diff --git a/runner/harness/abra.py b/runner/harness/abra.py
index 07624e3..42f384f 100644
--- a/runner/harness/abra.py
+++ b/runner/harness/abra.py
@@ -188,7 +188,13 @@ def backup_create(domain: str, timeout: int = 900) -> str:
 
 
 def restore(domain: str, timeout: int = 900) -> None:
-    _run_pty(["app", "restore", domain, "-n", "-C", "-o"], timeout=timeout)
+    # Echo the restore output (incl. backupbot's restore.post-hook stdout/stderr, e.g. a recipe's
+    # pg_backup.sh reimport) into the run log. Restore is otherwise opaque: a post-hook that fails or
+    # silently no-ops shows up only as a downstream data-integrity assertion RED with no cause. Bounded
+    # tail keeps it readable.
+    out = _run_pty(["app", "restore", domain, "-n", "-C", "-o"], timeout=timeout).stdout or ""
+    tail = out[-4000:]
+    print(f"  [restore output]\n{tail}", flush=True)
 
 
 def recipe_head_commit(recipe: str) -> str | None: