diff --git a/core/core_globals.h b/core/core_globals.h
index a5aae961c6..fa095dafa6 100644
--- a/core/core_globals.h
+++ b/core/core_globals.h
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ public:
 	static inline bool leak_reporting_enabled = true;
 	static inline bool print_line_enabled = true;
 	static inline bool print_error_enabled = true;
+	static inline bool print_ready = false;
 };
diff --git a/core/error/error_macros.cpp b/core/error/error_macros.cpp
index 82e8376bcd..986285181f 100644
--- a/core/error/error_macros.cpp
+++ b/core/error/error_macros.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "error_macros.h"
 
+#include "core/core_globals.h"
 #include "core/io/logger.h"
 #include "core/object/object_id.h"
 #include "core/object/script_language.h"
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ void _err_print_error(const char *p_function, const char *p_file, int p_line, co
 
 // Main error printing function.
 void _err_print_error(const char *p_function, const char *p_file, int p_line, const char *p_error, const char *p_message, bool p_editor_notify, ErrorHandlerType p_type) {
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		const char *err_details = (p_message && *p_message) ? p_message : p_error;
+		_err_print_fallback(p_function, p_file, p_line, err_details, p_type, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing_error) {
 		// Fallback if we're already printing an error, to prevent infinite recursion.
 		const char *err_details = (p_message && *p_message) ? p_message : p_error;
@@ -142,6 +149,11 @@ void _err_print_error(const char *p_function, const char *p_file, int p_line, co
 void _err_print_error_asap(const String &p_error, ErrorHandlerType p_type) {
 	const char *err_details = p_error.utf8().get_data();
 
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		_err_print_fallback(nullptr, nullptr, 0, err_details, p_type, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing_error) {
 		// Fallback if we're already printing an error, to prevent infinite recursion.
 		_err_print_fallback(nullptr, nullptr, 0, err_details, p_type, true);
diff --git a/core/string/print_string.cpp b/core/string/print_string.cpp
index e669cf7c7d..bae0e26e17 100644
--- a/core/string/print_string.cpp
+++ b/core/string/print_string.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@
 static PrintHandlerList *print_handler_list = nullptr;
 static thread_local bool is_printing = false;
 
-static void __print_fallback(const String &p_string, bool p_err) {
-	fprintf(p_err ? stderr : stdout, "While attempting to print a message, another message was printed:\n%s\n", p_string.utf8().get_data());
+static void __print_fallback(const String &p_string, bool p_err, bool p_reentrance) {
+	if (p_reentrance) {
+		fprintf(p_err ? stderr : stdout, "While attempting to print an error, another error was printed:\n");
+	}
+
+	fprintf(p_err ? stderr : stdout, "%s\n", p_string.utf8().get_data());
 }
 
 void add_print_handler(PrintHandlerList *p_handler) {
@@ -78,8 +82,13 @@ void __print_line(const String &p_string) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		__print_fallback(p_string, false, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing) {
-		__print_fallback(p_string, false);
+		__print_fallback(p_string, false, true);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -279,8 +288,13 @@ void __print_line_rich(const String &p_string) {
 	}
 	output += "\u001b[0m"; // Reset.
 
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		__print_fallback(output, false, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing) {
-		__print_fallback(output, false);
+		__print_fallback(output, false, true);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -301,8 +315,13 @@ void __print_line_rich(const String &p_string) {
 }
 
 void print_raw(const String &p_string) {
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		__print_fallback(p_string, false, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing) {
-		__print_fallback(p_string, true);
+		__print_fallback(p_string, true, true);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -318,8 +337,13 @@ void print_error(const String &p_string) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!CoreGlobals::print_ready) {
+		__print_fallback(p_string, false, false);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (is_printing) {
-		__print_fallback(p_string, true);
+		__print_fallback(p_string, true, true);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 760ba81f12..97f88117fd 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -744,6 +744,8 @@ Error Main::test_setup() {
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->initialize();
 
+	CoreGlobals::print_ready = true;
+
 	engine = memnew(Engine);
 
 	register_core_types();
@@ -870,6 +872,9 @@ Error Main::test_setup() {
 void Main::test_cleanup() {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(!_start_success);
 
+	// Printing in the usual way can become problematic during/after cleanup.
+	CoreGlobals::print_ready = false;
+
 	for (int i = 0; i < TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface_count(); i++) {
 		TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface(i)->cleanup();
 	}
@@ -1006,6 +1011,8 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->initialize();
 
+	CoreGlobals::print_ready = true;
+
 #if !defined(OVERRIDE_PATH_ENABLED) && !defined(TOOLS_ENABLED)
 	String old_cwd = OS::get_singleton()->get_cwd();
 #if defined(MACOS_ENABLED) || defined(APPLE_EMBEDDED_ENABLED)
@@ -5167,6 +5174,9 @@ void Main::cleanup(bool p_force) {
 		ERR_FAIL_COND(!_start_success);
 	}
 
+	// Printing in the usual way can become problematic during/after cleanup.
+	CoreGlobals::print_ready = false;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
 	if (input) {
 		input->flush_frame_parsed_events();