diff --git a/aws-api/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/api/aws/MutiAuthSubscriptionOperation.java b/aws-api/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/api/aws/MutiAuthSubscriptionOperation.java
index e9c9acee01..7ab97a3145 100644
--- a/aws-api/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/api/aws/MutiAuthSubscriptionOperation.java
+++ b/aws-api/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/api/aws/MutiAuthSubscriptionOperation.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private void dispatchRequest() {
                 },
                 response -> {
                     if (response.hasErrors() && hasAuthRelatedErrors(response) && authTypes.hasNext()) {
-                        // If there are auth-related errors, dispatch an ApiAuthException
+                        // If there are auth-related errors queue up a retry with the next authType
                         executorService.submit(this::dispatchRequest);
                     } else {
                         // Otherwise, we just want to dispatch it as a next item and
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ private void dispatchRequest() {
                 onSubscriptionComplete
             );
         } else {
-            emitErrorAndCancelSubscription(new ApiException("Unable to establish subscription connection.",
-                                                        AmplifyException.TODO_RECOVERY_SUGGESTION));
+            emitErrorAndCancelSubscription(new ApiAuthException(
+                "Unable to establish subscription connection with any of the compatible auth types.",
+                "Check your application logs for detail."
+            ));
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SubscriptionProcessor.java b/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SubscriptionProcessor.java
index 62c8725aba..bf01e456d7 100644
--- a/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SubscriptionProcessor.java
+++ b/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SubscriptionProcessor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 
 import com.amplifyframework.AmplifyException;
+import com.amplifyframework.api.ApiException;
 import com.amplifyframework.api.graphql.GraphQLResponse;
 import com.amplifyframework.api.graphql.SubscriptionType;
 import com.amplifyframework.core.Action;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.appsync.AppSyncExtensions;
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.appsync.AppSyncExtensions.AppSyncErrorType;
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.appsync.ModelWithMetadata;
+import com.amplifyframework.datastore.utils.ErrorInspector;
 import com.amplifyframework.hub.HubChannel;
 import com.amplifyframework.hub.HubEvent;
 import com.amplifyframework.logging.Logger;
@@ -195,7 +197,9 @@ private boolean isExceptionType(DataStoreException exception, AppSyncErrorType e
                 },
                 emitter::onNext,
                 dataStoreException -> {
-                    if (isExceptionType(dataStoreException, AppSyncErrorType.UNAUTHORIZED)) {
+                    if (ErrorInspector.contains(dataStoreException, ApiException.ApiAuthException.class) ||
+                            isExceptionType(dataStoreException, AppSyncErrorType.UNAUTHORIZED))
+                    {
                         // Ignore Unauthorized errors, so that DataStore can still be used even if the user is only
                         // authorized to read a subset of the models.
                         latch.countDown();
diff --git a/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SyncProcessor.java b/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SyncProcessor.java
index 9b81528c04..181a97172f 100644
--- a/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SyncProcessor.java
+++ b/aws-datastore/src/main/java/com/amplifyframework/datastore/syncengine/SyncProcessor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import com.amplifyframework.api.ApiException;
+import com.amplifyframework.api.ApiException.ApiAuthException;
 import com.amplifyframework.api.graphql.GraphQLRequest;
 import com.amplifyframework.api.graphql.GraphQLResponse;
 import com.amplifyframework.api.graphql.PaginatedResult;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.appsync.ModelWithMetadata;
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.events.NonApplicableDataReceivedEvent;
 import com.amplifyframework.datastore.events.SyncQueriesStartedEvent;
+import com.amplifyframework.datastore.utils.ErrorInspector;
 import com.amplifyframework.hub.HubChannel;
 import com.amplifyframework.hub.HubEvent;
 import com.amplifyframework.logging.Logger;
@@ -160,6 +162,13 @@ private Completable createHydrationTask(ModelSchema schema) {
                 return syncModel(schema, lastSyncTime)
                     // Switch to a new thread so that subsequent API fetches will happen in parallel with DB writes.
                     .observeOn(Schedulers.io())
+                    // Ignore ApiAuthExceptions so that we can continue to sync down other models
+                    .materialize()
+                    .filter(notification ->
+                        !notification.isOnError() ||
+                        !(ErrorInspector.contains(notification.getError(), ApiAuthException.class))
+                    )
+                    .dematerialize(notification -> notification)
                     // Flatten to a stream of ModelWithMetadata objects
                     .concatMap(Flowable::fromIterable)
                     .concatMapCompletable(item -> merger.merge(item, metricsAccumulator::increment))