diff --git a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/cli.ts b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/cli.ts
index dd307b12a1c6..30462b9f5343 100644
--- a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/src/orm/cli.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { fstatSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { ifDefined } from '@internal/utils/defined';
 import type { Cli, HostProcess, MountedTree, Runtime } from '@prisma/cli-engine';
 import { createCli, telemetryCommandGroup } from '@prisma/cli-engine';
@@ -117,11 +118,33 @@ export function createOrmCli(): Cli {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * The file identity behind a stream's fd, or undefined where the host exposes
+ * no fd (a harness stream) or the fd cannot be stat-ed.
+ */
+function streamFileIdentity(
+  stream: HostProcess['stdout'] | HostProcess['stderr'],
+): string | undefined {
+  if (!('fd' in stream) || typeof stream.fd !== 'number') {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  try {
+    const stat = fstatSync(stream.fd);
+    return `${stat.dev}:${stat.ino}`;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Everything environmental the engine is given, adapted from the host process
  * once. The engine owns signal policy; the bin is dumb wiring.
  */
 export function runtimeFromProcess(proc: HostProcess): Runtime {
+  const stdoutFile = streamFileIdentity(proc.stdout);
+  const stderrFile = streamFileIdentity(proc.stderr);
+  const outputStreamsShareDevice =
+    stdoutFile !== undefined && stderrFile !== undefined ? stdoutFile === stderrFile : undefined;
   return {
     stdout: { write: (text) => void proc.stdout.write(text) },
     // The terminal width the drawings get to use, read once with everything
@@ -139,6 +162,7 @@ export function runtimeFromProcess(proc: HostProcess): Runtime {
       stdout: proc.stdout.isTTY === true,
       stderr: proc.stderr.isTTY === true,
     },
+    ...ifDefined('outputStreamsShareDevice', outputStreamsShareDevice),
     host: {
       runtime: { name: 'node', version: proc.version },
       platform: proc.platform,
diff --git a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/cli.test.ts b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/cli.test.ts
index 73efb29e0ea2..ecfd276df76e 100644
--- a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/cli/test/orm/cli.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+import { closeSync, openSync } from 'node:fs';
 import type { HostProcess, LoadedConfig } from '@prisma/cli-engine';
 import { createTestCli } from '@prisma/cli-engine/testing';
 import { join } from 'pathe';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { BIN_COMMANDS, BIN_GROUPS, createOrmCli, runOrmCli } from '../../src/orm/cli';
+import {
+  BIN_COMMANDS,
+  BIN_GROUPS,
+  createOrmCli,
+  runOrmCli,
+  runtimeFromProcess,
+} from '../../src/orm/cli';
 import { ormCommandFamily } from '../../src/orm/family';
 import { createTestProjectDir } from '../utils/test-project-dir';
 
@@ -205,6 +212,78 @@ function processWithUnreadableCwd(stderr: string[]): HostProcess {
   };
 }
 
+function processWithOutputStreams(
+  stdout: HostProcess['stdout'] & { readonly fd?: number },
+  stderr: HostProcess['stderr'] & { readonly fd?: number },
+): HostProcess {
+  return {
+    argv: ['node', 'prisma-next'],
+    env: {},
+    version: process.version,
+    versions: process.versions,
+    platform: process.platform,
+    arch: process.arch,
+    cwd: () => '/',
+    stdout,
+    stderr,
+    stdin: { [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => [][Symbol.iterator]() as never },
+    on: () => undefined,
+    off: () => undefined,
+    exit: () => {
+      throw new Error('exit must not be called');
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('runtimeFromProcess', () => {
+  it('reports that stdout and stderr share a device when their fds name the same file', () => {
+    const dir = createTestProjectDir('orm-share-device-same');
+    const first = openSync(join(dir, 'screen.log'), 'w');
+    const second = openSync(join(dir, 'screen.log'), 'w');
+    try {
+      const runtime = runtimeFromProcess(
+        processWithOutputStreams(
+          { write: () => true, fd: first },
+          { write: () => true, fd: second },
+        ),
+      );
+      expect(runtime.outputStreamsShareDevice).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      closeSync(first);
+      closeSync(second);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('reports separate devices when the fds name different files', () => {
+    const dir = createTestProjectDir('orm-share-device-split');
+    const out = openSync(join(dir, 'out.log'), 'w');
+    const err = openSync(join(dir, 'err.log'), 'w');
+    try {
+      const runtime = runtimeFromProcess(
+        processWithOutputStreams({ write: () => true, fd: out }, { write: () => true, fd: err }),
+      );
+      expect(runtime.outputStreamsShareDevice).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      closeSync(out);
+      closeSync(err);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the answer absent when a stream exposes no fd', () => {
+    const runtime = runtimeFromProcess(
+      processWithOutputStreams({ write: () => true }, { write: () => true }),
+    );
+    expect(runtime.outputStreamsShareDevice).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the answer absent when an fd cannot be stat-ed', () => {
+    const runtime = runtimeFromProcess(
+      processWithOutputStreams({ write: () => true, fd: -1 }, { write: () => true, fd: -1 }),
+    );
+    expect(runtime.outputStreamsShareDevice).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('runOrmCli', () => {
   it('reports a startup failure as a structured line instead of a raw stack trace', async () => {
     const stderr: string[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/config-loader/src/load.ts b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/config-loader/src/load.ts
index 7c2fbbdefcae..02ff8c31d584 100644
--- a/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/config-loader/src/load.ts
+++ b/packages/1-framework/3-tooling/config-loader/src/load.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { realpathSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { access } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import {
   hasCurrentConfigFormatVersion,
   type PrismaNextConfig,
@@ -190,6 +193,19 @@ function toConfigLoadFailure(error: unknown, configPath?: string): CliStructured
  * fail the load: they are returned as section-tagged diagnostics so commands
  * fail only on the sections they read (via {@link requireConfigSections}).
  */
+/**
+ * Imports c12 by the realpath of its entry file. Under pnpm, resolving the
+ * bare specifier can pin c12 at its symlinked node_modules path — Node's
+ * synchronous ESM linker and some resolver states skip the realpath step —
+ * and from that path c12's own dependencies (`dotenv`) do not resolve, which
+ * fails every config load with CONFIG.EVALUATION_FAILED. Anchoring the import
+ * at the real on-disk location keeps every transitive resolution working.
+ */
+async function importC12(): Promise<typeof import('c12')> {
+  const entry = realpathSync(createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve('c12'));
+  return await import(pathToFileURL(entry).href);
+}
+
 export async function loadConfig(
   configPath?: string,
   options?: { readonly cwd?: string },
@@ -214,7 +230,7 @@ export async function loadConfig(
 
   let result: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof import('c12').loadConfig<Record<string, unknown>>>>;
   try {
-    const c12 = await import('c12');
+    const c12 = await importC12();
     result = await c12.loadConfig<Record<string, unknown>>({
       name: discoveryName,
       ...ifDefined('configFile', resolvedConfigPath),