diff --git a/service/meta.go b/service/meta.go
index 6b5b8b7..abffdad 100644
--- a/service/meta.go
+++ b/service/meta.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ func ProcessRequestTTL(req MetaHeader, cond ...TTLCondition) error {
 
 		// check specific condition:
 		if err := cond[i](ttl); err != nil {
+			if st, ok := status.FromError(err); ok {
+				return st.Err()
+			}
+
 			return status.New(codes.InvalidArgument, err.Error()).Err()
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/service/meta_test.go b/service/meta_test.go
index 893ca5e..496ea51 100644
--- a/service/meta_test.go
+++ b/service/meta_test.go
@@ -9,58 +9,65 @@ import (
 )
 
 type mockedRequest struct {
-	msg  string
-	name string
-	role NodeRole
-	code codes.Code
+	msg     string
+	name    string
+	code    codes.Code
+	handler TTLCondition
 	RequestMetaHeader
 }
 
 func TestMetaRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []mockedRequest{
 		{
-			role:              InnerRingNode,
 			name:              "direct to ir node",
+			handler:           IRNonForwarding(InnerRingNode),
 			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: NonForwardingTTL},
 		},
 		{
-			role:              StorageNode,
 			code:              codes.InvalidArgument,
 			msg:               ErrIncorrectTTL.Error(),
 			name:              "direct to storage node",
+			handler:           IRNonForwarding(StorageNode),
 			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: NonForwardingTTL},
 		},
 		{
-			role:              StorageNode,
 			msg:               ErrZeroTTL.Error(),
 			code:              codes.InvalidArgument,
 			name:              "zero ttl",
+			handler:           IRNonForwarding(StorageNode),
 			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: ZeroTTL},
 		},
 		{
-			role:              InnerRingNode,
 			name:              "default to ir node",
+			handler:           IRNonForwarding(InnerRingNode),
 			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: SingleForwardingTTL},
 		},
 		{
-			role:              StorageNode,
 			name:              "default to storage node",
+			handler:           IRNonForwarding(StorageNode),
 			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: SingleForwardingTTL},
 		},
+		{
+			msg:               "not found",
+			code:              codes.NotFound,
+			name:              "custom status error",
+			RequestMetaHeader: RequestMetaHeader{TTL: SingleForwardingTTL},
+			handler:           func(_ uint32) error { return status.Error(codes.NotFound, "not found") },
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i := range tests {
 		tt := tests[i]
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			before := tt.GetTTL()
-			err := ProcessRequestTTL(&tt, IRNonForwarding(tt.role))
+			err := ProcessRequestTTL(&tt, tt.handler)
 			if tt.msg != "" {
 				require.Errorf(t, err, tt.msg)
 
 				state, ok := status.FromError(err)
 				require.True(t, ok)
-				require.Equal(t, state.Code(), tt.code)
-				require.Equal(t, state.Message(), tt.msg)
+				require.Equal(t, tt.code, state.Code())
+				require.Equal(t, tt.msg, state.Message())
 			} else {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.NotEqualf(t, before, tt.GetTTL(), "ttl should be changed: %d vs %d", before, tt.GetTTL())