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## Warnings

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## Title

    [a2a-go] REST client ignores error bodies sent as application/a2a+json and returns generic server error

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    [Bug]: REST client ignores error bodies sent as application/a2a+json and returns a generic server error
    
    The REST client never decodes an A2A error body that the server sends as `application/a2a+json`. Every typed error (`TaskNotFound`, `TaskNotCancelable`, ...) surfaces as the generic `a2a.ErrServerError` ("server error"); the message and `ErrorInfo` details are lost, so `errors.Is(err, a2a.ErrTaskNotFound)` is false.
    
    **Root cause (v2.6.0, identical on main @ ebf17c5)**
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub issue a2aproject/a2a-go #447; state=open
    
    ## Trigger / context
    Public GitHub report in a2aproject/a2a-go (FRESH_7D).
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-go/issues/447 (2026-09-30T11:58:10Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — GitHub issue #447
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_7D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:43:03.388295Z
    - scout_id: C81eb356b10
    
    ## Scout notes
    This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome. Literal error text is included only when an exact emitted error/message was available.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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## Index assessment

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