diff --git a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-plugin-docker.sh b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-plugin-docker.sh
index 08c3ceb3777..afd7f983aa8 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-plugin-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-plugin-docker.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ wait "$docker_pid"
 run_status="$?"
 set -e
 
-cat "$RUN_LOG"
+docker_e2e_print_log "$RUN_LOG"
 
 if [ "$run_status" -eq 0 ]; then
   node scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs "$STATS_LOG" "$MAX_MEMORY_MIB" "$MAX_CPU_PERCENT" kitchen-sink
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
index 244f297699e..70588bdf8e6 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-docker.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ wait "$docker_pid"
 run_status="$?"
 set -e
 
-cat "$RUN_LOG"
+docker_e2e_print_log "$RUN_LOG"
 
 if [ "$run_status" -eq 0 ]; then
   node scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs "$STATS_LOG" "$MAX_MEMORY_MIB" "$MAX_CPU_PERCENT" kitchen-sink-rpc
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh b/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh
index 65a078c7acc..53efeca46aa 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh
@@ -37,16 +37,41 @@ if [[ "$KITCHEN_SINK_SWEEP_SOURCE_ONLY" != "1" ]]; then
   openclaw_e2e_eval_test_state_from_b64 "${OPENCLAW_TEST_STATE_SCRIPT_B64:?missing OPENCLAW_TEST_STATE_SCRIPT_B64}"
 fi
 
+print_kitchen_sink_log() {
+  local log_file="$1"
+  local max_bytes="${OPENCLAW_DOCKER_E2E_LOG_PRINT_BYTES:-65536}"
+  if ! [[ "$max_bytes" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [ "$max_bytes" -lt 1 ]; then
+    max_bytes="65536"
+  else
+    max_bytes="$((10#$max_bytes))"
+  fi
+  if [ ! -f "$log_file" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  local log_bytes
+  log_bytes="$(wc -c <"$log_file" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+  log_bytes="${log_bytes//[[:space:]]/}"
+  if ! [[ "$log_bytes" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    log_bytes="0"
+  fi
+  if [ "$log_bytes" -le "$max_bytes" ]; then
+    cat "$log_file"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  echo "--- ${log_file} truncated: showing last ${max_bytes} of ${log_bytes} bytes ---"
+  tail -c "$max_bytes" "$log_file"
+}
+
 run_kitchen_sink_openclaw_logged() {
   local label="$1"
   shift
   local safe_label="${label//[^[:alnum:]._-]/_}"
   local log_file="${KITCHEN_SINK_TMP_DIR}/${safe_label}.log"
   if ! openclaw_e2e_maybe_timeout "$KITCHEN_SINK_CLI_TIMEOUT" node "$OPENCLAW_ENTRY" "$@" >"$log_file" 2>&1; then
-    cat "$log_file"
+    print_kitchen_sink_log "$log_file"
     return 1
   fi
-  cat "$log_file"
+  print_kitchen_sink_log "$log_file"
 }
 
 run_kitchen_sink_openclaw_capture() {
@@ -64,7 +89,7 @@ run_expect_failure() {
   "$@" >"$output_file" 2>&1
   local status="$?"
   set -e
-  cat "$output_file"
+  print_kitchen_sink_log "$output_file"
   if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "Expected ${label} to fail, but it succeeded." >&2
     exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/onboard-docker.sh b/scripts/e2e/onboard-docker.sh
index e170f56debe..379b65558c2 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/onboard-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/onboard-docker.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ wait "$docker_pid"
 run_status="$?"
 set -e
 
-cat "$RUN_LOG"
+docker_e2e_print_log "$RUN_LOG"
 
 if [ "$run_status" -eq 0 ]; then
   node scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs "$STATS_LOG" "$MAX_MEMORY_MIB" "$MAX_CPU_PERCENT" onboard
diff --git a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
index 718a1463348..46340d17800 100644
--- a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
@@ -2126,6 +2126,8 @@ output="$(cat "$sampler_log")"
       expect(runner, path).toContain("docker_e2e_sample_stats_until_exit \\");
       expect(runner, path).toContain('"$STATS_LOG" \\');
       expect(runner, path).toContain('"$RUN_LOG" \\');
+      expect(runner, path).toContain('docker_e2e_print_log "$RUN_LOG"');
+      expect(runner, path).not.toContain('cat "$RUN_LOG"');
       expect(runner, path).not.toMatch(/(^|\n)docker run --name "\$CONTAINER_NAME"/u);
       expect(runner, path).not.toMatch(/(^|\n)docker (?:inspect|stats) /u);
       expect(runner, path).toMatch(/cleanup\(\) \{[\s\S]*rm -f "\$RUN_LOG" "\$STATS_LOG"/u);
diff --git a/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts b/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
index 4a9dbee55c7..2a40f023f54 100644
--- a/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
@@ -522,6 +522,43 @@ grep -q "cli transcript: plugins install demo" "$SCRATCH_ROOT/install_log.log"
     }
   });
 
+  it("bounds printed kitchen-sink CLI command logs without truncating saved logs", () => {
+    const parent = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-kitchen-sink-log-print-"));
+    const scratchRoot = path.join(parent, "scratch");
+    const entry = path.join(parent, "entry.mjs");
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(scratchRoot, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        entry,
+        'process.stdout.write(`prefix\\n${"x".repeat(2048)}\\nTAIL_MARKER\\n`);\n',
+      );
+
+      const result = runSweepShell(
+        `
+set -euo pipefail
+export KITCHEN_SINK_SWEEP_SOURCE_ONLY=1
+export KITCHEN_SINK_TMP_DIR="$SCRATCH_ROOT"
+export OPENCLAW_ENTRY="$ENTRY"
+export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_E2E_LOG_PRINT_BYTES=64
+source scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/sweep.sh
+run_kitchen_sink_openclaw_logged "install/noisy" plugins install demo
+grep -q "prefix" "$SCRATCH_ROOT/install_noisy.log"
+`,
+        {
+          ENTRY: entry,
+          SCRATCH_ROOT: scratchRoot,
+        },
+      );
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.stdout).toContain("truncated: showing last 64");
+      expect(result.stdout).toContain("TAIL_MARKER");
+      expect(result.stdout).not.toContain("prefix");
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(parent, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("includes expected-failure transcripts in the final kitchen-sink log scan", () => {
     const parent = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-kitchen-sink-failure-log-"));
     const home = path.join(parent, "home");