From 5e5e373118e93758c49594b9da5deee3e53aac59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Clark <jclark@openfn.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:06:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] enable writing to stdout

---
 .changeset/crisp-peas-wonder.md              | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/execute/serialize-output.ts | 9 +++++++--
 packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts          | 1 +
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/crisp-peas-wonder.md

diff --git a/.changeset/crisp-peas-wonder.md b/.changeset/crisp-peas-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab210c1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/crisp-peas-wonder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@openfn/cli': patch
+---
+
+Fix for cleaner output to stdout
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/execute/serialize-output.ts b/packages/cli/src/execute/serialize-output.ts
index 175b3b6a6..611c5844c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/execute/serialize-output.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/execute/serialize-output.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Opts } from '../options';
 import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 
 const serializeOutput = async (
-  options: Pick<Opts, 'outputStdout' | 'outputPath'>,
+  options: Pick<Opts, 'outputStdout' | 'outputPath' | 'log'>,
   result: any,
   logger: Logger
 ) => {
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ const serializeOutput = async (
 
   if (options.outputStdout) {
     logger.success(`Result: `);
-    logger.always(output);
+    if (options.log?.default === 'none') {
+      // special case because if we use logger.always the output won't be seen
+      console.log(output);
+    } else {
+      logger.always(output);
+    }
   } else if (options.outputPath) {
     await mkdir(dirname(options.outputPath), { recursive: true });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
index 082b870a7..b0fd405d6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default async (
   log.debug('Loading state...');
   if (stateStdin) {
     try {
+      log.info(stateStdin);
       const json = JSON.parse(stateStdin);
       log.success('Read state from stdin');
       log.debug('state:', json);

From 7327971fc63202e9d1a68c0f152cd8a1a5a7aed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Clark <jclark@openfn.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:34:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove log file

---
 packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts b/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
index b0fd405d6..082b870a7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/util/load-state.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export default async (
   log.debug('Loading state...');
   if (stateStdin) {
     try {
-      log.info(stateStdin);
       const json = JSON.parse(stateStdin);
       log.success('Read state from stdin');
       log.debug('state:', json);