diff --git a/services/channelQueue.js b/services/channelQueue.js
index c6eefe1..19a60b6 100644
--- a/services/channelQueue.js
+++ b/services/channelQueue.js
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ async function executeRename(channel, entry) {
       // (403), or no token configured — fall back to the primary Discord.js client.
       // Non-fallback errors rethrow so enqueueRename's catch can classify/log.
       if (err && err.fallback === true && channel && typeof channel.setName === 'function') {
-        logWarn(
-          'renameQueue',
-          `secondary-bot ${err.status ?? 'unavailable'}; falling back to primary channel=${channel.id}`
-        ).catch(() => {});
+        // Local log only; discord.js's REST client transparently handles 429s
+        // on the primary fallback, so this used to post a paired warning to
+        // the debug channel for every secondary-bot quota event with no
+        // operator action required. Keep the visibility in container logs.
+        console.warn(
+          `[renameQueue] secondary-bot ${err.status ?? 'unavailable'}; falling back to primary channel=${channel.id}`
+        );
         await channel.setName(currentName);
       } else {
         throw err;
diff --git a/utils/renamer.js b/utils/renamer.js
index 006cacc..55fd226 100644
--- a/utils/renamer.js
+++ b/utils/renamer.js
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ async function renameChannel(channelId, newName) {
   if (res.status === 429) {
     const retryAfterSec = (body && typeof body === 'object' && body.retry_after) || null;
     const retryAfterMs = retryAfterSec != null ? Math.ceil(Number(retryAfterSec) * 1000) : null;
-    logWarn('renamer', `429 rename channel=${channelId} retry_after=${retryAfterSec}`).catch(() => {});
+    // Local log only; the channelQueue fallback path handles recovery
+    // transparently via discord.js's built-in 429 retry. Posting these to
+    // the debug channel was non-actionable noise.
+    console.warn(`[renamer] 429 rename channel=${channelId} retry_after=${retryAfterSec}`);
 
     // Respect retry_after up to 2000ms; otherwise fail over immediately.
     if (retryAfterMs != null && retryAfterMs > 0 && retryAfterMs <= 2000) {