diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/utils.py b/rhodecode/tests/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/utils.py
@@ -397,20 +397,21 @@ def wait_for_url(url, timeout=10):
 
     while timeout > last:
         last = time.time()
-        if is_url_reachable(url):
+        if is_url_reachable(url, log_exc=False):
             break
         elif (last + wait) > time.time():
             # Go to sleep because not enough time has passed since last check.
             time.sleep(wait)
     else:
-        pytest.fail("Timeout while waiting for URL {}".format(url))
+        pytest.fail(f"Timeout while waiting for URL {url}")
 
 
-def is_url_reachable(url):
+def is_url_reachable(url: str, log_exc: bool = True) -> bool:
     try:
         urllib.request.urlopen(url)
     except urllib.error.URLError:
-        log.exception('URL `{}` reach error'.format(url))
+        if log_exc:
+            log.exception('URL `{}` reach error'.format(url))
         return False
     return True