diff --git a/scripts/tier2/artifacts/result_migration_small_files_20260617/migrate_startup_profiler.py b/scripts/tier2/artifacts/result_migration_small_files_20260617/migrate_startup_profiler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8fefebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tier2/artifacts/result_migration_small_files_20260617/migrate_startup_profiler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+"""Phase 11.3.2 partial migration for startup_profiler.py.
+
+CONTEXT-MANAGER EXCEPTION: StartupProfiler.phase() IS a context manager
+(decorated with @contextmanager; used in 13 'with profiler.phase(...)'
+call sites in src/gui_2.py). It CANNOT return Result[None] from the
+except body because @contextmanager requires the function to yield
+(not return), and the except body is inside a finally block.
+
+The plan claimed "phase() is NOT a context manager" - this is factually
+wrong. We do the best partial migration: extract a Result-returning
+helper for the stderr.write, and document the constraint.
+
+The audit classifies the existing site as INTERNAL_COMPLIANT via
+Heuristic #19 (catch+log). The plan's rejection was based on the
+incorrect assumption that phase() is a regular method.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+from pathlib import Path
+
+p = Path("src/startup_profiler.py")
+content = p.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+# 1. Add Result import
+old_imports = "import time\nimport sys\nfrom contextlib import contextmanager\nfrom dataclasses import dataclass, field\nfrom typing import Any, Iterator"
+new_imports = (
+    "import time\n"
+    "import sys\n"
+    "from contextlib import contextmanager\n"
+    "from dataclasses import dataclass, field\n"
+    "from typing import Any, Iterator\n"
+    "\n"
+    "from src.result_types import ErrorInfo, ErrorKind, Result"
+)
+assert old_imports in content, "imports marker not found"
+content = content.replace(old_imports, new_imports)
+
+# 2. Add _log_phase_output helper BEFORE @dataclass StartupProfiler
+helper = '''
+
+def _log_phase_output(line: str, phase_name: str) -> Result[None]:
+ """Best-effort stderr write for phase timing output. Returns Result[None].
+
+ Used by phase() (which is a @contextmanager; cannot return Result from
+ its except body because @contextmanager requires yield, not return, and
+ the except is in a finally block).
+ """
+ try:
+  sys.stderr.write(line)
+  sys.stderr.flush()
+  return Result(data=None)
+ except OSError as e:
+  return Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo(
+   kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL,
+   message=f"phase output failed for {phase_name}: {e}",
+   source="startup_profiler._log_phase_output",
+   original=e,
+  )])
+'''
+
+old_class_marker = "\n\n@dataclass\nclass StartupProfiler:"
+new_class_marker = helper + "\n\n@dataclass\nclass StartupProfiler:"
+assert old_class_marker in content, "class marker not found"
+content = content.replace(old_class_marker, new_class_marker)
+
+# 3. Replace the except body in phase() to use _log_phase_output
+old_except = (
+    "   try:\n"
+    "    sys.stderr.write(f\"[startup] {name}: {(p.end_ts - p.start_ts) * 1000.0:.1f}ms\\n\")\n"
+    "    sys.stderr.flush()\n"
+    "   except OSError as e:\n"
+    "    sys.stderr.write(f\"[startup] phase output failed for {name}: {e}\\n\")"
+)
+new_except = (
+    "   log_line = f\"[startup] {name}: {(p.end_ts - p.start_ts) * 1000.0:.1f}ms\\n\"\n"
+    "   log_result = _log_phase_output(log_line, name)\n"
+    "   if not log_result.ok:\n"
+    "    _log_phase_output(f\"[startup] phase output failed for {name}: {log_result.errors[0].message}\\n\", name)"
+)
+assert old_except in content, "except marker not found"
+content = content.replace(old_except, new_except)
+
+p.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8", newline="")
+print("ok")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/startup_profiler.py b/src/startup_profiler.py
index ca141e65..8bc7e430 100644
--- a/src/startup_profiler.py
+++ b/src/startup_profiler.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any, Iterator
 
+from src.result_types import ErrorInfo, ErrorKind, Result
+
 
 @dataclass
 class _Phase:
@@ -12,6 +14,26 @@ class _Phase:
  end_ts:   float = 0.0
 
 
+def _log_phase_output(line: str, phase_name: str) -> Result[None]:
+ """Best-effort stderr write for phase timing output. Returns Result[None].
+
+ Used by phase() (which is a @contextmanager; cannot return Result from
+ its except body because @contextmanager requires yield, not return, and
+ the except is in a finally block).
+ """
+ try:
+  sys.stderr.write(line)
+  sys.stderr.flush()
+  return Result(data=None)
+ except OSError as e:
+  return Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo(
+   kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL,
+   message=f"phase output failed for {phase_name}: {e}",
+   source="startup_profiler._log_phase_output",
+   original=e,
+  )])
+
+
 @dataclass
 class StartupProfiler:
  _phases:  list[_Phase] = field(default_factory=list)
@@ -34,11 +56,10 @@ class StartupProfiler:
   finally:
    p.end_ts = time.perf_counter()
    self._phases.append(p)
-   try:
-    sys.stderr.write(f"[startup] {name}: {(p.end_ts - p.start_ts) * 1000.0:.1f}ms\n")
-    sys.stderr.flush()
-   except OSError as e:
-    sys.stderr.write(f"[startup] phase output failed for {name}: {e}\n")
+   log_line = f"[startup] {name}: {(p.end_ts - p.start_ts) * 1000.0:.1f}ms\n"
+   log_result = _log_phase_output(log_line, name)
+   if not log_result.ok:
+    _log_phase_output(f"[startup] phase output failed for {name}: {log_result.errors[0].message}\n", name)
 
  def snapshot(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
   phases: dict[str, dict[str, float]] = {}