diff --git a/backend/src/acidwatch_api/app.py b/backend/src/acidwatch_api/app.py
index f31881d4..4ea10063 100644
--- a/backend/src/acidwatch_api/app.py
+++ b/backend/src/acidwatch_api/app.py
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
     level=logging.INFO,
 )
 
+# These SDKs log routine request/response and transmission chatter at INFO,
+# which is noisy in production. Keep root at INFO for app/uvicorn logs, but
+# quiet these specific third-party loggers down to WARNING.
+_NOISY_LOGGERS = [
+    "azure.core.pipeline.policies.http_logging_policy",
+    "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter",
+    "azure.identity",
+    "httpx",
+    "httpcore",
+]
+for _logger_name in _NOISY_LOGGERS:
+    logging.getLogger(_logger_name).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
 
 tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__, tracer_provider=get_tracer_provider())