Improve dashboard summary log formatting

[James Newton-King (JamesNK)]

Description

Improves the dashboard summary log output by making URL lines easier to scan and separating the container warning into its own log entry.

• Adds indented bullet formatting (" - " prefix) for dashboard and OTLP URL lines to align with .NET console logger indentation
• Emits the container access guidance as a separate LogInformation call instead of appending it to the summary template
• Updates LoggingHelpersTests expectations for the new summary format
• Updates FrontendBrowserTokenAuthTests.LogOutput_InContainer_LoginLinkContainerMessage to assert the new standalone container log message

Checklist

• Is this feature complete?
  • Yes. Ready to ship.
  • No. Follow-up changes expected.
• Are you including unit tests for the changes and scenario tests if relevant?
  • Yes
  • No
• Did you add public API?
  • Yes
    • If yes, did you have an API Review for it?
      • Yes
      • No
    • Did you add <remarks /> and <code /> elements on your triple slash comments?
      • Yes
      • No
  • No
• Does the change make any security assumptions or guarantees?
  • Yes
    • If yes, have you done a threat model and had a security review?
      • Yes
      • No
  • No

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Pull request overview

Improves the dashboard summary log output by making URL lines easier to scan and separating the container warning into its own log entry.

Changes:

• Adds indented bullet formatting for dashboard and OTLP URL lines.
• Emits the container access guidance as a separate information log.
• Updates LoggingHelpersTests expectations for the new summary format.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/Shared/LoggingHelpers.cs	Updates dashboard summary log formatting and container warning emission.
tests/Aspire.Dashboard.Tests/LoggingHelpersTests.cs	Adjusts unit test assertions for the new log output format.

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit ac6b0f4 → updated FrontendBrowserTokenAuthTests.LogOutput_InContainer_LoginLinkContainerMessage to assert the new standalone container log message instead of looking for the old text inside the summary log.

[github-actions]

❌ CLI E2E Tests failed — 106 passed, 1 failed, 2 unknown (commit ac6b0f4)

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[James Newton-King (JamesNK)]

/backport to release/13.4

[github-actions]

Started backporting to release/13.4 (link to workflow run)

[aspire-repo-bot]

✅ No documentation update needed.

docs_optional → formatting_or_comment_only

No signals triggered (signal_count == 0). The PR improves the visual formatting of the Aspire dashboard startup summary log: it adds indented bullet prefixes ( -) to the dashboard and OTLP URL lines and emits the container access guidance as a separate LogInformation call. These are cosmetic changes to console output at startup — no public API, configuration keys, CLI flags, documented defaults, or user-facing feature behavior changed. The only modified source files were src/Shared/LoggingHelpers.cs (formatting logic) and test/assertion updates. No documentation update is required.