diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/public/openapi.json b/apps/loopover-ui/public/openapi.json
index 424fb6588..8124cf79d 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/public/openapi.json
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/public/openapi.json
@@ -26291,14 +26291,20 @@
           }
         ],
         "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "Transfer requested"
+          "202": {
+            "description": "Transfer initiation accepted (pending acceptance)"
           },
           "400": {
             "description": "Malformed request"
           },
           "401": {
             "description": "Missing or invalid token"
+          },
+          "409": {
+            "description": "Transfer gate rejected the request; GitHub was not touched"
+          },
+          "502": {
+            "description": "Transfer attempt failed downstream"
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/openapi/internal-and-public-route-specs.ts b/src/openapi/internal-and-public-route-specs.ts
index adb85db87..2bb6a204c 100644
--- a/src/openapi/internal-and-public-route-specs.ts
+++ b/src/openapi/internal-and-public-route-specs.ts
@@ -403,7 +403,13 @@ const MISC_ROUTES: SpecEntry[] = [
     tags: ["Loop"],
     summary: "Request an APR transfer for a rented loop",
     auth: "token",
-    responses: { 200: { description: "Transfer requested" }, 400: { description: "Malformed request" }, 401: { description: "Missing or invalid token" } },
+    responses: {
+      202: { description: "Transfer initiation accepted (pending acceptance)" },
+      400: { description: "Malformed request" },
+      401: { description: "Missing or invalid token" },
+      409: { description: "Transfer gate rejected the request; GitHub was not touched" },
+      502: { description: "Transfer attempt failed downstream" },
+    },
   },
   {
     method: "post",
diff --git a/test/unit/openapi.test.ts b/test/unit/openapi.test.ts
index b7b79b8d5..41626c747 100644
--- a/test/unit/openapi.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/openapi.test.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ describe("OpenAPI contract", () => {
     const aprTransfer = spec.paths["/v1/loop/request-apr-transfer"]?.post;
     expect(aprTransfer?.operationId).toBe("requestAprTransfer");
     expect(aprTransfer?.requestBody).toBeUndefined();
+    // #9711: the declared statuses must match the handler's real exits (400/409/502/202) — never the 200 it
+    // could never return. A spec claiming 200 for a route that only ever answers 202 misleads every generated
+    // client.
+    expect(Object.keys(aprTransfer?.responses ?? {}).sort()).toEqual(["202", "400", "401", "409", "502"]);
   });
 
   // #9308: the eight /v1/lint/* + /v1/validate/focus-manifest advisory-check routes are each backed by an MCP