diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d68324dd0..819f6f0d0 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <project.rootdir>${project.basedir}/../</project.rootdir>
     <coverage.complexity>64%</coverage.complexity>
     <coverage.line>78%</coverage.line>
-    <coverage.instruction>79%</coverage.instruction>
+    <coverage.instruction>78%</coverage.instruction>
     <coverage.branch>60%</coverage.branch>
     <coverage.method>77%</coverage.method>
     <coverage.class>90%</coverage.class>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/AiCoreServiceKeyAccessor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/AiCoreServiceKeyAccessor.java
index ee2fc47ba..dca6f51e5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/AiCoreServiceKeyAccessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/AiCoreServiceKeyAccessor.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public List<ServiceBinding> getServiceBindings() throws ServiceBindingAccessExce
       log.debug("No service key found in environment variable {}", ENV_VAR_KEY);
       return List.of();
     }
-    log.info(
+    log.debug(
         """
         Found a service key in environment variable {}.
         Using a service key is recommended for local testing only.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientResponseHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientResponseHandler.java
index c1949f14f..d24b635d1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientResponseHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientResponseHandler.java
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ private T parseResponse(@Nonnull final ClassicHttpResponse response) throws E {
       throw exceptionConstructor.apply("Response was empty.", null);
     }
     val content = getContent(responseEntity);
-    log.debug("Parsing response from JSON response: {}", content);
+    log.trace("Deserializing JSON response to type {}: {}", responseType.getSimpleName(), content);
     try {
       return objectMapper.readValue(content, responseType);
     } catch (final JsonProcessingException e) {
-      log.error("Failed to parse the following response: {}", content);
+      log.debug("Failed to deserialize the response to type: {}", responseType.getSimpleName());
       throw exceptionConstructor.apply("Failed to parse response", e);
     }
   }
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ private String getContent(@Nonnull final HttpEntity entity) {
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("PMD.CloseResource")
   public void buildExceptionAndThrow(@Nonnull final ClassicHttpResponse response) throws E {
+    val errorCode = response.getCode();
     val exception =
         exceptionConstructor.apply(
-            "Request failed with status %s %s"
-                .formatted(response.getCode(), response.getReasonPhrase()),
+            "Request failed with status %s %s".formatted(errorCode, response.getReasonPhrase()),
             null);
     val entity = response.getEntity();
     if (entity == null) {
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ public void buildExceptionAndThrow(@Nonnull final ClassicHttpResponse response)
       throw exception;
     }
 
-    log.error("The service responded with an HTTP error and the following content: {}", content);
+    log.error("The service responded with HTTP error code {}", errorCode);
+    log.trace("The service responded with HTTP error code {} and content: {}", errorCode, content);
     val contentType = ContentType.parse(entity.getContentType());
     if (!ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON.isSameMimeType(contentType)) {
       throw exception;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientStreamingHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientStreamingHandler.java
index c366b8482..f3ecf3a95 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientStreamingHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/core/common/ClientStreamingHandler.java
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ public Stream<D> handleStreamingResponse(@Nonnull final ClassicHttpResponse resp
               final String data = line.substring(5); // remove "data: "
               try {
                 return objectMapper.readValue(data, responseType);
-              } catch (final IOException e) { // exception message e gets lost
-                log.error("Failed to parse the following response: {}", line);
-                throw exceptionConstructor.apply("Failed to parse delta message: " + line, e);
+              } catch (final IOException e) {
+                final String message = e.getMessage();
+                log.error("Failed to parse the streamed response: " + message);
+                log.trace("Failed to parse the following response: {}", line);
+                throw exceptionConstructor.apply("Failed to parse delta message: " + message, e);
               }
             });
   }
diff --git a/orchestration/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/orchestration/OrchestrationHttpExecutor.java b/orchestration/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/orchestration/OrchestrationHttpExecutor.java
index b5c51bfc8..613239956 100644
--- a/orchestration/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/orchestration/OrchestrationHttpExecutor.java
+++ b/orchestration/src/main/java/com/sap/ai/sdk/orchestration/OrchestrationHttpExecutor.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ <T> T execute(
       @Nonnull final Class<T> responseType) {
     try {
       val json = JACKSON.writeValueAsString(payload);
-      log.debug("Serialized request into JSON payload: {}", json);
+      log.trace("Serialized request into JSON payload: {}", json);
       val request = new HttpPost(path);
       request.setEntity(new StringEntity(json, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));