diff --git a/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtils.kt b/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtils.kt
index 828748fdc6..25b93af613 100644
--- a/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtils.kt
+++ b/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtils.kt
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ object ErrorUtils {
             )
         }
 
-        if (
-            BuildConfig.NOTIFY_ERRORS &&
-            ignoredErrors.none { it.isInstance(throwable) } &&
-            ignoredErrors.none { it.isInstance(throwableCause) }
-        ) {
+        if (BuildConfig.NOTIFY_ERRORS && shouldReport(throwable, throwableCause)) {
             val isNotifiable = when {
                 throwable is ConditionallyNotifiable -> throwable.isNotifiable
                 throwableCause is ConditionallyNotifiable -> throwableCause.isNotifiable
@@ -76,6 +72,17 @@ object ErrorUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether [throwable] is worth handing to the reporters at all. [UnreportedError] marks an
+     * expected server result the caller already handles, so it stays in the log without opening a
+     * Bugsnag error group.
+     */
+    internal fun shouldReport(throwable: Throwable, cause: Throwable): Boolean =
+        throwable !is UnreportedError &&
+                cause !is UnreportedError &&
+                ignoredErrors.none { it.isInstance(throwable) } &&
+                ignoredErrors.none { it.isInstance(cause) }
+
     private fun isNetworkError(throwable: Throwable): Boolean =
         throwable is TimeoutException ||
                 throwable.cause is TimeoutException ||
diff --git a/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/UnreportedError.kt b/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/UnreportedError.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06606637d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/logging/src/main/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/UnreportedError.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.getcode.utils
+
+/**
+ * Marker interface for errors that are an expected outcome rather than a fault — a server result
+ * the caller already handles and renders. [ErrorUtils] still logs these, so they stay in the trace
+ * attached to a real report, but it does not hand them to the reporters and they never open a
+ * Bugsnag error group.
+ *
+ * This is a third tier below [NotifiableError] (reported, WARNING, drives the Slack filter) and a
+ * plain [CodeServerError] (reported, INFO, recorded for reference).
+ */
+interface UnreportedError
diff --git a/libs/logging/src/test/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtilsTest.kt b/libs/logging/src/test/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtilsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84cc366dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/logging/src/test/kotlin/com/getcode/utils/ErrorUtilsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.getcode.utils
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class ErrorUtilsTest {
+
+    private class Benign : Throwable("benign"), UnreportedError
+
+    private class Fault : Throwable("fault")
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a plain throwable is reported`() {
+        val error = Fault()
+        assertTrue(ErrorUtils.shouldReport(error, error))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an UnreportedError is not reported`() {
+        val error = Benign()
+        assertFalse(ErrorUtils.shouldReport(error, error))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an UnreportedError in the cause position is not reported`() {
+        assertFalse(ErrorUtils.shouldReport(Fault(), Benign()))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `ignored error types stay ignored`() {
+        val error = UnknownHostException("no dns")
+        assertFalse(ErrorUtils.shouldReport(error, error))
+        assertFalse(ErrorUtils.shouldReport(Fault(), error))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/Errors.kt b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/Errors.kt
index e26f041035..a88786471e 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/Errors.kt
+++ b/services/flipcash/src/main/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/Errors.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.flipcash.services.models.chat.BlobRejection
 import com.getcode.solana.keys.Checksum
 import com.getcode.utils.CodeServerError
 import com.getcode.utils.NotifiableError
+import com.getcode.utils.UnreportedError
 
 sealed class LoginError(
     override val message: String? = null,
@@ -374,7 +375,12 @@ sealed class GetMessagesError(
     override val cause: Throwable? = null
 ): CodeServerError(message, cause) {
     class Denied : GetMessagesError("Denied")
-    class NotFound : GetMessagesError("Not found")
+
+    /**
+     * The chat has no messages to return. Opening a conversation nobody has written in yet is a
+     * normal outcome, not a fault, so callers render an empty transcript and it is not reported.
+     */
+    class NotFound : GetMessagesError("Not found"), UnreportedError
     class Unrecognized : GetMessagesError("Unrecognized"), NotifiableError
     data class Other(override val cause: Throwable? = null) : GetMessagesError(message = cause?.message, cause = cause), NotifiableError
 }
diff --git a/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/ErrorsTest.kt b/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/ErrorsTest.kt
index d7dc58b994..6cefb0a344 100644
--- a/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/ErrorsTest.kt
+++ b/services/flipcash/src/test/kotlin/com/flipcash/services/models/ErrorsTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.flipcash.services.models
 
 import com.getcode.utils.CodeServerError
+import com.getcode.utils.UnreportedError
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertIs
@@ -147,6 +148,11 @@ class ErrorsTest {
         assertIs<CodeServerError>(GetMessagesError.Other())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `GetMessagesError NotFound is not reported`() {
+        assertIs<UnreportedError>(GetMessagesError.NotFound())
+    }
+
     // -- SendMessageError --
 
     @Test