diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/exception_mapping_utils/openai.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/exception_mapping_utils/openai.rs
index d45078c415e..1273fd4d7f1 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/exception_mapping_utils/openai.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core-utils/src/exception_mapping_utils/openai.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub(super) const RULES: &[Rule] = &[
         |mapping| {
             mapping.error_str.contains("invalid_request_error")
                 && !mapping.error_str.contains("Incorrect API key provided")
+                && !matches!(mapping.status, Some(401 | 404))
         },
         PublicError::BadRequest,
     ),
@@ -132,6 +133,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(classified(Some(400), text), Some(expected));
     }
 
+    #[rstest::rstest]
+    #[case::unauthorized(Some(401), None)]
+    #[case::not_found(Some(404), None)]
+    #[case::forbidden(Some(403), Some(PublicError::BadRequest))]
+    #[case::rate_limited(Some(429), Some(PublicError::BadRequest))]
+    #[case::server_error(Some(500), Some(PublicError::BadRequest))]
+    #[case::no_status(None, Some(PublicError::BadRequest))]
+    fn invalid_request_errors_leave_401_and_404_to_the_status_mapping(
+        #[case] status: Option<u16>,
+        #[case] expected: Option<PublicError>,
+    ) {
+        assert_eq!(
+            classified(status, "invalid_request_error bad field"),
+            expected
+        );
+    }
+
     #[rstest::rstest]
     #[case::rate_limit_before_context_window(
         "rate limit and This model's maximum context length is 10",
diff --git a/litellm/exceptions.py b/litellm/exceptions.py
index cd5139f5f79..61e3a8fb5dc 100644
--- a/litellm/exceptions.py
+++ b/litellm/exceptions.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class AuthenticationError(openai.AuthenticationError):
         litellm_debug_info: str | None = None,
         max_retries: int | None = None,
         num_retries: int | None = None,
+        body: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
     ):
         self.status_code = 401
         self.message = f"litellm.AuthenticationError: {message}"
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ class AuthenticationError(openai.AuthenticationError):
             request=httpx.Request(method="GET", url="https://litellm.ai"),  # mock request object
         )
         super().__init__(
-            self.message, response=self.response, body=None
+            self.message, response=self.response, body=body
         )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ class NotFoundError(openai.NotFoundError):
         litellm_debug_info: str | None = None,
         max_retries: int | None = None,
         num_retries: int | None = None,
+        body: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
     ):
         self.status_code = 404
         self.message = f"litellm.NotFoundError: {message}"
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ class NotFoundError(openai.NotFoundError):
             request=httpx.Request(method="GET", url="https://litellm.ai"),  # mock request object
         )
         super().__init__(
-            self.message, response=self.response, body=None
+            self.message, response=self.response, body=body
         )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index 703550dd2b5..64a95eb5f28 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -413,6 +413,25 @@ def _map_openai_exception(
             body=getattr(original_exception, "body", None),
         )
     elif "invalid_request_error" in error_str and "Incorrect API key provided" not in error_str:
+        invalid_request_status: Final = getattr(original_exception, "status_code", None)
+        if invalid_request_status == 401:
+            raise AuthenticationError(
+                message=f"{exception_provider} - {message}",
+                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                model=model,
+                response=response,
+                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
+                body=getattr(original_exception, "body", None),
+            )
+        if invalid_request_status == 404:
+            raise NotFoundError(
+                message=f"{exception_provider} - {message}",
+                model=model,
+                llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                response=response,
+                litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
+                body=getattr(original_exception, "body", None),
+            )
         raise BadRequestError(
             message=f"{exception_provider} - {message}",
             llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
index 55e7c47e2c9..19e5387da9a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseLLMException
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.common_utils import BedrockError
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
 from litellm.llms.openai.common_utils import OpenAIError
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.openai_error_payload import openai_error_type
 from litellm.types.utils import LlmProviders
 
 
@@ -1015,6 +1016,138 @@ def test_azure_404_with_invalid_request_error_type_maps_to_not_found():
     assert "Response with id 'resp_abc' not found." in excinfo.value.message
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["openai", "groq", "deepseek"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "status_code, message, expected_exception",
+    [
+        (400, "Invalid 'temperature'", litellm.BadRequestError),
+        (401, "Invalid API key", litellm.AuthenticationError),
+        (404, "The model does not exist", litellm.NotFoundError),
+    ],
+)
+def test_openai_invalid_request_error_respects_status_code(
+    provider: str, status_code: int, message: str, expected_exception: type[openai.APIStatusError]
+) -> None:
+    error_message: Final = json.dumps({"error": {"message": message, "type": "invalid_request_error"}})
+    original_exception: Final = OpenAIError(status_code=status_code, message=error_message, headers={})
+
+    with pytest.raises(openai.APIError) as excinfo:
+        exception_type(
+            model="some-model",
+            original_exception=original_exception,
+            custom_llm_provider=provider,
+        )
+
+    assert type(excinfo.value) is expected_exception
+    assert excinfo.value.status_code == status_code
+    assert message in excinfo.value.message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["openai", "groq", "deepseek"])
+def test_openai_invalid_request_error_without_a_status_code_maps_to_bad_request(provider: str) -> None:
+    message: Final = "Missing required parameter: 'input'."
+    original_exception: Final = Exception(json.dumps({"error": {"message": message, "type": "invalid_request_error"}}))
+
+    with pytest.raises(openai.APIError) as excinfo:
+        exception_type(
+            model="some-model",
+            original_exception=original_exception,
+            custom_llm_provider=provider,
+        )
+
+    assert type(excinfo.value) is litellm.BadRequestError
+    assert message in excinfo.value.message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["openai", "groq", "deepseek"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status_code", [403, 409, 422, 429, 500, 503])
+def test_openai_invalid_request_error_keeps_bad_request_for_statuses_other_than_401_and_404(
+    provider: str, status_code: int
+) -> None:
+    message: Final = "Cannot cancel a batch that is already completed."
+    error_message: Final = json.dumps({"error": {"message": message, "type": "invalid_request_error"}})
+    original_exception: Final = OpenAIError(status_code=status_code, message=error_message, headers={})
+
+    with pytest.raises(openai.APIError) as excinfo:
+        exception_type(
+            model="some-model",
+            original_exception=original_exception,
+            custom_llm_provider=provider,
+        )
+
+    assert type(excinfo.value) is litellm.BadRequestError
+    assert message in excinfo.value.message
+
+
+def _openai_sdk_error(
+    sdk_error: type[openai.APIStatusError], status_code: int, provider_error: dict[str, str | None]
+) -> openai.APIStatusError:
+    request: Final = httpx.Request("POST", "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions")
+    return sdk_error(
+        f"Error code: {status_code} - {{'error': {provider_error}}}",
+        response=httpx.Response(status_code, request=request),
+        body=provider_error,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "sdk_error, status_code, expected_exception, param, code",
+    [
+        (openai.AuthenticationError, 401, litellm.AuthenticationError, "organization", "mismatched_organization"),
+        (openai.NotFoundError, 404, litellm.NotFoundError, "id", None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_openai_invalid_request_error_401_and_404_keep_the_provider_error_fields(
+    sdk_error: type[openai.APIStatusError],
+    status_code: int,
+    expected_exception: type[openai.APIStatusError],
+    param: str,
+    code: str | None,
+) -> None:
+    provider_error: Final = {
+        "message": "The request was rejected.",
+        "type": "invalid_request_error",
+        "param": param,
+        "code": code,
+    }
+
+    with pytest.raises(openai.APIError) as excinfo:
+        exception_type(
+            model="gpt-5-mini",
+            original_exception=_openai_sdk_error(sdk_error, status_code, provider_error),
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        )
+
+    assert type(excinfo.value) is expected_exception
+    assert (excinfo.value.status_code, excinfo.value.type, excinfo.value.param, excinfo.value.code) == (
+        status_code,
+        "invalid_request_error",
+        param,
+        code,
+    )
+    assert excinfo.value.body == provider_error
+    assert openai_error_type(excinfo.value, status_code) == "invalid_request_error"
+    assert excinfo.value.message.count(expected_exception.__name__) == 1
+
+
+def test_openai_incorrect_api_key_keeps_the_proxy_authentication_error_type() -> None:
+    provider_error: Final = {
+        "message": "Incorrect API key provided: sk-litellmqa.",
+        "type": "invalid_request_error",
+        "param": None,
+        "code": "invalid_api_key",
+    }
+
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.AuthenticationError) as excinfo:
+        exception_type(
+            model="gpt-5-mini",
+            original_exception=_openai_sdk_error(openai.AuthenticationError, 401, provider_error),
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        )
+
+    assert openai_error_type(excinfo.value, 401) == "authentication_error"
+
+
 class _UpstreamHTTPError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, status_code: int) -> None:
         super().__init__("upstream failure")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_router/test_router.py b/tests/unit/test_router/test_router.py
index b55b3c5efc2..ee3a70c7c1c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_router/test_router.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_router/test_router.py
@@ -21632,7 +21632,7 @@ async def test_router_retry_policy_controls_upstream_attempt_count(
     "error_body,error_type",
     [
         ({"message": "model is down", "type": "server_error"}, litellm.NotFoundError),
-        ({"message": "Response with id 'resp_x' not found.", "type": "invalid_request_error"}, litellm.BadRequestError),
+        ({"message": "Response with id 'resp_x' not found.", "type": "invalid_request_error"}, litellm.NotFoundError),
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/unit/vector_stores/test_main.py b/tests/unit/vector_stores/test_main.py
index 25a378270b1..21b1eee3a3e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/vector_stores/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/unit/vector_stores/test_main.py
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
+import litellm
 import litellm.vector_stores.main as vector_stores_main
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.vector_store.transformation import (
     RouterVectorStoreEmbeddingExecutor,
 )
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
-from litellm.vector_stores.main import acreate, aupdate, search
+from litellm.vector_stores.main import acreate, aretrieve, aupdate, retrieve, search
 
 MOCK_SEARCH_RESPONSE = {
     "object": "vector_store.search_results.page",
@@ -200,3 +201,45 @@ async def test_direct_sdk_vector_store_writes_send_the_callers_metadata_unchange
     sent_metadata: Final = await _metadata_sent_to_provider(operation, callers_metadata)
 
     assert sent_metadata == [callers_metadata]
+
+
+def _vector_store_not_found(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+    return httpx.Response(
+        404,
+        json={
+            "error": {
+                "message": "No vector store found with id 'vs_missing'.",
+                "type": "invalid_request_error",
+                "param": "vector_store_id",
+                "code": None,
+            }
+        },
+        request=request,
+    )
+
+
+async def _retrieve_missing_openai_vector_store(is_async: bool) -> object:
+    transport: Final = httpx.MockTransport(_vector_store_not_found)
+    if is_async:
+        return await aretrieve(
+            vector_store_id="vs_missing",
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
+            api_key="sk-test",
+            client=AsyncHTTPHandler(transport=transport),
+        )
+    return retrieve(
+        vector_store_id="vs_missing",
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+        api_key="sk-test",
+        client=HTTPHandler(client=httpx.Client(transport=transport)),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("is_async", [True, False])
+async def test_retrieving_a_missing_openai_vector_store_raises_not_found(is_async: bool):
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.NotFoundError) as caught:
+        await _retrieve_missing_openai_vector_store(is_async)
+
+    assert caught.value.status_code == 404
+    assert "No vector store found with id 'vs_missing'." in caught.value.message