diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.test.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.test.ts
index cde3427965a..424165fd27b 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.test.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe("waitForDiscordGatewayStop", () => {
 
     emitGatewayEvent(fatalEvent);
 
-    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow("boom");
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow("discord gateway fatal: Error: boom");
     expect(disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(detachLifecycle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe("waitForDiscordGatewayStop", () => {
 
     emitGatewayEvent(firstEvent);
 
-    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow("first failure");
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow("discord gateway fatal: Error: first failure");
     expect(seenEvents.map((event) => event.message)).toEqual([
       firstEvent.message,
       secondEvent.message,
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
index fee17555e76..3ecf1a2dda5 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 import type { DiscordGatewayHandle } from "./monitor/gateway-handle.js";
-import type {
+import {
   DiscordGatewayEvent,
+  DiscordGatewayLifecycleError,
   DiscordGatewaySupervisor,
 } from "./monitor/gateway-supervisor.js";
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export async function waitForDiscordGatewayStop(
     const onGatewayEvent = (event: DiscordGatewayEvent) => {
       const shouldStop = (params.onGatewayEvent?.(event) ?? "stop") === "stop";
       if (shouldStop) {
-        finishReject(event.err);
+        finishReject(new DiscordGatewayLifecycleError(event));
       }
     };
     const onForceStop = (err: unknown) => {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.test.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.test.ts
index f339cfdaa7d..c35d22d022b 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   classifyDiscordGatewayEvent,
+  DiscordGatewayLifecycleError,
   createDiscordGatewaySupervisor,
 } from "./gateway-supervisor.js";
 
@@ -32,6 +33,20 @@ describe("classifyDiscordGatewayEvent", () => {
     expect(transientEvent.message).toBe("TypeError");
     expect(transientEvent.shouldStopLifecycle).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("wraps fatal lifecycle stops with discord-specific context", () => {
+    const event = classifyDiscordGatewayEvent({
+      err: new TypeError(),
+      isDisallowedIntentsError: () => false,
+    });
+
+    const wrapped = new DiscordGatewayLifecycleError(event);
+
+    expect(wrapped.name).toBe("DiscordGatewayLifecycleError");
+    expect(wrapped.message).toBe("discord gateway fatal: TypeError");
+    expect(wrapped.eventType).toBe("fatal");
+    expect(wrapped.cause).toBeInstanceOf(TypeError);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("createDiscordGatewaySupervisor", () => {
@@ -101,4 +116,23 @@ describe("createDiscordGatewaySupervisor", () => {
       expect.stringContaining("suppressed late gateway reconnect-exhausted error after dispose"),
     );
   });
+
+  it("dedupes identical late gateway errors after dispose", () => {
+    const emitter = new EventEmitter();
+    const runtime = { error: vi.fn() };
+    const supervisor = createDiscordGatewaySupervisor({
+      gateway: { emitter },
+      isDisallowedIntentsError: () => false,
+      runtime: runtime as never,
+    });
+
+    supervisor.dispose();
+    emitter.emit("error", new TypeError());
+    emitter.emit("error", new TypeError());
+
+    expect(runtime.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(runtime.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining("suppressed late gateway fatal error after dispose: TypeError"),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.ts
index b67b40dcec4..e2ebcbee8ec 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/gateway-supervisor.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ export type DiscordGatewayEvent = {
   shouldStopLifecycle: boolean;
 };
 
+export class DiscordGatewayLifecycleError extends Error {
+  readonly eventType: DiscordGatewayEventType;
+
+  constructor(event: Pick<DiscordGatewayEvent, "type" | "message" | "err">) {
+    super(`discord gateway ${event.type}: ${event.message}`, {
+      cause: event.err instanceof Error ? event.err : undefined,
+    });
+    this.name = "DiscordGatewayLifecycleError";
+    this.eventType = event.type;
+  }
+}
+
 export type DiscordGatewaySupervisor = {
   emitter?: EventEmitter;
   attachLifecycle: (handler: (event: DiscordGatewayEvent) => void) => void;
@@ -97,9 +109,15 @@ export function createDiscordGatewaySupervisor(params: {
 
   let lifecycleHandler: ((event: DiscordGatewayEvent) => void) | undefined;
   let phase: GatewaySupervisorPhase = "buffering";
+  const seenLateEventKeys = new Set<string>();
   const logLateEvent =
     (state: Extract<GatewaySupervisorPhase, "disposed" | "teardown">) =>
     (event: DiscordGatewayEvent) => {
+      const key = `${state}:${event.type}:${event.message}`;
+      if (seenLateEventKeys.has(key)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      seenLateEventKeys.add(key);
       params.runtime.error?.(
         danger(
           `discord: suppressed late gateway ${event.type} error ${
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.test.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.test.ts
index 84e0b0af652..d8f8ff54e50 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ describe("runDiscordGatewayLifecycle", () => {
     });
 
     await expect(runDiscordGatewayLifecycle(lifecycleParams)).rejects.toThrow(
-      "Fatal Gateway error: 4000",
+      "discord gateway fatal: Error: Fatal Gateway error: 4000",
     );
 
     expectLifecycleCleanup({
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe("runDiscordGatewayLifecycle", () => {
     });
 
     await expect(runDiscordGatewayLifecycle(lifecycleParams)).rejects.toThrow(
-      "Max reconnect attempts (50) reached after code 1005",
+      "discord gateway reconnect-exhausted: Error: Max reconnect attempts (50) reached after code 1005",
     );
 
     expectLifecycleCleanup({
@@ -438,9 +438,11 @@ describe("runDiscordGatewayLifecycle", () => {
       lifecyclePromise.catch(() => {});
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_500);
 
-      await expect(lifecyclePromise).rejects.toThrow("Fatal Gateway error: 4001");
+      await expect(lifecyclePromise).rejects.toThrow(
+        "discord gateway fatal: Error: Fatal Gateway error: 4001",
+      );
       expect(runtimeError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.stringContaining("discord gateway error: Error: Fatal Gateway error: 4001"),
+        expect.stringContaining("discord gateway fatal: Error: Fatal Gateway error: 4001"),
       );
       expect(gateway.disconnect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(gateway.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
index 9e6a438c005..7e8820e8bce 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { getDiscordGatewayEmitter, waitForDiscordGatewayStop } from "../monitor.
 import type { DiscordVoiceManager } from "../voice/manager.js";
 import type { MutableDiscordGateway } from "./gateway-handle.js";
 import { registerGateway, unregisterGateway } from "./gateway-registry.js";
-import type { DiscordGatewayEvent, DiscordGatewaySupervisor } from "./gateway-supervisor.js";
+import {
+  DiscordGatewayLifecycleError,
+  type DiscordGatewayEvent,
+  type DiscordGatewaySupervisor,
+} from "./gateway-supervisor.js";
 import type { DiscordMonitorStatusSink } from "./status.js";
 
 const DISCORD_GATEWAY_READY_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
@@ -401,7 +405,13 @@ export async function runDiscordGatewayLifecycle(params: {
     if (event.shouldStopLifecycle) {
       lifecycleStopping = true;
     }
-    params.runtime.error?.(danger(`discord gateway error: ${event.message}`));
+    params.runtime.error?.(
+      danger(
+        event.shouldStopLifecycle
+          ? `discord gateway ${event.type}: ${event.message}`
+          : `discord gateway error: ${event.message}`,
+      ),
+    );
     return event.shouldStopLifecycle ? "stop" : "continue";
   };
   const drainPendingGatewayErrors = (): "continue" | "stop" =>
@@ -413,7 +423,7 @@ export async function runDiscordGatewayLifecycle(params: {
       if (event.type === "disallowed-intents") {
         return "stop";
       }
-      throw event.err;
+      throw new DiscordGatewayLifecycleError(event);
     });
   try {
     if (params.execApprovalsHandler) {