From 1f77d24a86b85a086b3a66ccbaa73173db95c96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Weathers <weathers.johnb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:04:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(list): reset Truncated state and use Cobra stderr stream

Reset Truncated on each Run(), use cmd.ErrOrStderr(), and reorder tests
to cover early-return stale state.

Signed-off-by: John Weathers <weathers.johnb@gmail.com>
---
 pkg/action/list.go      |  2 ++
 pkg/action/list_test.go | 13 +++++++------
 pkg/cmd/list.go         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/action/list.go b/pkg/action/list.go
index 7f83a4b1e..e254a4977 100644
--- a/pkg/action/list.go
+++ b/pkg/action/list.go
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ func (l *List) Run() ([]ri.Releaser, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	l.Truncated = false
+
 	var filter *regexp.Regexp
 	if l.Filter != "" {
 		var err error
diff --git a/pkg/action/list_test.go b/pkg/action/list_test.go
index 4a3759f28..e35b1f15c 100644
--- a/pkg/action/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/list_test.go
@@ -209,19 +209,20 @@ func TestList_Truncation(t *testing.T) {
 	is.Len(list, 1)
 	is.True(lister.Truncated, "Expected Truncated to be true when offset + limit < total")
 
+	// Early return path should reset Truncated even after a truncated run
 	lister.Limit = 1
-	lister.Offset = 2
+	lister.Offset = 3
 	list, err = lister.Run()
 	is.NoError(err)
-	is.Len(list, 1)
-	is.False(lister.Truncated, "Expected Truncated to be false when offset + limit == total")
+	is.Len(list, 0)
+	is.False(lister.Truncated, "Expected Truncated to be false when offset >= total")
 
 	lister.Limit = 1
-	lister.Offset = 3
+	lister.Offset = 2
 	list, err = lister.Run()
 	is.NoError(err)
-	is.Len(list, 0)
-	is.False(lister.Truncated, "Expected Truncated to be false when offset >= total")
+	is.Len(list, 1)
+	is.False(lister.Truncated, "Expected Truncated to be false when offset + limit == total")
 }
 
 func TestList_StateMask(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/list.go b/pkg/cmd/list.go
index 0eb393dcf..dc3d4fe0e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/list.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func newListCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 
 			outputFlag := cmd.Flag("output")
 			if outputFlag.Value.String() == "table" && client.Truncated && !cmd.Flags().Changed("max") {
-				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "WARNING: results were truncated due to the default --max limit. Use --max to show more releases.")
+				fmt.Fprintln(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "WARNING: results were truncated due to the default --max limit. Use --max to show more releases.")
 			}
 
 			return nil