diff --git a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
index 08b2b47d305e..921bd28cfbe2 100644
--- a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
@@ -454,6 +454,45 @@ describe("model-pricing-cache", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("cancels remote pricing error response bodies", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: { primary: "custom/gpt-remote" },
+        },
+      },
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          custom: {
+            baseUrl: "https://models.example/v1",
+            api: "openai-completions",
+            models: [{ id: "gpt-remote" }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const openRouterResponse = new Response("rate limited", { status: 429 });
+    const cancel = vi.spyOn(openRouterResponse.body!, "cancel").mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const fetchImpl = withFetchPreconnect(async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = typeof input === "string" ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.href : input.url;
+      if (url.includes("openrouter.ai")) {
+        return openRouterResponse;
+      }
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({}), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      });
+    });
+
+    await refreshGatewayModelPricingCache({ config, fetchImpl });
+
+    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const health = getGatewayModelPricingHealth();
+    expect(health.state).toBe("degraded");
+    expect(health.sources[0]?.source).toBe("openrouter");
+    expect(health.sources[0]?.detail).toContain("HTTP 429");
+  });
+
   it("records malformed remote pricing catalog JSON as source failures", async () => {
     const config = {
       agents: {
@@ -1222,6 +1261,7 @@ describe("model-pricing-cache", () => {
       },
     } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
 
+    const liteLLMCancel = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
     const fetchImpl = withFetchPreconnect(async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
       const url = typeof input === "string" ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.href : input.url;
       if (url.includes("openrouter.ai")) {
@@ -1244,17 +1284,20 @@ describe("model-pricing-cache", () => {
           },
         );
       }
-      return new Response("{}", {
+      const liteLLMResponse = new Response("{}", {
         status: 200,
         headers: {
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
           "Content-Length": "6000000",
         },
       });
+      vi.spyOn(liteLLMResponse.body!, "cancel").mockImplementation(liteLLMCancel);
+      return liteLLMResponse;
     });
 
     await refreshGatewayModelPricingCache({ config, fetchImpl });
 
+    expect(liteLLMCancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(getCachedGatewayModelPricing({ provider: "kimi", model: "kimi-k2.6" })).toEqual({
       input: 0.95,
       output: 4,
diff --git a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
index 107a29e62f78..977fd639de0f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ function toCachedModelPricing(
   };
 }
 
+async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response | undefined): Promise<void> {
+  if (response?.bodyUsed !== true) {
+    await response?.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+}
+
 async function readPricingJsonObject(
   response: Response,
   source: string,
@@ -299,6 +305,28 @@ async function readPricingJsonObject(
   return payload as Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
+async function fetchPricingJsonObject(params: {
+  fetchImpl: typeof fetch;
+  url: string;
+  source: string;
+  failureLabel: string;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  let response: Response | undefined;
+  try {
+    response = await params.fetchImpl(params.url, {
+      headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
+      signal: createPricingFetchSignal(params.signal),
+    });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`${params.failureLabel}: HTTP ${response.status}`);
+    }
+    return await readPricingJsonObject(response, params.source);
+  } finally {
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(response);
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // LiteLLM tiered-pricing parsing
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -383,14 +411,13 @@ async function fetchLiteLLMPricingCatalog(
   fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<LiteLLMPricingCatalog> {
-  const response = await fetchImpl(LITELLM_PRICING_URL, {
-    headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-    signal: createPricingFetchSignal(signal),
+  const payload = await fetchPricingJsonObject({
+    fetchImpl,
+    url: LITELLM_PRICING_URL,
+    source: "LiteLLM",
+    failureLabel: "LiteLLM pricing fetch failed",
+    signal,
   });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`LiteLLM pricing fetch failed: HTTP ${response.status}`);
-  }
-  const payload = await readPricingJsonObject(response, "LiteLLM");
   const catalog: LiteLLMPricingCatalog = new Map();
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(payload)) {
     if (!value || typeof value !== "object") {
@@ -1059,14 +1086,13 @@ async function fetchOpenRouterPricingCatalog(
   fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
   signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<Map<string, OpenRouterPricingEntry>> {
-  const response = await fetchImpl(OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL, {
-    headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-    signal: createPricingFetchSignal(signal),
+  const payload = await fetchPricingJsonObject({
+    fetchImpl,
+    url: OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL,
+    source: "OpenRouter",
+    failureLabel: "OpenRouter /models failed",
+    signal,
   });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`OpenRouter /models failed: HTTP ${response.status}`);
-  }
-  const payload = await readPricingJsonObject(response, "OpenRouter");
   const entries = Array.isArray(payload.data) ? payload.data : [];
   const catalog = new Map<string, OpenRouterPricingEntry>();
   for (const entry of entries) {