diff --git a/lib/exec_helpers.sh b/lib/exec_helpers.sh
index b0cdf6ad..f80ec951 100644
--- a/lib/exec_helpers.sh
+++ b/lib/exec_helpers.sh
@@ -126,18 +126,8 @@ exec_run_live() {
     # LOGFIX-4: export tool count for fast-trip detection in main loop.
     LAST_TOOL_COUNT=${_tool_count:-0}
     # LOGFIX-5: categorize errors into expected (tool scope) vs system (real failures).
-    local _expected_errors=0 _system_errors=0
-    if [[ ${_error_count:-0} -gt 0 ]]; then
-        _expected_errors=$(grep -B1 '"is_error":true' "$output_file" 2>/dev/null \
-            | grep -ciE 'permission|denied|too large|exceeds.*token|exceeds.*limit|outside.*allowed|not allowed' \
-            || echo 0)
-        _expected_errors=$(echo "$_expected_errors" | tr -d '[:space:]')
-        _system_errors=$(( ${_error_count:-0} - ${_expected_errors:-0} ))
-        [[ $_system_errors -lt 0 ]] && _system_errors=0
-        log_status "WARN" "Execution stats: Tools=${_tool_count:-0} Agents=${_agent_count:-0} Errors=${_error_count:-0} (${_expected_errors} scope, ${_system_errors} system)"
-    else
-        log_status "INFO" "Execution stats: Tools=${_tool_count:-0} Agents=${_agent_count:-0} Errors=0"
-    fi
+    exec_log_execution_stats "$output_file" \
+        "${_tool_count:-0}" "${_agent_count:-0}" "${_error_count:-0}"
 
     # Extract session ID from stream-json output for session continuity.
     # Stream-json format has session_id in the final "result" type message.
@@ -1040,3 +1030,45 @@ exec_aggregate_qa_results() {
     printf 'FAIL: %s (%s)\n' "$joined" "$first_fail_kind"
     return 1
 }
+
+# exec_log_execution_stats — Emit the post-run Tools/Agents/Errors line.
+#
+# Args:
+#   $1 output_file   — path to the NDJSON stream captured during the run
+#   $2 tool_count    — count of "type":"tool_use" events
+#   $3 agent_count   — count of "subtype":"task_started" events
+#   $4 error_count   — count of "is_error":true events
+#
+# When error_count == 0, emits an INFO line. When error_count > 0, splits the
+# error budget into expected (tool-scope: permission denied, oversize input,
+# token-limit exceeded, etc.) vs. system (real CLI/runtime failures) and emits
+# a WARN line.
+#
+# TAP-1877: the original inline version paired `grep -c | ... || echo 0` with
+# `tr -d '[:space:]'`, which combined into the literal "00" string when grep
+# found no matches — leaking `(00 scope, N system)` to the operator-facing
+# WARN line. The fix uses the documented `tr -cd '0-9' || true` pattern
+# plus `${var:-0}` so future arithmetic stays safe regardless of whether
+# the pipeline produced "0", "" or a digit run.
+exec_log_execution_stats() {
+    local output_file="$1"
+    local tool_count="${2:-0}"
+    local agent_count="${3:-0}"
+    local error_count="${4:-0}"
+
+    if [[ "${error_count:-0}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+        log_status "INFO" "Execution stats: Tools=${tool_count:-0} Agents=${agent_count:-0} Errors=0"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    local expected_errors
+    expected_errors=$(grep -B1 '"is_error":true' "$output_file" 2>/dev/null \
+        | grep -ciE 'permission|denied|too large|exceeds.*token|exceeds.*limit|outside.*allowed|not allowed' \
+        | tr -cd '0-9' || true)
+    expected_errors=${expected_errors:-0}
+
+    local system_errors=$(( ${error_count:-0} - ${expected_errors:-0} ))
+    [[ $system_errors -lt 0 ]] && system_errors=0
+
+    log_status "WARN" "Execution stats: Tools=${tool_count:-0} Agents=${agent_count:-0} Errors=${error_count:-0} (${expected_errors} scope, ${system_errors} system)"
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_exec_post_run.bats b/tests/unit/test_exec_post_run.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..079c16b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_exec_post_run.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# TAP-1877: exec_log_execution_stats must NOT print multi-zero counters
+# in the post-run Execution stats line. The original inline implementation
+# in exec_run_live paired `grep -c | ... || echo 0` with `tr -d '[:space:]'`,
+# which collapsed grep's "0\n0" no-match output into the literal "00" that
+# leaked through to the WARN line ("(00 scope, N system)" — observed on 9
+# of 50 lines in the 2026-05-15 → 2026-05-16 tapps-brain ralph.log).
+
+bats_require_minimum_version 1.5.0
+
+PROJECT_ROOT="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../.."
+
+setup() {
+    export TEST_DIR="$(mktemp -d "${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR:-/tmp}/exec_post_run.XXXXXX")"
+    # Stub log_status so we can capture the emitted line in stdout.
+    log_status() {
+        # First arg is the level (INFO|WARN|ERROR); rest is the message.
+        printf '%s: %s\n' "$1" "$2"
+    }
+    export -f log_status
+
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+    source "$PROJECT_ROOT/lib/exec_helpers.sh"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+    rm -rf "$TEST_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# Build a synthetic Claude NDJSON stream with a given number of is_error:true
+# entries, optionally one of them matching a tool-scope pattern.
+#
+# Usage: make_stream <output_path> <total_errors> <scope_matches>
+make_stream() {
+    local out="$1"
+    local total="${2:-0}"
+    local scope_matches="${3:-0}"
+
+    : > "$out"
+    local i=0
+    while (( i < scope_matches )); do
+        # Pair the scope-pattern line with the is_error sentinel so the
+        # `grep -B1 '"is_error":true' | grep -ciE 'permission|...'` filter
+        # picks it up. grep -B1 emits the preceding line + the matching
+        # line, then the inner grep matches the scope pattern on either.
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","content":"permission denied to write /etc/foo"}\n' >> "$out"
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","is_error":true}\n' >> "$out"
+        i=$(( i + 1 ))
+    done
+    local non_scope=$(( total - scope_matches ))
+    while (( non_scope > 0 )); do
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","content":"connection reset by peer"}\n' >> "$out"
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","is_error":true}\n' >> "$out"
+        non_scope=$(( non_scope - 1 ))
+    done
+}
+
+@test "TAP-1877: zero errors → INFO line, no scope/system counters" {
+    local stream="$TEST_DIR/stream.log"
+    make_stream "$stream" 0 0
+
+    run exec_log_execution_stats "$stream" 7 1 0
+    [[ "$status" -eq 0 ]] || fail "expected zero exit, got $status: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"INFO: Execution stats: Tools=7 Agents=1 Errors=0"* ]] \
+        || fail "expected INFO line with Errors=0, got: $output"
+    [[ "$output" != *"scope"* ]] \
+        || fail "INFO line should not mention scope/system, got: $output"
+}
+
+@test "TAP-1877: errors with zero scope matches prints '(0 scope, N system)' — NOT '(00 scope, …)'" {
+    # This is the canonical regression case the ticket cites: 2 is_error
+    # entries, neither matching the scope pattern. The buggy code would
+    # emit `(00 scope, 2 system)`; the fixed code emits `(0 scope, 2 system)`.
+    local stream="$TEST_DIR/stream.log"
+    make_stream "$stream" 2 0
+
+    run exec_log_execution_stats "$stream" 5 0 2
+    [[ "$status" -eq 0 ]] || fail "expected zero exit, got $status: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"(0 scope, "* ]] \
+        || fail "expected '(0 scope, ' in WARN line, got: $output"
+    [[ "$output" != *"(00 scope"* ]] \
+        || fail "double-zero leak still present, got: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"(0 scope, 2 system)"* ]] \
+        || fail "expected '(0 scope, 2 system)' suffix, got: $output"
+}
+
+@test "TAP-1877: mixed scope + system errors splits the count correctly" {
+    local stream="$TEST_DIR/stream.log"
+    # 3 total errors — 1 scope-pattern match (permission denied), 2 system.
+    make_stream "$stream" 3 1
+
+    run exec_log_execution_stats "$stream" 4 0 3
+    [[ "$status" -eq 0 ]] || fail "expected zero exit, got $status: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"Errors=3"* ]] \
+        || fail "expected Errors=3, got: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"(1 scope, 2 system)"* ]] \
+        || fail "expected '(1 scope, 2 system)' suffix, got: $output"
+}
+
+@test "TAP-1877: system clamps to 0 when scope count exceeds error count" {
+    # Defensive: if grep -B1 matches both a context line AND its is_error
+    # sentinel for the same record, scope could nominally exceed total.
+    # The arithmetic clamp must keep system_errors >= 0.
+    local stream="$TEST_DIR/stream.log"
+    # 1 error, but the scope pattern appears on both the context line and
+    # the is_error line — `grep -ciE` returns 2.
+    {
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","content":"permission denied to write"}\n'
+        printf '{"type":"tool_result","is_error":true,"content":"permission denied"}\n'
+    } > "$stream"
+
+    run exec_log_execution_stats "$stream" 1 0 1
+    [[ "$status" -eq 0 ]] || fail "expected zero exit, got $status: $output"
+    # The system value MUST never go negative regardless of grep arithmetic.
+    [[ "$output" != *"-1 system"* && "$output" != *"-2 system"* ]] \
+        || fail "system_errors leaked negative value, got: $output"
+}
+
+@test "TAP-1877: missing output_file falls back to '0 scope' without crashing" {
+    # Defensive: grep on a non-existent file returns 1 with empty stdout.
+    # `tr -cd '0-9'` empties to "", `${var:-0}` defaults to 0.
+    run exec_log_execution_stats "$TEST_DIR/does-not-exist.log" 0 0 2
+    [[ "$status" -eq 0 ]] || fail "expected zero exit on missing file, got $status: $output"
+    [[ "$output" == *"(0 scope, 2 system)"* ]] \
+        || fail "expected '(0 scope, 2 system)' on missing file, got: $output"
+    [[ "$output" != *"(00 scope"* ]] \
+        || fail "double-zero leak on missing file path, got: $output"
+}