diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/base_client.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/base_client.rs
index be50a34de..bf662e295 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/base_client.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/base_client.rs
@@ -608,7 +608,11 @@ impl BaseClient {
 
     /// The [`RetryPolicy`] for the client.
     pub fn retry_policy(&self) -> ExponentialBackoff {
-        ExponentialBackoff::builder().build_with_max_retries(self.retries)
+        let mut builder = ExponentialBackoff::builder();
+        if env::var_os(EnvVars::UV_TEST_NO_HTTP_RETRY_DELAY).is_some() {
+            builder = builder.retry_bounds(Duration::from_millis(0), Duration::from_millis(0));
+        }
+        builder.build_with_max_retries(self.retries)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/cached_client.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/cached_client.rs
index 59b32184f..0f32aa51f 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/cached_client.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/cached_client.rs
@@ -687,13 +687,15 @@ impl CachedClient {
                 let total_retries = past_retries + middleware_retries;
                 let retry_decision = retry_policy.should_retry(start_time, total_retries);
                 if let reqwest_retry::RetryDecision::Retry { execute_after } = retry_decision {
-                    debug!(
-                        "Transient failure while handling response from {}; retrying...",
-                        req.url(),
-                    );
                     let duration = execute_after
                         .duration_since(SystemTime::now())
                         .unwrap_or_else(|_| Duration::default());
+
+                    debug!(
+                        "Transient failure while handling response from {}; retrying after {:.1}s...",
+                        req.url(),
+                        duration.as_secs_f32(),
+                    );
                     tokio::time::sleep(duration).await;
                     past_retries += 1;
                     continue;
@@ -745,13 +747,14 @@ impl CachedClient {
                 let total_retries = past_retries + middleware_retries;
                 let retry_decision = retry_policy.should_retry(start_time, total_retries);
                 if let reqwest_retry::RetryDecision::Retry { execute_after } = retry_decision {
-                    debug!(
-                        "Transient failure while handling response from {}; retrying...",
-                        req.url(),
-                    );
                     let duration = execute_after
                         .duration_since(SystemTime::now())
                         .unwrap_or_else(|_| Duration::default());
+                    debug!(
+                        "Transient failure while handling response from {}; retrying after {}s...",
+                        req.url(),
+                        duration.as_secs(),
+                    );
                     tokio::time::sleep(duration).await;
                     past_retries += 1;
                     continue;
diff --git a/crates/uv-publish/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-publish/src/lib.rs
index 4ab09c4f2..ea2e1c095 100644
--- a/crates/uv-publish/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-publish/src/lib.rs
@@ -409,11 +409,15 @@ pub async fn upload(
         if UvRetryableStrategy.handle(&result) == Some(Retryable::Transient) {
             let retry_decision = retry_policy.should_retry(start_time, n_past_retries);
             if let reqwest_retry::RetryDecision::Retry { execute_after } = retry_decision {
-                warn_user!("Transient failure while handling response for {registry}; retrying...");
                 reporter.on_upload_complete(idx);
                 let duration = execute_after
                     .duration_since(SystemTime::now())
                     .unwrap_or_else(|_| Duration::default());
+                warn_user!(
+                    "Transient failure while handling response for {}; retrying after {}s...",
+                    registry,
+                    duration.as_secs()
+                );
                 tokio::time::sleep(duration).await;
                 n_past_retries += 1;
                 continue;
diff --git a/crates/uv-python/src/downloads.rs b/crates/uv-python/src/downloads.rs
index fb5129030..484276d1c 100644
--- a/crates/uv-python/src/downloads.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-python/src/downloads.rs
@@ -973,13 +973,14 @@ impl ManagedPythonDownload {
                         if let reqwest_retry::RetryDecision::Retry { execute_after } =
                             retry_decision
                         {
-                            debug!(
-                                "Transient failure while handling response for {}; retrying...",
-                                self.key()
-                            );
                             let duration = execute_after
                                 .duration_since(SystemTime::now())
                                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| Duration::default());
+                            debug!(
+                                "Transient failure while handling response for {}; retrying after {}s...",
+                                self.key(),
+                                duration.as_secs()
+                            );
                             tokio::time::sleep(duration).await;
                             retried_here = true;
                             continue; // Retry.