diff --git a/Libraries/PyKotor/tests/cli/test_resource_json_progress.py b/Libraries/PyKotor/tests/cli/test_resource_json_progress.py
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+"""Regression tests for installation JSON export progress (CI vs TTY)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from io import StringIO
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from pykotor.tools.resource_json import _ExportProgressReporter, _supports_live_progress
+
+
+class _TtyStringIO(StringIO):
+    """stderr that claims to be interactive (some CI runners still report TTY)."""
+
+    def isatty(self) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
+        return True
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_true_for_tty_when_not_automation(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    assert _supports_live_progress(_TtyStringIO()) is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("env_name", ("CI", "GITHUB_ACTIONS"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("env_value", ("true", "1", "yes"))
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_in_automation_despite_tty(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    env_name: str,
+    env_value: str,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI" if env_name == "GITHUB_ACTIONS" else "GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv(env_name, env_value)
+    assert _supports_live_progress(_TtyStringIO()) is False
+
+
+def test_export_progress_uses_logger_when_ci_even_if_stream_is_tty(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """Caplog/log aggregators must see percent lines; live \\r updates bypass logging."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "true")
+    stream = _TtyStringIO()
+    logger = MagicMock()
+    reporter = _ExportProgressReporter(logger, total_resources=2, stream=stream)
+    assert reporter.live_updates is False
+
+    reporter.update(1, "a.txt")
+    reporter.update(2, "b.txt")
+    reporter.finish()
+
+    assert "\r" not in stream.getvalue()
+    logged = [
+        c.args[1] for c in logger.info.call_args_list if len(c.args) == 2 and c.args[0] == "%s"
+    ]
+    assert any("50.00% Writing a.txt" in m for m in logged)
+    assert any("100.00% Writing b.txt" in m for m in logged)
+
+
+def test_export_progress_uses_stream_carriage_return_when_tty_and_not_ci(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    stream = _TtyStringIO()
+    logger = MagicMock()
+    reporter = _ExportProgressReporter(logger, total_resources=1, stream=stream)
+    assert reporter.live_updates is True
+
+    reporter.update(1, "only.txt")
+    reporter.finish()
+
+    written = stream.getvalue()
+    assert written.startswith("\r")
+    assert "100.00% Writing only.txt" in written
+    logger.info.assert_not_called()