diff --git a/pkg/collect/collector_test.go b/pkg/collect/collector_test.go
index 9362d4b3..9144dbb5 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/collector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/collector_test.go
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ pwd=somethinggoeshere;`,
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/datacollectorname": ` 123
 another***HIDDEN***here
-pwd=***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+pwd=***HIDDEN***;`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ pwd=somethinggoeshere;`,
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/datacollectorname": `abc 123
 another***HIDDEN***here
-pwd=***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+pwd=***HIDDEN***;`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -112,8 +110,7 @@ pwd=somethinggoeshere;`,
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/datacollectorname": `abc 123
 another line here
-pwd=***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+pwd=***HIDDEN***;`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -149,8 +146,7 @@ pwd=somethinggoeshere;`,
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/datacollectorname": `abc 123
 another***HIDDEN***here
-pwd=***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+pwd=***HIDDEN***;`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -186,8 +182,7 @@ pwd=somethinggoeshere;`,
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/data/collectorname": `***HIDDEN*** ***HIDDEN***
 ***HIDDEN*** line here
-pwd=***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+pwd=***HIDDEN***;`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -213,8 +208,7 @@ another line here`,
 			},
 			want: map[string]string{
 				"data/datacollectorname": `abc 123
-another line here
-`,
+another line here`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -249,8 +243,7 @@ abc`,
 abc
 123
 xyz123
-abc
-`,
+abc`,
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/redact/line_reader.go b/pkg/redact/line_reader.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64642c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/redact/line_reader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package redact
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/constants"
+)
+
+// LineReader reads lines from an io.Reader while tracking whether each line
+// ended with a newline character. This is essential for preserving the exact
+// structure of input files during redaction - binary files and text files
+// without trailing newlines should not have newlines added to them.
+//
+// Unlike bufio.Scanner which strips newlines and requires the caller to add
+// them back, LineReader explicitly tracks the presence of newlines so callers
+// can conditionally restore them only when they were originally present.
+type LineReader struct {
+	reader *bufio.Reader
+}
+
+// NewLineReader creates a new LineReader that reads from the given io.Reader.
+// The reader is wrapped in a bufio.Reader for efficient byte-by-byte reading.
+func NewLineReader(r io.Reader) *LineReader {
+	return &LineReader{
+		reader: bufio.NewReader(r),
+	}
+}
+
+// ReadLine reads the next line from the reader and returns:
+//   - line content (without the newline character if present)
+//   - whether the line ended with a newline (\n)
+//   - any error encountered
+//
+// Return values:
+//   - (content, true, nil)      - line ended with \n, more content may follow
+//   - (content, false, io.EOF)  - last line without \n (file doesn't end with newline)
+//   - (nil, false, io.EOF)      - reached EOF with no content (empty file or end of file)
+//   - (content, false, error)   - encountered a non-EOF error
+//
+// The function respects constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE and returns an error if a single
+// line exceeds this limit. This prevents memory exhaustion on files with extremely
+// long lines or binary files without newlines that are larger than the limit.
+//
+// Example usage:
+//
+//	lr := NewLineReader(input)
+//	for {
+//	    line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+//	    if err == io.EOF && len(line) == 0 {
+//	        break // End of file, no more content
+//	    }
+//
+//	    // Process line...
+//	    fmt.Print(string(line))
+//	    if hadNewline {
+//	        fmt.Print("\n")
+//	    }
+//
+//	    if err == io.EOF {
+//	        break // Last line processed
+//	    }
+//	    if err != nil {
+//	        return err
+//	    }
+//	}
+func (lr *LineReader) ReadLine() ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	// Initialize line as empty slice (not nil) to ensure consistent return values
+	// Empty lines (just \n) should return []byte{}, not nil
+	line := []byte{}
+
+	for {
+		b, err := lr.reader.ReadByte()
+
+		// Handle errors
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			if len(line) > 0 {
+				// Last line without newline - return the content we have
+				return line, false, io.EOF
+			}
+			// Nothing left to read - empty file or end of content
+			return nil, false, io.EOF
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			// Non-EOF error encountered
+			return line, false, err
+		}
+
+		// Found newline character
+		if b == '\n' {
+			// Return the line (may be empty for blank lines)
+			return line, true, nil
+		}
+
+		// Accumulate byte into line buffer
+		line = append(line, b)
+
+		// Check buffer limit to prevent memory exhaustion
+		// This is especially important for binary files without newlines
+		if len(line) > constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE {
+			return nil, false, bufio.ErrTooLong
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/line_reader_test.go b/pkg/redact/line_reader_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22159e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/redact/line_reader_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+package redact
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/constants"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// Test 1.2 & 1.3: NewLineReader creates instance correctly
+func TestNewLineReader(t *testing.T) {
+	input := strings.NewReader("test")
+	lr := NewLineReader(input)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, lr)
+	require.NotNil(t, lr.reader)
+}
+
+// Test 1.8: Empty file → (nil, false, io.EOF)
+func TestLineReader_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(""))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.9: Single line with \n → (content, true, nil)
+func TestLineReader_SingleLineWithNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader("hello world\n"))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("hello world"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second read should return EOF
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.10: Single line without \n → (content, false, io.EOF)
+func TestLineReader_SingleLineWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader("hello world"))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("hello world"), line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.11: Multiple lines with \n → correct for each
+func TestLineReader_MultipleLinesWithNewlines(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "line1\nline2\nline3\n"
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	// First line
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line1"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line2"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Third line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line3"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// EOF
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.12: Last line without \n → (content, false, io.EOF)
+func TestLineReader_LastLineWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "line1\nline2\nline3"
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	// First line
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line1"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line2"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Third line (no trailing newline)
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line3"), line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.13: Binary data (no \n) → (all content, false, io.EOF)
+func TestLineReader_BinaryData(t *testing.T) {
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0xFF, 0xFE}
+	lr := NewLineReader(bytes.NewReader(binaryData))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, binaryData, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test 1.14: Line exceeding max size → error
+func TestLineReader_LineExceedingMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a line that exceeds SCANNER_MAX_SIZE
+	largeData := make([]byte, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE+100)
+	for i := range largeData {
+		largeData[i] = 'a'
+	}
+
+	lr := NewLineReader(bytes.NewReader(largeData))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, bufio.ErrTooLong)
+}
+
+// Test 1.15: File with only \n → ([], true, nil)
+func TestLineReader_OnlyNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader("\n"))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, line) // Empty line
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second read should return EOF
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Additional test: File with empty lines (multiple newlines)
+func TestLineReader_EmptyLines(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "\n\n\n"
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	// First empty line
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second empty line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Third empty line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// EOF
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Nil(t, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Additional test: Mixed content with and without newlines
+func TestLineReader_MixedContent(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "line1\n\nline3"
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	// First line
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line1"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Empty line
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Last line without newline
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("line3"), line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Additional test: Large but valid file (under max size)
+func TestLineReader_LargeValidFile(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a line that's large but under the limit
+	largeData := make([]byte, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE-100)
+	for i := range largeData {
+		largeData[i] = 'x'
+	}
+	largeData = append(largeData, '\n')
+
+	lr := NewLineReader(bytes.NewReader(largeData))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE-100, len(line))
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+// Additional test: Binary file with embedded newlines
+func TestLineReader_BinaryWithEmbeddedNewlines(t *testing.T) {
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, '\n', 0x03, 0x04, '\n', 0x05}
+	lr := NewLineReader(bytes.NewReader(binaryData))
+
+	// First "line" (up to first \n)
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x01, 0x02}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Second "line"
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x03, 0x04}, line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Last "line" without newline
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x05}, line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Test edge case: Very small reads
+func TestLineReader_SingleByteReads(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "a\nb\nc"
+	lr := NewLineReader(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	line, hadNewline, err := lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("a"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("b"), line)
+	assert.True(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	line, hadNewline, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte("c"), line)
+	assert.False(t, hadNewline)
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+}
+
+// Benchmark: LineReader vs bufio.Scanner performance
+func BenchmarkLineReader(b *testing.B) {
+	// Create test data
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		buf.WriteString("This is line number ")
+		buf.WriteString(string(rune(i)))
+		buf.WriteString(" with some content\n")
+	}
+	data := buf.Bytes()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		lr := NewLineReader(bytes.NewReader(data))
+		for {
+			_, _, err := lr.ReadLine()
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/literal.go b/pkg/redact/literal.go
index bff66130..7be5bd67 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/literal.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/literal.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package redact
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ func literalString(match []byte, path, name string) Redactor {
 	}
 }
 
+// Redact processes the input reader line-by-line, replacing literal string matches.
+// Unlike the previous implementation using bufio.Scanner, this now uses LineReader
+// to preserve the exact newline structure of the input file. Lines that originally
+// ended with \n will have \n added back, while lines without \n (like the last line
+// of a file without a trailing newline, or binary files) will not have \n added.
+// This ensures binary files and text files without trailing newlines are not corrupted.
 func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 	out, writer := io.Pipe()
 
@@ -34,7 +41,8 @@ func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 			if err == nil || err == io.EOF {
 				writer.Close()
 			} else {
-				if err == bufio.ErrTooLong {
+				// Check if error is about line exceeding maximum size
+				if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrTooLong) {
 					s := fmt.Sprintf("Error redacting %q. A line in the file exceeded %d MB max length", path, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE/1024/1024)
 					klog.V(2).Info(s)
 				} else {
@@ -44,17 +52,24 @@ func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		buf := make([]byte, constants.BUF_INIT_SIZE)
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(input)
-		scanner.Buffer(buf, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE)
-
+		// Use LineReader instead of bufio.Scanner to track newline presence
+		lineReader := NewLineReader(input)
+		tokenizer := GetGlobalTokenizer()
 		lineNum := 0
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			lineNum++
-			line := scanner.Bytes()
 
+		for {
+			line, hadNewline, readErr := lineReader.ReadLine()
+
+			// Handle EOF with no content - we're done
+			if readErr == io.EOF && len(line) == 0 {
+				break
+			}
+
+			// We have content to process
+			lineNum++
+
+			// Perform literal string replacement
 			var clean []byte
-			tokenizer := GetGlobalTokenizer()
 			if tokenizer.IsEnabled() {
 				// For literal redaction, we tokenize the matched value
 				matchStr := string(r.match)
@@ -66,12 +81,20 @@ func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 				clean = bytes.ReplaceAll(line, r.match, maskTextBytes)
 			}
 
-			// Append newline since scanner strips it
-			err = writeBytes(writer, clean, NEW_LINE)
+			// Write the line (redacted or original)
+			err = writeBytes(writer, clean)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
+			// Only add newline if original line had one
+			if hadNewline {
+				err = writeBytes(writer, NEW_LINE)
+				if err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			}
 
+			// Track redaction if content changed
 			if !bytes.Equal(clean, line) {
 				addRedaction(Redaction{
 					RedactorName:      r.redactName,
@@ -81,9 +104,16 @@ func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 					IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
 				})
 			}
-		}
-		if scanErr := scanner.Err(); scanErr != nil {
-			err = scanErr
+
+			// Check if we hit EOF after processing this line
+			if readErr == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			// Check for non-EOF errors
+			if readErr != nil {
+				err = readErr
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 	return out
diff --git a/pkg/redact/literal_test.go b/pkg/redact/literal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9fb3c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/redact/literal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+package redact
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// Test basic literal redaction functionality
+func TestLiteralRedactor_BasicRedaction(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		match       string
+		inputString string
+		wantString  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "Simple literal match",
+			match:       "secret123",
+			inputString: "password=secret123",
+			wantString:  "password=***HIDDEN***", // No trailing newline in input
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Multiple occurrences",
+			match:       "secret",
+			inputString: "secret is secret here secret",
+			wantString:  "***HIDDEN*** is ***HIDDEN*** here ***HIDDEN***",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "No match",
+			match:       "xyz",
+			inputString: "no match here",
+			wantString:  "no match here",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "With trailing newline",
+			match:       "secret",
+			inputString: "secret\n",
+			wantString:  "***HIDDEN***\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "Multiline with newlines",
+			match:       "secret",
+			inputString: "line1 secret\nline2 secret\n",
+			wantString:  "line1 ***HIDDEN***\nline2 ***HIDDEN***\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ResetRedactionList()
+			defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+			redactor := literalString([]byte(tt.match), "testfile", tt.name)
+
+			out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(tt.inputString)), "")
+			result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.wantString, string(result))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Test 4.12: Binary file → unchanged
+func TestLiteralRedactor_BinaryFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Binary content with no newlines and no match
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xAB, 0xCD}
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("notfound"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file should be unchanged")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every single byte value (0x00 -> 0xFF)
+func TestLiteralRedactor_AllSingleByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with every possible byte value
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256)
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		binaryData[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("notfound"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all byte values should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256, "Should preserve all 256 bytes")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every two-byte combination (0x00+0x00 -> 0xFF+0xFF)
+func TestLiteralRedactor_AllTwoByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with all 65536 two-byte combinations (128KB)
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256*256*2)
+	pos := 0
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 256; j++ {
+			binaryData[pos] = byte(i)
+			binaryData[pos+1] = byte(j)
+			pos += 2
+		}
+	}
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("notfound"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all two-byte combinations should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256*256*2, "Should preserve all 131072 bytes")
+}
+
+// Test 4.12 (variant): Binary file with literal match → redacted, no extra newlines
+func TestLiteralRedactor_BinaryFileWithMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Binary content with a literal match (0xFF 0xFE sequence)
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0x03, 0x04}
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte{0xFF, 0xFE}, "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	// We need to mock maskTextBytes for this test to work predictably
+	// For now, test that no newlines are added
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, binaryData, result, "Binary should be redacted")
+	require.NotContains(t, result, []byte{0xFF, 0xFE}, "Match should be replaced")
+	// Most importantly: no trailing newline added to binary file
+	require.NotEqual(t, byte('\n'), result[len(result)-1], "Should not add trailing newline")
+}
+
+// Test 4.13: Text with trailing \n → preserved
+func TestLiteralRedactor_TextWithTrailingNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "hello world\n"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("xyz"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "hello world\n", string(result), "Trailing newline should be preserved")
+}
+
+// Test 4.14: Text without trailing \n → preserved
+func TestLiteralRedactor_TextWithoutTrailingNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "hello world"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("xyz"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "hello world", string(result), "No newline should be added")
+}
+
+// Test 4.15: Empty file → unchanged
+func TestLiteralRedactor_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := ""
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "", string(result), "Empty file should remain empty")
+}
+
+// Test 4.16: Literal match and replacement works
+func TestLiteralRedactor_LiteralMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "password=secret123"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret123"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "password=***HIDDEN***", string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 4.17: Multiple occurrences replaced
+func TestLiteralRedactor_MultipleOccurrences(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "secret here and secret there and secret everywhere"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "***HIDDEN*** here and ***HIDDEN*** there and ***HIDDEN*** everywhere", string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 4.17 (variant): Multiple occurrences across lines
+func TestLiteralRedactor_MultipleOccurrencesMultiline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "line1 secret\nline2 secret\nline3 secret\n"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := "line1 ***HIDDEN***\nline2 ***HIDDEN***\nline3 ***HIDDEN***\n"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 4.18: Tokenization works
+func TestLiteralRedactor_Tokenization(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Enable tokenization for this test
+	EnableTokenization()
+	defer DisableTokenization()
+
+	input := "password=secret123"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret123"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// Result should contain a token, not the original or ***HIDDEN***
+	require.NotContains(t, string(result), "secret123")
+	require.NotContains(t, string(result), "***HIDDEN***")
+	require.Contains(t, string(result), "password=")
+}
+
+// Test 4.19: Redaction count accurate
+func TestLiteralRedactor_RedactionCount(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "secret here\nsecret there"
+
+	// Use unique redactor name and filename to avoid pollution from parallel tests
+	uniqueFile := "TestLiteralRedactor_RedactionCount_file"
+	uniqueRedactor := "TestLiteralRedactor_RedactionCount_redactor"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), uniqueFile, uniqueRedactor)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "")
+	_, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	redactions := GetRedactionList()
+	// Two lines, each with one match = 2 redaction events
+	require.Len(t, redactions.ByRedactor[uniqueRedactor], 2, "Should record 2 redactions (one per line)")
+	require.Len(t, redactions.ByFile[uniqueFile], 2, "Should record 2 redactions for file")
+}
+
+// Test 4.20: Backward compatibility - existing behavior preserved for text with newlines
+func TestLiteralRedactor_BackwardCompatibility(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "line1 secret\nline2 secret\nline3\n"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := "line1 ***HIDDEN***\nline2 ***HIDDEN***\nline3\n"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result), "Behavior for text with newlines should be unchanged")
+}
+
+// Test 4.20 (variant): Literal match on last line without \n
+func TestLiteralRedactor_LastLineWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "line1\nline2 secret"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := "line1\nline2 ***HIDDEN***"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result), "Should not add newline to last line")
+}
+
+// Additional test: Empty line handling
+func TestLiteralRedactor_EmptyLines(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "\n\n\n"
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "\n\n\n", string(result), "Empty lines should be preserved")
+}
+
+// Additional test: Large file with many matches
+func TestLiteralRedactor_LargeFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create large file with many occurrences
+	var input strings.Builder
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		input.WriteString("line ")
+		input.WriteString("secret")
+		input.WriteString(" here\n")
+	}
+
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(strings.NewReader(input.String()), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotContains(t, string(result), "secret", "All secrets should be redacted")
+	require.Contains(t, string(result), "***HIDDEN***")
+}
+
+// Additional test: Partial match should not be replaced
+func TestLiteralRedactor_PartialMatchNotReplaced(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "secret secretive secrets"
+
+	// Should only replace exact literal "secret", not "secretive" or "secrets"
+	redactor := literalString([]byte("secret"), "testfile", t.Name())
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "***HIDDEN*** ***HIDDEN***ive ***HIDDEN***s", string(result))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/multi_line.go b/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
index b90014fb..400567db 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 package redact
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
 )
 
+// lineState represents a line and whether it ended with a newline character.
+// This is used by MultiLineRedactor to track newline state for line pairs.
+type lineState struct {
+	content    []byte
+	hadNewline bool
+}
+
 type MultiLineRedactor struct {
 	scan       *regexp.Regexp
 	re1        *regexp.Regexp
@@ -39,6 +45,16 @@ func NewMultiLineRedactor(re1 LineRedactor, re2 string, maskText, path, name str
 	return &MultiLineRedactor{scan: scanCompiled, re1: compiled1, re2: compiled2, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name, isDefault: isDefault}, nil
 }
 
+// Redact processes the input reader in pairs of lines, applying redaction patterns.
+// Unlike the previous implementation using bufio.Reader with readLine(), this now
+// uses LineReader to preserve the exact newline structure of the input file.
+//
+// The MultiLineRedactor works by:
+// 1. Reading pairs of lines (line1, line2)
+// 2. If line1 matches the selector pattern (re1), redact line2 using re2
+// 3. Write both lines with their original newline structure preserved
+//
+// This ensures binary files and text files without trailing newlines are not corrupted.
 func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 	out, writer := io.Pipe()
 	go func() {
@@ -48,51 +64,74 @@ func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 		}()
 
 		tokenizer := GetGlobalTokenizer()
+		lineReader := NewLineReader(input)
 
-		reader := bufio.NewReader(input)
-		line1, line2, err := getNextTwoLines(reader, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			// this will print 2 blank lines for empty input...
-			// Append newlines since scanner strips them
-			err = writeBytes(writer, line1, NEW_LINE, line2, NEW_LINE)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
+		// Try to read first two lines
+		line1, nl1, line2, nl2, readErr := getNextTwoLines(lineReader, nil)
+
+		// Handle case where we can't read 2 lines (empty file or single line)
+		// Note: We check line1 == nil (not len(line1) == 0) because:
+		// - nil means truly empty file with no content
+		// - []byte{} (len==0) means an empty line that had a newline (e.g., "\n")
+		if readErr != nil && line1 == nil {
+			// Empty file - nothing to write
+			// Propagate non-EOF errors (EOF is expected for empty files)
+			if readErr != io.EOF {
+				err = readErr
 			}
-
 			return
 		}
 
+		if readErr != nil {
+			// Only 1 line available (or empty line with newline) - write it and exit
+			// FIX: This is the bug fix - only add newline if original had one
+			// Also handles empty lines (line1 == []byte{} with nl1 == true)
+			err = writeLine(writer, line1, nl1)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			// Propagate non-EOF errors (EOF is expected for single-line files)
+			if readErr != io.EOF {
+				err = readErr
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Process line pairs
 		flushLastLine := false
 		lineNum := 1
-		for err == nil {
+
+		for readErr == nil {
 			lineNum++ // the first line that can be redacted is line 2
 
-			// is scan is not nil, then check if line1 matches scan by lowercasing it
+			// Pre-filter: if scan is not nil, check if line1 matches scan by lowercasing it
 			if r.scan != nil {
 				lowerLine1 := bytes.ToLower(line1)
 				if !r.scan.Match(lowerLine1) {
-					// Append newline since scanner strips it
-					err = writeBytes(writer, line1, NEW_LINE)
+					// No match - write line1 and advance
+					err = writeLine(writer, line1, nl1)
 					if err != nil {
 						return
 					}
-					line1, line2, err = getNextTwoLines(reader, &line2)
+					line1, nl1, line2, nl2, readErr = getNextTwoLines(lineReader, &lineState{line2, nl2})
 					flushLastLine = true
 					continue
 				}
 			}
 
-			// If line1 matches re1, then transform line2 using re2
+			// Check if line1 matches the selector pattern (re1)
 			if !r.re1.Match(line1) {
-				// Append newline since scanner strips it
-				err = writeBytes(writer, line1, NEW_LINE)
+				// No match - write line1 and advance
+				err = writeLine(writer, line1, nl1)
 				if err != nil {
 					return
 				}
-				line1, line2, err = getNextTwoLines(reader, &line2)
+				line1, nl1, line2, nl2, readErr = getNextTwoLines(lineReader, &lineState{line2, nl2})
 				flushLastLine = true
 				continue
 			}
+
+			// line1 matched selector - redact line2
 			flushLastLine = false
 			var clean []byte
 			if tokenizer.IsEnabled() {
@@ -105,13 +144,17 @@ func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 				clean = r.re2.ReplaceAll(line2, substStr)
 			}
 
-			// Append newlines since scanner strips them
-			err = writeBytes(writer, line1, NEW_LINE, clean, NEW_LINE)
+			// Write line1 (selector line) and line2 (redacted line)
+			err = writeLine(writer, line1, nl1)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			err = writeLine(writer, clean, nl2)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// if clean is not equal to line2, a redaction was performed
+			// Track redaction if content changed
 			if !bytes.Equal(clean, line2) {
 				addRedaction(Redaction{
 					RedactorName:      r.redactName,
@@ -122,42 +165,92 @@ func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 				})
 			}
 
-			line1, line2, err = getNextTwoLines(reader, nil)
+			// Get next pair
+			line1, nl1, line2, nl2, readErr = getNextTwoLines(lineReader, nil)
 		}
 
-		if flushLastLine {
-			// Append newline since scanner strip it
-			err = writeBytes(writer, line1, NEW_LINE)
+		// After loop exits (readErr != nil), check if we have an unwritten line1
+		// This happens in two cases:
+		// 1. flushLastLine=true: line1 was advanced but not written (scan/re1 didn't match)
+		// 2. line1 != nil: we read line1 but couldn't get line2 (unpaired line at end)
+		// Note: We check line1 != nil (not len(line1) > 0) to handle empty lines ([]byte{})
+		if flushLastLine || line1 != nil {
+			err = writeLine(writer, line1, nl1)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Propagate non-EOF read errors to the caller
+		// EOF is expected (end of file) and not an error condition
+		// Note: readErr is always non-nil here (loop exited), but we only propagate non-EOF errors
+		if readErr != io.EOF {
+			err = readErr
+		}
 	}()
 	return out
 }
 
-func getNextTwoLines(reader *bufio.Reader, curLine2 *[]byte) (line1 []byte, line2 []byte, err error) {
-	line2 = []byte{}
-
+// getNextTwoLines reads the next pair of lines from the LineReader.
+// It returns the content and newline state for both lines.
+//
+// If curLine2 is provided, it's used as line1 (optimization for advancing through file).
+// Otherwise, both lines are read fresh from the reader.
+//
+// Returns:
+//   - line1, hadNewline1: First line content and newline state
+//   - line2, hadNewline2: Second line content and newline state
+//   - err: Error only if we couldn't read line1, or if line2 read failed with non-EOF error
+//
+// Note: If line2 returns (content, false, io.EOF), we treat this as SUCCESS because
+// we got the content. The EOF just means it didn't have a trailing newline.
+func getNextTwoLines(lr *LineReader, curLine2 *lineState) (
+	line1 []byte, hadNewline1 bool,
+	line2 []byte, hadNewline2 bool,
+	err error,
+) {
 	if curLine2 == nil {
-		line1, err = readLine(reader)
+		// Read both lines fresh
+		line1, hadNewline1, err = lr.ReadLine()
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
-		line2, err = readLine(reader)
+		line2, hadNewline2, err = lr.ReadLine()
+		// If we got line2 content but hit EOF, that's OK - it just means no trailing newline
+		if err == io.EOF && len(line2) > 0 {
+			err = nil // Clear the error - we successfully read both lines
+		}
 		return
 	}
 
-	line1 = *curLine2
-	line2, err = readLine(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
+	// Use cached line2 as new line1 (optimization)
+	line1 = curLine2.content
+	hadNewline1 = curLine2.hadNewline
 
+	// Read new line2
+	line2, hadNewline2, err = lr.ReadLine()
+	// If we got line2 content but hit EOF, that's OK - it just means no trailing newline
+	if err == io.EOF && len(line2) > 0 {
+		err = nil // Clear the error - we successfully read both lines
+	}
 	return
 }
 
+// writeLine writes a line to the writer, optionally adding a newline if hadNewline is true.
+// This helper reduces code duplication in the Redact function.
+func writeLine(w io.Writer, line []byte, hadNewline bool) error {
+	if err := writeBytes(w, line); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if hadNewline {
+		if err := writeBytes(w, NEW_LINE); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // writeBytes writes all byte slices to the writer
 // in the order they are passed in the variadic argument
 func writeBytes(w io.Writer, bs ...[]byte) error {
diff --git a/pkg/redact/multi_line_test.go b/pkg/redact/multi_line_test.go
index 289452f9..a43434d7 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/multi_line_test.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/multi_line_test.go
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"name": "secret_access_key"
 "value": "dfeadsfsdfe"`,
 			wantString: `"name": "secret_access_key"
-"value": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Redact multiline with AWS secret id",
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"name": "ACCESS_KEY_ID"
 "value": "dfeadsfsdfe"`,
 			wantString: `"name": "ACCESS_KEY_ID"
-"value": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Redact multiline with OSD",
@@ -52,8 +50,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"entity": "osd.1abcdef"
 "key": "Gjt8s0WkfPtxZUo7gI8a0awbQGHgzuprdaedfb=="`,
 			wantString: `"entity": "osd.1abcdef"
-"key": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"key": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Redact multiline with AWS secret access key and scan regex",
@@ -65,8 +62,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"name": "secret_access_key"
 "value": "dfeadsfsdfe"`,
 			wantString: `"name": "secret_access_key"
-"value": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Redact multiline with AWS secret id and scan regex",
@@ -78,8 +74,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"name": "ACCESS_KEY_ID"
 "value": "dfeadsfsdfe"`,
 			wantString: `"name": "ACCESS_KEY_ID"
-"value": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Redact multiline with OSD and scan regex",
@@ -91,8 +86,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			inputString: `"entity": "osd.1abcdef"
 "key": "Gjt8s0WkfPtxZUo7gI8a0awbQGHgzuprdaedfb=="`,
 			wantString: `"entity": "osd.1abcdef"
-"key": "***HIDDEN***"
-`,
+"key": "***HIDDEN***"`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Multiple newlines with no match",
@@ -102,7 +96,7 @@ func Test_NewMultiLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			redactor:    `(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>.*[^\"]*)(")`,
 			inputString: "no match\n\n no match \n\n",
-			wantString:  "no match\n\n no match \n\n",
+			wantString:  "no match\n\n no match \n\n", // Input has trailing newline, should be preserved
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -158,3 +152,281 @@ func Test_writeBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// Test 3.16: Binary file (no newlines) → unchanged
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_BinaryFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Binary content with no newlines - the bug that caused 2 extra bytes
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xAB, 0xCD}
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file should be unchanged (no extra newlines)")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every single byte value (0x00 -> 0xFF)
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_AllSingleByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with every possible byte value
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256)
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		binaryData[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all byte values should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256, "Should preserve all 256 bytes")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every two-byte combination (0x00+0x00 -> 0xFF+0xFF)
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_AllTwoByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with all 65,536 two-byte combinations (128KB)
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256*256*2)
+	pos := 0
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 256; j++ {
+			binaryData[pos] = byte(i)
+			binaryData[pos+1] = byte(j)
+			pos += 2
+		}
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all two-byte combinations should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256*256*2, "Should preserve all 131,072 bytes (64k combinations)")
+}
+
+// Test 3.17: Single line with \n → unchanged
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_SingleLineWithNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "single line\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "single line\n", string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 3.18: Single line without \n → unchanged
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_SingleLineWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "single line"
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "single line", string(result), "No newline should be added")
+}
+
+// Test 3.19: Empty file → unchanged
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := ""
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `"name":`},
+		`"value":`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "", string(result), "Empty file should remain empty")
+}
+
+// Test 3.20: Two lines, matches selector → line2 redacted
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_TwoLinesMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "secret123"`
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)"name": *"PASSWORD"`},
+		`(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>[^"]*)(")`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 3.21: Two lines, no selector match → unchanged
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_TwoLinesNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := `"name": "USERNAME"
+"value": "admin"`
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)"name": *"PASSWORD"`},
+		`(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>[^"]*)(")`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := `"name": "USERNAME"
+"value": "admin"`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 3.22: Multiple line pairs → correct redactions
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_MultiplePairs(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "secret1"
+"name": "TOKEN"
+"value": "secret2"
+"name": "USERNAME"
+"value": "admin"
+`
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)"name": *"(PASSWORD|TOKEN)"`},
+		`(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>[^"]*)(")`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"
+"name": "TOKEN"
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"
+"name": "USERNAME"
+"value": "admin"
+`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 3.23: Three lines (pair + unpaired)
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_ThreeLines(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "secret"
+unpaired line`
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)"name": *"PASSWORD"`},
+		`(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>[^"]*)(")`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := `"name": "PASSWORD"
+"value": "***HIDDEN***"
+unpaired line`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 3.24: Large file with selector matches
+func TestMultiLineRedactor_LargeFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	var input strings.Builder
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		input.WriteString(`"name": "PASSWORD"` + "\n")
+		input.WriteString(`"value": "secret"` + "\n")
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)"name": *"PASSWORD"`},
+		`(?i)("value": *")(?P<mask>[^"]*)(")`,
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(strings.NewReader(input.String()), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify all secrets were redacted
+	require.NotContains(t, string(result), `"value": "secret"`)
+	require.Contains(t, string(result), `"value": "***HIDDEN***"`)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/redact.go b/pkg/redact/redact.go
index 4242b0eb..b0e16ac2 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/redact.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/redact.go
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ func GetRedactionList() RedactionList {
 }
 
 func ResetRedactionList() {
+	// Wait for all pending redaction goroutines to complete before resetting
+	// This prevents race conditions where goroutines write to the map after reset
+	pendingRedactions.Wait()
+
 	redactionListMut.Lock()
 	defer redactionListMut.Unlock()
 	allRedactions = RedactionList{
diff --git a/pkg/redact/redact_test.go b/pkg/redact/redact_test.go
index 24eedc80..d1c153df 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/redact_test.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/redact_test.go
@@ -1724,6 +1724,7 @@ func Test_Redactors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("test default redactors", func(t *testing.T) {
 		req := require.New(t)
+		ResetRedactionList() // Ensure clean state before test
 		redactors, err := getRedactors("testpath")
 		req.NoError(err)
 
diff --git a/pkg/redact/single_line.go b/pkg/redact/single_line.go
index 21c652cc..50b76306 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/single_line.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/single_line.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package redact
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ func NewSingleLineRedactor(re LineRedactor, maskText, path, name string, isDefau
 	return &SingleLineRedactor{scan: scanCompiled, re: compiled, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name, isDefault: isDefault}, nil
 }
 
+// Redact processes the input reader line-by-line, applying redaction patterns.
+
+// Unlike the previous implementation using bufio.Scanner, this now uses LineReader
+// to preserve the exact newline structure of the input file. Lines that originally
+// ended with \n will have \n added back, while lines without \n (like the last line
+// of a file without a trailing newline, or binary files) will not have \n added.
+// This ensures binary files and text files without trailing newlines are not corrupted.
 func (r *SingleLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 	out, writer := io.Pipe()
 
@@ -48,7 +56,8 @@ func (r *SingleLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 			if err == nil || err == io.EOF {
 				writer.Close()
 			} else {
-				if err == bufio.ErrTooLong {
+				// Check if error is about line exceeding maximum size
+				if errors.Is(err, bufio.ErrTooLong) {
 					s := fmt.Sprintf("Error redacting %q. A line in the file exceeded %d MB max length", path, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE/1024/1024)
 					klog.V(2).Info(s)
 				} else {
@@ -58,68 +67,89 @@ func (r *SingleLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader, path string) io.Reader {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		buf := make([]byte, constants.BUF_INIT_SIZE)
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(input)
-		scanner.Buffer(buf, constants.SCANNER_MAX_SIZE)
-
+		// Use LineReader instead of bufio.Scanner to track newline presence
+		lineReader := NewLineReader(input)
 		tokenizer := GetGlobalTokenizer()
 		lineNum := 0
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			lineNum++
-			line := scanner.Bytes()
 
-			// is scan is not nil, then check if line matches scan by lowercasing it
+		for {
+			line, hadNewline, readErr := lineReader.ReadLine()
+
+			// Handle EOF with no content - we're done
+			if readErr == io.EOF && len(line) == 0 {
+				break
+			}
+
+			// We have content to process
+			lineNum++
+
+			// Determine if we should redact this line
+			shouldRedact := true
+
+			// Pre-filter: if scan is not nil, check if line matches scan by lowercasing it
 			if r.scan != nil {
 				lowerLine := bytes.ToLower(line)
 				if !r.scan.Match(lowerLine) {
-					// Append newline since scanner strips it
-					err = writeBytes(writer, line, NEW_LINE)
-					if err != nil {
-						return
-					}
-					continue
+					shouldRedact = false
 				}
 			}
 
-			// if scan matches, but re does not, do not redact
-			if !r.re.Match(line) {
-				// Append newline since scanner strips it
-				err = writeBytes(writer, line, NEW_LINE)
-				if err != nil {
-					return
-				}
-				continue
+			// Check if line matches the main redaction pattern
+			if shouldRedact && !r.re.Match(line) {
+				shouldRedact = false
 			}
 
-			var clean []byte
-			if tokenizer.IsEnabled() {
-				// Use tokenized replacement - context comes from the redactor name which often indicates the secret type
-				context := r.redactName
-				clean = getTokenizedReplacementPatternWithPath(r.re, line, context, r.filePath)
+			// Process the line (redact or pass through)
+			var outputLine []byte
+			if shouldRedact {
+				// Line matches - perform redaction
+				if tokenizer.IsEnabled() {
+					// Use tokenized replacement - context comes from the redactor name
+					context := r.redactName
+					outputLine = getTokenizedReplacementPatternWithPath(r.re, line, context, r.filePath)
+				} else {
+					// Use original masking behavior
+					substStr := []byte(getReplacementPattern(r.re, r.maskText))
+					outputLine = r.re.ReplaceAll(line, substStr)
+				}
+
+				// Track redaction if content changed
+				if !bytes.Equal(outputLine, line) {
+					addRedaction(Redaction{
+						RedactorName:      r.redactName,
+						CharactersRemoved: len(line) - len(outputLine),
+						Line:              lineNum,
+						File:              r.filePath,
+						IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
+					})
+				}
 			} else {
-				// Use original masking behavior
-				substStr := []byte(getReplacementPattern(r.re, r.maskText))
-				clean = r.re.ReplaceAll(line, substStr)
+				// No match - use original line
+				outputLine = line
 			}
-			// Append newline since scanner strips it
-			err = writeBytes(writer, clean, NEW_LINE)
+
+			// Write the line
+			err = writeBytes(writer, outputLine)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-
-			// if clean is not equal to line, a redaction was performed
-			if !bytes.Equal(clean, line) {
-				addRedaction(Redaction{
-					RedactorName:      r.redactName,
-					CharactersRemoved: len(line) - len(clean),
-					Line:              lineNum,
-					File:              r.filePath,
-					IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
-				})
+			// Only add newline if original line had one
+			if hadNewline {
+				err = writeBytes(writer, NEW_LINE)
+				if err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Check if we hit EOF after processing this line
+			if readErr == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			// Check for non-EOF errors
+			if readErr != nil {
+				err = readErr
+				return
 			}
-		}
-		if scanErr := scanner.Err(); scanErr != nil {
-			err = scanErr
 		}
 	}()
 	return out
diff --git a/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go b/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
index b743b465..29765271 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "copied from default redactors",
 			re:          `(?i)(Pwd *= *)(?P<mask>[^\;]+)(;)`,
 			inputString: `pwd = abcdef;`,
-			wantString:  "pwd = ***HIDDEN***;\n",
+			wantString:  "pwd = ***HIDDEN***;", // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"copied from default redactors": []Redaction{
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "no leading matching group", // this is not the ideal behavior - why are we dropping ungrouped match components?
 			re:          `(?i)Pwd *= *(?P<mask>[^\;]+)(;)`,
 			inputString: `pwd = abcdef;`,
-			wantString:  "***HIDDEN***;\n",
+			wantString:  "***HIDDEN***;", // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"no leading matching group": []Redaction{
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "multiple matching literals",
 			re:          `(?i)(Pwd *= *)(?P<mask>[^\;]+)(;)`,
 			inputString: `pwd = abcdef;abcdef`,
-			wantString:  "pwd = ***HIDDEN***;abcdef\n",
+			wantString:  "pwd = ***HIDDEN***;abcdef", // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"multiple matching literals": []Redaction{
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "Redact values for environment variables that look like AWS Secret Access Keys",
 			re:          `(?i)("name":"[^\"]*SECRET_?ACCESS_?KEY","value":")(?P<mask>[^\"]*)(")`,
 			inputString: `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"123"}`,
-			wantString: `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"***HIDDEN***"}
-`,
+			wantString:  `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"***HIDDEN***"}`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact values for environment variables that look like AWS Secret Access Keys": []Redaction{
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "Redact connection strings with username and password",
 			re:          `(?i)(https?|ftp)(:\/\/)(?P<mask>[^:\"\/]+){1}(:)(?P<mask>[^@\"\/]+){1}(?P<host>@[^:\/\s\"]+){1}(?P<port>:[\d]+)?`,
 			inputString: `http://user:password@host:8888`,
-			wantString:  "http://***HIDDEN***:***HIDDEN***@host:8888\n",
+			wantString:  "http://***HIDDEN***:***HIDDEN***@host:8888", // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact connection strings with username and password": []Redaction{
@@ -163,8 +162,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			re:          `(?i)("name":"[^\"]*SECRET_?ACCESS_?KEY","value":")(?P<mask>[^\"]*)(")`,
 			scan:        `secret_?access_?key`,
 			inputString: `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"123"}`,
-			wantString: `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"***HIDDEN***"}
-`,
+			wantString:  `{"name":"SECRET_ACCESS_KEY","value":"***HIDDEN***"}`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact values for environment variables that look like AWS Secret Access Keys With Scan": {
@@ -193,8 +191,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			re:          `(?i)("name":"[^\"]*ACCESS_?KEY_?ID","value":")(?P<mask>[^\"]*)(")`,
 			scan:        `access_?key_?id`,
 			inputString: `{"name":"ACCESS_KEY_ID","value":"123"}`,
-			wantString: `{"name":"ACCESS_KEY_ID","value":"***HIDDEN***"}
-`,
+			wantString:  `{"name":"ACCESS_KEY_ID","value":"***HIDDEN***"}`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact values for environment variables that look like Access Keys ID With Scan": {
@@ -223,8 +220,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			re:          `(?i)("name":"[^\"]*OWNER_?ACCOUNT","value":")(?P<mask>[^\"]*)(")`,
 			scan:        `owner_?account`,
 			inputString: `{"name":"OWNER_ACCOUNT","value":"123"}`,
-			wantString: `{"name":"OWNER_ACCOUNT","value":"***HIDDEN***"}
-`,
+			wantString:  `{"name":"OWNER_ACCOUNT","value":"***HIDDEN***"}`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact values for environment variables that look like Owner Account With Scan": {
@@ -253,8 +249,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			re:          `(?i)(Data Source *= *)(?P<mask>[^\;]+)(;)`,
 			scan:        `data source`,
 			inputString: `Data Source = abcdef;`,
-			wantString: `Data Source = ***HIDDEN***;
-`,
+			wantString:  `Data Source = ***HIDDEN***;`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact 'Data Source' values With Scan": {
@@ -283,8 +278,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			re:          `(?i)(https?|ftp)(:\/\/)(?P<mask>[^:\"\/]+){1}(:)(?P<mask>[^@\"\/]+){1}(?P<host>@[^:\/\s\"]+){1}(?P<port>:[\d]+)?`,
 			scan:        `https?|ftp`,
 			inputString: `http://user:password@host:8888;`,
-			wantString: `http://***HIDDEN***:***HIDDEN***@host:8888;
-`,
+			wantString:  `http://***HIDDEN***:***HIDDEN***@host:8888;`, // No trailing newline in input, so none in output
 			wantRedactions: RedactionList{
 				ByRedactor: map[string][]Redaction{
 					"Redact connection strings With Scan": {
@@ -340,3 +334,318 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// Test 2.15: Binary file (no newlines) → unchanged
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_BinaryFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Binary content with no newlines
+	binaryData := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xAB, 0xCD}
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "password"}, // Pattern that won't match binary
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file should be unchanged")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every single byte value (0x00 -> 0xFF)
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_AllSingleByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with every possible byte value
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256)
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		binaryData[i] = byte(i)
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `secret`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all byte values should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256, "Should preserve all 256 bytes")
+}
+
+// Test: Binary file with every two-byte combination (0x00+0x00 -> 0xFF+0xFF)
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_AllTwoByteValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create binary data with all 65,536 two-byte combinations (128KB)
+	binaryData := make([]byte, 256*256*2)
+	pos := 0
+	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 256; j++ {
+			binaryData[pos] = byte(i)
+			binaryData[pos+1] = byte(j)
+			pos += 2
+		}
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `secret`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(binaryData), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, binaryData, result, "Binary file with all two-byte combinations should be unchanged")
+	require.Len(t, result, 256*256*2, "Should preserve all 131,072 bytes (64k combinations)")
+}
+
+// Test 2.16: Text file with \n → preserved
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_TextFileWithNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "hello world\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "xyz"}, // No match
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "hello world\n", string(result), "Trailing newline should be preserved")
+}
+
+// Test 2.17: Text file without \n → preserved
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_TextFileWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "hello world"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "xyz"}, // No match
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "hello world", string(result), "No newline should be added")
+}
+
+// Test 2.18: Empty file → unchanged
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := ""
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "password"},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "", string(result), "Empty file should remain empty")
+}
+
+// Test 2.19: Single line with secret → redacted correctly
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_SingleLineWithSecret(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "password=secret123"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)(password=)(?P<mask>.*)`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "password=***HIDDEN***", string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 2.20: Multiple lines with secrets → all redacted
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_MultipleLinesWithSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "password=secret1\npassword=secret2\npassword=secret3\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(?i)(password=)(?P<mask>.*)`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := "password=***HIDDEN***\npassword=***HIDDEN***\npassword=***HIDDEN***\n"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 2.21: Scan pattern filters correctly
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_ScanPatternFilters(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "password=secret\nusername=admin\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{
+			regex: `(?i)(password=)(?P<mask>.*)`,
+			scan:  `password`, // Only process lines containing "password"
+		},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	expected := "password=***HIDDEN***\nusername=admin\n"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 2.22: File with only one newline \n → one newline out
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_OnlyNewline(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	input := "\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "password"},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "\n", string(result))
+}
+
+// Test 2.23: Mixed binary/text content
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_MixedContent(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Binary data with embedded newline
+	input := []byte{0x01, 0x02, '\n', 0x03, 0x04}
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "password"},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(input), "test.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, input, result, "Mixed content should be preserved")
+}
+
+// Test: Windows CRLF (\r\n) line endings preserved
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_WindowsLineEndings(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Windows-style line endings with no secrets
+	input := "line1\r\nline2\r\nline3\r\n"
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `secret`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// Windows line endings should be preserved exactly
+	require.Equal(t, "line1\r\nline2\r\nline3\r\n", string(result),
+		"Windows CRLF line endings should be preserved, not converted to LF")
+}
+
+// Test: Windows CRLF with redaction
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_WindowsLineEndingsWithRedaction(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Windows-style line endings with a secret
+	// Note: LineReader splits on \n, so line content includes \r
+	input := "password=secret123\r\nusername=admin\r\n"
+
+	// Use a regex that doesn't capture the \r
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: `(password=)(?P<mask>[^\r\n]+)`},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", t.Name(), false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)), "test.txt")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// \r\n should be preserved: regex doesn't capture \r, so it stays in output
+	expected := "password=***HIDDEN***\r\nusername=admin\r\n"
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(result),
+		"Windows CRLF should be preserved - \\r not captured by regex, \\n added by LineReader")
+}
+
+// Test 2.24: Large binary file (1MB, no newlines) → preserved
+func TestSingleLineRedactor_LargeBinaryFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ResetRedactionList()
+	defer ResetRedactionList()
+
+	// Create 1MB of binary data
+	largeData := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	for i := range largeData {
+		largeData[i] = byte(i % 256)
+	}
+
+	redactor, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(
+		LineRedactor{regex: "password"},
+		MASK_TEXT, "testfile", "test", false,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := redactor.Redact(bytes.NewReader(largeData), "large.bin")
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(out)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, largeData, result, "Large binary file should be unchanged")
+}
diff --git a/test/baselines/metadata.json b/test/baselines/metadata.json
index 08919d0c..02e0dd69 100644
--- a/test/baselines/metadata.json
+++ b/test/baselines/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "updated_at": "2025-11-27T05:43:03Z",
-  "git_sha": "280a582f4f5d1dcb242dc9e4441ba1797b0209c7",
-  "workflow_run_id": "19726392590",
+  "updated_at": "2025-12-10T17:29:30Z",
+  "git_sha": "7d73318d1ea65a72cfe2ffa7ea52940cf4b98f18",
+  "workflow_run_id": "20107431959",
   "k8s_version": "v1.31.2-k3s1",
-  "updated_by": "Ethan Mosbaugh <ethan@replicated.com>"
+  "updated_by": "hedge-sparrow <sparrow@spooky.academy>"
 }
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