diff --git a/dank_mids/helpers/_session.py b/dank_mids/helpers/_session.py
index 5c3de08e..a8032b39 100644
--- a/dank_mids/helpers/_session.py
+++ b/dank_mids/helpers/_session.py
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ def __new__(cls, value, phrase, description=""):
     HTTPStatusExtended.CLOUDFLARE_TIMEOUT,  # type: ignore [attr-defined]
 }
 
+
+def _get_status_enum(error: ClientResponseError) -> HTTPStatusExtended:
+    try:
+        return HTTPStatusExtended(error.status)
+    except ValueError as ve:
+        if str(ve).endswith("is not a valid HTTPStatusExtended"):
+            # we still want the original exc to raise
+            raise error from ve
+        raise
+
+
 # default is 50 requests/second
 limiters = defaultdict(lambda: AsyncLimiter(1, 1 / ENVS.REQUESTS_PER_SECOND))
 
@@ -195,34 +206,31 @@ async def post(self, endpoint: str, *args, loads: JSONDecoder = DEFAULT_JSON_DEC
                         _logger_debug("received response %s", response_data)
                         return response_data
             except ClientResponseError as ce:
-                if ce.status == HTTPStatusExtended.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:  # type: ignore [attr-defined]
-                    await self.handle_too_many_requests(endpoint, ce)
-                else:
-                    try:
-                        if ce.status not in RETRY_FOR_CODES or tried >= 5:
-                            _logger_debug(
-                                "response failed with status %s",
-                                HTTPStatusExtended(ce.status),
-                            )
-                            raise ce
-                    except ValueError as ve:
-                        if str(ve).endswith("is not a valid HTTPStatusExtended"):
-                            raise ce from ve
-                        raise
+                status = ce.status
+                if status == HTTPStatusExtended.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:  # type: ignore [attr-defined]
+                    await self._handle_too_many_requests(endpoint, ce)
+
+                elif status in RETRY_FOR_CODES and tried < 5:
+                    tried += 1
+                    if debug_logs_enabled:
+                        sleep_for = random()
+                        _logger_log(
+                            DEBUG,
+                            "response failed with status %s, retrying in %.f2s",
+                            (HTTPStatusExtended(status), sleep_for),
+                        )
+                        await sleep(sleep_for)
                     else:
-                        tried += 1
-                        if debug_logs_enabled:
-                            sleep_for = random()
-                            _logger_log(
-                                DEBUG,
-                                "response failed with status %s, retrying in %ss",
-                                (HTTPStatusExtended(ce.status), round(sleep_for, 2)),
-                            )
-                            await sleep(sleep_for)
-                        else:
-                            await sleep(random())
-
-    async def handle_too_many_requests(self, endpoint: str, error: ClientResponseError) -> None:
+                        await sleep(random())
+
+                else:
+                    if debug_logs_enabled:
+                        _logger_log(
+                            DEBUG, "response failed with status %s", (_get_status_enum(ce),)
+                        )
+                    raise
+
+    async def _handle_too_many_requests(self, endpoint: str, error: ClientResponseError) -> None:
         limiter = limiters[endpoint]
         if (now := time()) > getattr(limiter, "_last_updated_at", 0) + 10:
             current_rate = limiter._rate_per_sec