diff --git a/bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/BugReportGenerator.java b/bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/BugReportGenerator.java
index 31f3ea425..03187ba7c 100644
--- a/bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/BugReportGenerator.java
+++ b/bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/BugReportGenerator.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class BugReportGenerator
 
 	private static final String ECLIPSE_LOG_FILE_NAME = ".log"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String ECLIPSE_METADATA_DIRECTORY = ".metadata"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String IDE_LOG_REPORT_NAME_PREFIX = "ide_error_log"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String UNKNOWN = "Unknown"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String BUG_REPORT_DIRECTORY_PREFIX = "bug_report_"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private File bugReportDirectory;
@@ -189,6 +190,16 @@ private List<File> getIdeMetadataLogsFile()
 		return logFiles;
 	}
 
+	// Eclipse stores the IDE error log as ".log" (hidden on macOS/Linux); rename so it stays visible in the report.
+	public static String getReportLogFileName(String metadataFileName)
+	{
+		if (metadataFileName.startsWith(".")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+		{
+			return IDE_LOG_REPORT_NAME_PREFIX + metadataFileName;
+		}
+		return metadataFileName;
+	}
+
 	private File createBasicSystemInfoFile() throws IOException
 	{
 		String osName = System.getProperty("os.name", UNKNOWN); //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -282,7 +293,8 @@ public String generateBugReport()
 
 			for (File logFile : metadataLogsFile)
 			{
-				FileUtil.copyFile(logFile, new File(ideLogDir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + logFile.getName()));
+				FileUtil.copyFile(logFile, new File(
+						ideLogDir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + getReportLogFileName(logFile.getName())));
 			}
 			File eimLogPath = getEimLogPath();
 			Logger.log("EIM log path: " + eimLogPath.getAbsolutePath()); //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/tests/com.espressif.idf.core.test/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/test/BugReportGeneratorTest.java b/tests/com.espressif.idf.core.test/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/test/BugReportGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41d0dfd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/com.espressif.idf.core.test/src/com/espressif/idf/core/bug/test/BugReportGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD.
+ * All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package com.espressif.idf.core.bug.test;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+
+import com.espressif.idf.core.bug.BugReportGenerator;
+
+@DisplayNameGeneration(DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+public class BugReportGeneratorTest
+{
+
+	@ParameterizedTest(name = "''{0}'' is collected as ''{1}''")
+	@CsvSource({ ".log, ide_error_log.log", ".bak_0.log, ide_error_log.bak_0.log",
+			".bak_1.log, ide_error_log.bak_1.log" })
+	void test_hidden_ide_log_gets_a_visible_name(String metadataFileName, String expectedReportFileName)
+	{
+		String reportFileName = BugReportGenerator.getReportLogFileName(metadataFileName);
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals(expectedReportFileName, reportFileName);
+	}
+
+	@ParameterizedTest(name = "''{0}'' is collected unchanged")
+	@CsvSource({ "version.ini", "workspace.log" })
+	void test_already_visible_file_name_is_kept(String metadataFileName)
+	{
+		String reportFileName = BugReportGenerator.getReportLogFileName(metadataFileName);
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals(metadataFileName, reportFileName);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void test_no_collected_file_stays_hidden()
+	{
+		Assertions.assertFalse(BugReportGenerator.getReportLogFileName(".log").startsWith("."));
+	}
+}