diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_bad_config.yaml b/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_bad_config.yaml
index bf059b10d0..9899af2b7a 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_bad_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_configs/test_bad_config.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ model_list:
     litellm_params:
       model: azure/chatgpt-v-2
       api_base: os.environ/AZURE_API_BASE
-      api_key: bad-key
\ No newline at end of file
+      api_key: bad-key
+  - model_name: azure-embedding
+    litellm_params:
+      model: azure/azure-embedding-model
+      api_base: os.environ/AZURE_API_BASE
+      api_key: bad-key
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
index 9824122e94..5dcb782c4a 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def test_chat_completion_exception(client):
 
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
+
+# raise openai.AuthenticationError
 def test_chat_completion_exception_azure(client):
     try:
         # Your test data
@@ -72,6 +74,30 @@ def test_chat_completion_exception_azure(client):
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
 
 
+# raise openai.AuthenticationError
+def test_embedding_auth_exception_azure(client):
+    try:
+        # Your test data
+        test_data = {
+            "model": "azure-embedding",
+            "input": ["hi"]
+        }
+
+        response = client.post("/embeddings", json=test_data)
+        print("Response from proxy=", response)
+
+        # make an openai client to call _make_status_error_from_response
+        openai_client = openai.OpenAI(api_key="anything")
+        openai_exception = openai_client._make_status_error_from_response(response=response)
+        print("Exception raised=", openai_exception)
+        assert isinstance(openai_exception, openai.AuthenticationError)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
+
+
+
+
 # raise openai.BadRequestError
 # chat/completions openai
 def test_exception_openai_bad_model(client):