diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
index 9b9ecc43..e80193c2 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code.ts
@@ -561,11 +561,11 @@ async function closeout(config: UniDeskConfig, options: CloseoutOptions): Promis
   const waitMs = Math.max(1, pac.release.waitTimeoutSeconds) * 1000;
   let ciAttempts = 0;
   let runtimeAttempts = 0;
-  let current = await status(config, options);
+  let current = await observeCloseoutStatus(config, options, target, consumer, "ci", 1, startedAt);
   ciAttempts += 1;
   while (options.wait && !closeoutCiReady(current, options.sourceCommit) && Date.now() - startedAt < waitMs) {
     await sleep(3000);
-    current = await status(config, options);
+    current = await observeCloseoutStatus(config, options, target, consumer, "ci", ciAttempts + 1, startedAt);
     ciAttempts += 1;
   }
   let summary = record(current.summary);
@@ -574,15 +574,25 @@ async function closeout(config: UniDeskConfig, options: CloseoutOptions): Promis
   let observedSourceCommit = observedCloseoutSourceCommit(latest, diagnostics);
   let sourceMatched = options.sourceCommit === null || observedSourceCommit === options.sourceCommit;
   const ciReady = closeoutCiReady(current, options.sourceCommit);
+  printCloseoutProgress(target, consumer, "gitops-mirror-flush", "started", startedAt, {
+    required: pac.closeout.gitOpsMirrorFlush.enabled && consumer.closeoutGitOpsMirrorFlush,
+    ciReady,
+    sourceCommit: observedSourceCommit,
+  });
   let gitOpsMirrorFlush = await runCloseoutGitOpsMirrorFlush(config, pac, consumer, summary, latest, ciReady, observedSourceCommit);
+  printCloseoutProgress(target, consumer, "gitops-mirror-flush", record(gitOpsMirrorFlush).ok === false ? "failed" : "completed", startedAt, {
+    mode: record(gitOpsMirrorFlush).mode,
+    executed: record(gitOpsMirrorFlush).executed === true,
+    required: record(gitOpsMirrorFlush).required === true,
+  });
   const gitOpsMirrorFlushReady = record(gitOpsMirrorFlush).ok !== false;
   const runtimeStartedAt = Date.now();
   if (ciReady && gitOpsMirrorFlushReady) {
-    current = await status(config, options);
+    current = await observeCloseoutStatus(config, options, target, consumer, "runtime", 1, startedAt);
     runtimeAttempts += 1;
     while (options.wait && !closeoutReady(current, options.sourceCommit) && Date.now() - runtimeStartedAt < waitMs) {
       await sleep(3000);
-      current = await status(config, options);
+      current = await observeCloseoutStatus(config, options, target, consumer, "runtime", runtimeAttempts + 1, startedAt);
       runtimeAttempts += 1;
     }
   }
@@ -598,6 +608,13 @@ async function closeout(config: UniDeskConfig, options: CloseoutOptions): Promis
     valuesPrinted: false,
   };
   const ready = baseReady && gitOpsMirrorFlushReady;
+  printCloseoutProgress(target, consumer, "closeout", ready ? "completed" : "blocked", startedAt, {
+    ready,
+    sourceMatched,
+    diagnosticCode: diagnostics.code,
+    ciAttempts,
+    runtimeAttempts,
+  });
   return {
     ok: ready,
     action: "platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-closeout",
@@ -628,6 +645,35 @@ async function closeout(config: UniDeskConfig, options: CloseoutOptions): Promis
   };
 }
 
+async function observeCloseoutStatus(config: UniDeskConfig, options: CloseoutOptions, target: PacTarget, consumer: PacConsumer, phase: "ci" | "runtime", attempt: number, startedAt: number): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  printCloseoutProgress(target, consumer, `${phase}-status`, "started", startedAt, { attempt });
+  const current = await status(config, options);
+  const summary = record(current.summary);
+  const latest = record(summary.latestPipelineRun);
+  const diagnostics = record(summary.diagnostics);
+  printCloseoutProgress(target, consumer, `${phase}-status`, "observed", startedAt, {
+    attempt,
+    ready: current.ok === true,
+    pipelineRun: latest.name,
+    sourceCommit: observedCloseoutSourceCommit(latest, diagnostics),
+    diagnosticCode: diagnostics.code,
+  });
+  return current;
+}
+
+function printCloseoutProgress(target: PacTarget, consumer: PacConsumer, stage: string, status: string, startedAt: number, detail: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  process.stderr.write(`${JSON.stringify({
+    event: "platform-infra.pipelines-as-code.closeout.progress",
+    stage,
+    status,
+    target: target.id,
+    consumer: consumer.id,
+    elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+    ...detail,
+    valuesPrinted: false,
+  })}\n`);
+}
+
 async function history(config: UniDeskConfig, options: HistoryOptions): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
   const pac = readPacConfig();
   const target = resolveTarget(pac, options.targetId);
@@ -1923,7 +1969,7 @@ async function runCloseoutGitOpsMirrorFlush(config: UniDeskConfig, pac: PacConfi
     String(cfg.waitTimeoutSeconds),
   ]);
   const progressLines: string[] = [];
-  const flush = captureStderrLines(progressLines, () => nodeRuntimeEnsureGitMirrorFlushed(scoped, "post", observedSourceCommit, pipelineRun, null, {
+  const flush = await captureStderrLines(progressLines, () => nodeRuntimeEnsureGitMirrorFlushed(scoped, "post", observedSourceCommit, pipelineRun, null, {
     deadlineMs,
     maxAttempts: cfg.maxAttempts,
   }));
@@ -1949,17 +1995,19 @@ async function runCloseoutGitOpsMirrorFlush(config: UniDeskConfig, pac: PacConfi
   };
 }
 
-function captureStderrLines<T>(lines: string[], callback: () => T): T {
+async function captureStderrLines<T>(lines: string[], callback: () => T | Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
   const stderr = process.stderr as typeof process.stderr & { write: (...args: unknown[]) => boolean };
   const originalWrite = stderr.write.bind(process.stderr);
   stderr.write = ((chunk: unknown, ...args: unknown[]): boolean => {
-    lines.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk.toString("utf8") : String(chunk));
+    const text = Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk.toString("utf8") : String(chunk);
+    lines.push(text);
+    originalWrite(text);
     const callbackArg = args.find((arg) => typeof arg === "function") as (() => void) | undefined;
     callbackArg?.();
     return true;
   }) as typeof stderr.write;
   try {
-    return callback();
+    return await callback();
   } finally {
     stderr.write = originalWrite as typeof stderr.write;
   }