diff --git a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
index bf09b3c22cb..29b46c81cbb 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/litellm-rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1886,6 +1886,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.28",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "thiserror 2.0.19",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/Cargo.toml b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/Cargo.toml
index a4fdbc4f754..d998b647960 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ litellm-auth.workspace = true
 moka = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
 
 aws-config = { version = "1.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls", "rt-tokio"] }
 aws-credential-types = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["hardcoded-credentials"] }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/aws.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/aws.rs
index 32035c572df..3b6b73bc6a9 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/aws.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/aws.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ use aws_sigv4::http_request::{
 use aws_sigv4::sign::v4;
 use aws_smithy_runtime_api::client::identity::Identity;
 
-use litellm_auth::Error;
-
+use super::Error;
 use super::constants::{
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_EXTERNAL_ID, AWS_PROFILE_NAME, AWS_REGION, AWS_REGION_NAME,
     AWS_ROLE_ARN, AWS_ROLE_NAME, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_NAME, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN,
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/error.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f80fbce456e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, ThisError, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("AWS profile credentials failed: {0}")]
+    AwsProfile(String),
+    #[error("AWS default credentials failed: {0}")]
+    AwsDefaultChain(String),
+    #[error("AWS role credentials failed: {0}")]
+    AwsAssumeRole(String),
+    #[error("AWS web identity credentials failed: {0}")]
+    AwsWebIdentity(String),
+    #[error("AWS web identity expiration was invalid: {0}")]
+    AwsWebIdentityExpiration(String),
+    #[error("AWS signing parameters failed: {0}")]
+    AwsSigningParameters(String),
+    #[error("AWS signable request failed: {0}")]
+    AwsSignableRequest(String),
+    #[error("AWS request signing failed: {0}")]
+    AwsSigning(String),
+    #[error("AWS web identity response had no credentials")]
+    AwsMissingWebIdentityCredentials,
+}
+
+impl From<Error> for litellm_auth::Error {
+    fn from(error: Error) -> Self {
+        Self::ProviderAuthentication(error.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Error;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn converts_to_shared_auth_error_without_losing_context() {
+        let error = litellm_auth::Error::from(Error::AwsProfile("profile not found".into()));
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            error,
+            litellm_auth::Error::ProviderAuthentication(
+                "AWS profile credentials failed: profile not found".into()
+            )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/lib.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/lib.rs
index aaf1c713067..264592ccb2e 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/lib.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/auth-aws/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 mod aws;
 pub mod constants;
+mod error;
 
 pub use aws::*;
+pub use error::Error;
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/auth/src/error.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/auth/src/error.rs
index 9189eb44676..4bbd707b16e 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/auth/src/error.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/auth/src/error.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     AzureTokenAcquisition(String),
     #[error("credential acquisition failed: Vertex AI credentials: {0}")]
     VertexTokenAcquisition(String),
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    ProviderAuthentication(String),
     #[error("credential acquisition failed: {}", .0.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("; "))]
     CredentialChain(Vec<Error>),
     #[error("credential caller failed: credential caller returned an empty credential")]
@@ -107,24 +109,6 @@ pub enum Error {
         "Missing OpenAI API Key - a Responses WebSocket call is being made but no key was passed via params or the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable"
     )]
     MissingOpenAiResponsesApiKey,
-    #[error("AWS profile credentials failed: {0}")]
-    AwsProfile(String),
-    #[error("AWS default credentials failed: {0}")]
-    AwsDefaultChain(String),
-    #[error("AWS role credentials failed: {0}")]
-    AwsAssumeRole(String),
-    #[error("AWS web identity credentials failed: {0}")]
-    AwsWebIdentity(String),
-    #[error("AWS web identity expiration was invalid: {0}")]
-    AwsWebIdentityExpiration(String),
-    #[error("AWS signing parameters failed: {0}")]
-    AwsSigningParameters(String),
-    #[error("AWS signable request failed: {0}")]
-    AwsSignableRequest(String),
-    #[error("AWS request signing failed: {0}")]
-    AwsSigning(String),
-    #[error("AWS web identity response had no credentials")]
-    AwsMissingWebIdentityCredentials,
     #[error("invalid authentication header")]
     InvalidHeader,
 }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/error.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/error.rs
index 359ad56c336..74291a03547 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/error.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/error.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ impl From<crate::AuthError> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<litellm_auth_aws::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: litellm_auth_aws::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::from(crate::AuthError::from(error))
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn json_type_name(value: &serde_json::Value) -> &'static str {
     match value {
         serde_json::Value::Null => "null",