diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/collect.go b/client/internal/certproof/collect.go
index d2b5d87b0..d3f90fcf5 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/collect.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/collect.go
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ func Collect(ctx context.Context, store Store, checks []*proto.Checks, peerKey [
 
 func logNoChallenges(checks []*proto.Checks) {
 	if len(checks) > 0 {
-		log.Infof("certificate posture: %d posture checks received, none carries a certificate challenge", len(checks))
+		log.Debugf("certificate posture: %d posture checks received, none carries a certificate challenge", len(checks))
 	}
 }
 
 // CollectChallenges answers challenges already extracted from the posture checks, so a
 // caller that ships them across a process boundary reuses the same matching and signing.
 func CollectChallenges(ctx context.Context, store Store, challenges []*proto.CertificateChallenge, peerKey []byte) []certposture.Proof {
-	log.Infof("certificate posture: answering %d certificate challenges from store %T", len(challenges), store)
+	log.Debugf("certificate posture: answering %d certificate challenges from store %T", len(challenges), store)
 
 	candidates, err := store.Candidates(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ func CollectChallenges(ctx context.Context, store Store, challenges []*proto.Cer
 		return nil
 	}
 	if len(candidates) == 0 {
-		log.Info("certificate posture: certificate store holds no candidates, no proof will be sent")
+		log.Debug("certificate posture: certificate store holds no candidates, no proof will be sent")
 		return nil
 	}
-	log.Infof("certificate posture: store holds %d candidate certificates", len(candidates))
+	log.Debugf("certificate posture: store holds %d candidate certificates", len(candidates))
 
 	now := time.Now()
 	proven := make(map[[sha256.Size]byte]struct{})
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func CollectChallenges(ctx context.Context, store Store, challenges []*proto.Cer
 			log.Warnf("skipping certificate challenge with invalid CA certificates: %v", err)
 			continue
 		}
-		log.Infof("certificate posture: challenge %d accepts %d CA certificates, nonce is %d bytes", i, len(challenge.GetCaCertificates()), len(challenge.GetNonce()))
+		log.Debugf("certificate posture: challenge %d accepts %d CA certificates, nonce is %d bytes", i, len(challenge.GetCaCertificates()), len(challenge.GetNonce()))
 
 		matched := false
 		for _, candidate := range candidates {
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ func CollectChallenges(ctx context.Context, store Store, challenges []*proto.Cer
 			}
 			leaf := candidate.Chain[0]
 			if err := certposture.VerifyChain(candidate.Chain, roots, now); err != nil {
-				log.Infof("certificate posture: challenge %d rejected %q issued by %q, chain of %d: %v", i, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(candidate.Chain), err)
+				log.Debugf("certificate posture: challenge %d rejected %q issued by %q, chain of %d: %v", i, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(candidate.Chain), err)
 				continue
 			}
 			matched = true
 
 			fingerprint := sha256.Sum256(leaf.Raw)
 			if _, done := proven[fingerprint]; done {
-				log.Infof("certificate posture: challenge %d matched %q, already proven for an earlier challenge", i, leaf.Subject)
+				log.Debugf("certificate posture: challenge %d matched %q, already proven for an earlier challenge", i, leaf.Subject)
 				break
 			}
 			proof, err := prove(candidate, challenge.GetNonce(), peerKey)
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ func CollectChallenges(ctx context.Context, store Store, challenges []*proto.Cer
 				log.Warnf("failed signing certificate proof for %s: %v", leaf.Subject, err)
 				continue
 			}
-			log.Infof("certificate posture: challenge %d proven by %q with %s, signature %d bytes, chain of %d", i, leaf.Subject, proof.SigAlg, len(proof.Signature), len(proof.Chain))
+			log.Debugf("certificate posture: challenge %d proven by %q with %s, signature %d bytes, chain of %d", i, leaf.Subject, proof.SigAlg, len(proof.Signature), len(proof.Chain))
 			proven[fingerprint] = struct{}{}
 			proofs = append(proofs, proof)
 			break
 		}
 		if !matched {
-			log.Infof("certificate posture: challenge %d matched none of the %d candidates", i, len(candidates))
+			log.Debugf("certificate posture: challenge %d matched none of the %d candidates", i, len(candidates))
 		}
 	}
-	log.Infof("certificate posture: %d challenges produced %d proofs", len(challenges), len(proofs))
+	log.Debugf("certificate posture: %d challenges produced %d proofs", len(challenges), len(proofs))
 	return proofs
 }
 
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/collect_darwin.go b/client/internal/certproof/collect_darwin.go
index a70db7544..149342690 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/collect_darwin.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/collect_darwin.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func CollectProofs(ctx context.Context, checks []*proto.Checks, peerKey []byte,
 
 	userProofs, err := collectAsConsoleUser(ctx, challenges, peerKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("certificate posture: console user keychain unavailable: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("certificate posture: console user keychain unavailable: %v", err)
 	}
 	return mergeProofs(proofs, userProofs)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/collect_windows.go b/client/internal/certproof/collect_windows.go
index 8e1737864..2202e0aa6 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/collect_windows.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/collect_windows.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func CollectProofs(ctx context.Context, checks []*proto.Checks, peerKey []byte,
 
 	userProofs, err := collectAsDesktopUser(ctx, challenges, peerKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("certificate posture: user certificate store unavailable: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("certificate posture: user certificate store unavailable: %v", err)
 	}
 	return mergeProofs(proofs, userProofs)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/consoleuser_darwin.go b/client/internal/certproof/consoleuser_darwin.go
index f0489d605..04301a56b 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/consoleuser_darwin.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/consoleuser_darwin.go
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@ type ConsoleUser struct {
 // or attributes the session to root, and neither has a login keychain to offer.
 func CurrentConsoleUser() (ConsoleUser, bool) {
 	if err := loadConsoleUser(); err != nil {
-		log.Infof("console user lookup unavailable: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("console user lookup unavailable: %v", err)
 		return ConsoleUser{}, false
 	}
 
 	var uid, gid uint32
 	name := scDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(0, &uid, &gid)
 	if name == 0 {
-		log.Info("no console user is logged in, no login keychain is reachable")
+		log.Debug("no console user is logged in, no login keychain is reachable")
 		return ConsoleUser{}, false
 	}
 	defer cfRelease(name)
 
 	user := ConsoleUser{Name: cfString(name), UID: uid, GID: gid}
 	if !user.hasDesktop() {
-		log.Infof("console session belongs to %q uid=%d, which is not a desktop login, no login keychain is reachable", user.Name, user.UID)
+		log.Debugf("console session belongs to %q uid=%d, which is not a desktop login, no login keychain is reachable", user.Name, user.UID)
 		return ConsoleUser{}, false
 	}
 	return user, true
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/desktopuser_windows.go b/client/internal/certproof/desktopuser_windows.go
index ae6a7221b..da7168d73 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/desktopuser_windows.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/desktopuser_windows.go
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ func CurrentDesktopUser() (DesktopUser, bool) {
 		if user, ok := desktopUser(session); ok {
 			return user, true
 		}
-		log.Infof("console session %d has nobody signed in, looking for an active remote session", session)
+		log.Debugf("console session %d has nobody signed in, looking for an active remote session", session)
 	}
 
 	sessions, err := activeSessions()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("cannot enumerate terminal sessions: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("cannot enumerate terminal sessions: %v", err)
 		return DesktopUser{}, false
 	}
 	for _, session := range sessions {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func CurrentDesktopUser() (DesktopUser, bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Info("no interactive session is signed in, no user certificate store is reachable")
+	log.Debug("no interactive session is signed in, no user certificate store is reachable")
 	return DesktopUser{}, false
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func desktopUser(session uint32) (DesktopUser, bool) {
 
 	name, err := tokenAccount(token)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("session %d token has no readable account: %v", session, err)
+		log.Debugf("session %d token has no readable account: %v", session, err)
 		if closeErr := token.Close(); closeErr != nil {
 			log.Debugf("failed closing session token: %v", closeErr)
 		}
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/helper.go b/client/internal/certproof/helper.go
index 26d719044..81a72ac70 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/helper.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/helper.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func runHelper(ctx context.Context, store Store, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) er
 	if len(challenges) > 0 {
 		proofs = CollectChallenges(ctx, store, challenges, req.PeerKey)
 	}
-	log.Infof("certificate posture helper: answering %d challenges with %d proofs", len(challenges), len(proofs))
+	log.Debugf("certificate posture helper: answering %d challenges with %d proofs", len(challenges), len(proofs))
 
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(out).Encode(HelperResponse{Proofs: proofs}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("encode helper response: %w", err)
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/helper_spawn.go b/client/internal/certproof/helper_spawn.go
index ccf0567a5..6b2c35035 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/helper_spawn.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/helper_spawn.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func mergeProofs(device, user []certposture.Proof) []certposture.Proof {
 func logUserProof(proof certposture.Proof) {
 	leaf, err := x509.ParseCertificate(proof.Chain[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("certificate posture: user proof carries an unparsable leaf: %v", err)
+		log.Debugf("certificate posture: user proof carries an unparsable leaf: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Infof("certificate posture: signed-in user proved %q issued by %q", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer)
+	log.Debugf("certificate posture: signed-in user proved %q issued by %q", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer)
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/keychain_darwin.go b/client/internal/certproof/keychain_darwin.go
index d53c15b27..940f30b15 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/keychain_darwin.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/keychain_darwin.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (s *KeychainStore) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 			log.Warnf("skipping keychain identity: %v", err)
 			return false, nil
 		}
-		log.Infof("keychain identity: subject=%q issuer=%q serial=%s expires=%s", cert.Subject, cert.Issuer, cert.SerialNumber, cert.NotAfter)
+		log.Debugf("keychain identity: subject=%q issuer=%q serial=%s expires=%s", cert.Subject, cert.Issuer, cert.SerialNumber, cert.NotAfter)
 		leaves = append(leaves, cert)
 		return false, nil
 	})
@@ -89,17 +89,17 @@ func (s *KeychainStore) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if len(leaves) == 0 {
-		log.Infof("keychain search list holds no identities usable for certificate posture, but %d readable certificates: an identity needs its private key in the same keychain", len(pool))
+		log.Debugf("keychain search list holds no identities usable for certificate posture, but %d readable certificates: an identity needs its private key in the same keychain", len(pool))
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	log.Infof("keychain search list holds %d identities and %d certificates for chain building", len(leaves), len(pool))
+	log.Debugf("keychain search list holds %d identities and %d certificates for chain building", len(leaves), len(pool))
 
 	candidates := make([]Candidate, 0, len(leaves))
 	for _, leaf := range leaves {
 		chain := buildChain(leaf, pool)
-		log.Infof("keychain candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
+		log.Debugf("keychain candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
 		if len(chain) == 1 && leaf.CheckSignatureFrom(leaf) != nil {
-			log.Infof("keychain candidate %q has no issuer in the keychain, its proof carries the leaf alone and only verifies if the challenge supplies %q", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer)
+			log.Debugf("keychain candidate %q has no issuer in the keychain, its proof carries the leaf alone and only verifies if the challenge supplies %q", leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer)
 		}
 		candidates = append(candidates, Candidate{Chain: chain, Signer: &keychainSigner{leaf: leaf}})
 	}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *keychainSigner) Sign(_ io.Reader, digest []byte, opts crypto.SignerOpts
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Infof("signing certificate posture challenge with keychain key of %q", s.leaf.Subject)
+	log.Debugf("signing certificate posture challenge with keychain key of %q", s.leaf.Subject)
 
 	algorithm := keychainAlgorithm(scheme)
 	var signature []byte
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (s *keychainSigner) Sign(_ io.Reader, digest []byte, opts crypto.SignerOpts
 	if signature == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("certificate is no longer in the keychain")
 	}
-	log.Infof("keychain signed certificate posture challenge for %q, %d bytes", s.leaf.Subject, len(signature))
+	log.Debugf("keychain signed certificate posture challenge for %q, %d bytes", s.leaf.Subject, len(signature))
 	return signature, nil
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func keychainCertificates() ([]*x509.Certificate, error) {
 		unparsable++
 		return false, nil
 	})
-	log.Infof("keychain holds %d parsable certificates, %d unparsable", len(certs), unparsable)
+	log.Debugf("keychain holds %d parsable certificates, %d unparsable", len(certs), unparsable)
 	return certs, err
 }
 
@@ -210,16 +210,16 @@ func eachMatching(class uintptr, name string, fn func(item uintptr) (bool, error
 	switch status := secItemCopyMatching(query, &items); status {
 	case 0:
 	case errSecItemNotFound:
-		log.Infof("keychain %s query returned errSecItemNotFound (%d): the search list holds no item of this class", name, errSecItemNotFound)
+		log.Debugf("keychain %s query returned errSecItemNotFound (%d): the search list holds no item of this class", name, errSecItemNotFound)
 		return nil
 	default:
-		log.Infof("keychain %s query returned OSStatus %d", name, status)
+		log.Debugf("keychain %s query returned OSStatus %d", name, status)
 		return fmt.Errorf("SecItemCopyMatching: %d", status)
 	}
 	defer cfRelease(items)
 
 	n := cfArrayGetCount(items)
-	log.Infof("keychain %s query returned %d items", name, n)
+	log.Debugf("keychain %s query returned %d items", name, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		if stop, err := fn(cfArrayGetValueAtIndex(items, i)); stop || err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ func dataBytes(data uintptr) []byte {
 func loadKeychain() error {
 	keychainOnce.Do(func() {
 		if keychainErr = resolveKeychain(); keychainErr != nil {
-			log.Infof("macOS keychain unavailable for certificate posture: %v", keychainErr)
+			log.Debugf("macOS keychain unavailable for certificate posture: %v", keychainErr)
 			return
 		}
-		log.Infof("macOS Security framework loaded for certificate posture, running as uid=%d euid=%d", os.Getuid(), os.Geteuid())
+		log.Debugf("macOS Security framework loaded for certificate posture, running as uid=%d euid=%d", os.Getuid(), os.Geteuid())
 		logSearchList()
 	})
 	return keychainErr
@@ -254,21 +254,21 @@ func loadKeychain() error {
 // System keychain and System Roots, never a user's login keychain.
 func logSearchList() {
 	if secKeychainCopySearchList == nil || secKeychainGetPath == nil {
-		log.Info("keychain search list diagnostics unavailable on this macOS version")
+		log.Debug("keychain search list diagnostics unavailable on this macOS version")
 		return
 	}
 
 	var list uintptr
 	if status := secKeychainCopySearchList(&list); status != 0 {
-		log.Infof("SecKeychainCopySearchList returned OSStatus %d", status)
+		log.Debugf("SecKeychainCopySearchList returned OSStatus %d", status)
 		return
 	}
 	defer cfRelease(list)
 
 	n := cfArrayGetCount(list)
-	log.Infof("keychain search list contains %d keychains", n)
+	log.Debugf("keychain search list contains %d keychains", n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		log.Infof("keychain search list[%d]: %s", i, keychainPath(cfArrayGetValueAtIndex(list, i)))
+		log.Debugf("keychain search list[%d]: %s", i, keychainPath(cfArrayGetValueAtIndex(list, i)))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func resolveKeychain() error {
 func resolveOptional(lib uintptr, name string, ptr any) {
 	symbol, err := purego.Dlsym(lib, name)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("keychain diagnostics: %s unavailable: %v", name, err)
+		log.Debugf("keychain diagnostics: %s unavailable: %v", name, err)
 		return
 	}
 	purego.RegisterFunc(ptr, symbol)
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/pkcs11store.go b/client/internal/certproof/pkcs11store.go
index c774fcb2e..6f17be319 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/pkcs11store.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/pkcs11store.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *PKCS11Store) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Infof("%s holds %d certificates, %d certificate files without a key wait for its keys", s, len(certs), len(fileChains))
+	log.Debugf("%s holds %d certificates, %d certificate files without a key wait for its keys", s, len(certs), len(fileChains))
 
 	pool := make([]*x509.Certificate, 0, len(certs))
 	for _, cert := range certs {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (s *PKCS11Store) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 	var candidates []Candidate
 	for _, cert := range certs {
 		if _, err := privateKey(session, cert.id); err != nil {
-			log.Infof("%s certificate %q has no usable private key: %v", s, cert.cert.Subject, err)
+			log.Debugf("%s certificate %q has no usable private key: %v", s, cert.cert.Subject, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		candidates = append(candidates, s.candidate(cert.cert, cert.id, pool))
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *PKCS11Store) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 
 func (s *PKCS11Store) candidate(leaf *x509.Certificate, id []byte, pool []*x509.Certificate) Candidate {
 	chain := buildChain(leaf, pool)
-	log.Infof("%s candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", s, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
+	log.Debugf("%s candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", s, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
 	return Candidate{Chain: chain, Signer: &pkcs11Signer{store: s, leaf: leaf, id: id}}
 }
 
diff --git a/client/internal/certproof/systemstore_windows.go b/client/internal/certproof/systemstore_windows.go
index 0a91aa557..c7d29da95 100644
--- a/client/internal/certproof/systemstore_windows.go
+++ b/client/internal/certproof/systemstore_windows.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *SystemStore) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Infof("certificate store %s holds %d personal certificates and %d intermediates", s, len(leaves), len(intermediates))
+	log.Debugf("certificate store %s holds %d personal certificates and %d intermediates", s, len(leaves), len(intermediates))
 	if len(leaves) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (s *SystemStore) Candidates(_ context.Context) ([]Candidate, error) {
 	candidates := make([]Candidate, 0, len(leaves))
 	for _, leaf := range leaves {
 		chain := buildChain(leaf, pool)
-		log.Infof("certificate store %s candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", s, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
+		log.Debugf("certificate store %s candidate %q issued by %q built a chain of %d certificates", s, leaf.Subject, leaf.Issuer, len(chain))
 		candidates = append(candidates, Candidate{Chain: chain, Signer: &systemStoreSigner{leaf: leaf, location: s.location}})
 	}
 	return candidates, nil
diff --git a/shared/management/client/grpc.go b/shared/management/client/grpc.go
index 0c8f3871d..98e7d5947 100644
--- a/shared/management/client/grpc.go
+++ b/shared/management/client/grpc.go
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ func infoToMetaData(info *system.Info) *proto.PeerSystemMeta {
 		})
 	}
 	if len(proofs) > 0 {
-		log.Infof("peer meta carries %d certificate posture proofs", len(proofs))
+		log.Debugf("peer meta carries %d certificate posture proofs", len(proofs))
 	}
 
 	return &proto.PeerSystemMeta{