More fixes

Author: JamesNK

src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/AppHostLauncher.cs

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public async Task<int> LaunchDetachedAsync(
         logger.LogDebug("Waiting for socket with prefix: {SocketPrefix}, Hash: {Hash}", expectedSocketPrefix, expectedHash);
 
         // Start the child process and wait for the backchannel
-        var launchResult = await LaunchAndWaitForBackchannelAsync(executablePath, childArgs, expectedHash, format, cancellationToken);
+        var launchResult = await LaunchAndWaitForBackchannelAsync(executablePath, childArgs, expectedHash, cancellationToken);
 
         // Handle failure cases
         if (launchResult.Backchannel is null || launchResult.ChildProcess is null)
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ private async Task<LaunchResult> LaunchAndWaitForBackchannelAsync(
         string executablePath,
         List<string> childArgs,
         string expectedHash,
-        OutputFormat? format,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         Process? childProcess = null;
@@ -272,17 +271,9 @@ private async Task<LaunchResult> LaunchAndWaitForBackchannelAsync(
             return null;
         }
 
-        IAppHostAuxiliaryBackchannel? backchannel;
-        if (format == OutputFormat.Json)
-        {
-            backchannel = await WaitForBackchannelAsync();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            backchannel = await interactionService.ShowStatusAsync(
-                RunCommandStrings.StartingAppHostInBackground,
-                WaitForBackchannelAsync);
-        }
+        var backchannel = await interactionService.ShowStatusAsync(
+            RunCommandStrings.StartingAppHostInBackground,
+            WaitForBackchannelAsync);
 
         return new LaunchResult(childProcess, backchannel, childExitedEarly, childExitCode);
     }

src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/PsCommand.cs

@@ -79,27 +79,19 @@ protected override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(ParseResult parseResult, Cancell
 
         // Scan for running AppHosts (same as ListAppHostsTool)
         // Skip status display for JSON output to avoid contaminating stdout
-        List<IAppHostAuxiliaryBackchannel> connections;
-        if (format == OutputFormat.Json)
-        {
-            await _backchannelMonitor.ScanAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            connections = _backchannelMonitor.Connections.ToList();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            connections = await _interactionService.ShowStatusAsync(
-                SharedCommandStrings.ScanningForRunningAppHosts,
-                async () =>
-                {
-                    await _backchannelMonitor.ScanAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    return _backchannelMonitor.Connections.ToList();
-                });
-        }
+        var connections = await _interactionService.ShowStatusAsync(
+            SharedCommandStrings.ScanningForRunningAppHosts,
+            async () =>
+            {
+                await _backchannelMonitor.ScanAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return _backchannelMonitor.Connections.ToList();
+            });
 
         if (connections.Count == 0)
         {
             if (format == OutputFormat.Json)
             {
+                // Structured output always goes to stdout.
                 _interactionService.DisplayRawText("[]", ConsoleOutput.Standard);
             }
             else