diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/resteasy-reactive.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/resteasy-reactive.adoc
index 2afd51743055b..c72cf886da222 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/resteasy-reactive.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/resteasy-reactive.adoc
@@ -1975,6 +1975,16 @@ public class Endpoint {
 }
 ----
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+You can change the log level of the thrown `WebApplicationException` exceptions by configuring the following property `quarkus.log.category."WebApplicationException".level` like so:
+
+[source, properties]
+----
+quarkus.log.category."WebApplicationException".level=DEBUG
+----
+====
+
 If your endpoint method is delegating calls to another service layer which
 does not know of Jakarta REST, you need a way to turn service exceptions to an
 HTTP response, and you can do that using the
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
index 7b57c785c0b94..705e9e3075605 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
+import jakarta.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.container.CompletionCallback;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.container.ConnectionCallback;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 public abstract class AbstractResteasyReactiveContext<T extends AbstractResteasyReactiveContext<T, H>, H extends RestHandler<T>>
         implements Runnable, Closeable, ResteasyReactiveCallbackContext {
     protected static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.class);
+    protected static final Logger logWebApplicationExceptions = Logger.getLogger(WebApplicationException.class.getSimpleName());
     protected H[] handlers;
     protected H[] abortHandlerChain;
     protected int position;
@@ -322,7 +324,11 @@ public void handleException(Throwable t, boolean keepSameTarget) {
             handleUnrecoverableError(unwrapException(t));
         } else {
             this.throwable = unwrapException(t);
-            log.debug("Restarting handler chain for exception exception", this.throwable);
+            if (t instanceof WebApplicationException) {
+                logWebApplicationExceptions.debug("Restarting handler chain for exception exception", this.throwable);
+            } else {
+                log.debug("Restarting handler chain for exception exception", this.throwable);
+            }
             abortHandlerChainStarted = true;
             restart(abortHandlerChain, keepSameTarget);
         }
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/RuntimeExceptionMapper.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/RuntimeExceptionMapper.java
index ac90a5facd2b2..444158beb2a63 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/RuntimeExceptionMapper.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/RuntimeExceptionMapper.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 public class RuntimeExceptionMapper {
 
     private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(RuntimeExceptionMapper.class);
+    private static final Logger logWebApplicationExceptions = Logger.getLogger(WebApplicationException.class.getSimpleName());
 
     private static Map<Class<? extends Throwable>, ResourceExceptionMapper<? extends Throwable>> mappers;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public void mapException(Throwable throwable, ResteasyReactiveRequestContext con
             if ((IGNORE_RESPONSE == response)) {
                 if (isWebApplicationException) {
                     context.setResult(((WebApplicationException) throwable).getResponse());
-                    log.debug("Application failed the request", throwable);
+                    logWebApplicationExceptions.debug("Application failed the request", throwable);
                 } else {
                     logBlockingErrorIfRequired(throwable, context);
                     logNonBlockingErrorIfRequired(throwable, context);
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public void mapException(Throwable throwable, ResteasyReactiveRequestContext con
         }
         if (isWebApplicationException) {
             context.setResult(response);
-            log.debug("Application failed the request", throwable);
+            logWebApplicationExceptions.debug("Application failed the request", throwable);
             return;
         }
         if (throwable instanceof IOException) {