diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 769e809..6b24d66 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
         // JIT from precompiled object (relocation only, no IR compilation)
         sx.llvm_api.initNativeTarget();
         timer.mark();
+        // Phase separator: emit a clear delimiter between any #run output
+        // (which prints via the interp to stderr) and the JIT-executed
+        // main's runtime output (which writes to stdout). Without this,
+        // test logs and human-eye reads interleave compile-time and
+        // run-time output ambiguously. Only when top-level #run exists —
+        // pure-runtime tests keep their current snapshots.
+        if (hasTopLevelRun(root)) {
+            std.debug.print("--- build done ---\n", .{});
+        }
         const exit_code = sx.target.runJITFromObject(obj_buf) catch {
             // JIT failed — fall back to AOT
             timer.record("jit-fail");
diff --git a/tests/expected/05-run.txt b/tests/expected/05-run.txt
index 39e6780..bdbd4ed 100644
--- a/tests/expected/05-run.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/05-run.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 hello 25
+--- build done ---
 hello 25
diff --git a/tests/expected/115-post-link-callback.txt b/tests/expected/115-post-link-callback.txt
index 6ce5eca..288e060 100644
--- a/tests/expected/115-post-link-callback.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/115-post-link-callback.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+--- build done ---
 runtime main
diff --git a/tests/expected/119-interp-cast-ptr-cmp.txt b/tests/expected/119-interp-cast-ptr-cmp.txt
index b35b8e2..a368de4 100644
--- a/tests/expected/119-interp-cast-ptr-cmp.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/119-interp-cast-ptr-cmp.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+--- build done ---
 rt
diff --git a/tests/expected/120-interp-variadic-any.txt b/tests/expected/120-interp-variadic-any.txt
index b35b8e2..a368de4 100644
--- a/tests/expected/120-interp-variadic-any.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/120-interp-variadic-any.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+--- build done ---
 rt
diff --git a/tests/expected/121-ios-sim-bundle.txt b/tests/expected/121-ios-sim-bundle.txt
index 2e90bae..7a3d5ce 100644
--- a/tests/expected/121-ios-sim-bundle.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/121-ios-sim-bundle.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+--- build done ---
 ios-sim runtime main
diff --git a/tests/expected/38-build-config.txt b/tests/expected/38-build-config.txt
index c7e4b60..c06da6c 100644
--- a/tests/expected/38-build-config.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/38-build-config.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+--- build done ---
 build config: ok
 pointer size: 8
 os: macos
diff --git a/tests/expected/65-add-framework.txt b/tests/expected/65-add-framework.txt
index 8b13789..cda3766 100644
--- a/tests/expected/65-add-framework.txt
+++ b/tests/expected/65-add-framework.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-
+--- build done ---