From d730df2a83e83ea3ec2990b213385cc34152c62e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Y.Horie" <u5.horie@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 10:41:35 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] cmd: colored error message in WrapCommandFuncForCobra (#7760)
 (#7768)

Signed-off-by: Y.Horie <u5.horie@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Mohammed Al Sahaf <msaa1990@gmail.com>
---
 cmd/cobra.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cobra.go b/cmd/cobra.go
index 14c8d2988..cc4792f17 100644
--- a/cmd/cobra.go
+++ b/cmd/cobra.go
@@ -149,8 +149,14 @@ func caddyCmdToCobra(caddyCmd Command) *cobra.Command {
 func WrapCommandFuncForCobra(f CommandFunc) func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		status, err := f(Flags{cmd.Flags()})
-		if status > 1 {
+		if err != nil {
+			// Route the error through Caddy's logger so it receives the same
+			// colored, structured formatting as INFO/WARN output, rather than
+			// cobra's plain "Error: ..." line which lacks any highlighting.
+			caddy.Log().Error(err.Error())
 			cmd.SilenceErrors = true
+		}
+		if status > 1 {
 			return &exitError{ExitCode: status, Err: err}
 		}
 		return err