diff --git a/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/processing.py b/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/processing.py
index 03898d92fe..6edb7ec51e 100644
--- a/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/processing.py
+++ b/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/processing.py
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ def run(
 
         if not isinstance(self.sagemaker_session, PipelineSession):
             self.jobs.append(self.latest_job)
-            if wait:
+            # Local processing jobs run to completion inside _start_new and only exist
+            # locally, so there is nothing to poll or stream from CloudWatch.
+            if wait and not isinstance(self.sagemaker_session, LocalSession):
                 if logs:
                     logs_for_processing_job(
                         sagemaker_session=self.sagemaker_session,
@@ -940,7 +942,9 @@ def run(
 
         if not isinstance(self.sagemaker_session, PipelineSession):
             self.jobs.append(self.latest_job)
-            if wait:
+            # Local processing jobs run to completion inside _start_new and only exist
+            # locally, so there is nothing to poll or stream from CloudWatch.
+            if wait and not isinstance(self.sagemaker_session, LocalSession):
                 if logs:
                     logs_for_processing_job(
                         sagemaker_session=self.sagemaker_session,
diff --git a/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_processing.py b/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_processing.py
index f08450e5ee..39050c80e3 100644
--- a/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_processing.py
+++ b/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_processing.py
@@ -1165,6 +1165,73 @@ def test_run_with_wait_and_logs_uses_session(self, mock_session):
             if os.path.exists(temp_file):
                 os.unlink(temp_file)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("logs", [True, False])
+    def test_run_in_local_mode_does_not_poll_or_stream_logs(self, mock_session, logs):
+        """Local processing jobs finish inside _start_new; run(wait=True) must not reach AWS."""
+        from sagemaker.core.local.local_session import LocalSession
+
+        local_session = Mock(spec=LocalSession)
+        local_session.sagemaker_config = {}
+        local_session.boto_region_name = "us-west-2"
+        processor = Processor(
+            role="arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SageMakerRole",
+            image_uri="test-image:latest",
+            instance_count=1,
+            instance_type="local",
+            sagemaker_session=local_session,
+        )
+        mock_job = Mock()
+        mock_job.processing_job_name = "test-processing-job"
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(processor, "_start_new", return_value=mock_job),
+            patch("sagemaker.core.processing.logs_for_processing_job") as mock_logs,
+            patch("sagemaker.core.processing._wait_for_processing_job") as mock_wait,
+        ):
+            processor.run(wait=True, logs=logs)
+
+        mock_logs.assert_not_called()
+        mock_wait.assert_not_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("logs", [True, False])
+    def test_script_processor_run_in_local_mode_does_not_poll_or_stream_logs(
+        self, mock_session, logs
+    ):
+        from sagemaker.core.local.local_session import LocalSession
+
+        local_session = Mock(spec=LocalSession)
+        local_session.sagemaker_config = {}
+        local_session.boto_region_name = "us-west-2"
+        local_session.default_bucket_prefix = None
+        local_session.default_bucket.return_value = "test-bucket"
+        processor = ScriptProcessor(
+            role="arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SageMakerRole",
+            image_uri="test-image:latest",
+            command=["python3"],
+            instance_count=1,
+            instance_type="local",
+            sagemaker_session=local_session,
+        )
+        mock_job = Mock()
+        mock_job.processing_job_name = "test-processing-job"
+
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", delete=False, suffix=".py") as f:
+            f.write("print('test')")
+            temp_file = f.name
+        try:
+            with (
+                patch.object(processor, "_start_new", return_value=mock_job),
+                patch("sagemaker.core.s3.S3Uploader.upload", return_value="s3://bucket/code.py"),
+                patch("sagemaker.core.processing.logs_for_processing_job") as mock_logs,
+                patch("sagemaker.core.processing._wait_for_processing_job") as mock_wait,
+            ):
+                processor.run(code=temp_file, wait=True, logs=logs)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(temp_file)
+
+        mock_logs.assert_not_called()
+        mock_wait.assert_not_called()
+
     def test_wait_for_processing_job_uses_session_region(self, mock_session):
         """_wait_for_processing_job describes via the session's region-aware client."""
         mock_session.sagemaker_client.describe_processing_job = Mock(