diff --git a/src/server/lib/dataforseo/core.ts b/src/server/lib/dataforseo/core.ts
index fe62c68..d8fd74a 100644
--- a/src/server/lib/dataforseo/core.ts
+++ b/src/server/lib/dataforseo/core.ts
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ function createAuthenticatedFetch(
       );
       error.name = "DataForSEOHttpError";
       // UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE is non-reportable, and the error handlers only log
-      // what they capture, so log here to keep the provider's failure rate
-      // visible in Workers Observability.
+      // what they capture, so warn here to keep the provider's failure rate
+      // visible in Workers Observability. Warn, not error: there is nothing in
+      // the app to fix.
       if (code === "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE")
-        console.error("dataforseo.upstream-http-failed", {
+        console.warn("dataforseo.upstream-http-failed", {
           path,
           status: response.status,
         });
diff --git a/src/server/lib/dataforseo/envelope.ts b/src/server/lib/dataforseo/envelope.ts
index a3a8a25..6e74771 100644
--- a/src/server/lib/dataforseo/envelope.ts
+++ b/src/server/lib/dataforseo/envelope.ts
@@ -246,10 +246,11 @@ export function assertOk<T extends DataforseoTaskLike>(
     const detailedMessage = describeInvalidField(message, task);
     const isUpstreamFailure = isUpstreamServerErrorTask(task);
     // UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE is non-reportable, and the error handlers only log
-    // what they capture, so log here to keep the provider's failure rate — and
-    // the only remaining record of the message — visible in Workers Observability.
+    // what they capture, so warn here to keep the provider's failure rate — and
+    // the only remaining record of the message — visible in Workers
+    // Observability. Warn, not error: there is nothing in the app to fix.
     if (isUpstreamFailure)
-      console.error("dataforseo.upstream-task-failed", {
+      console.warn("dataforseo.upstream-task-failed", {
         path,
         status: task.status_code,
         message: task.status_message,
diff --git a/src/server/workflows/rankCheckPaths.ts b/src/server/workflows/rankCheckPaths.ts
index 949ce39..2c211cd 100644
--- a/src/server/workflows/rankCheckPaths.ts
+++ b/src/server/workflows/rankCheckPaths.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
   RankCheckResult,
   RankCheckTaskInput,
 } from "@/server/lib/dataforseo";
+import { AppError } from "@/server/lib/errors";
 import type { RankTrackingConfig } from "@/types/schemas/rank-tracking";
 import { KEYWORDS_PER_BATCH } from "@/shared/rank-tracking";
 import { pgStep } from "@/server/workflows/pgStep";
@@ -100,16 +101,23 @@ async function checkBatchLive(
     ),
   );
   const results: RankCheckResultWithDevice[] = [];
-  for (const outcome of settled) {
+  settled.forEach((outcome, index) => {
     if (outcome.status === "fulfilled") {
       results.push(outcome.value);
-    } else {
-      console.error(
-        `[rank-check] ${ctx.runId} live call failed:`,
-        outcome.reason,
-      );
+      return;
     }
-  }
+    const reason = outcome.reason;
+    const code = reason instanceof AppError ? reason.code : "UNKNOWN";
+    const message = reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : String(reason);
+    // DataForSEO erring on its own side is a provider flake, not our bug: the
+    // keyword just misses this run and finalize reports it to the user. Every
+    // other rejection (no credits, bad API key) is ours and stays at error.
+    const log = code === "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE" ? console.warn : console.error;
+    const task = tasks[index];
+    log(
+      `[rank-check] ${ctx.runId} live call failed (${code}) keyword="${task.keyword}" device=${task.device}: ${message}`,
+    );
+  });
   if (results.length > 0) {
     await RankTrackingRepository.insertSnapshots(
       mapResultsToSnapshotRows(ctx.runId, results),
diff --git a/src/shared/error-codes.ts b/src/shared/error-codes.ts
index dd95158..5c3adc0 100644
--- a/src/shared/error-codes.ts
+++ b/src/shared/error-codes.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const NON_REPORTABLE_ERROR_CODES = new Set<ErrorCode>([
   "AUDIT_ALREADY_RUNNING",
   // An external provider (DataForSEO) failing on its own side. Nothing in the
   // app to fix, and it drowned real exceptions. Note the error handlers only
-  // log what they capture, so every throw site logs its own line to keep the
-  // failure rate visible in Workers Observability.
+  // log what they capture, so every throw site warns on its own line to keep
+  // the failure rate visible in Workers Observability.
   "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
 ]);