diff --git a/src/fi/alk/harness/agent_type_check.py b/src/fi/alk/harness/agent_type_check.py
index f4393c47a..e6e467d6c 100644
--- a/src/fi/alk/harness/agent_type_check.py
+++ b/src/fi/alk/harness/agent_type_check.py
@@ -643,13 +643,13 @@ def _tools_in(
                     found |= _markers(raw)
                 imported |= named
         except Exception as error:
-            # A skipped file may be the agent's main one, and the reading then finds nothing. The
-            # type only at WARNING, once a scan: a trace can quote a line of the customer's code,
-            # and a path can name their business.
+            # A skipped file may be the agent's main one, and the reading then finds nothing. No
+            # trace at any level, since a trace can quote a line of the customer's code; the type
+            # only at WARNING, once a scan, since a path can name their business.
             skipped += 1
             if skipped == 1:
                 logger.warning("agent type scan skipped a file: %s", type(error).__name__)
-            logger.debug("agent type scan skipped %s", path, exc_info=True)
+            logger.debug("agent type scan skipped %s: %s", path, type(error).__name__)
             continue
     if skipped > 1:
         logger.warning("agent type scan skipped %d files", skipped)
diff --git a/tests/harness/test_agent_type_refusal.py b/tests/harness/test_agent_type_refusal.py
index 9a39c36f0..07eff45c3 100644
--- a/tests/harness/test_agent_type_refusal.py
+++ b/tests/harness/test_agent_type_refusal.py
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def odd(path, *args, **kwargs):
     assert record.exc_info is None
 
 
-def test_a_skip_logs_its_type_once_and_its_path_and_trace_at_debug_only(
+def test_a_skip_logs_its_type_once_and_its_path_at_debug_only_with_no_trace(
     tmp_path, monkeypatch, caplog
 ):
     _tree(tmp_path, {"a_odd.py": "x = 1\n", "b_odd.py": "x = 1\n", "agent.py": "import playwright\n"})
@@ -641,10 +641,17 @@ def odd(path, *args, **kwargs):
         "SOURCE-LINE" in record.getMessage() or "odd" in record.getMessage() or record.exc_info
         for record in loud
     )
-    quiet = [record for record in caplog.records if record.levelno < 20 and record.exc_info]
-    assert [record.exc_info[0] for record in quiet] == [LookupError, LookupError]
-    assert "a_odd.py" in quiet[0].getMessage()
-    assert "b_odd.py" in quiet[1].getMessage()
+    # No record at any level carries a trace or the error's own text, which can quote the source.
+    assert not any(record.exc_info or "SOURCE-LINE" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records)
+    assert "SOURCE-LINE" not in caplog.text
+    quiet = [
+        record.getMessage()
+        for record in caplog.records
+        if record.levelno < 20 and record.getMessage().startswith("agent type scan skipped ")
+    ]
+    assert len(quiet) == 2
+    assert "a_odd.py" in quiet[0] and quiet[0].endswith(": LookupError")
+    assert "b_odd.py" in quiet[1] and quiet[1].endswith(": LookupError")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 12), reason="3.11's tokenizer reads a NUL byte")