diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
index faf0b41b263..ee96e12fc43 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/executable.dart
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
   final bool muteCommandLogging = (help || doctor) && !veryVerbose;
   final bool verboseHelp = help && verbose;
   final bool daemon = args.contains('daemon');
+  final bool widgetPreviews = args.contains(WidgetPreviewCommand.kWidgetPreview);
   final bool runMachine = args.contains('--machine');
 
   // Cache.flutterRoot must be set early because other features use it (e.g.
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
           verbose: verbose && !muteCommandLogging,
           prefixedErrors: prefixedErrors,
           windows: globals.platform.isWindows,
+          widgetPreviews: widgetPreviews,
         );
       },
       AnsiTerminal: () {
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ class LoggerFactory {
     required bool machine,
     required bool daemon,
     required bool windows,
+    required bool widgetPreviews,
   }) {
     Logger logger;
     if (windows) {
@@ -317,6 +320,9 @@ class LoggerFactory {
     if (prefixedErrors) {
       logger = PrefixedErrorLogger(logger);
     }
+    if (widgetPreviews) {
+      return WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger(logger, machine: machine, verbose: verbose);
+    }
     if (daemon) {
       return NotifyingLogger(verbose: verbose, parent: logger);
     }
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/widget_preview.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/widget_preview.dart
index 62a731702fd..bfd3e18f9df 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/widget_preview.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/widget_preview.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import 'package:process/process.dart';
 import '../artifacts.dart';
 import '../base/common.dart';
 import '../base/file_system.dart';
+import '../base/io.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
 import '../base/os.dart';
 import '../base/platform.dart';
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import '../isolated/resident_web_runner.dart';
 import '../project.dart';
 import '../resident_runner.dart';
 import '../runner/flutter_command.dart';
-import '../runner/flutter_command_runner.dart';
 import '../web/web_device.dart';
 import '../widget_preview/analytics.dart';
 import '../widget_preview/dependency_graph.dart';
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class WidgetPreviewCommand extends FlutterCommand {
   String get description => 'Manage the widget preview environment.';
 
   @override
-  String get name => 'widget-preview';
+  String get name => kWidgetPreview;
+  static const kWidgetPreview = 'widget-preview';
 
   @override
   String get category => FlutterCommandCategory.tools;
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ final class WidgetPreviewStartCommand extends WidgetPreviewSubCommandBase with C
     required this.processManager,
     required this.artifacts,
     @visibleForTesting WidgetPreviewDtdServices? dtdServicesOverride,
-  }) : logger = WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger(logger) {
+  }) : _logger = logger {
     if (dtdServicesOverride != null) {
       _dtdService = dtdServicesOverride;
     }
@@ -200,7 +201,8 @@ final class WidgetPreviewStartCommand extends WidgetPreviewSubCommandBase with C
   final FileSystem fs;
 
   @override
-  final WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger logger;
+  WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger get logger => _logger as WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger;
+  final Logger _logger;
 
   @override
   final FlutterProjectFactory projectFactory;
@@ -259,17 +261,17 @@ final class WidgetPreviewStartCommand extends WidgetPreviewSubCommandBase with C
 
   @override
   Future<FlutterCommandResult> runCommand() async {
+    assert(_logger is WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger);
+
     // Start the timer tracking how long it takes to launch the preview environment.
     previewAnalytics.initializeLaunchStopwatch();
+    logger.sendInitializingEvent();
 
     final String? customPreviewScaffoldOutput = stringArg(kWidgetPreviewScaffoldOutputDir);
     final Directory widgetPreviewScaffold = customPreviewScaffoldOutput != null
         ? fs.directory(customPreviewScaffoldOutput)
         : rootProject.widgetPreviewScaffold;
 
-    final bool machine = boolArg(FlutterGlobalOptions.kMachineFlag);
-    logger.machine = machine;
-
     // Check to see if a preview scaffold has already been generated. If not,
     // generate one.
     final bool generateScaffoldProject =
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ final class WidgetPreviewStartCommand extends WidgetPreviewSubCommandBase with C
         );
         unawaited(_widgetPreviewApp!.run(appStartedCompleter: appStarted));
         await appStarted.future;
-        logger.sendEvent('started', {'url': flutterDevice.devFS!.baseUri.toString()});
+        logger.sendStartedEvent(applicationUrl: flutterDevice.devFS!.baseUri!);
       }
     } on Exception catch (error) {
       throwToolExit(error.toString());
@@ -531,9 +533,10 @@ final class WidgetPreviewCleanCommand extends WidgetPreviewSubCommandBase {
 /// A custom logger for the widget-preview commands that disables non-event output to stdio when
 /// machine mode is enabled.
 final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
-  WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger(super.delegate);
+  WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger(super.delegate, {required this.machine, required this.verbose});
 
-  var machine = false;
+  final bool machine;
+  final bool verbose;
 
   @override
   void printError(
@@ -546,6 +549,11 @@ final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
     bool? wrap,
   }) {
     if (machine) {
+      sendEvent('logMessage', <String, Object?>{
+        'level': 'error',
+        'message': message,
+        'stackTrace': ?stackTrace?.toString(),
+      });
       return;
     }
     super.printError(
@@ -570,6 +578,7 @@ final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
     bool fatal = true,
   }) {
     if (machine) {
+      sendEvent('logMessage', <String, Object?>{'level': 'warning', 'message': message});
       return;
     }
     super.printWarning(
@@ -594,6 +603,7 @@ final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
     bool? wrap,
   }) {
     if (machine) {
+      sendEvent('logMessage', <String, Object?>{'level': 'status', 'message': message});
       return;
     }
     super.printStatus(
@@ -617,12 +627,27 @@ final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
 
   @override
   void printTrace(String message) {
+    if (!verbose) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (machine) {
+      sendEvent('logMessage', <String, Object?>{'level': 'trace', 'message': message});
       return;
     }
     super.printTrace(message);
   }
 
+  /// Notifies tooling that the widget previewer is initializing.
+  void sendInitializingEvent() {
+    sendEvent('initializing', {'pid': pid});
+  }
+
+  /// Notifies tooling that the widget previewer has started and is being
+  /// served at [applicationUrl].
+  void sendStartedEvent({required Uri applicationUrl}) {
+    sendEvent('started', {'url': applicationUrl.toString()});
+  }
+
   @override
   void sendEvent(String name, [Map<String, dynamic>? args]) {
     if (!machine) {
@@ -642,6 +667,7 @@ final class WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger extends DelegatingLogger {
     int progressIndicatorPadding = kDefaultStatusPadding,
   }) {
     if (machine) {
+      printStatus(message);
       return SilentStatus(stopwatch: Stopwatch());
     }
     return super.startProgress(
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/widget_preview/widget_preview_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/widget_preview/widget_preview_test.dart
index c32a29c8e4e..0a1d7d71681 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/widget_preview/widget_preview_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/widget_preview/widget_preview_test.dart
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void main() {
     await ensureFlutterToolsSnapshot();
     loggingProcessManager = LoggingProcessManager();
     shutdownHooks = ShutdownHooks();
-    logger = BufferLogger.test();
+    logger = WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger(BufferLogger.test(), machine: false, verbose: false);
     fs = LocalFileSystem.test(signals: Signals.test());
     botDetector = const FakeBotDetector(false);
     tempDir = fs.systemTempDirectory.createTempSync('flutter_tools_create_test.');
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void main() {
   void expectSinglePreviewLaunchTimingEvent() => expectNPreviewLaunchTimingEvents(1);
 
   void expectDeviceSelected(Device device) {
-    final bufferLogger = logger as BufferLogger;
+    final BufferLogger bufferLogger = asLogger<BufferLogger>(logger);
     expect(
       bufferLogger.statusText,
       contains('Launching the Widget Preview Scaffold on ${device.displayName}...'),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/base/logger_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/base/logger_test.dart
index 9b333aea536..16b58f99ab6 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/base/logger_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/base/logger_test.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/platform.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/terminal.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/daemon.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/widget_preview.dart';
 import 'package:test/fake.dart';
 
 import '../../src/common.dart';
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: false,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: false,
       ),
       isA<StdoutLogger>(),
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: false,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: true,
       ),
       isA<WindowsStdoutLogger>(),
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: false,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: true,
       ),
       isA<VerboseLogger>(),
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: false,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: false,
       ),
       isA<VerboseLogger>(),
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: true,
         machine: false,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: false,
       ),
       isA<PrefixedErrorLogger>(),
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: false,
         daemon: true,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: false,
       ),
       isA<NotifyingLogger>(),
@@ -97,10 +104,32 @@ void main() {
         prefixedErrors: false,
         machine: true,
         daemon: false,
+        widgetPreviews: false,
         windows: false,
       ),
       isA<MachineOutputLogger>(),
     );
+
+    for (final verbose in [false, true]) {
+      for (final machine in [false, true]) {
+        for (final windows in [false, true]) {
+          expect(
+            loggerFactory.createLogger(
+              verbose: verbose,
+              prefixedErrors: false,
+              machine: machine,
+              daemon: false,
+              widgetPreviews: true,
+              windows: windows,
+            ),
+            isA<WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger>(),
+            reason:
+                'Did not produce WidgetPreviewMachineAwareLogger for '
+                'verbose: $verbose machine: $machine windows: $windows.',
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
   });
 
   testWithoutContext(
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/runner_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/runner_test.dart
index ebf10974379..1d6be5a665e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/runner_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/runner/runner_test.dart
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ void main() {
                 machine: true,
                 verbose: false,
                 prefixedErrors: false,
+                widgetPreviews: false,
                 windows: globals.platform.isWindows,
               );
             },
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/widget_preview_machine_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/widget_preview_machine_test.dart
index 744981c6365..0d4691ea3a1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/widget_preview_machine_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/integration.shard/widget_preview_machine_test.dart
@@ -16,20 +16,28 @@ import '../src/common.dart';
 import 'test_data/basic_project.dart';
 import 'test_utils.dart';
 
-typedef ExpectedEvent = ({String event, FutureOr<void> Function(Map<String, Object?>)? validator});
+typedef ExpectedEvent = ({String event, FutureOr<bool> Function(Map<String, Object?>)? validator});
 
 final launchEvents = <ExpectedEvent>[
+  (
+    event: 'widget_preview.initializing',
+    validator: (Map<String, Object?> params) {
+      return params.containsKey('pid');
+    },
+  ),
   (
     event: 'widget_preview.started',
     validator: (Map<String, Object?> params) async {
-      if (params case {'uri': final String uri}) {
+      if (params case {'url': final String uri}) {
         try {
           final Response response = await get(Uri.parse(uri));
-          expect(response.statusCode, HttpStatus.ok, reason: 'Failed to retrieve widget previewer');
+          return response.statusCode == HttpStatus.ok;
+          // ignore: avoid_catches_without_on_clauses
         } catch (e) {
-          fail('Failed to access widget previewer: $e');
+          printOnFailure('Failed to access widget previewer: $e');
         }
       }
+      return false;
     },
   ),
 ];
@@ -82,7 +90,11 @@ void main() {
         if (event case [final Map<String, Object?> eventObject]) {
           final ExpectedEvent expectation = expectedEvents[nextExpectationIndex];
           if (expectation.event == eventObject['event']) {
-            await expectation.validator?.call(eventObject);
+            expect(
+              await expectation.validator?.call(eventObject['params']! as Map<String, Object?>),
+              true,
+              reason: 'Validator[$nextExpectationIndex] failed.',
+            );
             ++nextExpectationIndex;
           }
         }