@@ -63,13 +63,21 @@ export const apiProviderHygieneConfig = {
 	},
 }
 
+// Shared by every spec lane, not only src/api: an abort assertion must not pass on a raw SDK error.
+export const abortSubstringSelector = {
+	selector: "CallExpression[callee.property.name='toThrow'][arguments.0.value=/^[Aa]bort(ed)?$/]",
+	message:
+		"A bare 'abort' substring also matches a raw SDK error. Assert the AbortError name and the full provider message.",
+}
+
 // Spec files under src/api. A loop of expects in one test stops at the first failing case and hides the rest.
 export const apiProviderTestSelectors = [
 	{
 		selector: "ForOfStatement[right.type='ArrayExpression']:has(CallExpression[callee.name='expect'])",
 		message:
 			"Use it.each for repeated cases. A loop of expects in one test stops at the first failing case and does not name it.",
 	},
+	abortSubstringSelector,
 ]
 
 // A new @ts-ignore in a provider spec hides a private-member access. Use bracket notation or a typed double.
 
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ describe("api provider hygiene: spec loops", () => {
 			assert.deepEqual(lintSpec(code), [])
 		})
 	}
+
+	for (const code of ['await expect(p).rejects.toThrow("aborted")', "expect(() => f()).toThrow('abort')"]) {
+		it(`flags a bare abort substring: ${code}`, () => {
+			assert.equal(lintSpec(code).length, 1)
+		})
+	}
+
+	for (const code of [
+		'await expect(p).rejects.toThrow("The Requesty request was aborted")',
+		'await expect(p).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: "AbortError" })',
+		'await expect(p).rejects.toThrow("API Error")',
+	]) {
+		it(`allows: ${code}`, () => {
+			assert.deepEqual(lintSpec(code), [])
+		})
+	}
 })
 
 describe("api provider hygiene: hand-built AbortError", () => {
 
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ describe("RequestyHandler", () => {
 				// Aborting mid-flight is the third exit path through finally: the SDK-shaped mock
 				// rejects once the signal aborts, so dispose() must detach on that path too.
 				outcome: "aborts mid-flight",
-				expectRejection: "aborted",
+				expectRejection: "The Requesty request was aborted",
 				start: (controller: AbortController) => {
 					let notifyStarted!: () => void
 					const barrier = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ describe("Task.ask queued message drain", () => {
 		access.abort = true
 		finishAddingAsk()
 
-		await expect(ask).rejects.toThrow("aborted")
+		await expect(ask).rejects.toThrow(/#ask\] task \S+ aborted$/)
 		expect(task.messageQueueService.messages).toHaveLength(1)
 		expect(task.messageQueueService.claimNextMessage()?.text).toBe("Persist me later")
 	})
 
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { config } from "@roo-code/config-eslint/base"
 import {
+	abortSubstringSelector,
 	apiProviderHygieneConfig,
 	apiProviderTestSelectors,
 	apiSpecTsIgnoreConfig,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export default [
 			"**/services/__tests__/workflow-self-listen.test.ts",
 		],
 		rules: {
-			"no-restricted-syntax": ["error", ...testPathTraversalSelectors],
+			"no-restricted-syntax": ["error", ...testPathTraversalSelectors, abortSubstringSelector],
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -144,7 +145,12 @@ export default [
 			"integrations/terminal/**/__tests__/**/*.ts",
 		],
 		rules: {
-			"no-restricted-syntax": ["error", ...testPathTraversalSelectors, testResetHelperSelector],
+			"no-restricted-syntax": [
+				"error",
+				...testPathTraversalSelectors,
+				abortSubstringSelector,
+				testResetHelperSelector,
+			],
 		},
 	},
 	{