diff --git a/app/Services/SentinelTrafficClient.php b/app/Services/SentinelTrafficClient.php
index cbbf9f971c..89c24bbbbe 100644
--- a/app/Services/SentinelTrafficClient.php
+++ b/app/Services/SentinelTrafficClient.php
@@ -729,11 +729,9 @@ class SentinelTrafficClient
     {
         $token = $this->server->settings->ensureValidSentinelToken();
 
-        return instant_remote_process(
-            [$this->buildFetchCommand($token, $url)],
-            $this->server,
-            false
-        );
+        // Throw the real SSH/docker error (for example, an unreadable SSH key or a missing
+        // container). A literal "null" body comes back as null; guard() rejects the empty string.
+        return instant_remote_process([$this->buildFetchCommand($token, $url)], $this->server) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -743,11 +741,7 @@ class SentinelTrafficClient
     {
         $token = $this->server->settings->ensureValidSentinelToken();
 
-        return instant_remote_process(
-            [$this->buildBatchCommand($token, $urls)],
-            $this->server,
-            false
-        );
+        return instant_remote_process([$this->buildBatchCommand($token, $urls)], $this->server) ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -762,7 +756,7 @@ class SentinelTrafficClient
      */
     protected function buildFetchCommand(string $token, string $url): string
     {
-        return "docker exec coolify-sentinel sh -c 'curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer {$token}\" \"{$url}\"'";
+        return "docker exec coolify-sentinel sh -c 'curl -sS -H \"Authorization: Bearer {$token}\" \"{$url}\"'";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TrafficAnalytics/SentinelTrafficCacheTest.php b/tests/Feature/TrafficAnalytics/SentinelTrafficCacheTest.php
index 1eb0329c99..408c53ee26 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/TrafficAnalytics/SentinelTrafficCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/TrafficAnalytics/SentinelTrafficCacheTest.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Models\PrivateKey;
 use App\Models\Server;
 use App\Models\Team;
 use App\Services\SentinelTrafficClient;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Process;
 
 uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
 
@@ -29,3 +31,20 @@ it('caches identical requests within the TTL', function () {
     $client->overview('app', 'a', 'b');
     expect($client->calls)->toBe(1);
 });
+
+it('surfaces the real remote error instead of a TypeError when the fetch fails', function (int $exitCode, string $output, string $errorOutput, string $message) {
+    Cache::flush();
+    config()->set('constants.ssh.max_retries', 1);
+    Process::fake(fn () => Process::result(output: $output, errorOutput: $errorOutput, exitCode: $exitCode));
+    $team = Team::factory()->create();
+    $server = Server::factory()->create([
+        'team_id' => $team->id,
+        'private_key_id' => PrivateKey::factory()->create(['team_id' => $team->id])->id,
+    ]);
+
+    expect(fn () => (new SentinelTrafficClient($server))->overview('app', 'a', 'b'))
+        ->toThrow(RuntimeException::class, $message);
+})->with([
+    'failed docker exec' => [1, '', 'Error response from daemon: No such container: coolify-sentinel', 'No such container: coolify-sentinel'],
+    'literal null body' => [0, 'null', '', 'Traffic analytics returned an invalid response.'],
+]);