diff --git a/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/commonMain/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryingLLMClient.kt b/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/commonMain/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryingLLMClient.kt
index c940690cce..9f85374d18 100644
--- a/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/commonMain/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryingLLMClient.kt
+++ b/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/commonMain/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryingLLMClient.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class RetryingLLMClient @JvmOverloads constructor(
                     val delay = calculateDelay(attempt, e)
                     logger.warn {
                         "Stream connection failed before first token (attempt ${attempt + 1}/${config.maxAttempts}). " +
-                            "Retrying in ${delay.inWholeMilliseconds}ms. Error: ${e.message}"
+                            "Retrying in ${delay.inWholeMilliseconds}ms."
                     }
                     delay(delay)
                 }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class RetryingLLMClient @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 val delay = calculateDelay(attempt, e)
                 logger.warn {
                     "$operation failed (attempt ${attempt + 1}/${config.maxAttempts}). " +
-                        "Retrying in ${delay.inWholeMilliseconds}ms. Error: ${e.message}"
+                        "Retrying in ${delay.inWholeMilliseconds}ms."
                 }
                 delay(delay)
             }
diff --git a/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/jvmTest/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryLoggingTest.kt b/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/jvmTest/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryLoggingTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea9ec721a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prompt/prompt-executor/prompt-executor-clients/src/jvmTest/kotlin/ai/koog/prompt/executor/clients/retry/RetryLoggingTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package ai.koog.prompt.executor.clients.retry
+
+import ai.koog.agents.core.tools.ToolDescriptor
+import ai.koog.prompt.Prompt
+import ai.koog.prompt.dsl.ModerationResult
+import ai.koog.prompt.dsl.prompt
+import ai.koog.prompt.executor.clients.LLMClient
+import ai.koog.prompt.llm.LLMProvider
+import ai.koog.prompt.llm.LLModel
+import ai.koog.prompt.message.Message
+import ai.koog.prompt.streaming.StreamFrame
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.toList
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.Execution
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ExecutionMode
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.Isolated
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.PrintStream
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds
+
+@Isolated("Captures System.err used by SLF4J Simple")
+@Execution(ExecutionMode.SAME_THREAD)
+class RetryLoggingTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testOrdinaryRetryOmitsExceptionContents() = runTest {
+        val delegate = FailingOnceClient()
+        val client = RetryingLLMClient(delegate, retryConfig)
+
+        val output = captureWarnings {
+            assertEquals(emptyList(), client.models())
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(2, delegate.calls)
+        assertSafeWarning(output, "models failed")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testStreamingRetryOmitsExceptionContents() = runTest {
+        val delegate = FailingOnceClient()
+        val client = RetryingLLMClient(delegate, retryConfig)
+        val model = LLModel(LLMProvider.OpenAI, "test-model", emptyList(), 4096)
+
+        val output = captureWarnings {
+            assertEquals(emptyList(), client.executeStreaming(prompt("test") {}, model).toList())
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(2, delegate.calls)
+        assertSafeWarning(output, "Stream connection failed before first token")
+    }
+
+    private fun assertSafeWarning(output: String, operation: String) {
+        assertTrue(output.contains("WARN"), output)
+        assertTrue(output.contains(operation), output)
+        assertTrue(output.contains("attempt 1/2"), output)
+        assertTrue(output.contains("Retrying in 10ms"), output)
+        assertFalse(output.contains("private-response-body"), output)
+        assertFalse(output.contains("synthetic-api-key"), output)
+        assertFalse(output.contains("private-cause"), output)
+    }
+
+    // The test JVM uses the SLF4J Simple backend supplied by test-utils.
+    private suspend fun captureWarnings(block: suspend () -> Unit): String {
+        val previous = System.err
+        val output = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        val capture = PrintStream(output, true, Charsets.UTF_8)
+        try {
+            System.setErr(capture)
+            block()
+        } finally {
+            System.setErr(previous)
+            capture.close()
+        }
+        return output.toString(Charsets.UTF_8)
+    }
+
+    private class FailingOnceClient : LLMClient() {
+        var calls = 0
+
+        private fun failOnce() {
+            if (++calls == 1) {
+                throw IllegalStateException(
+                    "429 private-response-body Authorization: Bearer synthetic-api-key",
+                    IllegalArgumentException("private-cause")
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        override suspend fun models(): List<LLModel> {
+            failOnce()
+            return emptyList()
+        }
+
+        override fun executeStreaming(prompt: Prompt, model: LLModel, tools: List<ToolDescriptor>): Flow<StreamFrame> =
+            flow { failOnce() }
+
+        override suspend fun execute(prompt: Prompt, model: LLModel, tools: List<ToolDescriptor>): Message.Assistant =
+            error("Unused")
+
+        override suspend fun moderate(prompt: Prompt, model: LLModel): ModerationResult = error("Unused")
+
+        override fun llmProvider(): LLMProvider = LLMProvider.OpenAI
+
+        override fun close() {}
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        val retryConfig = RetryConfig(
+            maxAttempts = 2,
+            initialDelay = 10.milliseconds,
+            jitterFactor = 0.01
+        )
+    }
+}