diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
index 2e9b8fb209..a8a45a5ccf 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
@@ -56,11 +56,36 @@ import java.io.File
  */
 class Amethyst : Application() {
     init {
-        Log.minLevel = if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) LogLevel.DEBUG else LogLevel.ERROR
+        Log.minLevel = DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL
         Log.d("AmethystApp") { "Creating App $this" }
     }
 
     companion object {
+        /**
+         * Restores the full firehose in debug builds: per-socket relay lifecycle
+         * (`Connecting…`/`Disconnected`/`OnOpen`), per-second event throughput, per-stream Arti
+         * SOCKS errors and per-relay census detail.
+         *
+         * Off by default. A cold start on the outbox model dials ~400 relays, and those sources
+         * alone emit ~3.7k of the ~6.2k lines an 80s boot produces — which buries the boot
+         * narrative and the relay-protocol warnings (`auth-required`, `rate-limited`,
+         * `unsupported: too many filters`) that are the actionable ones. Flip this, or set
+         * [Log.minLevel] at runtime, when you need the per-socket detail back.
+         */
+        const val VERBOSE_LOGS = false
+
+        /**
+         * Debug defaults to INFO so a boot reads as a narrative plus warnings; release defaults to
+         * WARN rather than ERROR so relay-protocol refusals stay visible in the field — they are
+         * the highest-value-per-line diagnostics we emit and were previously dropped entirely.
+         */
+        val DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel =
+            when {
+                !BuildConfig.DEBUG -> LogLevel.WARN
+                VERBOSE_LOGS -> LogLevel.DEBUG
+                else -> LogLevel.INFO
+            }
+
         lateinit var instance: AppModules
             private set
     }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AntiSpamFilter.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AntiSpamFilter.kt
index dbecbb436f..752492a5c3 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AntiSpamFilter.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AntiSpamFilter.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ class AntiSpamFilter {
                 val link2 = njumpLink(NAddress.create(event.kind, event.pubKey, event.dTag(), relay))
                 val link1 = existingAddress?.let { njumpLink(NAddress.create(it.kind, it.pubKeyHex, it.dTag, relay)) } ?: link2
 
-                Log.w("Duplicated/SPAM") { "${relay?.url} $link1 $link2" }
+                // Debug, not warn: a duplicate detection is this filter working, not a fault, and
+                // it is already reported where it can be acted on — relayStats.newSpam below and
+                // the flowSpam emission that drives the UI. On a normal boot this fires ~34 times
+                // with a pair of njump links each, which is the widest line in the log and says
+                // nothing the spam counters don't. Keep the links at DEBUG for when you need to
+                // open the two events and compare them.
+                Log.d("Duplicated/SPAM") { "${relay?.url} $link1 $link2" }
 
                 // Log down offenders
                 val spammer = logOffender(hash, event)
@@ -118,7 +124,13 @@ class AntiSpamFilter {
                 // LRU cache while the spammer record still matches this hash.
                 val link1 = existingEvent?.let { njumpLink(NEvent.create(it, null, null, relay)) } ?: link2
 
-                Log.w("Duplicated/SPAM") { "${relay?.url} $link1 $link2" }
+                // Debug, not warn: a duplicate detection is this filter working, not a fault, and
+                // it is already reported where it can be acted on — relayStats.newSpam below and
+                // the flowSpam emission that drives the UI. On a normal boot this fires ~34 times
+                // with a pair of njump links each, which is the widest line in the log and says
+                // nothing the spam counters don't. Keep the links at DEBUG for when you need to
+                // open the two events and compare them.
+                Log.d("Duplicated/SPAM") { "${relay?.url} $link1 $link2" }
 
                 // Log down offenders
                 val spammer = logOffender(hash, event)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/diagnostics/BootRelayDiagnostics.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/diagnostics/BootRelayDiagnostics.kt
index cb21713277..2e9506d6ef 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/diagnostics/BootRelayDiagnostics.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/diagnostics/BootRelayDiagnostics.kt
@@ -197,8 +197,13 @@ class BootRelayDiagnostics(
     fun detach() = client.removeConnectionListener(listener)
 
     /**
-     * One line per relay plus a rollup. Kept to a single Log.w per line so the whole census
+     * One line per relay plus a rollup. Kept to a single Log call per line so the whole census
      * survives logcat's per-tag rate limiting on a busy boot.
+     *
+     * The rollup goes out at INFO — it is the one boot line worth reading by default, and it
+     * carries the aggregate that per-socket failure logging used to spell out a few hundred
+     * times. The per-relay WASTE/SERVE tables are DEBUG: useful when you are chasing a specific
+     * relay, too long (up to 45 lines a census) to sit in the default log.
      */
     fun dump(atSeconds: Long) {
         val snapshot = records.toMap()
@@ -214,8 +219,8 @@ class BootRelayDiagnostics(
             r.closed.forEach { (k, v) -> closedTotals[k] = (closedTotals[k] ?: 0) + v.get() }
         }
 
-        Log.w(TAG, "===== boot census @${atSeconds}s =====")
-        Log.w(
+        Log.i(TAG, "===== boot census @${atSeconds}s =====")
+        Log.i(
             TAG,
             "pool=${snapshot.size} opened=${opened.size} served_events=${served.size} never_opened=${neverOpened.size} " +
                 "dials=${snapshot.values.sumOf { it.tentatives.get() }} " +
@@ -223,18 +228,18 @@ class BootRelayDiagnostics(
                 "reqs=${snapshot.values.sumOf { it.reqsSent.get() }} " +
                 "auths=${snapshot.values.sumOf { it.authsSent.get() }}",
         )
-        Log.w(TAG, "failures_by_cause=" + causeTotals.entries.sortedByDescending { it.value }.joinToString { "${it.key}:${it.value}" })
-        Log.w(TAG, "closed_by_prefix=" + closedTotals.entries.sortedByDescending { it.value }.joinToString { "${it.key}:${it.value}" })
+        Log.i(TAG, "failures_by_cause=" + causeTotals.entries.sortedByDescending { it.value }.joinToString { "${it.key}:${it.value}" })
+        Log.i(TAG, "closed_by_prefix=" + closedTotals.entries.sortedByDescending { it.value }.joinToString { "${it.key}:${it.value}" })
 
         // Relays that cost us dials and gave nothing back, worst first: the wasted-effort list.
-        Log.w(TAG, "--- top wasted dials (no events received) ---")
+        Log.d(TAG, "--- top wasted dials (no events received) ---")
         snapshot
             .filter { it.value.events.get() == 0 }
             .entries
             .sortedByDescending { it.value.tentatives.get() }
             .take(25)
             .forEach { (url, r) ->
-                Log.w(
+                Log.d(
                     TAG,
                     "WASTE ${url.url} dials=${r.tentatives.get()} opens=${r.opens.get()} " +
                         "fail=[${r.failures.entries.joinToString { "${it.key}:${it.value.get()}" }}] " +
@@ -245,17 +250,17 @@ class BootRelayDiagnostics(
 
         // The relays actually carrying the boot, so a suppression change can be checked for
         // coverage loss rather than just CLOSED reduction.
-        Log.w(TAG, "--- top event providers ---")
+        Log.d(TAG, "--- top event providers ---")
         served.entries
             .sortedByDescending { it.value.events.get() }
             .take(20)
             .forEach { (url, r) ->
-                Log.w(
+                Log.d(
                     TAG,
                     "SERVE ${url.url} events=${r.events.get()} reqs=${r.reqsSent.get()} eose=${r.eoses.get()} " +
                         "openMs=${r.firstOpenAtMs.get()} eoseMs=${r.firstEoseAtMs.get()} dials=${r.tentatives.get()}",
                 )
             }
-        Log.w(TAG, "===== end census @${atSeconds}s =====")
+        Log.i(TAG, "===== end census @${atSeconds}s =====")
     }
 }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
index b8e81813fd..42f9e17572 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
@@ -608,7 +608,12 @@ class GroupEventHandler(
             return
         }
         if (!manager.isMember(groupId)) {
-            Log.w("MarmotDbg") {
+            // Debug, not warn: relays serve kind:445 for every group they carry, so traffic for
+            // groups we are not in is the expected steady state, not an anomaly — unlike the null
+            // manager and missing 'h' tag above, which stay warnings because they mean we cannot
+            // process a group we *should* be handling. Fires ~22 times a boot (the same handful of
+            // events, re-offered on each pass), which drowns the two real warnings next to it.
+            Log.d("MarmotDbg") {
                 "GroupEventHandler.add: not a member of group=${groupId.take(8)}… — dropping kind:445 ${event.id.take(8)}…"
             }
             return
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/client/accessories/RelayLogger.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/client/accessories/RelayLogger.kt
index f1b95de2f2..78b304edae 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/client/accessories/RelayLogger.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/client/accessories/RelayLogger.kt
@@ -101,12 +101,20 @@ class RelayLogger(
                 Log.d(logTag(relay.url), "Disconnected")
             }
 
+            /**
+             * Debug, not error: under the outbox model a client dials hundreds of relays per boot,
+             * and a large share of them are dead, unreachable, or refused by the local Tor proxy.
+             * One line per failed socket is a few hundred lines that say the same four things
+             * ("SOCKS: TTL expired", "SSLHandshakeException", "Host unreachable", …) and cannot be
+             * acted on individually. The actionable form is the aggregate — failures bucketed by
+             * cause, which the consumer's boot census already reports.
+             */
             override fun onCannotConnect(
                 relay: IRelayClient,
                 errorMessage: String,
             ) {
                 super.onCannotConnect(relay, errorMessage)
-                Log.e(logTag(relay.url), errorMessage)
+                Log.d(logTag(relay.url), errorMessage)
             }
         }