diff --git a/src/artifact-permissions.test.ts b/src/artifact-permissions.test.ts
index 014a44a3b..26b8ca373 100644
--- a/src/artifact-permissions.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifact-permissions.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,25 @@ describe('artifact-permissions', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('logs stdout when stderr is empty and command writes only to stdout', () => {
+    const auditDir = makeTempDir();
+    let warnSpy: jest.SpyInstance | undefined;
+    try {
+      getuidSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'getuid').mockReturnValue(1001);
+      warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      mockExecaSync.mockReturnValue({
+        stdout: '[entrypoint] Timed out waiting for iptables init container after 30s',
+        stderr: '',
+        exitCode: 1,
+      });
+      fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless([auditDir], undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined);
+      expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Timed out waiting for iptables init container'));
+    } finally {
+      warnSpy?.mockRestore();
+      fs.rmSync(auditDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it('does not warn for benign permission errors on restricted runners', () => {
     const auditDir = makeTempDir();
     let errorSpy: jest.SpyInstance | undefined;
@@ -113,9 +132,13 @@ describe('artifact-permissions', () => {
           'run',
           '--pull',
           'never',
+          '--entrypoint',
+          'sh',
           '-v',
           `/host${path.resolve(auditDir)}:/fix:rw`,
           'ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:latest',
+          '-c',
+          'chown -R "$TUID:$TGID" /fix 2>/dev/null; chmod -R a+rwX /fix',
         ]),
         expect.objectContaining({ reject: false }),
       );
diff --git a/src/artifact-permissions.ts b/src/artifact-permissions.ts
index de82d34a6..4b0aea4c4 100644
--- a/src/artifact-permissions.ts
+++ b/src/artifact-permissions.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ export function fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless(
           'DAC_OVERRIDE',
           '--cap-add',
           'FOWNER',
+          '--entrypoint',
+          'sh',
           '-e',
           `TUID=${uid}`,
           '-e',
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@ export function fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless(
           '-v',
           mount,
           imageRef,
-          'sh',
           '-c',
           'chown -R "$TUID:$TGID" /fix 2>/dev/null; chmod -R a+rwX /fix',
         ],
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export function fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless(
 
       if (typeof result.exitCode === 'number' && result.exitCode !== 0) {
         const stderr = result.stderr?.trim();
+        const stdout = result.stdout?.trim();
+        const errorDetail = stderr || stdout;
         // Ownership/permission repair is best-effort: the agent has already
         // finished and its artifacts are still readable by the owning user.
         // On rootless or restricted runners (e.g. ARC/DinD with a non-root
@@ -88,8 +91,8 @@ export function fixArtifactPermissionsForRootless(
         // expected and non-fatal, so log them at debug to avoid alarming users
         // who otherwise see a scary WARN for a benign, non-blocking condition.
         const isBenignPermissionError =
-          !!stderr && /(?:^|\n)(?:chown|chmod):.*(?:operation not permitted|permission denied|EPERM|EACCES)/i.test(stderr);
-        const detail = `for ${dir} (exit ${result.exitCode})` + (stderr ? `: ${stderr}` : '');
+          !!errorDetail && /(?:^|\n)(?:chown|chmod):.*(?:operation not permitted|permission denied|EPERM|EACCES)/i.test(errorDetail);
+        const detail = `for ${dir} (exit ${result.exitCode})` + (errorDetail ? `: ${errorDetail}` : '');
         if (isBenignPermissionError) {
           logger.debug(
             `Rootless artifact permission repair skipped ${detail}. ` +
diff --git a/src/artifact-preservation-errors.test.ts b/src/artifact-preservation-errors.test.ts
index 078d7eba2..4587b3d67 100644
--- a/src/artifact-preservation-errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifact-preservation-errors.test.ts
@@ -198,9 +198,13 @@ describe('artifact-preservation – error paths', () => {
             'run',
             '--pull',
             'never',
+            '--entrypoint',
+            'sh',
             '-v',
             `/host${path.resolve(auditDir)}:/fix:rw`,
             'ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:latest',
+            '-c',
+            'chown -R "$TUID:$TGID" /fix 2>/dev/null; chmod -R a+rwX /fix',
           ]),
           expect.objectContaining({ reject: false }),
         );