diff --git a/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/client.py b/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/client.py
index 6eaede7dbc..6d596e07d8 100644
--- a/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/client.py
+++ b/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/client.py
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ from urllib.parse import urljoin
 import requests
 from requests import Response
 
+from core.rag.extractor.watercrawl.exceptions import (
+    WaterCrawlAuthenticationError,
+    WaterCrawlBadRequestError,
+    WaterCrawlPermissionError,
+)
+
 
 class BaseAPIClient:
     def __init__(self, api_key, base_url):
@@ -53,6 +59,15 @@ class WaterCrawlAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
                 yield data
 
     def process_response(self, response: Response) -> dict | bytes | list | None | Generator:
+        if response.status_code == 401:
+            raise WaterCrawlAuthenticationError(response)
+
+        if response.status_code == 403:
+            raise WaterCrawlPermissionError(response)
+
+        if 400 <= response.status_code < 500:
+            raise WaterCrawlBadRequestError(response)
+
         response.raise_for_status()
         if response.status_code == 204:
             return None
diff --git a/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/exceptions.py b/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e407a594e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/core/rag/extractor/watercrawl/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import json
+
+
+class WaterCrawlError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class WaterCrawlBadRequestError(WaterCrawlError):
+    def __init__(self, response):
+        self.status_code = response.status_code
+        self.response = response
+        data = response.json()
+        self.message = data.get("message", "Unknown error occurred")
+        self.errors = data.get("errors", {})
+        super().__init__(self.message)
+
+    @property
+    def flat_errors(self):
+        return json.dumps(self.errors)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"WaterCrawlBadRequestError: {self.message} \n {self.flat_errors}"
+
+
+class WaterCrawlPermissionError(WaterCrawlBadRequestError):
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"You are exceeding your WaterCrawl API limits. {self.message}"
+
+
+class WaterCrawlAuthenticationError(WaterCrawlBadRequestError):
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "WaterCrawl API key is invalid or expired. Please check your API key and try again."