diff --git a/src/container-stop.test.ts b/src/container-stop.test.ts
index da2906105..0a7ba5815 100644
--- a/src/container-stop.test.ts
+++ b/src/container-stop.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { fastKillAgentContainer } from './container-lifecycle';
 import { containerLifecycleTestHelpers } from './container-lifecycle.test-utils';
-import { stopContainers } from './container-stop';
-import { AGENT_CONTAINER_NAME } from './constants';
+import { fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown, stopContainers } from './container-stop';
+import { AGENT_CONTAINER_NAME, SQUID_CONTAINER_NAME } from './constants';
 
 // Mock execa module
 import { mockExecaFn } from './test-helpers/mock-execa.test-utils';
@@ -12,31 +12,83 @@ jest.mock('execa', () => require('./test-helpers/mock-execa.test-utils').execaMo
 describe('stopContainers', () => {
   const { getDir } = useTempDir();
 
+  beforeEach(() => jest.clearAllMocks());
+
   it('should skip stopping when keepContainers is true', async () => {
     await stopContainers(getDir(), true);
 
     expect(mockExecaFn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should run docker compose down when keepContainers is false', async () => {
+  it('should run pre-shutdown chmod and docker compose down when keepContainers is false', async () => {
+    // 1. docker exec --user root awf-squid chmod (pre-shutdown)
+    mockExecaFn.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 } as any);
+    // 2. docker compose down
     mockExecaFn.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 } as any);
 
     await stopContainers(getDir(), false);
 
-    expect(mockExecaFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(mockExecaFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      'docker',
+      ['exec', '--user', 'root', SQUID_CONTAINER_NAME, 'chmod', '-R', 'a+rX', '/var/log/squid'],
+      expect.objectContaining({ reject: false }),
+    );
+    expect(mockExecaFn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
       'docker',
       ['compose', 'down', '-v', '-t', '1'],
       expect.objectContaining({ cwd: getDir(), stdout: process.stderr, stderr: 'inherit' })
     );
   });
 
+  it('should still run docker compose down when pre-shutdown chmod fails', async () => {
+    // chmod fails (e.g. container not running)
+    mockExecaFn.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('container not found'));
+    // compose down succeeds
+    mockExecaFn.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 } as any);
+
+    await stopContainers(getDir(), false);
+
+    expect(mockExecaFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'docker',
+      ['compose', 'down', '-v', '-t', '1'],
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should throw error when docker compose down fails', async () => {
+    // chmod succeeds
+    mockExecaFn.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 } as any);
+    // compose down fails
     mockExecaFn.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Docker compose down failed'));
 
     await expect(stopContainers(getDir(), false)).rejects.toThrow('Docker compose down failed');
   });
 });
 
+describe('fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => jest.clearAllMocks());
+
+  it('runs docker exec as root to chmod squid logs', async () => {
+    mockExecaFn.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 } as any);
+
+    await fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown();
+
+    expect(mockExecaFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'docker',
+      ['exec', '--user', 'root', SQUID_CONTAINER_NAME, 'chmod', '-R', 'a+rX', '/var/log/squid'],
+      expect.objectContaining({ reject: false }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does not throw when docker exec fails (container not running)', async () => {
+    mockExecaFn.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('No such container'));
+
+    await expect(fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('fastKillAgentContainer', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/src/container-stop.ts b/src/container-stop.ts
index c361567fb..606c6754f 100644
--- a/src/container-stop.ts
+++ b/src/container-stop.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import execa from 'execa';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 import { getLocalDockerEnv } from './docker-host';
+import { SQUID_CONTAINER_NAME } from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Runs `docker compose down -v -t 1` with the standard AWF options.
@@ -18,6 +19,41 @@ export async function runComposeDown(
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fixes squid log file permissions inside the running container before shutdown.
+ *
+ * Squid writes logs as its internal proxy user (UID 13). After `docker compose
+ * down`, those files on the host are owned by UID 13, and the runner user
+ * (e.g. UID 1001) cannot chmod them without sudo. This is especially
+ * problematic on ARC/DinD topologies where the docker-based rootless repair in
+ * `fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless()` also fails because path translation is
+ * not applied to the bind-mount or the squid image is unavailable after compose
+ * down with `--pull never`.
+ *
+ * Running `chmod -R a+rX` as root inside the still-running container fixes the
+ * permissions on the bind-mounted log volume before it is unmounted, ensuring
+ * that `awf logs summary` and artifact uploads can read the files.
+ *
+ * Tolerant: silently continues if the container is not running.
+ */
+export async function fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const result = await execa(
+      'docker',
+      ['exec', '--user', 'root', SQUID_CONTAINER_NAME, 'chmod', '-R', 'a+rX', '/var/log/squid'],
+      { env: getLocalDockerEnv(), reject: false },
+    );
+    if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+      logger.debug(
+        `Pre-shutdown squid log chmod exited with code ${result.exitCode}: ${result.stderr || '(no stderr)'}`,
+      );
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Container not running or docker not available — not an error.
+    logger.debug('Pre-shutdown squid log chmod skipped (container not available)');
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Stops and removes Docker Compose services
  */
@@ -29,6 +65,10 @@ export async function stopContainers(workDir: string, keepContainers: boolean):
 
   logger.info('Stopping containers...');
 
+  // Fix squid log permissions before compose down so log files are readable
+  // after shutdown (e.g. for `awf logs summary` and artifact upload).
+  await fixSquidLogPermissionsBeforeShutdown();
+
   try {
     await runComposeDown(workDir);
     logger.success('Containers stopped successfully');