diff --git a/mteb/models/bedrock_models.py b/mteb/models/bedrock_models.py
index a97535960c..46e3f02113 100644
--- a/mteb/models/bedrock_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/bedrock_models.py
@@ -39,11 +39,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._provider = provider.lower()
 
         if self._provider == "cohere":
-            self.model_prompts = (
-                self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
-                if model_prompts
-                else None
-            )
+            self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
             self._max_batch_size = 96
             self._max_sequence_length = max_tokens * 4
         else:
diff --git a/mteb/models/cohere_models.py b/mteb/models/cohere_models.py
index 606195417a..dbbfd35dfa 100644
--- a/mteb/models/cohere_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/cohere_models.py
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         self.model_name = model_name
         self.sep = sep
-        self.model_prompts = (
-            self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts) if model_prompts else None
-        )
+        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
     def _embed(
         self,
diff --git a/mteb/models/colbert_models.py b/mteb/models/colbert_models.py
index 82c0e1d1e2..c0e22ea306 100644
--- a/mteb/models/colbert_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/colbert_models.py
@@ -40,17 +40,11 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.model_name = model_name
         self.model = colbert_model.ColBERT(self.model_name, revision=revision, **kwargs)
-        if (
-            model_prompts is None
-            and hasattr(self.model, "prompts")
-            and len(self.model.prompts) > 0
-        ):
-            try:
-                model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(self.model.prompts)
-            except ValueError:
-                model_prompts = None
-        elif model_prompts is not None and hasattr(self.model, "prompts"):
-            logger.info(f"Model prompts will be overwritten with {model_prompts}")
+        built_in_prompts = getattr(self.model, "prompts", None)
+        if built_in_prompts and not model_prompts:
+            model_prompts = built_in_prompts
+        elif model_prompts and built_in_prompts:
+            logger.info(f"Model.prompts will be overwritten with {model_prompts}")
             self.model.prompts = model_prompts
         self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
diff --git a/mteb/models/google_models.py b/mteb/models/google_models.py
index 2ef93b261b..9636d1ded2 100644
--- a/mteb/models/google_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/google_models.py
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         self.model_name = model_name
-        self.model_prompts = (
-            self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts) if model_prompts else None
-        )
+        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
     def _embed(
         self,
diff --git a/mteb/models/llm2vec_models.py b/mteb/models/llm2vec_models.py
index 37983bc159..b73678a681 100644
--- a/mteb/models/llm2vec_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/llm2vec_models.py
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
 
             extra_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "flash_attention_2"
 
-        self.model_prompts = (
-            self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts) if model_prompts else None
-        )
+        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
         if device:
             kwargs["device_map"] = device
diff --git a/mteb/models/repllama_models.py b/mteb/models/repllama_models.py
index e704cb865a..2a135712e2 100644
--- a/mteb/models/repllama_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/repllama_models.py
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ def __init__(
         # set the max_length for the evals as they did, although the model can handle longer
         self.model.config.max_length = 512
         self.tokenizer.model_max_length = 512
-        self.model_prompts = (
-            self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts) if model_prompts else None
-        )
+        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
     def create_batch_dict(self, tokenizer, input_texts):
         max_length = self.model.config.max_length
diff --git a/mteb/models/sentence_transformer_wrapper.py b/mteb/models/sentence_transformer_wrapper.py
index e9d5492803..d27584b96c 100644
--- a/mteb/models/sentence_transformer_wrapper.py
+++ b/mteb/models/sentence_transformer_wrapper.py
@@ -39,28 +39,35 @@ def __init__(
             self.model = model
 
         if (
-            model_prompts is None
-            and hasattr(self.model, "prompts")
-            and len(self.model.prompts) > 0
-        ):
-            try:
-                model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(self.model.prompts)
-
-                if (
-                    len(self.model.prompts) == 2
-                    and self.model.prompts.get("query", "") == ""
-                    and self.model.prompts.get("document", "") == ""
-                ):
-                    model_prompts = None
-            except KeyError:
-                model_prompts = None
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Model prompts are not in the expected format. Ignoring them."
-                )
-        elif model_prompts is not None and hasattr(self.model, "prompts"):
-            logger.info(f"Model prompts will be overwritten with {model_prompts}")
+            built_in_prompts := getattr(self.model, "prompts", None)
+        ) and not model_prompts:
+            model_prompts = built_in_prompts
+        elif model_prompts and built_in_prompts:
+            logger.warning(f"Model prompts will be overwritten with {model_prompts}")
             self.model.prompts = model_prompts
-        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
+
+        self.model_prompts, invalid_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(
+            model_prompts, raise_for_invalid_keys=False
+        )
+
+        if invalid_prompts:
+            invalid_prompts = "\n".join(invalid_prompts)
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Some prompts are not in the expected format and will be ignored. Problems:\n\n{invalid_prompts}"
+            )
+
+        if (
+            self.model_prompts
+            and len(self.model_prompts) <= 2
+            and (
+                PromptType.query.value not in self.model_prompts
+                or PromptType.document.value not in self.model_prompts
+            )
+        ):
+            logger.warning(
+                "SentenceTransformers that use prompts most often need to be configured with at least 'query' and"
+                f" 'document' prompts to ensure optimal performance. Received {self.model_prompts}"
+            )
 
         if isinstance(self.model, CrossEncoder):
             self.predict = self._predict
diff --git a/mteb/models/voyage_models.py b/mteb/models/voyage_models.py
index 15c934d573..2d3b3b100f 100644
--- a/mteb/models/voyage_models.py
+++ b/mteb/models/voyage_models.py
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._embed_func = rate_limit(max_rpm)(token_limit(max_tpm)(self._client.embed))
         self._model_name = model_name
         self._max_tpm = max_tpm
-        self.model_prompts = (
-            self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts) if model_prompts else None
-        )
+        self.model_prompts = self.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
     def encode(
         self,
diff --git a/mteb/models/wrapper.py b/mteb/models/wrapper.py
index 68ec09ae62..ccbdc59713 100644
--- a/mteb/models/wrapper.py
+++ b/mteb/models/wrapper.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
-from typing import Callable, get_args
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import Literal, get_args, overload
 
 import mteb
 from mteb.abstasks.TaskMetadata import TASK_TYPE
@@ -65,29 +66,95 @@ def get_prompt_name(
         return None
 
     @staticmethod
+    @overload
     def validate_task_to_prompt_name(
-        task_to_prompt_name: dict[str, str] | None,
-    ) -> dict[str, str] | None:
-        if task_to_prompt_name is None:
-            return task_to_prompt_name
+        task_to_prompt: dict[str, str] | None,
+        raise_for_invalid_keys: Literal[True] = True,
+    ) -> dict[str, str] | None: ...
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @overload
+    def validate_task_to_prompt_name(
+        task_to_prompt: dict[str, str] | None,
+        raise_for_invalid_keys: Literal[False] = False,
+    ) -> tuple[dict[str, str], Sequence[str]] | tuple[None, None]: ...
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_task_to_prompt_name(
+        task_to_prompt: dict[str, str] | None,
+        raise_for_invalid_keys: bool = True,
+    ) -> (
+        dict[str, str] | tuple[dict[str, str], Sequence[str]] | tuple[None, None] | None
+    ):
+        """Validates that the keys in task_to_prompt_name map to a known task or prompt type.
+
+        A key is valid if:
+
+        1.  It is a valid task name; or
+        2.  It is a valid task type; or
+        3.  It is a valid prompt type; or
+        4.  It is a compound key of the form "{task_name}-{prompt_type}" where task_name is a valid task type or task
+            name and prompt_type is a valid prompt type.
+
+        See the
+        [MTEB docs](https://github.com/embeddings-benchmark/mteb/blob/main/docs/usage/usage.md#running-sentencetransformer-model-with-prompts)
+        for a complete description of the order or precedence for these keys when running an evaluation.
+
+        Arguments:
+            task_to_prompt: The dictionary of prompts.
+            raise_for_invalid_keys: If True, raise an error when an invalid key is encountered, otherwise return the
+                list of error messages along with a filtered dictionary of prompts with valid keys. Defaults to True
+                for backward compatibility.
+
+        Returns:
+            *   None if `task_to_prompt` is None or empty;
+            *   Only a dictionary of validated prompts if `raise_for_invalid_keys` is `True`; or
+            *   A tuple continaing the filtered dictionary of valid prompts and the set of error messages for the
+                invalid prompts `raise_for_invalid` is `False`
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: If any invlaid keys are encountered and `raise_for_invalid_keys` is `True`, this function will
+            raise a single `KeyError` contianing the
+        """
+        if not task_to_prompt:
+            return None if raise_for_invalid_keys else (None, None)
+
         task_types = get_args(TASK_TYPE)
         prompt_types = [e.value for e in PromptType]
-        for task_name in task_to_prompt_name:
-            if "-" in task_name and task_name.endswith(
-                (f"-{PromptType.query.value}", f"-{PromptType.document.value}")
-            ):
-                task_name, prompt_type = task_name.rsplit("-", 1)
-                if prompt_type not in prompt_types:
-                    msg = f"Prompt type {prompt_type} is not valid. Valid prompt types are {prompt_types}"
-                    logger.warning(msg)
-                    raise KeyError(msg)
+        valid_keys_msg = f"Valid keys are task types [{task_types}], prompt types [{prompt_types}], and task names"
+        valid_prompt_type_endings = tuple(
+            [f"-{prompt_type}" for prompt_type in prompt_types]
+        )
+
+        invalid_keys: set[str] = set()
+        invalid_task_messages: set[str] = set()
+
+        for task_key in task_to_prompt:
+            # task_key may be a compound key of the form "{task_name}-{prompt_type}". A task_name may contain a "-"
+            # character (this occurs in ~12% of task names), so rsplit is used to separate a valid prompt_type postfix
+            # from the unvalidated task_name.
+            if task_key.endswith(valid_prompt_type_endings):
+                task_name = task_key.rsplit("-", 1)[0]
+            else:
+                task_name = task_key
+
             if task_name not in task_types and task_name not in prompt_types:
-                task = mteb.get_task(task_name=task_name)
-                if not task:
-                    msg = f"Task name {task_name} is not valid. Valid task names are task types [{task_types}], prompt types [{prompt_types}] and task names"
+                try:
+                    mteb.get_task(task_name=task_name)
+                except KeyError:
+                    msg = f"Task name {task_name} is not valid. {valid_keys_msg}"
                     logger.warning(msg)
-                    raise KeyError(msg)
-        return task_to_prompt_name
+                    invalid_task_messages.add(msg)
+                    invalid_keys.add(task_key)
+
+        if raise_for_invalid_keys and invalid_task_messages:
+            raise KeyError(invalid_task_messages)
+        elif raise_for_invalid_keys:
+            return task_to_prompt
+        else:
+            return {
+                k: v for k, v in task_to_prompt.items() if k not in invalid_keys
+            }, tuple(invalid_task_messages)
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instruction(
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark_integration_with_sentencetransformers.py b/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark_integration_with_sentencetransformers.py
index 4ca0056cd7..be5377ea73 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark_integration_with_sentencetransformers.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark_integration_with_sentencetransformers.py
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
 )
 def test_benchmark_sentence_transformer(task: str | AbsTask, model_name: str):
     """Test that a task can be fetched and run"""
-    if isinstance(model_name, str):
-        model = SentenceTransformer(model_name)
+    model = SentenceTransformer(model_name)
+    # Prior to https://github.com/embeddings-benchmark/mteb/pull/3079 the
+    # SentenceTransformerWrapper would set the model's prompts to None because
+    # the mock tasks are not in the MTEB task registry. The linked PR changes
+    # this behavior and keeps the prompts as configured by the model, so this
+    # test now sets the prompts to None explicitly to preserve the legacy
+    # behavior and focus the test on the tasks instead of the prompts.
+    model.prompts = None
     eval = MTEB(tasks=[task])
     eval.run(model, output_folder="tests/results", overwrite_results=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_reproducible_workflow.py b/tests/test_reproducible_workflow.py
index 738392c623..48f64e6496 100644
--- a/tests/test_reproducible_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_reproducible_workflow.py
@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("task_name", ["BornholmBitextMining"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", ["sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("model_revision", ["8b3219a92973c328a8e22fadcfa821b5dc75636a"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "task_name, model_name, model_revision",
+    [
+        (
+            "BornholmBitextMining",
+            "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
+            "8b3219a92973c328a8e22fadcfa821b5dc75636a",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
 def test_reproducibility_workflow(task_name: str, model_name: str, model_revision: str):
     """Test that a model and a task can be fetched and run in a reproducible fashion."""
     model_meta = mteb.get_model_meta(model_name, revision=model_revision)
@@ -67,11 +74,51 @@ def test_validate_task_to_prompt_name(task_name: str | mteb.AbsTask):
     Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name(model_prompts)
 
 
-def test_validate_task_to_prompt_name_fail():
-    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
-        Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name(
-            {"task_name": "prompt_name", "task_name-query": "prompt_name"}
-        )
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("raise_for_invalid_keys", (True, False))
+def test_validate_task_to_prompt_name_for_none(raise_for_invalid_keys: bool):
+    result = Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name(
+        None, raise_for_invalid_keys=raise_for_invalid_keys
+    )
+    assert result is None if raise_for_invalid_keys else (None, None)
 
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "task_prompt_dict",
+    [
+        {"task_name": "prompt_name"},
+        {"task_name-query": "prompt_name"},
+        {"task_name-task_name": "prompt_name"},
+    ],
+)
+def test_validate_task_to_prompt_name_fails_and_raises(
+    task_prompt_dict: dict[str, str],
+):
     with pytest.raises(KeyError):
-        Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name({"task_name-task_name": "prompt_name"})
+        Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name(task_prompt_dict)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "task_prompt_dict, expected_valid, expected_invalid",
+    [
+        ({"task_name": "prompt_name"}, 0, 1),
+        ({"task_name-query": "prompt_name"}, 0, 1),
+        (
+            {
+                "task_name-query": "prompt_name",
+                "query": "prompt_name",
+                "Retrieval": "prompt_name",
+            },
+            2,
+            1,
+        ),
+        ({"task_name-task_name": "prompt_name"}, 0, 1),
+    ],
+)
+def test_validate_task_to_prompt_name_filters_and_reports(
+    task_prompt_dict: dict[str, str], expected_valid: int, expected_invalid: int
+):
+    valid, invalid = Wrapper.validate_task_to_prompt_name(
+        task_prompt_dict, raise_for_invalid_keys=False
+    )
+    assert len(valid) == expected_valid
+    assert len(invalid) == expected_invalid