diff --git a/packages/extension/src/api/child_process.ts b/packages/extension/src/api/child_process.ts
index fba302fb..dbd2a26f 100644
--- a/packages/extension/src/api/child_process.ts
+++ b/packages/extension/src/api/child_process.ts
@@ -95,11 +95,14 @@ export async function createVitestProcess(pkg: VitestPackage) {
         resolved.handlers.onStdout = (callback: (data: string) => void) => {
           stdoutCallbacks.add(callback)
         }
-        const clearListeners = resolved.handlers.clearListeners
-        resolved.handlers.clearListeners = () => {
-          clearListeners()
-          stdoutCallbacks.clear()
-        }
+
+        // Forward RPC process logs to the same stdout callbacks
+        resolved.handlers.onProcessLog((type: 'stdout' | 'stderr', message: string) => {
+          if (type === 'stdout') {
+            stdoutCallbacks.forEach(cb => cb(message))
+          }
+        })
+
         resolve({
           ...resolved,
           process: new ExtensionChildProcess(vitest, server, resolved.ws),
diff --git a/packages/extension/src/api/rpc.ts b/packages/extension/src/api/rpc.ts
index b2a23b9d..e03ada68 100644
--- a/packages/extension/src/api/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/extension/src/api/rpc.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function createRpcOptions() {
     onCollected: createHandler<ExtensionWorkerEvents['onCollected']>(),
     onTestRunStart: createHandler<ExtensionWorkerEvents['onTestRunStart']>(),
     onTestRunEnd: createHandler<ExtensionWorkerEvents['onTestRunEnd']>(),
+    onProcessLog: createHandler<ExtensionWorkerEvents['onProcessLog']>(),
   }
 
   const events: Omit<ExtensionWorkerEvents, 'onReady' | 'onError'> = {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export function createRpcOptions() {
     onCollected: handlers.onCollected.trigger,
     onTestRunStart: handlers.onTestRunStart.trigger,
     onProcessLog(type, message) {
+      handlers.onProcessLog.trigger(type, message)
       log.worker(type === 'stderr' ? 'error' : 'info', stripVTControlCharacters(message))
     },
   }
@@ -54,12 +56,18 @@ export function createRpcOptions() {
       onTestRunEnd: handlers.onTestRunEnd.register,
       onCollected: handlers.onCollected.register,
       onTestRunStart: handlers.onTestRunStart.register,
+      onProcessLog: handlers.onProcessLog.register,
       removeListener(name: string, listener: any) {
         handlers[name as 'onCollected']?.remove(listener)
       },
       clearListeners() {
-        for (const name in handlers)
-          handlers[name as 'onCollected']?.clear()
+        // Clear all handlers except onProcessLog, which needs to persist
+        // across test runs to forward stdout from Vitest to the extension
+        handlers.onConsoleLog.clear()
+        handlers.onTaskUpdate.clear()
+        handlers.onCollected.clear()
+        handlers.onTestRunStart.clear()
+        handlers.onTestRunEnd.clear()
       },
     },
   }
diff --git a/packages/extension/src/runner.ts b/packages/extension/src/runner.ts
index a2b8f350..abf7d6bc 100644
--- a/packages/extension/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/extension/src/runner.ts
@@ -160,37 +160,16 @@ export class TestRunner extends vscode.Disposable {
       if (unhandledError)
         testRun.appendOutput(formatTestOutput(unhandledError))
 
-      if (!collecting)
-        this.endTestRun()
-    })
-
-    api.onConsoleLog((consoleLog) => {
-      const testItem = consoleLog.taskId ? tree.getTestItemByTaskId(consoleLog.taskId) : undefined
-      const testRun = this.testRun
-      if (testRun) {
-        // Create location from parsed console log for inline display
-        // Only set location if inline console logs are enabled
-        let location: vscode.Location | undefined
-        if (consoleLog.parsedLocation && this.showInlineConsoleLog) {
-          const uri = vscode.Uri.file(consoleLog.parsedLocation.file)
-          const position = new vscode.Position(
-            consoleLog.parsedLocation.line,
-            consoleLog.parsedLocation.column,
-          )
-          location = new vscode.Location(uri, position)
-        }
-
-        testRun.appendOutput(
-          formatTestOutput(consoleLog.content) + (consoleLog.browser ? '\r\n' : ''),
-          location,
-          testItem,
-        )
-      }
-      else {
-        log.info('[TEST]', consoleLog.content)
+      // Signal that the test run is complete, but DON'T set this.testRun to undefined yet
+      // The testRun will be properly ended in the finally block of startTestRun
+      if (!collecting) {
+        this.testRunDefer?.resolve()
       }
     })
 
+    // Skip individual console logs since DefaultReporter already includes them
+    // api.onConsoleLog((consoleLog) => { ... }
+
     // Listen to configuration changes
     this.disposables.push(
       vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration((event) => {
@@ -449,9 +428,26 @@ export class TestRunner extends vscode.Disposable {
     const run = this.testRun = this.controller.createTestRun(request, name)
     this.testRunRequest = request
     this.testRunDefer = Promise.withResolvers()
+
+    // Show the equivalent CLI command for debugging/reproducibility
+    const fileList = files.map(f => this.relative(f)).join(' ')
+    const pattern = formatTestPattern(request.include || [])
+    let vitestCmd = 'vitest'
+    if (fileList) {
+      vitestCmd += ` ${fileList}`
+    }
+    if (pattern) {
+      vitestCmd += ` -t "${pattern}"`
+    }
+    run.appendOutput(`\x1B[36m\x1B[1m[command]\x1B[0m ${vitestCmd}\r\n\r\n`)
+
     // run the next test when this one finished, or cancell or test runs if they were cancelled
     this.testRunDefer.promise = this.testRunDefer.promise.finally(() => {
       run.end()
+      this.testRun = undefined
+      this.testRunDefer = undefined
+      this.testRunRequest = undefined
+
       if (this.cancelled) {
         log.verbose?.('Not starting a new test run because the previous one was cancelled manually.')
         this.scheduleTestRunsQueue.forEach(item => item.resolveWithoutRunning())
@@ -797,7 +793,7 @@ function formatTestPattern(tests: readonly vscode.TestItem[]) {
 }
 
 function formatTestOutput(output: string) {
-  return stripVTControlCharacters(output.replace(/(?<!\r)\n/g, '\r\n'))
+  return output.replace(/(?<!\r)\n/g, '\r\n')
 }
 
 function labelTestItems(items: readonly vscode.TestItem[] | undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index dab71bf0..481f4912 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ export async function initVitest(
     api: false,
     // @ts-expect-error private property
     reporter: undefined,
-    reporters: [reporter],
     ui: false,
     includeTaskLocation: true,
     execArgv: meta.pnpApi && meta.pnpLoader
@@ -105,13 +104,23 @@ export async function initVitest(
             coverageOptions.reporter = [
               ['json', { ...jsonReporterOptions, file: meta.finalCoverageFileName }],
             ]
+
+            const rawReporters = testConfig.reporters
+            const userReporters = (Array.isArray(rawReporters) ? rawReporters : (rawReporters ? [rawReporters] : []))
+              .filter((r: string) => r !== 'html')
+            const hasReporters = userReporters.length > 0
+
             return {
               test: {
-                printConsoleTrace: true,
                 coverage: {
                   reportOnFailure: true,
                   reportsDirectory: join(tmpdir(), `vitest-coverage-${randomUUID()}`),
                 },
+                // If user already has reporters, we only return ours and let Vitest merge it.
+                // This prevents duplication since Vite merges arrays by appending.
+                reporters: hasReporters
+                  ? [reporter]
+                  : ['default', reporter],
               },
               // TODO: type is not augmented
             } as any
@@ -136,10 +145,6 @@ export async function initVitest(
         },
       ],
     },
-    {
-      stderr,
-      stdout,
-    },
   )
   await (vitest as any).report('onInit', vitest)
   const configs = [