diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fd2eeb..2b34c48 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "paperclip-adapter-opencode-k8s",
-  "version": "0.1.27",
+  "version": "0.1.28",
   "description": "Paperclip adapter plugin that runs OpenCode agents as Kubernetes Jobs",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/server/k8s-client.test.ts b/src/server/k8s-client.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec0042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/k8s-client.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+/**
+ * Regression coverage for FAR-85: the @kubernetes/client-node v1.x ApiException
+ * exposes the HTTP status as `code`, not `statusCode`. The previous `isNotFound`
+ * predicate only checked `statusCode`/`response.statusCode`, so real 404s were
+ * never recognized — `getPvc` re-threw the 404 instead of returning null, and
+ * `ensureAgentDbPvc`'s existence check died before the create path ran.
+ *
+ * These tests mock the underlying k8s SDK and feed `getPvc`/`deletePvc` errors
+ * shaped exactly like the real ApiException so the predicate is exercised
+ * end-to-end, not in isolation.
+ */
+
+vi.mock("@kubernetes/client-node", () => {
+  // Reproduces the real @kubernetes/client-node v1.x ApiException shape:
+  // HTTP status under `code`, plus `body` and `headers`. Defined inside the
+  // factory because vi.mock() is hoisted above any module-level declarations.
+  class ApiException<T> extends Error {
+    code: number;
+    body: T;
+    headers: Record<string, string>;
+    constructor(code: number, message: string, body: T, headers: Record<string, string> = {}) {
+      super(`HTTP-Code: ${code}\nMessage: ${message}\nBody: ${JSON.stringify(body)}`);
+      this.code = code;
+      this.body = body;
+      this.headers = headers;
+    }
+  }
+  class KubeConfig {
+    loadFromCluster() {}
+    loadFromFile() {}
+    makeApiClient() {
+      return {
+        readNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: mockReadNamespacedPVC,
+        deleteNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: mockDeleteNamespacedPVC,
+        createNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: mockCreateNamespacedPVC,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    KubeConfig,
+    CoreV1Api: class {},
+    BatchV1Api: class {},
+    AuthorizationV1Api: class {},
+    Log: class {},
+    ApiException,
+  };
+});
+
+const mockReadNamespacedPVC = vi.fn();
+const mockDeleteNamespacedPVC = vi.fn();
+const mockCreateNamespacedPVC = vi.fn();
+
+import * as k8s from "@kubernetes/client-node";
+import { getPvc, createPvc, deletePvc, resetCache } from "./k8s-client.js";
+
+const ApiException = (k8s as unknown as { ApiException: new <T>(code: number, message: string, body: T, headers?: Record<string, string>) => Error & { code: number; body: T } }).ApiException;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  resetCache();
+  vi.resetAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("getPvc — 404 detection (FAR-85 regression)", () => {
+  const NAMESPACE = "paperclip";
+  const NAME = "opencode-db-test";
+
+  it("returns the PVC on success", async () => {
+    const pvc = { metadata: { name: NAME, namespace: NAMESPACE } };
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockResolvedValue(pvc);
+    const result = await getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME);
+    expect(result).toEqual(pvc);
+    expect(mockReadNamespacedPVC).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: NAME, namespace: NAMESPACE });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when the SDK throws ApiException with code=404 (v1.x shape)", async () => {
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(
+      new ApiException(404, "Unknown API Status Code!", {
+        kind: "Status",
+        status: "Failure",
+        message: `persistentvolumeclaims "${NAME}" not found`,
+        reason: "NotFound",
+        code: 404,
+      }),
+    );
+    const result = await getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME);
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for legacy errors with statusCode=404", async () => {
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("not found"), { statusCode: 404 }));
+    expect(await getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for legacy errors with response.statusCode=404", async () => {
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("not found"), { response: { statusCode: 404 } }));
+    expect(await getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("re-throws non-404 ApiException (e.g. 500)", async () => {
+    const err = new ApiException(500, "Internal Error", { message: "boom" });
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(err);
+    await expect(getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).rejects.toBe(err);
+  });
+
+  it("re-throws 403 (Forbidden) — must not be silently masked as missing", async () => {
+    const err = new ApiException(403, "Forbidden", { message: "rbac denied" });
+    mockReadNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(err);
+    await expect(getPvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).rejects.toBe(err);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("deletePvc — 404 detection", () => {
+  const NAMESPACE = "paperclip";
+  const NAME = "opencode-db-test";
+
+  it("swallows ApiException with code=404 (already gone)", async () => {
+    mockDeleteNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(
+      new ApiException(404, "Unknown API Status Code!", { reason: "NotFound" }),
+    );
+    await expect(deletePvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("re-throws non-404 errors", async () => {
+    const err = new ApiException(409, "Conflict", { reason: "Conflict" });
+    mockDeleteNamespacedPVC.mockRejectedValue(err);
+    await expect(deletePvc(NAMESPACE, NAME)).rejects.toBe(err);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createPvc — passes through to SDK", () => {
+  it("forwards the spec to createNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim", async () => {
+    const spec = {
+      apiVersion: "v1",
+      kind: "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+      metadata: { name: "opencode-db-x", namespace: "paperclip" },
+      spec: { accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"], resources: { requests: { storage: "1Gi" } } },
+    };
+    mockCreateNamespacedPVC.mockResolvedValue(spec);
+    const result = await createPvc("paperclip", spec as never);
+    expect(result).toEqual(spec);
+    expect(mockCreateNamespacedPVC).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ namespace: "paperclip", body: spec });
+  });
+});