diff --git a/rpc/dial.go b/rpc/dial.go
index 6e489507..8d96844e 100644
--- a/rpc/dial.go
+++ b/rpc/dial.go
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ func listMulticastInterfaces() []net.Interface {
 	return interfaces
 }
 
+// ErrMDNSQueryFailed is returned when a mDNS query fails to find a candidate.
+var ErrMDNSQuery = errors.New("mDNS query failed to find a candidate")
+
 func lookupMDNSCandidate(ctx context.Context, address string, logger utils.ZapCompatibleLogger) (*zeroconf.ServiceEntry, error) {
 	candidates := []string{address, strings.ReplaceAll(address, ".", "-")}
 	// RSDK-8205: logger.Desugar().Sugar() is necessary to massage a ZapCompatibleLogger into a
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ func lookupMDNSCandidate(ctx context.Context, address string, logger utils.ZapCo
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
 		return nil, ctx.Err()
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("mDNS query failed to find a candidate")
+	return nil, ErrMDNSQuery
 }
 
 func dialMulticastDNS(
diff --git a/rpc/wrtc_call_queue_mongodb.go b/rpc/wrtc_call_queue_mongodb.go
index b3ce8e55..205cb68b 100644
--- a/rpc/wrtc_call_queue_mongodb.go
+++ b/rpc/wrtc_call_queue_mongodb.go
@@ -1132,7 +1132,8 @@ func (queue *mongoDBWebRTCCallQueue) checkHostQueueSize(ctx context.Context, for
 	return errTooManyConns
 }
 
-var errOffline = status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "host appears to be offline; ensure machine is online and try again")
+// ErrOffline is returned when a host appears to be offline.
+var ErrOffline = errors.New("host appears to be offline; ensure machine is online and try again")
 
 // checkHostOnline will check if there is some operator for all the managed hosts that
 // claims to have an answerer online for that host. It does this by running an aggregation
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ func (queue *mongoDBWebRTCCallQueue) checkHostOnline(ctx context.Context, hosts
 		return err
 	}
 	if len(ret) == 0 {
-		return errOffline
+		return status.Error(codes.Unavailable, ErrOffline.Error())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1188,7 +1189,7 @@ func (queue *mongoDBWebRTCCallQueue) incrementConnectionEstablishmentExpectedFai
 	// error (internal error from MDB query, e.g.). We can tell from the passed in error.
 
 	reason := "other"
-	if errors.Is(err, errOffline) {
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrOffline) {
 		reason = "answerers_offline"
 	} else if errors.Is(err, errTooManyConns) {
 		reason = "too_many_callers"
diff --git a/rpc/wrtc_client.go b/rpc/wrtc_client.go
index 2397779a..74f8f8e6 100644
--- a/rpc/wrtc_client.go
+++ b/rpc/wrtc_client.go
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func dialWebRTC(
 
 	utils.PanicCapturingGo(func() {
 		if err := exchangeCandidates(); err != nil {
-			logger.Warnw("Failed to exchange candidates", "err", err)
+			logger.Debugw("Failed to exchange candidates", "err", err)
 			exchangeCancel(err)
 		}
 	})
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func dialWebRTC(
 					Error: ErrorToStatus(exchangeErr).Proto(),
 				},
 			}); err != nil {
-				logger.Warnw("Problem sending error to signaling server", "err", err)
+				logger.Debugw("Problem sending error to signaling server", "err", err)
 			}
 		})
 		return nil, exchangeErr