diff --git a/src/youtube_extension/backend/config/logging_config.py b/src/youtube_extension/backend/config/logging_config.py
index 3d061dd92..bd5eacec1 100644
--- a/src/youtube_extension/backend/config/logging_config.py
+++ b/src/youtube_extension/backend/config/logging_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 #
 # The set is the union of every separator ``str.splitlines()`` recognizes as a
 # line boundary (LF, CR, VT, FF, FS, GS, RS, NEL, LS, PS) plus ESC (terminal
-# control sequences). Each is escaped to a JSON-valid ``\uXXXX`` sequence — not
+# control sequences) and NUL (which can truncate a record inside a C-based log
+# shipper). Each is escaped to a JSON-valid ``\uXXXX`` sequence — not
 # a Python ``\v``/``\x1b`` shorthand — so the neutralized record stays valid
 # JSON when ``enable_json_logging`` is on, while remaining a single physical
 # line for line-oriented sinks.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 # and the original text can be recovered by reversing the table.
 _UNSAFE_LOG_CHARS = {
     ord("\\"): "\\\\",
+    ord("\x00"): "\\u0000",  # NUL — can truncate a record in a C-based log shipper
     ord("\n"): "\\u000a",
     ord("\r"): "\\u000d",
     ord("\v"): "\\u000b",  # VT / 0x0B
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_logging_config_crlf.py b/tests/unit/test_logging_config_crlf.py
index 0dc17d72c..863bf35c6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_logging_config_crlf.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_logging_config_crlf.py
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ def test_all_splitlines_boundaries_are_escaped():
     assert cleaned.splitlines() == [cleaned]  # collapses to a single line
 
 
+def test_nul_byte_is_neutralized():
+    # A NUL is not a splitlines() boundary, so line-oriented checks miss it, but
+    # it can truncate a record inside a C-based log shipper. It must be escaped
+    # to a JSON-valid sequence rather than reaching the sink raw.
+    assert ord("\x00") in _UNSAFE_LOG_CHARS
+    logger, buf = _make_logger("crlf-nul")
+    logger.info("user said: %s", "before\x00after")
+    out = buf.getvalue()
+
+    assert "\x00" not in out  # no raw NUL survives to the sink
+    assert "before\\u0000after" in out  # escaped, and content preserved
+    assert json.loads(f'"{sanitize_log_record(chr(0))}"') == "\x00"  # reversible
+
+
 def test_json_logging_output_stays_parseable():
     # With enable_json_logging=True the record is interpolated into a JSON
     # string; the escapes must be JSON-valid so an attacker cannot corrupt or