diff --git a/packages/ai/src/api/mistral-conversations.ts b/packages/ai/src/api/mistral-conversations.ts
index 160094381..fbc51047a 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/api/mistral-conversations.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/api/mistral-conversations.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const stream: StreamFunction<"mistral-conversations", MistralOptions> = (
 				throw new Error("Mistral stream ended without a finish reason");
 			}
 			if (output.stopReason === "aborted" || output.stopReason === "error") {
-				throw new Error("An unknown error occurred");
+				throw new Error(output.errorMessage || "An unknown error occurred");
 			}
 
 			stream.push({ type: "done", reason: output.stopReason, message: output });
@@ -353,7 +353,12 @@ async function consumeChatStream(
 		if (!choice) continue;
 
 		if (choice.finishReason) {
-			output.stopReason = mapChatStopReason(choice.finishReason);
+			output.rawStopReason = choice.finishReason;
+			const stopReasonResult = mapChatStopReason(choice.finishReason);
+			output.stopReason = stopReasonResult.stopReason;
+			if (stopReasonResult.errorMessage) {
+				output.errorMessage = stopReasonResult.errorMessage;
+			}
 		}
 
 		const delta = choice.delta;
@@ -654,19 +659,19 @@ function mapToolChoice(
 	};
 }
 
-function mapChatStopReason(reason: string | null): StopReason {
-	if (reason === null) return "stop";
+function mapChatStopReason(reason: string | null): { stopReason: StopReason; errorMessage?: string } {
+	if (reason === null) return { stopReason: "stop" };
 	switch (reason) {
 		case "stop":
-			return "stop";
+			return { stopReason: "stop" };
 		case "length":
 		case "model_length":
-			return "length";
+			return { stopReason: "length" };
 		case "tool_calls":
-			return "toolUse";
+			return { stopReason: "toolUse" };
 		case "error":
-			return "error";
+			return { stopReason: "error", errorMessage: "Mistral stopped with: error" };
 		default:
-			return "stop";
+			return { stopReason: "error", errorMessage: `Mistral stopped with: ${reason}` };
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/mistral-raw-stop-reason.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/mistral-raw-stop-reason.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e7ae5e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ai/test/mistral-raw-stop-reason.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const mistralMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+	finishReason: "stop" as string,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@mistralai/mistralai", () => {
+	class HTTPClient {}
+
+	class Mistral {
+		chat = {
+			stream: async function* () {
+				yield {
+					data: {
+						id: "mistral-response-id",
+						choices: [
+							{
+								finishReason: mistralMock.finishReason,
+								delta: {},
+							},
+						],
+						usage: {
+							promptTokens: 1,
+							completionTokens: 0,
+							totalTokens: 1,
+						},
+					},
+				};
+			},
+		};
+	}
+
+	return { HTTPClient, Mistral };
+});
+
+import { stream as streamMistral } from "../src/api/mistral-conversations.ts";
+import { getModel } from "../src/compat.ts";
+import type { Context } from "../src/types.ts";
+
+const model = getModel("mistral", "devstral-medium-latest");
+const context: Context = {
+	messages: [{ role: "user", content: "hello", timestamp: Date.now() }],
+};
+
+describe("Mistral raw stop reasons", () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		mistralMock.finishReason = "stop";
+	});
+
+	it("preserves raw Mistral finish reasons for successful stops", async () => {
+		const message = await streamMistral(model, context, { apiKey: "test" }).result();
+
+		expect(message.stopReason).toBe("stop");
+		expect(message.rawStopReason).toBe("stop");
+		expect(message.errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it("preserves raw Mistral finish reasons for provider error stops", async () => {
+		mistralMock.finishReason = "error";
+
+		const message = await streamMistral(model, context, { apiKey: "test" }).result();
+
+		expect(message.stopReason).toBe("error");
+		expect(message.rawStopReason).toBe("error");
+		expect(message.errorMessage).toBe("Mistral stopped with: error");
+	});
+
+	it("treats unknown Mistral finish reasons as provider error stops", async () => {
+		mistralMock.finishReason = "unmapped_error";
+
+		const message = await streamMistral(model, context, { apiKey: "test" }).result();
+
+		expect(message.stopReason).toBe("error");
+		expect(message.rawStopReason).toBe("unmapped_error");
+		expect(message.errorMessage).toBe("Mistral stopped with: unmapped_error");
+	});
+});