diff --git a/src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts b/src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts
index 72537f64cbf..164885e8251 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/daemon-entry.ts
@@ -274,14 +274,18 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     ...(pidPath && launchNonce
       ? {
           publishEndpointOwnership: () =>
-            publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath, {
-              pid: process.pid,
-              ...readyIdentity,
-              ...(entryPath ? { entryPath } : {}),
-              ...(appVersion ? { appVersion } : {}),
-              ...(spawnerExecPath ? { spawnerExecPath } : {}),
-              launchNonce
-            })
+            publishDaemonPidFile(
+              pidPath,
+              {
+                pid: process.pid,
+                ...readyIdentity,
+                ...(entryPath ? { entryPath } : {}),
+                ...(appVersion ? { appVersion } : {}),
+                ...(spawnerExecPath ? { spawnerExecPath } : {}),
+                launchNonce
+              },
+              daemonLog
+            )
         }
       : {}),
     log: daemonLog,
diff --git a/src/main/daemon/daemon-pid-publish-atomicity.test.ts b/src/main/daemon/daemon-pid-publish-atomicity.test.ts
index 774ffcc9d13..086f5432ed2 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/daemon-pid-publish-atomicity.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/daemon-pid-publish-atomicity.test.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,27 @@ describe('publishDaemonPidFile atomicity', () => {
     expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('non-atomic'))
   })
 
+  it('records the degrade on the daemon file log, which is the only channel the detached daemon keeps', () => {
+    // The daemon runs with stdio 'ignore' and its startup stderr pipe is destroyed once
+    // it is up, so a console-only warning never reaches the operator it is written for.
+    const entries: { event: string; details?: Record<string, unknown> }[] = []
+    fsFaults.linkError = Object.assign(new Error('injected ENOTSUP'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' })
+
+    publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath, RECORD, {
+      log: (event, details) => entries.push({ event, ...(details ? { details } : {}) })
+    })
+
+    expect(entries).toEqual([{ event: 'pid-publish-degraded', details: { errno: 'ENOTSUP' } }])
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the daemon file log untouched when the atomic path succeeds', () => {
+    const entries: string[] = []
+
+    publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath, RECORD, { log: (event) => entries.push(event) })
+
+    expect(entries).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it('keeps exclusive-create semantics on the degraded path too', () => {
     publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath, { pid: 1, startedAtMs: 5, launchNonce: 'other' })
     fsFaults.linkError = Object.assign(new Error('injected ENOTSUP'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' })
diff --git a/src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.ts b/src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.ts
index 644122a8902..4892e758b38 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/daemon-spawner.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from 'node:fs'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { fsyncFileSync } from '../../shared/secure-file'
+import type { DaemonFileLog } from './daemon-file-log'
 import { PROTOCOL_VERSION } from './types'
 import { reapOrphanedDaemonPidPublishClaims } from './daemon-pid-publish-claim-reap'
 import { DaemonCrashLoopError, DaemonRespawnThrottle } from './daemon-respawn-throttle'
@@ -176,7 +177,11 @@ export function getDaemonPidPublishClaimPath(pidPath: string): string {
   return `${pidPath}.publish-${process.pid}-${randomUUID()}`
 }
 
-export function publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath: string, pidFile: DaemonPidFile): void {
+export function publishDaemonPidFile(
+  pidPath: string,
+  pidFile: DaemonPidFile,
+  log?: Pick<DaemonFileLog, 'log'>
+): void {
   const claimPath = getDaemonPidPublishClaimPath(pidPath)
   try {
     writeFileSync(claimPath, serializeDaemonPidFile(pidFile), { mode: 0o600, flag: 'wx' })
@@ -199,6 +204,10 @@ export function publishDaemonPidFile(pidPath: string, pidFile: DaemonPidFile): v
       // instead of trading a torn-write window for no pid record at all. Warn because the
       // degrade is otherwise invisible: an operator on such a volume (network mount,
       // container overlay) should be able to tell the atomic path is not in use.
+      // Both channels, matching daemon-endpoint-lifecycle.ts: inside the detached
+      // daemon stdio is 'ignore' and its startup stderr pipe is destroyed once it is
+      // up, so console alone reaches nobody on the path this warning exists for.
+      log?.log('pid-publish-degraded', { errno: describeErrnoCode(error) })
       console.warn(
         `[daemon] pid-record hard-link publish failed (${describeErrnoCode(error)}); ` +
           'degrading to the non-atomic exclusive write — torn-write protection is off for this record'