diff --git a/src/risedevtool/run_command.sh b/src/risedevtool/run_command.sh
index e3da246d9d8c9..029249d7638a2 100755
--- a/src/risedevtool/run_command.sh
+++ b/src/risedevtool/run_command.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,30 @@
 echo "${@:3}"
 echo "logging to $1, and status to $2"
 
-"${@:3}" 2>&1 | tee "$1"
+# Strip ANSI color codes to make the log file readable.
+# trap '' INT: ignore interrupts in sed
+strip_ansi() {
+  (trap '' INT; sed -e 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g')
+}
 
+# Run the command and log the output to both the terminal and the log file.
+# tee -i: ignore interrupts in tee
+RW_LOG_FORCE_COLORFUL=1 "${@:3}" 2>&1 | tee -i >(strip_ansi > "$1")
+
+# Retrieve the return status.
 RET_STATUS="${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
 
-echo "status ${RET_STATUS}" > "$2"
+# If the status file exists, write the return status to it.
+#
+# The status file is used to detect early exits. Once `risedev-dev` finishes launching successfully,
+# it will clean up the status file, so it's safe to ignore it then.
+if [ -f "$2" ]; then
+    echo "status ${RET_STATUS}" > "$2"
+fi
 
+# Show the return status in both outputs.
 echo "$(date -u) [risedev]: Program exited with ${RET_STATUS}" >> "$1"
-echo "Program exited with ${RET_STATUS}, press Ctrl+C to continue."
+echo "Program exited with ${RET_STATUS}, press Ctrl+C again to close the window."
 
 while true; do
     read -r
diff --git a/src/risedevtool/src/task.rs b/src/risedevtool/src/task.rs
index 21b6f20eec5ee..94985269cb353 100644
--- a/src/risedevtool/src/task.rs
+++ b/src/risedevtool/src/task.rs
@@ -138,11 +138,7 @@ where
         if !id.is_empty() {
             self.pb.set_prefix(id.clone());
             self.id = Some(id.clone());
-
-            // Remove the old status file if exists to avoid confusion.
-            let status_file = self.status_dir.path().join(format!("{}.status", id));
-            fs_err::remove_file(&status_file).ok();
-            self.status_file = Some(status_file);
+            self.status_file = Some(self.status_dir.path().join(format!("{}.status", id)));
 
             // Remove the old log file if exists to avoid confusion.
             let log_file = Path::new(&env::var("PREFIX_LOG").unwrap())
diff --git a/src/utils/runtime/src/logger.rs b/src/utils/runtime/src/logger.rs
index ee4bbd88d6f87..bb191cf991030 100644
--- a/src/utils/runtime/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/utils/runtime/src/logger.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ impl LoggerSettings {
         Self {
             name: name.into(),
             enable_tokio_console: false,
-            colorful: console::colors_enabled_stderr() && console::colors_enabled(),
+            colorful: env_var_is_true("RW_LOG_FORCE_COLORFUL")
+                || (console::colors_enabled_stderr() && console::colors_enabled()),
             stderr: false,
             with_thread_name: false,
             targets: vec![],