diff --git a/azuredevops/client.go b/azuredevops/client.go
index 921af58..4e6e79c 100644
--- a/azuredevops/client.go
+++ b/azuredevops/client.go
@@ -447,4 +447,4 @@ type InvalidApiVersion struct {
 
 func (e InvalidApiVersion) Error() string {
 	return "The requested api-version is not in a valid format: " + e.ApiVersion
-}
+}
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diff --git a/azuredevops/client_options.go b/azuredevops/client_options.go
index 315288f..10dcec8 100644
--- a/azuredevops/client_options.go
+++ b/azuredevops/client_options.go
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ func WithHTTPClient(httpClient *http.Client) ClientOptionFunc {
 	return func(c *Client) {
 		c.client = httpClient
 	}
-}
+}
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diff --git a/azuredevops/models.go b/azuredevops/models.go
index 0079749..78936d2 100644
--- a/azuredevops/models.go
+++ b/azuredevops/models.go
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@ func (e WrappedError) Error() string {
 		return ""
 	}
 	return *e.Message
-}
+}
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diff --git a/azuredevops/v7/client.go b/azuredevops/v7/client.go
index e0d0d4c..fab627e 100644
--- a/azuredevops/v7/client.go
+++ b/azuredevops/v7/client.go
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ const (
 	headerKeyForceMsaPassThrough = "X-VSS-ForceMsaPassThrough"
 	headerKeySession             = "X-TFS-Session"
 	headerUserAgent              = "User-Agent"
+	headerKeyWWWAuthenticate     = "WWW-Authenticate"
+
+	// CAE (Continuous Access Evaluation) constants
+	caeErrorInsufficientClaims = "insufficient_claims"
 
 	// media types
 	MediaTypeTextPlain       = "text/plain"
@@ -93,11 +97,49 @@ type Client struct {
 func (client *Client) SendRequest(request *http.Request) (response *http.Response, err error) {
 	resp, err := client.client.Do(request) // todo: add retry logic
 	if resp != nil && (resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300) {
+		// Check for CAE challenge before unwrapping general error
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			if caeChallenge, isCAE := client.extractCAEChallenge(resp); isCAE {
+				return resp, &CAEChallengeError{
+					ClaimsChallenge: caeChallenge,
+					StatusCode:      resp.StatusCode,
+					Message:         "Continuous Access Evaluation challenge received",
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		err = client.UnwrapError(resp)
 	}
 	return resp, err
 }
 
+// extractCAEChallenge checks if the response contains a CAE challenge and extracts the claims
+func (client *Client) extractCAEChallenge(resp *http.Response) (string, bool) {
+	// Get all WWW-Authenticate headers (in case of multiple)
+	wwwAuthHeaders := resp.Header.Values(headerKeyWWWAuthenticate)
+	if len(wwwAuthHeaders) == 0 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	// match key=value pairs in WWW-Authenticate header for unordered fields
+	errorRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\berror\s*=\s*"?([^",\s]+)"?`)
+	claimsRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\bclaims\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"`)
+
+	// Check each WWW-Authenticate header for CAE challenge
+	for _, wwwAuthHeader := range wwwAuthHeaders {
+		// First check if this header has error="insufficient_claims"
+		errorMatches := errorRegex.FindStringSubmatch(wwwAuthHeader)
+		if len(errorMatches) > 1 && strings.EqualFold(errorMatches[1], caeErrorInsufficientClaims) {
+			// Now extract the claims value from this same header
+			claimsMatches := claimsRegex.FindStringSubmatch(wwwAuthHeader)
+			if len(claimsMatches) > 1 {
+				return claimsMatches[1], true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", false
+}
+
 func (client *Client) Send(ctx context.Context,
 	httpMethod string,
 	locationId uuid.UUID,
diff --git a/azuredevops/v7/models.go b/azuredevops/v7/models.go
index 0079749..2a51417 100644
--- a/azuredevops/v7/models.go
+++ b/azuredevops/v7/models.go
@@ -147,3 +147,13 @@ func (e WrappedError) Error() string {
 	}
 	return *e.Message
 }
+
+type CAEChallengeError struct {
+	ClaimsChallenge string
+	StatusCode      int
+	Message         string
+}
+
+func (e *CAEChallengeError) Error() string {
+	return e.Message
+}
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