diff --git a/src/services/decorators/RetryDecorator.ts b/src/services/decorators/RetryDecorator.ts
index 410f0d860a..d25fbbb648 100644
--- a/src/services/decorators/RetryDecorator.ts
+++ b/src/services/decorators/RetryDecorator.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ export default class RetryDecorator implements IDecorator {
     }
   }
 
-  protected _waitAfterRequestFailure(statusCode: number, retryNumber: number, retryTimeout: number) {
-    console.error(
-      `Request failed with status code [${statusCode}], will retry [${retryNumber}] time in [${retryTimeout}] ms`,
-    )
+  protected _waitAfterRequestFailure(_statusCode: number, retryNumber: number, retryTimeout: number) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryTimeout * retryNumber))
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/retryDecorator.spec.ts b/test/unit/retryDecorator.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a42c8c1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/retryDecorator.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import RetryDecorator from '../../src/services/decorators/RetryDecorator'
+
+describe('RetryDecorator', () => {
+  it('retries transient failures without writing to the application error log', async () => {
+    const errorLogger = spyOn(console, 'error')
+    const retryDecorator = new RetryDecorator(2)
+    retryDecorator.retryTimeout.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR = 0
+    let attempts = 0
+    const request = async () => {
+      attempts += 1
+      if (attempts === 1) {
+        throw Object.assign(new Error('temporary failure'), { code: 500 })
+      }
+      return 'success'
+    }
+
+    const result = await retryDecorator.decorate(request)()
+
+    expect(result).toBe('success')
+    expect(attempts).toBe(2)
+    expect(errorLogger).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})