diff --git a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-inference-profile.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-inference-profile.test.ts
index 495ad7a44..49755fe71 100644
--- a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-inference-profile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-inference-profile.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { streamBedrock } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/providers/amazon-bedrock";
 import type { Context, FetchImpl, Model } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/types";
 import { buildModel } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/build";
 import { Effort } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/effort";
 import { withEnv } from "./helpers";
 
+// These suites capture the request payload from a fire-and-forget stream, so a
+// credential lookup that rejects after the test ends surfaces as an unhandled
+// error against whatever runs next. Skip Bedrock auth: the payload is built
+// before signing and no request leaves the process.
+const originalSkipAuth = process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+	process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = "1";
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+	if (originalSkipAuth === undefined) delete process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+	else process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = originalSkipAuth;
+});
+
 const profileArn = "arn:aws:bedrock:us-east-2:1234567890:application-inference-profile/company-opus-48";
 const profileModel: Model<"bedrock-converse-stream"> = buildModel({
 	id: profileArn,
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-prompt-cache.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-prompt-cache.test.ts
index 83461ac38..8b85e3798 100644
--- a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-prompt-cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-prompt-cache.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { streamBedrock } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/providers/amazon-bedrock";
 import type { Context, Model } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/types";
 import { buildModel } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/build";
 import { getBundledModel } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/models";
 import { withEnv } from "./helpers";
 
+// These suites capture the request payload from a fire-and-forget stream, so a
+// credential lookup that rejects after the test ends surfaces as an unhandled
+// error against whatever runs next. Skip Bedrock auth: the payload is built
+// before signing and no request leaves the process.
+const originalSkipAuth = process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+	process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = "1";
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+	if (originalSkipAuth === undefined) delete process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+	else process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = originalSkipAuth;
+});
+
 interface CachePoint {
 	cachePoint: { type: "default"; ttl?: "1h" };
 }
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-system-prompt.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-system-prompt.test.ts
index 3b14d57a7..0fd6b9c64 100644
--- a/packages/ai/test/bedrock-system-prompt.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/test/bedrock-system-prompt.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { streamBedrock } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/providers/amazon-bedrock";
 import type { Context, Model } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/types";
 import { buildModel } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/build";
 
+// These suites capture the request payload from a fire-and-forget stream, so a
+// credential lookup that rejects after the test ends surfaces as an unhandled
+// error against whatever runs next. Skip Bedrock auth: the payload is built
+// before signing and no request leaves the process.
+const originalSkipAuth = process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+	process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = "1";
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+	if (originalSkipAuth === undefined) delete process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH;
+	else process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_SKIP_AUTH = originalSkipAuth;
+});
+
 interface Payload {
 	system?: Array<{ text: string } | { cachePoint: unknown }>;
 }