diff --git a/devel-common/src/docs/utils/conf_constants.py b/devel-common/src/docs/utils/conf_constants.py
index d483adae6eba4..89bd07b61e11f 100644
--- a/devel-common/src/docs/utils/conf_constants.py
+++ b/devel-common/src/docs/utils/conf_constants.py
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ def get_google_intersphinx_mapping() -> dict[str, tuple[str, tuple[str]]]:
     "*/conftest.py",
     "*/tests/__init__.py",
     "*/tests/system/__init__.py",
+    "*/tests/system/*/tests/*",
     "*/tests/system/example_empty.py",
-    "*/test_aws_auth_manager.py",
     "*/check_translations_completeness.py",
 ]
 
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 08cf8545c7020..bbfe1e1de39cf 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ Dlp
 dlp
 DlpJob
 DlpServiceClient
+DLQ
+Dlq
+dlq
 dms
 DNs
 dns
diff --git a/providers/amazon/tests/system/amazon/aws/tests/test_lambda_executor_dlq.py b/providers/amazon/tests/system/amazon/aws/tests/test_lambda_executor_dlq.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ac37a5e35ea50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/amazon/tests/system/amazon/aws/tests/test_lambda_executor_dlq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+import boto3
+
+from airflow.utils.trigger_rule import TriggerRule
+
+from tests_common.test_utils.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
+
+if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
+    from airflow.sdk import DAG, chain, task
+else:
+    from airflow.decorators import task  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
+    from airflow.models.baseoperator import chain  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
+    from airflow.models.dag import DAG  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef,assignment]
+
+from system.amazon.aws.utils import SystemTestContextBuilder
+
+sys_test_context_task = SystemTestContextBuilder().build()
+
+DAG_ID = "test_lambda_executor_dlq"
+
+
+@task
+def verify_test_setup():
+    """Verify Lambda executor DLQ configuration is available"""
+    dlq_url = os.environ.get("AIRFLOW__AWS_LAMBDA_EXECUTOR__DEAD_LETTER_QUEUE_URL")
+    print(f"Lambda executor DLQ URL: {dlq_url}")
+
+    parsed_url = urlparse(dlq_url)
+    dlq_queue_name = parsed_url.path.split("/")[-1]
+    return dlq_queue_name
+
+
+# Configuration to search for this poison pill has been done within the Lambda app.py handler code
+@task(executor_config={"poison_pill": True})
+def cause_lambda_failure():
+    return "This task is designed to fail at Lambda service level, injected within the function handler"
+
+
+@task(trigger_rule=TriggerRule.ALL_DONE)
+def verify_dlq_activity(dlq_queue_name: str):
+    """Verify DLQ processing occurred by checking CloudWatch metrics"""
+
+    cloudwatch = boto3.client("cloudwatch")
+    # Try for up to 10 attempts (5 minutes total)
+    for attempt in range(10):
+        end_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        start_time = end_time - timedelta(minutes=5)
+        received_response = cloudwatch.get_metric_statistics(
+            Namespace="AWS/SQS",
+            MetricName="NumberOfMessagesDeleted",
+            Dimensions=[{"Name": "QueueName", "Value": dlq_queue_name}],
+            StartTime=start_time,
+            EndTime=end_time,
+            Period=300,
+            Statistics=["Sum"],
+        )
+
+        total_deleted = sum(point["Sum"] for point in received_response["Datapoints"])
+        if total_deleted > 0:
+            print(f"Messages deleted from DLQ: {total_deleted}")
+            return "DLQ Processing Confirmed"
+        print("No messages detected in DLQ yet")
+        if attempt < 9:
+            time.sleep(30)
+    raise AssertionError("FAIL: No DLQ activity detected after 5 minutes of polling")
+
+
+with DAG(
+    dag_id=DAG_ID,
+    schedule="@once",
+    start_date=datetime(2021, 1, 1),
+    tags=["test"],
+    catchup=False,
+) as dag:
+    test_context = sys_test_context_task()
+    dlq_name = verify_test_setup()
+    failed_task = cause_lambda_failure()
+    verify_task = verify_dlq_activity(dlq_name)
+
+    chain(
+        test_context,
+        dlq_name,
+        failed_task,
+        verify_task,
+    )
+    from tests_common.test_utils.watcher import watcher
+
+    verify_task >> watcher()
+
+from tests_common.test_utils.system_tests import get_test_run  # noqa: E402
+
+test_run = get_test_run(dag)