diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.test.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.test.ts
index 7f6f9581dd..ff00e979cf 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ describe('ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('handles Request object input without constructing a new Request', async () => {
+    const inner = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new TypeError('Failed to fetch'));
+    const middleware = new ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware();
+    const request = new Request('https://example.com/api/data', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' }),
+    });
+    await expect(middleware.apply(inner)(request)).rejects.toThrow(
+      new TypeError('Failed to fetch: POST https://example.com/api/data'),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('does not modify other TypeErrors', async () => {
     const error = new TypeError('some other error');
     const inner = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(error);
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.ts
index 38f6605428..cee9b902aa 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/FetchApi/ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,18 @@ export class ClarifyFailuresFetchMiddleware implements FetchMiddleware {
         return await next(input as any, init);
       } catch (e) {
         if (e instanceof TypeError && e.message === 'Failed to fetch') {
-          const request = new Request(input as any, init);
-          e.message = `Failed to fetch: ${request.method} ${request.url}`;
+          let method: string;
+          let url: string;
+
+          if (input instanceof Request) {
+            method = input.method;
+            url = input.url;
+          } else {
+            method = init?.method || 'GET';
+            url = String(input);
+          }
+
+          e.message = `Failed to fetch: ${method} ${url}`;
           throw e;
         }
         throw e;