diff --git a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.test.ts b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.test.ts
index 488dd1d7456..9388d81198d 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.test.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,26 @@ describe("selectSandboxOwningGateway", () => {
     expect(selected).toEqual({ outcome: "selected", gatewayName: "nemoclaw-8091" });
     expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       ["gateway", "select", "nemoclaw-8091"],
-      expect.objectContaining({ ignoreError: true }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        ignoreError: true,
+        stdio: ["inherit", "pipe", "inherit"],
+      }),
     );
   });
 
+  it("replays selection output through the stdio adapter", () => {
+    vi.spyOn(registry, "getSandbox").mockReturnValue({ gatewayPort: 8080 } as never);
+    const output = "\u001b[32m✓ Active gateway set to 'nemoclaw'\u001b[0m\n";
+    const run = vi.fn(() => ({ status: 0, stdout: output }) as never);
+    const write = vi.fn();
+
+    expect(selectSandboxOwningGateway("alpha", run, write)).toEqual({
+      outcome: "selected",
+      gatewayName: "nemoclaw",
+    });
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledWith(output);
+  });
+
   it("keeps the bare default gateway name for a default-port sandbox", () => {
     vi.spyOn(registry, "getSandbox").mockReturnValue({ gatewayPort: 8080 } as never);
     const run = vi.fn(() => ({ status: 0 }) as never);
diff --git a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.ts b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.ts
index ef2e0aa576c..e82098bfb7e 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/gateway-select.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 
 import { runOpenshell } from "../../adapters/openshell/runtime";
 import { OPENSHELL_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../../adapters/openshell/timeouts";
+import { writeStderr } from "../../adapters/stdio";
 import { getKnownSandboxTargetGatewayName } from "./gateway-target";
 
 export type GatewaySelectRunner = typeof runOpenshell;
+export type GatewaySelectOutputWriter = typeof writeStderr;
 
 export type GatewaySelectResult =
   | { outcome: "selected"; gatewayName: string }
@@ -15,13 +17,16 @@ export type GatewaySelectResult =
 export function selectSandboxOwningGateway(
   sandboxName: string,
   run: GatewaySelectRunner = runOpenshell,
+  writeOutput: GatewaySelectOutputWriter = writeStderr,
 ): GatewaySelectResult {
   const targetGatewayName = getKnownSandboxTargetGatewayName(sandboxName);
   if (!targetGatewayName) return { outcome: "unregistered", gatewayName: null };
   const result = run(["gateway", "select", targetGatewayName], {
     ignoreError: true,
+    stdio: ["inherit", "pipe", "inherit"],
     timeout: OPENSHELL_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_MS,
   });
+  if (result.stdout) writeOutput(result.stdout);
   if (result.error || result.status !== 0) {
     return { outcome: "failed", gatewayName: targetGatewayName };
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/stdio.ts b/src/lib/adapters/stdio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1d9f16815e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/stdio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export function writeStderr(output: string): void {
+  process.stderr.write(output);
+}
diff --git a/test/cli/sandbox-status-json.test.ts b/test/cli/sandbox-status-json.test.ts
index 970420a9a37..246c67fa1e2 100644
--- a/test/cli/sandbox-status-json.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/sandbox-status-json.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ describe("CLI sandbox status JSON output", testTimeoutOptions(20_000), () => {
       path.join(localBin, "openshell"),
       [
         "#!/usr/bin/env bash",
+        'if [ "$1" = "gateway" ] && [ "$2" = "select" ]; then',
+        "  printf \"\\033[32m✓ Active gateway set to 'nemoclaw'\\033[0m\\n\"",
+        "  exit 0",
+        "fi",
         'if [ "$1" = "inference" ] && [ "$2" = "get" ]; then',
         "  echo 'Gateway inference:'",
         "  echo",
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ describe("CLI sandbox status JSON output", testTimeoutOptions(20_000), () => {
     expect(r.out.trim().endsWith("}")).toBe(true);
     expect(r.out).not.toContain("Sandbox: ");
     expect(r.out).not.toContain("Nonexistent flag: --json");
+    expect(r.out).not.toContain("Active gateway set");
 
     const parsed = JSON.parse(r.out);
     expect(parsed).toMatchObject({
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e-cloud-experimental/checks/04-deepagents-code-fresh-reonboard.sh b/test/e2e/e2e-cloud-experimental/checks/04-deepagents-code-fresh-reonboard.sh
index 5c3425673d1..450b9a83f32 100755
--- a/test/e2e/e2e-cloud-experimental/checks/04-deepagents-code-fresh-reonboard.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e-cloud-experimental/checks/04-deepagents-code-fresh-reonboard.sh
@@ -257,15 +257,9 @@ if (JSON.parse(process.env.CONFIG_MODEL_JSON) !== "openai:" + process.env.MODEL_
 ' || fail "keyed config get did not return model B after re-onboard"
 pass "keyed config get reports model B after re-onboard"
 
-status_output="$("$CLI" "$SANDBOX_NAME" status --json 2>&1)" || fail "nemoclaw status failed after re-onboard: $status_output"
-# gateway-select.ts invokes OpenShell with inherited stdio. Remove this exception when owning-gateway
-# selection is quiet for machine-readable status output.
-STATUS_OUTPUT="$status_output" SANDBOX_NAME="$SANDBOX_NAME" MODEL_B="$model_b" node -e '
-const lines = process.env.STATUS_OUTPUT.split(/\r?\n/);
-const banner = "✓ Active gateway set to '\''nemoclaw'\''";
-const plainFirstLine = lines[0].replace(/\u001B\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]/g, "");
-if (plainFirstLine === banner) lines.shift();
-const status = JSON.parse(lines.join("\n"));
+status_json="$("$CLI" "$SANDBOX_NAME" status --json)" || fail "nemoclaw status failed after re-onboard: ${status_json:-<no stdout>}"
+STATUS_JSON="$status_json" SANDBOX_NAME="$SANDBOX_NAME" MODEL_B="$model_b" node -e '
+const status = JSON.parse(process.env.STATUS_JSON);
 if (status.name !== process.env.SANDBOX_NAME ||
     status.model !== process.env.MODEL_B ||
     status.provider !== "compatible-endpoint") process.exit(1);