diff --git a/src/band/client/rest.py b/src/band/client/rest.py
index 2184f8e11..650c89b33 100644
--- a/src/band/client/rest.py
+++ b/src/band/client/rest.py
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
     )
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from functools import wraps
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
+from typing import Any
+
 from band_rest import (
     RestClient,
     AsyncRestClient,
@@ -39,7 +46,9 @@
     Peer,
     UnauthorizedError,
 )
+from band_rest.agent_api_identity.raw_client import AsyncRawAgentApiIdentityClient
 from band_rest.core import ParsingError
+from band_rest.core.api_error import ApiError
 from band_rest.core.request_options import RequestOptions
 from band_rest.types import ChatMessageRequestMentionsItem
 
@@ -48,6 +57,36 @@
 # We set max_retries=3 to handle transient rate limit errors gracefully.
 DEFAULT_REQUEST_OPTIONS: RequestOptions = {"max_retries": 3}
 
+
+def _without_json_decode_chain(
+    method: Callable[..., Awaitable[Any]],
+) -> Callable[..., Awaitable[Any]]:
+    """Re-raise Fern ``ApiError`` without a ``JSONDecodeError`` ``__context__``.
+
+    ``band-client-rest==0.0.26`` (still in 0.0.28) calls ``_response.json()``
+    for non-2xx statuses, then ``raise ApiError(...)`` on ``JSONDecodeError``
+    without ``from None``. Empty ALB 429 bodies therefore print both
+    tracebacks. Drop this wrap when the pin raises with ``from None``.
+    """
+
+    @wraps(method)
+    async def wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        try:
+            return await method(*args, **kwargs)
+        except ApiError as error:
+            if isinstance(error.__context__, JSONDecodeError):
+                raise error from None
+            raise
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+setattr(
+    AsyncRawAgentApiIdentityClient,
+    "get_agent_me",
+    _without_json_decode_chain(AsyncRawAgentApiIdentityClient.get_agent_me),
+)
+
 __all__ = [
     "RestClient",
     "AsyncRestClient",
diff --git a/tests/platform/test_rest_empty_429.py b/tests/platform/test_rest_empty_429.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..722090a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/platform/test_rest_empty_429.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Empty HTTP 429 bodies must raise a clean ApiError (GitHub #108).
+
+AWS ALB rate-limit responses often have ``Content-Length: 0``. The Fern
+raw client still calls ``_response.json()`` for that status, then wraps
+the resulting ``JSONDecodeError`` in ``ApiError`` without ``from None``.
+Python therefore prints both tracebacks.
+
+Interception is the maintained ``pytest-httpx`` ``httpx_mock`` fixture on
+the real ``BandLink`` REST client, matching ``test_link_credentials.py``.
+``max_retries=0`` isolates the decode/chaining bug from Fern 429 retries.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import traceback
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
+
+import pytest
+from band_rest.core.api_error import ApiError
+from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock
+
+from band.platform.link import BandLink
+
+
+async def test_empty_429_raises_api_error_without_json_decode_chain(
+    httpx_mock: HTTPXMock,
+) -> None:
+    httpx_mock.add_response(status_code=429, content=b"")
+
+    link = BandLink(agent_id="agent-1", api_key="test-key")
+    with pytest.raises(ApiError) as exc_info:
+        await link.rest.agent_api_identity.get_agent_me(
+            request_options={"max_retries": 0},
+        )
+
+    error = exc_info.value
+    formatted = "".join(traceback.format_exception(error))
+    assert error.status_code == 429
+    assert not isinstance(error.__cause__, JSONDecodeError)
+    assert error.__suppress_context__ or not isinstance(
+        error.__context__, JSONDecodeError
+    ), formatted
+    assert "JSONDecodeError" not in formatted