diff --git a/src/net/http.zig b/src/net/http.zig
index 4e49fed..7e5f58e 100644
--- a/src/net/http.zig
+++ b/src/net/http.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.http);
 
@@ -406,10 +407,17 @@ pub const Client = struct {
                 // those to debug so the warn-level log stream
                 // stays focused on cases the operator can act on
                 // (auth, rate, server outages).
-                if (response.status == .not_found) {
-                    log.debug("http rejection body status=404 body={s}", .{response.body});
-                } else {
-                    log.warn("http rejection body status={d} body={s}", .{ @intFromEnum(response.status), response.body });
+                //
+                // Skipped entirely under `zig build test`: the
+                // error-classification tests intentionally drive
+                // non-2xx statuses through here, and their warn
+                // output would otherwise pollute the test stream.
+                if (!builtin.is_test) {
+                    if (response.status == .not_found) {
+                        log.debug("http rejection body status=404 body={s}", .{response.body});
+                    } else {
+                        log.warn("http rejection body status={d} body={s}", .{ @intFromEnum(response.status), response.body });
+                    }
                 }
                 response.allocator.free(response.body);
                 if (response.etag) |e| response.allocator.free(e);