diff --git a/codewiki/cli/adapters/doc_generator.py b/codewiki/cli/adapters/doc_generator.py
index b2e95368..ff93642a 100644
--- a/codewiki/cli/adapters/doc_generator.py
+++ b/codewiki/cli/adapters/doc_generator.py
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-# Suppress verbose third-party library logs (OpenAI, Anthropic, httpx)
-logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("openai._base_client").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("anthropic").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
 from codewiki.cli.utils.progress import ProgressTracker
 from codewiki.cli.models.job import DocumentationJob, LLMConfig
 from codewiki.cli.utils.errors import APIError
diff --git a/codewiki/cli/commands/generate.py b/codewiki/cli/commands/generate.py
index 2cf8e573..ba469ae7 100644
--- a/codewiki/cli/commands/generate.py
+++ b/codewiki/cli/commands/generate.py
@@ -216,12 +216,6 @@ def generate_command(
     logger = create_logger(verbose=verbose)
     start_time = time.time()
 
-    # Suppress verbose third-party library logs
-    logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("openai._base_client").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("anthropic").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    
     try:
         # Pre-generation checks
         logger.step("Validating configuration...", 1, 4)
@@ -553,3 +547,4 @@ def generate_command(
     except Exception as e:
         sys.exit(handle_error(e, verbose=verbose))
 
+
diff --git a/codewiki/cli/utils/logging.py b/codewiki/cli/utils/logging.py
index 80863404..c882407f 100644
--- a/codewiki/cli/utils/logging.py
+++ b/codewiki/cli/utils/logging.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Logging utilities for CLI with colored output and progress tracking.
 """
 
+import logging
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
@@ -71,6 +72,26 @@ def elapsed_time(self) -> str:
             return f"{seconds}s"
 
 
+# Third-party HTTP/SDK loggers emit one INFO line per request. Across a
+# documentation run that is thousands of lines of noise in CI, so they are
+# capped at WARNING. Applied from create_logger() rather than at import time:
+# a setLevel() side effect that fires merely because a module was imported is
+# invisible to anyone reading the call site, and fires even for importers that
+# never wanted it.
+_NOISY_THIRD_PARTY_LOGGERS = (
+    "httpx",
+    "openai",
+    "openai._base_client",
+    "anthropic",
+)
+
+
+def quiet_third_party_loggers(level: int = logging.WARNING) -> None:
+    """Cap the noisiest third-party loggers so CLI output stays readable."""
+    for name in _NOISY_THIRD_PARTY_LOGGERS:
+        logging.getLogger(name).setLevel(level)
+
+
 def create_logger(verbose: bool = False) -> CLILogger:
     """
     Create and return a CLI logger.
@@ -81,5 +102,6 @@ def create_logger(verbose: bool = False) -> CLILogger:
     Returns:
         Configured CLILogger instance
     """
+    quiet_third_party_loggers()
     return CLILogger(verbose=verbose)