diff --git a/packages/auth-fetch/src/auth-fetch.ts b/packages/auth-fetch/src/auth-fetch.ts
index 469af63fb..6867e306d 100644
--- a/packages/auth-fetch/src/auth-fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/auth-fetch/src/auth-fetch.ts
@@ -91,20 +91,26 @@ export function createAuthFetch<B, M>(
         const initialResponse = await h({
             ...options,
             signal: controller.signal,
-            ignoreStatusCode: true,
+            // need to intercept the status code to check for 401.
+            // all other status codes will be handled according to the initial request options.
+            checkStatusCode(statusCode) {
+                // can handle a 401 if an credential is provided.
+                // however, not providing a credential is also valid, and should
+                // fall through to the normal response handling which may be interested
+                // in the 401 response.
+                if (statusCode === 401 && options.credential)
+                    return true;
+                if (options?.checkStatusCode === undefined || options?.checkStatusCode) {
+                    const checker = typeof options?.checkStatusCode === 'function' ? options.checkStatusCode : checkStatus;
+                    return checker(statusCode);
+                }
+                return true;
+            },
             responseType: 'readable',
         });
 
-        if (initialResponse.statusCode !== 401 || !options.credential) {
-            if (!options?.ignoreStatusCode) {
-                try {
-                    checkStatus(initialResponse.statusCode);
-                }
-                catch (e) {
-                    controller.abort('Invalid status code');
-                    throw e;
-                }
-            }
+        // if it's not a 401, just return the response.
+        if (initialResponse.statusCode !== 401) {
             return {
                 ...initialResponse,
                 body: await parser(initialResponse.body, options.responseType),
diff --git a/plugins/hikvision/src/probe.ts b/plugins/hikvision/src/probe.ts
index 88456be41..fda0b374f 100644
--- a/plugins/hikvision/src/probe.ts
+++ b/plugins/hikvision/src/probe.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export async function getDeviceInfo(credential: AuthFetchCredentialState, addres
     const response = await authHttpFetch({
         credential,
         url: `http://${address}/ISAPI/System/deviceInfo`,
-        ignoreStatusCode: true,
+        checkStatusCode: false,
         responseType: 'text',
         rejectUnauthorized: false,
     });
diff --git a/plugins/tapo/src/tapo-api.ts b/plugins/tapo/src/tapo-api.ts
index 2d0ca12ae..69be4cd02 100644
--- a/plugins/tapo/src/tapo-api.ts
+++ b/plugins/tapo/src/tapo-api.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class TapoAPI {
         const response = await authHttpFetch({
             credential: undefined,
             url: url,
-            ignoreStatusCode: true,
+            checkStatusCode: false,
             method: 'POST',
             headers: {
                 'Content-Type': 'multipart/mixed; boundary=--client-stream-boundary--',
diff --git a/server/src/fetch/http-fetch.ts b/server/src/fetch/http-fetch.ts
index e328063ab..0aa45eae5 100644
--- a/server/src/fetch/http-fetch.ts
+++ b/server/src/fetch/http-fetch.ts
@@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ export async function httpFetch<T extends HttpFetchOptions<Readable>>(options: T
     try {
         const [response] = await once(request, 'response') as [IncomingMessage];
 
-        if (!options?.ignoreStatusCode) {
+
+        if (options?.checkStatusCode === undefined || options?.checkStatusCode) {
             try {
-                checkStatus(response.statusCode);
+                const checker = typeof options?.checkStatusCode === 'function' ? options.checkStatusCode : checkStatus;
+                if (!checker(response.statusCode))
+                    throw new Error(`http response statusCode ${response.statusCode}`);
             }
             catch (e) {
                 readMessageBuffer(response).catch(() => { });
diff --git a/server/src/fetch/index.ts b/server/src/fetch/index.ts
index f390d3fad..96ecb2eb5 100644
--- a/server/src/fetch/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/fetch/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ export interface HttpFetchOptionsBase<B> {
     signal?: AbortSignal,
     timeout?: number;
     rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
-    ignoreStatusCode?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Checks the status code. Defaults to true.
+     */
+    checkStatusCode?: boolean | ((statusCode: number) => boolean);
     body?: B | string | ArrayBufferView | any;
     withCredentials?: boolean;
 }
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export function fetchStatusCodeOk(statusCode: number) {
 export function checkStatus(statusCode: number) {
     if (!fetchStatusCodeOk(statusCode))
         throw new Error(`http response statusCode ${statusCode}`);
+    return true;
 }
 
 export function getFetchMethod(options: HttpFetchOptions<any>) {
@@ -190,9 +194,11 @@ export async function domFetch<T extends HttpFetchOptions<BodyInit>>(options: T)
             body,
         });
 
-        if (!options?.ignoreStatusCode) {
+        if (options?.checkStatusCode === undefined || options?.checkStatusCode) {
             try {
-                checkStatus(response.status);
+                const checker = typeof options?.checkStatusCode === 'function' ? options.checkStatusCode : checkStatus;
+                if (!checker(response.status))
+                    throw new Error(`http response statusCode ${response.status}`);
             }
             catch (e) {
                 response.arrayBuffer().catch(() => { });