diff --git a/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.spec.ts b/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.spec.ts
index 7adf1e0c..91a65b0a 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
 import { Agent as HTTPSAgent } from 'https';
 import { MongoCluster } from 'mongodb-runner';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import * as devtoolsProxySupport from '@mongodb-js/devtools-proxy-support';
 
 chai.use(sinonChai);
 
@@ -530,6 +531,79 @@ describe('devtools connect', function () {
         );
       });
     });
+
+    describe('tunnel error events', function () {
+      let originalDescriptor: PropertyDescriptor;
+      let fakeTunnel: EventEmitter & {
+        listen: sinon.SinonStub;
+        close: sinon.SinonStub;
+        config: any;
+        logger: EventEmitter;
+      };
+
+      beforeEach(function () {
+        const tunnel = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), {
+          listen: sinon.stub().resolves(),
+          close: sinon.stub().resolves(),
+          config: {
+            proxyHost: '127.0.0.1',
+            proxyPort: 1080,
+            proxyUsername: 'u',
+            proxyPassword: 'p',
+          },
+          logger: new EventEmitter(),
+        });
+        fakeTunnel = tunnel as any;
+
+        // devtools-proxy-support exports createSocks5Tunnel as a non-writable
+        // getter, so sinon.stub() can't replace it. Use Object.defineProperty
+        // directly to inject the fake tunnel factory.
+        originalDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
+          devtoolsProxySupport,
+          'createSocks5Tunnel',
+        )!;
+        Object.defineProperty(devtoolsProxySupport, 'createSocks5Tunnel', {
+          configurable: true,
+          writable: true,
+          value: () => fakeTunnel,
+        });
+      });
+
+      afterEach(function () {
+        Object.defineProperty(
+          devtoolsProxySupport,
+          'createSocks5Tunnel',
+          originalDescriptor,
+        );
+      });
+
+      for (const [tunnelEvent, busEvent] of [
+        ['error', 'devtools-connect:tunnel-error'],
+        ['forwardingError', 'devtools-connect:tunnel-forwarding-error'],
+      ] as const) {
+        it(`emits ${busEvent} when tunnel emits '${tunnelEvent}'`, async function () {
+          const mClient = stubConstructor(FakeMongoClient);
+          const mClientType = sinon.stub().returns(mClient);
+          mClient.connect.resolves(mClient);
+
+          const { client } = await connectMongoClient(
+            'localhost:27017',
+            { ...defaultOpts, proxy: { proxy: 'socks5://localhost:1080' } },
+            bus,
+            mClientType as any,
+          );
+
+          const received: any[] = [];
+          bus.on(busEvent, (ev) => received.push(ev));
+          fakeTunnel.emit(tunnelEvent, new Error(`test ${tunnelEvent}`));
+
+          expect(received).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+          expect(received[0].error.message).to.equal(`test ${tunnelEvent}`);
+
+          mClient.emit('close');
+        });
+      }
+    });
   });
 
   describe('integration', function () {
diff --git a/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.ts b/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.ts
index 04705317..9ec14d6e 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-connect/src/connect.ts
@@ -555,6 +555,14 @@ async function connectMongoClientImpl({
         'mongodb://',
       );
       cleanupOnClientClose.push(() => tunnel?.close());
+      tunnel?.on('error', (err) => {
+        logger.emit('devtools-connect:tunnel-error', { error: err });
+      });
+      tunnel?.on('forwardingError', (err) => {
+        logger.emit('devtools-connect:tunnel-forwarding-error', {
+          error: err,
+        });
+      });
     }
     for (const proxyLogger of new Set([
       tunnel?.logger,
diff --git a/packages/devtools-connect/src/types.ts b/packages/devtools-connect/src/types.ts
index 0e2b9d93..9c942fa7 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-connect/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-connect/src/types.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ export interface ConnectEventMap
   'devtools-connect:retry-after-tls-error': (
     ev: ConnectRetryAfterTLSErrorEvent,
   ) => void;
+  /** Signals that the proxy tunnel encountered a session-level error (e.g. SSH connection lost) */
+  'devtools-connect:tunnel-error': (ev: { error: Error }) => void;
+  /** Signals that the proxy tunnel failed to forward a connection */
+  'devtools-connect:tunnel-forwarding-error': (ev: { error: Error }) => void;
 }
 
 export type ConnectEventArgs<K extends keyof ConnectEventMap> =