diff --git a/crates/agent/src/thread.rs b/crates/agent/src/thread.rs
index 1b3b022ab2..1af27ca8a7 100644
--- a/crates/agent/src/thread.rs
+++ b/crates/agent/src/thread.rs
@@ -2037,6 +2037,12 @@ impl Thread {
                                         if let Some(retry_strategy) =
                                             Thread::get_retry_strategy(completion_error)
                                         {
+                                            log::info!(
+                                                "Retrying with {:?} for language model completion error {:?}",
+                                                retry_strategy,
+                                                completion_error
+                                            );
+
                                             retry_scheduled = thread
                                                 .handle_retryable_error_with_delay(
                                                     &completion_error,
@@ -2246,15 +2252,14 @@ impl Thread {
                 ..
             }
             | AuthenticationError { .. }
-            | PermissionError { .. } => None,
-            // These errors might be transient, so retry them
-            SerializeRequest { .. }
-            | BuildRequestBody { .. }
-            | PromptTooLarge { .. }
+            | PermissionError { .. }
+            | NoApiKey { .. }
             | ApiEndpointNotFound { .. }
-            | NoApiKey { .. } => Some(RetryStrategy::Fixed {
+            | PromptTooLarge { .. } => None,
+            // These errors might be transient, so retry them
+            SerializeRequest { .. } | BuildRequestBody { .. } => Some(RetryStrategy::Fixed {
                 delay: BASE_RETRY_DELAY,
-                max_attempts: 2,
+                max_attempts: 1,
             }),
             // Retry all other 4xx and 5xx errors once.
             HttpResponseError { status_code, .. }