Make start header more compact

internal/container/start.go

@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@ func validateLicensesFromImages(ctx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, sink ou
 func startContainers(ctx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, sink output.Sink, tel *telemetry.Client, containers []runtime.ContainerConfig, pulled map[string]bool) error {
 	for _, c := range containers {
 		startTime := time.Now()
-		sink.Emit(output.ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "starting", Container: c.Name})
+		sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStart("Starting LocalStack"))
 		containerID, err := rt.Start(ctx, c)
 		if err != nil {
+			sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStop())
 			tel.EmitEmulatorLifecycleEvent(ctx, telemetry.LifecycleEvent{
 				EventType: telemetry.LifecycleStartError,
 				Emulator:  c.EmulatorType,
@@ -379,9 +380,9 @@ func startContainers(ctx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, sink output.Sink,
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start LocalStack: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		sink.Emit(output.ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "waiting", Container: c.Name})
 		healthURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s%s", c.Port, c.HealthPath)
 		if err := awaitStartup(ctx, rt, sink, containerID, "LocalStack", healthURL); err != nil {
+			sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStop())
 			errCode := telemetry.ErrCodeStartFailed
 			var licErr *licenseNotCoveredError
 			if errors.As(err, &licErr) && c.EmulatorType == config.EmulatorSnowflake {
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ func startContainers(ctx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, sink output.Sink,
 			})
 			return err
 		}
+		sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStop())
 
 		sink.Emit(output.ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "ready", Container: c.Name, Detail: fmt.Sprintf("containerId: %s", containerID[:12])})
 
@@ -549,7 +551,7 @@ func emitPortInUseError(sink output.Sink, port string) {
 
 func validateLicense(ctx context.Context, sink output.Sink, opts StartOptions, containerConfig runtime.ContainerConfig, token, licenseFilePath string) error {
 	version := containerConfig.Tag
-	sink.Emit(output.ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "validating license", Container: containerConfig.Name})
+	sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStart("Checking license"))
 
 	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
 	licenseReq := &api.LicenseRequest{
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ func validateLicense(ctx context.Context, sink output.Sink, opts StartOptions, c
 
 	licenseResp, err := opts.PlatformClient.GetLicense(ctx, licenseReq)
 	if err != nil {
+		sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStop())
 		var licErr *api.LicenseError
 		if errors.As(err, &licErr) && licErr.Detail != "" {
 			opts.Logger.Error("license server response (HTTP %d): %s", licErr.Status, licErr.Detail)
@@ -582,6 +585,13 @@ func validateLicense(ctx context.Context, sink output.Sink, opts StartOptions, c
 		})
 		return fmt.Errorf("license validation failed for %s:%s: %w", containerConfig.ProductName, version, err)
 	}
+	sink.Emit(output.SpinnerStop())
+
+	validMsg := "Valid license"
+	if plan := licenseResp.PlanDisplayName(); plan != "" {
+		validMsg = fmt.Sprintf("Valid license (%s)", plan)
+	}
+	sink.Emit(output.MessageEvent{Severity: output.SeveritySuccess, Text: validMsg})
 
 	if licenseResp != nil && len(licenseResp.RawBytes) > 0 {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(licenseFilePath), 0755); err != nil {

internal/output/plain_format.go

@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ func formatStatusLine(e ContainerStatusEvent) (string, bool) {
 		return "Waiting for LocalStack to be ready...", true
 	case "ready":
 		if e.Detail != "" {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack ready (%s)", SuccessMarker(), e.Detail), true
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack is running (%s)", SuccessMarker(), e.Detail), true
 		}
-		return SuccessMarker() + " LocalStack ready", true
+		return SuccessMarker() + " LocalStack is running", true
 	default:
 		if e.Detail != "" {
 			return fmt.Sprintf("LocalStack: %s (%s)", e.Phase, e.Detail), true

internal/output/plain_format_test.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestFormatEventLine(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "status ready with detail",
 			event:  ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "ready", Container: "localstack-aws", Detail: "abc123"},
-			want:   SuccessMarker() + " LocalStack ready (abc123)",
+			want:   SuccessMarker() + " LocalStack is running (abc123)",
 			wantOK: true,
 		},
 		{

internal/output/plain_sink_test.go

@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ func TestPlainSink_EmitsStatusEvent(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "ready phase with detail",
 			event:    ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "ready", Container: "localstack-aws", Detail: "abc123"},
-			expected: fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack ready (abc123)\n", SuccessMarker()),
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack is running (abc123)\n", SuccessMarker()),
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "ready phase without detail",
 			event:    ContainerStatusEvent{Phase: "ready", Container: "localstack-aws"},
-			expected: fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack ready\n", SuccessMarker()),
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf("%s LocalStack is running\n", SuccessMarker()),
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "unknown phase with detail",

internal/ui/app.go

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ func (a App) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			a.spinner = a.spinner.Start(msg.Text, msg.MinDuration)
 			return a, a.spinner.Tick()
 		}
+		if a.pullProgress.Visible() {
+			a.pullProgress = a.pullProgress.Hide()
+		}
 		var cmd tea.Cmd
 		a.spinner, cmd = a.spinner.Stop()
 		if !a.spinner.PendingStop() {
@@ -209,7 +212,8 @@ func (a App) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			a.headerLoading = false
 		}
 		a.errorDisplay = a.errorDisplay.Show(msg)
-		a.spinner, _ = a.spinner.Stop()
+		a.spinner = a.spinner.ForceStop()
+		a.flushBufferedLines()
 		return a, nil
 	case output.MessageEvent:
 		msgCopy := msg
@@ -267,7 +271,7 @@ func (a App) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return a, tea.Quit
 	case runErrMsg:
 		a.err = msg.err
-		a.spinner, _ = a.spinner.Stop()
+		a.spinner = a.spinner.ForceStop()
 		a.flushBufferedLines()
 		if !output.IsSilent(msg.err) {
 			a.errorDisplay = a.errorDisplay.Show(output.ErrorEvent{Title: msg.err.Error()})

internal/ui/components/spinner.go

@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ func (s Spinner) Stop() (Spinner, tea.Cmd) {
 	})
 }
 
+// ForceStop clears the spinner immediately, ignoring the min-duration smoothing
+// that Stop applies. Use this on error or terminal paths where a soft stop would
+// leave a stale frame on the final render.
+func (s Spinner) ForceStop() Spinner {
+	s.visible = false
+	s.pendingStop = false
+	return s
+}
+
 func (s Spinner) PendingStop() bool {
 	return s.pendingStop
 }

test/integration/awsconfig_test.go

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestStartSkipsAWSProfilePromptWhenAlreadyConfigured(t *testing.T) {
 	// Wait until the container is ready — that's the point at which post-start setup
 	// runs, so if the prompt were going to appear it would already be in the output.
 	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
-		return bytes.Contains(out.Bytes(), []byte(" ready"))
+		return bytes.Contains(out.Bytes(), []byte("LocalStack is running"))
 	}, 2*time.Minute, 200*time.Millisecond, "container should become ready")
 
 	_ = cmd.Process.Kill()

test/integration/version_resolution_test.go

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ func TestVersionResolvedViaCatalog(t *testing.T) {
 		"license request should carry the version returned by the catalog API")
 	assert.NotEqual(t, "latest", *capturedVersion,
 		"license request should not use the unresolved 'latest' tag")
-	assert.Contains(t, stdout, "LocalStack: validating license")
-	assert.NotContains(t, stdout, "validating license (4.14.0)")
+	assert.Contains(t, stdout, "Checking license")
+	assert.NotContains(t, stdout, "(4.14.0)")
 }
 
 // Verifies that when the catalog endpoint is unavailable, the version is resolved