diff --git a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/tasks/JarDiffsTask.groovy b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/tasks/JarDiffsTask.groovy
index b607a41a92..3e18b058c1 100644
--- a/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/tasks/JarDiffsTask.groovy
+++ b/orca-clouddriver/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/kato/tasks/JarDiffsTask.groovy
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class JarDiffsTask implements DiffTask {
         targetInstances = oortHelper.getInstancesForCluster(stage.context, targetAsg, false, false)
         sourceInstances = oortHelper.getInstancesForCluster(stage.context, sourceAsg, false, false)
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        log.error("Unable to fetch instances (targetAsg: ${targetAsg}, sourceAsg: ${sourceAsg}), reason: ${e.message}")
+        log.warn("Unable to fetch instances (targetAsg: ${targetAsg}, sourceAsg: ${sourceAsg}), reason: ${e.message}", e)
       }
 
       if (!targetInstances || !sourceInstances) {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class JarDiffsTask implements DiffTask {
       return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED).context([jarDiffs: jarDiffs]).build()
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // return success so we don't break pipelines
-      log.error("error while fetching jar diffs, retrying", e)
+      log.warn("error while fetching jar diffs, retrying", e)
       return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.RUNNING).context([jarDiffsRetriesRemaining: --retriesRemaining]).build()
     }
   }
diff --git a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/GetCommitsTask.groovy b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/GetCommitsTask.groovy
index c02dff4e68..e16eb8ecef 100644
--- a/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/GetCommitsTask.groovy
+++ b/orca-igor/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/orca/igor/tasks/GetCommitsTask.groovy
@@ -126,21 +126,21 @@ class GetCommitsTask implements DiffTask {
     } catch (RetrofitError e) {
       if (e.kind == RetrofitError.Kind.UNEXPECTED) {
         // give up on internal errors
-        log.error("internal error while talking to igor : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:$sourceInfo targetCommit: $targetInfo]")
+        log.warn("internal error while talking to igor : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:$sourceInfo targetCommit: $targetInfo]", e)
         return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED).context([commits: []]).build()
       } else if (e.response?.status == 404) {
         // just give up on 404
-        log.error("got a 404 from igor for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}]")
+        log.warn("got a 404 from igor for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}]", e)
         return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED).context([commits: []]).build()
       } else { // retry on other status codes
-        log.error("retrofit error (${e.message}) for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying")
+        log.warn("retrofit error (${e.message}) for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying", e)
         return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.RUNNING).context([getCommitsRetriesRemaining: retriesRemaining - 1]).build()
       }
     } catch (Exception f) { // retry on everything else
-      log.error("unexpected exception for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying", f)
+      log.warn("unexpected exception for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying", f)
       return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.RUNNING).context([getCommitsRetriesRemaining: retriesRemaining - 1]).build()
     } catch (Throwable g) {
-      log.error("unexpected throwable for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying", g)
+      log.warn("unexpected throwable for : [repoType: ${repoInfo?.repoType} projectKey:${repoInfo?.projectKey} repositorySlug:${repoInfo?.repositorySlug} sourceCommit:${sourceInfo} targetCommit: ${targetInfo}], retrying", g)
       return TaskResult.builder(ExecutionStatus.RUNNING).context([getCommitsRetriesRemaining: retriesRemaining - 1]).build()
     }
   }