diff --git a/src/polygateway/__init__.py b/src/polygateway/__init__.py
index cef3568..56b26cf 100644
--- a/src/polygateway/__init__.py
+++ b/src/polygateway/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from polygateway.errors import (
     RequestRejectedError,
     ResultInvalidError,
     SourceDeadError,
+    SourceNotConfiguredError,
     TransientError,
 )
 from polygateway.ocr import OcrClient
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "ResultInvalidError",
     "SourceConfig",
     "SourceDeadError",
+    "SourceNotConfiguredError",
     "TransientError",
     "__version__",
     "gather_bounded",
diff --git a/src/polygateway/errors.py b/src/polygateway/errors.py
index 720a903..d2cae87 100644
--- a/src/polygateway/errors.py
+++ b/src/polygateway/errors.py
@@ -5,8 +5,22 @@
 """
 
 SCOPE_REASONS = frozenset(
-    {"circuit_open", "retry_exhausted", "stalled", "quota_exhausted", "no_sources"}
+    {
+        "circuit_open",
+        "retry_exhausted",
+        "stalled",
+        "quota_exhausted",
+        "no_sources",
+        "governance_backend_down",  # issue #7: 限流/熔断后端故障(fail-closed → 整个 scope 发不出请求)
+    }
 )
+GOVERNANCE_BACKEND_RETRY_AFTER_S = 5.0
+"""治理后端故障的建议重投间隔(秒)。
+
+**不是环境配置项**——后端恢复时间物理上不可知(不同于熔断冷却有确定到期时刻),
+故取一个保守固定值;下游有自己的退避策略时可忽略本字段。取 0 会让积压任务零延迟
+同时冲击已挂掉的后端,把一次故障放大成一场风暴(issue #7 §3.2)。
+"""
 SOURCE_REASONS = frozenset(
     {
         "network_error",
@@ -127,5 +141,14 @@ class AllSourcesExhausted(GatewayUnavailableError):  # noqa: N818 — ARCH §6.1
     """重试预算耗尽 / 无可用源 / 配额 fail-fast 等 scope 级失败。"""
 
 
+class SourceNotConfiguredError(PolyGatewayError):
+    """源名不在限流后端的配置字典中: 装配缺陷,正常不可达。
+
+    **有意不在** `GatewayUnavailableError` 之下: 它不是"暂时不可用"而是"配置写
+    错了",必须消耗失败预算进死信让人看见;归入可重投家族会让配置错误的任务永远
+    重投、永不告警——正是 issue #7 要修的那个 bug 的镜像(§3.4)。
+    """
+
+
 class GovernanceBackendError(PolyGatewayError):
     """限流/熔断状态后端自身故障: 必须报错而非放行(防击穿网关,降级方向铁律)。"""
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_errors.py b/tests/unit/test_errors.py
index 15719ee..c0aff00 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_errors.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_errors.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 from polygateway.errors import (
+    GOVERNANCE_BACKEND_RETRY_AFTER_S,
+    SCOPE_REASONS,
     AllSourcesExhausted,
     CircuitOpenError,
     GatewayUnavailableError,
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ from polygateway.errors import (
     RequestRejectedError,
     ResultInvalidError,
     SourceDeadError,
+    SourceNotConfiguredError,
     TransientError,
 )
 
@@ -89,3 +92,36 @@ class TestBackendFailure:
         exc = GovernanceBackendError("redis down")
         assert isinstance(exc, PolyGatewayError)
         assert not isinstance(exc, TransientError)
+
+
+class TestSourceNotConfigured:
+    """装配缺陷有意留在 scope 级家族之外(issue #7 §3.4,Q1 人类拍板)。"""
+
+    def test_is_domain_error_but_not_scope_level(self):
+        exc = SourceNotConfiguredError("未知源 'nope'(scope=llm)")
+        assert isinstance(exc, PolyGatewayError)
+        # 关键断言: 归入可重投家族会让配置写错的任务永远重投、永不进死信
+        assert not isinstance(exc, GatewayUnavailableError)
+
+    def test_exported_at_package_top_level(self):
+        import polygateway
+
+        assert polygateway.SourceNotConfiguredError is SourceNotConfiguredError
+        assert "SourceNotConfiguredError" in polygateway.__all__
+
+
+class TestGovernanceBackendReason:
+    """新 scope 级 reason 值域(issue #7 §3.1)。"""
+
+    def test_reason_admitted_to_scope_domain(self):
+        assert "governance_backend_down" in SCOPE_REASONS
+
+    def test_gateway_unavailable_accepts_the_new_reason(self):
+        exc = AllSourcesExhausted(
+            scope="LLM", reason="governance_backend_down", retry_after_s=0.0
+        )
+        assert exc.reason == "governance_backend_down"
+
+    def test_retry_after_default_is_non_zero(self):
+        """取 0 会让积压任务零延迟冲击已挂掉的后端(§3.2)。"""
+        assert GOVERNANCE_BACKEND_RETRY_AFTER_S > 0