diff --git a/runtime/controller.go b/runtime/controller.go
index 3274dccf1e6..88d629d54ec 100644
--- a/runtime/controller.go
+++ b/runtime/controller.go
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ func (c *Controller) markPending(n *runtimev1.ResourceName) (skip bool, err erro
 		}
 		if !r.Meta.Hidden {
 			logArgs := []any{slog.String("name", n.Name), slog.String("kind", unqualifiedKind(n.Kind)), slog.Any("error", errCyclicDependency)}
-			c.Logger.Error("Skipping resource", logArgs...)
+			c.Logger.Warn("Skipping resource", logArgs...)
 		}
 		return true, nil
 	}
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ func (c *Controller) processCompletedInvocation(inv *invocation) error {
 		errorLevel = true
 	}
 	if errorLevel {
-		c.Logger.Error("Reconcile failed", logArgs...)
+		c.Logger.Warn("Reconcile failed", logArgs...)
 	} else if !inv.isHidden {
 		c.Logger.Info("Reconciled resource", logArgs...)
 	}
diff --git a/runtime/reconcilers/project_parser.go b/runtime/reconcilers/project_parser.go
index cf7cadde143..10cfedf3930 100644
--- a/runtime/reconcilers/project_parser.go
+++ b/runtime/reconcilers/project_parser.go
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ func (r *ProjectParserReconciler) reconcileParser(ctx context.Context, inst *dri
 			if skipRillYAMLErr && e.FilePath == "/rill.yaml" {
 				continue
 			}
-			r.C.Logger.Error("Parser error", slog.String("path", e.FilePath), slog.String("err", e.Message))
+			r.C.Logger.Warn("Parser error", slog.String("path", e.FilePath), slog.String("err", e.Message))
 		}
 	} else if diff.Skipped {
-		r.C.Logger.Error("Not parsing changed paths due to broken rill.yaml")
+		r.C.Logger.Warn("Not parsing changed paths due to broken rill.yaml")
 	} else {
 		for _, e := range parser.Errors {
 			if slices.Contains(changedPaths, e.FilePath) {
-				r.C.Logger.Error("Parser error", slog.String("path", e.FilePath), slog.String("err", e.Message))
+				r.C.Logger.Warn("Parser error", slog.String("path", e.FilePath), slog.String("err", e.Message))
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/runtime/registry.go b/runtime/registry.go
index 093a48e4c57..731a2dc5c7d 100644
--- a/runtime/registry.go
+++ b/runtime/registry.go
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func (r *registryCache) restartController(iwc *instanceWithController) {
 			r.logger.Info("syncing repo", zap.String("instance_id", iwc.instance.ID))
 			err := r.ensureRepoSync(iwc.ctx, iwc.instance.ID)
 			if err != nil {
-				r.logger.Error("failed to sync repo", zap.String("instance_id", iwc.instance.ID), zap.Error(err))
+				r.logger.Warn("failed to sync repo", zap.String("instance_id", iwc.instance.ID), zap.Error(err))
 				// Even if repo sync failed, we'll start the controller
 			} else {
 				r.logger.Info("repo synced", zap.String("instance_id", iwc.instance.ID))