diff --git a/src/dpy_logger/dpy_logger.py b/src/dpy_logger/dpy_logger.py
index 0ee6d41..be839a2 100644
--- a/src/dpy_logger/dpy_logger.py
+++ b/src/dpy_logger/dpy_logger.py
@@ -213,8 +213,11 @@ class DPYLogger:
                 content=content,
                 embed=self.build_embed(level, action, actor, log_msg),
             )
-        except Exception:
-            _log.exception(f"[dpy_logger] failed to send {level} log: {log_msg}")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            # WARNING, not ERROR: the record was already mirrored to the stdlib sink BEFORE the
+            # send (see _emit_stdlib above), so a swallowed discord-send failure is recovered
+            # cleanly - the log survives, only the channel mirror was lost. lazy interpolation.
+            _log.warning("[dpy_logger] failed to send %s log: %s (%s)", level, log_msg, exc)
             return None
 
     async def debug(self, log, action=None, actor=None, guild=None, log_to_file=None):