diff --git a/internal/command/views/cloud.go b/internal/command/views/cloud.go
index 8b9d4adeef73..4dcdf52f3f86 100644
--- a/internal/command/views/cloud.go
+++ b/internal/command/views/cloud.go
@@ -53,24 +53,13 @@ func (v *CloudHuman) Diagnostics(diags tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 }
 
 func (v *CloudHuman) RetryLog(attemptNum int, resp *http.Response) {
-	// Ignore the first retry to make sure any delayed output will
-	// be written to the console before we start logging retries.
-	//
-	// The retry logic in the TFE client will retry both rate limited
-	// requests and server errors, but in the cloud backend we only
-	// care about server errors so we ignore rate limit (429) errors.
-	if attemptNum == 0 || (resp != nil && resp.StatusCode == 429) {
-		v.lastRetry = time.Now()
+	msg, updatedRetryTime := retryLogHelper(attemptNum, resp, &v.lastRetry, v.PrepareMessage)
+	if msg == "" {
+		v.lastRetry = updatedRetryTime
 		return
 	}
 
-	var msg string
-	if attemptNum == 1 {
-		msg = v.PrepareMessage(InitialRetryErrorMessage)
-	} else {
-		msg = v.PrepareMessage(RepeatedRetryErrorMessage, time.Since(v.lastRetry).Round(time.Second))
-	}
-
+	v.lastRetry = updatedRetryTime
 	v.view.streams.Println(msg)
 }
 
@@ -108,24 +97,13 @@ func (v *CloudJSON) Diagnostics(diags tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 }
 
 func (v *CloudJSON) RetryLog(attemptNum int, resp *http.Response) {
-	// Ignore the first retry to make sure any delayed output will
-	// be written to the console before we start logging retries.
-	//
-	// The retry logic in the TFE client will retry both rate limited
-	// requests and server errors, but in the cloud backend we only
-	// care about server errors so we ignore rate limit (429) errors.
-	if attemptNum == 0 || (resp != nil && resp.StatusCode == 429) {
-		v.lastRetry = time.Now()
+	msg, updatedRetryTime := retryLogHelper(attemptNum, resp, &v.lastRetry, v.PrepareMessage)
+	if msg == "" {
+		v.lastRetry = updatedRetryTime
 		return
 	}
 
-	var msg string
-	if attemptNum == 1 {
-		msg = v.PrepareMessage(InitialRetryErrorMessage)
-	} else {
-		msg = v.PrepareMessage(RepeatedRetryErrorMessage, time.Since(v.lastRetry).Round(time.Second))
-	}
-
+	v.lastRetry = updatedRetryTime
 	v.view.view.streams.Println(msg)
 }
 
@@ -195,3 +173,24 @@ Terraform to prevent data loss! Trying to restore the connection...
 
 const repeatdRetryError = `[reset][yellow]Still trying to restore the connection... (%s elapsed)[reset]`
 const repeatdRetryErrorJSON = `Still trying to restore the connection... (%s elapsed)`
+
+// retryLogHelper handles the retry logic for both CloudHuman and CloudJSON.
+// It returns the prepared message for the specific retry attempt.
+func retryLogHelper(attemptNum int, resp *http.Response, lastRetry *time.Time, prepareMessage func(CloudMessageCode, ...any) string) (string, time.Time) {
+	// Skip the first retry to ensure any delayed output is logged before retries begin.
+	//
+	// While the TFE client retries both rate-limited (429) and server error requests,
+	// the cloud backend only handles server errors, ignoring rate limit (429) errors.
+	if attemptNum == 0 || (resp != nil && resp.StatusCode == 429) {
+		return "", time.Now()
+	}
+
+	var msg string
+	if attemptNum == 1 {
+		msg = prepareMessage(InitialRetryErrorMessage)
+	} else {
+		msg = prepareMessage(RepeatedRetryErrorMessage, time.Since(*lastRetry).Round(time.Second))
+	}
+
+	return msg, time.Now()
+}