diff --git a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/errorMaps.ts b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/errorMaps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2747cf66555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/errorMaps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { ErrorType } from '../../types';
+
+export type ErrorMap = Partial<{
+	[key in ErrorType]: (error: Error) => boolean;
+}>;
+
+export const mutationErrorMap: ErrorMap = {
+	BadRecord: error => /^Cannot return \w+ for [\w-_]+ type/.test(error.message),
+	ConfigError: () => false,
+	Transient: () => false,
+	Unauthorized: () => false,
+};
+
+export const subscriptionErrorMap: ErrorMap = {
+	BadRecord: () => false,
+	ConfigError: () => false,
+	Transient: () => false,
+	Unauthorized: (givenError: any) => {
+		const {
+			error: { errors: [{ message = '' } = {}] } = {
+				errors: [],
+			},
+		} = givenError;
+		const regex = /Connection failed.+Unauthorized/;
+		return regex.test(message);
+	},
+};
+
+export const syncErrorMap: ErrorMap = {
+	BadRecord: error => /^Cannot return \w+ for [\w-_]+ type/.test(error.message),
+	ConfigError: () => false,
+	Transient: () => false,
+	Unauthorized: () => false,
+};
+
+export function getMutationErrorType(error: Error): ErrorType {
+	return mapErrorToType(mutationErrorMap, error);
+}
+
+export function getSubscriptionErrorType(error: Error): ErrorType {
+	return mapErrorToType(subscriptionErrorMap, error);
+}
+
+export function getSyncErrorType(error: Error): ErrorType {
+	return mapErrorToType(syncErrorMap, error);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Categorizes an error with a broad error type, intended to make
+ * customer error handling code simpler.
+ * @param errorMap Error names and a list of patterns that indicate them (each pattern as a regex or function)
+ * @param error The underying error to categorize.
+ */
+export function mapErrorToType(errorMap: ErrorMap, error: Error): ErrorType {
+	const errorTypes = [...Object.keys(errorMap)] as ErrorType[];
+	for (const errorType of errorTypes) {
+		const matcher = errorMap[errorType];
+		if (matcher(error)) {
+			return errorType;
+		}
+	}
+	return 'Unknown';
+}
diff --git a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/mutation.ts b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/mutation.ts
index a21a3f1a1b6..681603372fe 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/mutation.ts
+++ b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/mutation.ts
@@ -34,19 +34,13 @@ import {
 	getModelAuthModes,
 	TransformerMutationType,
 	getTokenForCustomAuth,
-	ErrorMap,
-	mapErrorToType,
 } from '../utils';
+import { getMutationErrorType } from './errorMaps';
 
 const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10;
 
 const logger = new Logger('DataStore');
 
-// TODO: add additional error maps
-const errorMap = {
-	BadRecord: error => /^Cannot return \w+ for [\w-_]+ type/.test(error.message),
-} as ErrorMap;
-
 type MutationProcessorEvent = {
 	operation: TransformerMutationType;
 	modelDefinition: SchemaModel;
@@ -386,7 +380,7 @@ class MutationProcessor {
 										localModel: variables.input,
 										message: error.message,
 										operation,
-										errorType: mapErrorToType(errorMap, error),
+										errorType: getMutationErrorType(error),
 										errorInfo: error.errorInfo,
 										process: ProcessName.mutate,
 										cause: error,
diff --git a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/subscription.ts b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/subscription.ts
index cff0cf853fd..a548a6ddd8a 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/subscription.ts
+++ b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/subscription.ts
@@ -22,27 +22,13 @@ import {
 	getUserGroupsFromToken,
 	TransformerMutationType,
 	getTokenForCustomAuth,
-	mapErrorToType,
-	ErrorMap,
 } from '../utils';
 import { ModelPredicateCreator } from '../../predicates';
 import { validatePredicate } from '../../util';
+import { getSubscriptionErrorType } from './errorMaps';
 
 const logger = new Logger('DataStore');
 
-// TODO: add additional error maps
-const errorMap = {
-	Unauthorized: (givenError: any) => {
-		const {
-			error: { errors: [{ message = '' } = {}] } = {
-				errors: [],
-			},
-		} = givenError;
-		const regex = /Connection failed.+Unauthorized/;
-		return regex.test(message);
-	},
-} as ErrorMap;
-
 export enum CONTROL_MSG {
 	CONNECTED = 'CONNECTED',
 }
@@ -468,10 +454,8 @@ class SubscriptionProcessor {
 														message,
 														model: modelDefinition.name,
 														operation,
-														errorType: mapErrorToType(
-															errorMap,
-															subscriptionError
-														),
+														errorType:
+															getSubscriptionErrorType(subscriptionError),
 														process: ProcessName.subscribe,
 														remoteModel: null,
 														cause: subscriptionError,
diff --git a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/sync.ts b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/sync.ts
index 428eacc0731..bc8e615536a 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/sync.ts
+++ b/packages/datastore/src/sync/processors/sync.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import {
 	getForbiddenError,
 	predicateToGraphQLFilter,
 	getTokenForCustomAuth,
-	mapErrorToType,
-	ErrorMap,
 } from '../utils';
 import {
 	jitteredExponentialRetry,
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from '@aws-amplify/core';
 import { ModelPredicateCreator } from '../../predicates';
 import { ModelInstanceCreator } from '../../datastore/datastore';
+import { getSyncErrorType } from './errorMaps';
 const opResultDefaults = {
 	items: [],
 	nextToken: null,
@@ -37,11 +36,6 @@ const opResultDefaults = {
 
 const logger = new Logger('DataStore');
 
-// TODO: add additional error maps
-const errorMap = {
-	BadRecord: error => /^Cannot return \w+ for [\w-_]+ type/.test(error.message),
-} as ErrorMap;
-
 class SyncProcessor {
 	private readonly typeQuery = new WeakMap<SchemaModel, [string, string]>();
 
@@ -251,7 +245,7 @@ class SyncProcessor {
 												message: err.message,
 												model: modelDefinition.name,
 												operation: opName,
-												errorType: mapErrorToType(errorMap, err),
+												errorType: getSyncErrorType(err),
 												process: ProcessName.sync,
 												remoteModel: null,
 												cause: err,
diff --git a/packages/datastore/src/sync/utils.ts b/packages/datastore/src/sync/utils.ts
index 35d5126b7b2..04d9dea6cf5 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/src/sync/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/datastore/src/sync/utils.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
 	ModelOperation,
 	InternalSchema,
 	AuthModeStrategy,
-	ErrorType,
 } from '../types';
 import { exhaustiveCheck } from '../util';
 import { MutationEvent } from './';
@@ -41,27 +40,6 @@ enum GraphQLOperationType {
 	GET = 'query',
 }
 
-export type ErrorMap = {
-	[key in ErrorType]: (error: Error) => boolean;
-};
-
-/**
- * Categorizes an error with a broad error type, intended to make
- * customer error handling code simpler.
- * @param errorMap Error names and a list of patterns that indicate them (each pattern as a regex or function)
- * @param error The underying error to categorize.
- */
-export function mapErrorToType(errorMap: ErrorMap, error: Error): ErrorType {
-	const errorTypes = [...Object.keys(errorMap)] as ErrorType[];
-	for (const errorType of errorTypes) {
-		const matcher = errorMap[errorType];
-		if (matcher(error)) {
-			return errorType;
-		}
-	}
-	return 'Unknown';
-}
-
 export enum TransformerMutationType {
 	CREATE = 'Create',
 	UPDATE = 'Update',