diff --git a/scripts/release/cpanel-deploy-lib.mjs b/scripts/release/cpanel-deploy-lib.mjs
index d7058a16..3c391ec8 100644
--- a/scripts/release/cpanel-deploy-lib.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release/cpanel-deploy-lib.mjs
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ export async function defaultProcessRunner(command, args, options = {}) {
     });
     child.on("close", (code) => {
       if (code !== 0) {
-        reject(new DeploymentError(`${options.label || command} failed with exit code ${code}.`));
+        const error = new DeploymentError(`${options.label || command} failed with exit code ${code}.`);
+        error.stdout = Buffer.concat(output).toString("utf8");
+        error.stderr = Buffer.concat(errors).toString("utf8");
+        reject(error);
         return;
       }
       resolve({
@@ -420,6 +423,21 @@ export function createLftpTransport(config, dependencies = {}) {
   const sleep =
     dependencies.sleep || (async (milliseconds) => await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds)));
 
+  function redactDiagnostic(value) {
+    let result = String(value || "");
+    const escapedHost = config.ftp.host.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+    result = result.replace(new RegExp(escapedHost, "gi"), "[redacted]");
+    const rawSecrets = [config.ftp.user, config.ftp.password, config.ftp.root]
+      .filter((secret) => secret && secret !== "/")
+      .flatMap((secret) => [secret, encodeURIComponent(secret)]);
+    const secrets = [...new Set(rawSecrets)].sort((left, right) => right.length - left.length);
+    for (const secret of secrets) {
+      result = result.replaceAll(secret, "[redacted]");
+    }
+    result = result.replace(/\b(?:ftp|ftps):\/\/[^\s@]+@/gi, "ftps://[redacted]@");
+    return result.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim().slice(0, 2_000);
+  }
+
   async function run(commands) {
     try {
       await runner("lftp", ["-f", "/dev/stdin"], {
@@ -427,7 +445,11 @@ export function createLftpTransport(config, dependencies = {}) {
         label: "FTPS operation",
       });
     } catch (error) {
-      throw new DeploymentError("Secure FTPS operation failed.", { cause: error });
+      const diagnostic = redactDiagnostic(
+        [error?.stderr, error?.stdout, error instanceof Error ? error.message : error].filter(Boolean).join(" ")
+      );
+      const suffix = diagnostic ? `: ${diagnostic}` : ".";
+      throw new DeploymentError(`Secure FTPS operation failed${suffix}`, { cause: error });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/cpanel-deploy.spec.js b/tests/unit/cpanel-deploy.spec.js
index c8f298f9..7071ecc3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cpanel-deploy.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/cpanel-deploy.spec.js
@@ -150,6 +150,64 @@ describe("cPanel deployment configuration", () => {
 });
 
 describe("secure FTPS archive upload", () => {
+  it("reports actionable lftp diagnostics without exposing deployment credentials", async () => {
+    const deploymentConfig = config();
+    const runnerError = Object.assign(new Error(`connection to ${deploymentConfig.ftp.host} failed`), {
+      stderr: `ftps://${deploymentConfig.ftp.user}:${deploymentConfig.ftp.password}@${deploymentConfig.ftp.host}: 530 Login incorrect`,
+      stdout: `cd ${deploymentConfig.ftp.root}: Access failed`,
+    });
+    const transport = createLftpTransport(deploymentConfig, {
+      runner: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw runnerError;
+      }),
+    });
+
+    let error;
+    try {
+      await transport.removeRelease("old-release");
+    } catch (caught) {
+      error = caught;
+    }
+
+    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(DeploymentError);
+    expect(error.message).toContain("530 Login incorrect");
+    expect(error.message).toContain("[redacted]");
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain(deploymentConfig.ftp.host);
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain(deploymentConfig.ftp.user);
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain(deploymentConfig.ftp.password);
+  });
+
+  it("redacts overlapping credentials longest-first and host names case-insensitively", async () => {
+    const deploymentConfig = readDeploymentConfig(
+      validEnv({
+        PRODUCTION_FTP_HOST: "Ftp.Example.Test:21",
+        PRODUCTION_FTP_USER: "prod",
+        PRODUCTION_FTP_PASSWORD: "prod-secret",
+        PRODUCTION_FTP_PATH: "/deploy/prod",
+      })
+    );
+    const runnerError = Object.assign(new Error("FTPS failed"), {
+      stderr: "authentication failed for prod-secret at FTP.EXAMPLE.TEST:21 under /deploy/prod",
+    });
+    const transport = createLftpTransport(deploymentConfig, {
+      runner: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw runnerError;
+      }),
+    });
+
+    let error;
+    try {
+      await transport.removeRelease("old-release");
+    } catch (caught) {
+      error = caught;
+    }
+
+    expect(error.message).toContain("authentication failed");
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain("-secret");
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain("FTP.EXAMPLE.TEST:21");
+    expect(error.message).not.toContain("/deploy/prod");
+  });
+
   it("forces verified TLS and keeps credentials out of command arguments", () => {
     const deploymentConfig = config();
     const script = buildLftpScript(deploymentConfig, ["bye"]);