diff --git a/lib/progress.ts b/lib/progress.ts
index 903e6a529cd2becee57fd11eeaaf52ab602e65a6..17a416158f7726880fa92421b12f3c4fa721b34d 100644
--- a/lib/progress.ts
+++ b/lib/progress.ts
@@ -704,12 +704,11 @@ function renderChildren(state: ReadOnlyNode, now: number, depth: boolean[]) {
       truncated += 1;
       continue;
     }
-    const logLines = child?.logs
+    const logLines = child.logs
       .map((msg) => log.formatMessage(msg, true))
       .join("")
-      .split("\n")
-      .slice(-Math.min(3, maxHeight)) ?? [];
-    for (const line of logLines) {
+      .trim();
+    if (logLines) for (const line of logLines.split("\n").slice(-Math.min(3, maxHeight))) {
       item += left + (i === length - 1 && !truncated ? "   " : box.line) + " " +
         ansi.style(ansi.fgBrightBlack, ">") +
         " " + line + "\n";