From 201efbd07fa21fb7e4605cb0ac55272ed7f32278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cynthia Long <cynthialong@google.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:44:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update comment

---
 packages/cli/src/ui/utils/ConsolePatcher.ts | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/ConsolePatcher.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/ConsolePatcher.ts
index 1ba00cda13..ddd26fca0b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/ConsolePatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/ConsolePatcher.ts
@@ -57,14 +57,12 @@ export class ConsolePatcher {
           return;
         }
       }
-      // When it is stderr only mode, all console output redirect to stderr
-      // if it is debug mode.
-      if (this.params.stderr) {
-        if (type !== 'debug' || this.params.debugMode) {
+      // When it is in the debug mode, redirect console output to stderr
+      // depending on if it is stderr only mode.
+      if (type !== 'debug' || this.params.debugMode) {
+        if (this.params.stderr) {
           this.originalConsoleError(this.formatArgs(args));
-        }
-      } else {
-        if (type !== 'debug' || this.params.debugMode) {
+        } else {
           this.params.onNewMessage?.({
             type,
             content: this.formatArgs(args),