diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 617ac1642..007f03347 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import git
+import litellm
 import openai
 from jsonschema import Draft7Validator
 from rich.console import Console, Text
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ from aider.utils import is_image_file
 
 from ..dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 
+litellm.suppress_debug_info = True
+
 
 class MissingAPIKeyError(ValueError):
     pass
@@ -572,6 +575,9 @@ class Coder:
             interrupted = True
         except ExhaustedContextWindow:
             exhausted = True
+        except litellm.exceptions.BadRequestError as err:
+            self.io.tool_error(f"BadRequestError: {err}")
+            return
         except openai.BadRequestError as err:
             if "maximum context length" in str(err):
                 exhausted = True
diff --git a/aider/sendchat.py b/aider/sendchat.py
index fd6ade8a4..6c613d072 100644
--- a/aider/sendchat.py
+++ b/aider/sendchat.py
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ CACHE = None
 litellm.suppress_debug_info = True
 
 
-def giveup_on_recitiation(ex):
-    if not isinstance(ex, litellm.exceptions.BadRequestError):
-        return
-    return "RECITATION" in str(ex)
-
-
 @backoff.on_exception(
     backoff.expo,
     (
@@ -31,10 +25,8 @@ def giveup_on_recitiation(ex):
         RateLimitError,
         APIConnectionError,
         httpx.ConnectError,
-        litellm.exceptions.BadRequestError,
         litellm.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableError,
     ),
-    giveup=giveup_on_recitiation,
     max_tries=10,
     on_backoff=lambda details: print(
         f"{details.get('exception','Exception')}\nRetry in {details['wait']:.1f} seconds."