diff --git a/include/ircd/server/request.h b/include/ircd/server/request.h
index 1475ba32e..a7c2c7d38 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/request.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/request.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct ircd::server::request
 	using each_closure = std::function<bool (const peer &, const link &, const request &)>;
 
 	static const opts opts_default;
-	static log::log log;
+	static log::log log[2];
 
 	server::tag *tag {nullptr};
 
diff --git a/ircd/server.cc b/ircd/server.cc
index 2d7a4f5bf..e477b12da 100644
--- a/ircd/server.cc
+++ b/ircd/server.cc
@@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ ircd::server::canonize(const net::hostport &hostport)
 decltype(ircd::server::request::log)
 ircd::server::request::log
 {
-	"server.request"
+	{ "server.request"  },
+	{ "server.response" },
 };
 
 decltype(ircd::server::request::opts_default)
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ ircd::server::cancel(request &request)
 
 	log::debug
 	{
-		request::log, "%s cancel commit:%d w:%zu hr:%zu cr:%zu",
+		request::log[1], "%s cancel commit:%d w:%zu hr:%zu cr:%zu",
 		loghead(request),
 		tag.committed(),
 		tag.state.written,
@@ -1301,7 +1302,7 @@ noexcept try
 		++tag_done;
 		log::logf
 		{
-			request::log, uint(tag.state.status) >= 300? log::DERROR: log::DEBUG,
+			request::log[1], uint(tag.state.status) >= 300? log::DERROR: log::DEBUG,
 			"%s [%u] %s wt:%zu rt:%zu hr:%zu cr:%zu cl:%zu chunks:%zu",
 			loghead(*tag.request),
 			uint(tag.state.status),
@@ -2503,7 +2504,7 @@ ircd::server::link::process_write(tag &tag)
 		if(tag.request)
 			log::debug
 			{
-				request::log, "%s wt:%zu on %s",
+				request::log[0], "%s wt:%zu on %s",
 				loghead(*tag.request),
 				tag.write_size(),
 				loghead(*this),