diff --git a/plugins/platforms/raft/adapter.py b/plugins/platforms/raft/adapter.py
index 5623cef0e5e..67e34b2a906 100644
--- a/plugins/platforms/raft/adapter.py
+++ b/plugins/platforms/raft/adapter.py
@@ -98,12 +98,20 @@ _RAFT_PROMPT_TURN_IDS: set[str] = set()
 
 
 def check_raft_requirements() -> bool:
-    """Check if Raft channel dependencies are available."""
+    """Check if Raft channel dependencies are available.
+
+    Intentionally silent on failure — this is a passive probe registered as
+    the platform's ``check_fn``. It is called on every
+    ``load_gateway_config()`` (message handling, display lookups, agent
+    turns), so logging here floods the logs for every user without the
+    ``raft`` CLI installed. The caller (``gateway/platform_registry.py``
+    ``create_adapter()``) emits its own warning when requirements are not met
+    and an adapter is actually requested. This matches the convention used by
+    other platform adapters (e.g. ``teams/adapter.py``).
+    """
     if not AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE:
-        logger.warning("[raft] aiohttp is not installed — install with: pip install aiohttp")
         return False
     if not shutil.which("raft"):
-        logger.warning("[raft] raft CLI not found in PATH — install from https://raft.build")
         return False
     return True
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_raft_check_fn_silent.py b/tests/plugins/test_raft_check_fn_silent.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76a906a9c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_raft_check_fn_silent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+"""Regression tests for the raft platform plugin's check_fn.
+
+The raft platform adapter's ``check_raft_requirements()`` is registered as
+the platform's ``check_fn``. This function is invoked on every
+``load_gateway_config()`` call (dozens of times during normal gateway
+operation). It must therefore be a *silent* predicate — returning True/False
+without logging — otherwise every user without the ``raft`` CLI installed
+gets their logs flooded with WARNING messages every few seconds.
+
+See: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/49234
+"""
+
+import logging
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def raft_check():
+    """Import check_raft_requirements fresh (adapter self-manages sys.path)."""
+    from plugins.platforms.raft.adapter import check_raft_requirements
+
+    return check_raft_requirements
+
+
+def test_check_returns_false_when_raft_cli_missing(raft_check):
+    """check_fn returns False when raft CLI is not in PATH."""
+    with patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.shutil.which", return_value=None), \
+         patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE", True):
+        assert raft_check() is False
+
+
+def test_check_returns_false_when_aiohttp_missing(raft_check):
+    """check_fn returns False when aiohttp dependency is unavailable."""
+    with patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE", False):
+        assert raft_check() is False
+
+
+def test_check_returns_true_when_all_deps_present(raft_check):
+    """check_fn returns True when all dependencies are available."""
+    with patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.shutil.which", return_value="/usr/bin/raft"), \
+         patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE", True):
+        assert raft_check() is True
+
+
+def test_check_silent_when_raft_cli_missing(raft_check, caplog):
+    """check_fn must NOT log a WARNING when raft CLI is missing.
+
+    This is the regression guard for issue #49234 — logging inside check_fn
+    causes log spam because the function is called on every config load.
+    """
+    with patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.shutil.which", return_value=None), \
+         patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE", True):
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="plugins.platforms.raft.adapter"):
+            raft_check()
+
+    warnings = [r for r in caplog.records if r.levelno >= logging.WARNING]
+    assert warnings == [], (
+        f"check_raft_requirements must be silent (no WARNING logs), "
+        f"but emitted: {[r.getMessage() for r in warnings]}"
+    )
+
+
+def test_check_silent_when_aiohttp_missing(raft_check, caplog):
+    """check_fn must NOT log a WARNING when aiohttp is missing."""
+    with patch("plugins.platforms.raft.adapter.AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE", False):
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="plugins.platforms.raft.adapter"):
+            raft_check()
+
+    warnings = [r for r in caplog.records if r.levelno >= logging.WARNING]
+    assert warnings == [], (
+        f"check_raft_requirements must be silent (no WARNING logs), "
+        f"but emitted: {[r.getMessage() for r in warnings]}"
+    )