diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/memory-embeddings-llm-gateway.ts b/src/resources/extensions/sf/memory-embeddings-llm-gateway.ts
index 1a2f3016e..dbb57269f 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/memory-embeddings-llm-gateway.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/memory-embeddings-llm-gateway.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ export interface GatewayConfig {
 
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 
+// Throttle the "rerank worker offline" warning so per-query log spam doesn't
+// drown out other diagnostics when SF_LLM_GATEWAY_RERANK_MODEL is set but no
+// worker is online — the soft-degrade is expected in that state.
+let lastRerankUnavailableLogAt = 0;
+const RERANK_UNAVAILABLE_LOG_THROTTLE_MS = 60_000;
+function logRerankUnavailable(msg: string): void {
+	const now = Date.now();
+	if (now - lastRerankUnavailableLogAt < RERANK_UNAVAILABLE_LOG_THROTTLE_MS) {
+		return;
+	}
+	lastRerankUnavailableLogAt = now;
+	logWarning("memory-embeddings", msg);
+}
+
 const ENV_KEY = "SF_LLM_GATEWAY_KEY";
 const ENV_URL = "SF_LLM_GATEWAY_URL";
 const ENV_EMBED_MODEL = "SF_LLM_GATEWAY_EMBED_MODEL";
@@ -141,8 +155,7 @@ export async function rerankCandidates(
 			signal: controller.signal,
 		});
 		if (res.status === 503 || res.status === 404) {
-			logWarning(
-				"memory-embeddings",
+			logRerankUnavailable(
 				`llm-gateway /rerank unavailable (${res.status}); falling back to non-reranked results`,
 			);
 			return null;
@@ -152,8 +165,7 @@ export async function rerankCandidates(
 		// branch on res.ok before peeking at the body.
 		const bodyText = await res.text().catch(() => "");
 		if (/no worker.*rerank/i.test(bodyText)) {
-			logWarning(
-				"memory-embeddings",
+			logRerankUnavailable(
 				"llm-gateway /rerank: no worker capability available",
 			);
 			return null;