diff --git a/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch.go b/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch.go
index 20fbf1353..445925bfb 100644
--- a/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch.go
+++ b/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch.go
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ var MailWatch = common.Shortcut{
 							output.PrintError(errOut, fmt.Sprintf("failed to write event file: %v", writeErr))
 						}
 					}
-					output.PrintJson(out, failureData)
+					output.PrintNdjson(out, watchFailureOutputValue(outFormat, string(runtime.As()), failureData))
 					return
 				}
 			}
@@ -693,6 +693,22 @@ func watchOutputValue(outFormat, identity string, outputData interface{}) interf
 	return output.Envelope{OK: true, Identity: identity, Data: outputData}
 }
 
+// watchFailureOutputValue frames a fetch-failure payload for the watch stream,
+// mirroring watchOutputValue so the default json stream stays one JSON object
+// per line: bare payload for --format data, identity-tagged single line for the
+// default json envelope. failureData already carries {ok:false, error, ...}.
+func watchFailureOutputValue(outFormat, identity string, failureData map[string]interface{}) interface{} {
+	if outFormat == "data" || identity == "" {
+		return failureData
+	}
+	enriched := make(map[string]interface{}, len(failureData)+1)
+	for k, v := range failureData {
+		enriched[k] = v
+	}
+	enriched["identity"] = identity
+	return enriched
+}
+
 func watchFetchFailureValue(messageID, fetchFormat string, err error, eventBody map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	payload := map[string]interface{}{
 		"ok": false,
diff --git a/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch_test.go b/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch_test.go
index c674a41a4..f7de07b46 100644
--- a/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch_test.go
+++ b/shortcuts/mail/mail_watch_test.go
@@ -941,3 +941,48 @@ func TestWatchOutputValueDefaultIsJSONEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("--format data payload should carry message, got %s", b2)
 	}
 }
+
+// P1: fetch 失败分支必须与成功分支同一 NDJSON 框架 —— 默认 json 输出一行
+// ok:false + identity + error，--format data 输出一行裸 failureData；绝不能走
+// PrintJson 的多行 pretty（会破坏默认 json 的 NDJSON 流）。
+func TestWatchFailureOutputValueDefaultIsJSONEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	failure := map[string]interface{}{
+		"ok":    false,
+		"error": map[string]interface{}{"type": "fetch_message_failed", "message_id": "m1"},
+	}
+
+	// default (json) → identity-tagged single-line failure envelope, ok:false preserved
+	b, err := json.Marshal(watchFailureOutputValue("json", "user", failure))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("marshal json failure value: %v", err)
+	}
+	var env map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &env); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal json failure value: %v", err)
+	}
+	if env["ok"] != false {
+		t.Fatalf("failure json must keep ok:false, got %s", b)
+	}
+	if env["identity"] != "user" {
+		t.Fatalf("failure json must carry identity, got %s", b)
+	}
+	if _, ok := env["error"]; !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("failure json must carry error, got %s", b)
+	}
+
+	// --format data → bare failure payload, no identity injected
+	b2, err := json.Marshal(watchFailureOutputValue("data", "user", failure))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("marshal data failure value: %v", err)
+	}
+	var bare map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b2, &bare); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal data failure value: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, hasIdentity := bare["identity"]; hasIdentity {
+		t.Fatalf("--format data failure must not inject identity, got %s", b2)
+	}
+	if bare["ok"] != false {
+		t.Fatalf("--format data failure should carry ok:false payload, got %s", b2)
+	}
+}