diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
index a25591193fe..ef0331e862b 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/guardrail_attachments.py
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ def _latest_user_message(messages: Sequence[Mapping[str, object]]) -> tuple[Mapp
 
 
 def _message_blocks(message: Mapping[str, object], nested_tool_blocks: _NestedToolBlocks) -> tuple[_Block, ...]:
-    if message.get("type") in _TOOL_OUTPUT_ITEM_TYPES:
+    message_type: Final = message.get("type")
+    if isinstance(message_type, str) and message_type in _TOOL_OUTPUT_ITEM_TYPES:
         output: Final = message.get("output")
         blocks: Final = (output,) if _is_mapping(output) else _mappings(output)
         return tuple(_Block(block, from_tool=True) for block in blocks)
-    from_tool_message: Final = message.get("role") in _TOOL_ROLES
+    role: Final = message.get("role")
+    from_tool_message: Final = isinstance(role, str) and role in _TOOL_ROLES
     return tuple(
         entry
         for block in _mappings(message.get("content"))
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ def _classify_converse_block(block: Mapping[str, object]) -> _Classified:
         mime: Final = f"image/{image_format}" if isinstance(image_format, str) else None
         return _classify_base64(mime, encoded, "image")
     for key in _CONVERSE_UNSCANNABLE_KEYS:
-        if key in block:
+        if block.get(key) is not None:
             return _Unscannable(key)
     return None
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
index 977e95ae01c..ab1fb28714f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -1279,7 +1279,9 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
         headers_dict: Final = dict(prepared_request.headers)  # mutable-ok: the masking helper requires a dict
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             "Bedrock AI request body: %s, url %s, headers: %s",
-            {**bedrock_request_data, "content": _without_image_bytes(content)},
+            {**bedrock_request_data, "content": _without_image_bytes(content)}
+            if any("image" in item for item in content)
+            else bedrock_request_data,
             prepared_request.url,
             _get_masked_values(headers_dict),
         )
@@ -2564,8 +2566,11 @@ class BedrockGuardrail(CustomGuardrail, BaseAWSLLM):
         Documents, files, audio, video, and images sent by URL, by file id or in another format block the
         request unless ``skip_unscannable_attachments`` is set. ``checks`` mode calls the text-only
         InvokeGuardrailChecks API, so there every image counts as unscannable too. A failed ApplyGuardrail
-        call raises the same error the text scan of the same hook raises.
+        call raises the same error the text scan of the same hook raises. A subclass that overrides
+        ``apply_guardrail`` skips this scan.
         """
+        if type(self).apply_guardrail is not BedrockGuardrail.apply_guardrail:
+            return
         attachments: Final = find_request_attachments(
             data,
             call_type,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
index 4c78703ea38..7cf6a1774aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_bedrock_guardrails.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Unit tests for Bedrock Guardrails
 
 import json
 import asyncio
+import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import sys
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ from fastapi import HTTPException
 
 
 import litellm
+from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
 from litellm.exceptions import ModifyResponseException
 from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
@@ -6374,3 +6376,59 @@ async def test_attachment_scan_debug_log_omits_image_bytes():
     logged = " ".join(str(call.args) for call in mock_debug.call_args_list)
     assert _ATTACHMENT_PNG_B64 not in logged
     assert f"<{len(_ATTACHMENT_PNG_B64)} base64 chars>" in logged
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_only_debug_log_prints_the_signed_request_body():
+    guardrail = _attachment_guardrail()
+    post_patch, credentials_patch, prepare_patch = _patched_bedrock_post(
+        guardrail, _passing_bedrock_httpx_response("ok")
+    )
+    captured_records: list[logging.LogRecord] = []
+
+    class _RecordingHandler(logging.Handler):
+        def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> None:
+            captured_records.append(record)
+
+    handler = _RecordingHandler(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    previous_level = verbose_proxy_logger.level
+    verbose_proxy_logger.addHandler(handler)
+    verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    try:
+        with post_patch, credentials_patch, prepare_patch:
+            await guardrail.make_bedrock_api_request(
+                source="INPUT", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}], request_data={}
+            )
+    finally:
+        verbose_proxy_logger.removeHandler(handler)
+        verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(previous_level)
+
+    body_lines = [
+        record.getMessage() for record in captured_records if record.getMessage().startswith("Bedrock AI request body")
+    ]
+    assert len(body_lines) == 1
+    assert "'content': ({'text': {'text': 'hello'}},)" in body_lines[0]
+
+
+class _CustomApplyGuardrail(BedrockGuardrail):
+    async def apply_guardrail(self, inputs, request_data, input_type, logging_obj=None):
+        return inputs
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_attachment_scan_skipped_when_subclass_overrides_apply_guardrail():
+    guardrail = _CustomApplyGuardrail(
+        guardrail_name="bedrock-attachments", guardrailIdentifier="gid", guardrailVersion="DRAFT"
+    )
+
+    with patch.object(guardrail.async_handler, "post", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_post:
+        pdf_result = await guardrail.async_scan_request_attachments(
+            data=_pdf_chat_request(), call_type=CallTypes.acompletion.value
+        )
+        image_result = await guardrail.async_scan_request_attachments(
+            data=_image_only_chat_request(), call_type=CallTypes.acompletion.value
+        )
+
+    assert pdf_result is None
+    assert image_result is None
+    assert mock_post.await_count == 0
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
index 6822fd33492..032d1b05273 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/test_guardrail_attachments.py
@@ -373,3 +373,27 @@ def test_latest_user_message_only():
 
     assert list(found.images) == [_png_item()]
     assert found.unscannable == ()
+
+
+def test_non_string_role_and_type_do_not_raise():
+    data = {
+        "messages": [
+            {"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "image_url", "image_url": f"data:image/png;base64,{PNG_B64}"}]},
+            {"role": ["tool"], "type": {"x": 1}, "content": [{"type": "file", "file": {"file_id": "f"}}]},
+            {"role": {"r": "tool"}, "type": ["function_call_output"], "content": [{"type": "file", "file": {}}]},
+        ]
+    }
+
+    found = find_request_attachments(data, CallTypes.acompletion.value, True, False)
+
+    assert list(found.images) == [_png_item()]
+    assert found.unscannable == ("file", "file")
+
+
+def test_converse_null_document_is_not_an_attachment():
+    data = _converse(_png_item(), {"document": None}, {"video": None, "audio": None}, {"audio": {"format": "mp3"}})
+
+    found = find_request_attachments(data, CallTypes.allm_passthrough_route.value, False, False)
+
+    assert list(found.images) == [_png_item()]
+    assert found.unscannable == ("audio",)