server/AyaNova/Controllers/LicenseController.cs

@@ -117,9 +117,17 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             try
             {
                 var ret = await AyaNova.Core.License.FetchKeyAsync(serverState, ct, log, false);
-                //Log
+                //most often the result will be not found but in future might be other results
-                await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, AyaType.License, AyaEvent.LicenseFetch), ct);
+                //main thing is to not log anything but OK response
+                if (ret == "ok")
+                {
+                    //Log
+                    await EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabaseAsync(new Event(UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 0, AyaType.License, AyaEvent.LicenseFetch), ct);
 
+                }
+
+                //any response here is OK, there's not necessarily an error, just no key or some mundane problem not technical but biz so let 
+                //ret string instruct client on what to do
                 return Ok(ret);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)

server/AyaNova/util/License.cs

@@ -499,14 +499,24 @@ namespace AyaNova.Core
                     }
                     return $"E1020 - Error fetching license key: No key was returned";
                 }
-                else
+                else{
+                    //some kind of server error??
+                    if((int)res.StatusCode > 499){
+                         return $"E1020 - License server error fetching license key, contact technical support: {res.ReasonPhrase}";
+                    }
+                    //If it's NOT FOUND, that's not an error, just a normal response to be expected
+                    if(res.StatusCode== System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound){
+                        return "notfound";
+                    }
+
                     return $"E1020 - Error fetching license key: {res.ReasonPhrase}";
+                }
 
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 if (calledFromInternalJob) throw ex;
-                var msg = "E1020 - Error fetching license key";
+                var msg = "E1020 - Error fetching / installing license key";
                 log.LogError(ex, msg);
                 return msg;
             }