diff --git a/packages/quality/environments/containers/services/proxy.ts b/packages/quality/environments/containers/services/proxy.ts
index 74968ead9c7..c27d2f87034 100644
--- a/packages/quality/environments/containers/services/proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/quality/environments/containers/services/proxy.ts
@@ -11,20 +11,17 @@ import type {
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { GenericContainer, Wait } from 'testcontainers';
 
-import { createSilentLogConsumer } from '../helpers/utils';
 import { TEST_CONTAINER_IMAGES } from '../test-containers';
 import type { HelperContext, Service, ServiceResult } from './types';
 
 const HOSTNAME = 'proxyserver';
 const PORT = 1080;
-const MOCKSERVER_WAIT_STRATEGY = Wait.forAll([
-	Wait.forLogMessage(`INFO ${PORT} started on port: ${PORT}`),
-	Wait.forHttp('/mockserver/status', PORT)
-		.withMethod('PUT')
-		.forStatusCode(200)
-		.withStartupTimeout(60_000)
-		.withReadTimeout(250),
-]);
+// The status check proves readiness without following MockServer logs.
+const MOCKSERVER_WAIT_STRATEGY = Wait.forHttp('/mockserver/status', PORT)
+	.withMethod('PUT')
+	.forStatusCode(200)
+	.withStartupTimeout(60_000)
+	.withReadTimeout(250);
 
 export interface ProxyMeta {
 	host: string;
@@ -49,36 +46,29 @@ export const proxy: Service<ProxyResult> = {
 	},
 
 	async start(network, projectName): Promise<ProxyResult> {
-		const { consumer, throwWithLogs } = createSilentLogConsumer();
+		const container = await new GenericContainer(TEST_CONTAINER_IMAGES.mockserver)
+			.withNetwork(network)
+			.withNetworkAliases(HOSTNAME)
+			.withExposedPorts(PORT)
+			// Keep MockServer heap predictable under parallel container load.
+			.withEnvironment({ JVM_OPTIONS: '-Xmx512m -Xms512m' })
+			.withWaitStrategy(MOCKSERVER_WAIT_STRATEGY)
+			.withLabels({
+				'com.docker.compose.project': projectName,
+				'com.docker.compose.service': HOSTNAME,
+			})
+			.withName(`${projectName}-${HOSTNAME}`)
+			.withReuse()
+			.start();
 
-		try {
-			const container = await new GenericContainer(TEST_CONTAINER_IMAGES.mockserver)
-				.withNetwork(network)
-				.withNetworkAliases(HOSTNAME)
-				.withExposedPorts(PORT)
-				// Keep MockServer heap predictable under parallel container load.
-				.withEnvironment({ JVM_OPTIONS: '-Xmx512m -Xms512m' })
-				.withWaitStrategy(MOCKSERVER_WAIT_STRATEGY)
-				.withLabels({
-					'com.docker.compose.project': projectName,
-					'com.docker.compose.service': HOSTNAME,
-				})
-				.withName(`${projectName}-${HOSTNAME}`)
-				.withReuse()
-				.withLogConsumer(consumer)
-				.start();
-
-			return {
-				container,
-				meta: {
-					host: HOSTNAME,
-					port: PORT,
-					internalUrl: `http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}`,
-				},
-			};
-		} catch (error) {
-			return throwWithLogs(error);
-		}
+		return {
+			container,
+			meta: {
+				host: HOSTNAME,
+				port: PORT,
+				internalUrl: `http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}`,
+			},
+		};
 	},
 
 	env(result: ProxyResult, external?: boolean): Record<string, string> {
diff --git a/packages/quality/environments/containers/tests/proxy.test.ts b/packages/quality/environments/containers/tests/proxy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f632cb05baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/quality/environments/containers/tests/proxy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {
+	GenericContainer,
+	Wait,
+	type StartedNetwork,
+	type StartedTestContainer,
+} from 'testcontainers';
+import { afterEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+	vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+test('waits for MockServer status without a followed log stream', async () => {
+	const httpWait = vi.spyOn(Wait, 'forHttp');
+	const logWait = vi.spyOn(Wait, 'forLogMessage');
+	const withWaitStrategy = vi.spyOn(GenericContainer.prototype, 'withWaitStrategy');
+	const withLogConsumer = vi.spyOn(GenericContainer.prototype, 'withLogConsumer');
+	vi.spyOn(GenericContainer.prototype, 'start').mockResolvedValue({} as StartedTestContainer);
+	const { proxy } = await import('../services/proxy.js');
+	const network = { getName: () => 'test-network' } as StartedNetwork;
+
+	const result = await proxy.start(network, 'test-project');
+
+	expect(result.meta.internalUrl).toBe('http://proxyserver:1080');
+	expect(httpWait).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/mockserver/status', 1080);
+	// DEVP-1269: Log waits and consumers leave followed Docker streams attached to the worker.
+	expect(logWait).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	expect(withWaitStrategy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(httpWait.mock.results[0].value);
+	expect(withLogConsumer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});