diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/__init__.py b/src/blaxel/core/__init__.py
index 219d1b23..e5a9d5b7 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from .authentication import BlaxelAuth, auth, get_credentials
 from .cache import find_from_cache
 from .client.client import client
+from .client.errors import BlaxelAPIError, error_to_exception
 from .common import (
     autoload,
     env,
@@ -78,4 +79,6 @@
     "ImageInstance",
     "ImageBuildContext",
     "LocalFile",
+    "BlaxelAPIError",
+    "error_to_exception",
 ]
diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/client/errors.py b/src/blaxel/core/client/errors.py
index 5f92e76a..cda829b7 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/client/errors.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/client/errors.py
@@ -1,16 +1,64 @@
 """Contains shared errors types that can be raised from API functions"""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
 
-class UnexpectedStatus(Exception):
+
+class BlaxelAPIError(Exception):
+    """Base exception for all Blaxel API errors.
+
+    Allows users to catch all Blaxel API errors with a single except clause::
+
+        from blaxel.core import BlaxelAPIError
+        try:
+            ...
+        except BlaxelAPIError as e:
+            print(e.status_code, e.error_code)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        status_code: int | None = None,
+        error_code: str | None = None,
+        response: object | None = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.error_code = error_code
+        self.response = response
+
+
+class UnexpectedStatus(BlaxelAPIError):
     """Raised by api functions when the response status an undocumented status and Client.raise_on_unexpected_status is True"""
 
     def __init__(self, status_code: int, content: bytes):
-        self.status_code = status_code
         self.content = content
-
         super().__init__(
-            f"Unexpected status code: {status_code}\n\nResponse content:\n{content.decode(errors='ignore')}"
+            f"Unexpected status code: {status_code}\n\nResponse content:\n{content.decode(errors='ignore')}",
+            status_code=status_code,
         )
 
 
-__all__ = ["UnexpectedStatus"]
+def error_to_exception(error: object) -> BlaxelAPIError:
+    """Convert an ``Error`` data-model instance to a ``BlaxelAPIError``.
+
+    This is a free function rather than a method on ``Error`` because that class
+    is auto-generated and must not be edited directly.
+    """
+    from .models.error import Error
+    from .types import UNSET
+
+    if not isinstance(error, Error):
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected Error instance, got {type(error)}")
+
+    status_code = error.code if error.code is not UNSET else None
+    message = error.message if error.message is not UNSET else error.error
+
+    return BlaxelAPIError(
+        message=str(message),
+        status_code=status_code,
+        error_code=error.error,
+    )
+
+
+__all__ = ["BlaxelAPIError", "UnexpectedStatus", "error_to_exception"]
diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/drive/drive.py b/src/blaxel/core/drive/drive.py
index f9cb0f9f..723888c5 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/drive/drive.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/drive/drive.py
@@ -15,19 +15,18 @@
 from ..client.api.drives.update_drive import asyncio as update_drive
 from ..client.api.drives.update_drive import sync as update_drive_sync
 from ..client.client import client
-from ..client.errors import UnexpectedStatus
+from ..client.errors import BlaxelAPIError, UnexpectedStatus
 from ..client.models import Drive, DriveSpec, Metadata
 from ..client.models.error import Error
 from ..client.types import UNSET
 from ..common.settings import settings
 
 
-class DriveAPIError(Exception):
+class DriveAPIError(BlaxelAPIError):
     """Exception raised when drive API returns an error."""
 
     def __init__(self, message: str, status_code: int | None = None, code: str | None = None):
-        super().__init__(message)
-        self.status_code = status_code
+        super().__init__(message, status_code=status_code, error_code=code)
         self.code = code
 
 
diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/default/sandbox.py b/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/default/sandbox.py
index 78ec28c9..5be064f6 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/default/sandbox.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/default/sandbox.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from ...client.api.compute.list_sandboxes import asyncio as list_sandboxes
 from ...client.api.compute.update_sandbox import asyncio as update_sandbox
 from ...client.client import client
+from ...client.errors import BlaxelAPIError
 from ...client.models import (
     Metadata,
     MetadataLabels,
@@ -44,12 +45,11 @@
 from .system import SandboxSystem
 
 
-class SandboxAPIError(Exception):
+class SandboxAPIError(BlaxelAPIError):
     """Exception raised when sandbox API returns an error."""
 
     def __init__(self, message: str, status_code: int | None = None, code: str | None = None):
-        super().__init__(message)
-        self.status_code = status_code
+        super().__init__(message, status_code=status_code, error_code=code)
         self.code = code
 
 
diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/types.py b/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/types.py
index b43ed1fd..fb70c700 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/types.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/sandbox/types.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import httpx
 from attrs import define as _attrs_define
 
+from ..client.errors import BlaxelAPIError
 from ..client.models import (
     Env,
     Port,
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Any) -> None:
             setattr(self._process_response, name, value)
 
 
-class ResponseError(Exception):
+class ResponseError(BlaxelAPIError):
     def __init__(self, response: httpx.Response):
         data_error = {}
         data = None
@@ -348,8 +349,11 @@ def __init__(self, response: httpx.Response):
         if response.reason_phrase:
             data_error["statusText"] = response.reason_phrase
 
-        super().__init__(str(data_error))
-        self.response = response
+        super().__init__(
+            str(data_error),
+            status_code=response.status_code,
+            response=response,
+        )
         self.data = data
         self.error = None
 
diff --git a/src/blaxel/core/volume/volume.py b/src/blaxel/core/volume/volume.py
index 0ecfe5ca..fa3f4c6a 100644
--- a/src/blaxel/core/volume/volume.py
+++ b/src/blaxel/core/volume/volume.py
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@
 from ..client.api.volumes.update_volume import asyncio as update_volume
 from ..client.api.volumes.update_volume import sync as update_volume_sync
 from ..client.client import client
+from ..client.errors import BlaxelAPIError
 from ..client.models import Metadata, Volume, VolumeSpec
 from ..client.models.error import Error
 from ..client.types import UNSET
 from ..common.settings import settings
 
 
-class VolumeAPIError(Exception):
+class VolumeAPIError(BlaxelAPIError):
     """Exception raised when volume API returns an error."""
 
     def __init__(self, message: str, status_code: int | None = None, code: str | None = None):
-        super().__init__(message)
-        self.status_code = status_code
+        super().__init__(message, status_code=status_code, error_code=code)
         self.code = code