diff --git a/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh b/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
index 5df0819..a4c516a 100755
--- a/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/taler-monitoring/lib.sh
@@ -352,17 +352,19 @@ koopa_ssh_python() {
   with_timeout "$t" ssh "${SSH_BASE_OPTS[@]}" "${KOOPA_SSH}" python3 -
 }
 
-# ANSI colours for tags (green OK / yellow WARN / red ERROR·BLOCKER / cyan INFO).
-# Default: always on so pasted logs keep visible tags. Disable: NO_COLOR=1 or CLICOLOR=0.
+# ANSI colours — tag + body (label bold, detail dim). Off: NO_COLOR=1 or CLICOLOR=0.
 if [ "${NO_COLOR:-0}" = "1" ] || [ "${CLICOLOR:-1}" = "0" ]; then
-  G= R= Y= C= N= B=
+  G= R= Y= C= M= D= W= B= N=
 else
-  G=$'\e[1;32m'   # bold green  [OK]
-  R=$'\e[1;31m'   # bold red    [ERROR] [BLOCKER]
-  Y=$'\e[1;33m'   # bold yellow [WARN]
-  C=$'\e[1;36m'   # bold cyan   [INFO]
-  B=$'\e[1m'
-  N=$'\e[0m'
+  G=$'\e[1;32m'   # bold green     [OK]
+  R=$'\e[1;31m'   # bold red       [ERROR]
+  Y=$'\e[1;33m'   # bold yellow    [WARN]
+  C=$'\e[1;36m'   # bold cyan      [INFO]
+  M=$'\e[1;35m'   # bold magenta   [BLOCKER]
+  D=$'\e[2m'      # dim            tid / detail / sep
+  W=$'\e[1;37m'   # bold white     main label text
+  B=$'\e[1m'      # bold           section headers
+  N=$'\e[0m'      # reset
 fi
 
 PASS_N=0
@@ -392,47 +394,54 @@ _take_tid() {
   TEST_N=$((TEST_N + 1))
   LAST_TID=$(printf '%s-%03d' "$TEST_AREA" "$TEST_N")
 }
+# Dim test id: "www-001  " or empty
 _fmt_tid() {
-  # prefix "www-001  " or empty
   if [ -n "${LAST_TID:-}" ]; then
-    printf '%s  ' "$LAST_TID"
+    printf '%s%s%s  ' "$D" "$LAST_TID" "$N"
+  fi
+}
+# One concrete line: [TAG] tid  label  ·  detail
+# $1=tag colour  $2=tag text  $3=label colour  $4=label  $5=detail (optional)
+_msg_line() {
+  local tcol="$1" tag="$2" lcol="$3" label="$4" detail="${5:-}"
+  # Fixed-width tag column: "[OK]    " / "[BLOCKER]" (8 chars inside incl. brackets)
+  local tcell
+  tcell=$(printf '%-9s' "[${tag}]")
+  if [ -n "$detail" ]; then
+    printf '%s%s%s %s%s%s%s %s·%s %s%s%s\n' \
+      "$tcol" "$tcell" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$lcol" "$label" "$N" "$D" "$N" "$D" "$detail" "$N"
+  else
+    printf '%s%s%s %s%s%s%s\n' \
+      "$tcol" "$tcell" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$lcol" "$label" "$N"
   fi
 }
 
 ok() {
-  # Forms (same idea as info/warn):
-  #   ok "what passed"
-  #   ok "what passed" "detail / ms / bytes / …"
+  # ok "what is good" ["concrete evidence: HTTP 200 · 12ms · …"]
   local label="$1" detail="${2:-}"
   _take_tid
-  if [ -n "$detail" ]; then
-    printf '%s[OK]%s    %s%s — %s\n' "$G" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$label" "$detail"
-  else
-    printf '%s[OK]%s    %s%s\n' "$G" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$label"
-  fi
+  _msg_line "$G" "OK" "$W" "$label" "$detail"
   PASS_N=$((PASS_N + 1))
 }
-# component-scoped error: err bank "libeufin down" "detail"
+# component-scoped error: err bank "what failed" "why / HTTP / path"
 err() {
   local comp="$1" msg="$2" detail="${3:-}"
   _take_tid
-  printf '%s[ERROR]%s %s%s: %s%s\n' "$R" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$comp" "$msg" "${detail:+ — $detail}"
+  _msg_line "$R" "ERROR" "$W" "${comp}: ${msg}" "$detail"
   FAIL_N=$((FAIL_N + 1))
-  ERRORS+=("${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }[$comp] $msg${detail:+ — $detail}")
+  ERRORS+=("${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }[$comp] $msg${detail:+ · $detail}")
 }
-# legacy fail label ...
+# fail "what failed" ["why / HTTP code / path"]
 fail() {
   local label="$1" detail="${2:-}"
   _take_tid
-  printf '%s[ERROR]%s %s%s%s\n' "$R" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$label" "${detail:+ — $detail}"
+  _msg_line "$R" "ERROR" "$W" "$label" "$detail"
   FAIL_N=$((FAIL_N + 1))
-  ERRORS+=("${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }$label${detail:+ — $detail}")
+  ERRORS+=("${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }$label${detail:+ · $detail}")
 }
 warn() {
-  # Forms (same idea as err; always try to state the problem):
-  #   warn "problem"
-  #   warn "problem" "why / context"
-  #   warn component "problem" "why / context"
+  # warn "what is soft-bad" ["why still ok to continue"]
+  # warn component "what" "why"
   local a1="${1:-}" a2="${2:-}" a3="${3:-}"
   local head detail
   _take_tid
@@ -446,56 +455,51 @@ warn() {
     head="$a1"
     detail=""
   fi
-  if [ -n "$detail" ]; then
-    printf '%s[WARN]%s  %s%s — %s\n' "$Y" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$head" "$detail"
-  else
-    printf '%s[WARN]%s  %s%s\n' "$Y" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$head"
-  fi
+  _msg_line "$Y" "WARN" "$W" "$head" "$detail"
   WARN_N=$((WARN_N + 1))
 }
 info() {
+  # info "topic" ["concrete fact / value / next step"]
   local label="$1" detail="${2:-}"
   _take_tid
-  if [ -n "$detail" ]; then
-    printf '%s[INFO]%s  %s%s — %s\n' "$C" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$label" "$detail"
-  else
-    printf '%s[INFO]%s  %s%s\n' "$C" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$label"
-  fi
+  _msg_line "$C" "INFO" "$W" "$label" "$detail"
   INFO_N=$((INFO_N + 1))
 }
 blocker() {
-  # Payment/withdraw path cannot proceed because of this
+  # Hard stop on pay/withdraw path: blocker "step" "why it cannot continue"
   local step="$1" msg="$2"
   _take_tid
-  printf '%s[BLOCKER]%s %s%s: %s\n' "$R$B" "$N" "$(_fmt_tid)" "$step" "$msg"
+  _msg_line "$M" "BLOCKER" "$W" "${step}" "$msg"
   BLOCKERS+=("${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }[$step] $msg")
   FAIL_N=$((FAIL_N + 1))
   ERRORS+=("BLOCKER ${LAST_TID:+$LAST_TID }[$step] $msg")
 }
-section() { printf '\n%s== %s ==%s\n' "$B" "$*" "$N"; }
+section() {
+  printf '\n%s==%s %s%s%s %s==%s\n' "$D" "$N" "$B" "$*" "$N" "$D" "$N"
+}
 
 summary() {
   echo ""
   if [ "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-    printf '%s--- BLOCKERS (fix/withdraw path) ---%s\n' "$R$B" "$N"
+    printf '%s--- BLOCKERS%s %s(pay/withdraw cannot finish)%s %s---%s\n' "$M" "$N" "$D" "$N" "$M" "$N"
     local b
     for b in "${BLOCKERS[@]}"; do
-      printf '%s  • %s%s\n' "$R" "$b" "$N"
+      printf '%s  •%s %s%s%s\n' "$M" "$N" "$W" "$b" "$N"
     done
   fi
   if [ "${#ERRORS[@]}" -gt 0 ] && [ "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" -lt "${#ERRORS[@]}" ]; then
-    printf '%s--- ERRORS ---%s\n' "$R" "$N"
+    printf '%s--- ERRORS%s %s(failed checks)%s %s---%s\n' "$R" "$N" "$D" "$N" "$R" "$N"
     local e
     for e in "${ERRORS[@]}"; do
       case "$e" in BLOCKER*) continue ;; esac
-      printf '%s  • %s%s\n' "$R" "$e" "$N"
+      printf '%s  •%s %s%s%s\n' "$R" "$N" "$W" "$e" "$N"
     done
   fi
-  printf 'totals: %s%d OK%s' "$G" "$PASS_N" "$N"
+  printf '%stotals:%s %s%d OK%s' "$D" "$N" "$G" "$PASS_N" "$N"
   [ "$FAIL_N" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %s%d ERROR%s' "$R" "$FAIL_N" "$N"
   [ "$WARN_N" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %s%d WARN%s' "$Y" "$WARN_N" "$N"
-  [ "$INFO_N" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %d INFO' "$INFO_N"
-  [ "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %s%d BLOCKER%s' "$R" "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" "$N"
+  [ "$INFO_N" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %s%d INFO%s' "$C" "$INFO_N" "$N"
+  [ "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %s%d BLOCKER%s' "$M" "${#BLOCKERS[@]}" "$N"
   printf '\n'
   [ "$FAIL_N" -eq 0 ]
 }