diff --git a/lib/logging/truncateArgs.js b/lib/logging/truncateArgs.js
index 714e4624c..53f52c835 100644
--- a/lib/logging/truncateArgs.js
+++ b/lib/logging/truncateArgs.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const truncateArgs = (args, maxLength) => {
 	}
 
 	// Check if there is space for at least 4 chars per arg
-	if (availableLength < lengths.reduce((s, i) => s + Math.min(i, 4), 0)) {
+	if (availableLength < lengths.reduce((s, i) => s + Math.min(i, 6), 0)) {
 		// remove args
 		if (args.length > 1)
 			return truncateArgs(args.slice(0, args.length - 1), maxLength);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const truncateArgs = (args, maxLength) => {
 		const length = lengths[i];
 		if (str.length === length) {
 			return str;
-		} else if (length > 6) {
+		} else if (length > 5) {
 			return "..." + str.slice(-length + 3);
 		} else if (length > 0) {
 			return str.slice(-length);
diff --git a/lib/node/nodeConsole.js b/lib/node/nodeConsole.js
index 016bbf2b9..dd09e0ecd 100644
--- a/lib/node/nodeConsole.js
+++ b/lib/node/nodeConsole.js
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		}),
 	status: tty
 		? (name, ...args) => {
+				args = args.filter(Boolean);
 				if (name === undefined && args.length === 0) {
 					clearStatusMessage();
 					currentStatusMessage = undefined;
diff --git a/test/ProgressPlugin.test.js b/test/ProgressPlugin.test.js
index dbd6b377f..f202a31eb 100644
--- a/test/ProgressPlugin.test.js
+++ b/test/ProgressPlugin.test.js
@@ -3,19 +3,18 @@
 const _ = require("lodash");
 const path = require("path");
 const MemoryFs = require("memory-fs");
-const webpack = require("../");
 const captureStdio = require("./helpers/captureStdio");
 
+let webpack;
+
 describe("ProgressPlugin", function() {
-	let _env;
 	let stderr;
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		_env = process.env;
-		stderr = captureStdio(process.stderr);
+		stderr = captureStdio(process.stderr, true);
+		webpack = require("../");
 	});
 	afterEach(() => {
-		process.env = _env;
 		stderr && stderr.restore();
 	});
 
@@ -38,9 +37,18 @@ describe("ProgressPlugin", function() {
 			expect(logs.length).toBeGreaterThan(20);
 			logs.forEach(log => expect(log.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(30));
 			expect(logs).toContain(
-				" 10% building ...ules ...tive",
+				"77% ...timization ...nksPlugin",
 				"trims each detail string equally"
 			);
+			expect(logs).toContain(
+				"10% building ...dules 0 active",
+				"remove empty arguments"
+			);
+			expect(logs).toContain(
+				"10% building ...dules 1 active",
+				"omit arguments when no space"
+			);
+			expect(logs).toContain("93% ...hunk asset optimization");
 		});
 	});
 
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ const createSimpleCompiler = () => {
 	return compiler;
 };
 
-const getLogs = logsStr => logsStr.split(/\u0008+/).filter(v => !(v === " "));
+const getLogs = logsStr => logsStr.split(/\r/).filter(v => !(v === " "));
 
 const RunCompilerAsync = compiler =>
 	new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/test/StatsTestCases.test.js b/test/StatsTestCases.test.js
index 80e3c5498..84e0802cf 100644
--- a/test/StatsTestCases.test.js
+++ b/test/StatsTestCases.test.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 
-const webpack = require("../lib/webpack");
 const Stats = require("../lib/Stats");
 const captureStdio = require("./helpers/captureStdio");
 
+let webpack;
+
 /**
  * Escapes regular expression metacharacters
  * @param {string} str String to quote
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ const tests = fs
 	});
 
 describe("StatsTestCases", () => {
+	let stderr;
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		stderr = captureStdio(process.stderr, true);
+		webpack = require("../lib/webpack");
+	});
+	afterEach(() => {
+		stderr.restore();
+	});
 	tests.forEach(testName => {
 		it("should print correct stats for " + testName, done => {
 			jest.setTimeout(10000);
@@ -67,9 +76,7 @@ describe("StatsTestCases", () => {
 					})
 				);
 			});
-			const captured = captureStdio(process.stderr);
 			const c = webpack(options);
-			captured.restore();
 			const compilers = c.compilers ? c.compilers : [c];
 			compilers.forEach(c => {
 				const ifs = c.inputFileSystem;
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ describe("StatsTestCases", () => {
 				let actual = stats.toString(toStringOptions);
 				expect(typeof actual).toBe("string");
 				if (!hasColorSetting) {
-					actual = captured.toString() + actual;
+					actual = stderr.toString() + actual;
 					actual = actual
 						.replace(/\u001b\[[0-9;]*m/g, "")
 						.replace(/[.0-9]+(\s?ms)/g, "X$1")
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ describe("StatsTestCases", () => {
 							"$1 Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
 						);
 				} else {
-					actual = captured.toStringRaw() + actual;
+					actual = stderr.toStringRaw() + actual;
 					actual = actual
 						.replace(/\u001b\[1m\u001b\[([0-9;]*)m/g, "<CLR=$1,BOLD>")
 						.replace(/\u001b\[1m/g, "<CLR=BOLD>")
diff --git a/test/helpers/captureStdio.js b/test/helpers/captureStdio.js
index 86f4a75ef..db1bdf173 100644
--- a/test/helpers/captureStdio.js
+++ b/test/helpers/captureStdio.js
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 const stripAnsi = require("strip-ansi");
 
-module.exports = stdio => {
+module.exports = (stdio, tty) => {
 	let logs = [];
 
 	const write = stdio.write;
+	const isTTY = stdio.isTTY;
 
 	stdio.write = function(str) {
 		logs.push(str);
 	};
+	if (tty !== undefined) stdio.isTTY = tty;
+
+	// isTTY flag is only read once on initialization
+	// therefore we need to clear some module caches
+	// to get the mocked value
+	delete require.cache[require.resolve("../../")];
+	delete require.cache[require.resolve("../../lib/node/NodeEnvironmentPlugin")];
+	delete require.cache[require.resolve("../../lib/node/nodeConsole")];
 
 	return {
 		data: logs,
@@ -24,6 +33,13 @@ module.exports = stdio => {
 
 		restore() {
 			stdio.write = write;
+			stdio.isTTY = isTTY;
+
+			delete require.cache[require.resolve("../../")];
+			delete require.cache[
+				require.resolve("../../lib/node/NodeEnvironmentPlugin")
+			];
+			delete require.cache[require.resolve("../../lib/node/nodeConsole")];
 		}
 	};
 };