diff --git a/gns3server/compute/base_node.py b/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
index f22fa97c0..65b816e5c 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
@@ -640,10 +640,20 @@ class BaseNode:
 
         async def telnet_forward(telnet_reader):
 
-            while not telnet_reader.at_eof():
-                data = await telnet_reader.read(1024)
-                if data:
-                    await websocket.send_bytes(data)
+            try:
+                while not telnet_reader.at_eof():
+                    data = await telnet_reader.read(1024)
+                    if data:
+                        await websocket.send_bytes(data)
+            except WebSocketDisconnect:
+                # the client disconnected while node output was still streaming:
+                # normal end of the session, not an error. Starlette raises
+                # WebSocketDisconnect (whose str() is empty) from send once the
+                # peer is gone, which used to surface as a message-less warning.
+                log.info(
+                    f"Client {websocket.client.host}:{websocket.client.port} has disconnected from compute"
+                    f" console WebSocket while node output was being forwarded"
+                )
 
         # keep forwarding websocket data in both direction
         if sys.version_info >= (3, 11, 0):
@@ -657,7 +667,7 @@ class BaseNode:
             if task.exception():
                 log.warning(
                     f"Exception while forwarding WebSocket data to "
-                    f"{self._console_type.upper()} server: {task.exception()}"
+                    f"{self._console_type.upper()} server: {task.exception()!r}"
                 )
         for task in pending:
             task.cancel()
@@ -728,8 +738,16 @@ class BaseNode:
                     data = await vnc_reader.read(65536)  # Larger buffer for VNC frames
                     if data:
                         await websocket.send_bytes(data)
+            except WebSocketDisconnect:
+                # the browser disconnected while VNC frames were still streaming
+                # (starlette raises WebSocketDisconnect with an empty str() from
+                # send once the peer is gone — not an error)
+                log.info(
+                    f"Client {websocket.client.host}:{websocket.client.port} has disconnected from compute "
+                    f"VNC console WebSocket while frames were being forwarded"
+                )
             except Exception as e:
-                log.warning(f"Exception while forwarding VNC data to WebSocket: {e}")
+                log.warning(f"Exception while forwarding VNC data to WebSocket: {e!r}")
 
         # Keep forwarding WebSocket data in both directions
         if sys.version_info >= (3, 11, 0):
@@ -741,7 +759,7 @@ class BaseNode:
         done, pending = await asyncio.wait(aws, return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
         for task in done:
             if task.exception():
-                log.warning(f"Exception while forwarding WebSocket data to VNC server: {task.exception()}")
+                log.warning(f"Exception while forwarding WebSocket data to VNC server: {task.exception()!r}")
         for task in pending:
             task.cancel()
 
diff --git a/tests/compute/test_base_node.py b/tests/compute/test_base_node.py
index 9aa97cf81..7eca945e1 100644
--- a/tests/compute/test_base_node.py
+++ b/tests/compute/test_base_node.py
@@ -453,3 +453,57 @@ async def test_stop_ubridge_clears_marker_bridges(compute_project, manager):
     node._marker_filter_bridges["m", "L1"] = "VPCS-10"
     await node._stop_ubridge()
     assert node._marker_filter_bridges == {}
+
+
+class _GoneConsoleWebsocket:
+    """
+    Stand-in for the compute-side WebSocket when the peer (the controller, or a
+    browser) is already gone: receive() yields the disconnect message and
+    send_bytes raises WebSocketDisconnect — what starlette raises from send
+    after the transport reports OSError.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+        self.client = SimpleNamespace(host="127.0.0.1", port=5000)
+
+    async def receive(self):
+        return {"type": "websocket.disconnect"}
+
+    async def send_bytes(self, data):
+        from starlette.websockets import WebSocketDisconnect
+        raise WebSocketDisconnect(code=1006)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_console_websocket_client_disconnect_while_node_output_streams(
+        compute_project, manager, port_manager, monkeypatch, caplog):
+    # regression test: the client disconnects while the node is still streaming
+    # console output. telnet_forward used to let the (empty-str) WebSocketDisconnect
+    # from send_bytes escape, logging a message-less WARNING.
+    import asyncio
+    import logging
+
+    node = VPCSVM("test", "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f", compute_project, manager)
+    node.status = "started"
+
+    telnet_reader = MagicMock()
+    telnet_reader.at_eof.return_value = False
+    telnet_reader.read = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value=b"device output")
+    telnet_writer = MagicMock()
+    telnet_writer.wait_closed = AsyncioMagicMock()
+
+    async def fake_open_connection(*args, **kwargs):
+        return telnet_reader, telnet_writer
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(asyncio, "open_connection", fake_open_connection)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+        await node.start_websocket_console(_GoneConsoleWebsocket())
+
+    assert telnet_writer.close.called
+    assert not [r for r in caplog.records if r.levelno >= logging.WARNING]
+    assert any(
+        "has disconnected from compute console WebSocket while node output" in r.message
+        for r in caplog.records
+    )