diff --git a/examples/configuration/README.md b/examples/configuration/README.md
index 4dc38f5e7..ec260b531 100644
--- a/examples/configuration/README.md
+++ b/examples/configuration/README.md
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ To run this example, use the following command:
 name: Run get configuration example
 match_order: none
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Got key=orderId1 value=100 version=1 metadata={}"
-  - "== APP == Got key=orderId2 value=200 version=1 metadata={}"
-  - "== APP == Subscribe key=orderId2 value=210 version=2 metadata={}"
-  - "== APP == Unsubscribed successfully? True"
+  - "Got key=orderId1 value=100 version=1 metadata={}"
+  - "Got key=orderId2 value=200 version=1 metadata={}"
+  - "Subscribe key=orderId2 value=210 version=2 metadata={}"
+  - "Unsubscribed successfully? True"
 background: true
 timeout_seconds: 30
 sleep: 3
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ docker exec dapr_redis redis-cli SET orderId2 "210||2"
 
 You should be able to see the following output:
 ```
-== APP == Got key=orderId1 value=100 version=1
-== APP == Got key=orderId2 value=200 version=1
-== APP == Subscribe key=orderId2 value=210 version=2
+Got key=orderId1 value=100 version=1
+Got key=orderId2 value=200 version=1
+Subscribe key=orderId2 value=210 version=2
 ```
diff --git a/examples/conversation/README.md b/examples/conversation/README.md
index 1d7789b32..4f630d46d 100644
--- a/examples/conversation/README.md
+++ b/examples/conversation/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ The Conversation API supports real LLM providers including:
     <!-- STEP
     name: Run Conversation Alpha V1
     expected_stdout_lines:
-      - "== APP == Result: What's Dapr?"
-      - "== APP == Give a brief overview."
+      - "Result: What's Dapr?"
+      - "Give a brief overview."
     background: true
     timeout_seconds: 60
     -->
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ The Conversation API supports real LLM providers including:
     <!-- STEP
     name: Run Conversation Alpha V2
     expected_stdout_lines:
-      - "== APP == Result: What's Dapr?"
-      - "== APP == Give a brief overview."
+      - "Result: What's Dapr?"
+      - "Give a brief overview."
     background: true
     timeout_seconds: 60
     -->
diff --git a/examples/crypto/README.md b/examples/crypto/README.md
index 1dca3fb14..e9736b160 100644
--- a/examples/crypto/README.md
+++ b/examples/crypto/README.md
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ openssl rand -out keys/symmetric-key-256 32
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run crypto example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Running gRPC client synchronous API'
-  - '== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string'
-  - '== APP == Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes'
-  - '== APP == Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes'
-  - '== APP == The secret is "passw0rd"'
-  - '== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file'
-  - '== APP == Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out'
-  - '== APP == Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg'
+  - 'Running gRPC client synchronous API'
+  - 'Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string'
+  - 'Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes'
+  - 'Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes'
+  - 'The secret is "passw0rd"'
+  - 'Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file'
+  - 'Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out'
+  - 'Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg'
   - "Exited App successfully"
 output_match_mode: substring
 timeout_seconds: 10
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ dapr run --app-id crypto --resources-path ./components/ -- python3 crypto.py
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run async crypto example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Running gRPC client asynchronous API'
-  - '== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string'
-  - '== APP == Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes'
-  - '== APP == Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes'
-  - '== APP == The secret is "passw0rd"'
-  - '== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file'
-  - '== APP == Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out'
-  - '== APP == Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg'
+  - 'Running gRPC client asynchronous API'
+  - 'Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string'
+  - 'Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes'
+  - 'Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes'
+  - 'The secret is "passw0rd"'
+  - 'Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file'
+  - 'Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out'
+  - 'Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg'
   - "Exited App successfully"
 output_match_mode: substring
 timeout_seconds: 10
@@ -102,20 +102,20 @@ rm decrypted.out.jpg
 The output should be as follows:
 
 ```shell
-== APP == Running gRPC client synchronous API
-== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string
-== APP == Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes
-== APP == Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes
-== APP == b'The secret is "passw0rd"'
-== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file
-== APP == Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out
-== APP == Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg
-== APP == Running gRPC client asynchronous API
-== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string
-== APP == Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes
-== APP == Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes
-== APP == b'The secret is "passw0rd"'
-== APP == Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file
-== APP == Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out
-== APP == Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg
+Running gRPC client synchronous API
+Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string
+Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes
+Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes
+b'The secret is "passw0rd"'
+Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file
+Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out
+Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg
+Running gRPC client asynchronous API
+Running encrypt/decrypt operation on string
+Encrypted the message, got 856 bytes
+Decrypted the message, got 24 bytes
+b'The secret is "passw0rd"'
+Running encrypt/decrypt operation on file
+Wrote encrypted data to encrypted.out
+Wrote decrypted data to decrypted.out.jpg
 ```
diff --git a/examples/demo_actor/README.md b/examples/demo_actor/README.md
index a595b9482..de7ef595c 100644
--- a/examples/demo_actor/README.md
+++ b/examples/demo_actor/README.md
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ name: Actor Service
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Activate DemoActor actor!'
-  - '== APP == has_value: False'
-  - '== APP == has_value: False'
-  - "== APP == set_my_data: {'data': 'new_data'}"
-  - '== APP == has_value: True'
-  - '== APP == set reminder to True'
-  - '== APP == set reminder is done'
-  - '== APP == set_timer to True'
-  - '== APP == set_timer is done'
-  - "== APP == receive_reminder is called - demo_reminder reminder - b'reminder_state'"
-  - "== APP == clear_my_data"
+  - 'Activate DemoActor actor!'
+  - 'has_value: False'
+  - 'has_value: False'
+  - "set_my_data: {'data': 'new_data'}"
+  - 'has_value: True'
+  - 'set reminder to True'
+  - 'set reminder is done'
+  - 'set_timer to True'
+  - 'set_timer is done'
+  - "receive_reminder is called - demo_reminder reminder - b'reminder_state'"
+  - "clear_my_data"
 timeout_seconds: 60
 -->
 
@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ timeout_seconds: 60
    Expected output:
    ```
    ...
-   == APP == Activate DemoActor actor!
-   == APP == has_value: False
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == has_value: False
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == set_my_data: {'data': 'new_data'}
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == has_value: True
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == set reminder to True
-   == APP == set reminder is done
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetReminder HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == set_timer to True
-   == APP == set_timer is done
-   == APP == INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetTimer HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
-   == APP == receive_reminder is called - demo_reminder reminder - b'reminder_state'
-   == APP == clear_my_data
+   Activate DemoActor actor!
+   has_value: False
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   has_value: False
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   set_my_data: {'data': 'new_data'}
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   has_value: True
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/GetMyData HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   set reminder to True
+   set reminder is done
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetReminder HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   set_timer to True
+   set_timer is done
+   INFO:     127.0.0.1:50739 - "PUT /actors/DemoActor/1/method/SetTimer HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+   receive_reminder is called - demo_reminder reminder - b'reminder_state'
+   clear_my_data
    ...
    ```
 
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ timeout_seconds: 60
 <!-- STEP
 name: Actor Client
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == call actor method via proxy.invoke_method()'
-  - "== APP == b'null'"
-  - '== APP == call actor method using rpc style'
-  - '== APP == None'
-  - "== APP == Actor reentrancy enabled: b'true'"
-  - '== APP == call SetMyData actor method to save the state'
-  - '== APP == call GetMyData actor method to get the state'
-  - '== APP == Register reminder'
-  - '== APP == Register timer'
-  - '== APP == waiting for 30 seconds'
-  - '== APP == stop reminder'
-  - '== APP == stop timer'
-  - '== APP == clear actor state'
+  - 'call actor method via proxy.invoke_method()'
+  - "b'null'"
+  - 'call actor method using rpc style'
+  - 'None'
+  - "Actor reentrancy enabled: b'true'"
+  - 'call SetMyData actor method to save the state'
+  - 'call GetMyData actor method to get the state'
+  - 'Register reminder'
+  - 'Register timer'
+  - 'waiting for 30 seconds'
+  - 'stop reminder'
+  - 'stop timer'
+  - 'clear actor state'
 -->
 
 2. Run Demo client in new terminal window
@@ -105,20 +105,20 @@ expected_stdout_lines:
    Expected output:
    ```
    ...
-   == APP == call actor method via proxy.invoke_method()
-   == APP == b'null'
-   == APP == call actor method using rpc style
-   == APP == None
-   == APP == Actor reentrancy enabled: True
-   == APP == call SetMyData actor method to save the state
-   == APP == call GetMyData actor method to get the state
-   == APP == {'data': 'new_data', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 13, 0, 38, 36, 163000, tzinfo=tzutc())}
-   == APP == Register reminder
-   == APP == Register timer
-   == APP == waiting for 30 seconds
-   == APP == stop reminder
-   == APP == stop timer
-   == APP == clear actor state
+   call actor method via proxy.invoke_method()
+   b'null'
+   call actor method using rpc style
+   None
+   Actor reentrancy enabled: True
+   call SetMyData actor method to save the state
+   call GetMyData actor method to get the state
+   {'data': 'new_data', 'ts': datetime.datetime(2020, 11, 13, 0, 38, 36, 163000, tzinfo=tzutc())}
+   Register reminder
+   Register timer
+   waiting for 30 seconds
+   stop reminder
+   stop timer
+   clear actor state
    ```
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
diff --git a/examples/demo_workflow/README.md b/examples/demo_workflow/README.md
index cf75112a2..58e4d3bb5 100644
--- a/examples/demo_workflow/README.md
+++ b/examples/demo_workflow/README.md
@@ -25,28 +25,28 @@ pip3 install -r demo_workflow/requirements.txt
 <!-- STEP
 name: Running this example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Hi Counter!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 11!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 0!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
-  - "== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: Suspended"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: Running"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 111!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1111!"
-  - "== APP == Instance Successfully Purged"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after terminate call: Terminated"
-  - "== APP == Get response from child_wf after terminate call: Terminated"
-  - "== APP == Instance Successfully Purged"
+  - "Hi Counter!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1!"
+  - "New counter value is: 11!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 0!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
+  - "Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: Suspended"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: Running"
+  - "New counter value is: 111!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1111!"
+  - "Instance Successfully Purged"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after terminate call: Terminated"
+  - "Get response from child_wf after terminate call: Terminated"
+  - "Instance Successfully Purged"
 background: true
 timeout_seconds: 50
 sleep: 15
@@ -60,25 +60,25 @@ dapr run --app-id orderapp --app-protocol grpc --dapr-grpc-port 50001 --resource
 
 You should be able to see the following output:
 ```
-== APP == Hi Counter!
-== APP == New counter value is: 1!
-== APP == New counter value is: 11!
-== APP == Retry count value is: 0!
-== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry
-== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!
-== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: Suspended
-== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: Running
-== APP == New counter value is: 111!
-== APP == New counter value is: 1111!
-== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after terminate call: Terminated
-== APP == Get response from child_wf after terminate call: Terminated
-== APP == Instance Successfully Purged
+Hi Counter!
+New counter value is: 1!
+New counter value is: 11!
+Retry count value is: 0!
+Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry
+Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!
+Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!
+Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: Suspended
+Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: Running
+New counter value is: 111!
+New counter value is: 1111!
+Get response from hello_world_wf after terminate call: Terminated
+Get response from child_wf after terminate call: Terminated
+Instance Successfully Purged
 ```
diff --git a/examples/distributed_lock/README.md b/examples/distributed_lock/README.md
index 378d5edb9..599d7c1d1 100644
--- a/examples/distributed_lock/README.md
+++ b/examples/distributed_lock/README.md
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ To run this example, the following code can be utilized:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run state store example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Will try to acquire a lock from lock store named [lockstore]"
-  - "== APP == The lock is for a resource named [example-lock-resource]"
-  - "== APP == The client identifier is [example-client-id]"
-  - "== APP == The lock will will expire in 60 seconds."
-  - "== APP == Lock acquired successfully!!!"
-  - "== APP == We already released the lock so unlocking will not work."
-  - "== APP == We tried to unlock it anyway and got back [UnlockResponseStatus.lock_does_not_exist]"
+  - "Will try to acquire a lock from lock store named [lockstore]"
+  - "The lock is for a resource named [example-lock-resource]"
+  - "The client identifier is [example-client-id]"
+  - "The lock will will expire in 60 seconds."
+  - "Lock acquired successfully!!!"
+  - "We already released the lock so unlocking will not work."
+  - "We tried to unlock it anyway and got back [UnlockResponseStatus.lock_does_not_exist]"
 timeout_seconds: 5
 -->
 
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ dapr run --app-id=locksapp --app-protocol grpc --resources-path components/ pyth
 The output should be as follows:
 
 ```
-== APP == Will try to acquire a lock from lock store named [lockstore]
-== APP == The lock is for a resource named [example-lock-resource]
-== APP == The client identifier is [example-client-id]
-== APP == The lock will will expire in 60 seconds.
-== APP == Lock acquired successfully!!!
-== APP == We already released the lock so unlocking will not work.
-== APP == We tried to unlock it anyway and got back [UnlockResponseStatus.lock_does_not_exist]
+Will try to acquire a lock from lock store named [lockstore]
+The lock is for a resource named [example-lock-resource]
+The client identifier is [example-client-id]
+The lock will will expire in 60 seconds.
+Lock acquired successfully!!!
+We already released the lock so unlocking will not work.
+We tried to unlock it anyway and got back [UnlockResponseStatus.lock_does_not_exist]
 ```
 
 ## Error Handling
diff --git a/examples/error_handling/README.md b/examples/error_handling/README.md
index 9f09b8946..480d73635 100644
--- a/examples/error_handling/README.md
+++ b/examples/error_handling/README.md
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ To run this example, the following code can be used:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run error handling example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-- "== APP == Status code: StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT"
-- "== APP == Message: input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"
-- "== APP == Error code: DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY"
-- "== APP == Error info(reason): DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY"
-- "== APP == Resource info (resource type): state"
-- "== APP == Resource info (resource name): statestore"
-- "== APP == Bad request (field): key||"
-- "== APP == Bad request (description): input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"
-- "== APP == JSON: {\"status_code\": \"INVALID_ARGUMENT\", \"message\": \"input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'\", \"error_code\": \"DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY\", \"details\": {\"error_info\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo\", \"reason\": \"DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY\", \"domain\": \"dapr.io\"}, \"retry_info\": null, \"debug_info\": null, \"quota_failure\": null, \"precondition_failure\": null, \"bad_request\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest\", \"field_violations\": [{\"field\": \"key||\", \"description\": \"input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'\"}]}, \"request_info\": null, \"resource_info\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ResourceInfo\", \"resource_type\": \"state\", \"resource_name\": \"statestore\"}, \"help\": null, \"localized_message\": null}}"
+- "Status code: StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT"
+- "Message: input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"
+- "Error code: DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY"
+- "Error info(reason): DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY"
+- "Resource info (resource type): state"
+- "Resource info (resource name): statestore"
+- "Bad request (field): key||"
+- "Bad request (description): input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"
+- "JSON: {\"status_code\": \"INVALID_ARGUMENT\", \"message\": \"input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'\", \"error_code\": \"DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY\", \"details\": {\"error_info\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo\", \"reason\": \"DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY\", \"domain\": \"dapr.io\"}, \"retry_info\": null, \"debug_info\": null, \"quota_failure\": null, \"precondition_failure\": null, \"bad_request\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest\", \"field_violations\": [{\"field\": \"key||\", \"description\": \"input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'\"}]}, \"request_info\": null, \"resource_info\": {\"@type\": \"type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ResourceInfo\", \"resource_type\": \"state\", \"resource_name\": \"statestore\"}, \"help\": null, \"localized_message\": null}}"
 timeout_seconds: 5
 -->
 
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ dapr run --resources-path components  -- python3 error_handling.py
 The output should be as follows:
 
 ```
-== APP == Status code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
-== APP == Message: input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'
-== APP == Error code: DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY
-== APP == Error info(reason): DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY
-== APP == Resource info (resource type): state
-== APP == Resource info (resource name): statestore
-== APP == Bad request (field): key||
-== APP == Bad request (description): input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'
-== APP == JSON: {"status_code": "INVALID_ARGUMENT", "message": "input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'", "error_code": "DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY", "details": {"error_info": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo", "reason": "DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY", "domain": "dapr.io"}, "retry_info": null, "debug_info": null, "quota_failure": null, "precondition_failure": null, "bad_request": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest", "field_violations": [{"field": "key||", "description": "input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"}]}, "request_info": null, "resource_info": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ResourceInfo", "resource_type": "state", "resource_name": "statestore"}, "help": null, "localized_message": null}}
+Status code: INVALID_ARGUMENT
+Message: input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'
+Error code: DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY
+Error info(reason): DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY
+Resource info (resource type): state
+Resource info (resource name): statestore
+Bad request (field): key||
+Bad request (description): input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'
+JSON: {"status_code": "INVALID_ARGUMENT", "message": "input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'", "error_code": "DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY", "details": {"error_info": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo", "reason": "DAPR_STATE_ILLEGAL_KEY", "domain": "dapr.io"}, "retry_info": null, "debug_info": null, "quota_failure": null, "precondition_failure": null, "bad_request": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest", "field_violations": [{"field": "key||", "description": "input key/keyPrefix 'key||' can't contain '||'"}]}, "request_info": null, "resource_info": {"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ResourceInfo", "resource_type": "state", "resource_name": "statestore"}, "help": null, "localized_message": null}}
 ```
diff --git a/examples/grpc_proxying/README.md b/examples/grpc_proxying/README.md
index 73b4fafe5..cd9aaa892 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_proxying/README.md
+++ b/examples/grpc_proxying/README.md
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command-prompt:
 
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run receiver
-expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == INFO:root:name: "you"'
+expected_stderr_lines:
+  - 'INFO:root:name: "you"'
+output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run caller
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Greeter client received: Hello, you!'
+  - 'Greeter client received: Hello, you!'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
diff --git a/examples/invoke-binding/README.md b/examples/invoke-binding/README.md
index c90ff1dfc..36413d10c 100644
--- a/examples/invoke-binding/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoke-binding/README.md
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ docker compose -f ./docker-compose-single-kafka.yml up -d
 <!-- STEP
 name: Start Receiver
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == {"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
-  - '== APP == {"id": 2, "message": "hello world"}'
-  - '== APP == {"id": 3, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - '{"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - '{"id": 2, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - '{"id": 3, "message": "hello world"}'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ In another terminal/command-prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Start Publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Sending message id: 1, message "hello world"'
-  - '== APP == Sending message id: 2, message "hello world"'
-  - '== APP == Sending message id: 3, message "hello world"'
+  - 'Sending message id: 1, message "hello world"'
+  - 'Sending message id: 2, message "hello world"'
+  - 'Sending message id: 3, message "hello world"'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
diff --git a/examples/invoke-custom-data/README.md b/examples/invoke-custom-data/README.md
index 6c1f87f19..1a1ab3881 100644
--- a/examples/invoke-custom-data/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoke-custom-data/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ To run this example, the following steps should be followed:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run receiver
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == SOME_DATA'
+  - 'SOME_DATA'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ sleep: 5
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run caller
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == isSuccess: true'
-  - '== APP == code: 200'
-  - '== APP == message: "Hello World - Success!"'
+  - 'isSuccess: true'
+  - 'code: 200'
+  - 'message: "Hello World - Success!"'
   - '✅  Exited App successfully'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ sleep: 5
 Expected output from caller:
 
    ```
-   == APP == isSuccess: true
-   == APP == code: 200
-   == APP == message: "Hello World - Success!"
+   isSuccess: true
+   code: 200
+   message: "Hello World - Success!"
    == APP ==
    ```
 
 Expected output from receiver:
 
    ```
-   == APP == {'user-agent': ['grpc-go/1.33.1'], 'x-forwarded-host':    ['MyPC'], 'x-forwarded-for': ['192.   168.1.3'], 'forwarded': ['for=192.168.1.3;by=192.168.1.3;   host=MyPC'], 'grpc-trace-bin':    [b'\x00\x00\x90Zc\x17\xaav?5)L\xcd]>.   \x88>\x01\x81\xe9\x9c\xbd\x01x\xfc\xc5\x02\x01']}
-   == APP == SOME_DATA
+   {'user-agent': ['grpc-go/1.33.1'], 'x-forwarded-host':    ['MyPC'], 'x-forwarded-for': ['192.   168.1.3'], 'forwarded': ['for=192.168.1.3;by=192.168.1.3;   host=MyPC'], 'grpc-trace-bin':    [b'\x00\x00\x90Zc\x17\xaav?5)L\xcd]>.   \x88>\x01\x81\xe9\x9c\xbd\x01x\xfc\xc5\x02\x01']}
+   SOME_DATA
    ```
 
 4. Cleanup
diff --git a/examples/invoke-http/README.md b/examples/invoke-http/README.md
index 042faf11e..d402c28f0 100644
--- a/examples/invoke-http/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoke-http/README.md
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Start the receiver:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run invoke http example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Order received : {"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
-  - '== APP == Order error : {"id": 2, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - 'Order received : {"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - 'Order error : {"id": 2, "message": "hello world"}'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ Start the caller:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run invoke http example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == text/html'
-  - '== APP == {"success": true}'
-  - '== APP == 200'
-  - '== APP == error occurred'
-  - '== APP == MY_CODE'
-  - '== APP == {"message": "error occurred", "errorCode": "MY_CODE"}'
-  - '== APP == 503'
-  - '== APP == Internal Server Error'
+  - 'text/html'
+  - '{"success": true}'
+  - '200'
+  - 'error occurred'
+  - 'MY_CODE'
+  - '{"message": "error occurred", "errorCode": "MY_CODE"}'
+  - '503'
+  - 'Internal Server Error'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
diff --git a/examples/invoke-simple/README.md b/examples/invoke-simple/README.md
index b2af5c60f..c8f452a6f 100644
--- a/examples/invoke-simple/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoke-simple/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command-prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run receiver
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == {"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
-  - '== APP == {"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - '{"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
+  - '{"id": 1, "message": "hello world"}'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run caller
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == text/plain'
-  - '== APP == INVOKE_RECEIVED'
-  - '== APP == text/plain'
-  - '== APP == INVOKE_RECEIVED'
+  - 'text/plain'
+  - 'INVOKE_RECEIVED'
+  - 'text/plain'
+  - 'INVOKE_RECEIVED'
 background: true
 sleep: 5
 -->
diff --git a/examples/jobs/README.md b/examples/jobs/README.md
index 3e2417472..3964abf68 100644
--- a/examples/jobs/README.md
+++ b/examples/jobs/README.md
@@ -34,23 +34,23 @@ To run this example, the following code can be utilized:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run jobs example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == 0. Scheduling a simple job without data..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ Simple job scheduled successfully"
-  - "== APP == 1. Scheduling a recurring job with cron schedule..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ Recurring job scheduled successfully"
-  - "== APP == 2. Scheduling a one-time job with due_time..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ One-time job scheduled successfully"
-  - "== APP == 3. Scheduling jobs with failure policies..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ Job with drop failure policy scheduled successfully"
-  - "== APP == ✓ Job with constant retry policy scheduled successfully"
-  - "== APP == 4. Getting job details..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ Retrieved job details:"
-  - "== APP == 5. Cleaning up - deleting jobs..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ Deleted job: simple-job"
-  - "== APP == ✓ Deleted job: recurring-hello-job"
-  - "== APP == ✓ Deleted job: one-time-hello-job"
-  - "== APP == ✓ Deleted job: drop-policy-job"
-  - "== APP == ✓ Deleted job: retry-policy-job"
+  - "0. Scheduling a simple job without data..."
+  - "✓ Simple job scheduled successfully"
+  - "1. Scheduling a recurring job with cron schedule..."
+  - "✓ Recurring job scheduled successfully"
+  - "2. Scheduling a one-time job with due_time..."
+  - "✓ One-time job scheduled successfully"
+  - "3. Scheduling jobs with failure policies..."
+  - "✓ Job with drop failure policy scheduled successfully"
+  - "✓ Job with constant retry policy scheduled successfully"
+  - "4. Getting job details..."
+  - "✓ Retrieved job details:"
+  - "5. Cleaning up - deleting jobs..."
+  - "✓ Deleted job: simple-job"
+  - "✓ Deleted job: recurring-hello-job"
+  - "✓ Deleted job: one-time-hello-job"
+  - "✓ Deleted job: drop-policy-job"
+  - "✓ Deleted job: retry-policy-job"
 timeout_seconds: 10
 -->
 
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command-prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run complete workflow example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Dapr Jobs Example"
-  - "== APP == Starting gRPC server on port 50051..."
-  - "== APP == Scheduling jobs..."
-  - "== APP == ✓ hello-job scheduled"
-  - "== APP == ✓ data-job scheduled"
-  - "== APP == Jobs scheduled! Waiting for execution..."
-  - "== APP == Job event received: hello-job"
-  - "== APP == Job data: None"
-  - "== APP == Hello job processing completed!"
-  - "== APP == Data job event received: data-job"
-  - "== APP == Processing data_processing task with priority high"
-  - "== APP == Processing 42 items..."
-  - "== APP == Data job processing completed!"
+  - "Dapr Jobs Example"
+  - "Starting gRPC server on port 50051..."
+  - "Scheduling jobs..."
+  - "✓ hello-job scheduled"
+  - "✓ data-job scheduled"
+  - "Jobs scheduled! Waiting for execution..."
+  - "Job event received: hello-job"
+  - "Job data: None"
+  - "Hello job processing completed!"
+  - "Data job event received: data-job"
+  - "Processing data_processing task with priority high"
+  - "Processing 42 items..."
+  - "Data job processing completed!"
 background: true
 sleep: 15
 -->
diff --git a/examples/langgraph-checkpointer/README.md b/examples/langgraph-checkpointer/README.md
index 0fce355d7..15c199a3c 100644
--- a/examples/langgraph-checkpointer/README.md
+++ b/examples/langgraph-checkpointer/README.md
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Add 3 and 4.'
-  - '== APP ==     a: 3'
-  - '== APP ==     b: 4'
-  - '== APP == 7'
-  - '== APP ==   Args:'
-  - '== APP ==     a: 7'
-  - '== APP ==     b: 2'
-  - '== APP == 14'
+  - 'Add 3 and 4.'
+  - '    a: 3'
+  - '    b: 4'
+  - '7'
+  - '  Args:'
+  - '    a: 7'
+  - '    b: 2'
+  - '14'
     
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
diff --git a/examples/metadata/README.md b/examples/metadata/README.md
index 85acd6f3f..9940acd5b 100644
--- a/examples/metadata/README.md
+++ b/examples/metadata/README.md
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ To run this example, the following code can be utilized:
 name: Run metadata example
 output_match_mode: substring
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == First, we will assign a new custom label to Dapr sidecar"
-  - "== APP == Now, we will fetch the sidecar's metadata"
-  - "== APP == And this is what we got:"
-  - "== APP ==   application_id: my-metadata-app"
-  - "== APP ==   active_actors_count: {}"
-  - "== APP ==   registered_components:"
-  - "== APP ==     name=lockstore type=lock.redis version= capabilities=[]"
-  - "== APP ==     name=pubsub type=pubsub.redis version=v1 capabilities=[]"
-  - "== APP ==     name=statestore type=state.redis version=v1 capabilities=['ACTOR', 'ETAG', 'KEYS_LIKE', 'TRANSACTIONAL', 'TTL'"
-  - "== APP == We will update our custom label value and check it was persisted"
-  - "== APP == We added a custom label named [is-this-our-metadata-example]"
-  - "== APP == Its old value was [yes] but now it is [You bet it is!]"
+  - "First, we will assign a new custom label to Dapr sidecar"
+  - "Now, we will fetch the sidecar's metadata"
+  - "And this is what we got:"
+  - "  application_id: my-metadata-app"
+  - "  active_actors_count: {}"
+  - "  registered_components:"
+  - "    name=lockstore type=lock.redis version= capabilities=[]"
+  - "    name=pubsub type=pubsub.redis version=v1 capabilities=[]"
+  - "    name=statestore type=state.redis version=v1 capabilities=['ACTOR', 'ETAG', 'KEYS_LIKE', 'TRANSACTIONAL', 'TTL'"
+  - "We will update our custom label value and check it was persisted"
+  - "We added a custom label named [is-this-our-metadata-example]"
+  - "Its old value was [yes] but now it is [You bet it is!]"
 timeout_seconds: 10
 -->
 
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ dapr run --app-id=my-metadata-app --app-protocol grpc --resources-path component
 The output should be as follows:
 
 ```
-== APP == First, we will assign a new custom label to Dapr sidecar
-== APP == Now, we will fetch the sidecar's metadata
-== APP == And this is what we got:
-== APP ==   application_id: my-metadata-app
-== APP ==   active_actors_count: {}
-== APP ==   registered_components:
-== APP ==     name=lockstore type=lock.redis version= capabilities=[]
-== APP ==     name=pubsub type=pubsub.redis version=v1 capabilities=[]
-== APP ==     name=statestore type=state.redis version=v1 capabilities=['ACTOR', 'ETAG', 'KEYS_LIKE', 'TRANSACTIONAL', 'TTL']
-== APP == We will update our custom label value and check it was persisted
-== APP == We added a custom label named [is-this-our-metadata-example]
-== APP == Its old value was [yes] but now it is [You bet it is!]
+First, we will assign a new custom label to Dapr sidecar
+Now, we will fetch the sidecar's metadata
+And this is what we got:
+  application_id: my-metadata-app
+  active_actors_count: {}
+  registered_components:
+    name=lockstore type=lock.redis version= capabilities=[]
+    name=pubsub type=pubsub.redis version=v1 capabilities=[]
+    name=statestore type=state.redis version=v1 capabilities=['ACTOR', 'ETAG', 'KEYS_LIKE', 'TRANSACTIONAL', 'TTL']
+We will update our custom label value and check it was persisted
+We added a custom label named [is-this-our-metadata-example]
+Its old value was [yes] but now it is [You bet it is!]
 ```
 
 ## Error Handling
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md b/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
index 6ee7ad89d..1cf38c9c1 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
+++ b/examples/pubsub-simple/README.md
@@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=1, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=1, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
   - 'RETRY status returned from app while processing pub/sub event'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=2, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=3, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=4, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=5, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=6, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber received: id=7, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber. Received via deadletter topic: TOPIC_D_DEAD'
-  - '== APP == Dead-Letter Subscriber. Originally intended topic: TOPIC_D'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received a json cloud event: id=8, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=20, message="bulk event 1", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=21, message="bulk event 2", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: id=22, message="bulk event 3", content_type="application/json"'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
-  - '== APP == Subscriber received plain text cloud event: hello world, content_type="text/plain"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=2, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=3, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=4, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=5, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Wildcard-Subscriber received: id=6, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Dead-Letter Subscriber received: id=7, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Dead-Letter Subscriber. Received via deadletter topic: TOPIC_D_DEAD'
+  - 'Dead-Letter Subscriber. Originally intended topic: TOPIC_D'
+  - 'Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
+  - 'Subscriber received a json cloud event: id=8, message="hello world", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=20, message="bulk event 1", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=21, message="bulk event 2", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: id=22, message="bulk event 3", content_type="application/json"'
+  - 'Subscriber received: TOPIC_CE'
+  - 'Subscriber received plain text cloud event: hello world, content_type="text/plain"'
 
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
@@ -63,23 +63,23 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 6, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 7, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-8', 'data': {'id': 8, 'message': 'hello world'}, 'datacontenttype': 'application/json'}"
-  - "== APP == Bulk published 3 events. Failed entries: 0"
-  - "== APP == {'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-10', 'data': 'hello world', 'datacontenttype': 'text/plain'}"
+  - "{'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 6, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 7, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-8', 'data': {'id': 8, 'message': 'hello world'}, 'datacontenttype': 'application/json'}"
+  - "Bulk published 3 events. Failed entries: 0"
+  - "{'specversion': '1.0', 'type': 'com.example.event', 'source': 'my-service', 'id': 'abc-10', 'data': 'hello world', 'datacontenttype': 'text/plain'}"
 background: true
 sleep: 15
 -->
 
 ```bash
 # 2. Start Publisher
-dapr run --app-id python-publisher --app-protocol grpc --dapr-grpc-port=3500 --enable-app-health-check python3 publisher.py
+dapr run --app-id python-publisher --app-protocol grpc --dapr-grpc-port=3500 --enable-app-health-check -- python3 publisher.py
 ```
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-streaming-async/README.md b/examples/pubsub-streaming-async/README.md
index e626fe75a..35c399b13 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-streaming-async/README.md
+++ b/examples/pubsub-streaming-async/README.md
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
-    - "== APP == Closing subscription..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B1..."
+    - "Closing subscription..."
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 match_order: none
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
 background: true
 output_match_mode: substring
 sleep: 15
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
-    - "== APP == Closing subscription..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_B2..."
+    - "Closing subscription..."
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 match_order: none
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
 background: true
 output_match_mode: substring
 sleep: 15
diff --git a/examples/pubsub-streaming/README.md b/examples/pubsub-streaming/README.md
index 40a746d3e..b26cba9fd 100644
--- a/examples/pubsub-streaming/README.md
+++ b/examples/pubsub-streaming/README.md
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
-    - "== APP == Closing subscription..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A1..."
+    - "Closing subscription..."
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 match_order: none
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
 background: true
 output_match_mode: substring
 sleep: 15
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ Run the following command in a terminal/command prompt:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run subscriber
 expected_stdout_lines:
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
-    - "== APP == Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
-    - "== APP == Closing subscription..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
+    - "Processing message: {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'} from TOPIC_A2..."
+    - "Closing subscription..."
 output_match_mode: substring
 background: true
 match_order: none
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ In another terminal/command prompt run:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run publisher
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == {'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
-  - "== APP == {'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 1, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 2, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 3, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 4, 'message': 'hello world'}"
+  - "{'id': 5, 'message': 'hello world'}"
 background: true
 output_match_mode: substring
 sleep: 15
diff --git a/examples/secret_store/README.md b/examples/secret_store/README.md
index 5a4c87f45..75b5a5ca1 100644
--- a/examples/secret_store/README.md
+++ b/examples/secret_store/README.md
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ To run this example, use the following command:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run secret store example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Got!"
-  - "== APP == {'secretKey': 'secretValue'}"
-  - "== APP == Got!"
-  - "== APP == [('random', {'random': 'randomValue'}), ('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]"
-  - "== APP == Got!"
-  - "== APP == {'random': 'randomValue'}"
+  - "Got!"
+  - "{'secretKey': 'secretValue'}"
+  - "Got!"
+  - "[('random', {'random': 'randomValue'}), ('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]"
+  - "Got!"
+  - "{'random': 'randomValue'}"
 timeout_seconds: 2
 -->
 
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ dapr run --app-id=secretsapp --app-protocol grpc --resources-path components/ py
 
 You should be able to see the following output:
 ```
-== APP == Got!
-== APP == {'secretKey': 'secretValue'}
-== APP == Got!
-== APP == [('random', {'random': 'randomValue'}), ('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]
-== APP == Got!
-== APP == {'random': 'randomValue'}
+Got!
+{'secretKey': 'secretValue'}
+Got!
+[('random', {'random': 'randomValue'}), ('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]
+Got!
+{'random': 'randomValue'}
 ```
 
 In `config.yaml` you can see that the `localsecretstore` secret store has been defined with some restricted permissions.
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ To see this run the same `example.py` app with the following command:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run secret store example with access config
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Got!"
-  - "== APP == {'secretKey': 'secretValue'}"
-  - "== APP == Got!"
-  - "== APP == [('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]"
-  - "== APP == Got expected error for accessing random key"
+  - "Got!"
+  - "{'secretKey': 'secretValue'}"
+  - "Got!"
+  - "[('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]"
+  - "Got expected error for accessing random key"
 timeout_seconds: 2
 -->
 
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ The above command overrides the default configuration file with the `--config` f
 
 The output should be as follows:
 ```
-== APP == Got!
-== APP == {'secretKey': 'secretValue'}
-== APP == Got!
-== APP == [('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]
-== APP == Got expected error for accessing random key
+Got!
+{'secretKey': 'secretValue'}
+Got!
+[('secretKey', {'secretKey': 'secretValue'})]
+Got expected error for accessing random key
 ```
 
 It can be seen that when it tried to get the random key again, it fails as by default the access is denied for any key
diff --git a/examples/state_store/README.md b/examples/state_store/README.md
index 3569d3603..66627c9bb 100644
--- a/examples/state_store/README.md
+++ b/examples/state_store/README.md
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ To run this example, the following code can be utilized:
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run state store example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == State store has successfully saved value_1 with key_1 as key"
-  - "== APP == Cannot save due to bad etag. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED"
-  - "== APP == State store has successfully saved value_2 with key_2 as key"
-  - "== APP == State store has successfully saved value_3 with key_3 as key"
-  - "== APP == Cannot save bulk due to bad etags. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED"
-  - "== APP == Got value=b'value_1' eTag=1"
-  - "== APP == Got items with etags: [(b'value_1_updated', '2'), (b'value_2', '2')]"
-  - "== APP == Transaction with outbox pattern executed successfully!"
-  - "== APP == Got value after outbox pattern: b'val1'"
-  - "== APP == Got values after transaction delete: [b'', b'']"
-  - "== APP == Got value after delete: b''"
+  - "State store has successfully saved value_1 with key_1 as key"
+  - "Cannot save due to bad etag. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED"
+  - "State store has successfully saved value_2 with key_2 as key"
+  - "State store has successfully saved value_3 with key_3 as key"
+  - "Cannot save bulk due to bad etags. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED"
+  - "Got value=b'value_1' eTag=1"
+  - "Got items with etags: [(b'value_1_updated', '2'), (b'value_2', '2')]"
+  - "Transaction with outbox pattern executed successfully!"
+  - "Got value after outbox pattern: b'val1'"
+  - "Got values after transaction delete: [b'', b'']"
+  - "Got value after delete: b''"
 timeout_seconds: 5
 -->
 
@@ -56,27 +56,27 @@ dapr run --resources-path components/ -- python3 state_store.py
 The output should be as follows:
 
 ```
-== APP == State store has successfully saved value_1 with key_1 as key
+State store has successfully saved value_1 with key_1 as key
 
-== APP == Cannot save due to bad etag. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED
+Cannot save due to bad etag. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED
 
-== APP == State store has successfully saved value_2 with key_2 as key
+State store has successfully saved value_2 with key_2 as key
 
-== APP == State store has successfully saved value_3 with key_3 as key
+State store has successfully saved value_3 with key_3 as key
 
-== APP == Cannot save bulk due to bad etags. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED
+Cannot save bulk due to bad etags. ErrorCode=StatusCode.ABORTED
 
-== APP == Got value=b'value_1' eTag=1
+Got value=b'value_1' eTag=1
 
-== APP == Got items with etags: [(b'value_1_updated', '2'), (b'value_2', '2')]
+Got items with etags: [(b'value_1_updated', '2'), (b'value_2', '2')]
 
-== APP == Transaction with outbox pattern executed successfully!
+Transaction with outbox pattern executed successfully!
 
-== APP == Got value after outbox pattern: b'val1'
+Got value after outbox pattern: b'val1'
 
-== APP == Got values after transaction delete: [b'', b'']
+Got values after transaction delete: [b'', b'']
 
-== APP == Got value after delete: b''
+Got value after delete: b''
 ```
 
 ## Error Handling
diff --git a/examples/state_store_query/README.md b/examples/state_store_query/README.md
index 1c257d081..cab871789 100644
--- a/examples/state_store_query/README.md
+++ b/examples/state_store_query/README.md
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ Now run the app
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run get query example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-- '== APP == 1 {"city": "Seattle", "person": {"id": 1036.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}'
-- '== APP == 4 {"city": "Spokane", "person": {"id": 1042.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}'
-- '== APP == 10 {"city": "New York", "person": {"id": 1054.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "NY"}'
-- '== APP == Token: 3'
-- '== APP == 9 {"city": "San Diego", "person": {"id": 1002.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}'
-- '== APP == 7 {"city": "San Francisco", "person": {"id": 1015.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "CA"}'
-- '== APP == 3 {"city": "Sacramento", "person": {"id": 1071.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}'
-- '== APP == Token: 6'
+- '1 {"city": "Seattle", "person": {"id": 1036.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}'
+- '4 {"city": "Spokane", "person": {"id": 1042.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}'
+- '10 {"city": "New York", "person": {"id": 1054.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "NY"}'
+- 'Token: 3'
+- '9 {"city": "San Diego", "person": {"id": 1002.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}'
+- '7 {"city": "San Francisco", "person": {"id": 1015.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "CA"}'
+- '3 {"city": "Sacramento", "person": {"id": 1071.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}'
+- 'Token: 6'
 timeout_seconds: 5
 -->
 
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ dapr run --app-id queryexample --resources-path components/ -- python3 state_sto
 
 You should be able to see the following output:
 ```
-== APP == 1 {"city": "Seattle", "person": {"id": 1036.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}
-== APP == 4 {"city": "Spokane", "person": {"id": 1042.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}
-== APP == 10 {"city": "New York", "person": {"id": 1054.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "NY"}
-== APP == Token: 3
-== APP == 9 {"city": "San Diego", "person": {"id": 1002.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}
-== APP == 7 {"city": "San Francisco", "person": {"id": 1015.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "CA"}
-== APP == 3 {"city": "Sacramento", "person": {"id": 1071.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}
-== APP == Token: 6
+1 {"city": "Seattle", "person": {"id": 1036.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}
+4 {"city": "Spokane", "person": {"id": 1042.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "WA"}
+10 {"city": "New York", "person": {"id": 1054.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "NY"}
+Token: 3
+9 {"city": "San Diego", "person": {"id": 1002.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}
+7 {"city": "San Francisco", "person": {"id": 1015.0, "org": "Dev Ops"}, "state": "CA"}
+3 {"city": "Sacramento", "person": {"id": 1071.0, "org": "Finance"}, "state": "CA"}
+Token: 6
 ```
 
 Cleanup
diff --git a/examples/w3c-tracing/README.md b/examples/w3c-tracing/README.md
index 58faa8590..0dc892ed8 100644
--- a/examples/w3c-tracing/README.md
+++ b/examples/w3c-tracing/README.md
@@ -227,16 +227,16 @@ name: Run caller app with tracing
 match_order: none
 expected_stdout_lines:
   - "✅  You're up and running! Both Dapr and your app logs will appear here."
-  - '== APP == application/json'
-  - '== APP == SAY'
-  - '== APP == text/plain'
-  - '== APP == SLEEP'
-  - '== APP == Trace ID matches after forwarding'
-  - '== APP == application/json'
-  - '== APP == SAY'
-  - '== APP == text/plain'
-  - '== APP == SLEEP'
-  - '== APP == Trace ID matches after forwarding'
+  - 'application/json'
+  - 'SAY'
+  - 'text/plain'
+  - 'SLEEP'
+  - 'Trace ID matches after forwarding'
+  - 'application/json'
+  - 'SAY'
+  - 'text/plain'
+  - 'SLEEP'
+  - 'Trace ID matches after forwarding'
   - "✅  Exited App successfully"
 background: true
 sleep: 10
diff --git a/examples/workflow/README.md b/examples/workflow/README.md
index b1f1cfae9..cf3cce610 100644
--- a/examples/workflow/README.md
+++ b/examples/workflow/README.md
@@ -34,25 +34,25 @@ It shows several Dapr Workflow features including:
 <!--STEP
 name: Run the simple workflow example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Hi Counter!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 11!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 0!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
-  - "== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 111!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1111!"
-  - "== APP == Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
+  - "Hi Counter!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1!"
+  - "New counter value is: 11!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 0!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
+  - "Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
+  - "New counter value is: 111!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1111!"
+  - "Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
 timeout_seconds: 30
 -->
 
@@ -64,25 +64,25 @@ dapr run --app-id wf-simple-example -- python3 simple.py
 The output of this example should look like this:
 
 ```
- - "== APP == Hi Counter!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 11!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 0!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
-  - "== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 111!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1111!"
-  - "== APP == Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
+ - "Hi Counter!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1!"
+  - "New counter value is: 11!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 0!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
+  - "Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
+  - "New counter value is: 111!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1111!"
+  - "Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
 ```
 
 ### Simple Workflow with async workflow client
@@ -100,25 +100,25 @@ It shows several Dapr Workflow features including:
 <!--STEP
 name: Run the simple workflow example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Hi Counter!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 11!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 0!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
-  - "== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 111!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1111!"
-  - "== APP == Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
+  - "Hi Counter!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1!"
+  - "New counter value is: 11!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 0!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
+  - "Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
+  - "New counter value is: 111!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1111!"
+  - "Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
 timeout_seconds: 30
 -->
 
@@ -130,25 +130,25 @@ dapr run --app-id wf-simple-aio-example -- python3 simple_aio_client.py
 The output of this example should look like this:
 
 ```
- - "== APP == Hi Counter!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 11!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 0!"
-  - "== APP == Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
-  - "== APP == Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
-  - "== APP == Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 111!"
-  - "== APP == New counter value is: 1111!"
-  - "== APP == Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
+ - "Hi Counter!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1!"
+  - "New counter value is: 11!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 0!"
+  - "Retry count value is: 1! This print statement verifies retry"
+  - "Appending 1 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending a to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 2 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending b to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending 3 to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Appending c to child_orchestrator_string!"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after pause call: SUSPENDED"
+  - "Get response from hello_world_wf after resume call: RUNNING"
+  - "New counter value is: 111!"
+  - "New counter value is: 1111!"
+  - "Workflow completed! Result: Completed"
 ```
 
 ### Task Chaining
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ This example demonstrates how to chain "activity" tasks together in a workflow.
 <!--STEP
 name: Run the task chaining example
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Step 1: Received input: 42."
-  - "== APP == Step 2: Received input: 43."
-  - "== APP == Step 3: Received input: 86."
-  - "== APP == Workflow completed! Status: WorkflowStatus.COMPLETED"
+  - "Step 1: Received input: 42."
+  - "Step 2: Received input: 43."
+  - "Step 3: Received input: 86."
+  - "Workflow completed! Status: WorkflowStatus.COMPLETED"
 timeout_seconds: 30
 -->
 
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ dapr run --app-id wfexample -- python3 task_chaining.py
 The output of this example should look like this:
 
 ```
-== APP == Workflow started. Instance ID: b716208586c24829806b44b62816b598
-== APP == Step 1: Received input: 42.
-== APP == Step 2: Received input: 43.
-== APP == Step 3: Received input: 86.
-== APP == Workflow completed! Status: WorkflowStatus.COMPLETED
+Workflow started. Instance ID: b716208586c24829806b44b62816b598
+Step 1: Received input: 42.
+Step 2: Received input: 43.
+Step 3: Received input: 86.
+Workflow completed! Status: WorkflowStatus.COMPLETED
 ```
 
 ### Fan-out/Fan-in
@@ -187,27 +187,27 @@ This example demonstrates how to fan-out a workflow into multiple parallel tasks
 name: Run the fan-out/fan-in example
 match_order: none
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 1."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 2."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 3."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 4."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 5."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 6."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 7."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 8."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 9."
-  - "== APP == Processing work item: 10."
-  - "== APP == Work item 1 processed. Result: 2."
-  - "== APP == Work item 2 processed. Result: 4."
-  - "== APP == Work item 3 processed. Result: 6."
-  - "== APP == Work item 4 processed. Result: 8."
-  - "== APP == Work item 5 processed. Result: 10."
-  - "== APP == Work item 6 processed. Result: 12."
-  - "== APP == Work item 7 processed. Result: 14."
-  - "== APP == Work item 8 processed. Result: 16."
-  - "== APP == Work item 9 processed. Result: 18."
-  - "== APP == Work item 10 processed. Result: 20."
-  - "== APP == Final result: 110."
+  - "Processing work item: 1."
+  - "Processing work item: 2."
+  - "Processing work item: 3."
+  - "Processing work item: 4."
+  - "Processing work item: 5."
+  - "Processing work item: 6."
+  - "Processing work item: 7."
+  - "Processing work item: 8."
+  - "Processing work item: 9."
+  - "Processing work item: 10."
+  - "Work item 1 processed. Result: 2."
+  - "Work item 2 processed. Result: 4."
+  - "Work item 3 processed. Result: 6."
+  - "Work item 4 processed. Result: 8."
+  - "Work item 5 processed. Result: 10."
+  - "Work item 6 processed. Result: 12."
+  - "Work item 7 processed. Result: 14."
+  - "Work item 8 processed. Result: 16."
+  - "Work item 9 processed. Result: 18."
+  - "Work item 10 processed. Result: 20."
+  - "Final result: 110."
 timeout_seconds: 30
 -->
 
@@ -219,28 +219,28 @@ dapr run --app-id wfexample -- python3 fan_out_fan_in.py
 The output of this sample should look like this:
 
 ```
-== APP == Workflow started. Instance ID: 2e656befbb304e758776e30642b75944
-== APP == Processing work item: 1.
-== APP == Processing work item: 2.
-== APP == Processing work item: 3.
-== APP == Processing work item: 4.
-== APP == Processing work item: 5.
-== APP == Processing work item: 6.
-== APP == Processing work item: 7.
-== APP == Processing work item: 8.
-== APP == Processing work item: 9.
-== APP == Processing work item: 10.
-== APP == Work item 1 processed. Result: 2.
-== APP == Work item 2 processed. Result: 4.
-== APP == Work item 3 processed. Result: 6.
-== APP == Work item 4 processed. Result: 8.
-== APP == Work item 5 processed. Result: 10.
-== APP == Work item 6 processed. Result: 12.
-== APP == Work item 7 processed. Result: 14.
-== APP == Work item 8 processed. Result: 16.
-== APP == Work item 9 processed. Result: 18.
-== APP == Work item 10 processed. Result: 20.
-== APP == Final result: 110.
+Workflow started. Instance ID: 2e656befbb304e758776e30642b75944
+Processing work item: 1.
+Processing work item: 2.
+Processing work item: 3.
+Processing work item: 4.
+Processing work item: 5.
+Processing work item: 6.
+Processing work item: 7.
+Processing work item: 8.
+Processing work item: 9.
+Processing work item: 10.
+Work item 1 processed. Result: 2.
+Work item 2 processed. Result: 4.
+Work item 3 processed. Result: 6.
+Work item 4 processed. Result: 8.
+Work item 5 processed. Result: 10.
+Work item 6 processed. Result: 12.
+Work item 7 processed. Result: 14.
+Work item 8 processed. Result: 16.
+Work item 9 processed. Result: 18.
+Work item 10 processed. Result: 20.
+Final result: 110.
 ```
 
 Note that the ordering of the work-items is non-deterministic since they are all running in parallel.
@@ -345,17 +345,17 @@ This example demonstrates how to call child workflows and activities in differen
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run apps
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app2 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app2 - triggering app3 activity'
-  - '== APP == app3 - received activity call'
-  - '== APP == app3 - returning activity result'
-  - '== APP == app2 - received activity result'
-  - '== APP == app2 - returning workflow result'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow result'
-  - '== APP == app1 - returning workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
+  - 'app2 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app2 - triggering app3 activity'
+  - 'app3 - received activity call'
+  - 'app3 - returning activity result'
+  - 'app2 - received activity result'
+  - 'app2 - returning workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - returning workflow result'
 background: true
 sleep: 20
 -->
@@ -388,17 +388,17 @@ In this example we run `app3` in failing mode, which makes the activity call ret
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run apps
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app2 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app2 - triggering app3 activity'
-  - '== APP == app3 - received activity call'
-  - '== APP == app3 - raising error in activity due to error mode being enabled'
-  - '== APP == app2 - received activity error from app3'
-  - '== APP == app2 - returning workflow result'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow result'
-  - '== APP == app1 - returning workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
+  - 'app2 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app2 - triggering app3 activity'
+  - 'app3 - received activity call'
+  - 'app3 - raising error in activity due to error mode being enabled'
+  - 'app2 - received activity error from app3'
+  - 'app2 - returning workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - returning workflow result'
 sleep: 20
 -->
 
@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ In this example we run `app2` in failing mode, which makes the workflow call ret
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run apps
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
-  - '== APP == app2 - received workflow call'
-  - '== APP == app2 - raising error in workflow due to error mode being enabled'
-  - '== APP == app1 - received workflow error from app2'
-  - '== APP == app1 - returning workflow result'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app1 workflow'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app1 - triggering app2 workflow'
+  - 'app2 - received workflow call'
+  - 'app2 - raising error in workflow due to error mode being enabled'
+  - 'app1 - received workflow error from app2'
+  - 'app1 - returning workflow result'
 sleep: 20
 -->
 
@@ -477,29 +477,29 @@ It had to be done in two parts because the runtime needs to be restarted in orde
 name: Run the versioning example
 match_order: none
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - "== APP == test1: triggering workflow"
-  - "== APP == test1: Received workflow call for version1"
-  - "== APP == test1: Finished workflow for version1"
-  - "== APP == test2: triggering workflow"
-  - "== APP == test2: Received workflow call for version1"
-  - "== APP == test2: Finished workflow for version1"
-  - "== APP == test3: triggering workflow"
-  - "== APP == test3: Received workflow call for version2"
-  - "== APP == test3: Finished workflow for version2"
-  - "== APP == test4: start"
-  - "== APP == test4: patch1 is patched"
-  - "== APP == test5: start"
-  - "== APP == test5: patch1 is not patched"
-  - "== APP == test5: patch2 is patched"
-  - "== APP == test6: start"
-  - "== APP == test6: patch1 is patched"
-  - "== APP == test6: patch2 is patched"
-  - "== APP == test7: Received workflow call for version1"
-  - "== APP == test7: Workflow is stalled"
-  - "== APP == test8: Workflow is stalled"
-  - "== APP == test100: part2"
-  - "== APP == test100: Finished stalled version1 workflow"
-  - "== APP == test100: Finished stalled patching workflow"
+  - "test1: triggering workflow"
+  - "test1: Received workflow call for version1"
+  - "test1: Finished workflow for version1"
+  - "test2: triggering workflow"
+  - "test2: Received workflow call for version1"
+  - "test2: Finished workflow for version1"
+  - "test3: triggering workflow"
+  - "test3: Received workflow call for version2"
+  - "test3: Finished workflow for version2"
+  - "test4: start"
+  - "test4: patch1 is patched"
+  - "test5: start"
+  - "test5: patch1 is not patched"
+  - "test5: patch2 is patched"
+  - "test6: start"
+  - "test6: patch1 is patched"
+  - "test6: patch2 is patched"
+  - "test7: Received workflow call for version1"
+  - "test7: Workflow is stalled"
+  - "test8: Workflow is stalled"
+  - "test100: part2"
+  - "test100: Finished stalled version1 workflow"
+  - "test100: Finished stalled patching workflow"
 timeout_seconds: 60
 -->