diff --git a/include/ircd/m/event/auth.h b/include/ircd/m/event/auth.h
index 79779bc07..f23c9b76c 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/event/auth.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/event/auth.h
@@ -46,25 +46,23 @@ struct ircd::m::event::auth::refs
 
 	refs(const event::idx &idx)
 	:idx{idx}
-	{
-		assert(idx);
-	}
+	{}
 };
 
 struct ircd::m::event::auth::chain
 {
+	using closure_bool = std::function<bool (const event::idx &, const event &)>;
+
 	event::idx idx;
 
-  public:
-	using closure_bool = std::function<bool (const vector_view<const event::id> &)>;
+	static bool for_each(const auth::chain &, const closure_bool &);
 
+  public:
 	bool for_each(const closure_bool &) const;
 	bool has(const string_view &type) const noexcept;
 	size_t depth() const noexcept;
 
 	chain(const event::idx &idx)
 	:idx{idx}
-	{
-		assert(idx);
-	}
+	{}
 };
diff --git a/ircd/m_event.cc b/ircd/m_event.cc
index 6b118bdce..7a20b9560 100644
--- a/ircd/m_event.cc
+++ b/ircd/m_event.cc
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ ircd::m::event::auth::chain::depth()
 const noexcept
 {
 	size_t ret(0);
-	for_each([&ret](const auto &)
+	for_each([&ret](const auto &, const auto &)
 	{
 		++ret;
 		return true;
@@ -1448,15 +1448,9 @@ const noexcept
 {
 	bool ret(false);
 	for_each([&type, &ret]
-	(const vector_view<const event::id> &v)
+	(const auto &, const auto &event)
 	{
-		for(auto it(begin(v)); !ret && it != end(v); ++it)
-			m::get(std::nothrow, *it, "type", [&type, &ret]
-			(const string_view &value)
-			{
-				ret = type == value;
-			});
-
+		ret = type == json::get<"type"_>(event);
 		return !ret;
 	});
 
@@ -1467,8 +1461,21 @@ bool
 ircd::m::event::auth::chain::for_each(const closure_bool &closure)
 const
 {
-	assert(idx);
-	return true;
+	return chain::for_each(*this, closure);
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::event::auth::chain::for_each(const auth::chain &c,
+                                      const closure_bool &closure)
+{
+	using prototype = bool (const auth::chain &, const closure_bool &);
+
+	static mods::import<prototype> call
+	{
+		"m_event", "ircd::m::event::auth::chain::for_each"
+	};
+
+	return call(c, closure);
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 488a082a5..dded9d50b 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -5921,6 +5921,36 @@ console_cmd__event__visible(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool
+console_cmd__event__auth(opt &out, const string_view &line)
+{
+	const params param{line, " ",
+	{
+		"event_id"
+	}};
+
+	const m::event::id &event_id
+	{
+		param.at("event_id")
+	};
+
+	const m::event::auth::chain ac
+	{
+		m::index(event_id)
+	};
+
+	ac.for_each([&out](const auto &idx, const auto &event)
+	{
+		out << idx
+		    << " " << pretty_oneline(event)
+		    << std::endl;
+
+		return true;
+	});
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool
 console_cmd__event__refs__rebuild(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 {
diff --git a/modules/m_event.cc b/modules/m_event.cc
index 43ac10981..8207d56b3 100644
--- a/modules/m_event.cc
+++ b/modules/m_event.cc
@@ -562,6 +562,53 @@ ircd::m::pretty_oneline(std::ostream &s,
 	return s;
 }
 
+bool
+IRCD_MODULE_EXPORT
+ircd::m::event::auth::chain::for_each(const auth::chain &c,
+                                      const closure_bool &closure)
+{
+	m::event::fetch e, a;
+	std::set<event::idx> ae;
+	std::deque<event::idx> aq {c.idx}; do
+	{
+		const auto idx(aq.front());
+		aq.pop_front();
+		if(!seek(e, idx, std::nothrow))
+			continue;
+
+		const m::event::prev prev{e};
+		const auto count(prev.auth_events_count());
+		for(size_t i(0); i < count && i < 4; ++i)
+		{
+			const auto &auth_event_id(prev.auth_event(i));
+			const auto &auth_event_idx(index(auth_event_id, std::nothrow));
+			if(!auth_event_idx)
+				continue;
+
+			auto it(ae.lower_bound(auth_event_idx));
+			if(it == end(ae) || *it != auth_event_idx)
+			{
+				seek(a, auth_event_idx, std::nothrow);
+				ae.emplace_hint(it, auth_event_idx);
+				if(a.valid)
+					aq.emplace_back(auth_event_idx);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	while(!aq.empty());
+
+	for(const auto &idx : ae)
+	{
+		if(!seek(e, idx, std::nothrow))
+			continue;
+
+		if(!closure(idx, e))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 void
 IRCD_MODULE_EXPORT
 ircd::m::event::refs::rebuild()