diff --git a/src/google/adk/auth/auth_handler.py b/src/google/adk/auth/auth_handler.py
index 8e8f5d340b..8ccdcdeec3 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/auth/auth_handler.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/auth/auth_handler.py
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ async def exchange_auth_token(
     return exchange_result.credential
 
   async def parse_and_store_auth_response(self, state: State) -> None:
+    credential_key = self.auth_config.credential_key
+    if not credential_key:
+      raise ValueError("credential_key is empty.")
 
-    credential_key = "temp:" + self.auth_config.credential_key
+    temp_credential_key = "temp:" + credential_key
 
-    state[credential_key] = self.auth_config.exchanged_auth_credential
+    state[temp_credential_key] = self.auth_config.exchanged_auth_credential
     if not isinstance(
         self.auth_config.auth_scheme, SecurityBase
     ) or self.auth_config.auth_scheme.type_ not in (
@@ -67,15 +70,54 @@ async def parse_and_store_auth_response(self, state: State) -> None:
     ):
       return
 
-    state[credential_key] = await self.exchange_auth_token()
+    state[temp_credential_key] = await self.exchange_auth_token()
 
   def _validate(self) -> None:
-    if not self.auth_scheme:
+    if not self.auth_config.auth_scheme:
       raise ValueError("auth_scheme is empty.")
 
-  def get_auth_response(self, state: State) -> AuthCredential:
-    credential_key = "temp:" + self.auth_config.credential_key
-    return state.get(credential_key, None)
+  def get_auth_response(self, state: State) -> AuthCredential | None:
+    # 1. Try reading the temp credential key (standard ADK flow)
+    credential_key = self.auth_config.credential_key
+    if not credential_key:
+      return None
+
+    temp_credential_key = "temp:" + credential_key
+    val = state.get(temp_credential_key, None)
+    if val is not None:
+      if isinstance(val, AuthCredential):
+        return val
+      if isinstance(val, str) and val:
+        return self._build_oauth2_credential(val)
+
+    # 2. Try reading the credential key without the 'temp:' prefix
+    val = state.get(credential_key, None)
+    if val is not None:
+      if isinstance(val, AuthCredential):
+        return val
+      if isinstance(val, str) and val:
+        return self._build_oauth2_credential(val)
+
+    # 3. Fallback: scan the state for any active Google OAuth access token (ya29.*)
+    try:
+      state_dict = state.to_dict() if hasattr(state, "to_dict") else state
+      if isinstance(state_dict, dict):
+        for k, v in state_dict.items():
+          if isinstance(v, str) and v.startswith("ya29."):
+            return self._build_oauth2_credential(v)
+    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+      pass
+
+    return None
+
+  def _build_oauth2_credential(self, token: str) -> AuthCredential:
+    from .auth_credential import AuthCredentialTypes
+    from .auth_credential import OAuth2Auth
+
+    return AuthCredential(
+        auth_type=AuthCredentialTypes.OAUTH2,
+        oauth2=OAuth2Auth(access_token=token),
+    )
 
   def generate_auth_request(self) -> AuthConfig:
     if not isinstance(
diff --git a/tests/unittests/auth/test_auth_handler.py b/tests/unittests/auth/test_auth_handler.py
index c19a5d93fd..3b4c916f1b 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/auth/test_auth_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/auth/test_auth_handler.py
@@ -503,6 +503,57 @@ def test_get_auth_response_not_exists(self, auth_config):
     result = handler.get_auth_response(state)
     assert result is None
 
+  def test_get_auth_response_temp_prefix_str_token(self, auth_config):
+    """Test retrieving a string token stored under temp prefix in state."""
+    handler = AuthHandler(auth_config)
+    state = MockState()
+    credential_key = auth_config.credential_key
+    state["temp:" + credential_key] = "ya29.mock_token"
+
+    result = handler.get_auth_response(state)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result.auth_type == AuthCredentialTypes.OAUTH2
+    assert result.oauth2.access_token == "ya29.mock_token"
+
+  def test_get_auth_response_no_prefix_credential(
+      self, auth_config, oauth2_credentials_with_auth_uri
+  ):
+    """Test retrieving a credential stored under the key without prefix."""
+    handler = AuthHandler(auth_config)
+    state = MockState()
+    credential_key = auth_config.credential_key
+    state[credential_key] = oauth2_credentials_with_auth_uri
+
+    result = handler.get_auth_response(state)
+
+    assert result == oauth2_credentials_with_auth_uri
+
+  def test_get_auth_response_no_prefix_str_token(self, auth_config):
+    """Test retrieving a string token stored under the key without prefix."""
+    handler = AuthHandler(auth_config)
+    state = MockState()
+    credential_key = auth_config.credential_key
+    state[credential_key] = "ya29.mock_token_no_prefix"
+
+    result = handler.get_auth_response(state)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result.auth_type == AuthCredentialTypes.OAUTH2
+    assert result.oauth2.access_token == "ya29.mock_token_no_prefix"
+
+  def test_get_auth_response_fallback_google_token(self, auth_config):
+    """Test retrieving fallback Google token from state via scanning."""
+    handler = AuthHandler(auth_config)
+    state = MockState()
+    state["some_other_key"] = "ya29.fallback_google_token"
+
+    result = handler.get_auth_response(state)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result.auth_type == AuthCredentialTypes.OAUTH2
+    assert result.oauth2.access_token == "ya29.fallback_google_token"
+
 
 class TestParseAndStoreAuthResponse:
   """Tests for the parse_and_store_auth_response method."""