diff --git a/Libraries/PyKotor/tests/tools/test_resource_json_progress.py b/Libraries/PyKotor/tests/tools/test_resource_json_progress.py
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+"""Unit tests for JSON export progress reporting (CI vs TTY behavior)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from io import StringIO
+
+import pytest
+from loggerplus import RobustLogger
+
+from pykotor.tools.resource_json import _ExportProgressReporter, _supports_live_progress
+
+
+class _FakeTTYStream(StringIO):
+    """stderr-like stream that claims to be a TTY (as in some CI runners)."""
+
+    def isatty(self) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
+        return True
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_when_ci_set_even_if_stream_is_tty(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "true")
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    assert _supports_live_progress(stream) is False
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_when_github_actions_set(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "yes")
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    assert _supports_live_progress(stream) is False
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_ci_values_are_case_and_whitespace_insensitive(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", " TRUE ")
+    assert _supports_live_progress(_FakeTTYStream()) is False
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "1")
+    assert _supports_live_progress(_FakeTTYStream()) is False
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_true_for_tty_when_not_in_ci(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    assert _supports_live_progress(_FakeTTYStream()) is True
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_for_non_tty_stream(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    assert _supports_live_progress(StringIO()) is False
+
+
+def test_export_progress_reporter_logs_via_logger_when_ci_disables_live_updates(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Regression: CI must not use \\r stderr progress; log aggregators need logger.info lines."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "true")
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    reporter = _ExportProgressReporter(RobustLogger(), 1, stream=stream)
+    assert reporter.live_updates is False
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+        reporter.update(1, "dialog.tlk")
+        reporter.finish()
+
+    messages = [record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records]
+    assert any("100.00% Writing dialog.tlk" in message for message in messages)
+    assert stream.getvalue() == ""
+
+
+def test_export_progress_reporter_writes_to_stream_for_tty_outside_ci(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    reporter = _ExportProgressReporter(RobustLogger(), 2, stream=stream)
+    assert reporter.live_updates is True
+
+    reporter.update(1, "first.res")
+    reporter.update(2, "second.res")
+    reporter.finish()
+
+    out = stream.getvalue()
+    assert "\r" in out
+    assert "first.res" in out
+    assert "second.res" in out