diff --git a/scripts/templates/ql3-local-alpha-upgrade-cutover-rehearsal.sh b/scripts/templates/ql3-local-alpha-upgrade-cutover-rehearsal.sh
index aa377832..36b27464 100644
--- a/scripts/templates/ql3-local-alpha-upgrade-cutover-rehearsal.sh
+++ b/scripts/templates/ql3-local-alpha-upgrade-cutover-rehearsal.sh
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ EOF
 chmod 0600 "$rehearsal_root/commands/target-start.json"
 phase 'start exact target container'
 run_deploy cutover-target-start target-start.json target-start.result.json
+printf '%s' 'QingLong Local Alpha target-start result: ' >&2
+sed -n '1p' "$rehearsal_root/results/target-start.result.json" >&2
 grep -q '"state":"target_active"' "$rehearsal_root/results/target-start.result.json" || fail 'target did not become active'
 stop_ms=$((start_ms + 1))
 sed "s/\"operation\":\"local.deployment.cutover.target-start\"/\"operation\":\"local.deployment.cutover.target-stop\"/;s/\"requestedAtMs\":$start_ms/\"requestedAtMs\":$stop_ms/" \
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ sed "s/\"operation\":\"local.deployment.cutover.target-start\"/\"operation\":\"l
 chmod 0600 "$rehearsal_root/commands/target-stop.json"
 phase 'stop target and prove rollback candidate'
 run_deploy cutover-target-stop target-stop.json target-stop.result.json
+printf '%s' 'QingLong Local Alpha target-stop result: ' >&2
+sed -n '1p' "$rehearsal_root/results/target-stop.result.json" >&2
 grep -q '"reconciliation":"rollback_candidate"' "$rehearsal_root/results/target-stop.result.json" || fail 'target stop did not produce a clean rollback candidate'
 [ "$(sha256sum "$legacy_root/db/database.sqlite" | sed 's/ .*//')" = "$legacy_sha256" ] || fail 'legacy database changed during rehearsal'
 
diff --git a/test/back/ql3LocalAlphaTrialKitBundle.test.cjs b/test/back/ql3LocalAlphaTrialKitBundle.test.cjs
index c9cd8d6b..536c41e7 100644
--- a/test/back/ql3LocalAlphaTrialKitBundle.test.cjs
+++ b/test/back/ql3LocalAlphaTrialKitBundle.test.cjs
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ test('materializes and offline-audits one closed two-image trial kit', (t) => {
       new RegExp(`phase '${phase}'`),
     );
   }
+  assert.match(
+    cutoverRehearsalContents,
+    /QingLong Local Alpha target-start result:/,
+  );
+  assert.match(
+    cutoverRehearsalContents,
+    /QingLong Local Alpha target-stop result:/,
+  );
   const report = auditLocalAlphaTrialKit({ bundleRoot: paths.outputRoot });
   assert.equal(report.compatible, true);
   assert.equal(report.sourceRevision, revision);