diff --git a/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php b/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
index 5df355d58b84..5e8c5847ca02 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
@@ -383,22 +383,8 @@ public function send(string $method, string $url)
         // Set the string we want to break our response from
         $breakString = "\r\n\r\n";
 
-        if (isset($this->config['allow_redirects']) && $this->config['allow_redirects'] !== false) {
-            $output = $this->handleRedirectHeaders($output, $breakString);
-        }
-
-        while (str_starts_with($output, 'HTTP/1.1 100 Continue')) {
-            $output = substr($output, strpos($output, $breakString) + 4);
-        }
-
-        if (preg_match('/HTTP\/\d\.\d 200 Connection established/i', $output)) {
-            $output = substr($output, strpos($output, $breakString) + 4);
-        }
-
-        // If request and response have Digest
-        if (isset($this->config['auth'][2]) && $this->config['auth'][2] === 'digest' && str_contains($output, 'WWW-Authenticate: Digest')) {
-            $output = substr($output, strpos($output, $breakString) + 4);
-        }
+        // Remove all intermediate responses
+        $output = $this->removeIntermediateResponses($output, $breakString);
 
         // Split out our headers and body
         $break = strpos($output, $breakString);
@@ -718,29 +704,71 @@ protected function sendRequest(array $curlOptions = []): string
         return $output;
     }
 
-    private function handleRedirectHeaders(string $output, string $breakString): string
+    private function removeIntermediateResponses(string $output, string $breakString): string
     {
-        // Strip out multiple redirect header sections
-        while (preg_match('/^HTTP\/\d(?:\.\d)? 3\d\d/', $output)) {
-            $breakStringPos        = strpos($output, $breakString);
-            $redirectHeaderSection = substr($output, 0, $breakStringPos);
-            $redirectHeaders       = explode("\n", $redirectHeaderSection);
-            $locationHeaderFound   = false;
-
-            foreach ($redirectHeaders as $header) {
-                if (str_starts_with(strtolower($header), 'location:')) {
-                    $locationHeaderFound = true;
-                    break;
+        while (true) {
+            // Check if we should remove the current response
+            if ($this->shouldRemoveCurrentResponse($output, $breakString)) {
+                $breakStringPos = strpos($output, $breakString);
+                if ($breakStringPos !== false) {
+                    $output = substr($output, $breakStringPos + 4);
+
+                    continue;
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($locationHeaderFound) {
-                $output = substr($output, $breakStringPos + 4);
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
+            // No more intermediate responses to remove
+            break;
         }
 
         return $output;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the current response (at the beginning of output) should be removed.
+     */
+    private function shouldRemoveCurrentResponse(string $output, string $breakString): bool
+    {
+        // HTTP/x.x 1xx responses (Continue, Processing, etc.)
+        if (preg_match('/^HTTP\/\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+1\d\d\s/', $output)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // HTTP/x.x 200 Connection established (proxy responses)
+        if (preg_match('/^HTTP\/\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+200\s+Connection\s+established/i', $output)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // HTTP/x.x 3xx responses (redirects) - only if redirects are allowed
+        $allowRedirects = isset($this->config['allow_redirects']) && $this->config['allow_redirects'] !== false;
+        if ($allowRedirects && preg_match('/^HTTP\/\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+3\d\d\s/', $output)) {
+            // Check if there's a Location header
+            $breakStringPos = strpos($output, $breakString);
+            if ($breakStringPos !== false) {
+                $headerSection = substr($output, 0, $breakStringPos);
+                $headers       = explode("\n", $headerSection);
+
+                foreach ($headers as $header) {
+                    if (str_starts_with(strtolower($header), 'location:')) {
+                        return true; // Found location header, this is a redirect to remove
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Digest auth challenges - only remove if there's another response after
+        if (isset($this->config['auth'][2]) && $this->config['auth'][2] === 'digest') {
+            $breakStringPos = strpos($output, $breakString);
+            if ($breakStringPos !== false) {
+                $headerSection = substr($output, 0, $breakStringPos);
+                if (str_contains($headerSection, 'WWW-Authenticate: Digest')) {
+                    $nextBreakPos = strpos($output, $breakString, $breakStringPos + 4);
+
+                    return $nextBreakPos !== false; // Only remove if there's another response
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/CURLRequestTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/CURLRequestTest.php
index e72a1d37d17c..6d1b328c349b 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/CURLRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/CURLRequestTest.php
@@ -1381,4 +1381,34 @@ public function testNotRemoveMultipleRedirectHeaderSectionsWithoutLocationHeader
 
         $this->assertSame($testBody, $response->getBody());
     }
+
+    public function testProxyAndContinueResponses(): void
+    {
+        $testBody = '{"Id":"83589c7e-bd86-4101-8d93-3f2e7954e48e"}';
+
+        $output = "HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 100 Continue
+Connection: keep-alive\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
+Vary: Origin,Access-Control-Request-Method,Access-Control-Request-Headers, Accept-Encoding
+x-content-type-options: nosniff
+x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
+Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
+Pragma: no-cache
+Expires: 0
+strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains
+x-frame-options: DENY
+Content-Type: application/json
+Content-Length: 56
+Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:37:21 GMT
+Connection: keep-alive\r\n\r\n" . $testBody;
+
+        $this->request->setOutput($output);
+
+        $response = $this->request->request('GET', 'http://example.com', [
+            'allow_redirects' => false,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(202, $response->getStatusCode());
+
+        $this->assertSame($testBody, $response->getBody());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.2.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.2.rst
index 360e592b680d..3e45e3c2409e 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.2.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.2.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Bugs Fixed
 **********
 
 - **Cache:** Fixed a bug where a corrupted or unreadable cache file could cause an unhandled exception in ``FileHandler::getItem()``.
+- **CURLRequest:** Fixed a bug where intermediate HTTP responses were not properly removed from the response chain in certain scenarios, causing incorrect status codes and headers to be returned instead of the final response.
 - **Database:** Fixed a bug where ``when()`` and ``whenNot()`` in ``ConditionalTrait`` incorrectly evaluated certain falsy values (such as ``[]``, ``0``, ``0.0``, and ``'0'``) as truthy, causing callbacks to be executed unexpectedly. These methods now cast the condition to a boolean using ``(bool)`` to ensure consistent behavior with PHP's native truthiness.
 - **Database:** Fixed encapsulation violation in ``BasePreparedQuery`` when accessing ``BaseConnection::transStatus`` protected property.
 - **Email:** Fixed a bug where ``Email::getHostname()`` failed to use ``$_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']`` when ``$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']`` was not set.