diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-typed-api-block-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-typed-api-block-design.md
index b05ba5ac..f38c0e0c 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-typed-api-block-design.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-typed-api-block-design.md
@@ -158,6 +158,22 @@ A plain handler returning `Response.json` has no `defineEndpoint` contract, so `
 to `unknown`. The block's declared types are used directly and the generator emits a warning naming
 the route. Untyped endpoints stay visible rather than silently passing.
 
+### GET parameters travel as strings
+
+A `GET` block's `parameters` become a query string (see Request assembly below), and every
+`URLSearchParams` value is text on the wire regardless of the declared field type — a block
+declaring `age?: number` still sends and receives `"30"`, not `30`. The declared type is honest
+only because the endpoint's own schema coerces it back: `checkField` in
+`packages/validation/src/index.ts` calls `Number(pre)` for every `v.number()` field — optional or
+required — before the handler ever sees it, so `defineEndpoint({ input: v.object({ age:
+v.number() }) })` invoked as `?age=30` hands the handler an actual `number` (verified end to end;
+regression-tested in `packages/core/test/endpoint-schema.test.ts`, "a GET request coerces a
+v.number() query param to an actual number"). This is a property of the endpoint's schema, not of
+the `api` block or the generated contract types — a route that reads `ctx.url.searchParams`
+directly, with no `defineEndpoint` schema, receives raw strings and gets no coercion, but that
+route also has no contract for the generator to check against, so it already falls under "Routes
+without a contract" above and is flagged there.
+
 ### Staleness
 
 Checking is only as current as the generated file, so this stays wired into the existing
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs b/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
index 753aceed..bcc6bf17 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/compiler.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 // Generated by scripts/build-editor-compiler.mjs. Do not edit directly.
-// WRN editor compiler source hash: fde135d610b595588974c7b88dc73ddf10c1da99e106a2c0a009be2707fc13a8
+// WRN editor compiler source hash: b0e3094d8c2a70ee2b34fe961c186b58de9527aa072ca12292b715d3d5f51c87
 // WRN editor compiler generator hash: a54ca847c758bc98d8e353ad6d70088df31de1820f6cf9d1c3462505f563e6b8
 // Generated with TypeScript: 6.0.3
 const __nodeRequire = require;
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ function apiBindings(ast) {
         const failure = error
             ? `(error) => { const status = error.status; const message = error.message; const data = error.data; ${error} }`
             : `(error) => { throw error; }`;
-        return `    ${JSON.stringify(block.name)}: async (input) => context.callApi(${JSON.stringify(block.path)}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, input).then((data) => { ${response} }).catch(${failure})`;
+        return `    ${JSON.stringify(block.name)}: async (input) => context.callApi(${JSON.stringify(block.path)}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, input).then((data) => { ${response} }, ${failure})`;
     });
     return members.length ? `const api = {\n${members.join(",\n")}\n  };` : "";
 }
@@ -1691,12 +1691,13 @@ async function __wrnexusResolveApiBinding(
   ctx: __WrnexusContext,
 ): Promise<unknown> {
   if (binding.errorBody) {
+    let data: unknown;
     try {
-      const data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
-      return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
+      data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
     } catch (err) {
       return __wrnexusEvalError(err, binding.errorBody, binding.helpers, ctx);
     }
+    return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
   }
   const data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
   return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs b/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
index ccbe17f2..8fe22327 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
+++ b/editors/vscode/src/extension.bundle.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// WRN editor extension source hash: bdf6f7f12c426181cad9a70f9ad1f3df2212bc487116ff3af97d2effd68b0c53
+// WRN editor extension source hash: 548e7e0c27d5c951325c977cc22f2ee0340dc3e34bd896904e519ee357ca37a8
 // WRN editor extension generator hash: 456d1d614e44e5fb1f19b784176c09cf2ade9b64ef73a17934c2698150b62728
 "use strict";
 var __commonJS = (cb, mod) => () => (mod || cb((mod = { exports: {} }).exports, mod), mod.exports);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/client-codegen.ts b/packages/compiler/src/client-codegen.ts
index c46a4e9e..2dd8186f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/client-codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/client-codegen.ts
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ function apiBindings(ast: PageAst): string {
 
       return `    ${JSON.stringify(block.name)}: async (input) => context.callApi(${JSON.stringify(
         block.path,
-      )}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, input).then((data) => { ${response} }).catch(${failure})`;
+      )}, ${JSON.stringify(block.method)}, input).then((data) => { ${response} }, ${failure})`;
     });
 
   return members.length ? `const api = {\n${members.join(",\n")}\n  };` : "";
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts b/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
index e9077d77..f12b2856 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/codegen.ts
@@ -1056,12 +1056,13 @@ async function __wrnexusResolveApiBinding(
   ctx: __WrnexusContext,
 ): Promise<unknown> {
   if (binding.errorBody) {
+    let data: unknown;
     try {
-      const data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
-      return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
+      data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
     } catch (err) {
       return __wrnexusEvalError(err, binding.errorBody, binding.helpers, ctx);
     }
+    return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
   }
   const data = await __wrnexusCallApi(binding.path, binding.method, ctx);
   return __wrnexusEvalData(data, binding.body, binding.helpers, ctx);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/api-block-codegen.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/api-block-codegen.test.ts
index bdd70a56..c09bd39f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/api-block-codegen.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/api-block-codegen.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterEach, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import { parse } from "@wrnexus/syntax";
 import { generateTargets } from "../src/targets.ts";
 
+const roots: string[] = [];
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
 function browserModule(inner: string): string {
   return generateTargets(
     parse(`page Repro {
@@ -143,6 +151,111 @@ test("a page with state api and no client api blocks still reads that state (B5)
   }).not.toThrow();
 });
 
+/**
+ * Builds a browser module whose `run()` function calls api.searchUsers and
+ * reports the outcome through `output.report(...)` so the test can observe
+ * whether the call resolved or rejected without reaching into codegen
+ * internals.
+ */
+function reportingBrowserModule(apiBlock: string): string {
+  return generateTargets(
+    parse(`page Repro {
+  client {
+${apiBlock}
+  }
+
+  outputs {
+    report(payload: any)
+  }
+
+  functions {
+    client async function run(): Promise<void> {
+      try {
+        const users = await api.searchUsers({ name: "Ajay" })
+        output.report({ ok: true, users })
+      } catch (e) {
+        output.report({ ok: false, message: String(e && e.message || e) })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  view { <main><button @click="run()">go</button></main> }
+}
+`),
+  ).browser;
+}
+
+async function importBrowserModule(source: string): Promise<any> {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-client-exec-"));
+  roots.push(root);
+  mkdirSync(root, { recursive: true });
+  const file = join(root, "page.mjs");
+  writeFileSync(file, source);
+  return import(`${file.replace(/\\/g, "/")}?t=${Date.now()}`);
+}
+
+test("a response body error is not swallowed by the error section (client)", async () => {
+  const mod = await importBrowserModule(
+    reportingBrowserModule(`    api searchUsers GET /api/users {
+      request { parameters { name: string } }
+      response {
+        return data.users.missing.length
+      }
+      error {
+        return []
+      }
+    }`),
+  );
+
+  const reports: unknown[] = [];
+  const context = {
+    state: {},
+    props: {},
+    output: { report: (value: unknown) => reports.push(value) },
+    server: {},
+    refs: {},
+    callApi: async () => ({ users: [] }),
+  };
+
+  await mod.__wrnexusClientFunctions.run(context);
+
+  expect(reports).toEqual([{ ok: false, message: expect.any(String) }]);
+  // The error section's own fallback ("[]" / an empty array) must not have
+  // been what the caller observed -- a bug in the response body is a
+  // rejection, not a silently-returned fallback value.
+  expect(reports[0]).not.toEqual({ ok: true, users: [] });
+});
+
+test("a genuine transport failure still runs the error section's fallback (client)", async () => {
+  const mod = await importBrowserModule(
+    reportingBrowserModule(`    api searchUsers GET /api/users {
+      request { parameters { name: string } }
+      response {
+        return data.users
+      }
+      error {
+        return ["fallback"]
+      }
+    }`),
+  );
+
+  const reports: unknown[] = [];
+  const context = {
+    state: {},
+    props: {},
+    output: { report: (value: unknown) => reports.push(value) },
+    server: {},
+    refs: {},
+    callApi: async () => {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error("transport failed"), { status: 500 });
+    },
+  };
+
+  await mod.__wrnexusClientFunctions.run(context);
+
+  expect(reports).toEqual([{ ok: true, users: ["fallback"] }]);
+});
+
 test("a state field named api does not collide with the emitted api object", () => {
   const generated = generateTargets(
     parse(`page Repro {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/api-block-ssr.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/api-block-ssr.test.ts
index ecdc4bd8..b111619c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/api-block-ssr.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/api-block-ssr.test.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,83 @@ test("an ssr block used in {#each} with an error section runs the error body on
   expect(html).toContain("fallback");
 });
 
+test("an ssr block's response body error is not swallowed by the error section", async () => {
+  const generated = generate(
+    parse(`page Repro {
+  ssr {
+    api ssrUsers GET /api/users {
+      response {
+        return data.users.missing.length
+      }
+      error {
+        return ["fallback"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  view { <main>{#each ssrUsers as u}<p>{u}</p>{/each}</main> }
+}
+`),
+  );
+
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-ssr-response-throws-"));
+  roots.push(root);
+  mkdirSync(root, { recursive: true });
+  const file = join(root, "page.ts");
+  writeFileSync(file, generated);
+
+  const mod = await import(`${file.replace(/\\/g, "/")}?t=${Date.now()}`);
+
+  await expect(
+    mod.default({
+      req: { url: "http://localhost/", headers: new Headers() },
+      cookies: {},
+      session: {},
+      localStorage: {},
+      __wrnexusCallApi: async () => ({ users: [] }),
+    }),
+  ).rejects.toThrow();
+});
+
+test("an ssr block still runs the error body on a genuine transport failure", async () => {
+  const generated = generate(
+    parse(`page Repro {
+  ssr {
+    api ssrUsers GET /api/users {
+      response {
+        return data.users.length
+      }
+      error {
+        return ["fallback"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  view { <main>{#each ssrUsers as u}<p>{u}</p>{/each}</main> }
+}
+`),
+  );
+
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-ssr-transport-fails-"));
+  roots.push(root);
+  mkdirSync(root, { recursive: true });
+  const file = join(root, "page.ts");
+  writeFileSync(file, generated);
+
+  const mod = await import(`${file.replace(/\\/g, "/")}?t=${Date.now()}`);
+  const html = await mod.default({
+    req: { url: "http://localhost/", headers: new Headers() },
+    cookies: {},
+    session: {},
+    localStorage: {},
+    __wrnexusCallApi: async () => {
+      throw new Error("boom");
+    },
+  });
+
+  expect(html).toContain("fallback");
+});
+
 test("an ssr block used in {#each} without an error section still propagates a failure", async () => {
   const generated = generate(
     parse(`page Repro {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/endpoint-schema.test.ts b/packages/core/test/endpoint-schema.test.ts
index 3735ffc3..4874b562 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/endpoint-schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/endpoint-schema.test.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,28 @@ test("with no second argument, a malformed or absent POST body falls back withou
   });
 });
 
+// GET query strings travel as text (`URLSearchParams` values are always
+// strings), so a `v.number()` field must come back as a real number, not the
+// string the wire actually carried, or a page declaring `age?: number` on a
+// GET api block would be lying about the type. checkField in
+// @wrnexus/validation coerces via Number(pre) for both optional and required
+// number fields (see packages/validation/src/index.ts); this locks that in
+// end-to-end through defineEndpoint's own GET query-string resolution path.
+test("a GET request coerces a v.number() query param to an actual number", async () => {
+  const ageSchema = v.object({ age: v.number() });
+  const ageEndpoint = defineEndpoint<{ age: number }, { age: number; typeofAge: string }>({
+    input: ageSchema,
+    handler(input) {
+      return { age: input.age, typeofAge: typeof input.age };
+    },
+  });
+  const request = new Request("https://example.test/api/age?age=30");
+  const ctx = createContext(request, new URL(request.url));
+  const response = await ageEndpoint(ctx);
+  expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+  expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ data: { age: 30, typeofAge: "number" } });
+});
+
 test("an explicit rawInput argument still wins and the request is never read", async () => {
   // A request whose body has already been consumed: if the endpoint tried to read it
   // again (rather than trusting the explicit rawInput), this would throw.