diff --git a/actions/DisplayAction.php b/actions/DisplayAction.php
index c51bb7cde32..55f0d2fdc5b 100644
--- a/actions/DisplayAction.php
+++ b/actions/DisplayAction.php
@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ private function createResponse(Request $request, BridgeAbstract $bridge, string
                 $items = $feedItems;
             }
             $feed = $bridge->getFeed();
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            // Probably an exception inside a bridge
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            if ($e instanceof RateLimitException) {
+                // These are internally generated by bridges
+                $this->logger->info(sprintf('RateLimitException in DisplayAction(%s): %s', $bridge->getShortName(), create_sane_exception_message($e)));
+                return new Response(render(__DIR__ . '/../templates/exception.html.php', ['e' => $e]), 429);
+            }
             if ($e instanceof HttpException) {
                 // Reproduce (and log) these responses regardless of error output and report limit
                 if ($e->getCode() === 429) {
diff --git a/bridges/RedditBridge.php b/bridges/RedditBridge.php
index ef74fdcdf34..03f279d87c0 100644
--- a/bridges/RedditBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/RedditBridge.php
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ public function collectData()
     {
         $forbiddenKey = 'reddit_forbidden';
         if ($this->cache->get($forbiddenKey)) {
-            throw new HttpException('403 Forbidden', 403);
+            throw new RateLimitException();
         }
 
         $rateLimitKey = 'reddit_rate_limit';
         if ($this->cache->get($rateLimitKey)) {
-            throw new HttpException('429 Too Many Requests', 429);
+            throw new RateLimitException();
         }
 
         try {
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ public function collectData()
                 // 403 Forbidden
                 // This can possibly mean that reddit has permanently blocked this server's ip address
                 $this->cache->set($forbiddenKey, true, 60 * 61);
+                throw new RateLimitException();
             } elseif ($e->getCode() === 429) {
                 $this->cache->set($rateLimitKey, true, 60 * 61);
+                throw new RateLimitException();
             }
             throw $e;
         }
diff --git a/bridges/Vk2Bridge.php b/bridges/Vk2Bridge.php
index 6fecba84c54..62ba8e05178 100644
--- a/bridges/Vk2Bridge.php
+++ b/bridges/Vk2Bridge.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ protected function getImageURLWithLargestWidth($items)
     public function collectData()
     {
         if ($this->cache->get($this->rateLimitCacheKey)) {
-            throw new HttpException('429 Too Many Requests', 429);
+            throw new RateLimitException();
         }
 
         $u = $this->getInput('u');
diff --git a/bridges/VkBridge.php b/bridges/VkBridge.php
index 22957f26c4a..0d62305b923 100644
--- a/bridges/VkBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/VkBridge.php
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ private function getContents()
             $uri = urljoin(self::URI, $headers['location'][0]);
 
             if (str_contains($uri, '/429.html')) {
-                returnServerError('VK responded "Too many requests"');
+                throw new RateLimitException();
             }
 
             if (!preg_match('#^https?://vk.com/#', $uri)) {
diff --git a/bridges/YoutubeBridge.php b/bridges/YoutubeBridge.php
index af14c856f2c..647b1c4202a 100644
--- a/bridges/YoutubeBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/YoutubeBridge.php
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ public function collectData()
     {
         $cacheKey = 'youtube_rate_limit';
         if ($this->cache->get($cacheKey)) {
-            throw new HttpException('429 Too Many Requests', 429);
+            throw new RateLimitException();
         }
         try {
             $this->collectDataInternal();
         } catch (HttpException $e) {
             if ($e->getCode() === 429) {
                 $this->cache->set($cacheKey, true, 60 * 16);
+                throw new RateLimitException();
             }
             throw $e;
         }
diff --git a/lib/http.php b/lib/http.php
index 39f0c72710f..0d21b958ac9 100644
--- a/lib/http.php
+++ b/lib/http.php
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * Thrown by bridges
+ */
+final class RateLimitException extends \Exception
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Do not use this class in bridges
+ */
 class HttpException extends \Exception
 {
     public ?Response $response;