diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 47c94aebd..b6524d72d 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import scala.util.Try
 // ThisBuild settings take lower precedence,
 // but can be shared across the multi projects.
 ThisBuild / version := {
-  val v = "1.11.1-SNAPSHOT"
+  val v = "1.11.5-SNAPSHOT"
   nightlyVersion.getOrElse(v)
 }
 ThisBuild / version2_13 := "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/client/NetworkClient.scala b/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/client/NetworkClient.scala
index 6bc13337f..551e5c2b8 100644
--- a/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/client/NetworkClient.scala
+++ b/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/client/NetworkClient.scala
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ class NetworkClient(
       start()
       override def run(): Unit = {
         try {
+          val buffer = mutable.ArrayBuffer.empty[Byte]
           while (readThreadAlive.get) {
             if (socket.isEmpty) {
               socket = Try(ClientSocket.localSocket(bootSocketName, useJNI)).toOption
@@ -447,7 +448,12 @@ class NetworkClient(
                   case 3 if gotInputBack => // ETX: end of text
                     readThreadAlive.set(false)
                   case i if gotInputBack => stdinBytes.offer(i)
-                  case i                 => printStream.write(i)
+                  case 10 => // CR
+                    buffer.append(10)
+                    printStream.write(buffer.toArray[Byte])
+                    buffer.clear()
+                  case i =>
+                    buffer.append(i.toByte)
                 }
               } catch {
                 case e @ (_: IOException | _: InterruptedException) =>
@@ -572,7 +578,7 @@ class NetworkClient(
       case null => ()
       case (q, startTime, name) =>
         val now = System.currentTimeMillis
-        val message = NetworkClient.timing(startTime, now)
+        val message = NetworkClient.elapsedString(startTime, now)
         if (batchMode.get || !attached.get) {
           if (exitCode == 0) console.success(message)
           else console.appendLog(Level.Error, message)
@@ -862,8 +868,7 @@ class NetworkClient(
     }
   }
 
-  def connect(log: Boolean, promptCompleteUsers: Boolean): Boolean = {
-    if (log) console.appendLog(Level.Info, "entering *experimental* thin client - BEEP WHIRR")
+  def connect(promptCompleteUsers: Boolean): Boolean =
     try {
       init(promptCompleteUsers, retry = true)
       true
@@ -872,7 +877,6 @@ class NetworkClient(
         console.appendLog(Level.Error, "failed to connect to server")
         false
     }
-  }
 
   private[this] val contHandler: () => Unit = () => {
     if (Terminal.console.getLastLine.nonEmpty)
@@ -913,9 +917,8 @@ class NetworkClient(
           catch { case _: InterruptedException => }
           if (exitClean.get) 0 else 1
         }
-        console.appendLog(Level.Info, "terminate the server with `shutdown`")
         if (interactive) {
-          console.appendLog(Level.Info, "disconnect from the server with `exit`")
+          console.appendLog(Level.Info, "terminate the server with `shutdown`")
           block()
         } else if (exit) 0
         else {
@@ -927,8 +930,7 @@ class NetworkClient(
     }
 
   def batchExecute(userCommands: List[String]): Int = {
-    val cmd = userCommands mkString " "
-    printStream.println("> " + cmd)
+    val cmd = userCommands.mkString(" ")
     sendAndWait(cmd, None)
   }
 
@@ -1230,8 +1232,16 @@ object NetworkClient {
     // Which sometimes becomes garbled in standard output
     // Therefore we replace NNBSP (u202f) with standard space (u0020)
     val nowString = format.format(new Date(endTime)).replace("\u202F", "\u0020")
+    val totalString = elapsedStr(startTime, endTime)
+    s"Total time: $totalString, completed $nowString"
+  }
+
+  def elapsedString(startTime: Long, endTime: Long): String =
+    s"elapsed: ${elapsedStr(startTime, endTime)}"
+
+  private def elapsedStr(startTime: Long, endTime: Long): String = {
     val total = (endTime - startTime + 500) / 1000
-    val totalString = s"$total s" +
+    s"$total s" +
       (if (total <= 60) ""
        else {
          val hours = total / 3600 match {
@@ -1242,7 +1252,6 @@ object NetworkClient {
          val secs = f"${total % 60}%02d"
          s" ($hours:$mins:$secs.0)"
        })
-    s"Total time: $totalString, completed $nowString"
   }
 
   private[sbt] def timing(startTime: Long, endTime: Long): String = {
@@ -1267,7 +1276,7 @@ object NetworkClient {
         useJNI,
       )
     try {
-      if (client.connect(log = true, promptCompleteUsers = false)) client.run()
+      if (client.connect(promptCompleteUsers = false)) client.run()
       else 1
     } catch { case _: Exception => 1 } finally client.close()
   }
@@ -1297,7 +1306,7 @@ object NetworkClient {
           client.connectOrStartServerAndConnect(promptCompleteUsers = false, retry = true)
         BspClient.bspRun(socket)
       } else {
-        if (client.connect(log = true, promptCompleteUsers = false)) client.run()
+        if (client.connect(promptCompleteUsers = false)) client.run()
         else 1
       }
     } catch { case _: Exception => 1 } finally client.close()
@@ -1394,7 +1403,7 @@ object NetworkClient {
         )
       try {
         val results =
-          if (client.connect(log = false, promptCompleteUsers = true)) client.getCompletions(cmd)
+          if (client.connect(promptCompleteUsers = true)) client.getCompletions(cmd)
           else Nil
         out.println(results.sorted.distinct mkString "\n")
         0