diff --git a/claude_code_log/converter.py b/claude_code_log/converter.py
index 86fe6702..f21e2868 100644
--- a/claude_code_log/converter.py
+++ b/claude_code_log/converter.py
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ def load_transcript(
     # Parse from source file
     messages: list[TranscriptEntry] = []
     agent_ids: set[str] = set()  # Collect agentId references while parsing
+    # Track unrecognized message types already warned about so we emit at
+    # most one warning per distinct type per file (these tend to repeat a lot).
+    warned_unrecognized_types: set[str | None] = set()
 
     try:
         f = open(jsonl_path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
@@ -347,7 +350,10 @@ def load_transcript(
                         # agent-name). Warn so we notice when Claude Code
                         # introduces new metadata worth supporting — add to
                         # SILENT_SKIP_TYPES once confirmed safe to drop.
-                        if not silent:
+                        # Only warn on the first occurrence of each distinct
+                        # type per file to avoid flooding the output.
+                        if not silent and entry_type not in warned_unrecognized_types:
+                            warned_unrecognized_types.add(entry_type)
                             print(
                                 f"Line {line_no} of {jsonl_path}: unrecognized message type "
                                 f"{entry_type!r} - skipping"
diff --git a/test/test_silent_skip.py b/test/test_silent_skip.py
index f2d66fe8..b892d9de 100644
--- a/test/test_silent_skip.py
+++ b/test/test_silent_skip.py
@@ -180,6 +180,32 @@ def test_unknown_without_uuid_warns(
         assert "unrecognized message type" in captured.out
         assert repr(entry["type"]) in captured.out
 
+    def test_repeated_unknown_type_warns_only_once(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        """The same unrecognized type repeated within a file warns once,
+        but each distinct type still gets its own first-occurrence warning."""
+        jsonl = tmp_path / "session.jsonl"
+        _write_jsonl(
+            jsonl,
+            [
+                {"type": "mode", "payload": 1},
+                {"type": "pr-link", "url": "x"},
+                {"type": "mode", "payload": 2},
+                {"type": "pr-link", "url": "y"},
+                {"type": "mode", "payload": 3},
+            ],
+        )
+
+        messages = load_transcript(jsonl, silent=False)
+        captured = capsys.readouterr()
+
+        assert messages == []
+        # One warning per distinct type, not per occurrence.
+        assert captured.out.count("unrecognized message type") == 2
+        assert captured.out.count("'mode'") == 1
+        assert captured.out.count("'pr-link'") == 1
+
     def test_silent_mode_suppresses_warning(
         self, tmp_path: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
     ) -> None: