diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 02027c9bd48..facb4978ae5 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -421,6 +421,36 @@ def _anthropic_stream_should_decline_fallback(has_generated_content: bool, error
     return has_generated_content or not error.is_pre_first_chunk
 
 
+def _anthropic_stream_raised_error_status(error: Exception) -> int | None:
+    raw_status: Final = getattr(error, "status_code", None)
+    if isinstance(raw_status, int):
+        return raw_status
+    if isinstance(raw_status, str) and raw_status.isdigit():
+        return int(raw_status)
+    response_status: Final = getattr(getattr(error, "response", None), "status_code", None)
+    return response_status if isinstance(response_status, int) else None
+
+
+def _anthropic_stream_fallback_error_for_raised(
+    error: Exception, model: str, has_generated_content: bool
+) -> "MidStreamFallbackError | None":
+    """Same gate as a detected SSE error event; None means the raise propagates unchanged."""
+    from litellm.exceptions import MidStreamFallbackError
+
+    if has_generated_content:
+        return None
+    status_code: Final = _anthropic_stream_raised_error_status(error)
+    if status_code is not None and not _is_retriable_anthropic_status(status_code):
+        return None
+    return MidStreamFallbackError(
+        message=str(error),
+        model=model,
+        llm_provider="anthropic",
+        original_exception=error,
+        is_pre_first_chunk=True,
+    )
+
+
 def _anthropic_stream_commits_now(chunk: object, has_generated_content: bool, buffered_chunk_count: int) -> bool:
     """
     Whether `chunk` should make Router._aanthropic_messages_streaming_iterator
@@ -5065,14 +5095,15 @@ class Router:
                     yield chunk
                 for buffered_chunk in buffered_lifecycle_chunks:
                     yield buffered_chunk
-            except MidStreamFallbackError as e:
-                if _anthropic_stream_should_decline_fallback(has_generated_content, e):
-                    for buffered_chunk in buffered_lifecycle_chunks:
-                        yield buffered_chunk
-                    if e.original_exception is not None:
-                        raise e.original_exception from e
-                    raise
-                async for item in self._aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt(e, initial_kwargs, wrapper):
+            except Exception as stream_error:  # noqa: BLE001  # any raised provider error must reach the fallback gate
+                async for item in self._aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error(
+                    stream_error,
+                    has_generated_content,
+                    buffered_lifecycle_chunks,
+                    model,
+                    initial_kwargs,
+                    wrapper,
+                ):
                     yield item
             finally:
                 with anyio.CancelScope(shield=True), contextlib.suppress(BaseException):
@@ -5084,6 +5115,36 @@ class Router:
         wrapper: Final = FallbackAwareAnthropicMessagesStream(stream_with_fallbacks(), source_iterator)
         return wrapper
 
+    async def _aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error(
+        self,
+        stream_error: Exception,
+        has_generated_content: bool,
+        buffered_lifecycle_chunks: tuple[bytes, ...],
+        model: str,
+        initial_kwargs: dict[str, Any],  # mutable-ok: handed to _aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt, which mutates it
+        wrapper: "FallbackAwareAnthropicMessagesStream",
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[bytes, None]:
+        """Turns a source-iterator failure into a fallback attempt or the error reaching the caller."""
+        from litellm.exceptions import MidStreamFallbackError
+
+        if isinstance(stream_error, MidStreamFallbackError) and _anthropic_stream_should_decline_fallback(
+            has_generated_content, stream_error
+        ):
+            for buffered_chunk in buffered_lifecycle_chunks:
+                yield buffered_chunk
+            if stream_error.original_exception is not None:
+                raise stream_error.original_exception from stream_error
+            raise stream_error
+        fallback_error: Final = (
+            stream_error
+            if isinstance(stream_error, MidStreamFallbackError)
+            else _anthropic_stream_fallback_error_for_raised(stream_error, model, has_generated_content)
+        )
+        if fallback_error is None:
+            raise stream_error
+        async for item in self._aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt(fallback_error, initial_kwargs, wrapper):
+            yield item
+
     async def _aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt(
         self,
         e: "MidStreamFallbackError",
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
index 779f0bd8e56..2948568198f 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_router.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import threading
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import httpx
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import litellm
 from litellm import Router
 from litellm.exceptions import MidStreamFallbackError
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+from litellm.llms.bedrock.common_utils import BedrockError
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.experimental_pass_through.messages.agentic_streaming_iterator import (
     SERVER_FULFILLED_TOOL_LEAK_ERROR_SSE_BYTES,
 )
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ from litellm.router import (
     MAX_BUFFERED_PRE_CONTENT_ANTHROPIC_CHUNKS,
     FallbackAwareAnthropicMessagesStream,
     _anthropic_stream_commits_now,
+    _anthropic_stream_fallback_error_for_raised,
+    _anthropic_stream_raised_error_status,
     _anthropic_stream_should_decline_fallback,
     _anthropic_stream_error_is_gateway_verdict,
     _anthropic_stream_forwards_ping_live,
@@ -10224,6 +10228,214 @@ async def test_anthropic_messages_fallback_also_catches_raised_midstream_error()
     assert mock_fallback.await_args.kwargs["e"] is raised_error
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "raised_error",
+    [
+        BedrockError(status_code=503, message='serviceUnavailableException {"message": "Service unavailable"}'),
+        BedrockError(status_code=500, message='internalServerException {"message": "Internal error"}'),
+        BedrockError(status_code=429, message='throttlingException {"message": "Too many requests"}'),
+        httpx.ReadError("connection reset by upstream"),
+    ],
+    ids=["503", "500", "429", "transport-drop"],
+)
+async def test_anthropic_messages_raised_provider_error_before_content_triggers_fallback(raised_error):
+    """A retriable raise before content falls over exactly like a detected SSE error event."""
+    router = _anthropic_messages_make_router()
+    source = _AnthropicMessagesRaisingByteStream([_anthropic_messages_message_start_chunk()], raised_error)
+    fallback_stream = _AnthropicMessagesFallbackByteStream([_anthropic_messages_content_chunk("fallback answer")])
+
+    with patch.object(
+        router,
+        "async_function_with_fallbacks_common_utils",
+        new=AsyncMock(return_value=fallback_stream),
+    ) as mock_fallback:
+        wrapped = await router._aanthropic_messages_streaming_iterator(
+            response=source,
+            initial_kwargs={"model": "primary"},
+        )
+        collected = [chunk async for chunk in wrapped]
+
+    assert collected == [_anthropic_messages_content_chunk("fallback answer")]
+    mock_fallback.assert_awaited_once()
+    converted = mock_fallback.await_args.kwargs["e"]
+    assert isinstance(converted, MidStreamFallbackError)
+    assert converted.original_exception is raised_error
+    assert converted.is_pre_first_chunk is True
+    assert source.closed is True
+
+
+class _AnthropicMessagesStringStatusError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__("bad request")
+        self.status_code = "400"
+
+
+class _AnthropicMessagesResponseOnlyStatusError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__("bad request")
+        self.response = SimpleNamespace(status_code=400)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "raised_error",
+    [
+        BedrockError(status_code=400, message='validationException {"message": "Malformed input"}'),
+        BedrockError(status_code=424, message='modelStreamErrorException {"message": "Model stream error"}'),
+        _AnthropicMessagesStringStatusError(),
+        _AnthropicMessagesResponseOnlyStatusError(),
+    ],
+    ids=["400", "424", "str-400", "response-only-400"],
+)
+async def test_anthropic_messages_raised_non_retriable_provider_error_propagates_unchanged(raised_error):
+    """A raised client error reaches the caller as the same exception, nothing flushed, no fallback."""
+    router = _anthropic_messages_make_router()
+    source = _AnthropicMessagesRaisingByteStream([_anthropic_messages_message_start_chunk()], raised_error)
+
+    with patch.object(
+        router,
+        "async_function_with_fallbacks_common_utils",
+        new=AsyncMock(),
+    ) as mock_fallback:
+        wrapped = await router._aanthropic_messages_streaming_iterator(
+            response=source,
+            initial_kwargs={"model": "primary"},
+        )
+        collected = []
+
+        async def _consume():
+            async for chunk in wrapped:
+                collected.append(chunk)
+
+        with pytest.raises(type(raised_error)) as exc_info:
+            await _consume()
+
+    assert collected == []
+    assert exc_info.value is raised_error
+    mock_fallback.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_anthropic_messages_raised_provider_error_after_content_propagates_unchanged():
+    """A raise after content propagates unchanged even when its status is retriable."""
+    router = _anthropic_messages_make_router()
+    content = _anthropic_messages_content_chunk("partial answer")
+    raised_error = BedrockError(
+        status_code=503, message='serviceUnavailableException {"message": "Service unavailable"}'
+    )
+    source = _AnthropicMessagesRaisingByteStream([content], raised_error)
+
+    with patch.object(
+        router,
+        "async_function_with_fallbacks_common_utils",
+        new=AsyncMock(),
+    ) as mock_fallback:
+        wrapped = await router._aanthropic_messages_streaming_iterator(
+            response=source,
+            initial_kwargs={"model": "primary"},
+        )
+        collected = []
+
+        async def _consume():
+            async for chunk in wrapped:
+                collected.append(chunk)
+
+        with pytest.raises(BedrockError) as exc_info:
+            await _consume()
+
+    assert collected == [content]
+    assert exc_info.value is raised_error
+    mock_fallback.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "error, expected_status",
+    [
+        (BedrockError(status_code=503, message="unavailable"), 503),
+        (_AnthropicMessagesStringStatusError(), 400),
+        (_AnthropicMessagesResponseOnlyStatusError(), 400),
+        (httpx.ReadError("connection reset by upstream"), None),
+    ],
+    ids=["int", "digit-str", "response-only", "none"],
+)
+def test_anthropic_stream_raised_error_status_reads_every_status_shape(error, expected_status):
+    assert _anthropic_stream_raised_error_status(error) == expected_status
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "error, has_generated_content, converts",
+    [
+        (BedrockError(status_code=503, message="unavailable"), False, True),
+        (httpx.ReadError("connection reset by upstream"), False, True),
+        (BedrockError(status_code=400, message="malformed"), False, False),
+        (BedrockError(status_code=503, message="unavailable"), True, False),
+    ],
+    ids=["retriable", "no-status", "client-error", "after-content"],
+)
+def test_anthropic_stream_fallback_error_for_raised_gates_like_a_detected_error_event(
+    error, has_generated_content, converts
+):
+    converted = _anthropic_stream_fallback_error_for_raised(error, "primary", has_generated_content)
+    if not converts:
+        assert converted is None
+        return
+    assert isinstance(converted, MidStreamFallbackError)
+    assert converted.original_exception is error
+    assert converted.is_pre_first_chunk is True
+    assert converted.llm_provider == "anthropic"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error_flushes_buffered_frames_before_declining():
+    router = _anthropic_messages_make_router()
+    original = BedrockError(status_code=503, message="unavailable")
+    declined = MidStreamFallbackError(
+        message="unavailable",
+        model="primary",
+        llm_provider="anthropic",
+        original_exception=original,
+        is_pre_first_chunk=False,
+    )
+    buffered = (_anthropic_messages_message_start_chunk(),)
+    flushed = []
+
+    async def drain(recovery) -> None:
+        async for chunk in recovery:
+            flushed.append(chunk)
+
+    with patch.object(router, "_aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt") as mock_attempt:
+        recovery = router._aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error(
+            declined, True, buffered, "primary", {"model": "primary"}, _anthropic_messages_make_wrapper()
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(BedrockError) as exc_info:
+            await drain(recovery)
+    assert flushed == list(buffered)
+    assert exc_info.value is original
+    mock_attempt.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error_hands_converted_raise_to_fallback_attempt():
+    router = _anthropic_messages_make_router()
+    raised = BedrockError(status_code=503, message="unavailable")
+    handed_over = []
+
+    async def fake_attempt(fallback_error, initial_kwargs, wrapper):
+        handed_over.append(fallback_error)
+        yield b"fallback"
+
+    with patch.object(router, "_aanthropic_messages_fallback_attempt", new=fake_attempt):
+        recovery = router._aanthropic_messages_recover_stream_error(
+            raised, False, (), "primary", {"model": "primary"}, _anthropic_messages_make_wrapper()
+        )
+        collected = [chunk async for chunk in recovery]
+    assert collected == [b"fallback"]
+    assert len(handed_over) == 1
+    assert isinstance(handed_over[0], MidStreamFallbackError)
+    assert handed_over[0].original_exception is raised
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_anthropic_messages_non_retriable_client_error_skips_fallback():
     """A 4xx (non-429) error type (e.g. invalid_request_error) is a client