From d0d221c68ba675d388b4a89f0696717ab7e19b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachit Mehta <mehtarac@amazon.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:30:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix (bug): retry on varying Bedrock throttlingexception cases

---
 src/strands/models/bedrock.py        |  5 +++-
 tests/strands/models/test_bedrock.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/strands/models/bedrock.py b/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
index 43a3a3ed4..576f7c43e 100644
--- a/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
+++ b/src/strands/models/bedrock.py
@@ -715,7 +715,10 @@ def _stream(
         except ClientError as e:
             error_message = str(e)
 
-            if e.response["Error"]["Code"] == "ThrottlingException":
+            if (
+                e.response["Error"]["Code"] == "ThrottlingException"
+                or e.response["Error"]["Code"] == "throttlingException"
+            ):
                 raise ModelThrottledException(error_message) from e
 
             if any(overflow_message in error_message for overflow_message in BEDROCK_CONTEXT_WINDOW_OVERFLOW_MESSAGES):
diff --git a/tests/strands/models/test_bedrock.py b/tests/strands/models/test_bedrock.py
index f6251943d..4a6a0f9b0 100644
--- a/tests/strands/models/test_bedrock.py
+++ b/tests/strands/models/test_bedrock.py
@@ -535,6 +535,40 @@ async def test_stream_throttling_exception_from_general_exception(bedrock_client
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_stream_throttling_exception_lowercase(bedrock_client, model, messages, alist):
+    """Test that lowercase throttlingException is converted to ModelThrottledException."""
+    error_message = "throttlingException: Rate exceeded for ConverseStream"
+    bedrock_client.converse_stream.side_effect = ClientError(
+        {"Error": {"Message": error_message, "Code": "throttlingException"}}, "Any"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ModelThrottledException) as excinfo:
+        await alist(model.stream(messages))
+
+    assert error_message in str(excinfo.value)
+    bedrock_client.converse_stream.assert_called_once_with(
+        modelId="m1", messages=messages, system=[], inferenceConfig={}
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_stream_throttling_exception_lowercase_non_streaming(bedrock_client, messages, alist):
+    """Test that lowercase throttlingException is converted to ModelThrottledException in non-streaming mode."""
+    error_message = "throttlingException: Rate exceeded for Converse"
+    bedrock_client.converse.side_effect = ClientError(
+        {"Error": {"Message": error_message, "Code": "throttlingException"}}, "Any"
+    )
+
+    model = BedrockModel(model_id="test-model", streaming=False)
+    with pytest.raises(ModelThrottledException) as excinfo:
+        await alist(model.stream(messages))
+
+    assert error_message in str(excinfo.value)
+    bedrock_client.converse.assert_called_once()
+    bedrock_client.converse_stream.assert_not_called()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_general_exception_is_raised(bedrock_client, model, messages, alist):
     error_message = "Should be raised up"