diff --git a/internal/output/tui_sink.go b/internal/output/tui_sink.go
index adfd1701..fbd71296 100644
--- a/internal/output/tui_sink.go
+++ b/internal/output/tui_sink.go
@@ -5,16 +5,39 @@ type Sender interface {
 	Send(msg any)
 }
 
+// LogLinePrinter abstracts Bubble Tea's Program.Println — permanent output
+// that persists across renders, unlike a Sender's capped/repainted lines.
+type LogLinePrinter interface {
+	PrintLogLine(event LogLineEvent)
+}
+
 type TUISink struct {
-	sender Sender
+	sender     Sender
+	logPrinter LogLinePrinter
 }
 
 func NewTUISink(sender Sender) *TUISink {
 	return &TUISink{sender: sender}
 }
 
+// NewStreamingLogSink is like NewTUISink but routes LogLineEvent through
+// logPrinter instead of sender, giving log lines real terminal scrollback
+// instead of the TUI model's capped/repainted history.
+func NewStreamingLogSink(sender Sender, logPrinter LogLinePrinter) *TUISink {
+	return &TUISink{sender: sender, logPrinter: logPrinter}
+}
+
 func (s *TUISink) Emit(event Event) {
-	if s == nil || s.sender == nil {
+	if s == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if s.logPrinter != nil {
+		if logLine, ok := event.(LogLineEvent); ok {
+			s.logPrinter.PrintLogLine(logLine)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if s.sender == nil {
 		return
 	}
 	s.sender.Send(event)
diff --git a/internal/output/tui_sink_test.go b/internal/output/tui_sink_test.go
index e3a2e7db..d214ea20 100644
--- a/internal/output/tui_sink_test.go
+++ b/internal/output/tui_sink_test.go
@@ -43,3 +43,52 @@ func TestTUISinkNilSenderNoPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := NewTUISink(nil)
 	sink.Emit(MessageEvent{Severity: SeverityInfo, Text: "noop"})
 }
+
+type testLogPrinter struct {
+	lines []LogLineEvent
+}
+
+func (p *testLogPrinter) PrintLogLine(event LogLineEvent) {
+	p.lines = append(p.lines, event)
+}
+
+// A streaming log sink routes LogLineEvent to the log printer and every
+// other event to the sender, as before.
+func TestStreamingLogSinkRoutesLogLinesToPrinter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	sender := &testSender{}
+	printer := &testLogPrinter{}
+	sink := NewStreamingLogSink(sender, printer)
+
+	sink.Emit(LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "first", Level: LogLevelInfo})
+	sink.Emit(MessageEvent{Severity: SeverityWarning, Text: "careful"})
+	sink.Emit(LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "second", Level: LogLevelInfo})
+
+	wantLines := []LogLineEvent{
+		{Source: "emulator", Line: "first", Level: LogLevelInfo},
+		{Source: "emulator", Line: "second", Level: LogLevelInfo},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(printer.lines, wantLines) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected printed lines: got=%#v want=%#v", printer.lines, wantLines)
+	}
+
+	wantSent := []any{MessageEvent{Severity: SeverityWarning, Text: "careful"}}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sender.msgs, wantSent) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected sent msgs: got=%#v want=%#v", sender.msgs, wantSent)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStreamingLogSinkNilLogPrinterFallsBackToSender(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	sender := &testSender{}
+	sink := NewStreamingLogSink(sender, nil)
+
+	sink.Emit(LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "first", Level: LogLevelInfo})
+
+	want := []any{LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "first", Level: LogLevelInfo}}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(sender.msgs, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected sent msgs: got=%#v want=%#v", sender.msgs, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/ui/run_logs.go b/internal/ui/run_logs.go
index 613d19d6..08cec3ac 100644
--- a/internal/ui/run_logs.go
+++ b/internal/ui/run_logs.go
@@ -12,6 +12,37 @@ import (
 	"github.com/localstack/lstk/internal/runtime"
 )
 
+// printlner lets tests substitute a fake *tea.Program.
+type printlner interface {
+	Println(args ...interface{})
+}
+
+// programLogPrinter prints log lines permanently above the Program instead of
+// the App model's capped a.lines buffer. Must be called synchronously from a
+// single goroutine, not returned as a tea.Cmd — Cmds run concurrently and
+// would reorder lines.
+type programLogPrinter struct {
+	p   printlner
+	ctx context.Context
+}
+
+// Println, unlike Send, has no escape valve for a Program that already
+// stopped reading its message channel (e.g. it quit, or a signal bypassed
+// Update) — it would then block forever. Racing it against ctx.Done avoids
+// wedging the caller; the abandoned goroutine only leaks in that shutdown
+// race, and dies with the process.
+func (l programLogPrinter) PrintLogLine(event output.LogLineEvent) {
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		l.p.Println(renderLogLineEvent(event, 0))
+		close(done)
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-l.ctx.Done():
+	}
+}
+
 func RunLogs(parentCtx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, containers []config.ContainerConfig, follow bool, tail string, verbose bool) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parentCtx)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -21,7 +52,8 @@ func RunLogs(parentCtx context.Context, rt runtime.Runtime, containers []config.
 	runErrCh := make(chan error, 1)
 
 	go func() {
-		err := container.Logs(ctx, rt, output.NewTUISink(programSender{p: p}), containers, follow, tail, verbose)
+		sink := output.NewStreamingLogSink(programSender{p: p}, programLogPrinter{p: p, ctx: ctx})
+		err := container.Logs(ctx, rt, sink, containers, follow, tail, verbose)
 		runErrCh <- err
 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
 			p.Send(runErrMsg{err: err})
diff --git a/internal/ui/run_logs_test.go b/internal/ui/run_logs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0ee3ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ui/run_logs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/localstack/lstk/internal/output"
+)
+
+// blockingPrintlner simulates a Program that stopped draining Println,
+// blocking forever like the real unbuffered channel send would.
+type blockingPrintlner struct{}
+
+func (blockingPrintlner) Println(args ...interface{}) {
+	select {}
+}
+
+func TestProgramLogPrinterReturnsPromptlyWhenCtxCancelledMidPrintln(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	printer := programLogPrinter{p: blockingPrintlner{}, ctx: ctx}
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		printer.PrintLogLine(output.LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "hangs forever"})
+		close(done)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("PrintLogLine did not return after ctx was cancelled; it would hang RunLogs forever")
+	}
+}
+
+type recordingPrintlner struct {
+	lines chan string
+}
+
+func (r recordingPrintlner) Println(args ...interface{}) {
+	r.lines <- args[0].(string)
+}
+
+func TestProgramLogPrinterWaitsForPrintlnWhenNotCancelled(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	recorder := recordingPrintlner{lines: make(chan string, 1)}
+	printer := programLogPrinter{p: recorder, ctx: ctx}
+	printer.PrintLogLine(output.LogLineEvent{Source: "emulator", Line: "hello", Level: output.LogLevelInfo})
+
+	select {
+	case line := <-recorder.lines:
+		if line == "" {
+			t.Fatal("expected rendered log line to be printed")
+		}
+	default:
+		t.Fatal("expected PrintLogLine to have already delivered the line to Println")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/logs_test.go b/test/integration/logs_test.go
index a49103b4..ac0916da 100644
--- a/test/integration/logs_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/logs_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,29 @@ func TestLogsTailWithFollowStartsFromTail(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Interactive lstk logs must preserve full scrollback like docker logs, not
+// just whatever fit in the TUI's capped history. Runs under a real PTY so the
+// TUI/RunLogs path is exercised.
+func TestLogsInteractivePreservesFullScrollback(t *testing.T) {
+	requireDocker(t)
+	cleanup()
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	ctx := testContext(t)
+	startTestContainer(t, ctx)
+
+	const lineCount = 550
+	writeNumberedLogLines(t, ctx, lineCount)
+
+	configFile := writeAwsConfig(t)
+	out, err := runLstkInPTY(t, ctx, env.Without(), "--config", configFile, "logs")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "lstk logs should exit cleanly in interactive mode, output: %s", out)
+
+	for i := 1; i <= lineCount; i++ {
+		assert.Contains(t, out, fmt.Sprintf("tail-marker-%d", i), "expected tail-marker-%d to survive scrollback", i)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLogsFollowStreamsOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	requireDocker(t)
 	cleanup()