diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index 03f2c9efaac9fb..fda6dd0369522c 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export type Config = {
         port?: string;
         auth?: string;
         url_regex: string;
+        strategy: 'on_retry' | 'all';
     };
-    proxyStrategy: string;
     pacUri?: string;
     pacScript?: string;
     accessKey?: string;
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ const calculateValue = () => {
             port: envs.PROXY_PORT,
             auth: envs.PROXY_AUTH,
             url_regex: envs.PROXY_URL_REGEX || '.*',
+            strategy: envs.PROXY_STRATEGY || 'all', // all / on_retry
         },
-        proxyStrategy: envs.PROXY_STRATEGY || 'all', // all / on_retry
         pacUri: envs.PAC_URI,
         pacScript: envs.PAC_SCRIPT,
         // access control
diff --git a/lib/routes/test/index.ts b/lib/routes/test/index.ts
index 8cba7553c45850..789a991b65670c 100644
--- a/lib/routes/test/index.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/test/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async function handler(ctx) {
     if (ctx.req.param('id') === 'httperror') {
         await got({
             method: 'get',
-            url: 'https://httpbingo.org/status/404',
+            url: 'https://httpbingo.org/status/429',
         });
     }
     if (ctx.req.param('id') === 'config-not-found-error') {
diff --git a/lib/utils/ofetch.ts b/lib/utils/ofetch.ts
index a90aa18112e5de..979f21cc2db976 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ofetch.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/ofetch.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ const rofetch = createFetch().create({
     retry: config.requestRetry,
     retryDelay: 1000,
     // timeout: config.requestTimeout,
+    onResponseError({ request, options }) {
+        if (options.retry) {
+            logger.warn(`Request ${request} remaining retry attempts: ${options.retry}`);
+            if (!options.headers) {
+                options.headers = {};
+            }
+            options.headers['x-retry'] = options.retry;
+        }
+    },
     onRequestError({ request, error }) {
         logger.error(`Request ${request} fail: ${error}`);
     },
diff --git a/lib/utils/request-rewriter/fetch.ts b/lib/utils/request-rewriter/fetch.ts
index b113b26e3dfccd..491cf299df0ca0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/request-rewriter/fetch.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/request-rewriter/fetch.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ const wrappedFetch: typeof undici.fetch = async (input: RequestInfo, init?: Requ
         }
     }
 
+    let isRetry = false;
+    if (request.headers.get('x-retry')) {
+        isRetry = true;
+        request.headers.delete('x-retry');
+    }
+
     // proxy
-    if (!options.dispatcher && proxy.dispatcher) {
+    if (!options.dispatcher && proxy.dispatcher && (proxy.proxyObj.strategy !== 'on_retry' || isRetry)) {
         const proxyRegex = new RegExp(proxy.proxyObj.url_regex);
         let urlHandler;
         try {