diff --git a/server/src/agents/pty.rs b/server/src/agents/pty.rs
index 6a55efd3..ded825b8 100644
--- a/server/src/agents/pty.rs
+++ b/server/src/agents/pty.rs
@@ -363,20 +363,25 @@ fn run_agent_pty_blocking(
                     .map(|dt| dt.with_timezone(&chrono::Utc));
 
                 if is_hard_block {
-                    let reset_at = reset_at.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                        let default = chrono::Utc::now()
-                            + chrono::Duration::minutes(5);
-                        slog!(
-                            "[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] API rate limit hard block \
-                             (status={status}); no reset_at in rate_limit_info, \
-                             defaulting to 5-minute backoff ({default})"
-                        );
-                        default
-                    });
-                    slog!(
-                        "[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] API rate limit hard block \
-                         (status={status}); resets at {reset_at}"
-                    );
+                    let reset_at = match reset_at {
+                        Some(t) => {
+                            slog!(
+                                "[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] API rate limit hard block \
+                                 (status={status}); resets at {t}"
+                            );
+                            t
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            let default = chrono::Utc::now()
+                                + chrono::Duration::minutes(5);
+                            slog!(
+                                "[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] API rate limit hard block \
+                                 (status={status}); no reset_at in rate_limit_info, \
+                                 defaulting to 5-minute backoff ({default})"
+                            );
+                            default
+                        }
+                    };
                     let _ = watcher_tx.send(WatcherEvent::RateLimitHardBlock {
                         story_id: story_id.to_string(),
                         agent_name: agent_name.to_string(),
@@ -429,11 +434,9 @@ fn run_agent_pty_blocking(
     // Wait for the reader thread to finish so it releases the cloned PTY
     // master fd before we return.  Without this, the next PTY spawn for the
     // same story can collide with a still-open fd from this session (#453).
-    slog!("[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] Waiting for reader thread to exit");
     if let Err(e) = reader_handle.join() {
         slog!("[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] Reader thread panicked: {e:?}");
     }
-    slog!("[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] Reader thread joined");
 
     slog!(
         "[agent:{story_id}:{agent_name}] Done. Session: {:?}",