diff --git a/litellm/images/main.py b/litellm/images/main.py
index a40a590799f..65efc45f4fb 100644
--- a/litellm/images/main.py
+++ b/litellm/images/main.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def _filename_for_file(file_value: Any, default: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _rust_image_file_part(file_value: Any, default_filename: str) -> dict[str, object]:
-    filename = default_filename
+    filename: str | None = None
     content_type: str | None = None
     raw_file = file_value
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/images/test_rust_image_edit_bridge.py b/tests/test_litellm/images/test_rust_image_edit_bridge.py
index c365f74ac09..a78f4b59416 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/images/test_rust_image_edit_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/images/test_rust_image_edit_bridge.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import importlib
+from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import httpx
@@ -85,6 +86,38 @@ class RecordingAsyncImageEditBridge:
         return {"created": 1, "data": [{"b64_json": "YXN5bmMtaW1hZ2U="}]}
 
 
+class TextFileLike:
+    def __init__(self, data: str) -> None:
+        self.data = data
+        self.position = 0
+
+    def tell(self) -> int:
+        return self.position
+
+    def seek(self, position: int) -> None:
+        self.position = position
+
+    def read(self, *_args: object, **_kwargs: object) -> str:
+        self.position = len(self.data)
+        return self.data
+
+
+class BytearrayFileLike:
+    def __init__(self, data: bytes) -> None:
+        self.data = bytearray(data)
+        self.position = 0
+
+    def tell(self) -> int:
+        return self.position
+
+    def seek(self, position: int) -> None:
+        self.position = position
+
+    def read(self, *_args: object, **_kwargs: object) -> bytearray:
+        self.position = len(self.data)
+        return self.data
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def reset_rust_bridge() -> None:
     rust_bridge.use_litellm_rust(
@@ -187,3 +220,87 @@ def test_timeout_to_seconds_falls_back_to_non_read_timeout() -> None:
     timeout = httpx.Timeout(connect=7.0, read=None, write=8.0, pool=9.0)
 
     assert image_main._timeout_to_seconds(timeout) == 7.0
+
+
+def test_timeout_to_seconds_returns_none_when_all_timeout_values_unset() -> None:
+    timeout = httpx.Timeout(connect=None, read=None, write=None, pool=None)
+
+    assert image_main._timeout_to_seconds(timeout) is None
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_reads_bytearray() -> None:
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(bytearray(PNG_BYTES), "default.png")
+
+    assert part["filename"] == "default.png"
+    assert part["content_type"] == "image/png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_preserves_bytesio_position() -> None:
+    image = BytesIO(PNG_BYTES)
+    image.seek(4)
+
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(image, "buffer.png")
+
+    assert image.tell() == 4
+    assert part["filename"] == "buffer.png"
+    assert part["content_type"] == "image/png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_uses_named_file_object_filename() -> None:
+    image = BytesIO(PNG_BYTES)
+    image.name = "/tmp/named-source.png"  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(image, "buffer.png")
+
+    assert part["filename"] == "named-source.png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_reads_text_file_like() -> None:
+    image = TextFileLike("plain-text")
+    image.seek(5)
+
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(image, "text.png")
+
+    assert image.tell() == 5
+    assert part["filename"] == "text.png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "cGxhaW4tdGV4dA=="
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_reads_bytearray_file_like() -> None:
+    image = BytearrayFileLike(PNG_BYTES)
+    image.seek(3)
+
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(image, "bytes.png")
+
+    assert image.tell() == 3
+    assert part["filename"] == "bytes.png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_reads_filesystem_path(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    image_path = tmp_path / "source.png"
+    image_path.write_bytes(PNG_BYTES)
+
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(str(image_path), "fallback.png")
+
+    assert part["filename"] == "source.png"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_reads_tuple_metadata() -> None:
+    part = image_main._rust_image_file_part(
+        ("custom.jpeg", BytesIO(PNG_BYTES), "image/jpeg"),
+        "fallback.png",
+    )
+
+    assert part["filename"] == "custom.jpeg"
+    assert part["content_type"] == "image/jpeg"
+    assert part["data_base64"] == "iVBORw0KGgpmYWtlLWltYWdl"
+
+
+def test_rust_image_file_part_rejects_unsupported_input() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Unsupported image file type"):
+        image_main._rust_image_file_part(object(), "fallback.png")
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/ocr/test_rust_bridge.py b/tests/test_litellm/ocr/test_rust_bridge.py
index 7bbada1c5aa..b4abbf2bdd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/ocr/test_rust_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/ocr/test_rust_bridge.py
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ def test_load_rust_ocr_none_when_extension_absent():
     litellm.use_litellm_rust(True)  # no impl injected; extension isn't built in CI
     assert rust_bridge.load_rust_ocr() is None
     assert rust_bridge.load_rust_aocr() is None
+    assert rust_bridge.load_rust_image_edit() is None
+    assert rust_bridge.load_rust_aimage_edit() is None
 
 
 def test_load_rust_ocr_uses_compiled_extension(monkeypatch):
@@ -305,11 +307,15 @@ def test_load_rust_ocr_uses_compiled_extension(monkeypatch):
     fake_module = types.ModuleType("litellm_python_bridge")
     fake_module.ocr = lambda **kwargs: dict(FAKE_OCR_RESPONSE)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     fake_module.aocr = lambda **kwargs: dict(FAKE_OCR_RESPONSE)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    fake_module.image_edit = lambda **kwargs: {"data": []}  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    fake_module.aimage_edit = lambda **kwargs: {"data": []}  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "litellm_python_bridge", fake_module)
 
     litellm.use_litellm_rust(True)  # enabled, no impl injected -> import the extension
     assert rust_bridge.load_rust_ocr() is fake_module.ocr
     assert rust_bridge.load_rust_aocr() is fake_module.aocr
+    assert rust_bridge.load_rust_image_edit() is fake_module.image_edit
+    assert rust_bridge.load_rust_aimage_edit() is fake_module.aimage_edit
 
 
 def test_timeout_to_seconds_handles_float_timeout_and_none():