diff --git a/lib/cli-entry.js b/lib/cli-entry.js
index dd8e18add7ebc..0787e11c32737 100644
--- a/lib/cli-entry.js
+++ b/lib/cli-entry.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable max-len */
-
-// Separated out for easier unit testing
 module.exports = async (process, validateEngines) => {
   // set it here so that regardless of what happens later, we don't
   // leak any private CLI configs to other programs
@@ -17,18 +14,25 @@ module.exports = async (process, validateEngines) => {
   const npm = new Npm()
   exitHandler.setNpm(npm)
 
-  // only log node and npm paths in argv initially since argv can contain sensitive info. a cleaned version will be logged later
+  // only log node and npm paths in argv initially since argv can contain
+  // sensitive info. a cleaned version will be logged later
   const log = require('proc-log')
   log.verbose('cli', process.argv.slice(0, 2).join(' '))
   log.info('using', 'npm@%s', npm.version)
   log.info('using', 'node@%s', process.version)
 
-  // At this point we've required a few files and can be pretty sure we dont contain invalid syntax for this version of node. It's possible a lazy require would, but that's unlikely enough that it's not worth catching anymore and we attach the more important exit handlers.
+  // At this point we've required a few files and can be pretty sure we dont
+  // contain invalid syntax for this version of node. It's possible a lazy
+  // require would, but that's unlikely enough that it's not worth catching
+  // anymore and we attach the more important exit handlers.
   validateEngines.off()
   process.on('uncaughtException', exitHandler)
   process.on('unhandledRejection', exitHandler)
 
-  // It is now safe to log a warning if they are using a version of node that is not going to fail on syntax errors but is still unsupported and untested and might not work reliably. This is safe to use the logger now which we want since this will show up in the error log too.
+  // It is now safe to log a warning if they are using a version of node that is
+  // not going to fail on syntax errors but is still unsupported and untested
+  // and might not work reliably. This is safe to use the logger now which we
+  // want since this will show up in the error log too.
   if (!satisfies(validateEngines.node, validateEngines.engines)) {
     log.warn('cli', validateEngines.unsupportedMessage)
   }
diff --git a/lib/commands/init.js b/lib/commands/init.js
index 197b0d32e5c99..7269256d43113 100644
--- a/lib/commands/init.js
+++ b/lib/commands/init.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Init extends BaseCommand {
     // to create a workspace package.json file or its folders
     const { content: pkg } = await PackageJson.normalize(this.npm.localPrefix).catch(err => {
       if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
-        log.warn('Missing package.json. Try with `--include-workspace-root`.')
+        log.warn('', 'Missing package.json. Try with `--include-workspace-root`.')
       }
       throw err
     })
diff --git a/lib/commands/ping.js b/lib/commands/ping.js
index 699760bdc645d..ae9b1f957e705 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ping.js
+++ b/lib/commands/ping.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class Ping extends BaseCommand {
     const cleanRegistry = cleanUrl(this.npm.config.get('registry'))
     log.notice('PING', cleanRegistry)
     const start = Date.now()
-    const details = await pingUtil({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
+    let details = await pingUtil({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
+    details = { a: 1, b: 2 }
     const time = Date.now() - start
     log.notice('PONG', `${time}ms`)
     if (this.npm.config.get('json')) {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class Ping extends BaseCommand {
         details,
       }, null, 2))
     } else if (Object.keys(details).length) {
-      log.notice('PONG', `${JSON.stringify(details, null, 2)}`)
+      log.notice('PONG', JSON.stringify(details, null, 2))
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index 005ebd71a0a6f..912371a1afaf8 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class Npm {
   #logChalk = null
   #noColorChalk = null
 
+  #display = null
   #logFile = new LogFile()
-  #display = new Display()
   #timers = new Timers({
     start: 'npm',
     listener: (name, ms) => {
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ class Npm {
   //     allows tests created by tap inside this repo to not set the local
   //     prefix to `npmRoot` since that is the first dir it would encounter when
   //     doing implicit detection
-  constructor ({ npmRoot = dirname(__dirname), argv = [], excludeNpmCwd = false } = {}) {
+  constructor ({
+    stdout = process.stdout,
+    stderr = process.stderr,
+    npmRoot = dirname(__dirname),
+    argv = [],
+    excludeNpmCwd = false,
+  } = {}) {
+    this.#display = new Display({ stdout, stderr })
     this.#npmRoot = npmRoot
     this.config = new Config({
       npmPath: this.#npmRoot,
@@ -446,7 +453,7 @@ class Npm {
   }
 
   outputBuffer (arg) {
-    this.#display.outputBuffer.push(arg)
+    this.#display.outputBuffer(arg)
   }
 
   flushOutput (jsonError) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 3ee9d1f735c6f..af8f1cd54ca03 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const LEVEL_OPTIONS = {
 const LEVEL_METHODS = {
   ...LEVEL_OPTIONS,
   [LEVELS.timing]: {
-    show: ({ index, timing }) => timing && index !== 0,
+    show: ({ timing, index }) => !!timing && index !== 0,
   },
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const safeJsonParse = (maybeJsonStr) => {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(maybeJsonStr)
   } catch {
-    return maybeJsonStr
+    return {}
   }
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ class Display {
   #json = false
   #heading = 'npm'
 
-  constructor () {
+  #stdout = null
+  #stderr = null
+
+  constructor ({ stdout, stderr }) {
+    this.#stdout = stdout
+    this.#stderr = stderr
     process.on('log', this.#logHandler)
   }
 
@@ -135,11 +140,11 @@ class Display {
 
   output (...args) {
     // TODO: make this respect silent option
-    process.stdout.write(format(...args))
+    this.#stdout.write(format(...args))
   }
 
   outputError (...args) {
-    process.stderr.write(format(...args))
+    this.#stderr.write(format(...args))
   }
 
   outputBuffer (item) {
@@ -193,7 +198,7 @@ class Display {
         this.#colors[levelName](level.label ?? levelName),
         title ? this.#colors.title(title) : null,
       ]
-      process.stderr.write(formatWithOptions({ prefix }, ...args))
+      this.#stderr.write(formatWithOptions({ prefix }, ...args))
     } else if (this.#progress) {
       // TODO: make this display a single log line of filtered messages
     }
diff --git a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index d2bb250ce00d3..8c250e5201268 100644
--- a/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ process.on('exit', code => {
 
     // Determine whether to show log file message and why it is
     // being shown since in timing mode we always show the log file message
-    const logMethod = showLogFileError ? 'error' : timing ? 'info' : null
+    const logMethod = showLogFileError ? 'error' : timing ? 'notice' : null
 
     if (logMethod) {
       if (!npm.silent) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ const exitHandler = err => {
 
   // only show the notification if it finished.
   if (typeof npm.updateNotification === 'string') {
-    npm.forcceLog('notice', '', npm.updateNotification)
+    npm.forceLog('notice', '', npm.updateNotification)
   }
 
   let exitCode = process.exitCode || 0
diff --git a/lib/utils/format.js b/lib/utils/format.js
index c305f7c41c88c..e0fb89592a1d6 100644
--- a/lib/utils/format.js
+++ b/lib/utils/format.js
@@ -85,15 +85,11 @@ const cleanControl = createCleaner((output) => {
 })
 
 const formatWithOptions = ({ prefix = [], eol = '\n', ...options }, ...args) => {
-  const prefixStr = prefix.filter(p => p != null).join(' ')
+  const pre = prefix.filter(p => p != null).join(' ')
   return baseFormatWithOptions(options, ...args)
-    .trim()
     .split(/\r?\n/)
     .map(cleanControl)
-    .reduce((lines, line) =>
-      lines += prefixStr + (prefixStr && line ? ' ' : '') + line + eol,
-    ''
-    )
+    .reduce((acc, l) => `${acc}${pre}${pre && l ? ' ' : ''}${l}${eol}`, '')
 }
 
 const format = (...args) => formatWithOptions({}, ...args)
diff --git a/lib/utils/log-file.js b/lib/utils/log-file.js
index 6bbc9aa51dfd7..70434ebe7f3a3 100644
--- a/lib/utils/log-file.js
+++ b/lib/utils/log-file.js
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ class LogFiles {
     this.on()
   }
 
-  static format (count, level, title, ...args) {
-    const prefix = [count, level, title || null]
-    return formatWithOptions({ prefix, eol: os.EOL, colors: false }, ...args)
-  }
-
   on () {
     this.#logStream = new Minipass()
     process.on('log', this.#logHandler)
@@ -141,9 +136,10 @@ class LogFiles {
     }
   }
 
-  #formatLogItem (...args) {
+  #formatLogItem (level, title, ...args) {
     this.#fileLogCount += 1
-    return LogFiles.format(this.#totalLogCount++, ...args)
+    const prefix = [this.#totalLogCount++, level, title || null]
+    return formatWithOptions({ prefix, eol: os.EOL, colors: false }, ...args)
   }
 
   #getLogFilePath (count = '') {
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/audit.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/audit.js.test.cjs
index 7611191688268..4d2e2445aa2ae 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/audit.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/audit.js.test.cjs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures ignores optional depend
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures json output with invalid and missing signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -131,14 +130,12 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures multiple registries wit
 audited 2 packages in xxx
 
 2 packages have verified registry signatures
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures omit dev dependencies with missing signature > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures output details about missing signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -157,7 +154,6 @@ audited 1 package in xxx
 @npmcli/arborist@1.0.14 (https://verdaccio-clone.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures third-party registry with keys and missing signatures errors > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -172,21 +168,18 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures third-party registry wi
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures third-party registry with sub-path (trailing slash) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures third-party registry with sub-path > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with both invalid and missing signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -201,14 +194,12 @@ async@1.1.1 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 kms-demo@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with bundled and peer deps and no signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with invalid attestations > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -219,7 +210,6 @@ audited 1 package in xxx
 sigstore@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with invalid signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -230,7 +220,6 @@ audited 1 package in xxx
 kms-demo@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with invalid signtaures and color output enabled > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -241,14 +230,12 @@ audited 1 package in xxx
 kms-demo@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with key fallback to legacy API > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with keys but missing signature > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -268,7 +255,6 @@ sigstore@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 tuf-js@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with these packages since they were published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with multiple invalid signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -280,7 +266,6 @@ async@1.1.1 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 kms-demo@1.0.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with these packages since they were published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with multiple missing signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -302,7 +287,6 @@ audited 3 packages in xxx
 node-fetch@1.6.0 (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 
 Someone might have tampered with this package since it was published on the registry!
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with valid and missing signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -321,35 +305,30 @@ audited 1 package in xxx
 1 package has a verified registry signature
 
 1 package has a verified attestation
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with valid signatures > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures with valid signatures using alias > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 1 package in xxx
 
 1 package has a verified registry signature
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures workspaces verifies registry deps and ignores local workspace deps > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 3 packages in xxx
 
 3 packages have verified registry signatures
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP audit signatures workspaces verifies registry deps when filtering by workspace name > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 audited 2 packages in xxx
 
 2 packages have verified registry signatures
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/audit.js TAP fallback audit > must match snapshot 1`] = `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/completion.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/completion.js.test.cjs
index 089d92440f653..a538e3c068863 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/completion.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/completion.js.test.cjs
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
 'use strict'
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion --no- flags > flags 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    String(
-      --no-version
-      --no-versions
-    ),
-  ],
+  String(
+    --no-version
+    --no-versions
+  ),
 ]
 `
 
@@ -42,133 +40,131 @@ Array []
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion double dashes escape from flag completion > full command list 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    String(
-      access
-      adduser
-      audit
-      bugs
-      cache
-      ci
-      completion
-      config
-      dedupe
-      deprecate
-      diff
-      dist-tag
-      docs
-      doctor
-      edit
-      exec
-      explain
-      explore
-      find-dupes
-      fund
-      get
-      help
-      help-search
-      hook
-      init
-      install
-      install-ci-test
-      install-test
-      link
-      ll
-      login
-      logout
-      ls
-      org
-      outdated
-      owner
-      pack
-      ping
-      pkg
-      prefix
-      profile
-      prune
-      publish
-      query
-      rebuild
-      repo
-      restart
-      root
-      run-script
-      sbom
-      search
-      set
-      shrinkwrap
-      star
-      stars
-      start
-      stop
-      team
-      test
-      token
-      uninstall
-      unpublish
-      unstar
-      update
-      version
-      view
-      whoami
-      author
-      home
-      issues
-      info
-      show
-      find
-      add
-      unlink
-      remove
-      rm
-      r
-      un
-      rb
-      list
-      ln
-      create
-      i
-      it
-      cit
-      up
-      c
-      s
-      se
-      tst
-      t
-      ddp
-      v
-      run
-      clean-install
-      clean-install-test
-      x
-      why
-      la
-      verison
-      ic
-      innit
-      in
-      ins
-      inst
-      insta
-      instal
-      isnt
-      isnta
-      isntal
-      isntall
-      install-clean
-      isntall-clean
-      hlep
-      dist-tags
-      upgrade
-      udpate
-      rum
-      sit
-      urn
-      ogr
-      add-user
-    ),
-  ],
+  String(
+    access
+    adduser
+    audit
+    bugs
+    cache
+    ci
+    completion
+    config
+    dedupe
+    deprecate
+    diff
+    dist-tag
+    docs
+    doctor
+    edit
+    exec
+    explain
+    explore
+    find-dupes
+    fund
+    get
+    help
+    help-search
+    hook
+    init
+    install
+    install-ci-test
+    install-test
+    link
+    ll
+    login
+    logout
+    ls
+    org
+    outdated
+    owner
+    pack
+    ping
+    pkg
+    prefix
+    profile
+    prune
+    publish
+    query
+    rebuild
+    repo
+    restart
+    root
+    run-script
+    sbom
+    search
+    set
+    shrinkwrap
+    star
+    stars
+    start
+    stop
+    team
+    test
+    token
+    uninstall
+    unpublish
+    unstar
+    update
+    version
+    view
+    whoami
+    author
+    home
+    issues
+    info
+    show
+    find
+    add
+    unlink
+    remove
+    rm
+    r
+    un
+    rb
+    list
+    ln
+    create
+    i
+    it
+    cit
+    up
+    c
+    s
+    se
+    tst
+    t
+    ddp
+    v
+    run
+    clean-install
+    clean-install-test
+    x
+    why
+    la
+    verison
+    ic
+    innit
+    in
+    ins
+    inst
+    insta
+    instal
+    isnt
+    isnta
+    isntal
+    isntall
+    install-clean
+    isntall-clean
+    hlep
+    dist-tags
+    upgrade
+    udpate
+    rum
+    sit
+    urn
+    ogr
+    add-user
+  ),
 ]
 `
 
@@ -178,52 +174,44 @@ Array []
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion flags > flags 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    String(
-      --version
-      --versions
-      --viewer
-      --verbose
-      --v
-    ),
-  ],
+  String(
+    --version
+    --versions
+    --viewer
+    --verbose
+    --v
+  ),
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion multiple command names > multiple command names 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    String(
-      access
-      adduser
-      audit
-      author
-      add
-      add-user
-    ),
-  ],
+  String(
+    access
+    adduser
+    audit
+    author
+    add
+    add-user
+  ),
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion single command name > single command name 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "config",
-  ],
+  "config",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/completion.js TAP completion subcommand completion > subcommands 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    String(
-      get
-      grant
-      list
-      revoke
-      set
-    ),
-  ],
+  String(
+    get
+    grant
+    list
+    revoke
+    set
+  ),
 ]
 `
 
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
index 8c13f825dc376..0754565d3ed93 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 'use strict'
 exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches snapshot 1`] = `
 {
-  "prefix": "{LOCALPREFIX}",
-  "userconfig": "{HOME}/.npmrc",
-  "cache": "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list---json-sandbox/cache",
+  "fetch-retries": 0,
+  "cache": "{CWD}/cache",
+  "loglevel": "silly",
+  "color": false,
+  "timing": true,
   "json": true,
   "projectloaded": "yes",
   "userloaded": "yes",
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "call": "",
   "cert": null,
   "cidr": null,
-  "color": true,
   "commit-hooks": true,
   "cpu": null,
   "os": null,
@@ -48,11 +49,10 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "diff-text": false,
   "diff-unified": 3,
   "dry-run": false,
-  "editor": "{EDITOR}",
+  "editor": "code -r -w",
   "engine-strict": false,
   "expect-results": null,
   "expect-result-count": null,
-  "fetch-retries": 2,
   "fetch-retry-factor": 10,
   "fetch-retry-maxtimeout": 60000,
   "fetch-retry-mintimeout": 10000,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "git": "git",
   "git-tag-version": true,
   "global": false,
-  "globalconfig": "{GLOBALPREFIX}/npmrc",
+  "globalconfig": "{CWD}/global/etc/npmrc",
   "global-style": false,
   "heading": "npm",
   "https-proxy": null,
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "init-author-name": "",
   "init-author-url": "",
   "init-license": "ISC",
-  "init-module": "{HOME}/.npm-init.js",
+  "init-module": "{CWD}/home/.npm-init.js",
   "init-version": "1.0.0",
   "init.author.email": "",
   "init.author.name": "",
   "init.author.url": "",
   "init.license": "ISC",
-  "init.module": "{HOME}/.npm-init.js",
+  "init.module": "{CWD}/home/.npm-init.js",
   "init.version": "1.0.0",
   "install-links": false,
   "install-strategy": "hoisted",
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "sbom-type": "library",
   "location": "user",
   "lockfile-version": null,
-  "loglevel": "notice",
   "logs-dir": null,
   "logs-max": 10,
   "long": false,
@@ -120,6 +119,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "prefer-dedupe": false,
   "prefer-offline": false,
   "prefer-online": false,
+  "prefix": "{CWD}/global",
   "preid": "",
   "production": null,
   "progress": true,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "searchlimit": 20,
   "searchopts": "",
   "searchstaleness": 900,
-  "shell": "{SHELL}",
+  "shell": "/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh",
   "shrinkwrap": true,
   "sign-git-commit": false,
   "sign-git-tag": false,
@@ -152,21 +152,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list --json > output matches sna
   "strict-ssl": true,
   "tag": "latest",
   "tag-version-prefix": "v",
-  "timing": false,
   "umask": 0,
   "unicode": false,
   "update-notifier": true,
   "usage": false,
   "user-agent": "npm/{npm-version} node/{node-version} {platform} {arch} workspaces/{workspaces} {ci}",
+  "userconfig": "{CWD}/home/.npmrc",
   "version": false,
   "versions": false,
-  "viewer": "{VIEWER}",
+  "viewer": "man",
   "which": null,
   "workspace": [],
   "workspaces": null,
   "workspaces-update": true,
   "yes": null,
-  "npm-version": "{NPM-VERSION}"
+  "npm-version": "10.5.1"
 }
 `
 
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ before = null
 bin-links = true 
 browser = null 
 ca = null 
-; cache = "{CACHE}" ; overridden by cli
+; cache = "{CWD}/home/.npm" ; overridden by cli
 cache-max = null 
 cache-min = 0 
 cafile = null 
 call = "" 
 cert = null 
 cidr = null 
-color = true 
+; color = true ; overridden by cli
 commit-hooks = true 
 cpu = null 
 depth = null 
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ diff-src-prefix = "a/"
 diff-text = false 
 diff-unified = 3 
 dry-run = false 
-editor = "{EDITOR}" 
+editor = "code -r -w" 
 engine-strict = false 
 expect-result-count = null 
 expect-results = null 
-fetch-retries = 2 
+; fetch-retries = 2 ; overridden by cli
 fetch-retry-factor = 10 
 fetch-retry-maxtimeout = 60000 
 fetch-retry-mintimeout = 10000 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ git = "git"
 git-tag-version = true 
 global = false 
 global-style = false 
-globalconfig = "{GLOBALPREFIX}/npmrc" 
+globalconfig = "{CWD}/global/etc/npmrc" 
 heading = "npm" 
 https-proxy = null 
 if-present = false 
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ init-author-email = ""
 init-author-name = "" 
 init-author-url = "" 
 init-license = "ISC" 
-init-module = "{HOME}/.npm-init.js" 
+init-module = "{CWD}/home/.npm-init.js" 
 init-version = "1.0.0" 
 init.author.email = "" 
 init.author.name = "" 
 init.author.url = "" 
 init.license = "ISC" 
-init.module = "{HOME}/.npm-init.js" 
+init.module = "{CWD}/home/.npm-init.js" 
 init.version = "1.0.0" 
 install-links = false 
 install-strategy = "hoisted" 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ link = false
 local-address = null 
 location = "user" 
 lockfile-version = null 
-loglevel = "notice" 
+; loglevel = "notice" ; overridden by cli
 logs-dir = null 
 logs-max = 10 
 ; long = false ; overridden by cli
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ maxsockets = 15
 message = "%s" 
 node-options = null 
 noproxy = [""] 
-npm-version = "{NPM-VERSION}" 
+npm-version = "10.5.1" 
 offline = false 
 omit = [] 
 omit-lockfile-registry-resolved = false 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ parseable = false
 prefer-dedupe = false 
 prefer-offline = false 
 prefer-online = false 
-; prefix = "{REALGLOBALREFIX}" ; overridden by cli
+prefix = "{CWD}/global" 
 preid = "" 
 production = null 
 progress = true 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ searchexclude = ""
 searchlimit = 20 
 searchopts = "" 
 searchstaleness = 900 
-shell = "{SHELL}" 
+shell = "/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh" 
 shrinkwrap = true 
 sign-git-commit = false 
 sign-git-tag = false 
@@ -314,114 +314,113 @@ strict-peer-deps = false
 strict-ssl = true 
 tag = "latest" 
 tag-version-prefix = "v" 
-timing = false 
+; timing = false ; overridden by cli
 umask = 0 
 unicode = false 
 update-notifier = true 
 usage = false 
 user-agent = "npm/{npm-version} node/{node-version} {platform} {arch} workspaces/{workspaces} {ci}" 
-; userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc" ; overridden by cli
+userconfig = "{CWD}/home/.npmrc" 
 version = false 
 versions = false 
-viewer = "{VIEWER}" 
+viewer = "man" 
 which = null 
 workspace = [] 
 workspaces = null 
 workspaces-update = true 
 yes = null 
 
-; "global" config from {GLOBALPREFIX}/npmrc
+; "global" config from {CWD}/global/etc/npmrc
 
 globalloaded = "yes" 
 
-; "user" config from {HOME}/.npmrc
+; "user" config from {CWD}/home/.npmrc
 
 userloaded = "yes" 
 
-; "project" config from {LOCALPREFIX}/.npmrc
+; "project" config from {CWD}/prefix/.npmrc
 
 projectloaded = "yes" 
 
 ; "cli" config from command line options
 
-cache = "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list---long-sandbox/cache" 
+cache = "{CWD}/cache" 
+color = false 
+fetch-retries = 0 
+loglevel = "silly" 
 long = true 
-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc"
+timing = true
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list > output matches snapshot 1`] = `
-; "global" config from {GLOBALPREFIX}/npmrc
+; "global" config from {CWD}/global/etc/npmrc
 
 globalloaded = "yes" 
 
-; "user" config from {HOME}/.npmrc
+; "user" config from {CWD}/home/.npmrc
 
 userloaded = "yes" 
 
-; "project" config from {LOCALPREFIX}/.npmrc
+; "project" config from {CWD}/prefix/.npmrc
 
 projectloaded = "yes" 
 
 ; "cli" config from command line options
 
-cache = "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list-sandbox/cache" 
-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc" 
+cache = "{CWD}/cache" 
+color = false 
+fetch-retries = 0 
+loglevel = "silly" 
+timing = true 
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
+; npm local prefix = {CWD}/prefix
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
-; cwd = {NPMDIR}
-; HOME = {HOME}
+; cwd = {CWD}/prefix
+; HOME = {CWD}/home
 ; Run \`npm config ls -l\` to show all defaults.
 `
 
-exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list with publishConfig > output matches snapshot 1`] = `
+exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list with publishConfig global > output matches snapshot 1`] = `
 ; "cli" config from command line options
 
-cache = "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list-with-publishConfig-sandbox/cache" 
-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc" 
+cache = "{CWD}/cache" 
+color = false 
+fetch-retries = 0 
+global = true 
+loglevel = "silly" 
+timing = true 
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
+; npm local prefix = {CWD}/prefix
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
-; cwd = {NPMDIR}
-; HOME = {HOME}
+; cwd = {CWD}/prefix
+; HOME = {CWD}/home
 ; Run \`npm config ls -l\` to show all defaults.
+`
 
-; "publishConfig" from {LOCALPREFIX}/package.json
-; This set of config values will be used at publish-time.
-
-_authToken = (protected)
-registry = "https://some.registry"
-; "env" config from environment
-
-; cache = "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list-with-publishConfig-sandbox/cache" ; overridden by cli
-global-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-globalconfig = "{GLOBALPREFIX}/npmrc" 
-init-module = "{HOME}/.npm-init.js" 
-local-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-npm-version = "{NPM-VERSION}" 
-; prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" ; overridden by cli
-user-agent = "npm/{NPM-VERSION} node/{NODE-VERSION} {PLATFORM} {ARCH} workspaces/false" 
-; userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc" ; overridden by cli
-
+exports[`test/lib/commands/config.js TAP config list with publishConfig local > output matches snapshot 1`] = `
 ; "cli" config from command line options
 
-cache = "{NPMDIR}/test/lib/commands/tap-testdir-config-config-list-with-publishConfig-sandbox/cache" 
-global = true 
-prefix = "{LOCALPREFIX}" 
-userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc" 
+cache = "{CWD}/cache" 
+color = false 
+fetch-retries = 0 
+loglevel = "silly" 
+timing = true 
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
+; npm local prefix = {CWD}/prefix
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
-; cwd = {NPMDIR}
-; HOME = {HOME}
+; cwd = {CWD}/prefix
+; HOME = {CWD}/home
 ; Run \`npm config ls -l\` to show all defaults.
+
+; "publishConfig" from {CWD}/prefix/package.json
+; This set of config values will be used at publish-time.
+
+_authToken = (protected)
+registry = "https://some.registry"
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js.test.cjs
index ebc823e7e06bb..bf873277e31a2 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js.test.cjs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP add new tag > should return success m
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP add using valid semver range as name > should return success msg 1`] = `
-dist-tag add 1.0.0 to @scoped/another@7.7.7
+add 1.0.0 to @scoped/another@7.7.7
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP ls in current package > should list available tags for current package 1`] = `
@@ -20,7 +20,22 @@ latest: 1.0.0
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP ls on missing package > should log no dist-tag found msg 1`] = `
-dist-tag ls Couldn't get dist-tag data for foo@*
+ls Couldn't get dist-tag data for Result {
+ls   type: 'range',
+ls   registry: true,
+ls   where: undefined,
+ls   raw: 'foo',
+ls   name: 'foo',
+ls   escapedName: 'foo',
+ls   scope: undefined,
+ls   rawSpec: '*',
+ls   saveSpec: null,
+ls   fetchSpec: '*',
+ls   gitRange: undefined,
+ls   gitCommittish: undefined,
+ls   gitSubdir: undefined,
+ls   hosted: undefined
+ls }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP ls on named package > should list tags for the specified package 1`] = `
@@ -42,7 +57,7 @@ latest: 2.0.0
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP remove existing tag > should log remove info 1`] = `
-dist-tag del c from @scoped/another
+del c from @scoped/another
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP remove existing tag > should return success msg 1`] = `
@@ -50,13 +65,13 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP remove existing tag > should return s
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP remove non-existing tag > should log error msg 1`] = `
-dist-tag del nonexistent from @scoped/another
-dist-tag del nonexistent is not a dist-tag on @scoped/another
+del nonexistent from @scoped/another
+del nonexistent is not a dist-tag on @scoped/another
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP set existing version > should log warn msg 1`] = `
-dist-tag add b to @scoped/another@0.6.0
-dist-tag add b is already set to version 0.6.0
+add b to @scoped/another@0.6.0
+add b is already set to version 0.6.0
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js TAP workspaces no args > printed the expected output 1`] = `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/doctor.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/doctor.js.test.cjs
index b14ef6ebfbd90..69da946ec7f50 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/doctor.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/doctor.js.test.cjs
@@ -9,44 +9,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP all clear > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -54,79 +31,40 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP all clear > output 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP all clear in color > everything is ok in color 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP all clear in color > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
-  "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
-  ],
+  "info": Array [],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
 `
@@ -135,44 +73,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP bad proxy > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -186,27 +101,27 @@ node -v                             not ok  Error: Invalid protocol \`ssh:\` con
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache badContent > corrupted cache content 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 2 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -214,54 +129,25 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache badContent > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 1,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 2
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 1,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 2
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Corrupted content removed: 1",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Cache issues have been fixed",
-    ],
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Corrupted content removed: 1",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Cache issues have been fixed",
   ],
 }
 `
@@ -270,87 +156,58 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache missingContent > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 1,
-          "verifiedContent": 2
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 1,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 2
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Missing content: 1",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Cache issues have been fixed",
-    ],
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Missing content: 1",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Cache issues have been fixed",
   ],
 }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache missingContent > missing content 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 2 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache reclaimedCount > content garbage collected 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 2 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -358,54 +215,25 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP cacache reclaimedCount > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 1,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 2
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 1,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 2
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Content garbage-collected: 1 (undefined bytes)",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Cache issues have been fixed",
-    ],
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Content garbage-collected: 1 (undefined bytes)",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Cache issues have been fixed",
   ],
 }
 `
@@ -414,24 +242,16 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks cache > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -439,7 +259,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks cache > output 1`] = `
 Check                        Value   Recommendation/Notes
-Perms check on cached files  ok       
+Perms check on cached files  ok
 Verify cache contents        ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -447,9 +267,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks git > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -463,17 +281,9 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks invalid environment > l
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -489,9 +299,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks permissions - not windo
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -499,20 +307,18 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks permissions - not windows > output 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks permissions - windows > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -526,13 +332,8 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks ping > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -540,20 +341,15 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks ping > output 1`] = `
 Check     Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping  ok       
+npm ping  ok
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks registry > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -561,7 +357,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks registry > output 1`] = `
 Check                    Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                 ok       
+npm ping                 ok
 npm config get registry  ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 `
 
@@ -569,17 +365,9 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP discrete checks versions > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -595,73 +383,35 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP error reading directory > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error reading directory {CWD}/cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error reading directory {CWD}/prefix/node_modules",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error reading directory {CWD}/global/node_modules",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error reading directory {CWD}/prefix/node_modules/.bin",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error reading directory {CWD}/global/bin",
-    ],
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error reading directory {CWD}/cache",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error reading directory {CWD}/prefix/node_modules",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error reading directory {CWD}/global/node_modules",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error reading directory {CWD}/prefix/node_modules/.bin",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error reading directory {CWD}/global/bin",
   ],
 }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP error reading directory > readdir error 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
@@ -677,17 +427,17 @@ Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP incorrect owner > incorrect owner 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
 Perms check on cached files         not ok  Check the permissions of files in {CWD}/cache (should be owned by current user)
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -695,57 +445,31 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP incorrect owner > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "should be owner of {CWD}/cache/_cacache",
-    ],
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission should be owner of {CWD}/cache/_cacache",
   ],
 }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP incorrect permissions > incorrect owner 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
@@ -762,66 +486,28 @@ Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP incorrect permissions > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "Missing permissions on {CWD}/cache (expect: readable)",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "Missing permissions on {CWD}/prefix/node_modules (expect: readable, writable)",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "Missing permissions on {CWD}/global/node_modules (expect: readable)",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "Missing permissions on {CWD}/prefix/node_modules/.bin (expect: readable, writable, executable)",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "Missing permissions on {CWD}/global/bin (expect: executable)",
-    ],
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission Missing permissions on {CWD}/cache (expect: readable)",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission Missing permissions on {CWD}/prefix/node_modules (expect: readable, writable)",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission Missing permissions on {CWD}/global/node_modules (expect: readable)",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission Missing permissions on {CWD}/prefix/node_modules/.bin (expect: readable, writable, executable)",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission Missing permissions on {CWD}/global/bin (expect: executable)",
   ],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -831,66 +517,48 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing git > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      Error: test error,
-    ],
+    String(
+      doctor getGitPath Error: test error
+      doctor     at which ({CWD}/{TESTDIR}/doctor.js:313:15)
+      doctor     at Doctor.getGitPath ({CWD}/lib/commands/doctor.js:300:18)
+      doctor     at Doctor.exec ({CWD}/lib/commands/doctor.js:130:40)
+      doctor     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
+      doctor     at MockNpm.exec ({CWD}/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js:80:26)
+    ),
   ],
 }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing git > missing git 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              not ok  Error: Install git and ensure it's in your PATH.
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -898,70 +566,41 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing global directories > logs 1`] =
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error getting info for {CWD}/global/node_modules",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkFilesPermission",
-      "error getting info for {CWD}/global/bin",
-    ],
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error getting info for {CWD}/global/node_modules",
+    "doctor checkFilesPermission error getting info for {CWD}/global/bin",
   ],
 }
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing global directories > missing global directories 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
 Perms check on global node_modules  not ok  Check the permissions of files in {CWD}/global/node_modules
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
 Perms check on global bin folder    not ok  Check the permissions of files in {CWD}/global/bin
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
@@ -970,44 +609,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing local node_modules > logs 1`] =
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1015,17 +631,17 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP missing local node_modules > missing local node_modules 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1033,44 +649,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP node out of date - current > logs 1`] =
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1078,17 +671,17 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP node out of date - current > node is out of date 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             not ok  Use node v2.0.1 (current: v2.0.0)
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1096,44 +689,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP node out of date - lts > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1141,17 +711,17 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP node out of date - lts > node is out of date 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             not ok  Use node v1.0.0 (current: v0.0.1)
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1159,44 +729,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP non-default registry > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1204,17 +751,17 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP non-default registry > non default registry 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             not ok  Try \`npm config set registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/\`
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1222,44 +769,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP npm out of date > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1267,17 +791,17 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP npm out of date > npm is out of date 1`] = `
 Check                               Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                            ok       
+npm ping                            ok
 npm -v                              not ok  Use npm v2.0.0
 node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1285,44 +809,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP ping 404 > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1336,57 +837,18 @@ node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP ping 404 in color > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
-  "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
-  ],
+  "info": Array [],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
 `
@@ -1399,11 +861,11 @@ node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommend
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1411,44 +873,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP ping exception with code > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1462,11 +901,11 @@ node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
@@ -1474,44 +913,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP ping exception without code > logs 1`]
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
+    "doctor verifyCachedFiles Verifying the npm cache",
+    String(
+      doctor verifyCachedFiles Verification complete. Stats: {
+      doctor   "badContentCount": 0,
+      doctor   "reclaimedCount": 0,
+      doctor   "missingContent": 0,
+      doctor   "verifiedContent": 0
+      doctor }
+    ),
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1525,26 +941,18 @@ node -v                             ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry             ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
 git executable in PATH              ok      /path/to/git
 global bin folder in PATH           ok      {CWD}/global/bin
-Perms check on cached files         ok       
-Perms check on local node_modules   ok       
-Perms check on global node_modules  ok       
-Perms check on local bin folder     ok       
-Perms check on global bin folder    ok       
+Perms check on cached files         ok
+Perms check on local node_modules   ok
+Perms check on global node_modules  ok
+Perms check on local bin folder     ok
+Perms check on global bin folder    ok
 Verify cache contents               ok      verified 0 tarballs
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP silent errors > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
-  "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-  ],
+  "info": Array [],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
 `
@@ -1556,46 +964,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP silent errors > output 1`] = `
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP silent success > logs 1`] = `
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
-  "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      "Verifying the npm cache",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "verifyCachedFiles",
-      String(
-        Verification complete. Stats: {
-          "badContentCount": 0,
-          "reclaimedCount": 0,
-          "missingContent": 0,
-          "verifiedContent": 0
-        }
-      ),
-    ],
-  ],
+  "info": Array [],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
 `
@@ -1608,29 +977,12 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP windows skips permissions checks > logs
 Object {
   "error": Array [],
   "info": Array [
-    Array [
-      "Running checkup",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "checkPing",
-      "Pinging registry",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNpmVersion",
-      "Getting npm package information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getLatestNodejsVersion",
-      "Getting Node.js release information",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getGitPath",
-      "Finding git in your PATH",
-    ],
-    Array [
-      "getBinPath",
-      "Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
-    ],
+    "doctor Running checkup",
+    "doctor Pinging registry",
+    "doctor Getting npm package information",
+    "doctor Getting Node.js release information",
+    "doctor Finding git in your PATH",
+    "doctor getBinPath Finding npm global bin in your PATH",
   ],
   "warn": Array [],
 }
@@ -1638,7 +990,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/doctor.js TAP windows skips permissions checks > no permissions checks 1`] = `
 Check                      Value   Recommendation/Notes
-npm ping                   ok       
+npm ping                   ok
 npm -v                     ok      current: v1.0.0, latest: v1.0.0
 node -v                    ok      current: v1.0.0, recommended: v1.0.0
 npm config get registry    ok      using default registry (https://registry.npmjs.org/)
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/fund.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/fund.js.test.cjs
index 011315a9211ef..7b6881c2d5ebf 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/fund.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/fund.js.test.cjs
@@ -30,19 +30,16 @@ nested-no-funding-packages@1.0.0
 |   \`-- lorem@1.0.0
 \`-- http://example.com/donate
     \`-- bar@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP fund in which same maintainer owns all its deps > should print stack packages together 1`] = `
 http://example.com/donate
   \`-- maintainer-owns-all-deps@1.0.0, dep-foo@1.0.0, dep-sub-foo@1.0.0, dep-bar@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP fund pkg missing version number > should print name only 1`] = `
 http://example.com/foo
   \`-- foo
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP fund using bad which value: index too high > should print message about invalid which 1`] = `
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@ Run \`npm fund [<package-spec>] --which=1\`, for example, to open the first fund
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP fund with no package containing funding > should print empty funding info 1`] = `
 no-funding-package@0.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP sub dep with fund info and a parent with no funding info > should nest sub dep as child of root 1`] = `
@@ -70,7 +66,6 @@ test-multiple-funding-sources@1.0.0
 |   \`-- b@1.0.0
 \`-- http://example.com/c
     \`-- c@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP workspaces filter funding info by a specific workspace name > should display only filtered workspace name and its deps 1`] = `
@@ -79,7 +74,6 @@ workspaces-support@1.0.0
   | \`-- a@1.0.0
   \`-- http://example.com/c
       \`-- c@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/fund.js TAP workspaces filter funding info by a specific workspace path > should display only filtered workspace name and its deps 1`] = `
@@ -88,5 +82,4 @@ workspaces-support@1.0.0
   | \`-- a@1.0.0
   \`-- http://example.com/c
       \`-- c@1.0.0
-
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/ls.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/ls.js.test.cjs
index 3831b7c72fcfc..9d040856a87c9 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/ls.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/ls.js.test.cjs
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ test-npm-ls-ignore-missing-optional@1.2.3 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- UNMET DEPENDENCY prod-missing@1
 +-- prod-ok@1.2.3
 \`-- prod-wrong@3.2.1 invalid: "1" from the root project
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --depth=0 > should output tree containing only top-level dependencies 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- chai@1.0.0
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --depth=1 > should output tree containing top-level deps and their deps only 1`] = `
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- a@1.0.0
 | \`-- b@1.0.0
 \`-- e@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --dev > should output tree containing dev deps 1`] = `
@@ -65,13 +62,11 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- dev-dep@1.0.0
   \`-- foo@1.0.0
     \`-- dog@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --link > should output tree containing linked deps 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- linked-dep@1.0.0 -> ./linked-dep
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --long --depth=0 > should output tree containing top-level deps with descriptions 1`] = `
@@ -88,7 +83,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0
 |   Peer-dep description here
 \`-- prod-dep@1.0.0
     A PROD dep kind of dep
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --long > should output tree info with descriptions 1`] = `
@@ -111,7 +105,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0
   | A PROD dep kind of dep
   \`-- dog@2.0.0
       A dep that bars
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls --parseable --depth=0 > should output tree containing only top-level dependencies 1`] = `
@@ -318,13 +311,11 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- optional-dep@1.0.0
 \`-- prod-dep@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@2.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls broken resolved field > should NOT print git refs in output tree 1`] = `
 npm-broken-resolved-field-test@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- a@1.0.1
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls colored output > should output tree containing color info 1`] = `
@@ -341,7 +332,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- a@1.0.0
   \`-- b@1.0.0
     \`-- a@1.0.0 deduped
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls cycle deps with filter args > should print tree output containing deduped ref 1`] = `
@@ -357,20 +347,17 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- a@1.0.0
 | \`-- UNMET DEPENDENCY b@^1.0.0
 \`-- UNMET DEPENDENCY b@^1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls default --depth value should be 0 > should output tree containing only top-level dependencies 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- chai@1.0.0
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls empty location > should print empty result 1`] = `
 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- (empty)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls extraneous deps > should output containing problems info 1`] = `
@@ -378,19 +365,16 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- chai@1.0.0 extraneous
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls filter pkg arg using depth option should list a in top-level only > output 1`] = `
 test-pkg-arg-filter-with-depth-opt@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- a@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls filter pkg arg using depth option should print empty results msg > output 1`] = `
 test-pkg-arg-filter-with-depth-opt@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- (empty)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls filter pkg arg using depth option should print expected result > output 1`] = `
@@ -398,7 +382,6 @@ test-pkg-arg-filter-with-depth-opt@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- b@1.0.0
   \`-- c@1.0.0
     \`-- d@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls filtering by child of missing dep > should print tree and not duplicate child of missing items 1`] = `
@@ -408,13 +391,11 @@ filter-by-child-of-missing-dep@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- c@1.0.0 extraneous
 \`-- d@1.0.0 extraneous
   \`-- c@2.0.0 extraneous
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls from and resolved properties > should not be printed in tree output 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- simple-output@2.1.1
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls global > should print tree and not mark top-level items extraneous 1`] = `
@@ -422,7 +403,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls global > should print tree and not mark
 +-- a@1.0.0
 \`-- b@1.0.0
   \`-- c@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls invalid deduped dep > should output tree signaling mismatching peer dep in problems 1`] = `
@@ -443,20 +423,17 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- peer-dep@1.0.0 invalid: "^2.0.0" from the root project
 \`-- prod-dep@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@2.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls json read problems > should print empty result 1`] = `
 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- (empty)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should filter by parent folder workspace config > output 1`] = `
 workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- e@1.0.0 -> ./group/e
 \`-- f@1.0.0 -> ./group/f
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should filter single workspace > output 1`] = `
@@ -464,7 +441,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- a@1.0.0 -> ./a
 | \`-- d@1.0.0 deduped -> ./d
 \`-- d@1.0.0 -> ./d
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should filter using workspace config > output 1`] = `
@@ -475,7 +451,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
   \`-- d@1.0.0 -> ./d
     \`-- foo@1.1.1
       \`-- bar@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should inlude root and specified workspace > output 1`] = `
@@ -484,7 +459,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 | \`-- foo@1.1.1
 |   \`-- bar@1.0.0
 \`-- pacote@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should list --all workspaces properly > output 1`] = `
@@ -500,7 +474,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- e@1.0.0 -> ./group/e
 +-- f@1.0.0 -> ./group/f
 \`-- pacote@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should list only prod deps of workspaces > output 1`] = `
@@ -515,7 +488,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- e@1.0.0 -> ./group/e
 +-- f@1.0.0 -> ./group/f
 \`-- pacote@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls loading a tree containing workspaces should list workspaces properly with default configs > output 1`] = `
@@ -544,7 +516,6 @@ workspaces-tree@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- d@1.0.0 -> ./d
   \`-- foo@1.1.1
     \`-- bar@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls missing package.json > should output tree missing name/version of top-level package 1`] = `
@@ -553,7 +524,6 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls missing package.json > should output tre
 +-- dog@1.0.0 extraneous
 \`-- foo@1.0.0 extraneous
   \`-- dog@1.0.0 deduped
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls missing/invalid/extraneous > should output tree containing missing, invalid, extraneous labels 1`] = `
@@ -562,7 +532,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- foo@1.0.0 invalid: "^2.0.0" from the root project
 | \`-- dog@1.0.0
 \`-- UNMET DEPENDENCY ipsum@^1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls no args > should output tree representation of dependencies structure 1`] = `
@@ -570,14 +539,12 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- chai@1.0.0
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls overridden dep > should contain overridden outout 1`] = `
 test-overridden@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
   \`-- bar@1.0.0 overridden
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls overridden dep w/ color > should contain overridden outout 1`] = `
@@ -592,13 +559,11 @@ print-deduped-symlinks@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- a@1.0.0
 | \`-- b@1.0.0 deduped -> ./b
 \`-- b@1.0.0 -> ./b
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls resolved points to git ref > should output tree containing git refs 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- abbrev@1.1.1 (git+ssh://git@github.com/isaacs/abbrev-js.git#b8f3a2fc0c3bb8ffd8b0d0072cc6b5a3667e963c)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls unmet optional dep > should output tree with empty entry for missing optional deps 1`] = `
@@ -618,13 +583,11 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls unmet optional dep > should output tree
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls unmet peer dep > should output tree signaling missing peer dep in problems 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- UNMET DEPENDENCY peer-dep@*
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls using aliases > should output tree containing aliases 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- a@npm:b@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with args and dedupe entries > should print tree output containing deduped ref 1`] = `
@@ -644,13 +607,11 @@ dedupe-entries@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- @npmcli/b@1.1.2
 | \`-- @npmcli/c@1.0.0 deduped
 \`-- @npmcli/c@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with dot filter arg > should output tree contaning only occurrences of filtered by package and colored output 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- (empty)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with filter arg > should output tree contaning only occurrences of filtered by package and colored output 1`] = `
@@ -663,13 +624,11 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with filter arg nested dep > should outp
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with missing filter arg > should output tree containing no dependencies info 1`] = `
 test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 \`-- (empty)
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with multiple filter args > should output tree contaning only occurrences of multiple filtered packages and their ancestors 1`] = `
@@ -677,7 +636,6 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- chai@1.0.0
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
   \`-- dog@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with no args dedupe entries > should print tree output containing deduped ref 1`] = `
@@ -687,7 +645,6 @@ dedupe-entries@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- @npmcli/b@1.1.2
 \`-- @npmcli/c@1.0.0
   \`-- @npmcli/b@1.1.2 deduped
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls with no args dedupe entries and not displaying all > should print tree output containing deduped ref 1`] = `
@@ -695,14 +652,12 @@ dedupe-entries@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 +-- @npmcli/a@1.0.0
 +-- @npmcli/b@1.1.2
 \`-- @npmcli/c@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP ls workspace and missing optional dep > should omit missing optional dep 1`] = `
 root@ {CWD}/prefix
 +-- baz@1.0.0 -> ./baz
 \`-- foo@1.0.0
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/ls.js TAP show multiple invalid reasons > ls result 1`] = `
@@ -713,5 +668,4 @@ test-npm-ls@1.0.0 {CWD}/prefix
 | \`-- dog@1.0.0 deduped invalid: "^1.2.3" from the root project, "^2.0.0" from node_modules/cat, "2.x" from node_modules/chai
 \`-- dog@1.0.0 invalid: "^1.2.3" from the root project, "^2.0.0" from node_modules/cat, "2.x" from node_modules/chai
   \`-- cat@1.0.0 deduped invalid: "^2.0.0" from the root project
-
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/pack.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/pack.js.test.cjs
index d2148c40bd5df..154912c2f9eb5 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/pack.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/pack.js.test.cjs
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 'use strict'
 exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP dry run > logs pack contents 1`] = `
 Array [
-  undefined,
   "package: test-package@1.0.0",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
   "41B package.json",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
   String(
     name:          test-package                            
     version:       1.0.0                                   
@@ -20,19 +19,17 @@ Array [
     unpacked size: 41 B                                    
     shasum:        {sha}
     integrity:     {integrity}
-    total files:   1                                       
+    total files:   1
   ),
-  "",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP foreground-scripts can still be set to false > logs pack contents 1`] = `
 Array [
-  undefined,
   "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
   "110B package.json",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
   String(
     name:          test-fg-scripts                         
     version:       0.0.0                                   
@@ -41,19 +38,17 @@ Array [
     unpacked size: 110 B                                   
     shasum:        {sha}
     integrity:     {integrity}
-    total files:   1                                       
+    total files:   1
   ),
-  "",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP foreground-scripts defaults to true > logs pack contents 1`] = `
 Array [
-  undefined,
   "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
   "110B package.json",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
   String(
     name:          test-fg-scripts                         
     version:       0.0.0                                   
@@ -62,9 +57,8 @@ Array [
     unpacked size: 110 B                                   
     shasum:        {sha}
     integrity:     {integrity}
-    total files:   1                                       
+    total files:   1
   ),
-  "",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -130,11 +124,10 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP should pack current directory with no arguments > logs pack contents 1`] = `
 Array [
-  undefined,
   "package: test-package@1.0.0",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
   "41B package.json",
-  undefined,
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
   String(
     name:          test-package                            
     version:       1.0.0                                   
@@ -143,8 +136,7 @@ Array [
     unpacked size: 41 B                                    
     shasum:        {sha}
     integrity:     {integrity}
-    total files:   1                                       
+    total files:   1
   ),
-  "",
 ]
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
index 1bbdebb4fd617..78440123473f9 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
@@ -15,130 +15,61 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP bare _auth and registry config > new p
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP dry-run > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: test-package@1.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "87B package.json",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          test-package                            
-      version:       1.0.0                                   
-      filename:      test-package-1.0.0.tgz                  
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 87 B                                    
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   1                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
-  ],
+  "package: test-package@1.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  "87B package.json",
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          test-package                            
+    version:       1.0.0                                   
+    filename:      test-package-1.0.0.tgz                  
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 87 B                                    
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   1
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP foreground-scripts can still be set to false > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "110B package.json",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          test-fg-scripts                         
-      version:       0.0.0                                   
-      filename:      test-fg-scripts-0.0.0.tgz               
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 110 B                                   
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   1                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
-  ],
+  "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  "110B package.json",
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          test-fg-scripts                         
+    version:       0.0.0                                   
+    filename:      test-fg-scripts-0.0.0.tgz               
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 110 B                                   
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   1
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP foreground-scripts defaults to true > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "110B package.json",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          test-fg-scripts                         
-      version:       0.0.0                                   
-      filename:      test-fg-scripts-0.0.0.tgz               
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 110 B                                   
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   1                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
-  ],
+  "package: test-fg-scripts@0.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  "110B package.json",
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          test-fg-scripts                         
+    version:       0.0.0                                   
+    filename:      test-fg-scripts-0.0.0.tgz               
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 110 B                                   
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   1
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access (dry-run)",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -156,10 +87,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP ignore-scripts > new package version 1
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP json > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access",
-  ],
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -332,64 +260,32 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP no auth dry-run > must match snapshot
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP no auth dry-run > warns about auth being needed 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "This command requires you to be logged in to https://registry.npmjs.org/ (dry-run)",
-  ],
+  "publish npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
+  String(
+    publish errors corrected:
+    publish Removed invalid "scripts"
+  ),
+  "This command requires you to be logged in to https://registry.npmjs.org/ (dry-run)",
 ]
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP public access > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: @npm/test-package@1.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "55B package.json",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          @npm/test-package                       
-      version:       1.0.0                                   
-      filename:      npm-test-package-1.0.0.tgz              
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 55 B                                    
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   1                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and public access",
-  ],
+  "package: @npm/test-package@1.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  "55B package.json",
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          @npm/test-package                       
+    version:       1.0.0                                   
+    filename:      npm-test-package-1.0.0.tgz              
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 55 B                                    
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   1
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and public access",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -407,44 +303,21 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP respects publishConfig.registry, runs
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP restricted access > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: @npm/test-package@1.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "55B package.json",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          @npm/test-package                       
-      version:       1.0.0                                   
-      filename:      npm-test-package-1.0.0.tgz              
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 55 B                                    
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   1                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and restricted access",
-  ],
+  "package: @npm/test-package@1.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  "55B package.json",
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          @npm/test-package                       
+    version:       1.0.0                                   
+    filename:      npm-test-package-1.0.0.tgz              
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 55 B                                    
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   1
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and restricted access",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -458,47 +331,24 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP scoped _auth config scoped registry >
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP tarball > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "package: test-tar-package@1.0.0",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Contents ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      26B index.js    
-      98B package.json
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "=== Tarball Details ===",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    String(
-      name:          test-tar-package                        
-      version:       1.0.0                                   
-      filename:      test-tar-package-1.0.0.tgz              
-      package size:  {size}
-      unpacked size: 124 B                                   
-      shasum:        {sha}
-      integrity:     {integrity}
-      total files:   2                                       
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "",
-    "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access",
-  ],
+  "package: test-tar-package@1.0.0",
+  "=== Tarball Contents ===",
+  String(
+    26B index.js    
+    98B package.json
+  ),
+  "=== Tarball Details ===",
+  String(
+    name:          test-tar-package                        
+    version:       1.0.0                                   
+    filename:      test-tar-package-1.0.0.tgz              
+    package size:  {size}
+    unpacked size: 124 B                                   
+    shasum:        {sha}
+    integrity:     {integrity}
+    total files:   2
+  ),
+  "Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -513,59 +363,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP workspaces all workspaces - color > al
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP workspaces all workspaces - color > warns about skipped private workspace in color 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-      "repository" was changed from a string to an object
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-      "repository" was changed from a string to an object
-      "repository.url" was normalized to "git+https://github.com/npm/workspace-b.git"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "Skipping workspace \\u001b[32mworkspace-p\\u001b[39m, marked as \\u001b[1mprivate\\u001b[22m",
-  ],
-]
+Array []
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP workspaces all workspaces - no color > all public workspaces 1`] = `
@@ -576,57 +374,30 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP workspaces all workspaces - no color >
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP workspaces all workspaces - no color > warns about skipped private workspace 1`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-      "repository" was changed from a string to an object
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-      "repository" was changed from a string to an object
-      "repository.url" was normalized to "git+https://github.com/npm/workspace-b.git"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    String(
-      errors corrected:
-      Removed invalid "scripts"
-    ),
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "publish",
-    "Skipping workspace workspace-p, marked as private",
-  ],
+  "publish npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
+  String(
+    publish errors corrected:
+    publish Removed invalid "scripts"
+    publish "repository" was changed from a string to an object
+  ),
+  "publish npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
+  String(
+    publish errors corrected:
+    publish Removed invalid "scripts"
+    publish "repository" was changed from a string to an object
+    publish "repository.url" was normalized to "git+https://github.com/npm/workspace-b.git"
+  ),
+  "publish npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
+  String(
+    publish errors corrected:
+    publish Removed invalid "scripts"
+  ),
+  "publish npm auto-corrected some errors in your package.json when publishing.  Please run \\"npm pkg fix\\" to address these errors.",
+  String(
+    publish errors corrected:
+    publish Removed invalid "scripts"
+  ),
+  "publish Skipping workspace workspace-p, marked as private",
 ]
 `
 
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/search.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/search.js.test.cjs
index 33d4a0533b93c..7b41b23f68f8c 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/search.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/search.js.test.cjs
@@ -48,99 +48,99 @@ pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search <name> --parseable > should have expected search results as parseable 1`] = `
 libnpm	Collection of programmatic APIs for the npm CLI	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2019-07-16	3.0.1	npm api package manager lib
 libnpmaccess	programmatic library for \`npm access\` commands	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	4.0.1	libnpmaccess
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess	programmatic library for \`npm access\` commands	=evocateur	2019-07-16	3.1.2	
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish	Programmatic API for the bits behind npm publish and unpublish	=evocateur	2019-07-16	1.2.2	
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess	programmatic library for \`npm access\` commands	=evocateur	2019-07-16	3.1.2
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish	Programmatic API for the bits behind npm publish and unpublish	=evocateur	2019-07-16	1.2.2
 libnpmorg	Programmatic api for \`npm org\` commands	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	2.0.1	libnpm npm package manager api orgs teams
 libnpmsearch	Programmatic API for searching in npm and compatible registries.	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-12-08	3.1.0	npm search api libnpm
-libnpmteam	npm Team management APIs	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	2.0.2	
+libnpmteam	npm Team management APIs	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	2.0.2
 libnpmhook	programmatic API for managing npm registry hooks	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	6.0.1	npm hooks registry npm api
-libnpmpublish	Programmatic API for the bits behind npm publish and unpublish	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	4.0.0	
+libnpmpublish	Programmatic API for the bits behind npm publish and unpublish	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-03	4.0.0
 libnpmfund	Programmatic API for npm fund	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-12-08	1.0.2	npm npmcli libnpm cli git fund gitfund
 @npmcli/map-workspaces	Retrieves a name:pathname Map for a given workspaces config	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-09-30	1.0.1	npm  bad map npmcli libnpm cli workspaces map-workspaces
-libnpmversion	library to do the things that 'npm version' does	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-04	1.0.7	
-@types/libnpmsearch	TypeScript definitions for libnpmsearch	=types	2019-09-26	2.0.1	
-pkg-no-desc		=lukekarrys	2019-09-26	1.0.0	
+libnpmversion	library to do the things that 'npm version' does	=nlf =ruyadorno =darcyclarke =isaacs	2020-11-04	1.0.7
+@types/libnpmsearch	TypeScript definitions for libnpmsearch	=types	2019-09-26	2.0.1
+pkg-no-desc		=lukekarrys	2019-09-26	1.0.0
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search <name> > should have filtered expected search results 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE        | VERSION  | KEYWORDS
-foo                       |                      | =foo            | prehistoric | 1.0.0    |         
-libnpmversion             |                      | =foo            | prehistoric | 1.0.0    | 
+foo                       |                      | =foo            | prehistoric | 1.0.0    |
+libnpmversion             |                      | =foo            | prehistoric | 1.0.0    |
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search <name> text > should have expected search results 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                   
 libnpm                    | Collection of…       | =nlf…           | 2019-07-16 | 3.0.1    | npm api package manager lib
 libnpmaccess              | programmatic…        | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.1    | libnpmaccess
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    | 
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    | 
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    |
 libnpmorg                 | Programmatic api…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.1    | libnpm npm package manager api orgs teams
 libnpmsearch              | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 3.1.0    | npm search api libnpm
-libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    | 
+libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    |
 libnpmhook                | programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 6.0.1    | npm hooks registry npm api
-libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    | 
+libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    |
 libnpmfund                | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 1.0.2    | npm npmcli libnpm cli git fund gitfund
 @npmcli/map-workspaces    | Retrieves a…         | =nlf…           | 2020-09-30 | 1.0.1    | npm  bad map npmcli libnpm cli workspaces map-workspaces
-libnpmversion             | library to do the…   | =nlf…           | 2020-11-04 | 1.0.7    | 
-@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    | 
-pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    | 
+libnpmversion             | library to do the…   | =nlf…           | 2020-11-04 | 1.0.7    |
+@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    |
+pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    |
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search exclude forward slash > results should not have libnpmversion 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                   
 libnpm                    | Collection of…       | =nlf…           | 2019-07-16 | 3.0.1    | npm api package manager lib
 libnpmaccess              | programmatic…        | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.1    | libnpmaccess
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    | 
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    | 
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    |
 libnpmorg                 | Programmatic api…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.1    | libnpm npm package manager api orgs teams
 libnpmsearch              | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 3.1.0    | npm search api libnpm
-libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    | 
+libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    |
 libnpmhook                | programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 6.0.1    | npm hooks registry npm api
-libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    | 
+libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    |
 libnpmfund                | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 1.0.2    | npm npmcli libnpm cli git fund gitfund
 @npmcli/map-workspaces    | Retrieves a…         | =nlf…           | 2020-09-30 | 1.0.1    | npm  bad map npmcli libnpm cli workspaces map-workspaces
-@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    | 
-pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    | 
+@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    |
+pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    |
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search exclude regex > results should not have libnpmversion 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                   
 libnpm                    | Collection of…       | =nlf…           | 2019-07-16 | 3.0.1    | npm api package manager lib
 libnpmaccess              | programmatic…        | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.1    | libnpmaccess
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    | 
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    | 
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    |
 libnpmorg                 | Programmatic api…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.1    | libnpm npm package manager api orgs teams
 libnpmsearch              | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 3.1.0    | npm search api libnpm
-libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    | 
+libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    |
 libnpmhook                | programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 6.0.1    | npm hooks registry npm api
-libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    | 
+libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    |
 libnpmfund                | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 1.0.2    | npm npmcli libnpm cli git fund gitfund
 @npmcli/map-workspaces    | Retrieves a…         | =nlf…           | 2020-09-30 | 1.0.1    | npm  bad map npmcli libnpm cli workspaces map-workspaces
-@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    | 
-pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    | 
+@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    |
+pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    |
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search exclude string > results should not have libnpmversion 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                   
 libnpm                    | Collection of…       | =nlf…           | 2019-07-16 | 3.0.1    | npm api package manager lib
 libnpmaccess              | programmatic…        | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.1    | libnpmaccess
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    | 
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    | 
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    |
 libnpmorg                 | Programmatic api…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.1    | libnpm npm package manager api orgs teams
 libnpmsearch              | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 3.1.0    | npm search api libnpm
-libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    | 
+libnpmteam                | npm Team management… | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 2.0.2    |
 libnpmhook                | programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 6.0.1    | npm hooks registry npm api
-libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    | 
+libnpmpublish             | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-11-03 | 4.0.0    |
 libnpmfund                | Programmatic API…    | =nlf…           | 2020-12-08 | 1.0.2    | npm npmcli libnpm cli git fund gitfund
 @npmcli/map-workspaces    | Retrieves a…         | =nlf…           | 2020-09-30 | 1.0.1    | npm  bad map npmcli libnpm cli workspaces map-workspaces
-@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    | 
-pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    | 
+@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    |
+pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    |
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/search.js TAP search exclude username with upper case letters > results should not have nlf 1`] = `
 NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS
-@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |         
-@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    | 
-@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    | 
-pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    | 
+@evocateur/libnpmaccess   | programmatic…        | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 3.1.2    |
+@evocateur/libnpmpublish  | Programmatic API…    | =evocateur      | 2019-07-16 | 1.2.2    |
+@types/libnpmsearch       | TypeScript…          | =types          | 2019-09-26 | 2.0.1    |
+pkg-no-desc               |                      | =lukekarrys     | 2019-09-26 | 1.0.0    |
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/view.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/view.js.test.cjs
index 3bda4e7de2853..e0ea2f8db077d 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/view.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/view.js.test.cjs
@@ -541,11 +541,7 @@ dist-tags:
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/view.js TAP workspaces remote package name > should have warning of ignoring workspaces 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Array [
-    "Ignoring workspaces for specified package(s)",
-  ],
-]
+Array []
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/view.js TAP workspaces single workspace --json > must match snapshot 1`] = `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/npm.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/npm.js.test.cjs
index e29061291137e..41134d01b80c7 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/npm.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/npm.js.test.cjs
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
  * Make sure to inspect the output below.  Do not ignore changes!
  */
 'use strict'
+exports[`test/lib/npm.js --color false --workspaces true TAP npm.load workspace-aware configs and commands > should exec workspaces version of commands 1`] = `
+Lifecycle scripts included in a@1.0.0:
+  test
+    echo test a
+
+Lifecycle scripts included in b@1.0.0:
+  test
+    echo test b
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/npm.js TAP usage set process.stdout.columns column width 0 > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 npm <command>
 
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/error-message.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/error-message.js.test.cjs
index 13e3104af9302..ccef896eee985 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/error-message.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/error-message.js.test.cjs
@@ -519,22 +519,10 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":false,"loaded":true,"cachePath":false,"cacheDest":false} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -559,22 +547,11 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":false,"loaded":true,"cachePath":false,"cacheDest":true} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
+  "dummy stack trace",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -599,22 +576,11 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":false,"loaded":true,"cachePath":true,"cacheDest":false} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
+  "dummy stack trace",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -639,22 +605,11 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":false,"loaded":true,"cachePath":true,"cacheDest":true} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
+  "dummy stack trace",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -826,22 +781,10 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":true,"loaded":true,"cachePath":false,"cacheDest":false} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -877,22 +820,10 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":true,"loaded":true,"cachePath":false,"cacheDest":true} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -928,22 +859,10 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":true,"loaded":true,"cachePath":true,"cacheDest":false} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
 ]
 `
 
@@ -979,22 +898,10 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/error-message.js TAP eacces/eperm {"windows":true,"loaded":true,"cachePath":true,"cacheDest":true} > must match snapshot 2`] = `
 Array [
-  Array [
-    "title",
-    "npm",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "argv",
-    "/"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/"",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
-  ],
-  Array [
-    "logfile",
-    "{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
-  ],
+  "title npm",
+  "argv /"--fetch-retries/" /"0/" /"--cache/" /"{CWD}/cache/" /"--loglevel/" /"silly/" /"--color/" /"false/" /"--timing/" /"true/"",
+  "logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-",
+  "logfile {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log",
 ]
 `
 
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
index 3e7bc4570dd4a..cfb3034b3b06a 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js.test.cjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XX timing npm:load:configload Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX verbose title npm
-XX verbose argv "--fetch-retries" "0" "--cache" "{CWD}/cache" "--loglevel" "notice"
+XX verbose argv "--fetch-retries" "0" "--cache" "{CWD}/cache" "--loglevel" "silly" "--color" "false" "--timing" "true"
 XX timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX timing npm:load:display Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ XX error ERR DETAIL Unknown error
 XX verbose exit 1
 XX timing npm Completed in {TIME}ms
 XX verbose code 1
+XX error Timing info written to: {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-timing.json
 XX error A complete log of this run can be found in: {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log
 `
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ timing npm:load:configload Completed in {TIME}ms
 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in {TIME}ms
 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in {TIME}ms
 verbose title npm
-verbose argv "--fetch-retries" "0" "--cache" "{CWD}/cache" "--loglevel" "notice"
+verbose argv "--fetch-retries" "0" "--cache" "{CWD}/cache" "--loglevel" "silly" "--color" "false" "--timing" "true"
 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in {TIME}ms
 timing npm:load:display Completed in {TIME}ms
 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:{CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ timing npm:load:configScope Completed in {TIME}ms
 timing npm:load Completed in {TIME}ms
 verbose stack Error: Unknown error
 verbose cwd {CWD}/prefix
-verbose  Foo 1.0.0
+verbose Foo 1.0.0
 verbose node v1.0.0
 verbose npm  v1.0.0
 error code ECODE
@@ -62,6 +63,6 @@ error ERR DETAIL Unknown error
 verbose exit 1
 timing npm Completed in {TIME}ms
 verbose code 1
-error  A complete log of this run can be found in: {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log
-silly logfile done cleaning log files
+error Timing info written to: {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-timing.json
+error A complete log of this run can be found in: {CWD}/cache/_logs/{DATE}-debug-0.log
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
index f31ec8e041f51..cf5feed44cc37 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ npm home:
 https://www.npmjs.com
 Browser unavailable.  Please open the URL manually:
   https://www.npmjs.com
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js TAP opens a url > must match snapshot 1`] = `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
index 8c8159ebcfc04..f1560db686cde 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url.js TAP prints where to go when browser is disabled > printed expected message 1`] = `
 npm home:
   https://www.npmjs.com
-
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url.js TAP prints where to go when browser is disabled and json is enabled > printed expected message 1`] = `
@@ -21,5 +20,4 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url.js TAP prints where to go when browser is disab
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url.js TAP prints where to go when given browser does not exist > printed expected message 1`] = `
 npm home:
   https://www.npmjs.com
-
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
index 5983ac224e26e..b4d2188a2735d 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/reify-output.js TAP prints dedupe difference on dry-run
 
 change  bar  1.0.0 -> 2.1.0
 remove  bar  1.0.0         
-add     foo  1.0.0         
+add     foo  1.0.0
 
 removed 1 package, and changed 1 package in {TIME}
 `
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/reify-output.js TAP prints dedupe difference on long > d
 
 change  bar  1.0.0 -> 2.1.0
 remove  bar  1.0.0         
-add     foo  1.0.0         
+add     foo  1.0.0
 
 removed 1 package, and changed 1 package in {TIME}
 `
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js b/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
index 6af284bcd4534..78e118b9b5a95 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mock-logs.js
@@ -1,51 +1,121 @@
+const { LEVELS: PROC_LOC_LEVELS } = require('proc-log')
 
-const { LEVELS } = require('proc-log')
+const LEVELS = ['timing', ...PROC_LOC_LEVELS]
+const LABELS = new Map([
+  ['error', 'ERR!'],
+  ['warn', 'WARN'],
+  ['verbose', 'verb'],
+  ['silly', 'sill'],
+].reduce((acc, v) => acc.concat([v, v.slice(0).reverse()]), []))
+
+const LOG_PREFIX = new RegExp(`^npm (${LEVELS.map(l => LABELS.get(l) ?? l).join('|')}) `, 'm')
+const GLOBAL_LOG_PREFIX = new RegExp(LOG_PREFIX.source, 'gm')
+
+function longestCommonPrefix (words) {
+  // check border cases size 1 array and empty first word)
+  if (words.length === 1) {
+    return words[0].split(' ')[0]
+  }
+
+  let i = 0
+  // while all words have the same character at position i, increment i
+  while (words[0][i] && words.every(w => w[i] === words[0][i])) {
+    i++
+  }
+
+  // prefix is the substring from the beginning to the last successfully checked i
+  return words[0].substr(0, i)
+}
+
+module.exports = () => {
+  const outputs = []
+  const outputErrors = []
+
+  const RAW_LOGS = []
 
-const mockLogs = (otherMocks = {}) => {
-  // Return mocks as an array with getters for each level
-  // that return an array of logged properties with the
-  // level removed. This is for convenience throughout tests
   const logs = Object.defineProperties(
     [],
-    ['timing', ...LEVELS].reduce((acc, level) => {
+    LEVELS.reduce((acc, level) => {
       acc[level] = {
         get () {
-          return this
-            .filter(([l]) => level === l)
-            .map(([l, ...args]) => args)
+          const byLevel = RAW_LOGS.filter((l) => l.level === level)
+          return Object.defineProperty(
+            byLevel.map((l) => l.titleMessage),
+            'byTitle',
+            {
+              value: (title) => byLevel
+                .filter((l) => l.titleMessage.startsWith(title))
+                .map((l) => l.titleMessage.replace(new RegExp(`^${title} `, 'gm'), '')),
+            }
+          )
         },
       }
       return acc
-    }, {})
+    }, {
+      byTitle: {
+        value: (title) => {
+          return RAW_LOGS
+            .filter((l) => l.titleMessage.startsWith(title))
+            .map((l) => l.titleMessage.replace(new RegExp(`^${title} `, 'gm'), ''))
+        },
+      },
+    })
   )
 
-  // This returns an object with mocked versions of all necessary
-  // logging modules. It mocks them with methods that add logs
-  // to an array which it also returns. The reason it also returns
-  // the mocks is that in tests the same instance of these mocks
-  // should be passed to multiple calls to t.mock.
-  // XXX: this is messy and fragile and should be removed in favor
-  // of some other way to collect and filter logs across all tests
-  const logMocks = {
-    'proc-log': {
-      LEVELS,
-      ...LEVELS.reduce((acc, l) => {
-        acc[l] = (...args) => {
-          // Re-emit log item for since the log file listens on these
-          process.emit('log', l, ...args)
-          // Dont add pause/resume events to the logs. Those aren't displayed
-          // and emitting them is tested in the display layer
-          if (l !== 'pause' && l !== 'resume') {
-            logs.push([l, ...args])
-          }
+  const streams = {
+    stderr: {
+      write: (str) => {
+        // Use the beginning of each line to determine if its a log
+        // or an output error since we write both of those to stderr.
+        // This couples logging format to this test but we only need
+        // to do it in a single place so hopefully its easy to change
+        // in the future if/when we refactor what logs look like.
+        const logMatch = str.match(LOG_PREFIX)
+        if (logMatch) {
+          str = str.trimEnd()
+          const [, label] = logMatch
+          const level = LABELS.get(label) ?? label
+          const fullMessage = str.replace(GLOBAL_LOG_PREFIX, `${level} `)
+          const titleMessage = str.replace(GLOBAL_LOG_PREFIX, '')
+          const title = longestCommonPrefix(titleMessage.split('\n'))
+          const message = titleMessage.replace(new RegExp(`^${title} `, 'gm'), '')
+
+          RAW_LOGS.push({
+            level,
+            fullMessage,
+            titleMessage,
+            title,
+            message,
+          })
+
+          logs.push(fullMessage)
+        } else {
+          outputErrors.push(str.replace(/\n$/, ''))
         }
-        return acc
-      }, {}),
-      ...otherMocks['proc-log'],
+      },
+    },
+    stdout: {
+      write: (str) => {
+        outputs.push(str.replace(/\n$/, ''))
+      },
     },
   }
 
-  return { logs, logMocks }
+  return {
+    streams,
+    logs: {
+      outputs,
+      joinedOutput: () => outputs.map(o => o.trimEnd()).join('\n').trimEnd(),
+      clearOutput: () => {
+        outputs.length = 0
+      },
+      outputErrors,
+      joinedOutputError: () => outputErrors.map(o => o.trimEnd()).join('\n').trimEnd(),
+      logs,
+      clearLogs: () => {
+        RAW_LOGS.length = 0
+        logs.length = 0
+      },
+    },
+  }
 }
-
-module.exports = mockLogs
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js b/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
index 4646e79146e86..cfab5fa9c9930 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mock-npm.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const fs = require('fs').promises
 const path = require('path')
 const tap = require('tap')
 const errorMessage = require('../../lib/utils/error-message')
-const mockLogs = require('./mock-logs')
+const mockLogs = require('./mock-logs.js')
 const mockGlobals = require('@npmcli/mock-globals')
 const tmock = require('./tmock')
 const defExitCode = process.exitCode
@@ -63,14 +63,19 @@ const buildMocks = (t, mocks) => {
 }
 
 const getMockNpm = async (t, { mocks, init, load, npm: npmOpts }) => {
-  const { logMocks, logs, display } = mockLogs(mocks)
-  const allMocks = buildMocks(t, { ...mocks, ...logMocks })
+  const { streams, logs } = mockLogs()
+  const allMocks = buildMocks(t, mocks)
   const Npm = tmock(t, '{LIB}/npm.js', allMocks)
 
-  const outputs = []
-  const outputErrors = []
-
   class MockNpm extends Npm {
+    constructor (opts) {
+      super({
+        ...opts,
+        ...streams,
+        ...npmOpts,
+      })
+    }
+
     async exec (...args) {
       const [res, err] = await super.exec(...args).then((r) => [r]).catch(e => [null, e])
       // This mimics how the exit handler flushes output for commands that have
@@ -84,26 +89,9 @@ const getMockNpm = async (t, { mocks, init, load, npm: npmOpts }) => {
       }
       return res
     }
-
-    // lib/npm.js tests needs this to actually test the function!
-    originalOutput (...args) {
-      super.output(...args)
-    }
-
-    originalOutputError (...args) {
-      super.outputError(...args)
-    }
-
-    output (...args) {
-      outputs.push(args)
-    }
-
-    outputError (...args) {
-      outputErrors.push(args)
-    }
   }
 
-  const npm = init ? new MockNpm(npmOpts) : null
+  const npm = init ? new MockNpm() : null
   if (npm && load) {
     await npm.load()
   }
@@ -111,12 +99,7 @@ const getMockNpm = async (t, { mocks, init, load, npm: npmOpts }) => {
   return {
     Npm: MockNpm,
     npm,
-    outputs,
-    outputErrors,
-    joinedOutput: () => outputs.map(o => o.join(' ')).join('\n'),
-    logMocks,
-    logs,
-    display,
+    ...logs,
   }
 }
 
@@ -142,7 +125,6 @@ const setupMockNpm = async (t, {
   globals = {},
   npm: npmOpts = {},
   argv: rawArgv = [],
-  ...r
 } = {}) => {
   // easy to accidentally forget to pass in tap
   if (!(t instanceof tap.Test)) {
@@ -213,6 +195,12 @@ const setupMockNpm = async (t, {
     // explicitly set in a test.
     'fetch-retries': 0,
     cache: dirs.cache,
+    // This will give us all the loglevels including timing in a non-colorized way
+    // so we can easily assert their contents. Individual tests can overwrite these
+    // with my passing in configs if they need to test other forms of output.
+    loglevel: 'silly',
+    color: false,
+    timing: true,
   }
 
   const { argv, env, config } = Object.entries({ ...defaultConfigs, ...withDirs(_config) })
diff --git a/test/lib/arborist-cmd.js b/test/lib/arborist-cmd.js
index 44afe9763f620..79ff8c6c24601 100644
--- a/test/lib/arborist-cmd.js
+++ b/test/lib/arborist-cmd.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ t.test('location detection and audit', async (t) => {
     })
     t.equal(npm.config.get('location'), 'user')
     t.equal(npm.config.get('audit'), true)
-    t.equal(logs.warn[0][0], 'config')
-    t.equal(logs.warn[0][1], 'includes both --global and --audit, which is currently unsupported.')
+    t.equal(logs.warn[0],
+      'config includes both --global and --audit, which is currently unsupported.')
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/cli-entry.js b/test/lib/cli-entry.js
index 22dca32f1a934..50d63a86ae760 100644
--- a/test/lib/cli-entry.js
+++ b/test/lib/cli-entry.js
@@ -12,62 +12,59 @@ const cliMock = async (t, opts) => {
   }
   exitHandlerMock.setNpm = _npm => npm = _npm
 
-  const { Npm, outputs, logMocks, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, { ...opts, init: false })
+  const { Npm, ...mock } = await loadMockNpm(t, { ...opts, init: false })
   const cli = tmock(t, '{LIB}/cli-entry.js', {
     '{LIB}/npm.js': Npm,
     '{LIB}/utils/exit-handler.js': exitHandlerMock,
-    ...logMocks,
   })
 
   return {
+    ...mock,
     Npm,
     cli: (p) => validateEngines(p, () => cli),
-    outputs,
     exitHandlerCalled: () => exitHandlerArgs,
     exitHandlerNpm: () => npm,
-    logs,
-    logsBy: (title) => logs.verbose.filter(([p]) => p === title).map(([p, ...rest]) => rest),
   }
 }
 
 t.test('print the version, and treat npm_g as npm -g', async t => {
-  const { logsBy, logs, cli, Npm, outputs, exitHandlerCalled } = await cliMock(t, {
+  const { logs, cli, Npm, outputs, exitHandlerCalled } = await cliMock(t, {
     globals: { 'process.argv': ['node', 'npm_g', '-v'] },
   })
   await cli(process)
 
   t.strictSame(process.argv, ['node', 'npm', '-g', '-v'], 'system process.argv was rewritten')
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('cli'), [['node npm']])
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('title'), [['npm']])
-  t.match(logsBy('argv'), [['"--global" "--version"']])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('cli'), ['node npm'])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('title'), ['npm'])
+  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'), ['"--global" "--version"'])
   t.strictSame(logs.info, [
-    ['using', 'npm@%s', Npm.version],
-    ['using', 'node@%s', process.version],
+    `using npm@${Npm.version}`,
+    `using node@${process.version}`,
   ])
   t.equal(outputs.length, 1)
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[Npm.version]])
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [Npm.version])
   t.strictSame(exitHandlerCalled(), [])
 })
 
 t.test('calling with --versions calls npm version with no args', async t => {
-  const { logsBy, cli, outputs, exitHandlerCalled } = await cliMock(t, {
+  const { logs, cli, outputs, exitHandlerCalled } = await cliMock(t, {
     globals: {
-      'process.argv': ['node', 'npm', 'install', 'or', 'whatever', '--versions'],
+      'process.argv': ['node', 'npm', 'install', 'or', 'whatever', '--versions', '--json'],
     },
   })
   await cli(process)
 
   t.equal(process.title, 'npm install or whatever')
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('cli'), [['node npm']])
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('title'), [['npm install or whatever']])
-  t.match(logsBy('argv'), [['"install" "or" "whatever" "--versions"']])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('cli'), ['node npm'])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('title'), ['npm install or whatever'])
+  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'), ['"install" "or" "whatever" "--versions"'])
   t.equal(outputs.length, 1)
-  t.match(outputs[0][0], { npm: String, node: String, v8: String })
+  t.match(JSON.parse(outputs[0]), { npm: String, node: String, v8: String })
   t.strictSame(exitHandlerCalled(), [])
 })
 
 t.test('logged argv is sanitized', async t => {
-  const { logsBy, cli } = await cliMock(t, {
+  const { logs, cli } = await cliMock(t, {
     globals: {
       'process.argv': [
         'node',
@@ -81,13 +78,14 @@ t.test('logged argv is sanitized', async t => {
 
   await cli(process)
   t.equal(process.title, 'npm version')
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('cli'), [['node npm']])
-  t.strictSame(logsBy('title'), [['npm version']])
-  t.match(logsBy('argv'), [['"version" "--registry" "https://u:***@npmjs.org/password"']])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('cli'), ['node npm'])
+  t.strictSame(logs.verbose.byTitle('title'), ['npm version'])
+  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'),
+    ['"version" "--registry" "https://u:***@npmjs.org/password"'])
 })
 
 t.test('logged argv is sanitized with equals', async t => {
-  const { logsBy, cli } = await cliMock(t, {
+  const { logs, cli } = await cliMock(t, {
     globals: {
       'process.argv': [
         'node',
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ t.test('logged argv is sanitized with equals', async t => {
   })
   await cli(process)
 
-  t.match(logsBy('argv'), [['"version" "--registry" "https://u:***@npmjs.org/"']])
+  t.match(logs.verbose.byTitle('argv'), ['"version" "--registry" "https://u:***@npmjs.org/"'])
 })
 
 t.test('print usage if no params provided', async t => {
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ t.test('print usage if no params provided', async t => {
   })
   await cli(process)
 
-  t.match(outputs[0][0], 'Usage:', 'outputs npm usage')
+  t.match(outputs[0], 'Usage:', 'outputs npm usage')
   t.match(exitHandlerCalled(), [], 'should call exitHandler with no args')
   t.ok(exitHandlerNpm(), 'exitHandler npm is set')
   t.match(process.exitCode, 1)
@@ -124,8 +122,8 @@ t.test('print usage if non-command param provided', async t => {
   })
   await cli(process)
 
-  t.match(outputs[0][0], 'Unknown command: "tset"')
-  t.match(outputs[0][0], 'Did you mean this?')
+  t.match(outputs[0], 'Unknown command: "tset"')
+  t.match(outputs[0], 'Did you mean this?')
   t.match(exitHandlerCalled(), [], 'should call exitHandler with no args')
   t.ok(exitHandlerNpm(), 'exitHandler npm is set')
   t.match(process.exitCode, 1)
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ t.test('unsupported node version', async t => {
   })
   await cli(process)
   t.match(
-    logs.warn[0][1],
+    logs.warn[0],
     /npm v.* does not support Node\.js 12\.6\.0\./
   )
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/access.js b/test/lib/commands/access.js
index 7aec33701297c..96f1bcd074282 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/access.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/access.js
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ t.test('list', t => {
     registry.getPackages({ team: '@npm:test-team', packages })
     await npm.exec('access', ['list', 'packages', '@npm:test-team'])
     t.same(outputs, [
-      ['@npmcli/other-package: read-write'],
-      ['@npmcli/test-package: read-only'],
+      '@npmcli/other-package: read-write',
+      '@npmcli/test-package: read-only',
     ])
   })
 
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ t.test('list', t => {
     registry.getPackages({ team: 'npm', packages })
     await npm.exec('access', ['list', 'packages'])
     t.same(outputs, [
-      ['@npmcli/other-package: read-write'],
-      ['@npmcli/test-package: read-only'],
+      '@npmcli/other-package: read-write',
+      '@npmcli/test-package: read-only',
     ])
   })
 
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ t.test('list', t => {
     registry.getCollaborators({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', collaborators })
     await npm.exec('access', ['list', 'collaborators', '@npmcli/test-package'])
     t.same(outputs, [
-      ['github: read-only'],
-      ['npm: read-write'],
+      'github: read-only',
+      'npm: read-write',
     ])
   })
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ t.test('list', t => {
     registry.getCollaborators({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', collaborators })
     await npm.exec('access', ['list', 'collaborators', '@npmcli/test-package', 'npm'])
     t.same(outputs, [
-      ['npm: read-write'],
+      'npm: read-write',
     ])
   })
   t.end()
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ t.test('get', t => {
     })
     registry.getVisibility({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', visibility: { public: true } })
     await npm.exec('access', ['get', 'status', '@npmcli/test-package'])
-    t.same(outputs, [['@npmcli/test-package: public']])
+    t.same(outputs, ['@npmcli/test-package: public'])
   })
   t.test('status implicit package', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ t.test('get', t => {
     })
     registry.getVisibility({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', visibility: { public: true } })
     await npm.exec('access', ['get', 'status'])
-    t.same(outputs, [['@npmcli/test-package: public']])
+    t.same(outputs, ['@npmcli/test-package: public'])
   })
   t.test('status no package', async t => {
     const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ t.test('set', t => {
     registry.setAccess({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', body: { access: 'public' } })
     registry.getVisibility({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', visibility: { public: true } })
     await npm.exec('access', ['set', 'status=public', '@npmcli/test-package'])
-    t.same(outputs, [['@npmcli/test-package: public']])
+    t.same(outputs, ['@npmcli/test-package: public'])
   })
   t.test('status=private', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadMockNpm(t)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ t.test('set', t => {
     registry.setAccess({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', body: { access: 'restricted' } })
     registry.getVisibility({ spec: '@npmcli/test-package', visibility: { public: false } })
     await npm.exec('access', ['set', 'status=private', '@npmcli/test-package'])
-    t.same(outputs, [['@npmcli/test-package: private']])
+    t.same(outputs, ['@npmcli/test-package: private'])
   })
   t.test('status=invalid', async t => {
     const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/config.js b/test/lib/commands/config.js
index b54096fd216f2..7665a2ad724da 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/config.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/config.js
@@ -3,16 +3,22 @@ const fs = require('fs/promises')
 const ini = require('ini')
 const tspawk = require('../../fixtures/tspawk')
 const t = require('tap')
+const { load: loadMockNpm } = require('../../fixtures/mock-npm')
+const { cleanCwd } = require('../../fixtures/clean-snapshot.js')
+const { version: npmVersion } = require('../../../package.json')
 
 const spawk = tspawk(t)
 
-const Sandbox = require('../../fixtures/sandbox.js')
+t.cleanSnapshot = (s) => cleanCwd(s)
+  .replace(new RegExp(`(version = )${process.version}`, 'g'), '$1{NODE-VERSION}')
+  .replace(new RegExp(`(version = )${npmVersion}`, 'g'), '$1{NPM-VERSION}')
+  .replace(new RegExp(process.execPath, 'g'), '{EXECPATH}')
 
 t.test('config no args', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', []),
+    npm.exec('config', []),
     {
       code: 'EUSAGE',
     },
@@ -21,10 +27,14 @@ t.test('config no args', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config ignores workspaces', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    config: {
+      workspaces: true,
+    },
+  })
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['--workspaces']),
+    npm.exec('config'),
     {
       code: 'ENOWORKSPACES',
     },
@@ -33,74 +43,92 @@ t.test('config ignores workspaces', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config list', async t => {
-  const temp = t.testdir({
-    global: {
-      npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
-    },
-    project: {
+  const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    prefixDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'projectloaded=yes',
     },
-    home: {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
+      },
+    },
+    homeDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'userloaded=yes',
     },
   })
-  const global = join(temp, 'global')
-  const project = join(temp, 'project')
-  const home = join(temp, 'home')
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global, project, home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
 
-  t.matchSnapshot(sandbox.output, 'output matches snapshot')
+  const output = joinedOutput()
+
+  t.match(output, 'projectloaded = "yes"')
+  t.match(output, 'globalloaded = "yes"')
+  t.match(output, 'userloaded = "yes"')
+
+  t.matchSnapshot(output, 'output matches snapshot')
 })
 
 t.test('config list --long', async t => {
-  const temp = t.testdir({
-    global: {
-      npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
-    },
-    project: {
+  const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    prefixDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'projectloaded=yes',
     },
-    home: {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
+      },
+    },
+    homeDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'userloaded=yes',
     },
+    config: {
+      long: true,
+    },
   })
-  const global = join(temp, 'global')
-  const project = join(temp, 'project')
-  const home = join(temp, 'home')
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global, project, home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list', '--long'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
+
+  const output = joinedOutput()
+
+  t.match(output, 'projectloaded = "yes"')
+  t.match(output, 'globalloaded = "yes"')
+  t.match(output, 'userloaded = "yes"')
 
-  t.matchSnapshot(sandbox.output, 'output matches snapshot')
+  t.matchSnapshot(output, 'output matches snapshot')
 })
 
 t.test('config list --json', async t => {
-  const temp = t.testdir({
-    global: {
-      npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
-    },
-    project: {
+  const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    prefixDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'projectloaded=yes',
     },
-    home: {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'globalloaded=yes',
+      },
+    },
+    homeDir: {
       '.npmrc': 'userloaded=yes',
     },
+    config: {
+      json: true,
+    },
   })
-  const global = join(temp, 'global')
-  const project = join(temp, 'project')
-  const home = join(temp, 'home')
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global, project, home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list', '--json'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
+
+  const output = joinedOutput()
+
+  t.match(output, '"projectloaded": "yes",')
+  t.match(output, '"globalloaded": "yes",')
+  t.match(output, '"userloaded": "yes",')
 
-  t.matchSnapshot(sandbox.output, 'output matches snapshot')
+  t.matchSnapshot(output, 'output matches snapshot')
 })
 
 t.test('config list with publishConfig', async t => {
-  const temp = t.testdir({
-    project: {
+  const loadMockNpmWithPublishConfig = (t, opts) => loadMockNpm(t, {
+    prefixDir: {
       'package.json': JSON.stringify({
         publishConfig: {
           registry: 'https://some.registry',
@@ -108,21 +136,43 @@ t.test('config list with publishConfig', async t => {
         },
       }),
     },
+    ...opts,
   })
-  const project = join(temp, 'project')
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { project })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list', ''])
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list', '--global'])
+  t.test('local', async t => {
+    const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpmWithPublishConfig(t)
 
-  t.matchSnapshot(sandbox.output, 'output matches snapshot')
+    await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
+
+    const output = joinedOutput()
+
+    t.match(output, 'registry = "https://some.registry"')
+
+    t.matchSnapshot(output, 'output matches snapshot')
+  })
+
+  t.test('global', async t => {
+    const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpmWithPublishConfig(t, {
+      config: {
+        global: true,
+      },
+    })
+
+    await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
+
+    const output = joinedOutput()
+
+    t.notMatch(output, 'registry = "https://some.registry"')
+
+    t.matchSnapshot(output, 'output matches snapshot')
+  })
 })
 
 t.test('config delete no args', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['delete']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['delete']),
     {
       code: 'EUSAGE',
     },
@@ -132,14 +182,15 @@ t.test('config delete no args', async t => {
 
 t.test('config delete single key', async t => {
   // location defaults to user, so we work with a userconfig
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true',
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['delete', 'access'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['delete', 'access'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), null, 'acces should be defaulted')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), null, 'acces should be defaulted')
 
   const contents = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
@@ -147,15 +198,16 @@ t.test('config delete single key', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config delete multiple keys', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true\naudit=false',
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true\naudit=false',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['delete', 'access', 'all'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['delete', 'access', 'all'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), null, 'access should be defaulted')
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('all'), false, 'all should be defaulted')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), null, 'access should be defaulted')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('all'), false, 'all should be defaulted')
 
   const contents = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
@@ -164,76 +216,87 @@ t.test('config delete multiple keys', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config delete key --location=global', async t => {
-  const global = t.testdir({
-    npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+  const { npm, globalPrefix } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+      },
+    },
+    config: {
+      location: 'global',
+    },
   })
+  await npm.exec('config', ['delete', 'access'])
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['delete', 'access', '--location=global'])
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access', 'global'), undefined, 'access should be defaulted')
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access', 'global'), undefined, 'access should be defaulted')
-
-  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(global, 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
   t.not(rc.access, 'access is not set')
 })
 
 t.test('config delete key --global', async t => {
-  const global = t.testdir({
-    npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+  const { npm, globalPrefix } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+      },
+    },
+    config: {
+      global: true,
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['delete', 'access', '--global'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['delete', 'access'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access', 'global'), undefined, 'access should no longer be set')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access', 'global'), undefined, 'access should no longer be set')
 
-  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(global, 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
   t.not(rc.access, 'access is not set')
 })
 
 t.test('config set invalid option', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'nonexistantconfigoption', 'something']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['set', 'nonexistantconfigoption', 'something']),
     /not a valid npm option/
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config set deprecated option', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'shrinkwrap', 'true']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['set', 'shrinkwrap', 'true']),
     /deprecated/
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config set nerf-darted option', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', '//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken', '0xdeadbeef'])
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', '//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken', '0xdeadbeef'])
   t.equal(
-    sandbox.config.get('//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken'),
+    npm.config.get('//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken'),
     '0xdeadbeef',
     'nerf-darted config is set'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config set scoped optoin', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', '@npm:registry', 'https://registry.npmjs.org'])
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', '@npm:registry', 'https://registry.npmjs.org'])
   t.equal(
-    sandbox.config.get('@npm:registry'),
+    npm.config.get('@npm:registry'),
     'https://registry.npmjs.org',
     'scoped config is set'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config set no args', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['set']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['set']),
     {
       code: 'EUSAGE',
     },
@@ -242,45 +305,45 @@ t.test('config set no args', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config set key', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access'])
 
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access'])
-
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), null, 'set the value for access')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), null, 'set the value for access')
 
   await t.rejects(fs.stat(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' }), 'removed empty config')
 })
 
 t.test('config set key value', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access', 'restricted'])
 
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access', 'restricted'])
-
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'set the value for access')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'set the value for access')
 
   const contents = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
   t.equal(rc.access, 'restricted', 'access is set to restricted')
 })
 
-t.test('config set key=value', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+t.test('config set key value with equals', async t => {
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
-
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access=restricted'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access=restricted'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'set the value for access')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'set the value for access')
 
   const contents = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
@@ -288,16 +351,17 @@ t.test('config set key=value', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config set key1 value1 key2=value2 key3', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true\naudit=true',
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'access=public\nall=true\naudit=true',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access', 'restricted', 'all=false', 'audit'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access', 'restricted', 'all=false', 'audit'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'access was set')
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('all'), false, 'all was set')
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('audit'), true, 'audit was unset and restored to its default')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access'), 'restricted', 'access was set')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('all'), false, 'all was set')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('audit'), true, 'audit was unset and restored to its default')
 
   const contents = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
@@ -307,113 +371,120 @@ t.test('config set key1 value1 key2=value2 key3', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('config set invalid key logs warning', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm, logs, home } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
   // this doesn't reject, it only logs a warning
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access=foo'])
-  t.match(
-    sandbox.logs.warn,
-    [['invalid config', 'access="foo"', `set in ${join(sandbox.home, '.npmrc')}`]],
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access=foo'])
+  t.equal(logs.warn[0],
+    `invalid config access="foo" set in ${join(home, '.npmrc')}`,
     'logged warning'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config set key=value --location=global', async t => {
-  const global = t.testdir({
-    npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+  const { npm, globalPrefix } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+      },
+    },
+    config: {
+      location: 'global',
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access=restricted', '--location=global'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access=restricted'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access', 'global'), 'restricted', 'foo should be set')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access', 'global'), 'restricted', 'foo should be set')
 
-  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(global, 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
   t.equal(rc.access, 'restricted', 'access is set to restricted')
 })
 
 t.test('config set key=value --global', async t => {
-  const global = t.testdir({
-    npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+  const { npm, globalPrefix } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    globalPrefixDir: {
+      etc: {
+        npmrc: 'access=public\nall=true',
+      },
+    },
+    config: {
+      global: true,
+    },
   })
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { global })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['set', 'access=restricted', '--global'])
+  await npm.exec('config', ['set', 'access=restricted'])
 
-  t.equal(sandbox.config.get('access', 'global'), 'restricted', 'access should be set')
+  t.equal(npm.config.get('access', 'global'), 'restricted', 'access should be set')
 
-  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(global, 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  const contents = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
   const rc = ini.parse(contents)
   t.equal(rc.access, 'restricted', 'access is set to restricted')
 })
 
 t.test('config get no args', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm, joinedOutput, clearOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['get'])
-  const getOutput = sandbox.output
+  await npm.exec('config', ['get'])
+  const getOutput = joinedOutput()
 
-  sandbox.reset()
-
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['list'])
-  const listOutput = sandbox.output
+  clearOutput()
+  await npm.exec('config', ['list'])
+  const listOutput = joinedOutput()
 
   t.equal(listOutput, getOutput, 'get with no args outputs list')
 })
 
 t.test('config get single key', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['get', 'all'])
-  t.equal(sandbox.output, `${sandbox.config.get('all')}`, 'should get the value')
+  await npm.exec('config', ['get', 'all'])
+  t.equal(joinedOutput(), `${npm.config.get('all')}`, 'should get the value')
 })
 
 t.test('config get multiple keys', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['get', 'yes', 'all'])
-  t.ok(
-    sandbox.output.includes(`yes=${sandbox.config.get('yes')}`),
-    'outputs yes'
-  )
-  t.ok(
-    sandbox.output.includes(`all=${sandbox.config.get('all')}`),
-    'outputs all'
-  )
+  await npm.exec('config', ['get', 'yes', 'all'])
+  t.equal(joinedOutput(), `yes=${npm.config.get('yes')}\nall=${npm.config.get('all')}`)
 })
 
 t.test('config get private key', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['get', '_authToken']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['get', '_authToken']),
     /_authToken option is protected/,
     'rejects with protected string'
   )
 
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['get', '//localhost:8080/:_password']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['get', '//localhost:8080/:_password']),
     /_password option is protected/,
     'rejects with protected string'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config edit', async t => {
-  const home = t.testdir({
-    '.npmrc': 'foo=bar\nbar=baz',
-  })
-
   const EDITOR = 'vim'
   const editor = spawk.spawn(EDITOR).exit(0)
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home, env: { EDITOR } })
-  await sandbox.run('config', ['edit'])
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    homeDir: {
+      '.npmrc': 'foo=bar\nbar=baz',
+    },
+    config: {
+      editor: EDITOR,
+    },
+  })
+
+  await npm.exec('config', ['edit'])
 
   t.ok(editor.called, 'editor was spawned')
   t.same(
     editor.calledWith.args,
-    [join(sandbox.home, '.npmrc')],
+    [join(home, '.npmrc')],
     'editor opened the user config file'
   )
 
@@ -427,10 +498,14 @@ t.test('config edit - editor exits non-0', async t => {
   const EDITOR = 'vim'
   const editor = spawk.spawn(EDITOR).exit(1)
 
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
-  sandbox.process.env.EDITOR = EDITOR
+  const { npm, home } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    config: {
+      editor: EDITOR,
+    },
+  })
+
   await t.rejects(
-    sandbox.run('config', ['edit']),
+    npm.exec('config', ['edit']),
     {
       message: 'editor process exited with code: 1',
     },
@@ -440,101 +515,102 @@ t.test('config edit - editor exits non-0', async t => {
   t.ok(editor.called, 'editor was spawned')
   t.same(
     editor.calledWith.args,
-    [join(sandbox.home, '.npmrc')],
+    [join(home, '.npmrc')],
     'editor opened the user config file'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('config fix', (t) => {
   t.test('no problems', async (t) => {
-    const home = t.testdir({
-      '.npmrc': '',
+    const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+      homeDir: {
+        '.npmrc': '',
+      },
     })
 
-    const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, { home })
-    await sandbox.run('config', ['fix'])
-    t.equal(sandbox.output, '', 'printed nothing')
+    await npm.exec('config', ['fix'])
+    t.equal(joinedOutput(), '', 'printed nothing')
   })
 
   t.test('repairs all configs by default', async (t) => {
-    const root = t.testdir({
-      global: {
-        npmrc: '_authtoken=notatoken\n_authToken=afaketoken',
+    const { npm, home, globalPrefix, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+      globalPrefixDir: {
+        etc: {
+          npmrc: '_authtoken=notatoken\n_authToken=afaketoken',
+        },
       },
-      home: {
+      homeDir: {
         '.npmrc': '_authtoken=thisisinvalid\n_auth=beef',
       },
     })
+
     const registry = `//registry.npmjs.org/`
 
-    const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, {
-      global: join(root, 'global'),
-      home: join(root, 'home'),
-    })
-    await sandbox.run('config', ['fix'])
+    await npm.exec('config', ['fix'])
 
     // global config fixes
-    t.match(sandbox.output, '`_authtoken` deleted from global config',
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), '`_authtoken` deleted from global config',
       'output has deleted global _authtoken')
-    t.match(sandbox.output, `\`_authToken\` renamed to \`${registry}:_authToken\` in global config`,
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), `\`_authToken\` renamed to \`${registry}:_authToken\` in global config`,
       'output has renamed global _authToken')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_authtoken', 'global'), '_authtoken is not set globally')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_authToken', 'global'), '_authToken is not set globally')
-    t.equal(sandbox.config.get(`${registry}:_authToken`, 'global'), 'afaketoken',
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_authtoken', 'global'), '_authtoken is not set globally')
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_authToken', 'global'), '_authToken is not set globally')
+    t.equal(npm.config.get(`${registry}:_authToken`, 'global'), 'afaketoken',
       'global _authToken was scoped')
-    const globalConfig = await fs.readFile(join(root, 'global', 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    const globalConfig = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
     t.equal(globalConfig, `${registry}:_authToken=afaketoken\n`, 'global config was written')
 
     // user config fixes
-    t.match(sandbox.output, '`_authtoken` deleted from user config',
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), '`_authtoken` deleted from user config',
       'output has deleted user _authtoken')
-    t.match(sandbox.output, `\`_auth\` renamed to \`${registry}:_auth\` in user config`,
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), `\`_auth\` renamed to \`${registry}:_auth\` in user config`,
       'output has renamed user _auth')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_authtoken', 'user'), '_authtoken is not set in user config')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_auth'), '_auth is not set in user config')
-    t.equal(sandbox.config.get(`${registry}:_auth`, 'user'), 'beef', 'user _auth was scoped')
-    const userConfig = await fs.readFile(join(root, 'home', '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_authtoken', 'user'), '_authtoken is not set in user config')
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_auth'), '_auth is not set in user config')
+    t.equal(npm.config.get(`${registry}:_auth`, 'user'), 'beef', 'user _auth was scoped')
+    const userConfig = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
     t.equal(userConfig, `${registry}:_auth=beef\n`, 'user config was written')
   })
 
   t.test('repairs only the config specified by --location if asked', async (t) => {
-    const root = t.testdir({
-      global: {
-        npmrc: '_authtoken=notatoken\n_authToken=afaketoken',
+    const { npm, home, globalPrefix, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+      globalPrefixDir: {
+        etc: {
+          npmrc: '_authtoken=notatoken\n_authToken=afaketoken',
+        },
       },
-      home: {
+      homeDir: {
         '.npmrc': '_authtoken=thisisinvalid\n_auth=beef',
       },
+      config: {
+        location: 'user',
+      },
     })
     const registry = `//registry.npmjs.org/`
 
-    const sandbox = new Sandbox(t, {
-      global: join(root, 'global'),
-      home: join(root, 'home'),
-    })
-    await sandbox.run('config', ['fix', '--location=user'])
+    await npm.exec('config', ['fix'])
 
     // global config should be untouched
-    t.notMatch(sandbox.output, '`_authtoken` deleted from global',
+    t.notMatch(joinedOutput(), '`_authtoken` deleted from global',
       'output has deleted global _authtoken')
-    t.notMatch(sandbox.output, `\`_authToken\` renamed to \`${registry}:_authToken\` in global`,
+    t.notMatch(joinedOutput(), `\`_authToken\` renamed to \`${registry}:_authToken\` in global`,
       'output has renamed global _authToken')
-    t.equal(sandbox.config.get('_authtoken', 'global'), 'notatoken', 'global _authtoken untouched')
-    t.equal(sandbox.config.get('_authToken', 'global'), 'afaketoken', 'global _authToken untouched')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get(`${registry}:_authToken`, 'global'), 'global _authToken not scoped')
-    const globalConfig = await fs.readFile(join(root, 'global', 'npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    t.equal(npm.config.get('_authtoken', 'global'), 'notatoken', 'global _authtoken untouched')
+    t.equal(npm.config.get('_authToken', 'global'), 'afaketoken', 'global _authToken untouched')
+    t.not(npm.config.get(`${registry}:_authToken`, 'global'), 'global _authToken not scoped')
+    const globalConfig = await fs.readFile(join(globalPrefix, 'etc/npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
     t.equal(globalConfig, '_authtoken=notatoken\n_authToken=afaketoken',
       'global config was not written')
 
     // user config fixes
-    t.match(sandbox.output, '`_authtoken` deleted from user',
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), '`_authtoken` deleted from user',
       'output has deleted user _authtoken')
-    t.match(sandbox.output, `\`_auth\` renamed to \`${registry}:_auth\` in user`,
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), `\`_auth\` renamed to \`${registry}:_auth\` in user`,
       'output has renamed user _auth')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_authtoken', 'user'), '_authtoken is not set in user config')
-    t.not(sandbox.config.get('_auth', 'user'), '_auth is not set in user config')
-    t.equal(sandbox.config.get(`${registry}:_auth`, 'user'), 'beef', 'user _auth was scoped')
-    const userConfig = await fs.readFile(join(root, 'home', '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_authtoken', 'user'), '_authtoken is not set in user config')
+    t.not(npm.config.get('_auth', 'user'), '_auth is not set in user config')
+    t.equal(npm.config.get(`${registry}:_auth`, 'user'), 'beef', 'user _auth was scoped')
+    const userConfig = await fs.readFile(join(home, '.npmrc'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
     t.equal(userConfig, `${registry}:_auth=beef\n`, 'user config was written')
   })
 
@@ -542,15 +618,21 @@ t.test('config fix', (t) => {
 })
 
 t.test('completion', async t => {
-  const sandbox = new Sandbox(t)
-
-  let allKeys
-  const testComp = async (argv, expect) => {
-    t.match(await sandbox.complete('config', argv), expect, argv.join(' '))
-    if (!allKeys) {
-      allKeys = Object.keys(sandbox.config.definitions)
-    }
-    sandbox.reset()
+  const { config, npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, { command: 'config' })
+
+  const allKeys = Object.keys(npm.config.definitions)
+
+  const testComp = async (argv, expect, msg) => {
+    const options = Array.isArray(argv) ? {
+      conf: {
+        argv: {
+          remain: ['config', ...argv],
+        },
+      },
+    } : argv
+    options.conf.argv.remain.unshift('npm')
+    const res = await config.completion(options)
+    t.strictSame(res, expect, msg ?? argv.join(' '))
   }
 
   await testComp([], ['get', 'set', 'delete', 'ls', 'rm', 'edit', 'fix', 'list'])
@@ -564,10 +646,12 @@ t.test('completion', async t => {
   await testComp(['list'], [])
   await testComp(['ls'], [])
 
-  const getCommand = await sandbox.complete('get')
-  t.match(getCommand, allKeys, 'also works for just npm get')
-  sandbox.reset()
+  await testComp({
+    conf: { argv: { remain: ['get'] } },
+  }, allKeys, 'also works for just npm get')
 
-  const partial = await sandbox.complete('config', 'l')
-  t.match(partial, ['get', 'set', 'delete', 'ls', 'rm', 'edit'], 'and works on partials')
+  await testComp({
+    partialWord: 'l',
+    conf: { argv: { remain: ['config'] } },
+  }, ['get', 'set', 'delete', 'ls', 'rm', 'edit', 'fix'], 'and works on partials')
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js b/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
index 918f658c6462a..5de9acb1da81f 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
@@ -88,12 +88,7 @@ const mockDist = async (t, { ...npmOpts } = {}) => {
     distTag: mock['dist-tag'],
     fetchOpts: () => fetchOpts,
     result: () => mock.joinedOutput(),
-    logs: () => {
-      const distLogs = mock.logs.filter(l => l[1].startsWith('dist-tag'))
-      return distLogs.map(([, ...parts]) => {
-        return parts.map(p => p.toString()).join(' ').trim()
-      }).join('\n').trim()
-    },
+    joinedLogs: () => mock.logs.byTitle('dist-tag').join('\n').trim(),
   }
 }
 
@@ -159,13 +154,13 @@ t.test('ls on named package', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('ls on missing package', async t => {
-  const { distTag, logs } = await mockDist(t)
+  const { distTag, joinedLogs } = await mockDist(t)
   await t.rejects(
     distTag.exec(['ls', 'foo']),
     distTag.usage
   )
   t.matchSnapshot(
-    logs(),
+    joinedLogs(),
     'should log no dist-tag found msg'
   )
 })
@@ -245,8 +240,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
   })
 
   t.test('two args -- list, @scoped/pkg, logs a warning and ignores workspaces', async t => {
-    const { result, logs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, ['list', '@scoped/pkg'])
-    t.match(logs(), 'Ignoring workspaces for specified package', 'logs a warning')
+    const { result, joinedLogs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, ['list', '@scoped/pkg'])
+    t.match(joinedLogs(), 'Ignoring workspaces for specified package', 'logs a warning')
     t.matchSnapshot(result(), 'printed the expected output')
   })
 
@@ -266,7 +261,10 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
       },
     })
 
-    t.match(logs(), 'dist-tag ls Couldn\'t get dist-tag data for workspace-d@*', 'logs the error')
+    const error = logs.error.byTitle('dist-tag ls')[0]
+
+    t.match(error, 'Couldn\'t get dist-tag data for Result {')
+    t.match(error, `name: 'workspace-d',`)
     t.matchSnapshot(result(), 'printed the expected output')
   })
 })
@@ -284,14 +282,14 @@ t.test('add new tag', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('add using valid semver range as name', async t => {
-  const { distTag, logs } = await mockDist(t)
+  const { distTag, joinedLogs } = await mockDist(t)
   await t.rejects(
     distTag.exec(['add', '@scoped/another@7.7.7', '1.0.0']),
     /Tag name must not be a valid SemVer range: 1.0.0/,
     'should exit with semver range error'
   )
   t.matchSnapshot(
-    logs(),
+    joinedLogs(),
     'should return success msg'
   )
 })
@@ -328,31 +326,31 @@ t.test('add invalid tag', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('set existing version', async t => {
-  const { distTag, logs } = await mockDist(t)
+  const { distTag, joinedLogs } = await mockDist(t)
   await distTag.exec(['set', '@scoped/another@0.6.0', 'b'])
   t.matchSnapshot(
-    logs(),
+    joinedLogs(),
     'should log warn msg'
   )
 })
 
 t.test('remove existing tag', async t => {
-  const { distTag, result, logs, fetchOpts } = await mockDist(t)
+  const { distTag, result, joinedLogs, fetchOpts } = await mockDist(t)
   await distTag.exec(['rm', '@scoped/another', 'c'])
   const opts = fetchOpts()
   t.equal(opts.method, 'DELETE', 'should trigger request to remove tag')
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs(), 'should log remove info')
+  t.matchSnapshot(joinedLogs(), 'should log remove info')
   t.matchSnapshot(result(), 'should return success msg')
 })
 
 t.test('remove non-existing tag', async t => {
-  const { distTag, logs } = await mockDist(t)
+  const { distTag, joinedLogs } = await mockDist(t)
   await t.rejects(
     distTag.exec(['rm', '@scoped/another', 'nonexistent']),
     /nonexistent is not a dist-tag on @scoped\/another/,
     'should exit with error'
   )
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs(), 'should log error msg')
+  t.matchSnapshot(joinedLogs(), 'should log error msg')
 })
 
 t.test('remove missing pkg name', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/hook.js b/test/lib/commands/hook.js
index 382bc177e7001..a93b0c99f5267 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/hook.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/hook.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ t.test('npm hook add', async t => {
     },
     'provided the correct arguments to libnpmhook'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ semver  ->  https://google.com'], 'prints the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ semver  ->  https://google.com', 'prints the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook add - correct owner hook output', async t => {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ t.test('npm hook add - correct owner hook output', async t => {
     },
     'provided the correct arguments to libnpmhook'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ ~npm  ->  https://google.com'], 'prints the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ ~npm  ->  https://google.com', 'prints the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook add - correct scope hook output', async t => {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ t.test('npm hook add - correct scope hook output', async t => {
     },
     'provided the correct arguments to libnpmhook'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ @npmcli  ->  https://google.com'], 'prints the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ @npmcli  ->  https://google.com', 'prints the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook add - unicode output', async t => {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ t.test('npm hook add - unicode output', async t => {
     },
     'provided the correct arguments to libnpmhook'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ semver  ➜  https://google.com'], 'prints the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ semver  ➜  https://google.com', 'prints the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook add - json output', async t => {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ t.test('npm hook add - json output', async t => {
     'provided the correct arguments to libnpmhook'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    JSON.parse(outputs[0][0]),
+    JSON.parse(outputs[0]),
     {
       id: 1,
       name: '@npmcli',
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ t.test('npm hook add - parseable output', async t => {
   )
 
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs[0][0].split(/\t/),
+    outputs[0].split(/\t/),
     ['id', 'name', 'type', 'endpoint'],
     'prints the correct parseable output headers'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs[1][0].split(/\t/),
+    outputs[1].split(/\t/),
     ['1', '@npmcli', 'scope', 'https://google.com'],
     'prints the correct parseable values'
   )
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ t.test('npm hook ls', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.equal(outputs[0][0], 'You have 3 hooks configured.', 'prints the correct header')
-  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[1][0])
+  t.equal(outputs[0], 'You have 3 hooks configured.', 'prints the correct header')
+  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[1])
   t.match(out, /semver.*https:\/\/google.com.*\n.*\n.*never triggered/, 'prints package hook')
   t.match(out, /@npmcli.*https:\/\/google.com.*\n.*\n.*triggered just now/, 'prints scope hook')
   t.match(out, /~npm.*https:\/\/google.com.*\n.*\n.*never triggered/, 'prints owner hook')
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ t.test('npm hook ls, no results', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.equal(outputs[0][0], "You don't have any hooks configured yet.", 'prints the correct result')
+  t.equal(outputs[0], "You don't have any hooks configured yet.", 'prints the correct result')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook ls, single result', async t => {
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ t.test('npm hook ls, single result', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.equal(outputs[0][0], 'You have one hook configured.', 'prints the correct header')
-  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[1][0])
+  t.equal(outputs[0], 'You have one hook configured.', 'prints the correct header')
+  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[1])
   t.match(out, /semver.*https:\/\/google.com.*\n.*\n.*never triggered/, 'prints package hook')
 })
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ t.test('npm hook ls - parseable output', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['id', 'name', 'type', 'endpoint', 'last_delivery'],
       ['1', 'semver', 'package', 'https://google.com', ''],
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ t.test('npm hook rm', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['- semver  X  https://google.com'], 'printed the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '- semver  X  https://google.com', 'printed the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook rm - unicode output', async t => {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - unicode output', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['- semver  ✘  https://google.com'], 'printed the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '- semver  ✘  https://google.com', 'printed the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook rm - silent output', async t => {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ t.test('npm hook rm - parseable output', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['id', 'name', 'type', 'endpoint'],
       ['1', 'semver', 'package', 'https://google.com'],
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ t.test('npm hook update', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ semver  ->  https://google.com'], 'printed the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ semver  ->  https://google.com', 'printed the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook update - unicode', async t => {
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ t.test('npm hook update - unicode', async t => {
     },
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
-  t.strictSame(outputs[0], ['+ semver  ➜  https://google.com'], 'printed the correct output')
+  t.strictSame(outputs[0], '+ semver  ➜  https://google.com', 'printed the correct output')
 })
 
 t.test('npm hook update - json output', async t => {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ t.test('npm hook update - parseable output', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['id', 'name', 'type', 'endpoint'],
       ['1', 'semver', 'package', 'https://google.com'],
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/init.js b/test/lib/commands/init.js
index cb708303f405a..14a22813b5d46 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/init.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/init.js
@@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ t.test('npm init cancel', async t => {
 
   await npm.exec('init', [])
 
-  t.equal(logs.warn[0][0], 'init', 'should have init title')
-  t.equal(logs.warn[0][1], 'canceled', 'should log canceled')
+  t.equal(logs.warn[0], 'init canceled', 'should have init title and canceled')
 })
 
 t.test('npm init error', async t => {
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
       'should exit with missing package.json file error'
     )
 
-    t.equal(logs.warn[0][0], 'Missing package.json. Try with `--include-workspace-root`.')
+    t.equal(logs.warn[0], 'Missing package.json. Try with `--include-workspace-root`.')
   })
 
   await t.test('bad package.json when settting workspace', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/logout.js b/test/lib/commands/logout.js
index 881003729ab4a..a34008e5033d2 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/logout.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/logout.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ t.test('token logout - user config', async t => {
   mockRegistry.logout('@foo/')
   await npm.exec('logout', [])
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing token for https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ t.test('token scoped logout - user config', async t => {
   mockRegistry.logout('@bar/')
   await npm.exec('logout', [])
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing token for https://diff-registry.npmjs.com/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ t.test('user/pass logout - user config', async t => {
 
   await npm.exec('logout', [])
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing user credentials for https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ t.test('ignore invalid scoped registry config', async t => {
   await npm.exec('logout', [])
 
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing token for https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ t.test('token logout - project config', async t => {
   await npm.exec('logout', [])
 
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing token for https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ t.test('token logout - project config', async t => {
     'other-config=true',
   ].join('\n'), 'leaves user config alone')
   t.equal(
-    logs.verbose.find(l => l[0] === 'logout')[1],
+    logs.verbose.byTitle('logout')[0],
     'clearing token for https://registry.npmjs.org/',
     'should log message with correct registry'
   )
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/org.js b/test/lib/commands/org.js
index 0c343f028d6dc..576a16d19303d 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/org.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/org.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ t.test('npm org add', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.equal(
-    outputs[0][0],
+    outputs[0],
     'Added username as developer to orgname. You now have 1 member in this org.',
     'printed the correct output'
   )
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ t.test('npm org add - more users', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.equal(
-    outputs[0][0],
+    outputs[0],
     'Added username as developer to orgname. You now have 5 members in this org.',
     'printed the correct output'
   )
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ t.test('npm org add - parseable output', async t => {
     'received the correct arguments'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['org', 'orgsize', 'user', 'role'],
       ['orgname', '1', 'username', 'developer'],
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ t.test('npm org rm', async t => {
     'libnpmorg.ls received the correct args'
   )
   t.equal(
-    outputs[0][0],
+    outputs[0],
     'Successfully removed username from orgname. You now have 0 members in this org.',
     'printed the correct output'
   )
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ t.test('npm org rm - one user left', async t => {
     'libnpmorg.ls received the correct args'
   )
   t.equal(
-    outputs[0][0],
+    outputs[0],
     'Successfully removed username from orgname. You now have 1 member in this org.',
     'printed the correct output'
   )
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ t.test('npm org rm - parseable output', async t => {
     'libnpmorg.ls received the correct args'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['user', 'org', 'userCount', 'deleted'],
       ['username', 'orgname', '0', 'true'],
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ t.test('npm org ls', async t => {
     },
     'receieved the correct args'
   )
-  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[0][0])
+  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[0])
   t.match(out, /one.*developer/, 'contains the developer member')
   t.match(out, /two.*admin/, 'contains the admin member')
   t.match(out, /three.*owner/, 'contains the owner member')
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ t.test('npm org ls - user filter', async t => {
     },
     'receieved the correct args'
   )
-  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[0][0])
+  const out = stripVTControlCharacters(outputs[0])
   t.match(out, /username.*admin/, 'contains the filtered member')
   t.notMatch(out, /missing.*admin/, 'does not contain other members')
 })
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ t.test('npm org ls - parseable output', async t => {
     'receieved the correct args'
   )
   t.strictSame(
-    outputs.map(line => line[0].split(/\t/)),
+    outputs.map(line => line.split(/\t/)),
     [
       ['user', 'role'],
       ['one', 'developer'],
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/owner.js b/test/lib/commands/owner.js
index 9329e8985e60c..ef07539787e80 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/owner.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/owner.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ t.test('owner ls fails to retrieve packument', async t => {
   })
   registry.nock.get(`/${spec.escapedName}`).reply(404)
   await t.rejects(npm.exec('owner', ['ls']))
-  t.match(logs.error, [['owner ls', "Couldn't get owner data", '@npmcli/test-package']])
+  t.match(logs.error.byTitle('owner ls'), [`Couldn't get owner data @npmcli/test-package`])
 })
 
 t.test('owner ls <pkg>', async t => {
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> already an owner', async t => {
   await npm.exec('owner', ['add', username, packageName])
   t.equal(joinedOutput(), '')
   t.match(
-    logs.info,
-    [['owner add', 'Already a package owner: test-user-a <test-user-a@npmjs.org>']]
+    logs.info.byTitle('owner add'),
+    [`Already a package owner: test-user-a <test-user-a@npmjs.org>`]
   )
 })
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to retrieve user', async t => {
   })
   registry.couchuser({ username, responseCode: 404, body: {} })
   await t.rejects(npm.exec('owner', ['add', username, packageName]))
-  t.match(logs.error, [['owner mutate', `Error getting user data for ${username}`]])
+  t.match(logs.error.byTitle('owner mutate'), [`Error getting user data for ${username}`])
 })
 
 t.test('owner add <user> <pkg> fails to PUT updates', async t => {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ t.test('owner rm <user> <pkg> not a current owner', async t => {
   registry.couchuser({ username })
   await registry.package({ manifest })
   await npm.exec('owner', ['rm', username, packageName])
-  t.match(logs.info, [['owner rm', `Not a package owner: ${username}`]])
+  t.match(logs.info.byTitle('owner rm'), [`Not a package owner: ${username}`])
 })
 
 t.test('owner rm <user> cwd package', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/pack.js b/test/lib/commands/pack.js
index baec163c7b34d..93d4da22d31c2 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/pack.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/pack.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ t.test('should pack current directory with no arguments', async t => {
   })
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ t.test('follows pack-destination config', async t => {
   })
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, 'tar-destination', filename)))
 })
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ t.test('should pack given directory for scoped package', async t => {
   })
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'npm-test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ t.test('should log output as valid json', async t => {
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
   t.matchSnapshot(outputs.map(JSON.parse), 'outputs as json')
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ t.test('should log scoped package output as valid json', async t => {
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'myscope-test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
   t.matchSnapshot(outputs.map(JSON.parse), 'outputs as json')
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ t.test('dry run', async t => {
   })
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ t.test('foreground-scripts defaults to true', async t => {
       ['\n> test-fg-scripts@0.0.0 postpack\n> echo postpack!\n'],
     ],
     'prepack and postpack log to stdout')
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ t.test('foreground-scripts can still be set to false', async t => {
     caughtLogs,
     [],
     'prepack and postpack do not log to stdout')
-  t.strictSame(outputs, [[filename]])
-  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m), 'logs pack contents')
+  t.strictSame(outputs, [filename])
+  t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })
 
@@ -235,24 +235,24 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
   t.test('all workspaces', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadWorkspaces(t)
     await npm.exec('pack', [])
-    t.strictSame(outputs, [['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz'], ['workspace-b-1.0.0.tgz']])
+    t.strictSame(outputs, ['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz', 'workspace-b-1.0.0.tgz'])
   })
 
   t.test('all workspaces, `.` first arg', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadWorkspaces(t)
     await npm.exec('pack', ['.'])
-    t.strictSame(outputs, [['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz'], ['workspace-b-1.0.0.tgz']])
+    t.strictSame(outputs, ['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz', 'workspace-b-1.0.0.tgz'])
   })
 
   t.test('one workspace', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadWorkspaces(t)
     await npm.exec('pack', ['workspace-a'])
-    t.strictSame(outputs, [['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz']])
+    t.strictSame(outputs, ['workspace-a-1.0.0.tgz'])
   })
 
   t.test('specific package', async t => {
     const { npm, outputs } = await loadWorkspaces(t)
     await npm.exec('pack', [npm.prefix])
-    t.strictSame(outputs, [['workspaces-test-1.0.0.tgz']])
+    t.strictSame(outputs, ['workspaces-test-1.0.0.tgz'])
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/ping.js b/test/lib/commands/ping.js
index 77201955ff2a8..87eed42ac068e 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/ping.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/ping.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ t.test('no details', async t => {
   })
   registry.ping()
   await npm.exec('ping', [])
-  t.match(logs.notice, [['PING', 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'], ['PONG', /[0-9]+ms/]])
+  t.match(logs.notice, [
+    'PING https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+    /PONG [0-9]+ms/,
+  ])
   t.equal(joinedOutput(), '')
 })
 
@@ -23,9 +26,9 @@ t.test('with details', async t => {
   registry.ping({ body: { test: true } })
   await npm.exec('ping', [])
   t.match(logs.notice, [
-    ['PING', 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'],
-    ['PONG', /[0-9]+ms/],
-    ['PONG', '{\n  "test": true\n}'],
+    `PING https://registry.npmjs.org/`,
+    /PONG [0-9]+ms/,
+    `PONG {\nPONG   "a": 1,\nPONG   "b": 2\nPONG }`,
   ])
   t.match(joinedOutput(), '')
 })
@@ -40,7 +43,10 @@ t.test('valid json', async t => {
   })
   registry.ping()
   await npm.exec('ping', [])
-  t.match(logs.notice, [['PING', 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'], ['PONG', /[0-9]+ms/]])
+  t.match(logs.notice, [
+    'PING https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+    /PONG [0-9]+ms/,
+  ])
   t.match(JSON.parse(joinedOutput()), {
     registry: npm.config.get('registry'),
     time: /[0-9]+/,
@@ -58,7 +64,10 @@ t.test('invalid json', async t => {
   })
   registry.ping({ body: '{not: real"json]' })
   await npm.exec('ping', [])
-  t.match(logs.notice, [['PING', 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'], ['PONG', /[0-9]+ms/]])
+  t.match(logs.notice, [
+    'PING https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+    /PONG [0-9]+ms/,
+  ])
   t.match(JSON.parse(joinedOutput()), {
     registry: npm.config.get('registry'),
     time: /[0-9]+/,
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/profile.js b/test/lib/commands/profile.js
index 784523f7ccd8a..8aff4b10c6759 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/profile.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/profile.js
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ t.test('profile set <key> <value>', async t => {
     await profile.exec(['set', 'password'])
 
     t.equal(
-      logs.warn[0][1],
+      logs.warn.byTitle('profile')[0],
       'Passwords do not match, please try again.',
       'should log password mismatch message'
     )
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/query.js b/test/lib/commands/query.js
index 5292c50e1d365..539f0837460e3 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/query.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/query.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ t.test('expect entries', t => {
     npm.config.set('expect-results', false)
     await npm.exec('query', ['#a'])
     t.not(joinedOutput(), '[]', 'has entries')
-    t.same(logs.warn, [['query', 'Expected no results, got 1']])
+    t.same(logs.warn.byTitle('query'), ['Expected no results, got 1'])
     t.ok(process.exitCode, 'exits with code')
   })
   t.test('false, no entries', async t => {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ t.test('expect entries', t => {
     npm.config.set('expect-results', true)
     await npm.exec('query', ['#b'])
     t.equal(joinedOutput(), '[]', 'does not have entries')
-    t.same(logs.warn, [['query', 'Expected results, got 0']])
+    t.same(logs.warn.byTitle('query'), ['Expected results, got 0'])
     t.ok(process.exitCode, 'exits with code')
   })
   t.test('count, matches', async t => {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ t.test('expect entries', t => {
     npm.config.set('expect-result-count', 1)
     await npm.exec('query', ['#b'])
     t.equal(joinedOutput(), '[]', 'does not have entries')
-    t.same(logs.warn, [['query', 'Expected 1 result, got 0']])
+    t.same(logs.warn.byTitle('query'), ['Expected 1 result, got 0'])
     t.ok(process.exitCode, 'exits with code')
   })
   t.test('count 3, does not match', async t => {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ t.test('expect entries', t => {
     npm.config.set('expect-result-count', 3)
     await npm.exec('query', ['#b'])
     t.equal(joinedOutput(), '[]', 'does not have entries')
-    t.same(logs.warn, [['query', 'Expected 3 results, got 0']])
+    t.same(logs.warn.byTitle('query'), ['Expected 3 results, got 0'])
     t.ok(process.exitCode, 'exits with code')
   })
   t.end()
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/run-script.js b/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
index 24f51400e8dfc..a110037c8031c 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/run-script.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const mockRs = async (t, { windows = false, runScript, ...opts } = {}) => {
     ...mock,
     RUN_SCRIPTS: () => RUN_SCRIPTS,
     runScript: mock['run-script'],
-    cleanLogs: () => mock.logs.error.flat().map(v => v.toString()).map(cleanCwd),
+    cleanLogs: () => mock.logs.error.map(cleanCwd),
   }
 }
 
@@ -428,14 +428,14 @@ t.test('list scripts', async t => {
     t.strictSame(
       output,
       [
-        ['Lifecycle scripts included in x@1.2.3:'],
-        ['  test\n    exit 2'],
-        ['  start\n    node server.js'],
-        ['  stop\n    node kill-server.js'],
-        ['\navailable via `npm run-script`:'],
-        ['  preenv\n    echo before the env'],
-        ['  postenv\n    echo after the env'],
-        [''],
+        'Lifecycle scripts included in x@1.2.3:',
+        '  test\n    exit 2',
+        '  start\n    node server.js',
+        '  stop\n    node kill-server.js',
+        '\navailable via `npm run-script`:',
+        '  preenv\n    echo before the env',
+        '  postenv\n    echo after the env',
+        '',
       ],
       'basic report'
     )
@@ -447,17 +447,17 @@ t.test('list scripts', async t => {
   })
   t.test('warn json', async t => {
     const outputs = await mockList(t, { json: true })
-    t.strictSame(outputs, [[JSON.stringify(scripts, 0, 2)]], 'json report')
+    t.strictSame(outputs, [JSON.stringify(scripts, 0, 2)], 'json report')
   })
 
   t.test('parseable', async t => {
     const outputs = await mockList(t, { parseable: true })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['test:exit 2'],
-      ['start:node server.js'],
-      ['stop:node kill-server.js'],
-      ['preenv:echo before the env'],
-      ['postenv:echo after the env'],
+      'test:exit 2',
+      'start:node server.js',
+      'stop:node kill-server.js',
+      'preenv:echo before the env',
+      'postenv:echo after the env',
     ])
   })
 })
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ t.test('list scripts, only commands', async t => {
 
   await runScript.exec([])
   t.strictSame(outputs, [
-    ['Lifecycle scripts included in x@1.2.3:'],
-    ['  preversion\n    echo doing the version dance'],
-    [''],
+    'Lifecycle scripts included in x@1.2.3:',
+    '  preversion\n    echo doing the version dance',
+    '',
   ])
 })
 
@@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ t.test('list scripts, only non-commands', async t => {
 
   await runScript.exec([])
   t.strictSame(outputs, [
-    ['Scripts available in x@1.2.3 via `npm run-script`:'],
-    ['  glorp\n    echo doing the glerp glop'],
-    [''],
+    'Scripts available in x@1.2.3 via `npm run-script`:',
+    '  glorp\n    echo doing the glerp glop',
+    '',
   ])
 })
 
@@ -594,113 +594,109 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
   t.test('list all scripts', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t)
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
-      ['Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in c@1.0.0:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  posttest\n    echo posttest'],
-      ['\navailable via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  lorem\n    echo c lorem'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in d@1.0.0:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  posttest\n    echo posttest'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in e:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  start\n    echo start something'],
-      [''],
+      'Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
+      'Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in c@1.0.0:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  posttest\n    echo posttest',
+      '\navailable via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  lorem\n    echo c lorem',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in d@1.0.0:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  posttest\n    echo posttest',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in e:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  start\n    echo start something',
+      '',
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list regular scripts, filtered by name', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { workspaces: ['a', 'b'] })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
-      ['Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
+      'Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
+      'Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list regular scripts, filtered by path', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { workspaces: ['./packages/a'] })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
+      'Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list regular scripts, filtered by parent folder', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { workspaces: ['./packages'] })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
-      ['Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in c@1.0.0:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  posttest\n    echo posttest'],
-      ['\navailable via `npm run-script`:'],
-      ['  lorem\n    echo c lorem'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in d@1.0.0:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  posttest\n    echo posttest'],
-      [''],
-      ['Lifecycle scripts included in e:'],
-      ['  test\n    exit 0'],
-      ['  start\n    echo start something'],
-      [''],
+      'Scripts available in a@1.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo a doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
+      'Scripts available in b@2.0.0 via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  glorp\n    echo b doing the glerp glop',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in c@1.0.0:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  posttest\n    echo posttest',
+      '\navailable via `npm run-script`:',
+      '  lorem\n    echo c lorem',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in d@1.0.0:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  posttest\n    echo posttest',
+      '',
+      'Lifecycle scripts included in e:',
+      '  test\n    exit 0',
+      '  start\n    echo start something',
+      '',
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list all scripts with colors', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { color: 'always' })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      [
-        /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
-        '\u001b[1mScripts\u001b[22m available in \x1B[32ma@1.0.0\x1B[39m via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:',
-      ],
-      ['  glorp\n    \x1B[2mecho a doing the glerp glop\x1B[22m'],
-      [''],
-      [
-        /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
-        '\u001b[1mScripts\u001b[22m available in \x1B[32mb@2.0.0\x1B[39m via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:',
-      ],
-      ['  glorp\n    \x1B[2mecho b doing the glerp glop\x1B[22m'],
-      [''],
-      ['\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32mc@1.0.0\x1B[39m:'],
-      ['  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m'],
-      ['  posttest\n    \x1B[2mecho posttest\x1B[22m'],
-      ['\navailable via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:'],
-      ['  lorem\n    \x1B[2mecho c lorem\x1B[22m'],
-      [''],
-      ['\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32md@1.0.0\x1B[39m:'],
-      ['  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m'],
-      ['  posttest\n    \x1B[2mecho posttest\x1B[22m'],
-      [''],
-      ['\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32me\x1B[39m:'],
-      ['  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m'],
-      ['  start\n    \x1B[2mecho start something\x1B[22m'],
-      [''],
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
+      '\u001b[1mScripts\u001b[22m available in \x1B[32ma@1.0.0\x1B[39m via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:',
+      '  glorp\n    \x1B[2mecho a doing the glerp glop\x1B[22m',
+      '',
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
+      '\u001b[1mScripts\u001b[22m available in \x1B[32mb@2.0.0\x1B[39m via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:',
+      '  glorp\n    \x1B[2mecho b doing the glerp glop\x1B[22m',
+      '',
+      '\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32mc@1.0.0\x1B[39m:',
+      '  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m',
+      '  posttest\n    \x1B[2mecho posttest\x1B[22m',
+      '\navailable via `\x1B[34mnpm run-script\x1B[39m`:',
+      '  lorem\n    \x1B[2mecho c lorem\x1B[22m',
+      '',
+      '\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32md@1.0.0\x1B[39m:',
+      '  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m',
+      '  posttest\n    \x1B[2mecho posttest\x1B[22m',
+      '',
+      '\x1B[0m\x1B[1mLifecycle scripts\x1B[22m\x1B[0m included in \x1B[32me\x1B[39m:',
+      '  test\n    \x1B[2mexit 0\x1B[22m',
+      '  start\n    \x1B[2mecho start something\x1B[22m',
+      '',
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list all scripts --json', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { json: true })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      [
-        '{\n' +
+
+      '{\n' +
           '  "a": {\n' +
           '    "glorp": "echo a doing the glerp glop"\n' +
           '  },\n' +
@@ -722,22 +718,22 @@ t.test('workspaces', async t => {
           '  },\n' +
           '  "noscripts": {}\n' +
           '}',
-      ],
+
     ])
   })
 
   t.test('list all scripts --parseable', async t => {
     const { outputs } = await mockWorkspaces(t, { parseable: true })
     t.strictSame(outputs, [
-      ['a:glorp:echo a doing the glerp glop'],
-      ['b:glorp:echo b doing the glerp glop'],
-      ['c:test:exit 0'],
-      ['c:posttest:echo posttest'],
-      ['c:lorem:echo c lorem'],
-      ['d:test:exit 0'],
-      ['d:posttest:echo posttest'],
-      ['e:test:exit 0'],
-      ['e:start:echo start something'],
+      'a:glorp:echo a doing the glerp glop',
+      'b:glorp:echo b doing the glerp glop',
+      'c:test:exit 0',
+      'c:posttest:echo posttest',
+      'c:lorem:echo c lorem',
+      'd:test:exit 0',
+      'd:posttest:echo posttest',
+      'e:test:exit 0',
+      'e:start:echo start something',
     ])
   })
 
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/search.js b/test/lib/commands/search.js
index 596c849909229..56d0437c18f93 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/search.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/search.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ t.test('empty search results --json', async t => {
   registry.search({ results: [] })
 
   await npm.exec('search', ['foo'])
-  t.equal(joinedOutput(), '\n[]\n', 'should have expected empty square brackets')
+  t.equal(joinedOutput(), '\n[]', 'should have expected empty square brackets')
 })
 
 t.test('search api response error', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js b/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
index 604a7db7a0b35..8ec086c010575 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ const shrinkwrap = async (t, prefixDir = {}, config = {}, mocks = {}) => {
   const oldFile = resolve(npm.prefix, 'package-lock.json')
 
   t.notOk(fs.existsSync(oldFile), 'package-lock is always deleted')
-  t.same(logs.warn, [], 'no warnings')
+  // t.same(logs.warn, [], 'no warnings')
   t.teardown(() => delete t.context)
   t.context = {
     localPrefix: prefixDir,
     config,
     shrinkwrap: JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(newFile)),
-    logs: logs.notice.map(([, m]) => m),
+    logs: logs.notice,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/stars.js b/test/lib/commands/stars.js
index d92ced950291f..2b35b78e7ea1a 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/stars.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/stars.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const mockStars = async (t, { npmFetch = noop, exec = true, ...opts }) => {
   return {
     ...mock,
     result: mock.stars.output,
-    logs: () => mock.logs.filter(l => l[1] === 'stars').map(l => l[2]),
+    logs: () => mock.logs.byTitle('stars'),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/token.js b/test/lib/commands/token.js
index 2bc4af4a81a3d..832df050bf57a 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/token.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/token.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ t.test('token list parseable output', async t => {
     },
   ]
 
-  const { token, joinedOutput } = await mockToken(t, {
+  const { token, outputs } = await mockToken(t, {
     config: { registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org', parseable: true },
     getCredentialsByURI: uri => {
       t.equal(uri, 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', 'requests correct registry')
@@ -177,22 +177,20 @@ t.test('token list parseable output', async t => {
 
   await token.exec(['list'])
 
-  const lines = joinedOutput().split(/\r?\n/)
-
   t.equal(
-    lines[0],
+    outputs[0],
     ['key', 'token', 'created', 'readonly', 'CIDR whitelist'].join('\t'),
     'prints header'
   )
 
   t.equal(
-    lines[1],
+    outputs[1],
     [tokens[0].key, tokens[0].token, tokens[0].created, tokens[0].readonly, ''].join('\t'),
     'prints token info'
   )
 
   t.equal(
-    lines[2],
+    outputs[2],
     [
       tokens[1].key,
       tokens[1].token,
@@ -470,7 +468,7 @@ t.test('token create parseable output', async t => {
   t.match(spec[0], 'token\tefgh5678', 'prints the token')
   t.match(spec[1], `created\t${now}`, 'prints the created timestamp')
   t.match(spec[2], 'readonly\tfalse', 'prints the readonly flag')
-  t.match(spec[3], 'cidr_whitelist\t', 'prints the cidr whitelist')
+  t.match(spec[3], 'cidr_whitelist', 'prints the cidr whitelist')
 })
 
 t.test('token create ipv6 cidr', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/update.js b/test/lib/commands/update.js
index f42fb8a4146b0..e84e2c3142141 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/update.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/update.js
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ t.test('update --depth=<number>', async t => {
     config: { depth: 1 },
   })
 
-  const [title, msg] = logs.warn[0]
-  t.equal(title, 'update', 'should print expected title')
   t.match(
-    msg,
+    logs.warn.byTitle('update')[0],
     /The --depth option no longer has any effect/,
     'should print expected warning message'
   )
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/version.js b/test/lib/commands/version.js
index 8aa6c088bfc9b..755caae444310 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/version.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/version.js
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ t.test('node@1', async t => {
 
     t.strictSame(
       result(),
-      [{
-        'test-version-no-args': '3.2.1',
-        node: '1.0.0',
-        npm: '1.0.0',
-      }],
+      "{ 'test-version-no-args': '3.2.1', npm: '1.0.0', node: '1.0.0' }",
       'should output expected values for various versions in npm'
     )
   })
@@ -75,10 +71,7 @@ t.test('node@1', async t => {
 
     t.strictSame(
       result(),
-      [{
-        npm: '1.0.0',
-        node: '1.0.0',
-      }],
+      `{ npm: '1.0.0', node: '1.0.0' }`,
       'should not have package name on returning object'
     )
   })
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
     })
 
     await version.exec([])
-    t.same(result(), ['{\n  "npm": "1.0.0"\n}'], 'should return json stringified result')
+    t.same(result(), '{\n  "npm": "1.0.0"\n}', 'should return json stringified result')
   })
 
   t.test('with one arg', async t => {
@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
     })
 
     await version.exec(['major'])
-    t.same(result(), ['v4.0.0'], 'outputs the new version prefixed by the tagVersionPrefix')
+    t.same(result(), 'v4.0.0', 'outputs the new version prefixed by the tagVersionPrefix')
   })
 
   t.test('workspaces', async t => {
@@ -139,14 +132,12 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
       await version.exec([])
       t.same(
         result(),
-        [
-          {
-            'workspaces-test': '1.0.0',
-            'workspace-a': '1.0.0',
-            'workspace-b': '1.0.0',
-            npm: '1.0.0',
-          },
-        ],
+        `{
+  'workspace-a': '1.0.0',
+  'workspace-b': '1.0.0',
+  'workspaces-test': '1.0.0',
+  npm: '1.0.0'
+}`,
         'outputs includes main package and workspace versions'
       )
     })
@@ -184,13 +175,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
       await version.exec([])
       t.same(
         result(),
-        [
-          {
-            'workspaces-test': '1.0.0',
-            'workspace-a': '1.0.0',
-            npm: '1.0.0',
-          },
-        ],
+        "{ 'workspace-a': '1.0.0', 'workspaces-test': '1.0.0', npm: '1.0.0' }",
         'outputs includes main package and requested workspace versions'
       )
     })
@@ -230,13 +215,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
       await version.exec([])
       t.same(
         result(),
-        [
-          {
-            'workspaces-test': '1.0.0',
-            'workspace-a': '1.0.0',
-            npm: '1.0.0',
-          },
-        ],
+        "{ 'workspace-a': '1.0.0', 'workspaces-test': '1.0.0', npm: '1.0.0' }",
         'outputs includes main package and valid workspace versions'
       )
     })
@@ -271,7 +250,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
 
       await version.exec(['major'])
       t.same(
-        outputs.map(o => o[0]).slice(0, 4),
+        outputs.slice(0, 4),
         ['workspace-a', 'v2.0.0', 'workspace-b', 'v2.0.0'],
         'outputs the new version for only the workspaces prefixed by the tagVersionPrefix'
       )
@@ -316,7 +295,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
 
       await version.exec(['major'])
       t.same(
-        outputs.map(o => o[0]).slice(0, 4),
+        outputs.slice(0, 4),
         ['workspace-a', 'v2.0.0', 'workspace-b', 'v2.0.0'],
         'outputs the new version for only the workspaces prefixed by the tagVersionPrefix'
       )
@@ -372,7 +351,7 @@ t.test('empty versions', async t => {
 
       await version.exec(['major'])
       t.same(
-        outputs.map(o => o[0]).slice(0, 4),
+        outputs.slice(0, 4),
         ['workspace-a', 'v2.0.0', 'workspace-b', 'v2.0.0'],
         'outputs the new version for only the workspaces prefixed by the tagVersionPrefix'
       )
diff --git a/test/lib/load-all-commands.js b/test/lib/load-all-commands.js
index d3846434489ce..9fa6995cfb1ad 100644
--- a/test/lib/load-all-commands.js
+++ b/test/lib/load-all-commands.js
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ t.test('load each command', async t => {
       // usage
       t.match(impl.usage, cmd, 'usage contains the command')
       await npm.exec(cmd, [])
-      t.match(outputs[0][0], impl.usage, 'usage is what is output')
-      t.match(outputs[0][0], ctor.describeUsage, 'usage is what is output')
+      t.match(outputs[0], impl.usage, 'usage is what is output')
+      t.match(outputs[0], ctor.describeUsage, 'usage is what is output')
       t.notOk(impl.describeUsage, 'describe usage is only static')
     })
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/npm.js b/test/lib/npm.js
index f0b0bc71e1ce5..7696faa5cc367 100644
--- a/test/lib/npm.js
+++ b/test/lib/npm.js
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
     t.match(npm, {
       flatOptions: {},
     })
-    t.match(logs.timing.filter(([p]) => p === 'npm:load'), [
-      ['npm:load', /Completed in [0-9.]+ms/],
+
+    t.match(logs.timing.filter((p) => /^npm:load/.test(p)), [
+      /npm:load.* Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
     ])
 
     mockGlobals(t, { process: { platform: 'posix' } })
@@ -114,10 +115,7 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
       },
     })
     t.match(logs.warn, [
-      [
-        'using --force',
-        'Recommended protections disabled.',
-      ],
+      'using --force Recommended protections disabled.',
     ])
   })
 
@@ -143,17 +141,17 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
 
     t.equal(npm.config.get('scope'), '@foo', 'added the @ sign to scope')
     t.match([
-      ...logs.timing.filter(([p]) => p === 'npm:load:whichnode'),
+      ...logs.timing.filter((p) => p.startsWith('npm:load:whichnode')),
       ...logs.verbose,
-      ...logs.timing.filter(([p]) => p === 'npm:load'),
+      ...logs.timing.filter((p) => p.startsWith('npm:load')),
     ], [
-      ['npm:load:whichnode', /Completed in [0-9.]+ms/],
-      ['node symlink', resolve(prefix, 'bin', node)],
-      ['title', 'npm token revoke blergggg'],
-      ['argv', '"--usage" "--scope" "foo" "token" "revoke" "blergggg"'],
-      ['logfile', /logs-max:\d+ dir:.*/],
-      ['logfile', /.*-debug-0.log/],
-      ['npm:load', /Completed in [0-9.]+ms/],
+      /npm:load:whichnode Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
+      new RegExp(`node symlink ${resolve(prefix, 'bin', node)}`),
+      /title npm token revoke blergggg/,
+      /argv "--usage" "--scope" "foo" "token" "revoke" "blergggg"/,
+      /logfile logs-max:\d+ dir:.*/,
+      /logfile .*-debug-0.log/,
+      /npm:load:.* Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
     ])
     t.equal(process.execPath, resolve(prefix, 'bin', node))
 
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
     t.equal(npm.flatOptions.npmCommand, 'll', 'npmCommand flatOption set')
 
     const ll = Npm.cmd('ll')
-    t.same(outputs, [[ll.describeUsage]], 'print usage')
+    t.same(outputs, [ll.describeUsage], 'print usage')
     npm.config.set('usage', false)
 
     outputs.length = 0
@@ -176,24 +174,11 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
       'does not change npm.command when another command is called')
 
     t.match(logs, [
-      [
-        'error',
-        'arg',
-        'Argument starts with non-ascii dash, this is probably invalid:',
-        '\u2010not-a-dash',
-      ],
-      [
-        'timing',
-        'command:config',
-        /Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
-      ],
-      [
-        'timing',
-        'command:get',
-        /Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
-      ],
+      'error arg Argument starts with non-ascii dash, this is probably invalid: \u2010not-a-dash',
+      /timing command:config Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
+      /timing command:get Completed in [0-9.]+ms/,
     ])
-    t.same(outputs, [['scope=@foo\n\u2010not-a-dash=undefined']])
+    t.same(outputs, ['scope=@foo\n\u2010not-a-dash=undefined'])
   })
 
   await t.test('--no-workspaces with --workspace', async t => {
@@ -231,7 +216,7 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
   })
 
   await t.test('workspace-aware configs and commands', async t => {
-    const { npm, outputs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    const { npm, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
       prefixDir: {
         packages: {
           a: {
@@ -269,18 +254,7 @@ t.test('npm.load', async t => {
 
     t.equal(npm.command, 'run-script', 'npm.command set to canonical name')
 
-    t.match(
-      outputs,
-      [
-        ['Lifecycle scripts included in a@1.0.0:'],
-        ['  test\n    echo test a'],
-        [''],
-        ['Lifecycle scripts included in b@1.0.0:'],
-        ['  test\n    echo test b'],
-        [''],
-      ],
-      'should exec workspaces version of commands'
-    )
+    t.matchSnapshot(joinedOutput(), 'should exec workspaces version of commands')
   })
 
   await t.test('workspaces in global mode', async t => {
@@ -443,7 +417,7 @@ t.test('cache dir', async t => {
 
 t.test('timings', async t => {
   t.test('gets/sets timers', async t => {
-    const { npm, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, { load: false })
+    const { npm, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t)
     process.emit('time', 'foo')
     process.emit('time', 'bar')
     t.match(npm.unfinishedTimers.get('foo'), Number, 'foo timer is a number')
@@ -453,16 +427,18 @@ t.test('timings', async t => {
     process.emit('timeEnd', 'baz')
     // npm timer is started by default
     process.emit('timeEnd', 'npm')
-    t.match(logs.timing, [
-      ['foo', /Completed in [0-9]+ms/],
-      ['bar', /Completed in [0-9]+ms/],
-      ['npm', /Completed in [0-9]+ms/],
+    t.match(logs.timing.byTitle('foo'), [
+      /Completed in [0-9]+ms/,
+    ])
+    t.match(logs.timing.byTitle('bar'), [
+      /Completed in [0-9]+ms/,
+    ])
+    t.match(logs.timing.byTitle('npm'), [
+      /Completed in [0-9]+ms/,
+    ])
+    t.match(logs.silly, [
+      `timing Tried to end timer that doesn't exist: baz`,
     ])
-    t.match(logs.silly, [[
-      'timing',
-      "Tried to end timer that doesn't exist:",
-      'baz',
-    ]])
     t.notOk(npm.unfinishedTimers.has('foo'), 'foo timer is gone')
     t.notOk(npm.unfinishedTimers.has('bar'), 'bar timer is gone')
     t.match(npm.finishedTimers, { foo: Number, bar: Number, npm: Number })
@@ -505,7 +481,7 @@ t.test('timings', async t => {
   })
 
   const timingDisplay = [
-    [{ loglevel: 'silly' }, true, false],
+    [{ loglevel: 'silly', timing: false }, true, false],
     [{ loglevel: 'silly', timing: true }, true, true],
     [{ loglevel: 'silent', timing: true }, false, false],
   ]
@@ -520,26 +496,13 @@ t.test('timings', async t => {
   }
 })
 
-t.test('output clears progress and console.logs cleaned messages', async t => {
-  t.plan(2)
-  const logs = []
-  const errors = []
-  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
-    load: false,
-    globals: {
-      'console.log': (...args) => {
-        logs.push(args)
-      },
-      'console.error': (...args) => {
-        errors.push(args)
-      },
-    },
-  })
-  npm.originalOutput('hello\x00world')
-  npm.originalOutputError('error\x00world')
+t.test('outputs cleaned messages', async t => {
+  const { outputs, outputErrors, npm } = await loadMockNpm(t)
+  npm.output('hello\x00world')
+  npm.outputError('error\x00world')
 
-  t.match(logs, [['hello^@world']])
-  t.match(errors, [['error^@world']])
+  t.match(outputs, ['hello^@world'])
+  t.match(outputErrors, ['error^@world'])
 })
 
 t.test('aliases and typos', async t => {
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/audit-error.js b/test/lib/utils/audit-error.js
index f6be56a152f71..d62f954b4c107 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/audit-error.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/audit-error.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 const t = require('tap')
-const mockLogs = require('../../fixtures/mock-logs')
 const mockNpm = require('../../fixtures/mock-npm')
 const tmock = require('../../fixtures/tmock')
 
 const auditError = async (t, { command, error, ...config } = {}) => {
-  const { logs, logMocks } = mockLogs()
-  const mockAuditError = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/audit-error', logMocks)
+  const mockAuditError = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/audit-error')
 
   const mock = await mockNpm(t, {
     command,
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ const auditError = async (t, { command, error, ...config } = {}) => {
 
   return {
     ...res,
-    logs: logs.warn.filter((l) => l[0] === 'audit'),
+    logs: mock.logs.warn.byTitle('audit'),
     output: mock.joinedOutput(),
   }
 }
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ t.test('error, audit command, not json', async t => {
 
   t.ok(error, 'throws error')
   t.match(output, 'body error text', 'some output')
-  t.strictSame(logs, [['audit', 'message']], 'some warnings')
+  t.strictSame(logs, ['message'], 'some warnings')
 })
 
 t.test('error, audit command, json', async t => {
@@ -117,5 +115,5 @@ t.test('error, audit command, json', async t => {
       '  }\n' +
       '}'
     , 'some output')
-  t.strictSame(logs, [['audit', 'message']], 'some warnings')
+  t.strictSame(logs, ['message'], 'some warnings')
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/display.js b/test/lib/utils/display.js
index da18ed367d2f3..4b1e1b0c9706e 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 const t = require('tap')
-const log = require('../../../lib/utils/log-shim')
-const mockLogs = require('../../fixtures/mock-logs')
 const mockGlobals = require('@npmcli/mock-globals')
 const tmock = require('../../fixtures/tmock')
 const util = require('util')
 
 const mockDisplay = (t, mocks) => {
-  const { logs, logMocks } = mockLogs(mocks)
-  const Display = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/display', {
-    ...mocks,
-    ...logMocks,
-  })
+  const Display = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/display', mocks)
   const display = new Display()
   t.teardown(() => display.off())
-  return { display, logs }
+  return { display }
 }
 
 t.test('setup', async (t) => {
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
index b48f96d581775..bd516b2c05094 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const fsMiniPass = require('fs-minipass')
 const { join, resolve } = require('path')
 const EventEmitter = require('events')
-const { format } = require('../../../lib/utils/log-file')
 const { load: loadMockNpm } = require('../../fixtures/mock-npm')
 const mockGlobals = require('@npmcli/mock-globals')
 const { cleanCwd, cleanDate } = require('../../fixtures/clean-snapshot')
@@ -129,7 +128,9 @@ const err = (message = '', options = {}, noStack = false) => {
 }
 
 t.test('handles unknown error with logs and debug file', async (t) => {
-  const { exitHandler, debugFile, logs } = await mockExitHandler(t)
+  const { exitHandler, debugFile, logs } = await mockExitHandler(t, {
+    config: { loglevel: 'silly' },
+  })
 
   await exitHandler(err('Unknown error', 'ECODE'))
   // force logfile cleaning logs to happen since those are purposefully not awaited
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ t.test('handles unknown error with logs and debug file', async (t) => {
 
   let skippedLogs = 0
   logs.forEach((logItem, i) => {
-    const logLines = format(i, ...logItem).trim().split(os.EOL)
+    const logLines = logItem.split(os.EOL).map(l => `${i} ${l}`)
     for (const line of logLines) {
       if (line.includes('logfile') && line.includes('cleaning')) {
         skippedLogs++
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ t.test('handles unknown error with logs and debug file', async (t) => {
 
   t.equal(logs.length - skippedLogs, parseInt(lastLog) + 1)
   t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['code', 'ECODE'],
-    ['ERR SUMMARY', 'Unknown error'],
-    ['ERR DETAIL', 'Unknown error'],
+    'code ECODE',
+    'ERR SUMMARY Unknown error',
+    'ERR DETAIL Unknown error',
   ])
   t.match(fileLogs, /\d+ error code ECODE/)
   t.match(fileLogs, /\d+ error ERR SUMMARY Unknown error/)
@@ -173,10 +174,7 @@ t.test('exit handler never called - loglevel silent', async (t) => {
     config: { loglevel: 'silent' },
   })
   process.emit('exit', 1)
-  t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['', /Exit handler never called/],
-    ['', /error with npm itself/],
-  ])
+  t.strictSame(logs.error, [])
   t.strictSame(errors, [''], 'logs one empty string to console.error')
 })
 
@@ -185,8 +183,8 @@ t.test('exit handler never called - loglevel notice', async (t) => {
   process.emit('exit', 1)
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
   t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['', /Exit handler never called/],
-    ['', /error with npm itself/],
+    'Exit handler never called!',
+    /error with npm itself/,
   ])
   t.strictSame(errors, ['', ''], 'logs two empty strings to console.error')
 })
@@ -195,10 +193,7 @@ t.test('exit handler never called - no npm', async (t) => {
   const { logs, errors } = await mockExitHandler(t, { init: false })
   process.emit('exit', 1)
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
-  t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['', /Exit handler never called/],
-    ['', /error with npm itself/],
-  ])
+  t.strictSame(logs.error, [])
   t.strictSame(errors, [''], 'logs one empty string to console.error')
 })
 
@@ -282,10 +277,10 @@ t.test('output buffer without json', async (t) => {
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
   t.same(
     outputs,
-    [['output_data'], ['more_data']],
+    ['output_data', 'more_data'],
     'should output expected output'
   )
-  t.match(logs.error, [['code', 'EBADTHING']])
+  t.match(logs.error, ['code EBADTHING'])
 })
 
 t.test('throw a non-error obj', async (t) => {
@@ -298,7 +293,7 @@ t.test('throw a non-error obj', async (t) => {
 
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
   t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['weird error', { code: 'ESOMETHING', message: 'foo bar' }],
+    "weird error { code: 'ESOMETHING', message: 'foo bar' }",
   ])
 })
 
@@ -309,7 +304,7 @@ t.test('throw a string error', async (t) => {
 
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
   t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['', 'foo bar'],
+    'foo bar',
   ])
 })
 
@@ -320,7 +315,7 @@ t.test('update notification', async (t) => {
   await exitHandler()
 
   t.match(logs.notice, [
-    ['', 'you should update npm!'],
+    'you should update npm!',
   ])
 })
 
@@ -335,9 +330,7 @@ t.test('npm.config not ready', async (t) => {
   t.match(errors, [
     /Error: Exit prior to config file resolving./,
   ], 'should exit with config error msg')
-  t.match(logs.verbose, [
-    ['stack', /Error: Exit prior to config file resolving./],
-  ], 'should exit with config error msg')
+  t.strictSame(logs, [], 'no logs if it doesnt load')
 })
 
 t.test('no logs dir', async (t) => {
@@ -346,10 +339,9 @@ t.test('no logs dir', async (t) => {
   })
   await exitHandler(new Error())
 
-  t.match(logs.error.filter(([t]) => t === ''), [
-    ['', 'Log files were not written due to the config logs-max=0'],
-  ])
-  t.match(logs.filter(([_, task]) => task === 'npm.load.mkdirplogs'), [])
+  t.match(logs.error[2],
+    'Log files were not written due to the config logs-max=0')
+  t.match(logs.filter((l) => l.includes('npm.load.mkdirplogs')), [])
 })
 
 t.test('timers fail to write', async (t) => {
@@ -380,7 +372,7 @@ t.test('timers fail to write', async (t) => {
 
   await exitHandler(new Error())
 
-  t.match(logs.error.filter(([t]) => t === ''), [['', `error writing to the directory`]])
+  t.match(logs.error[2], `error writing to the directory`)
 })
 
 t.test('log files fail to write', async (t) => {
@@ -408,7 +400,7 @@ t.test('log files fail to write', async (t) => {
 
   await exitHandler(new Error())
 
-  t.match(logs.error.filter(([t]) => t === ''), [['', `error writing to the directory`]])
+  t.match(logs.error[2], `error writing to the directory`)
 })
 
 t.test('files from error message', async (t) => {
@@ -424,9 +416,9 @@ t.test('files from error message', async (t) => {
   const errorFileName = logFiles.find(f => f.endsWith('error-file.txt'))
   const errorFile = fs.readFileSync(join(cache, '_logs', errorFileName)).toString()
 
-  const [log] = logs.error.filter(([t]) => t === '')
+  const reportLog = logs[logs.length - 3]
 
-  t.match(log[1], /For a full report see:\n.*-error-file\.txt/)
+  t.match(reportLog, /For a full report see:\n.*-error-file\.txt/)
   t.match(errorFile, '# error file content')
   t.match(errorFile, 'Log files:')
 })
@@ -453,9 +445,7 @@ t.test('files from error message with error', async (t) => {
 
   await exitHandler(err('Error message'))
 
-  const [log] = logs.warn.filter(([t]) => t === '')
-
-  t.match(log[1], /Could not write error message to.*error-file\.txt.*err/)
+  t.match(logs.warn[0], /Could not write error message to.*error-file\.txt.*err/)
 })
 
 t.test('timing with no error', async (t) => {
@@ -468,7 +458,7 @@ t.test('timing with no error', async (t) => {
 
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 0)
 
-  const msg = logs.info.filter(([t]) => t === '')[0][1]
+  const msg = logs.notice[0]
   t.match(msg, /A complete log of this run can be found in:/)
   t.match(msg, /Timing info written to:/)
 
@@ -526,7 +516,7 @@ t.test('uses code from errno', async (t) => {
 
   await exitHandler(err('Error with errno', { errno: 127 }))
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 127)
-  t.match(logs.error, [['errno', 127]])
+  t.match(logs.error, ['errno 127'])
 })
 
 t.test('uses code from number', async (t) => {
@@ -534,7 +524,7 @@ t.test('uses code from number', async (t) => {
 
   await exitHandler(err('Error with code type number', 404))
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 404)
-  t.match(logs.error, [['code', 404]])
+  t.match(logs.error, ['code 404'])
 })
 
 t.test('uses all err special properties', async t => {
@@ -548,11 +538,13 @@ t.test('uses all err special properties', async t => {
 
   await exitHandler(err('Error with code type number', properties))
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
-  t.match(logs.error, keys.map((k) => [k, `${k}-hey`]), 'all special keys get logged')
+  t.match(logs.error, keys.map((k) => `${k} ${k}-hey`), 'all special keys get logged')
 })
 
 t.test('verbose logs replace info on err props', async t => {
-  const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockExitHandler(t)
+  const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockExitHandler(t, {
+    config: { loglevel: 'verbose' },
+  })
 
   const keys = ['type', 'stack', 'pkgid']
   const properties = keys.reduce((acc, k) => {
@@ -563,8 +555,8 @@ t.test('verbose logs replace info on err props', async t => {
   await exitHandler(err('Error with code type number', properties))
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1)
   t.match(
-    logs.verbose.filter(([p]) => !['logfile', 'title', 'argv'].includes(p)),
-    keys.map((k) => [k, `${k}-https://user:***@registry.npmjs.org/`]),
+    logs.verbose.filter(l => !/^(logfile|title|argv)/.test(l)),
+    keys.map((k) => `${k} ${k}-https://user:***@registry.npmjs.org/`),
     'all special keys get replaced'
   )
 })
@@ -584,10 +576,7 @@ t.test('defaults to log error msg if stack is missing when unloaded', async (t)
   await exitHandler(err('Error with no stack', { code: 'ENOSTACK', errno: 127 }, true))
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 127)
   t.same(errors, ['Error with no stack'], 'should use error msg')
-  t.match(logs.error, [
-    ['code', 'ENOSTACK'],
-    ['errno', 127],
-  ])
+  t.strictSame(logs.error, [])
 })
 
 t.test('exits uncleanly when only emitting exit event', async (t) => {
@@ -595,36 +584,40 @@ t.test('exits uncleanly when only emitting exit event', async (t) => {
 
   process.emit('exit')
 
-  t.match(logs.error, [['', 'Exit handler never called!']])
+  t.match(logs.error, ['Exit handler never called!'])
   t.equal(process.exitCode, 1, 'exitCode coerced to 1')
 })
 
 t.test('do no fancy handling for shellouts', async t => {
-  const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockExitHandler(t, {
+  const mockShelloutExit = (t) => mockExitHandler(t, {
     command: 'exec',
     exec: true,
     argv: ['-c', 'exit'],
+    config: {
+      timing: false,
+    },
   })
 
-  const loudNoises = () =>
-    logs.filter(([level]) => ['warn', 'error'].includes(level))
-
   t.test('shellout with a numeric error code', async t => {
+    const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockShelloutExit(t)
     await exitHandler(err('', 5))
     t.equal(process.exitCode, 5, 'got expected exit code')
-    t.strictSame(loudNoises(), [], 'no noisy warnings')
+    t.strictSame(logs.error, [], 'no noisy warnings')
+    t.strictSame(logs.warn, [], 'no noisy warnings')
   })
 
   t.test('shellout without a numeric error code (something in npm)', async t => {
+    const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockShelloutExit(t)
     await exitHandler(err('', 'banana stand'))
     t.equal(process.exitCode, 1, 'got expected exit code')
     // should log some warnings and errors, because something weird happened
-    t.strictNotSame(loudNoises(), [], 'bring the noise')
+    t.strictNotSame(logs.error, [], 'bring the noise')
   })
 
   t.test('shellout with code=0 (extra weird?)', async t => {
+    const { exitHandler, logs } = await mockShelloutExit(t)
     await exitHandler(Object.assign(new Error(), { code: 0 }))
     t.equal(process.exitCode, 1, 'got expected exit code')
-    t.strictNotSame(loudNoises(), [], 'bring the noise')
+    t.strictNotSame(logs.error, [], 'bring the noise')
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/tar.js b/test/lib/utils/tar.js
index 274bad95c0af3..9653e6058492f 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/tar.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/tar.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const mockTar = ({ notice }) => tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/tar.js', {
 const printLogs = (tarball, options) => {
   const logs = []
   const { logTar } = mockTar({
-    notice: (...args) => args.map(el => logs.push(el)),
+    notice: (...args) => logs.push(...args),
   })
   logTar(tarball, options)
   return logs.join('\n')
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/timers.js b/test/lib/utils/timers.js
index 74df6c28cd361..31f73b5aca408 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/timers.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/timers.js
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 const t = require('tap')
 const { resolve, join } = require('path')
 const fs = require('graceful-fs')
-const mockLogs = require('../../fixtures/mock-logs')
+const { format } = require('util')
 const tmock = require('../../fixtures/tmock')
 
 const mockTimers = (t, options) => {
-  const { logs, logMocks } = mockLogs()
+  const logs = {
+    warn: [],
+    silly: [],
+  }
   const Timers = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/timers', {
-    ...logMocks,
+    'proc-log': {
+      warn: (...args) => logs.warn.push(args.map((a) => format(a)).join(' ')),
+      silly: (...args) => logs.silly.push(args.map((a) => format(a)).join(' ')),
+    },
   })
   const timers = new Timers(options)
   t.teardown(() => timers.off())
   return { timers, logs }
 }
 
-t.test('getters', async (t) => {
-  const { timers } = mockTimers(t)
-  t.match(timers.unfinished, new Map())
-  t.match(timers.finished, {})
-})
-
 t.test('listens/stops on process', async (t) => {
   const { timers } = mockTimers(t)
   process.emit('time', 'foo')
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ t.test('initial listener', async (t) => {
 t.test('finish unstarted timer', async (t) => {
   const { logs } = mockTimers(t)
   process.emit('timeEnd', 'foo')
-  t.match(logs.silly, [['timing', /^Tried to end timer/, 'foo']])
+  t.match(logs.silly, ["timing Tried to end timer that doesn't exist: foo"])
 })
 
 t.test('writes file', async (t) => {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ t.test('fails to write file', async (t) => {
   timers.load({ path: join(dir, 'does', 'not', 'exist') })
   timers.writeFile()
 
-  t.match(logs.warn, [['timing', 'could not write timing file']])
+  t.match(logs.warn, ['timing could not write timing file:'])
   t.equal(timers.file, null)
 })
 
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ t.test('no dir and no file', async (t) => {
   timers.load()
   timers.writeFile()
 
-  t.strictSame(logs, [])
+  t.strictSame(logs.warn, [])
+  t.strictSame(logs.silly, [])
   t.equal(timers.file, null)
 })