diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index 022873214a8..8a28106810f 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ def exception_type(
                 or custom_llm_provider in litellm.openai_compatible_providers
                 or custom_llm_provider == "mistral"
                 or custom_llm_provider == "runwayml"
-            ):
+            ) and (hasattr(original_exception, "request") or hasattr(original_exception, "status_code")):
                 _map_openai_exception(
                     model=model,
                     original_exception=mappable_exception,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
index 9b2568e390f..491b76bef3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -972,6 +972,35 @@ def test_an_unmapped_exception_with_no_model_or_provider_is_a_connection_error(q
     assert "boom" in raised.value.message
 
 
+def test_unmapped_sdk_exception_includes_bug_report_link(quiet_exception_mapping):
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError) as raised:
+        exception_type(
+            model="gpt-4o",
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
+            original_exception=ValueError("boom"),
+            completion_kwargs={},
+            extra_kwargs={},
+        )
+
+    assert "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/new?" in str(raised.value)
+    assert "ValueError" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+def test_unmapped_sdk_exception_bug_report_link_can_be_disabled(quiet_exception_mapping, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("LITELLM_DISABLE_BUG_REPORT_LINK", "true")
+
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError) as raised:
+        exception_type(
+            model="gpt-4o",
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
+            original_exception=ValueError("boom"),
+            completion_kwargs={},
+            extra_kwargs={},
+        )
+
+    assert "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/new?" not in str(raised.value)
+
+
 def _raise_and_map(model: str | None, original_exception: Exception, custom_llm_provider: str | None) -> None:
     """Calls exception_type() from inside the except block, as litellm/main.py does,
     so traceback.format_exc() has a real stack."""