diff --git a/google-ads-stubs-lib/src/main/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/stubs/exceptions/BaseGoogleAdsException.java b/google-ads-stubs-lib/src/main/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/stubs/exceptions/BaseGoogleAdsException.java
index 657a38d0f5..1ac772dc21 100644
--- a/google-ads-stubs-lib/src/main/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/stubs/exceptions/BaseGoogleAdsException.java
+++ b/google-ads-stubs-lib/src/main/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/stubs/exceptions/BaseGoogleAdsException.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.protobuf.Any;
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.protobuf.StatusProto;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -76,9 +78,9 @@ public Message getGoogleAdsFailure() {
    * Optionally create a GoogleAdsException from a ApiException.
    *
    * <p>Returns an Optional containing the underlying GoogleAdsException if the ApiException
-   * contains the appropriate metadata.
+   * contains the appropriate metadata or status details.
    *
-   * <p>Returns an empty Optional if the required metadata is not present or is not parsable.
+   * <p>Returns an empty Optional if the required metadata or status details is not present or is not parsable.
    */
   public abstract static class Factory<T extends BaseGoogleAdsException, U extends Message> {
     protected static Metadata.Key<byte[]> createKey(String trailerKey) {
@@ -94,15 +96,36 @@ public Optional<T> createGoogleAdsException(ApiException source) {
         return Optional.empty();
       }
       Metadata metadata = Status.trailersFromThrowable(cause);
-      if (metadata == null) {
-        return Optional.empty();
+      byte[] protoData = null;
+      if (metadata != null) {
+        protoData = metadata.get(getTrailerKey());
+      }
+
+      // If the GoogleAdsFailure was not found in the metadata, checks if it is in the status
+      // details.
+      if (protoData == null) {
+        com.google.rpc.Status statusProto = StatusProto.fromThrowable(cause);
+        if (statusProto != null) {
+          String expectedTypeUrl =
+              "type.googleapis.com/" + createGoogleAdsFailure().getDescriptorForType().getFullName();
+          for (Any any : statusProto.getDetailsList()) {
+            if (any.getTypeUrl().equals(expectedTypeUrl)) {
+              protoData = any.getValue().toByteArray();
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
-      byte[] protoData = metadata.get(getTrailerKey());
+
       if (protoData == null) {
         return Optional.empty();
       }
+
       try {
-        return Optional.of(createException(source, protoData, metadata));
+        // The original implementation requires metadata to be non-null, but it might be if we
+        // extracted from status details instead of trailers.
+        Metadata nonNullMetadata = metadata == null ? new Metadata() : metadata;
+        return Optional.of(createException(source, protoData, nonNullMetadata));
       } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
         logger.error("Failed to decode GoogleAdsFailure", e);
         return Optional.empty();
diff --git a/google-ads/src/test/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/GoogleAdsExceptionTransformationTest.java b/google-ads/src/test/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/GoogleAdsExceptionTransformationTest.java
index 37d08c07c6..6683cdeb28 100644
--- a/google-ads/src/test/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/GoogleAdsExceptionTransformationTest.java
+++ b/google-ads/src/test/java/com/google/ads/googleads/lib/GoogleAdsExceptionTransformationTest.java
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
 import com.google.ads.googleads.lib.stubs.exceptions.BaseGoogleAdsException;
 import com.google.api.gax.grpc.GrpcStatusCode;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
+import com.google.protobuf.Any;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.grpc.Status;
 import io.grpc.Status.Code;
 import io.grpc.StatusException;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+import io.grpc.protobuf.ProtoUtils;
+import io.grpc.protobuf.StatusProto;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -77,6 +81,38 @@ public void handlesEmptyTrailers() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void handlesFailureInRpcStatusButNotInTrailers() {
+    for (Version version : catalog.getSupportedVersions()) {
+      // Creates a GoogleAdsFailure instance.
+      Message googleAdsFailure = version.getExceptionFactory().createGoogleAdsFailure();
+
+      // Creates a com.google.rpc.Status proto with the GoogleAdsFailure in the details field.
+      com.google.rpc.Status rpcStatus =
+          com.google.rpc.Status.newBuilder()
+              .setCode(com.google.rpc.Code.INVALID_ARGUMENT.getNumber())
+              .addDetails(Any.pack(googleAdsFailure))
+              .build();
+
+      // Creates a StatusRuntimeException that will be the cause of the ApiException.
+      StatusRuntimeException statusRuntimeException = StatusProto.toStatusRuntimeException(rpcStatus);
+
+      // Creates an ApiException that contains the metadata.
+      ApiException exception =
+          new ApiException(
+              statusRuntimeException,
+              GrpcStatusCode.of(io.grpc.Status.Code.INVALID_ARGUMENT),
+              false);
+
+      // Transforms the exception.
+      Throwable result = transformation.transform(exception);
+      // Retrieves the GoogleAdsFailure from the transformed exception.
+      Message actualFailure = ((BaseGoogleAdsException) result).getGoogleAdsFailure();
+      // Asserts that the expected and actual GoogleAdsFailure protos are the same.
+      assertEquals(googleAdsFailure, actualFailure);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void failsGracefullyWithUnparsableFailureProto() {
     for (Version version : catalog.getSupportedVersions()) {