diff --git a/.changeset/good-seals-fix.md b/.changeset/good-seals-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17e4e4e80bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/good-seals-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@aws-amplify/backend-cli': patch
+---
+
+gracefully handle errors that occur during a process event handler
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/amplify.ts b/packages/cli/src/amplify.ts
index 79b47c49160..179aa4f4a80 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/amplify.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/amplify.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers';
-import * as process from 'process';
 import { createMainParser } from './main_parser_factory.js';
+import { attachUnhandledExceptionListeners } from './error_handler.js';
+
+attachUnhandledExceptionListeners();
 
 const parser = createMainParser();
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d5ca4317505..00000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it, mock } from 'node:test';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from './command_failure_handler.js';
-import { Argv } from 'yargs';
-import { COLOR, Printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { InvalidCredentialError } from './error/credential_error.js';
-
-void describe('handleCommandFailure', () => {
-  void it('prints a message', (contextual) => {
-    const mockPrint = contextual.mock.method(Printer, 'print');
-    const mockShowHelp = mock.fn();
-    const args = {
-      showHelp: mockShowHelp,
-    };
-    const someMsg = 'some msg';
-    // undefined error is encountered with --help option.
-    handleCommandFailure(
-      someMsg,
-      undefined as unknown as Error,
-      args as unknown as Argv<object>
-    );
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
-    assert.equal(mockShowHelp.mock.callCount(), 1);
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments, [
-      someMsg,
-      COLOR.RED,
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  void it('prints a random error', (contextual) => {
-    const mockPrint = contextual.mock.method(Printer, 'print');
-    const mockShowHelp = mock.fn();
-    const args = {
-      showHelp: mockShowHelp,
-    };
-    const errMsg = 'some random error msg';
-    handleCommandFailure(
-      '',
-      new Error(errMsg),
-      args as unknown as Argv<object>
-    );
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
-    assert.equal(mockShowHelp.mock.callCount(), 1);
-    assert.match(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[0], new RegExp(errMsg));
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[1], COLOR.RED);
-  });
-
-  void it('handles a prompt force close error', (contextual) => {
-    const mockPrint = contextual.mock.method(Printer, 'print');
-    handleCommandFailure(
-      '',
-      new Error('User force closed the prompt'),
-      {} as unknown as Argv<object>
-    );
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 0);
-  });
-
-  void it('handles a profile error', (contextual) => {
-    const errMsg = 'some profile error';
-    const mockPrint = contextual.mock.method(Printer, 'print');
-    handleCommandFailure(
-      '',
-      new InvalidCredentialError(errMsg),
-      {} as unknown as Argv<object>
-    );
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
-    assert.match(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[0], new RegExp(errMsg));
-    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[1], COLOR.RED);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eead1f6f13c..00000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/command_failure_handler.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { Argv } from 'yargs';
-import { COLOR, Printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
-import { InvalidCredentialError } from './error/credential_error.js';
-import { EOL } from 'os';
-
-/**
- * Format error output when a command fails by displaying the error message in
- * red color and displaying the message before the help as well.
- * @param msg error message set in the yargs:check validations
- * @param err errors thrown by yargs handlers
- * @param yargs instance of yargs as made available in the builder
- */
-export const handleCommandFailure = (msg: string, err: Error, yargs: Argv) => {
-  if (isUserForceClosePromptError(err)) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (err instanceof InvalidCredentialError) {
-    Printer.print(`${err.message}${EOL}`, COLOR.RED);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  Printer.printNewLine();
-  yargs.showHelp();
-
-  Printer.printNewLine();
-  Printer.print(msg || String(err), COLOR.RED);
-  Printer.printNewLine();
-};
-
-const isUserForceClosePromptError = (err: Error): boolean => {
-  return err?.message.includes('User force closed the prompt');
-};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/configure_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/configure_command.ts
index 8abdb9550d0..cd5515384a7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/configure_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/configure_command.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Root command to configure Amplify.
@@ -35,13 +34,6 @@ export class ConfigureCommand implements CommandModule<object> {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   builder = (yargs: Argv): Argv => {
-    return yargs
-      .version(false)
-      .command(this.configureSubCommands)
-      .help()
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+    return yargs.version(false).command(this.configureSubCommands).help();
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/telemetry/configure_telemetry_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/telemetry/configure_telemetry_command.ts
index 2c35df77502..7011d59d580 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/telemetry/configure_telemetry_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/configure/telemetry/configure_telemetry_command.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   USAGE_DATA_TRACKING_ENABLED,
 } from '@aws-amplify/platform-core';
 import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 /**
  * Command to configure AWS Amplify profile.
  */
@@ -54,10 +53,6 @@ export class ConfigureTelemetryCommand implements CommandModule<object> {
       })
       .demandCommand()
       .strictCommands()
-      .recommendCommands()
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+      .recommendCommands();
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/config/generate_config_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/config/generate_config_command.ts
index 1e89e965147..0d7a686bbe0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/config/generate_config_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/config/generate_config_command.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { ClientConfigFormat } from '@aws-amplify/client-config';
 import { BackendIdentifierResolver } from '../../../backend-identifier/backend_identifier_resolver.js';
 import { ClientConfigGeneratorAdapter } from '../../../client-config/client_config_generator_adapter.js';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 export type GenerateConfigCommandOptions =
   ArgumentsKebabCase<GenerateConfigCommandOptionsCamelCase>;
@@ -100,10 +99,6 @@ export class GenerateConfigCommand
           'A path to directory where config is written. If not provided defaults to current process working directory.',
         type: 'string',
         array: false,
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
       });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/forms/generate_forms_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/forms/generate_forms_command.ts
index 218ce4e558f..ebbf3d00b9b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/forms/generate_forms_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/forms/generate_forms_command.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { BackendIdentifierResolver } from '../../../backend-identifier/backend_i
 import { DEFAULT_UI_PATH } from '../../../form-generation/default_form_generation_output_paths.js';
 import { FormGenerationHandler } from '../../../form-generation/form_generation_handler.js';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 export type GenerateFormsCommandOptions =
   ArgumentsKebabCase<GenerateFormsCommandOptionsCamelCase>;
@@ -128,10 +127,6 @@ export class GenerateFormsCommand
         type: 'string',
         array: true,
         group: 'Form Generation',
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
       });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/generate_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/generate_command.ts
index 5b710f56419..ab61c445c1a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/generate_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/generate_command.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
 import { GenerateConfigCommand } from './config/generate_config_command.js';
 import { GenerateFormsCommand } from './forms/generate_forms_command.js';
 import { GenerateGraphqlClientCodeCommand } from './graphql-client-code/generate_graphql_client_code_command.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../command_failure_handler.js';
 import { CommandMiddleware } from '../../command_middleware.js';
 
 /**
@@ -61,10 +60,6 @@ export class GenerateCommand implements CommandModule {
           array: false,
         })
         .middleware([this.commandMiddleware.ensureAwsCredentialAndRegion])
-        .fail((msg, err) => {
-          handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-          yargs.exit(1, err);
-        })
     );
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/graphql-client-code/generate_graphql_client_code_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/graphql-client-code/generate_graphql_client_code_command.ts
index c37b2c97d7a..1c4ba08a814 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/graphql-client-code/generate_graphql_client_code_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/generate/graphql-client-code/generate_graphql_client_code_command.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   GenerateModelsOptions,
 } from '@aws-amplify/model-generator';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 type GenerateOptions =
   | GenerateGraphqlCodegenOptions
@@ -321,10 +320,6 @@ export class GenerateGraphqlClientCodeCommand
         array: false,
         hidden: true,
       })
-      .showHidden('all')
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+      .showHidden('all');
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/pipeline-deploy/pipeline_deploy_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/pipeline-deploy/pipeline_deploy_command.ts
index 9665796e02c..ebdf00f22f0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/pipeline-deploy/pipeline_deploy_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/pipeline-deploy/pipeline_deploy_command.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
 import { BackendDeployer } from '@aws-amplify/backend-deployer';
 import { ClientConfigGeneratorAdapter } from '../../client-config/client_config_generator_adapter.js';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../command_failure_handler.js';
 import { BackendIdentifier } from '@aws-amplify/plugin-types';
 
 export type PipelineDeployCommandOptions =
@@ -88,10 +87,6 @@ export class PipelineDeployCommand
           'A path to directory where config is written. If not provided defaults to current process working directory.',
         type: 'string',
         array: false,
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
       });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-delete/sandbox_delete_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-delete/sandbox_delete_command.ts
index 09593fb8004..fb5ea612670 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-delete/sandbox_delete_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-delete/sandbox_delete_command.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { ArgumentsCamelCase, Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
 import { SandboxSingletonFactory } from '@aws-amplify/sandbox';
 import { AmplifyPrompter } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Command that deletes the sandbox environment.
@@ -76,10 +75,6 @@ export class SandboxDeleteCommand
           }
         }
         return true;
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
       });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_command.ts
index 5c72657448c..98e8f9964b6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_command.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Root command to manage sandbox secret.
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@ export class SandboxSecretCommand implements CommandModule<object> {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   builder = (yargs: Argv): Argv => {
-    return yargs
-      .command(this.secretSubCommands)
-      .help()
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+    return yargs.command(this.secretSubCommands).help();
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_get_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_get_command.ts
index 8da4f9306cc..d1753831cbe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_get_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_get_command.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { SecretClient } from '@aws-amplify/backend-secret';
 import { SandboxBackendIdResolver } from '../sandbox_id_resolver.js';
 import { Printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Command to get sandbox secret.
@@ -53,11 +52,7 @@ export class SandboxSecretGetCommand
         type: 'string',
         demandOption: true,
       })
-      .help()
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+      .help();
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_remove_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_remove_command.ts
index 3f5ddce6f6e..fc387830293 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_remove_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_remove_command.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Argv, CommandModule } from 'yargs';
 import { SecretClient } from '@aws-amplify/backend-secret';
 import { SandboxBackendIdResolver } from '../sandbox_id_resolver.js';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Command to remove sandbox secret.
@@ -46,16 +45,11 @@ export class SandboxSecretRemoveCommand
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   builder = (yargs: Argv): Argv<SecretRemoveCommandOptions> => {
-    return yargs
-      .positional('secret-name', {
-        describe: 'Name of the secret to remove',
-        type: 'string',
-        demandOption: true,
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+    return yargs.positional('secret-name', {
+      describe: 'Name of the secret to remove',
+      type: 'string',
+      demandOption: true,
+    });
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_set_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_set_command.ts
index 70f47b6ef84..239526857ac 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_set_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox-secret/sandbox_secret_set_command.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { SandboxBackendIdResolver } from '../sandbox_id_resolver.js';
 import { AmplifyPrompter } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
 
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../../command_failure_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Command to set sandbox secret.
@@ -49,16 +48,11 @@ export class SandboxSecretSetCommand
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   builder = (yargs: Argv): Argv<SecretSetCommandOptions> => {
-    return yargs
-      .positional('secret-name', {
-        describe: 'Name of the secret to set',
-        type: 'string',
-        demandOption: true,
-      })
-      .fail((msg, err) => {
-        handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-        yargs.exit(1, err);
-      });
+    return yargs.positional('secret-name', {
+      describe: 'Name of the secret to set',
+      type: 'string',
+      demandOption: true,
+    });
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox_command.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox_command.ts
index d615df17791..ca22f3b3593 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox_command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/sandbox_command.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   getClientConfigPath,
 } from '@aws-amplify/client-config';
 import { ArgumentsKebabCase } from '../../kebab_case.js';
-import { handleCommandFailure } from '../../command_failure_handler.js';
 import { ClientConfigLifecycleHandler } from '../../client-config/client_config_lifecycle_handler.js';
 import { ClientConfigGeneratorAdapter } from '../../client-config/client_config_generator_adapter.js';
 import { CommandMiddleware } from '../../command_middleware.js';
@@ -180,10 +179,6 @@ export class SandboxCommand
           return true;
         })
         .middleware([this.commandMiddleware.ensureAwsCredentialAndRegion])
-        .fail((msg, err) => {
-          handleCommandFailure(msg, err, yargs);
-          yargs.exit(1, err);
-        })
     );
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/error_handler.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/error_handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a035d50294a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/error_handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import { after, before, beforeEach, describe, it, mock } from 'node:test';
+import {
+  attachUnhandledExceptionListeners,
+  generateCommandFailureHandler,
+} from './error_handler.js';
+import { Argv } from 'yargs';
+import { COLOR, Printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { InvalidCredentialError } from './error/credential_error.js';
+
+void describe('generateCommandFailureHandler', () => {
+  const mockPrint = mock.method(Printer, 'print');
+
+  const mockShowHelp = mock.fn();
+  const mockExit = mock.fn();
+
+  const parser = {
+    showHelp: mockShowHelp,
+    exit: mockExit,
+  } as unknown as Argv;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockPrint.mock.resetCalls();
+    mockShowHelp.mock.resetCalls();
+    mockExit.mock.resetCalls();
+  });
+
+  void it('prints specified message with undefined error', () => {
+    const someMsg = 'some msg';
+    // undefined error is encountered with --help option.
+    generateCommandFailureHandler(parser)(
+      someMsg,
+      undefined as unknown as Error
+    );
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockShowHelp.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockExit.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments, [
+      someMsg,
+      COLOR.RED,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  void it('prints message from error object', () => {
+    const errMsg = 'some error msg';
+    generateCommandFailureHandler(parser)('', new Error(errMsg));
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockShowHelp.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockExit.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.match(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[0], new RegExp(errMsg));
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[1], COLOR.RED);
+  });
+
+  void it('handles a prompt force close error', () => {
+    generateCommandFailureHandler(parser)(
+      '',
+      new Error('User force closed the prompt')
+    );
+    assert.equal(mockExit.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 0);
+  });
+
+  void it('handles a profile error', () => {
+    const errMsg = 'some profile error';
+    generateCommandFailureHandler(parser)(
+      '',
+      new InvalidCredentialError(errMsg)
+    );
+    assert.equal(mockExit.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.callCount(), 1);
+    assert.match(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[0], new RegExp(errMsg));
+    assert.equal(mockPrint.mock.calls[0].arguments[1], COLOR.RED);
+  });
+});
+
+void describe('attachUnhandledExceptionListeners', { concurrency: 1 }, () => {
+  const mockPrint = mock.method(Printer, 'print');
+
+  before(() => {
+    attachUnhandledExceptionListeners();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockPrint.mock.resetCalls();
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    // remove the exception listeners that were added during setup
+    process.listeners('unhandledRejection').pop();
+    process.listeners('uncaughtException').pop();
+  });
+  void it('handles rejected errors', () => {
+    process.listeners('unhandledRejection').at(-1)?.(
+      new Error('test error'),
+      Promise.resolve()
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      mockPrint.mock.calls.findIndex((call) =>
+        call.arguments[0].includes('test error')
+      ) >= 0
+    );
+    expectProcessExitCode1AndReset();
+  });
+
+  void it('handles rejected strings', () => {
+    process.listeners('unhandledRejection').at(-1)?.(
+      'test error',
+      Promise.resolve()
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      mockPrint.mock.calls.findIndex((call) =>
+        call.arguments[0].includes('test error')
+      ) >= 0
+    );
+    expectProcessExitCode1AndReset();
+  });
+
+  void it('handles rejected symbols of other types', () => {
+    process.listeners('unhandledRejection').at(-1)?.(
+      { something: 'weird' },
+      Promise.resolve()
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      mockPrint.mock.calls.findIndex((call) =>
+        call.arguments[0].includes(
+          'Error: Unhandled rejection of type [object]'
+        )
+      ) >= 0
+    );
+    expectProcessExitCode1AndReset();
+  });
+
+  void it('handles uncaught errors', () => {
+    process.listeners('uncaughtException').at(-1)?.(
+      new Error('test error'),
+      'uncaughtException'
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      mockPrint.mock.calls.findIndex((call) =>
+        call.arguments[0].includes('test error')
+      ) >= 0
+    );
+    expectProcessExitCode1AndReset();
+  });
+
+  void it('does nothing when called multiple times', () => {
+    // note the first call happened in the before() setup
+
+    const unhandledRejectionListenerCount =
+      process.listenerCount('unhandledRejection');
+    const uncaughtExceptionListenerCount =
+      process.listenerCount('uncaughtException');
+
+    attachUnhandledExceptionListeners();
+    attachUnhandledExceptionListeners();
+
+    assert.equal(
+      process.listenerCount('unhandledRejection'),
+      unhandledRejectionListenerCount
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      process.listenerCount('uncaughtException'),
+      uncaughtExceptionListenerCount
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+const expectProcessExitCode1AndReset = () => {
+  assert.equal(process.exitCode, 1);
+  process.exitCode = 0;
+};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/error_handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/error_handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bff366f25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/error_handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { COLOR, Printer } from '@aws-amplify/cli-core';
+import { InvalidCredentialError } from './error/credential_error.js';
+import { EOL } from 'os';
+import { Argv } from 'yargs';
+
+let hasAttachUnhandledExceptionListenersBeenCalled = false;
+
+/**
+ * Attaches process listeners to handle unhandled exceptions and rejections
+ */
+export const attachUnhandledExceptionListeners = (): void => {
+  if (hasAttachUnhandledExceptionListenersBeenCalled) {
+    return;
+  }
+  process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason) => {
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    if (reason instanceof Error) {
+      handleError(reason);
+    } else if (typeof reason === 'string') {
+      handleError(new Error(reason));
+    } else {
+      handleError(
+        new Error(`Unhandled rejection of type [${typeof reason}]`, {
+          cause: reason,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  process.on('uncaughtException', (error) => {
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    handleError(error);
+  });
+  hasAttachUnhandledExceptionListenersBeenCalled = true;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Generates a function that is intended to be used as a callback to yargs.fail()
+ * All logic for actually handling errors should be delegated to handleError.
+ *
+ * For some reason the yargs object that is injected into the fail callback does not include all methods on the Argv type
+ * This generator allows us to inject the yargs parser into the callback so that we can call parser.exit() from the failure handler
+ * This prevents our top-level error handler from being invoked after the yargs error handler has already been invoked
+ */
+export const generateCommandFailureHandler = (
+  parser: Argv
+): ((message: string, error: Error) => void) => {
+  /**
+   * Format error output when a command fails
+   * @param message error message set by the yargs:check validations
+   * @param error error thrown by yargs handler
+   */
+  const handleCommandFailure = (message: string, error: Error) => {
+    const printHelp = () => {
+      Printer.printNewLine();
+      parser.showHelp();
+      Printer.printNewLine();
+    };
+
+    handleError(error, printHelp, message);
+    parser.exit(1, error);
+  };
+  return handleCommandFailure;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Error handling for uncaught errors during CLI command execution.
+ *
+ * This should be the one and only place where we handle unexpected errors.
+ * This includes console logging, debug logging, metrics recording, etc.
+ * (Note that we don't do all of those things yet, but this is where they should go)
+ */
+const handleError = (
+  error: Error,
+  printMessagePreamble?: () => void,
+  message?: string
+) => {
+  // If yargs threw an error because the customer force-closed a prompt (ie Ctrl+C during a prompt) then the intent to exit the process is clear
+  if (isUserForceClosePromptError(error)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (error instanceof InvalidCredentialError) {
+    Printer.print(`${error.message}${EOL}`, COLOR.RED);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  printMessagePreamble?.();
+  Printer.print(message || String(error), COLOR.RED);
+  Printer.printNewLine();
+};
+
+const isUserForceClosePromptError = (err: Error): boolean => {
+  return err?.message.includes('User force closed the prompt');
+};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.test.ts
index 9e613d983a7..9dc4ae5b6b2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
-import {
-  TestCommandError,
-  TestCommandRunner,
-} from './test-utils/command_runner.js';
+import { TestCommandRunner } from './test-utils/command_runner.js';
 import { createMainParser } from './main_parser_factory.js';
 import { version } from '#package.json';
 
@@ -22,16 +19,9 @@ void describe('main parser', { concurrency: false }, () => {
     assert.equal(output, `${version}\n`);
   });
 
-  void it('fails if command is not provided', async () => {
-    await assert.rejects(
-      () => commandRunner.runCommand(''),
-      (err: TestCommandError) => {
-        assert.equal(err.error.name, 'YError');
-        assert.match(err.error.message, /Not enough non-option arguments:/);
-        assert.match(err.output, /Commands:/);
-        assert.match(err.output, /Not enough non-option arguments:/);
-        return true;
-      }
-    );
+  void it('prints help if command is not provided', async () => {
+    const output = await commandRunner.runCommand('');
+    assert.match(output, /Commands:/);
+    assert.match(output, /Not enough non-option arguments:/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.ts b/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.ts
index 6f9a4c92fbc..01ca16d6823 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/main_parser_factory.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { createGenerateCommand } from './commands/generate/generate_command_fact
 import { createSandboxCommand } from './commands/sandbox/sandbox_command_factory.js';
 import { createPipelineDeployCommand } from './commands/pipeline-deploy/pipeline_deploy_command_factory.js';
 import { createConfigureCommand } from './commands/configure/configure_command_factory.js';
+import { generateCommandFailureHandler } from './error_handler.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates main parser.
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export const createMainParser = (): Argv => {
   const packageJson = new PackageJsonReader().read(
     fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url))
   );
-  return yargs()
+  const parser = yargs()
     .version(packageJson.version ?? '')
     .command(createGenerateCommand())
     .command(createSandboxCommand())
@@ -23,4 +24,6 @@ export const createMainParser = (): Argv => {
     .demandCommand()
     .strictCommands()
     .recommendCommands();
+  parser.fail(generateCommandFailureHandler(parser));
+  return parser;
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts b/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts
index a3a196dca6a..b32fbd1aa69 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/test-utils/command_runner.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
+import { generateCommandFailureHandler } from '../error_handler.js';
 
 class OutputInterceptor {
   private output = '';
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ export class TestCommandRunner {
       // Override script name to avoid long test file names
       .scriptName('amplify')
       // Make sure we don't exit process on error or --help
-      .exitProcess(false);
+      .exitProcess(false)
+      // attach the failure handler
+      // this is necessary because we may be testing a subcommand that doesn't have the top-level failure handler attached
+      // eventually we may want to have a separate "testFailureHandler" if we need additional tooling here
+      .fail(generateCommandFailureHandler(parser));
   }
 
   /**