diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/delivery/pending.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/delivery/pending.ts
index 5b4167b93e0..ff14ccc8c52 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/delivery/pending.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/delivery/pending.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   scanMode2031ReplyDecision,
   type Mode2031ReplyScanState
 } from '../../../../shared/terminal-color-scheme-protocol'
+import { redactPtyIdForDiagnostics } from '../../../../shared/pty-delivery-diagnostics'
 import { recordCrashBreadcrumb } from '../../../crash-reporting/crash-breadcrumb-store'
 import { terminalOutputBacklogCapChars } from '../../../../shared/terminal-scrollback-policy'
 import { isHiddenPtyDeliveryGateEnabled } from '../../pty-hidden-delivery-gate'
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export function dropOversizedPendingPtyData(
   if (!session.pendingDataDropWarnedPtys.has(id)) {
     session.pendingDataDropWarnedPtys.add(id)
     console.error(
-      `[pty] dropped ${pending.data.length} buffered chars for ${id}: renderer not receiving and per-PTY pending cap exceeded; pane will restore from the main-owned snapshot`
+      `[pty] dropped ${pending.data.length} buffered chars for ${redactPtyIdForDiagnostics(id)}: renderer not receiving and per-PTY pending cap exceeded; pane will restore from the main-owned snapshot`
     )
     // Why: field visibility for cap tuning (issue #2836 / #7017); no pty id since session ids can embed workspace paths.
     recordCrashBreadcrumb('terminal_pending_output_dropped', {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/spawn-commit.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/spawn-commit.ts
index 82a3aea1b74..7e277c7c3f5 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/spawn-commit.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/spawn-commit.ts
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ export async function commitPtyIpcSpawn(ctx: PtyIpcSpawnState): Promise<PtySpawn
         }
       )
     } else if (typeof ctx.result.replay === 'string' && ctx.result.replay.length > 0) {
-      // Why: the relay reattach replay is the one restore main never ingests, so without
-      // this seed its model is a mere suffix of what the renderer painted — and a later
-      // park-reveal would outrank the fuller relay replay with that fragment.
+      // Why: relay reattach replay is the only restore main never ingests; skip this seed and park-reveal would replace it with a suffix fragment.
       ctx.deps.runtime.seedHeadlessTerminal(ctx.result.id, ctx.result.replay)
     }
   }