diff --git a/basedpyright-code-budget.json b/basedpyright-code-budget.json
index 669107bb5b1..f31d620557d 100644
--- a/basedpyright-code-budget.json
+++ b/basedpyright-code-budget.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "limit": 5601
   },
   "reportMissingTypeArgument": {
-    "limit": 15284
+    "limit": 15283
   },
   "reportMissingTypeStubs": {
     "limit": 40
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@
     "limit": 109
   },
   "reportUnknownMemberType": {
-    "limit": 38309
+    "limit": 38308
   },
   "reportUnknownParameterType": {
-    "limit": 19621
+    "limit": 19620
   },
   "reportUnknownVariableType": {
     "limit": 29844
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
index f2d405e9a17..4c0a2e1f546 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import copy
 import enum
 import re
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, cast
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import httpx
 from httpx import Response
@@ -15,7 +14,10 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
     filter_value_from_dict,
 )
 from litellm.llms.azure.common_utils import BaseAzureLLM
-from litellm.llms.azure_ai.common_utils import is_foundry_model_inference_base
+from litellm.llms.azure_ai.common_utils import (
+    api_key_header_for_base,
+    is_foundry_model_inference_base,
+)
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import LiteLLMLoggingObj
 from litellm.llms.openai.common_utils import drop_params_from_unprocessable_entity_error
 from litellm.llms.openai.openai import OpenAIConfig
@@ -99,11 +101,7 @@ class AzureAIStudioConfig(OpenAIConfig):
         """
         Returns True if the request should use `api-key` header for authentication.
         """
-        parsed_url: Final = urlparse(api_base)
-        host: Final = parsed_url.hostname
-        if host and (host.endswith(".services.ai.azure.com") or host.endswith(".openai.azure.com")):
-            return True
-        return False
+        return api_key_header_for_base(api_base) == "api-key"
 
     def get_complete_url(
         self,
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
index aa34bab5b2e..0665b3f64c5 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ def is_foundry_model_inference_base(api_base: str) -> bool:
     return "/openai/deployments" not in parsed.path
 
 
+def api_key_header_for_base(api_base: str | None) -> AzureAIApiKeyHeader:
+    host: Final = urlparse(api_base).hostname if api_base else None
+    if host and (host.endswith(".services.ai.azure.com") or host.endswith(".openai.azure.com")):
+        return "api-key"
+    return "Authorization"
+
+
 def get_azure_ai_entra_token(litellm_params: Mapping[str, object] | None = None) -> str | None:
     """
     Resolve an Entra ID / OAuth access token for an Azure AI Foundry deployment.
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/transformation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afe0b814524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/transformation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, ValidationError
+
+from litellm.llms.azure_ai.common_utils import (
+    AzureFoundryModelInfo,
+    api_key_header_for_base,
+    get_azure_ai_auth_headers,
+)
+from litellm.llms.base_llm.passthrough.transformation import BasePassthroughConfig
+from litellm.types.llms.openai import AllMessageValues
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from httpx import URL, Response
+
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging
+    from litellm.types.utils import CostResponseTypes
+
+
+def strip_leading_model_segment(endpoint: str, model_names: tuple[str, ...]) -> str:
+    path: Final = endpoint.lstrip("/")
+    for model_name in model_names:
+        if not model_name:
+            continue
+        if path == model_name:
+            return ""
+        if path.startswith(f"{model_name}/"):
+            return path[len(model_name) + 1 :]
+    return path
+
+
+class PassthroughMetadata(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore")
+
+    model_group: str = ""
+
+
+def model_group_from(litellm_params: Mapping[str, object]) -> str:
+    try:
+        return PassthroughMetadata.model_validate(litellm_params.get("litellm_metadata")).model_group
+    except ValidationError:
+        return ""
+
+
+class AzureAIPassthroughConfig(AzureFoundryModelInfo, BasePassthroughConfig):
+    def is_streaming_request(self, endpoint: str, request_data: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
+        return request_data.get("stream") is True
+
+    def get_complete_url(
+        self,
+        api_base: str | None,
+        api_key: str | None,
+        model: str,
+        endpoint: str,
+        request_query_params: Mapping[str, object] | None,
+        litellm_params: Mapping[str, object],
+    ) -> tuple[URL, str]:
+        base_target_url: Final = self.get_api_base(api_base)
+        if base_target_url is None:
+            raise ValueError("Azure AI api base not found: set `api_base` on the deployment or AZURE_AI_API_BASE")
+
+        native_endpoint: Final = strip_leading_model_segment(endpoint, (model, model_group_from(litellm_params)))
+        return (
+            self.format_url(native_endpoint, base_target_url, request_query_params),
+            base_target_url,
+        )
+
+    def validate_environment(
+        self,
+        headers: Mapping[str, str],
+        model: str,
+        messages: Sequence[AllMessageValues],
+        optional_params: Mapping[str, object],
+        litellm_params: Mapping[str, object],
+        api_key: str | None = None,
+        api_base: str | None = None,
+    ) -> dict[str, str]:  # mutable-ok: base class contract returns dict for httpx
+        auth_headers: Final = get_azure_ai_auth_headers(
+            api_key=api_key,
+            litellm_params=litellm_params,
+            api_key_header=api_key_header_for_base(api_base),
+        )
+        return {**headers, **auth_headers}  # mutable-ok: base class contract returns dict for httpx
+
+    def logging_non_streaming_response(
+        self,
+        model: str,
+        custom_llm_provider: str,
+        httpx_response: Response,
+        request_data: Mapping[str, object],
+        logging_obj: Logging,
+        endpoint: str,
+    ) -> CostResponseTypes | None:
+        from litellm.llms.azure.passthrough.transformation import AzurePassthroughConfig
+
+        return AzurePassthroughConfig().logging_non_streaming_response(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]  # the Azure config still types request_data as a bare dict
+            model=model,
+            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+            httpx_response=httpx_response,
+            request_data=dict(request_data),  # mutable-ok: AzurePassthroughConfig wants a dict
+            logging_obj=logging_obj,
+            endpoint=endpoint,
+        )
diff --git a/litellm/llms/base_llm/passthrough/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/base_llm/passthrough/transformation.py
index adbf2e126fb..34533e4c603 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/base_llm/passthrough/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/base_llm/passthrough/transformation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, Optional, Union
 
 from ..base_utils import BaseLLMModelInfo
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class BasePassthroughConfig(BaseLLMModelInfo):
         self,
         endpoint: str,
         base_target_url: str,
-        request_query_params: dict | None,
+        request_query_params: Mapping[str, object] | None,
     ) -> "URL":
         """
         Helper function to add query params to the url
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 6c7611c6236..b84f790287f 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -5051,6 +5051,7 @@ class Router:
                 _, inferred_custom_llm_provider, _, _ = get_llm_provider(
                     model=data["model"],
                     custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                    api_base=data.get("api_base"),
                 )
                 custom_llm_provider = custom_llm_provider or inferred_custom_llm_provider
             except Exception:
@@ -5570,6 +5571,7 @@ class Router:
                 _, inferred_custom_llm_provider, _, _ = get_llm_provider(
                     model=data["model"],
                     custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                    api_base=data.get("api_base"),
                 )
                 custom_llm_provider = custom_llm_provider or inferred_custom_llm_provider
             except Exception:
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 9d20d32d147..0f055308e3d 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -8831,6 +8831,12 @@ class ProviderConfigManager:
             )
 
             return AzurePassthroughConfig()
+        elif LlmProviders.AZURE_AI == provider:
+            from litellm.llms.azure_ai.passthrough.transformation import (
+                AzureAIPassthroughConfig,
+            )
+
+            return AzureAIPassthroughConfig()
         elif LlmProviders.GIGACHAT == provider:
             from litellm.llms.gigachat.passthrough.transformation import (
                 GigaChatPassthroughConfig,
diff --git a/ruff-strict-budget.json b/ruff-strict-budget.json
index 70408ea022b..a011230c2d3 100644
--- a/ruff-strict-budget.json
+++ b/ruff-strict-budget.json
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     "limit": 310
   },
   "SIM103": {
-    "limit": 119
+    "limit": 118
   },
   "SIM113": {
     "limit": 3
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/test_azure_ai_passthrough_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/test_azure_ai_passthrough_transformation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1abbe1a7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/azure_ai/passthrough/test_azure_ai_passthrough_transformation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import json
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+import litellm
+from litellm.llms.azure_ai.passthrough.transformation import AzureAIPassthroughConfig
+from litellm.types.utils import LlmProviders, ModelResponse
+from litellm.utils import ProviderConfigManager
+
+FOUNDRY_BASE = "https://my-resource.services.ai.azure.com"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def clear_azure_ai_env(monkeypatch):
+    for env_var in ("AZURE_AI_API_BASE", "AZURE_AI_API_KEY", "AZURE_AD_TOKEN", "AZURE_API_KEY"):
+        monkeypatch.delenv(env_var, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_base", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "api_key", None)
+
+
+def test_provider_config_manager_resolves_azure_ai_passthrough_config():
+    config = ProviderConfigManager.get_provider_passthrough_config(model="Cohere-parse-v5", provider=LlmProviders.AZURE_AI)
+
+    assert isinstance(config, AzureAIPassthroughConfig)
+
+
+def test_router_model_prefix_is_stripped_and_native_path_kept_verbatim():
+    url, base = AzureAIPassthroughConfig().get_complete_url(
+        api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE,
+        api_key=None,
+        model="Cohere-parse-v5",
+        endpoint="Cohere-parse-v5/providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+        request_query_params=None,
+        litellm_params={},
+    )
+
+    assert str(url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"
+    assert base == FOUNDRY_BASE
+
+
+def test_model_group_prefix_is_stripped_when_router_metadata_names_it():
+    url, _ = AzureAIPassthroughConfig().get_complete_url(
+        api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE,
+        api_key=None,
+        model="Cohere-parse-v5",
+        endpoint="/parse-alias/providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+        request_query_params=None,
+        litellm_params={"litellm_metadata": {"model_group": "parse-alias"}},
+    )
+
+    assert str(url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"
+
+
+def test_model_inside_the_path_stays_and_query_params_are_forwarded():
+    url, _ = AzureAIPassthroughConfig().get_complete_url(
+        api_base=f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/",
+        api_key=None,
+        model="gpt-5.4-mini",
+        endpoint="openai/deployments/gpt-5.4-mini/chat/completions",
+        request_query_params={"api-version": "2024-10-21"},
+        litellm_params={},
+    )
+
+    assert str(url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/openai/deployments/gpt-5.4-mini/chat/completions?api-version=2024-10-21"
+
+
+def test_missing_api_base_raises_instead_of_building_a_relative_url():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="AZURE_AI_API_BASE"):
+        AzureAIPassthroughConfig().get_complete_url(
+            api_base=None,
+            api_key=None,
+            model="Cohere-parse-v5",
+            endpoint="Cohere-parse-v5/providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+            request_query_params=None,
+            litellm_params={},
+        )
+
+
+def _auth_headers(api_key: str | None, api_base: str, litellm_params: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    return AzureAIPassthroughConfig().validate_environment(
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        model="Cohere-parse-v5",
+        messages=[],
+        optional_params={},
+        litellm_params=litellm_params or {},
+        api_key=api_key,
+        api_base=api_base,
+    )
+
+
+def test_foundry_host_gets_the_api_key_header():
+    headers = _auth_headers(api_key="deployment-key", api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE)
+
+    assert headers == {"content-type": "application/json", "api-key": "deployment-key"}
+
+
+def test_serverless_host_gets_a_bearer_token():
+    headers = _auth_headers(api_key="deployment-key", api_base="https://cohere-parse.eastus.models.ai.azure.com")
+
+    assert headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer deployment-key"
+    assert "api-key" not in headers
+
+
+def test_entra_token_is_used_when_the_deployment_has_no_api_key():
+    headers = _auth_headers(api_key=None, api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE, litellm_params={"azure_ad_token": "entra-token"})
+
+    assert headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer entra-token"
+
+
+def test_no_credentials_at_all_raises():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Missing Azure AI credentials"):
+        _auth_headers(api_key=None, api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "request_data, expected",
+    [({"stream": True}, True), ({"stream": False}, False), ({}, False)],
+)
+def test_is_streaming_request_reads_the_stream_flag(request_data, expected):
+    assert AzureAIPassthroughConfig().is_streaming_request(endpoint="models/chat/completions", request_data=request_data) is expected
+
+
+def _chat_completion_response() -> httpx.Response:
+    body = {
+        "id": "chatcmpl-1",
+        "object": "chat.completion",
+        "created": 1700000000,
+        "model": "gpt-5.4-mini",
+        "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "hi"}, "finish_reason": "stop"}],
+        "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 8, "total_tokens": 18},
+    }
+    return httpx.Response(
+        status_code=200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        content=json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8"),
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/models/chat/completions"),
+    )
+
+
+def test_chat_completions_relay_yields_a_model_response_for_cost_tracking():
+    result = AzureAIPassthroughConfig().logging_non_streaming_response(
+        model="gpt-5.4-mini",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        httpx_response=_chat_completion_response(),
+        request_data={"model": "gpt-5.4-mini", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]},
+        logging_obj=MagicMock(),
+        endpoint="models/chat/completions",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, ModelResponse)
+    assert result.choices[0].message.content == "hi"
+    assert result.usage.prompt_tokens == 10
+    assert result.usage.completion_tokens == 8
+
+
+def test_non_chat_relay_yields_no_cost_response():
+    parse_response = httpx.Response(
+        status_code=200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        content=b'{"id":"parse-1","pages":[]}',
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"),
+    )
+
+    result = AzureAIPassthroughConfig().logging_non_streaming_response(
+        model="Cohere-parse-v5",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        httpx_response=parse_response,
+        request_data={"model": "Cohere-parse-v5"},
+        logging_obj=MagicMock(),
+        endpoint="providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+    )
+
+    assert result is None
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py b/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
index 1950c37a12e..546cff18b5d 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
@@ -873,3 +873,118 @@ def test_llm_passthrough_route_propagates_allm_passthrough_route_to_logging_obj(
 
     assert captured_litellm_params.get("allm_passthrough_route") is True
     assert LitellmLogging._is_sync_litellm_request(captured_litellm_params) is False
+
+
+FOUNDRY_BASE = "https://my-resource.services.ai.azure.com"
+
+
+def _foundry_parse_response() -> httpx.Response:
+    return httpx.Response(
+        status_code=200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        content=b'{"id":"parse-1","pages":[]}',
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"),
+    )
+
+
+def test_azure_ai_relay_reaches_the_deployment_with_its_own_credential():
+    """
+    Regression for LIT-7022: azure_ai had no passthrough config, so every
+    /azure_ai/<router-model>/<native-path> relay raised "Provider azure_ai not found"
+    before a request was built.
+    """
+    client = HTTPHandler()
+
+    with patch.object(client.client, "send", return_value=_foundry_parse_response()) as mock_send:
+        response = llm_passthrough_route(
+            model="azure_ai/Cohere-parse-v5",
+            endpoint="Cohere-parse-v5/providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+            method="POST",
+            custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+            api_base=FOUNDRY_BASE,
+            api_key="deployment-key",
+            json={"model": "Cohere-parse-v5", "document": {"type": "image_url", "image_url": "https://x/y.png"}},
+            client=client,
+            litellm_logging_obj=MagicMock(),
+        )
+
+    sent = mock_send.call_args.kwargs["request"]
+    assert str(sent.url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"
+    assert sent.headers["api-key"] == "deployment-key"
+    assert json.loads(sent.content)["model"] == "Cohere-parse-v5"
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_router_relays_azure_ai_model_through_the_deployment_api_base():
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "foundry-parse",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "azure_ai/Cohere-parse-v5",
+                    "api_base": FOUNDRY_BASE,
+                    "api_key": "deployment-key",
+                },
+            }
+        ]
+    )
+    async_client = AsyncHTTPHandler()
+
+    with patch.object(async_client.client, "send", AsyncMock(return_value=_foundry_parse_response())) as mock_send:
+        response = await router.allm_passthrough_route(
+            model="foundry-parse",
+            method="POST",
+            endpoint="foundry-parse/providers/cohere/v2/parse",
+            json={"model": "foundry-parse", "document": {"type": "image_url", "image_url": "https://x/y.png"}},
+            client=async_client,
+        )
+
+    sent = mock_send.call_args.kwargs["request"]
+    assert str(sent.url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/providers/cohere/v2/parse"
+    assert sent.headers["api-key"] == "deployment-key"
+    assert json.loads(sent.content)["model"] == "Cohere-parse-v5"
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_router_relays_an_openai_model_on_a_foundry_base_as_azure_ai(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("AZURE_AI_API_BASE", "https://unrelated.openai.azure.com")
+    router = litellm.Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "foundry-gpt",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "azure_ai/gpt-5.4-mini",
+                    "api_base": FOUNDRY_BASE,
+                    "api_key": "deployment-key",
+                },
+            }
+        ]
+    )
+    async_client = AsyncHTTPHandler()
+    upstream = httpx.Response(
+        status_code=200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        content=(
+            b'{"id":"chatcmpl-1","object":"chat.completion","model":"gpt-5.4-mini",'
+            b'"choices":[{"index":0,"finish_reason":"stop","message":{"role":"assistant","content":"hi"}}],'
+            b'"usage":{"prompt_tokens":1,"completion_tokens":1,"total_tokens":2}}'
+        ),
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/models/chat/completions"),
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(async_client.client, "send", AsyncMock(return_value=upstream)) as mock_send:
+        await router.allm_passthrough_route(
+            model="foundry-gpt",
+            method="POST",
+            endpoint="foundry-gpt/models/chat/completions",
+            request_query_params={"api-version": "2024-05-01-preview"},
+            json={"model": "foundry-gpt", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]},
+            client=async_client,
+        )
+
+    sent = mock_send.call_args.kwargs["request"]
+    assert str(sent.url) == f"{FOUNDRY_BASE}/models/chat/completions?api-version=2024-05-01-preview"
+    assert sent.headers["api-key"] == "deployment-key"
+    assert json.loads(sent.content)["model"] == "gpt-5.4-mini"
diff --git a/type-discipline-budget.json b/type-discipline-budget.json
index 3d01c08e8eb..7d12721175f 100644
--- a/type-discipline-budget.json
+++ b/type-discipline-budget.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "LIT001": {
-    "limit": 22326
+    "limit": 22325
   },
   "LIT002": {
     "limit": 26748