diff --git a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/SpliceTests.scala b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/SpliceTests.scala
index c08c9cb6cb..69116bcfd6 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/SpliceTests.scala
+++ b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/SpliceTests.scala
@@ -511,10 +511,11 @@ object SpliceTests extends LazyLogging {
     def eventuallySucceeds[T](
         timeUntilSuccess: FiniteDuration = 20.seconds,
         maxPollInterval: FiniteDuration = 5.seconds,
+        suppressErrors: Boolean = true,
     )(testCode: => T): T = {
       eventually(timeUntilSuccess, maxPollInterval) {
         try {
-          loggerFactory.suppressErrors(testCode)
+          if (suppressErrors) loggerFactory.suppressErrors(testCode) else testCode
         } catch {
           case e: TestFailedException => throw e
           case NonFatal(e) => fail(e)
diff --git a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/PreflightIntegrationTestUtil.scala b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/PreflightIntegrationTestUtil.scala
index 739c505900..5c202e7723 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/PreflightIntegrationTestUtil.scala
+++ b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/PreflightIntegrationTestUtil.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ trait PreflightIntegrationTestUtil extends TestCommon {
   override def eventuallySucceeds[T](
       timeUntilSuccess: FiniteDuration = this.preflightTimeUntilSuccess,
       maxPollInterval: FiniteDuration = 5.seconds,
-  )(testCode: => T): T = super.eventuallySucceeds(timeUntilSuccess, maxPollInterval)(testCode)
+      suppressErrors: Boolean = true,
+  )(testCode: => T): T =
+    super.eventuallySucceeds(timeUntilSuccess, maxPollInterval, suppressErrors)(testCode)
 
   override def actAndCheck[T, U](
       timeUntilSuccess: FiniteDuration = this.preflightTimeUntilSuccess,
diff --git a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTest.scala b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTest.scala
index 6dfba115d1..71cccf0298 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/apps/app/src/test/scala/org/lfdecentralizedtrust/splice/integration/tests/runbook/ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
     limitValidatorUsers()
   }
 
-  protected def validatorClient: ValidatorAppClientReference = {
+  protected def validatorClient(suppressErrors: Boolean = true): ValidatorAppClientReference = {
     val env = provideEnvironment("NotUsed")
     // retry on e.g. network errors and rate limits
-    val token = eventuallySucceeds() {
+    val token = eventuallySucceeds(suppressErrors = suppressErrors) {
       Auth0Util.getAuth0ClientCredential(
         validatorAuth0Secret,
         validatorAuth0Audience,
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
   }
 
   protected def limitValidatorUsers() = {
-    val client: ValidatorAppClientReference = validatorClient
-    val users = eventuallySucceeds()(client.listUsers())
+    val users = eventuallySucceeds()(validatorClient(suppressErrors = false).listUsers())
     val targetNumber = 40 // TODO(tech-debt): consider de-hardcoding this
     val offboardThreshold = 50 // TODO(tech-debt): consider de-hardcoding this
     if (users.length > offboardThreshold) {
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
         .foreach { user =>
           {
             logger.debug(s"Offboarding user: ${user}")
-            eventuallySucceeds()(validatorClient.offboardUser(user))
+            eventuallySucceeds()(validatorClient(suppressErrors = false).offboardUser(user))
           }
         }
     } else {
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
     }
 
     clue("Onboard charlie manually to share a party with Bob") {
-      validatorClient.onboardUser(charlieUser.id, Some(PartyId.tryFromProtoPrimitive(bobPartyId)))
+      validatorClient().onboardUser(charlieUser.id, Some(PartyId.tryFromProtoPrimitive(bobPartyId)))
     }
 
     withFrontEnd("charlie-validator") { implicit webDriver =>
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
   }
 
   "can dump participant identities of validator" in { _ =>
-    validatorClient.dumpParticipantIdentities()
+    validatorClient().dumpParticipantIdentities()
   }
 
   "connect to all sequencers stated in latest DsoRules contract" in { implicit env =>
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ abstract class ValidatorPreflightIntegrationTestBase
           .fromUris(NonEmpty.from(availableConnections.map(conn => new URI(conn.url))).value)
           .value
 
-      val domainConnectionConfig = validatorClient.decentralizedSynchronizerConnectionConfig()
+      val domainConnectionConfig = validatorClient().decentralizedSynchronizerConnectionConfig()
       val connectedEndpointSet =
         domainConnectionConfig.sequencerConnections.connections.flatMap(_.endpoints).toSet
 
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ class RunbookValidatorPreflightIntegrationTest extends ValidatorPreflightIntegra
         val (svSequencerEndpoint, _) = Endpoint
           .fromUris(NonEmpty.from(Seq(new URI(domainConfig.sequencer.toScala.value.url))).value)
           .value
-        val domainConnectionConfig = validatorClient.decentralizedSynchronizerConnectionConfig()
+        val domainConnectionConfig = validatorClient().decentralizedSynchronizerConnectionConfig()
         val connectedEndpointSet =
           domainConnectionConfig.sequencerConnections.connections.flatMap(_.endpoints).toSet
         connectedEndpointSet should contain(svSequencerEndpoint.forgetNE.loneElement.toString)