diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index f0e04d0..2dea663 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         run: fastlane tests
+
+      - name: Show UI test failure diagnostics (if any)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "$TMPDIR/pedifoods_uitest_diag.log" ]; then
+            cat "$TMPDIR/pedifoods_uitest_diag.log"
+          else
+            echo "No UI test diagnostic log was written."
+          fi
diff --git a/PediFoodsUITests/CartCheckoutFlowTests.swift b/PediFoodsUITests/CartCheckoutFlowTests.swift
index a8a9497..5e22364 100644
--- a/PediFoodsUITests/CartCheckoutFlowTests.swift
+++ b/PediFoodsUITests/CartCheckoutFlowTests.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,33 @@ import XCTest
 /// so Home shows a real store list - see
 /// decisions/2026-08-06-ui-test-account-and-app-attest-bypass.md.
 final class CartCheckoutFlowTests: XCTestCase {
+    /// Plain `print()` from inside a UI test does not reach the CI log on
+    /// this runner - fastlane's xcodebuild log formatter only relays
+    /// lines matching its own known patterns (Test Suite/Test Case/etc.)
+    /// and silently drops anything else, confirmed by pasting the full
+    /// log around a timeout and finding no trace of a print()'d marker
+    /// string. Writing to a file `cat`'d by a later CI step
+    /// (`.gitea/workflows/test.yml`) works regardless. `NSTemporaryDirectory()`
+    /// resolves to the CI job's `$TMPDIR`, consistent for the whole job
+    /// (both the xcodebuild-spawned test process and the later shell step
+    /// run under the same user session) - unlike the fixed scratch path
+    /// this replaced, which was hardcoded to a different machine/session
+    /// and silently no-op'd here.
+    static let diagnosticLogPath = NSTemporaryDirectory() + "pedifoods_uitest_diag.log"
+
+    private static func dumpDiagnostics(_ title: String, app: XCUIApplication) {
+        let entry = "\n=== \(title) ===\n\(app.debugDescription)\n"
+        guard let data = entry.data(using: .utf8) else { return }
+        if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: diagnosticLogPath),
+           let handle = FileHandle(forWritingAtPath: diagnosticLogPath) {
+            handle.seekToEndOfFile()
+            handle.write(data)
+            handle.closeFile()
+        } else {
+            FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: diagnosticLogPath, contents: data)
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The cart is on-device state (`CartState`/`SessionStateStore`, see
     /// `AppState.swift`), not server-side - it persists across app
     /// relaunches on this simulator just like the login session (see
@@ -22,6 +49,10 @@ final class CartCheckoutFlowTests: XCTestCase {
     /// a known-empty cart instead of an ever-growing one.
     override class func setUp() {
         super.setUp()
+        // Start each run with a clean diagnostic log, not a leftover from
+        // a previous one.
+        try? FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: diagnosticLogPath)
+
         let app = XCUIApplication()
         app.launch()
         app.ensureLoggedIn()
@@ -106,8 +137,7 @@ final class CartCheckoutFlowTests: XCTestCase {
             app.swipeDown()
         }
         if app.staticTexts["Finalizar Pedido"].waitForExistence(timeout: 10) == false {
-            print("=== Never returned to Checkout after Alterar dismiss - accessibility hierarchy ===")
-            print(app.debugDescription)
+            Self.dumpDiagnostics("Never returned to Checkout after Alterar dismiss", app: app)
         }
         XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["Finalizar Pedido"].exists, "Never returned to Checkout")
 
@@ -180,8 +210,7 @@ final class CartCheckoutFlowTests: XCTestCase {
         // a plain static text.
         let storeCard = app.buttons.matching(NSPredicate(format: "label CONTAINS[c] %@", "MARIBA")).firstMatch
         if storeCard.waitForExistence(timeout: 15) == false {
-            print("=== No MARIBA store card on Home - accessibility hierarchy ===")
-            print(app.debugDescription)
+            Self.dumpDiagnostics("No MARIBA store card on Home", app: app)
         }
         XCTAssertTrue(storeCard.exists, "Expected store card never appeared on Home")
         storeCard.tap()
@@ -201,15 +230,7 @@ final class CartCheckoutFlowTests: XCTestCase {
         // directly instead - same fix pattern as the cart-tab icon.
         let addButton = app.images.matching(identifier: "plus").firstMatch
         if addButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 25) == false {
-            // A hardcoded scratch-path screenshot write here was silently
-            // no-oping on the CI runner (try? swallowed a write failure
-            // into a directory that doesn't exist on this machine's user
-            // account) - printing the accessibility hierarchy instead
-            // shows up directly in the CI log with no extra file access
-            // needed, same technique already used in
-            // decisions/2026-08-06-ui-test-account-and-app-attest-bypass.md.
-            print("=== Store Detail timeout - accessibility hierarchy ===")
-            print(app.debugDescription)
+            Self.dumpDiagnostics("Store Detail timeout - product list never loaded", app: app)
         }
         XCTAssertTrue(addButton.exists, "Store Detail's product list never loaded")
         addButton.tap()