diff --git a/litellm/integrations/custom_logger.py b/litellm/integrations/custom_logger.py
index cccabf53e51..aff993d218a 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/custom_logger.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/custom_logger.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class CustomLogger:  # https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/observability/custom_callbac
         self,
         model: str,
         request_kwargs: Dict,
-        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
         input: Optional[Union[str, List]] = None,
         specific_deployment: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> Optional[PreRoutingHookResponse]:
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 9185e437a3a..886e5637039 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -9612,7 +9612,7 @@ class Router:
         self,
         model: str,
         request_kwargs: Dict,
-        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
         input: Optional[Union[str, List]] = None,
         specific_deployment: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> Optional[PreRoutingHookResponse]:
diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/auto_router/auto_router.py b/litellm/router_strategy/auto_router/auto_router.py
index 6a786115193..bab68365a53 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/auto_router/auto_router.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/auto_router/auto_router.py
@@ -81,11 +81,34 @@ class AutoRouter(CustomLogger):
             )
         return auto_router_routes
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_text_from_messages(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
+        """
+        Extract text content from the last user message for routing.
+
+        Handles tool-call conversations (where the last message may be an
+        assistant or tool message with non-string content) and multimodal
+        messages (where content is a list of content blocks).
+        """
+        for msg in reversed(messages):
+            if msg.get("role") == "user":
+                content = msg.get("content")
+                if content is None:
+                    return ""
+                if isinstance(content, list):
+                    return " ".join(
+                        block.get("text", "")
+                        for block in content
+                        if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get("type") == "text"
+                    )
+                return str(content)
+        return ""
+
     async def async_pre_routing_hook(
         self,
         model: str,
         request_kwargs: Dict,
-        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
         input: Optional[Union[str, List]] = None,
         specific_deployment: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> Optional["PreRoutingHookResponse"]:
@@ -119,8 +142,7 @@ class AutoRouter(CustomLogger):
                 auto_sync=self.auto_sync_value,
             )
 
-        user_message: Dict[str, str] = messages[-1]
-        message_content: str = user_message.get("content", "")
+        message_content = self._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
         route_choice: Optional[Union[RouteChoice, List[RouteChoice]]] = self.routelayer(
             text=message_content
         )
diff --git a/repro_14633.py b/repro_14633.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..435454345ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repro_14633.py
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+"""
+Reproduction script for https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/14633
+
+The auto-router fails when messages contain tool calls because:
+1. Function signatures use Dict[str, str] but tool call messages have non-string values
+   (tool_calls is a list of dicts, content can be None)
+2. The content extraction in auto_router.py doesn't handle None content from
+   assistant messages with tool_calls
+
+Run with: uv run python repro_14633.py
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from litellm.types.router import PreRoutingHookResponse
+
+
+def test_pre_routing_hook_response_with_tool_calls():
+    """
+    The PreRoutingHookResponse model was fixed to use Dict[str, Any].
+    This test confirms it no longer rejects messages with tool_calls.
+    """
+    messages_with_tool_calls = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in NYC?"},
+        {
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "content": None,
+            "tool_calls": [
+                {
+                    "id": "call_abc123",
+                    "type": "function",
+                    "function": {
+                        "name": "get_weather",
+                        "arguments": '{"location": "NYC"}',
+                    },
+                }
+            ],
+        },
+        {
+            "role": "tool",
+            "tool_call_id": "call_abc123",
+            "content": "The weather in NYC is 72°F and sunny.",
+        },
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Now tell me about London"},
+    ]
+
+    response = PreRoutingHookResponse(
+        model="test-model",
+        messages=messages_with_tool_calls,
+    )
+    print("[PASS] PreRoutingHookResponse accepts messages with tool_calls (Dict[str, Any])")
+    print(f"  model={response.model}, num_messages={len(response.messages)}")
+
+
+def test_content_extraction_fixed():
+    """
+    Verifies the content extraction fix in auto_router.py.
+
+    Previously, when the last message was an assistant message with tool_calls
+    and content=None, the code would pass None to the semantic router.
+
+    Now _extract_text_from_messages finds the last *user* message and handles
+    None content and multimodal (list) content correctly.
+    """
+    from litellm.router_strategy.auto_router.auto_router import AutoRouter
+
+    messages_ending_with_assistant_tool_call = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in NYC?"},
+        {
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "content": None,
+            "tool_calls": [
+                {
+                    "id": "call_abc123",
+                    "type": "function",
+                    "function": {
+                        "name": "get_weather",
+                        "arguments": '{"location": "NYC"}',
+                    },
+                }
+            ],
+        },
+    ]
+
+    message_content = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(
+        messages_ending_with_assistant_tool_call
+    )
+
+    print(f"\n[CHECK] Content extraction from conversation with tool_calls:")
+    print(f"  _extract_text_from_messages result = {repr(message_content)}")
+
+    if message_content == "What's the weather in NYC?":
+        print("  --> FIXED: correctly extracts last user message")
+        return False
+    else:
+        print(f"  --> BUG: expected 'What's the weather in NYC?', got {repr(message_content)}")
+        return True
+
+
+def test_type_annotation_mismatch():
+    """
+    Shows that function signatures still declare messages as Dict[str, str]
+    even though messages with tool_calls have non-string values.
+
+    This is a type-hint issue (not a runtime error), but it causes static
+    analysis tools and IDEs to flag valid tool-call messages as type errors.
+    """
+    import inspect
+
+    # Check the auto_router function signature
+    from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+
+    sig = inspect.signature(CustomLogger.async_pre_routing_hook)
+    messages_param = sig.parameters["messages"]
+    annotation = str(messages_param.annotation)
+
+    print(f"\n[INFO] Type annotation check:")
+    print(f"  CustomLogger.async_pre_routing_hook 'messages' param: {annotation}")
+
+    if "Dict[str, str]" in annotation:
+        print("  --> ISSUE: Still uses Dict[str, str], should be Dict[str, Any]")
+        print("  This means tool_call messages (with list/dict values) violate the type contract")
+        return True
+    else:
+        print("  --> OK: Uses Dict[str, Any]")
+        return False
+
+
+def test_multimodal_content_fixed():
+    """
+    Verifies that multimodal messages (content as a list of blocks) are
+    handled correctly by _extract_text_from_messages.
+    """
+    from litellm.router_strategy.auto_router.auto_router import AutoRouter
+
+    messages_with_image = [
+        {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "What's in this image?"},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/image.png"},
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+    ]
+
+    message_content = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages_with_image)
+
+    print(f"\n[CHECK] Content extraction from multimodal message:")
+    print(f"  type(message_content) = {type(message_content).__name__}")
+    print(f"  message_content = {repr(message_content)}")
+
+    if isinstance(message_content, str) and message_content == "What's in this image?":
+        print("  --> FIXED: correctly extracts text from multimodal content")
+        return False
+    else:
+        print(f"  --> BUG: expected string, got {type(message_content).__name__}")
+        return True
+
+
+def main():
+    print("=" * 70)
+    print("Reproduction for GitHub Issue #14633")
+    print("AutoRouter fails with tool call messages")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+    bugs_found = 0
+
+    # Test 1: PreRoutingHookResponse type (partially fixed)
+    test_pre_routing_hook_response_with_tool_calls()
+
+    # Test 2: Content extraction fix (None content)
+    if test_content_extraction_fixed():
+        bugs_found += 1
+
+    # Test 3: Type annotation fix
+    if test_type_annotation_mismatch():
+        bugs_found += 1
+
+    # Test 4: Multimodal content fix
+    if test_multimodal_content_fixed():
+        bugs_found += 1
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
+    if bugs_found == 0:
+        print("ALL CHECKS PASSED - all bugs have been fixed!")
+    else:
+        print(f"Results: {bugs_found} bug(s) remaining")
+    print("=" * 70)
+
+    sys.exit(1 if bugs_found > 0 else 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_auto_router.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_auto_router.py
index 78d128e0044..d292a9ccb77 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_auto_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_auto_router.py
@@ -12,7 +12,146 @@ sys.path.insert(
 
 from litellm.router_strategy.auto_router.auto_router import AutoRouter
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip(reason="Skipping auto router tests - beta feature")
+pytestmark_skip_beta = pytest.mark.skip(reason="Skipping auto router tests - beta feature")
+
+
+class TestExtractTextFromMessages:
+    """Tests for AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages (no semantic_router dependency)."""
+
+    def test_should_extract_content_from_simple_user_message(self):
+        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world"}]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "Hello world"
+
+    def test_should_extract_last_user_message_from_tool_call_conversation(self):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in NYC?"},
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": None,
+                "tool_calls": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "call_abc123",
+                        "type": "function",
+                        "function": {
+                            "name": "get_weather",
+                            "arguments": '{"location": "NYC"}',
+                        },
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            {
+                "role": "tool",
+                "tool_call_id": "call_abc123",
+                "content": "72°F and sunny",
+            },
+            {"role": "user", "content": "Now tell me about London"},
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "Now tell me about London"
+
+    def test_should_find_user_message_when_last_message_is_assistant_with_tool_calls(
+        self,
+    ):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather?"},
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": None,
+                "tool_calls": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "call_abc",
+                        "type": "function",
+                        "function": {"name": "get_weather", "arguments": "{}"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "What's the weather?"
+
+    def test_should_find_user_message_when_last_message_is_tool_response(self):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather?"},
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": None,
+                "tool_calls": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "call_abc",
+                        "type": "function",
+                        "function": {"name": "get_weather", "arguments": "{}"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            {
+                "role": "tool",
+                "tool_call_id": "call_abc",
+                "content": "72°F and sunny",
+            },
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "What's the weather?"
+
+    def test_should_handle_multimodal_content_list(self):
+        messages = [
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": [
+                    {"type": "text", "text": "What's in this image?"},
+                    {
+                        "type": "image_url",
+                        "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/img.png"},
+                    },
+                ],
+            }
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "What's in this image?"
+
+    def test_should_handle_multimodal_content_with_multiple_text_blocks(self):
+        messages = [
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": [
+                    {"type": "text", "text": "First part"},
+                    {"type": "text", "text": "Second part"},
+                    {
+                        "type": "image_url",
+                        "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/img.png"},
+                    },
+                ],
+            }
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == "First part Second part"
+
+    def test_should_return_empty_string_when_user_content_is_none(self):
+        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": None}]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == ""
+
+    def test_should_return_empty_string_when_no_user_messages(self):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant"},
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": None,
+                "tool_calls": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "call_abc",
+                        "type": "function",
+                        "function": {"name": "get_weather", "arguments": "{}"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+        ]
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages(messages)
+        assert result == ""
+
+    def test_should_return_empty_string_for_empty_messages_list(self):
+        result = AutoRouter._extract_text_from_messages([])
+        assert result == ""
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -41,6 +180,7 @@ def mock_route_choice():
     return mock_choice
 
 
+@pytestmark_skip_beta
 class TestAutoRouter:
     """Test class for AutoRouter methods."""
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 04224dc5374..b0b0945fcc1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ resolution-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-04-08T16:01:27.663665Z"
+exclude-newer = "2026-04-13T02:23:17.47714Z"
 exclude-newer-span = "P3D"
 
 [manifest]
@@ -3602,7 +3602,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.83.6"
+version = "1.83.8"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },