diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 245152a54..4b9b9624f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "@tiptap/starter-kit": "^2.10.4",
         "@vueuse/core": "^11.0.0",
         "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.10.0",
+        "@xterm/addon-serialize": "^0.13.0",
         "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0",
         "axios": "^1.7.4",
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
@@ -6135,6 +6136,15 @@
         "@xterm/xterm": "^5.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@xterm/addon-serialize": {
+      "version": "0.13.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xterm/addon-serialize/-/addon-serialize-0.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kGs8o6LWAmN1l2NpMp01/YkpxbmO4UrfWybeGu79Khw5K9+Krp7XhXbBTOTc3GJRRhd6EmILjpR8k5+odY39YQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@xterm/xterm": "^5.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@xterm/xterm": {
       "version": "5.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xterm/xterm/-/xterm-5.5.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec72fe107..4f1aeb5f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
     "@tiptap/starter-kit": "^2.10.4",
     "@vueuse/core": "^11.0.0",
     "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.10.0",
+    "@xterm/addon-serialize": "^0.13.0",
     "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0",
     "axios": "^1.7.4",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
diff --git a/src/components/bottomPanel/tabs/terminal/BaseTerminal.vue b/src/components/bottomPanel/tabs/terminal/BaseTerminal.vue
index dc65a5e19..bb5606e92 100644
--- a/src/components/bottomPanel/tabs/terminal/BaseTerminal.vue
+++ b/src/components/bottomPanel/tabs/terminal/BaseTerminal.vue
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { Ref, ref } from 'vue'
+import { Ref, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
 
 import { useTerminal } from '@/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminal'
 
 const emit = defineEmits<{
   created: [ReturnType<typeof useTerminal>, Ref<HTMLElement>]
+  unmounted: []
 }>()
 const terminalEl = ref<HTMLElement>()
 const rootEl = ref<HTMLElement>()
 emit('created', useTerminal(terminalEl), rootEl)
+
+onUnmounted(() => emit('unmounted'))
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/src/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminalBuffer.ts b/src/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminalBuffer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dda8db2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminalBuffer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { SerializeAddon } from '@xterm/addon-serialize'
+import { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
+import { markRaw, onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+
+export function useTerminalBuffer() {
+  const serializeAddon = new SerializeAddon()
+  const terminal = markRaw(new Terminal({ convertEol: true }))
+
+  const copyTo = (destinationTerminal: Terminal) => {
+    destinationTerminal.write(serializeAddon.serialize())
+  }
+
+  const write = (message: string) => terminal.write(message)
+
+  const serialize = () => serializeAddon.serialize()
+
+  onMounted(() => {
+    terminal.loadAddon(serializeAddon)
+  })
+
+  onUnmounted(() => {
+    terminal.dispose()
+  })
+
+  return {
+    copyTo,
+    serialize,
+    write
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/locales/en/main.json b/src/locales/en/main.json
index b75135c9b..cdb2e2d35 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/en/main.json
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
     "workflow": "Workflow",
     "success": "Success",
     "ok": "OK",
-    "feedback": "Feedback"
+    "feedback": "Feedback",
+    "continue": "Continue"
   },
   "issueReport": {
     "submitErrorReport": "Submit Error Report (Optional)",
@@ -702,6 +703,7 @@
     "WEBCAM": "WEBCAM"
   },
   "maintenance": {
+    "title": "Maintenance",
     "allOk": "No issues were detected.",
     "status": "Status",
     "detected": "Detected",
@@ -711,9 +713,12 @@
     "Skipped": "Skipped",
     "showManual": "Show maintenance tasks",
     "confirmTitle": "Are you sure?",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "When you run a troubleshooting command, any output will be shown here.",
+    "consoleLogs": "Console Logs",
     "error": {
       "toastTitle": "Task error",
       "taskFailed": "Task failed to run.",
+      "cannotContinue": "Unable to continue - errors remain",
       "defaultDescription": "An error occurred while running a maintenance task."
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/locales/fr/main.json b/src/locales/fr/main.json
index 5b0ca9602..881ccafe2 100644
--- a/src/locales/fr/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/fr/main.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "comingSoon": "Bientôt disponible",
     "command": "Commande",
     "confirm": "Confirmer",
+    "continue": "Continuer",
     "copyToClipboard": "Copier dans le presse-papiers",
     "currentUser": "Utilisateur actuel",
     "customize": "Personnaliser",
@@ -273,15 +274,19 @@
     "Skipped": "Ignoré",
     "allOk": "Aucun problème détecté.",
     "confirmTitle": "Êtes-vous sûr ?",
+    "consoleLogs": "Journaux de la console",
     "detected": "Détecté",
     "error": {
+      "cannotContinue": "Impossible de continuer - des erreurs subsistent",
       "defaultDescription": "Une erreur s'est produite lors de l'exécution d'une tâche de maintenance.",
       "taskFailed": "La tâche a échoué.",
       "toastTitle": "Erreur de tâche"
     },
     "refreshing": "Actualisation",
     "showManual": "Afficher les tâches de maintenance",
-    "status": "Statut"
+    "status": "Statut",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "Lorsque vous exécutez une commande de dépannage, toute sortie sera affichée ici.",
+    "title": "Maintenance"
   },
   "menu": {
     "autoQueue": "File d'attente automatique",
diff --git a/src/locales/ja/main.json b/src/locales/ja/main.json
index fadfae585..c225031e5 100644
--- a/src/locales/ja/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/ja/main.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "comingSoon": "近日公開",
     "command": "コマンド",
     "confirm": "確認",
+    "continue": "続ける",
     "copyToClipboard": "クリップボードにコピー",
     "currentUser": "現在のユーザー",
     "customize": "カスタマイズ",
@@ -273,15 +274,19 @@
     "Skipped": "スキップされました",
     "allOk": "問題は検出されませんでした。",
     "confirmTitle": "よろしいですか？",
+    "consoleLogs": "コンソールログ",
     "detected": "検出されました",
     "error": {
+      "cannotContinue": "続行できません - エラーが残っています",
       "defaultDescription": "メンテナンスタスクの実行中にエラーが発生しました。",
       "taskFailed": "タスクの実行に失敗しました。",
       "toastTitle": "タスクエラー"
     },
     "refreshing": "更新中",
     "showManual": "メンテナンスタスクを表示",
-    "status": "ステータス"
+    "status": "ステータス",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "トラブルシューティングコマンドを実行すると、出力はここに表示されます。",
+    "title": "メンテナンス"
   },
   "menu": {
     "autoQueue": "自動キュー",
diff --git a/src/locales/ko/main.json b/src/locales/ko/main.json
index 796712f7e..21451298e 100644
--- a/src/locales/ko/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/ko/main.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "comingSoon": "곧 출시 예정",
     "command": "명령",
     "confirm": "확인",
+    "continue": "계속",
     "copyToClipboard": "클립보드에 복사",
     "currentUser": "현재 사용자",
     "customize": "사용자 정의",
@@ -273,15 +274,19 @@
     "Skipped": "건너뜀",
     "allOk": "문제가 발견되지 않았습니다.",
     "confirmTitle": "확실합니까?",
+    "consoleLogs": "콘솔 로그",
     "detected": "감지됨",
     "error": {
+      "cannotContinue": "계속할 수 없습니다 - 오류가 남아 있습니다",
       "defaultDescription": "유지 보수 작업을 실행하는 동안 오류가 발생했습니다.",
       "taskFailed": "작업 실행에 실패했습니다.",
       "toastTitle": "작업 오류"
     },
     "refreshing": "새로 고침 중",
     "showManual": "유지 보수 작업 보기",
-    "status": "상태"
+    "status": "상태",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "문제 해결 명령을 실행하면 출력이 여기에 표시됩니다.",
+    "title": "유지 보수"
   },
   "menu": {
     "autoQueue": "자동 실행 큐",
diff --git a/src/locales/ru/main.json b/src/locales/ru/main.json
index de91161ec..a77bdb062 100644
--- a/src/locales/ru/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/ru/main.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "comingSoon": "Скоро будет",
     "command": "Команда",
     "confirm": "Подтвердить",
+    "continue": "Продолжить",
     "copyToClipboard": "Скопировать в буфер обмена",
     "currentUser": "Текущий пользователь",
     "customize": "Настроить",
@@ -273,15 +274,19 @@
     "Skipped": "Пропущено",
     "allOk": "Проблем не обнаружено.",
     "confirmTitle": "Вы уверены?",
+    "consoleLogs": "Консольные журналы",
     "detected": "Обнаружено",
     "error": {
+      "cannotContinue": "Невозможно продолжить - остались ошибки",
       "defaultDescription": "Произошла ошибка при выполнении задачи по обслуживанию.",
       "taskFailed": "Не удалось выполнить задачу.",
       "toastTitle": "Ошибка задачи"
     },
     "refreshing": "Обновление",
     "showManual": "Показать задачи по обслуживанию",
-    "status": "Статус"
+    "status": "Статус",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "Когда вы запускаете команду для устранения неполадок, любой вывод будет отображаться здесь.",
+    "title": "Обслуживание"
   },
   "menu": {
     "autoQueue": "Автоочередь",
diff --git a/src/locales/zh/main.json b/src/locales/zh/main.json
index 6e8da9cd7..9e6a5f8db 100644
--- a/src/locales/zh/main.json
+++ b/src/locales/zh/main.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "comingSoon": "即将推出",
     "command": "指令",
     "confirm": "确认",
+    "continue": "继续",
     "copyToClipboard": "复制到剪贴板",
     "currentUser": "当前用户",
     "customize": "自定义",
@@ -273,15 +274,19 @@
     "Skipped": "跳过",
     "allOk": "未检测到任何问题。",
     "confirmTitle": "你确定吗？",
+    "consoleLogs": "控制台日志",
     "detected": "检测到",
     "error": {
+      "cannotContinue": "无法继续 - 仍有错误",
       "defaultDescription": "运行维护任务时发生错误。",
       "taskFailed": "任务运行失败。",
       "toastTitle": "任务错误"
     },
     "refreshing": "刷新中",
     "showManual": "显示维护任务",
-    "status": "状态"
+    "status": "状态",
+    "terminalDefaultMessage": "当你运行一个故障排除命令时，任何输出都会在这里显示。",
+    "title": "维护"
   },
   "menu": {
     "autoQueue": "自动执行",
diff --git a/src/views/MaintenanceView.vue b/src/views/MaintenanceView.vue
index 0d709caf3..3867b7aa6 100644
--- a/src/views/MaintenanceView.vue
+++ b/src/views/MaintenanceView.vue
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
     >
       <div class="max-w-screen-sm w-screen m-8 relative">
         <!-- Header -->
-        <h1 class="backspan pi-wrench text-4xl font-bold">Maintenance</h1>
+        <h1 class="backspan pi-wrench text-4xl font-bold">
+          {{ t('maintenance.title') }}
+        </h1>
 
         <!-- Toolbar -->
         <div class="w-full flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center">
           <span class="grow">
-            Status: <StatusTag :refreshing="isRefreshing" :error="anyErrors" />
+            {{ t('maintenance.status') }}:
+            <StatusTag :refreshing="isRefreshing" :error="anyErrors" />
           </span>
           <div class="flex gap-4 items-center">
             <SelectButton
@@ -53,14 +56,14 @@
         <!-- Actions -->
         <div class="flex justify-between gap-4 flex-row">
           <Button
-            label="Console Logs"
+            :label="t('maintenance.consoleLogs')"
             icon="pi pi-desktop"
             icon-pos="left"
             severity="secondary"
             @click="toggleConsoleDrawer"
           />
           <Button
-            label="Continue"
+            :label="t('g.continue')"
             icon="pi pi-arrow-right"
             icon-pos="left"
             :severity="anyErrors ? 'secondary' : 'primary'"
@@ -72,11 +75,14 @@
 
       <Drawer
         v-model:visible="terminalVisible"
-        header="Terminal"
+        :header="t('g.terminal')"
         position="bottom"
         style="height: max(50vh, 34rem)"
       >
-        <BaseTerminal @created="terminalCreated" />
+        <BaseTerminal
+          @created="terminalCreated"
+          @unmounted="terminalUnmounted"
+        />
       </Drawer>
       <Toast />
     </div>
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { PrimeIcons } from '@primevue/core/api'
+import { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
 import Button from 'primevue/button'
 import Drawer from 'primevue/drawer'
 import SelectButton from 'primevue/selectbutton'
@@ -98,6 +105,8 @@ import RefreshButton from '@/components/common/RefreshButton.vue'
 import StatusTag from '@/components/maintenance/StatusTag.vue'
 import TaskListPanel from '@/components/maintenance/TaskListPanel.vue'
 import type { useTerminal } from '@/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminal'
+import { useTerminalBuffer } from '@/hooks/bottomPanelTabs/useTerminalBuffer'
+import { t } from '@/i18n'
 import { useMaintenanceTaskStore } from '@/stores/maintenanceTaskStore'
 import { MaintenanceFilter } from '@/types/desktop/maintenanceTypes'
 import { electronAPI } from '@/utils/envUtil'
@@ -138,27 +147,32 @@ const filterOptions = ref([
 /** Filter binding; can be set to show all tasks, or only errors. */
 const filter = ref<MaintenanceFilter>(filterOptions.value[1])
 
+/** The actual output of all terminal commands - not rendered */
+const buffer = useTerminalBuffer()
+let xterm: Terminal | null = null
+
 /** If valid, leave the validation window. */
 const completeValidation = async (alertOnFail = true) => {
   const isValid = await electron.Validation.complete()
   if (alertOnFail && !isValid) {
     toast.add({
       severity: 'error',
-      summary: 'Error',
-      detail: 'Unable to continue - errors remain',
+      summary: t('g.error'),
+      detail: t('maintenance.error.cannotContinue'),
       life: 5_000
     })
   }
 }
 
+// Created and destroyed with the Drawer - contents copied from hidden buffer
 const terminalCreated = (
   { terminal, useAutoSize }: ReturnType<typeof useTerminal>,
   root: Ref<HTMLElement>
 ) => {
+  xterm = terminal
   useAutoSize({ root, autoRows: true, autoCols: true })
-  electron.onLogMessage((message: string) => {
-    terminal.write(message)
-  })
+  terminal.write(t('maintenance.terminalDefaultMessage'))
+  buffer.copyTo(terminal)
 
   terminal.options.cursorBlink = false
   terminal.options.cursorStyle = 'bar'
@@ -166,6 +180,10 @@ const terminalCreated = (
   terminal.options.disableStdin = true
 }
 
+const terminalUnmounted = () => {
+  xterm = null
+}
+
 const toggleConsoleDrawer = () => {
   terminalVisible.value = !terminalVisible.value
 }
@@ -189,6 +207,11 @@ watch(
 onMounted(async () => {
   electron.Validation.onUpdate(processUpdate)
 
+  electron.onLogMessage((message: string) => {
+    buffer.write(message)
+    xterm?.write(message)
+  })
+
   const update = await electron.Validation.getStatus()
   processUpdate(update)
 })