diff --git a/packages/custom-client/src/__tests__/client.test.ts b/packages/custom-client/src/__tests__/client.test.ts
index 4419039549..8eaab01344 100644
--- a/packages/custom-client/src/__tests__/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/custom-client/src/__tests__/client.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { createClient } from '../client';
 
@@ -48,3 +48,104 @@ describe('buildUrl', () => {
     expect(client.buildUrl(options)).toBe(url);
   });
 });
+
+describe('error interceptors', () => {
+  it('should call error interceptors when fetch throws network error', async () => {
+    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Network error'));
+    const errorInterceptor = vi.fn().mockImplementation((error) => error);
+
+    const client = createClient({
+      baseUrl: 'https://example.com',
+      fetch: mockFetch,
+    });
+
+    client.interceptors.error.use(errorInterceptor);
+
+    const result = await client.get({ url: '/test' });
+
+    expect(errorInterceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(Error),
+      undefined, // no response for network errors
+      expect.any(Request),
+      expect.any(Object),
+    );
+    expect(result.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect(result.response).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should call error interceptors when response is not ok', async () => {
+    const mockResponse = {
+      ok: false,
+      status: 404,
+      text: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('Not found'),
+    } as unknown as Response;
+
+    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockResponse);
+    const errorInterceptor = vi.fn().mockImplementation((error) => error);
+
+    const client = createClient({
+      baseUrl: 'https://example.com',
+      fetch: mockFetch,
+    });
+
+    client.interceptors.error.use(errorInterceptor);
+
+    const result = await client.get({ url: '/test' });
+
+    expect(errorInterceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'Not found',
+      mockResponse,
+      expect.any(Request),
+      expect.any(Object),
+    );
+    expect(result.error).toBe('Not found');
+    expect(result.response).toBe(mockResponse);
+  });
+
+  it('should throw error when throwOnError is true for network errors', async () => {
+    const networkError = new Error('Network error');
+    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(networkError);
+    const errorInterceptor = vi.fn().mockImplementation((error) => error);
+
+    const client = createClient({
+      baseUrl: 'https://example.com',
+      fetch: mockFetch,
+      throwOnError: true,
+    });
+
+    client.interceptors.error.use(errorInterceptor);
+
+    await expect(client.get({ url: '/test' })).rejects.toThrow('Network error');
+
+    expect(errorInterceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      networkError,
+      undefined,
+      expect.any(Request),
+      expect.any(Object),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should allow error interceptors to transform network errors', async () => {
+    const originalError = new Error('Network error');
+    const transformedError = new Error('Transformed network error');
+    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(originalError);
+    const errorInterceptor = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(transformedError);
+
+    const client = createClient({
+      baseUrl: 'https://example.com',
+      fetch: mockFetch,
+    });
+
+    client.interceptors.error.use(errorInterceptor);
+
+    const result = await client.get({ url: '/test' });
+
+    expect(errorInterceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      originalError,
+      undefined,
+      expect.any(Request),
+      expect.any(Object),
+    );
+    expect(result.error).toBe(transformedError);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/custom-client/src/client.ts b/packages/custom-client/src/client.ts
index 2a5af631ac..61902850e2 100644
--- a/packages/custom-client/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/custom-client/src/client.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,30 @@ export const createClient = (config: Config = {}): Client => {
     // fetch must be assigned here, otherwise it would throw the error:
     // TypeError: Failed to execute 'fetch' on 'Window': Illegal invocation
     const _fetch = opts.fetch!;
-    let response = await _fetch(request);
+    let response: Response;
+
+    try {
+      response = await _fetch(request);
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Handle network-level errors (CORS, DNS, etc.) through error interceptors
+      let finalError = error;
+
+      for (const fn of interceptors.error.fns) {
+        if (fn) {
+          finalError = (await fn(error, undefined, request, opts)) as unknown;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (opts.throwOnError) {
+        throw finalError;
+      }
+
+      return {
+        error: finalError,
+        request,
+        response: undefined,
+      };
+    }
 
     for (const fn of interceptors.response.fns) {
       if (fn) {
diff --git a/packages/custom-client/src/utils.ts b/packages/custom-client/src/utils.ts
index 7dcdf37653..17b8b45c9a 100644
--- a/packages/custom-client/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/custom-client/src/utils.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export const mergeHeaders = (
 
 type ErrInterceptor<Err, Res, Req, Options> = (
   error: Err,
-  response: Res,
+  response: Res | undefined,
   request: Req,
   options: Options,
 ) => Err | Promise<Err>;