
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness((path, method) => {
+    if (method === "POST") return new Response(gatewayHtml, { status: 524 });
+    return Response.json(path.endsWith("by-idempotency-key") ? originalCompleted : { data: [] });
+  });
+  const error = await h.run().then(() => null, (e: Error) => e);
+  expect(error).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(h.load("lib/ai/runtime/model-health.ts").shouldFailoverAiModelError(error)).toBe(false);
+  expect(h.calls.filter(c => c.method === "POST")).toHaveLength(1);
+});
+
+test("ordinary image success uses the original response directly", async () => {
+  const h = imageRecoveryHarness(() => Response.json(recoveredImage));
+  expect((await h.run()).outputUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(h.calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(["POST"]);
+});
+
 test("an explicit provider balance error takes precedence over HTTP 429", () => {
   const error = Object.assign(new Error("余额不足，请点击充值页面续费（HTTP 429）"), { status: 429 });
   expect(isProviderBalanceError(error)).toBe(true);