diff --git a/lib/std/Progress.zig b/lib/std/Progress.zig
index ecef04c600..07f9077844 100644
--- a/lib/std/Progress.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Progress.zig
@@ -312,16 +312,10 @@ fn bufWrite(self: *Progress, end: *usize, comptime format: []const u8, args: any
         error.NoSpaceLeft => {
             self.columns_written += self.output_buffer.len - end.*;
             end.* = self.output_buffer.len;
+            const suffix = "... ";
+            std.mem.copy(u8, self.output_buffer[self.output_buffer.len - suffix.len ..], suffix);
         },
     }
-    const bytes_needed_for_esc_codes_at_end: u8 = if (self.is_windows_terminal) 0 else 11;
-    const max_end = self.output_buffer.len - bytes_needed_for_esc_codes_at_end;
-    if (end.* > max_end) {
-        const suffix = "... ";
-        self.columns_written = self.columns_written - (end.* - max_end) + suffix.len;
-        std.mem.copy(u8, self.output_buffer[max_end..], suffix);
-        end.* = max_end + suffix.len;
-    }
 }
 
 test "basic functionality" {
@@ -335,6 +329,8 @@ test "basic functionality" {
     const root_node = progress.start("", 100);
     defer root_node.end();
 
+    const speed_factor = std.time.ns_per_ms;
+
     const sub_task_names = [_][]const u8{
         "reticulating splines",
         "adjusting shoes",
@@ -350,24 +346,24 @@ test "basic functionality" {
         next_sub_task = (next_sub_task + 1) % sub_task_names.len;
 
         node.completeOne();
-        std.time.sleep(5 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(5 * speed_factor);
         node.completeOne();
         node.completeOne();
-        std.time.sleep(5 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(5 * speed_factor);
         node.completeOne();
         node.completeOne();
-        std.time.sleep(5 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(5 * speed_factor);
 
         node.end();
 
-        std.time.sleep(5 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(5 * speed_factor);
     }
     {
         var node = root_node.start("this is a really long name designed to activate the truncation code. let's find out if it works", 0);
         node.activate();
-        std.time.sleep(10 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(10 * speed_factor);
         progress.refresh();
-        std.time.sleep(10 * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+        std.time.sleep(10 * speed_factor);
         node.end();
     }
 }