diff --git a/litellm/exceptions.py b/litellm/exceptions.py
index 16202321709..58164fa0f40 100644
--- a/litellm/exceptions.py
+++ b/litellm/exceptions.py
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ class Timeout(openai.APITimeoutError):
         num_retries: int | None = None,
         headers: dict | None = None,
         exception_status_code: int | None = None,
+        response: httpx.Response | None = None,
     ):
         request: Final = httpx.Request(
             method="POST",
@@ -352,6 +353,12 @@ class Timeout(openai.APITimeoutError):
         self.max_retries = max_retries
         self.num_retries = num_retries
         self.headers = headers
+        # The upstream response, when the timeout came from a provider reply
+        # rather than a client-side deadline. Retry and cooldown logic reads
+        # `retry-after` off it, and the proxy prefixes its headers before
+        # returning them, matching every other mapped provider exception.
+        if response is not None:
+            self.response = response
 
     # custom function to convert to str
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index 03f839c5345..82708d412c9 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -843,15 +843,6 @@ def _get_bedrock_mantle_context_window_message(error_str: str) -> str | None:
     return f"prompt is too long: {prompt_tokens} tokens > {max_tokens} maximum"
 
 
-def _bedrock_timeout_headers(original_exception: object) -> dict | None:
-    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_response_utils.get_headers import get_response_headers
-
-    provider_headers = getattr(getattr(original_exception, "response", None), "headers", None)
-    if not provider_headers:
-        return None
-    return get_response_headers(provider_headers)
-
-
 def _map_bedrock_exception(
     *,
     model: str,
@@ -935,7 +926,7 @@ def _map_bedrock_exception(
             message=f"BedrockException: Timeout Error - {error_str}",
             model=model,
             llm_provider="bedrock",
-            headers=_bedrock_timeout_headers(original_exception),
+            response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
         )
     elif "Could not process image" in error_str:
         raise litellm.InternalServerError(
@@ -979,7 +970,7 @@ def _map_bedrock_exception(
                 model=model,
                 llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                 litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
-                headers=_bedrock_timeout_headers(original_exception),
+                response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
             )
         elif original_exception.status_code == 422:
             raise BadRequestError(
@@ -1012,7 +1003,7 @@ def _map_bedrock_exception(
                 llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                 litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
                 exception_status_code=original_exception.status_code,
-                headers=_bedrock_timeout_headers(original_exception),
+                response=getattr(original_exception, "response", None),
             )
 
 
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 730041c73e2..42d3df76902 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
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.exception_mapping_utils import (
     ExceptionCheckers,
     _get_body_error_code,
+    _get_response_headers,
     exception_type,
     extract_and_raise_litellm_exception,
 )
@@ -1349,10 +1350,10 @@ def test_bedrock_classified_errors_preserve_provider_response_headers(
     ],
 )
 def test_bedrock_timeout_mapping_preserves_provider_headers(status_code, provider_message):
-    """Timeout takes no response argument, so the headers have to ride on the exception itself.
+    """A mapped bedrock timeout keeps the upstream response, like every other mapped bedrock error.
 
-    The proxy reads e.headers before e.response.headers, so they arrive already
-    llm_provider-prefixed rather than as raw upstream names.
+    The proxy prefixes those headers on the way out, while retry and cooldown
+    logic still reads the raw retry-after off the response.
     """
     provider_response = httpx.Response(
         status_code=status_code,
@@ -1376,6 +1377,35 @@ def test_bedrock_timeout_mapping_preserves_provider_headers(status_code, provide
             extra_kwargs={},
         )
 
-    headers = exc_info.value.headers or {}
-    assert headers["llm_provider-x-amzn-requestid"] == "req-timeout"
-    assert "set-cookie" not in headers
+    assert exc_info.value.response.headers["x-amzn-requestid"] == "req-timeout"
+    assert exc_info.value.headers is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status_code", [504, 408])
+def test_bedrock_timeout_mapping_keeps_retry_after_readable(status_code):
+    """Cooldown and retry timing read retry-after through _get_response_headers."""
+    provider_response = httpx.Response(
+        status_code=status_code,
+        headers={"x-amzn-RequestId": "req-retry-after", "retry-after": "7"},
+        text='{"message":"Bedrock did not answer in time"}',
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", "https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/"),
+    )
+    original_exception = BedrockError(
+        status_code=status_code,
+        message='{"message":"Bedrock did not answer in time"}',
+        headers=provider_response.headers,
+        response=provider_response,
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.Timeout) as exc_info:
+        exception_type(
+            model="anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0",
+            original_exception=original_exception,
+            custom_llm_provider="bedrock",
+            completion_kwargs={},
+            extra_kwargs={},
+        )
+
+    exception_headers = _get_response_headers(original_exception=exc_info.value)
+    assert exception_headers is not None
+    assert litellm.utils._get_retry_after_from_exception_header(response_headers=exception_headers) == 7