diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5d52594..b869b035 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.13.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.3.0
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/output/logging/context.go b/pkg/output/logging/context.go
index 1b94ba01..534d7ca9 100644
--- a/pkg/output/logging/context.go
+++ b/pkg/output/logging/context.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func createDefaultLogger(ctx context.Context) *zap.Logger {
 		zapcore.AddSync(errout),
 		lvl,
 	))
-	if !term.IsTerminal(errout) {
+	if !term.IsFancy(errout) {
 		ec = zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig()
 		logger = zap.New(zapcore.NewCore(
 			zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(ec),
diff --git a/pkg/output/term/io.go b/pkg/output/term/io.go
index b481ebea..38cbcca1 100644
--- a/pkg/output/term/io.go
+++ b/pkg/output/term/io.go
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ func IsReaderTerminal(r io.Reader) bool {
 	return ok && term.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
 }
 
-// IsTerminal returns true if the given writer is a real terminal.
-func IsTerminal(w io.Writer) bool {
+// IsWriterTerminal returns true if the given writer is a real terminal.
+func IsWriterTerminal(w io.Writer) bool {
+	f, ok := w.(*os.File)
+	return ok && term.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
+}
+
+// IsFancy returns true if the given writer is a real terminal, or the color
+// is forced by the environment variables.
+func IsFancy(w io.Writer) bool {
 	if environment.ColorIsForced() {
 		return true
 	}
-	f, ok := w.(*os.File)
-	return ok && environment.NonColorRequested() && term.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
+	return !environment.NonColorRequested() && IsWriterTerminal(w)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964.go b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76c2d628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2024 The Knative Authors
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// safeguardBubbletea964 will safeguard the io.Reader by returning a new
+// io.Reader that will prevent the
+// https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/issues/964 issue.
+//
+// TODO: Remove this function once the issue is resolved.
+func safeguardBubbletea964(in io.Reader) io.Reader {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if f, ok := in.(*os.File); ok {
+		if st, err := f.Stat(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("unexpected: ", err)
+		} else {
+			if !st.Mode().IsRegular() {
+				if st.Name() != os.DevNull {
+					log.Println("WARN: non-regular file given as input: ",
+						st.Name(), " (mode: ", st.Mode(),
+						"). Using `nil` as input.")
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return in
+}
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964_test.go b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c66247b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/bubbletea964_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2024 The Knative Authors
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSafeguardBubbletea964(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	assert.NilError(t, os.WriteFile(tmp+"/file", []byte("test"), 0o600))
+	tf := openFile(t, tmp+"/file")
+	tcs := []safeguardBubbletea964TestCase{{
+		name: "nil input",
+		in:   nil,
+		want: nil,
+	}, {
+		name: "non-regular file",
+		in:   os.NewFile(0, "/"),
+		want: nil,
+	}, {
+		name: "regular file",
+		in:   tf,
+		want: tf,
+	}, {
+		name: "dev null",
+		in:   openFile(t, os.DevNull),
+		want: nil,
+	}}
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			if tf, ok := tc.in.(*os.File); ok {
+				defer func(tf *os.File) {
+					_ = tf.Close()
+				}(tf)
+			}
+
+			got := safeguardBubbletea964(tc.in)
+			assert.Equal(t, got, tc.want)
+		})
+
+	}
+}
+
+type safeguardBubbletea964TestCase struct {
+	name string
+	in   io.Reader
+	want io.Reader
+}
+
+func openFile(tb testing.TB, name string) *os.File {
+	tb.Helper()
+	f, err := os.Open(name)
+	assert.NilError(tb, err)
+	return f
+}
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/progress.go b/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
index cb26f70f..51d66b67 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/progress.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/progress"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"knative.dev/client-pkg/pkg/output"
 	"knative.dev/client-pkg/pkg/output/term"
 )
@@ -79,12 +80,16 @@ type BubbleProgress struct {
 	prevSpeed  []int
 	err        error
 	quitChan   chan struct{}
+	teaErr     error
 }
 
 func (b *BubbleProgress) With(fn func(ProgressControl) error) error {
 	b.start()
-	defer b.stop()
-	return fn(b)
+	err := func() error {
+		defer b.stop()
+		return fn(b)
+	}()
+	return multierr.Combine(err, b.err, b.teaErr)
 }
 
 func (b *BubbleProgress) Error(err error) {
@@ -238,15 +243,17 @@ func (b *BubbleProgress) start() {
 	b.prog = progress.New(progress.WithDefaultGradient())
 	out := b.OutOrStdout()
 	b.tea = tea.NewProgram(b,
-		tea.WithInput(b.InOrStdin()),
+		tea.WithInput(safeguardBubbletea964(b.InOrStdin())),
 		tea.WithOutput(out),
 	)
 	b.quitChan = make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		t := b.tea
-		_, _ = t.Run()
+		if _, err := t.Run(); err != nil {
+			b.teaErr = err
+		}
 		close(b.quitChan)
-		if term.IsTerminal(out) {
+		if term.IsWriterTerminal(out) {
 			if err := t.ReleaseTerminal(); err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/progress_test.go b/pkg/output/tui/progress_test.go
index 29e482cd..82d06aea 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/progress_test.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/progress_test.go
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestProgress(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
-	}
 	ctx := context.TestContext(t)
 	prt := output.NewTestPrinter()
 	ctx = output.WithContext(ctx, prt)
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go b/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
index 438ef358..9c0665bb 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/spinner.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/spinner"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	"knative.dev/client-pkg/pkg/output"
 	"knative.dev/client-pkg/pkg/output/term"
 )
@@ -46,12 +47,16 @@ type BubbleSpinner struct {
 	spin     spinner.Model
 	tea      *tea.Program
 	quitChan chan struct{}
+	teaErr   error
 }
 
 func (b *BubbleSpinner) With(fn func(Spinner) error) error {
 	b.start()
-	defer b.stop()
-	return fn(b)
+	err := func() error {
+		defer b.stop()
+		return fn(b)
+	}()
+	return multierr.Combine(err, b.teaErr)
 }
 
 func (b *BubbleSpinner) Init() tea.Cmd {
@@ -75,15 +80,17 @@ func (b *BubbleSpinner) start() {
 	)
 	out := b.OutOrStdout()
 	b.tea = tea.NewProgram(b,
-		tea.WithInput(b.InOrStdin()),
+		tea.WithInput(safeguardBubbletea964(b.InOrStdin())),
 		tea.WithOutput(out),
 	)
 	b.quitChan = make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		t := b.tea
-		_, _ = t.Run()
+		if _, err := t.Run(); err != nil {
+			b.teaErr = err
+		}
 		close(b.quitChan)
-		if term.IsTerminal(out) {
+		if term.IsWriterTerminal(out) {
 			_ = t.ReleaseTerminal()
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/pkg/output/tui/spinner_test.go b/pkg/output/tui/spinner_test.go
index 6e102ecc..343f44be 100644
--- a/pkg/output/tui/spinner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/output/tui/spinner_test.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSpinner(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
-	}
 	ctx := context.TestContext(t)
 	prt := output.NewTestPrinter()
 	ctx = output.WithContext(ctx, prt)