diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index be970b6e..ce4a62fb 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -1165,12 +1165,35 @@ def _shutdown_save_ini_result(app: "App") -> Result[None]:
   # the cost of the first full-UI render. Splitting them attributes the gap.
   if not getattr(self, "_gui_func_entered", False):
    self._gui_func_entered = True
-   try:
-    init_ts = getattr(self.controller, "_init_start_ts", None)
-    if init_ts is not None:
-     sys.stderr.write(f"[startup] first _gui_func entry at {(time.time() - init_ts) * 1000:.1f}ms after init (window/GL + font/style/post_init callbacks done)\n")
-     sys.stderr.flush()
-   except Exception: pass
+   log_result = _gui_func_entry_log_result(self)
+   if not log_result.ok:
+    if not hasattr(self, '_last_request_errors'): self._last_request_errors = []
+    self._last_request_errors.append(("_gui_func.entry_log", log_result.errors[0]))
+
+def _gui_func_entry_log_result(app: "App") -> Result[None]:
+ """Drain-aware variant of App._gui_func startup-timing log (L1152 INTERNAL_SILENT_SWALLOW).
+
+ Extracts the first-frame startup-timing sys.stderr.write/flush from
+ App._gui_func into a Result-returning helper. On exception (broken pipe,
+ OSError on the stderr stream), converts to ErrorInfo (logging NOT a drain
+ per the user's principle 2026-06-17). The legacy _gui_func method
+ drains to self._last_request_errors.
+
+ [C: src/gui_2.py:App._gui_func (L1152 legacy wrapper)]
+ """
+ try:
+  init_ts = getattr(app.controller, "_init_start_ts", None)
+  if init_ts is not None:
+   sys.stderr.write(f"[startup] first _gui_func entry at {(time.time() - init_ts) * 1000:.1f}ms after init (window/GL + font/style/post_init callbacks done)\n")
+   sys.stderr.flush()
+  return Result(data=None)
+ except Exception as e:
+  return Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo(
+   kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL,
+   message=f"gui_func entry log failed: {e}",
+   source="gui_2._gui_func_entry_log_result",
+   original=e,
+  )])
   
   # One-shot: kick off the controller's heavy-module warmup on the shared
   # io_pool once the FIRST frame has actually been painted. Waiting one frame
diff --git a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
index 7ac173ad..d4521bfa 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
@@ -1947,4 +1947,47 @@ def test_phase_10_l1052_shutdown_save_ini_result_failure():
  assert "disk full" in err.message
 
 
+def test_phase_10_l1152_gui_func_entry_log_result_success():
+ """
+ L1152 _gui_func_entry_log_result returns Result(data=None) on success.
+
+ The helper extracts the startup-timing sys.stderr.write from
+ App._gui_func into a Result-returning helper. On success, returns
+ Result(data=None). The legacy _gui_func method proceeds to the rest
+ of the render loop.
+ """
+ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ app = MagicMock()
+ app.controller = MagicMock()
+ app.controller._init_start_ts = 1000.0
+ result = gui2_mod._gui_func_entry_log_result(app)
+ assert result.ok, f"Expected ok=True on success, got errors: {result.errors}"
+ assert result.data is None
+
+
+def test_phase_10_l1152_gui_func_entry_log_result_failure():
+ """
+ L1152 _gui_func_entry_log_result returns Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo]) on failure.
+
+ When the sys.stderr.write or sys.stderr.flush raises (e.g., broken pipe),
+ the helper converts to ErrorInfo. The legacy _gui_func method drains to
+ self._last_request_errors and proceeds with the rest of the render loop
+ (preserving the original behavior of continuing past the failure).
+ """
+ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ app = MagicMock()
+ app.controller = MagicMock()
+ app.controller._init_start_ts = 1000.0
+ with patch("src.gui_2.sys.stderr.write", side_effect=OSError("broken pipe")):
+  result = gui2_mod._gui_func_entry_log_result(app)
+ assert not result.ok, f"Expected ok=False on failure, got data: {result.data}"
+ assert result.data is None
+ assert result.errors, "Expected at least one error on failure"
+ err = result.errors[0]
+ assert err.source == "gui_2._gui_func_entry_log_result"
+ assert "broken pipe" in err.message
+
+