diff --git a/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.cjs b/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.cjs
index 0863647df3..ab4d962157 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.cjs
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ function loadAgentOutput() {
     outputContent = fs.readFileSync(agentOutputFile, "utf8");
   } catch (error) {
     const errorMessage = `Error reading agent output file: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`;
-    core.error(errorMessage);
+    // Use info instead of error for missing files - this is a normal scenario
+    // when the agent fails before producing any safe-outputs
+    core.info(errorMessage);
     return { success: false, error: errorMessage };
   }
 
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.test.cjs b/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.test.cjs
index 0e68c1d4dc..479eff9011 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.test.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.test.cjs
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ describe("load_agent_output.cjs", () => {
       expect(mockCore.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith("No GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT environment variable found");
     });
 
-    it("should return success: false and log error when file cannot be read", () => {
+    it("should return success: false and log info when file cannot be read", () => {
       process.env.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT = "/nonexistent/file.json";
 
       const result = loadAgentOutputModule.loadAgentOutput();
 
       expect(result.success).toBe(false);
       expect(result.error).toMatch(/Error reading agent output file/);
-      expect(mockCore.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("Error reading agent output file"));
+      expect(mockCore.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("Error reading agent output file"));
     });
 
     it("should return success: false when file content is empty", () => {