diff --git a/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.test.ts b/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.test.ts
index 9d048881..826999a8 100644
--- a/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.test.ts
+++ b/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.test.ts
@@ -456,6 +456,21 @@ describe("parseCargoJson", () => {
 });
 
 describe("parseGolangciLintJson", () => {
+	it("keeps issues when a text trailer follows the JSON object", () => {
+		const payload = JSON.stringify({
+			Issues: [
+				{
+					FromLinter: "govet",
+					Text: 'brace in text { and }',
+					Pos: { Filename: "a.go", Line: 4, Column: 1 },
+				},
+			],
+		});
+		const results = parseGolangciLintJson(`${payload}\n1834 issues:\n`);
+		expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(nonNull(results[0])).toMatchObject({ file: "a.go", line: 4, ruleId: "govet" });
+	});
+
 	it("reads file/line from issue.Pos when present", () => {
 		const payload = JSON.stringify({
 			Issues: [{ FromLinter: "govet", Text: "bad", Pos: { Filename: "a.go", Line: 10, Column: 2 } }],
diff --git a/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.ts b/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.ts
index a83ce8a0..f9308833 100644
--- a/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.ts
+++ b/src/harness/check-engine/output-parsers-extra.ts
@@ -365,9 +365,47 @@ function parseGolangciIssue(value: unknown): GolangciIssue | null {
 	};
 }
 
+/**
+ * golangci-lint v2 can write the JSON report and then a text trailer
+ * (`N issues:`) on the same stdout. `JSON.parse` rejects that trailer.
+ * Take the first JSON object and ignore the rest.
+ */
+function firstJsonObject(output: string): string | null {
+	const start = output.indexOf("{");
+	if (start < 0) return null;
+	let depth = 0;
+	let inString = false;
+	let escape = false;
+	for (let i = start; i < output.length; i++) {
+		const ch = output[i];
+		if (inString) {
+			if (escape) {
+				escape = false;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (ch === "\\") {
+				escape = true;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (ch === '"') inString = false;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (ch === '"') {
+			inString = true;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (ch === "{") depth++;
+		else if (ch === "}") {
+			depth--;
+			if (depth === 0) return output.slice(start, i + 1);
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+
 export function parseGolangciLintJson(output: string): CheckResult[] {
 	try {
-		const parsed = JSON.parse(output);
+		const parsed = JSON.parse(firstJsonObject(output) ?? output);
 		if (!isJsonObject(parsed)) return [];
 		const issues = parsed.Issues;
 		if (!Array.isArray(issues)) return [];