diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
index c89e5e634..08f60d290 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_crashpad.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ crashpad_backend_flush_scope_to_event(const sentry_path_t *event_path,
     sentry_free(mpack);
 
     if (rv != 0) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("flushing scope to msgpack failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("flushing scope to msgpack failed");
     }
 }
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ crashpad_backend_add_breadcrumb(sentry_backend_t *backend,
     sentry_free(mpack);
 
     if (rv != 0) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("flushing breadcrumb to msgpack failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("flushing breadcrumb to msgpack failed");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/path/sentry_path_unix.c b/src/path/sentry_path_unix.c
index 4b0cc5852..b1b09be43 100644
--- a/src/path/sentry_path_unix.c
+++ b/src/path/sentry_path_unix.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ write_buffer_with_flags(
     int fd = open(
         path->path, flags, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        SENTRY_DEBUGF(
+        SENTRY_WARN(
             "failed to open file \"%s\" for writing (errno %d, flags %x)",
             path->path, errno, flags);
         return 1;
diff --git a/src/path/sentry_path_windows.c b/src/path/sentry_path_windows.c
index 0e3491a88..7f2980f8f 100644
--- a/src/path/sentry_path_windows.c
+++ b/src/path/sentry_path_windows.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sentry__path_current_exe(void)
     sentry_path_t *path = path_with_len(MAX_PATH);
     size_t len = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, path->path, MAX_PATH);
     if (!len) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("unable to get current exe path");
+        SENTRY_WARN("unable to get current exe path");
         sentry__path_free(path);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/sentry_core.c b/src/sentry_core.c
index a9de8b534..355cbfbbe 100644
--- a/src/sentry_core.c
+++ b/src/sentry_core.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ sentry_init(sentry_options_t *options)
     if (options->database_path) {
         sentry__path_free(database_path);
     } else {
-        SENTRY_INFO("falling back to non-absolute database path");
+        SENTRY_DEBUG("falling back to non-absolute database path");
         options->database_path = database_path;
     }
     SENTRY_INFOF("using database path \"%" SENTRY_PATH_PRI "\"",
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ sentry_close(void)
         }
         sentry_options_free(options);
     } else {
-        SENTRY_INFO("sentry_close() called, but options was empty");
+        SENTRY_WARN("sentry_close() called, but options was empty");
     }
 
     g_options = NULL;
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ sentry__capture_envelope(
 {
     bool has_consent = !sentry__should_skip_upload();
     if (!has_consent) {
-        SENTRY_DEBUG("discarding envelope due to missing user consent");
+        SENTRY_INFO("discarding envelope due to missing user consent");
         sentry_envelope_free(envelope);
         return;
     }
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ sentry_transaction_finish_ts(
     sentry_transaction_t *opaque_tx, uint64_t timestamp)
 {
     if (!opaque_tx || sentry_value_is_null(opaque_tx->inner)) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("no transaction available to finish");
+        SENTRY_WARN("no transaction available to finish");
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ sentry_transaction_start_child_ts_n(sentry_transaction_t *opaque_parent,
     size_t description_len, const uint64_t timestamp)
 {
     if (!opaque_parent || sentry_value_is_null(opaque_parent->inner)) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("no transaction available to create a child under");
+        SENTRY_WARN("no transaction available to create a child under");
         return NULL;
     }
     sentry_value_t parent = opaque_parent->inner;
@@ -1079,11 +1079,11 @@ sentry_span_start_child_ts_n(sentry_span_t *opaque_parent,
     size_t description_len, uint64_t timestamp)
 {
     if (!opaque_parent || sentry_value_is_null(opaque_parent->inner)) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("no parent span available to create a child span under");
+        SENTRY_WARN("no parent span available to create a child span under");
         return NULL;
     }
     if (!opaque_parent->transaction) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("no root transaction to create a child span under");
+        SENTRY_WARN("no root transaction to create a child span under");
         return NULL;
     }
     sentry_value_t parent = opaque_parent->inner;
@@ -1121,14 +1121,14 @@ void
 sentry_span_finish_ts(sentry_span_t *opaque_span, uint64_t timestamp)
 {
     if (!opaque_span || sentry_value_is_null(opaque_span->inner)) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("no span to finish");
+        SENTRY_WARN("no span to finish");
         goto fail;
     }
 
     sentry_transaction_t *opaque_root_transaction = opaque_span->transaction;
     if (!opaque_root_transaction
         || sentry_value_is_null(opaque_root_transaction->inner)) {
-        SENTRY_INFO(
+        SENTRY_WARN(
             "no root transaction to finish span on, aborting span finish");
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ sentry_span_finish_ts(sentry_span_t *opaque_span, uint64_t timestamp)
 
     if (!sentry_value_is_null(
             sentry_value_get_by_key(root_transaction, "timestamp"))) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("span's root transaction is already finished, aborting "
+        SENTRY_WARN("span's root transaction is already finished, aborting "
                     "span finish");
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ sentry_span_finish_ts(sentry_span_t *opaque_span, uint64_t timestamp)
     }
 
     if (!sentry_value_is_null(sentry_value_get_by_key(span, "timestamp"))) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("span is already finished, aborting span finish");
+        SENTRY_WARN("span is already finished, aborting span finish");
         sentry_value_decref(span);
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ sentry_span_finish_ts(sentry_span_t *opaque_span, uint64_t timestamp)
     sentry_value_t spans = sentry_value_get_by_key(root_transaction, "spans");
 
     if (sentry_value_get_length(spans) >= max_spans) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("reached maximum number of spans for transaction, "
+        SENTRY_WARN("reached maximum number of spans for transaction, "
                     "discarding span");
         sentry_value_decref(span);
         goto fail;
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ sentry_capture_minidump_n(const char *path, size_t path_len)
         return;
     }
 
-    SENTRY_INFOF(
+    SENTRY_DEBUGF(
         "Capturing minidump \"%" SENTRY_PATH_PRI "\"", dump_path->path);
 
     sentry_value_t event = sentry_value_new_event();
diff --git a/src/sentry_database.c b/src/sentry_database.c
index e9ced1ad5..e416f49b4 100644
--- a/src/sentry_database.c
+++ b/src/sentry_database.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ sentry__run_write_envelope(
     sentry__path_free(output_path);
 
     if (rv) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("writing envelope to file failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("writing envelope to file failed");
     }
 
     // the `write_to_path` returns > 0 on failure, but we would like a real bool
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ sentry__run_write_session(
     sentry_free(buf);
 
     if (rv) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("writing session to file failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("writing session to file failed");
     }
     return !rv;
 }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ sentry__write_crash_marker(const sentry_options_t *options)
     sentry__path_free(marker_path);
 
     if (rv) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("writing crash timestamp to file failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("writing crash timestamp to file failed");
     }
     return !rv;
 }
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ sentry__clear_crash_marker(const sentry_options_t *options)
     int rv = sentry__path_remove(marker_path);
     sentry__path_free(marker_path);
     if (rv) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("removing the crash timestamp file has failed");
+        SENTRY_WARN("removing the crash timestamp file has failed");
     }
     return !rv;
 }
diff --git a/src/sentry_tracing.c b/src/sentry_tracing.c
index 02ca760eb..81684af4f 100644
--- a/src/sentry_tracing.c
+++ b/src/sentry_tracing.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ sentry__value_span_new_n(size_t max_spans, sentry_value_t parent,
     sentry_slice_t operation, sentry_slice_t description, uint64_t timestamp)
 {
     if (!sentry_value_is_null(sentry_value_get_by_key(parent, "timestamp"))) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("span's parent is already finished, not creating span");
+        SENTRY_WARN("span's parent is already finished, not creating span");
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ sentry__value_span_new_n(size_t max_spans, sentry_value_t parent,
     // number of max spans. This means that the number of in-flight spans
     // can exceed the max number of spans.
     if (sentry_value_get_length(spans) >= max_spans) {
-        SENTRY_INFO("reached maximum number of spans for transaction, not "
+        SENTRY_WARN("reached maximum number of spans for transaction, not "
                     "creating span");
         goto fail;
     }
diff --git a/src/sentry_transport.c b/src/sentry_transport.c
index 93b19537a..414d7c7b6 100644
--- a/src/sentry_transport.c
+++ b/src/sentry_transport.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sentry__transport_send_envelope(
         return;
     }
     if (!transport) {
-        SENTRY_DEBUG("discarding envelope due to invalid transport");
+        SENTRY_WARN("discarding envelope due to invalid transport");
         sentry_envelope_free(envelope);
         return;
     }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ gzipped_with_compression(const char *body, const size_t body_len,
     int err = deflateInit2(&stream, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, Z_DEFLATED,
         MAX_WBITS + 16, 9, Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY);
     if (err != Z_OK) {
-        SENTRY_DEBUGF("deflateInit2 failed: %d", err);
+        SENTRY_WARNF("deflateInit2 failed: %d", err);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ gzipped_with_compression(const char *body, const size_t body_len,
     }
 
     if (err != Z_STREAM_END) {
-        SENTRY_DEBUGF("deflate failed: %d", err);
+        SENTRY_WARNF("deflate failed: %d", err);
         sentry_free(buffer);
         buffer = NULL;
         deflateEnd(&stream);
diff --git a/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c b/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
index 3e27d4dbf..b72751160 100644
--- a/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
+++ b/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ sentry__winhttp_send_task(void *_envelope, void *_state)
             sentry__rate_limiter_update_from_429(state->ratelimiter);
         }
     } else {
-        SENTRY_INFOF(
+        SENTRY_WARNF(
             "`WinHttpSendRequest` failed with code `%d`", GetLastError());
     }