diff --git a/apps/insights/src/worker.ts b/apps/insights/src/worker.ts
index 86b74043d..bec9dc057 100644
--- a/apps/insights/src/worker.ts
+++ b/apps/insights/src/worker.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ import { Worker } from "bullmq";
 import { processInsightsJob } from "./jobs";
 import { emitInsightsEvent } from "./lib/evlog-insights";
 
+// These Redis errors are transient — they occur during failover or server
+// upgrade and the BullMQ worker reconnects automatically (maxRetriesPerRequest:
+// null). Logging them at WARN prevents false-positive ERROR incidents.
+const TRANSIENT_REDIS_ERROR_PATTERNS = [
+	/^READONLY /,
+	/^ERR caller gone/,
+	/ECONNRESET/,
+	/Connection is closed/,
+	/Socket closed unexpectedly/,
+];
+
+function isTransientRedisError(error: Error): boolean {
+	return TRANSIENT_REDIS_ERROR_PATTERNS.some((pattern) =>
+		pattern.test(error.message)
+	);
+}
+
 const DEFAULT_INSIGHTS_WORKER_CONCURRENCY = 5;
 
 export function getInsightsWorkerConcurrency(
@@ -77,7 +94,8 @@ export function startInsightsWorker() {
 	});
 
 	worker.on("error", (error) => {
-		emitInsightsEvent("error", "worker.error", {
+		const level = isTransientRedisError(error) ? "warn" : "error";
+		emitInsightsEvent(level, "worker.error", {
 			error_message: error.message,
 			error_stack: error.stack,
 		});