diff --git a/include/ircd/server/link.h b/include/ircd/server/link.h
index adeea96dd..cd1577235 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/link.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/link.h
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ struct ircd::server::link
 {
 	static conf::item<size_t> tag_max_default;
 	static conf::item<size_t> tag_commit_max_default;
+	static uint64_t ids;
 
+	uint64_t id {++ids};                         ///< unique identifier of link.
 	server::peer *peer;                          ///< backreference to peer
 	std::shared_ptr<net::socket> socket;         ///< link's socket
 	std::list<tag> queue;                        ///< link's work queue
diff --git a/include/ircd/server/peer.h b/include/ircd/server/peer.h
index 1d5c9cb68..09e2badf6 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/peer.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/peer.h
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ struct ircd::server::peer
 	static conf::item<size_t> link_min_default;
 	static conf::item<size_t> link_max_default;
 	static conf::item<seconds> error_clear_default;
+	static uint64_t ids;
 
+	uint64_t id {++ids};
 	net::ipport remote;
 	std::string hostcanon;
 	std::string service;
diff --git a/include/ircd/server/request.h b/include/ircd/server/request.h
index 9e4f9a88c..09847077a 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/request.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/request.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ namespace ircd::server
 	size_t size(const out &);
 	size_t size_chunks(const in &);
 
+	// gets the unique tag number from request or 0 if no tag associated.
+	uint64_t id(const request &);
+
 	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const request &);
 	string_view loghead(const request &);
 
diff --git a/include/ircd/server/tag.h b/include/ircd/server/tag.h
index 99231360f..5e658bb84 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/tag.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/tag.h
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ struct ircd::server::tag
 {
 	struct state
 	{
-		size_t written {0};
+		static uint64_t ids;
+
+		uint64_t id {++ids};           // monotonic tag identifier
+		size_t written {0};            // bytes transmitted to remote
 		size_t head_read {0};          // includes head terminator
 		size_t head_rem {0};           // how much of head buf wasn't used.
 		size_t content_read {0};       // total content read after head
diff --git a/ircd/server.cc b/ircd/server.cc
index 1cfcf34e2..eea495e13 100644
--- a/ircd/server.cc
+++ b/ircd/server.cc
@@ -409,11 +409,12 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	return "<critical error>";
 }
 
-ircd::string_view
-ircd::server::loghead(const request &request)
+uint64_t
+ircd::server::id(const request &request)
 {
-	thread_local char buf[256];
-	return loghead(buf, request);
+	return request.tag?
+		request.tag->state.id:
+		0UL;
 }
 
 //
@@ -512,6 +513,9 @@ ircd::server::peer::link_max_default
 	{ "default",  2L                          }
 };
 
+decltype(ircd::server::peer::ids)
+ircd::server::peer::ids;
+
 //
 // peer::peer
 //
@@ -1567,6 +1571,9 @@ ircd::server::link::tag_commit_max_default
 	{ "default",  3L                                }
 };
 
+decltype(ircd::server::link::ids)
+ircd::server::link::ids;
+
 //
 // link::link
 //
@@ -2327,6 +2334,10 @@ const
 // tag
 //
 
+/// Monotonic counter for tags.
+decltype(ircd::server::tag::state::ids)
+ircd::server::tag::state::ids;
+
 /// This is tricky. When a user cancels a request which has committed some
 /// writes to the remote we have to continue to service it through to
 /// completion without disrupting the linearity of the link's pipeline
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 576d3ed75..23af05c87 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -4307,10 +4307,13 @@ try
 				"<no socket>"_sv
 		};
 
-		out << std::setw(48) << peer.server_name << " "
-		    << std::setw(56) << remote << " "
-		    << std::setw(8)  << out_head.method << " "
-		    << std::setw(0)  << out_head.path << " "
+		out << std::right  << std::setw(8)  << peer.id << " "
+		    << std::left   << std::setw(40) << peer.hostcanon << " "
+		    << std::right  << std::setw(8)  << link.id << " "
+		    << std::left   << std::setw(40) << remote << " "
+		    << std::right  << std::setw(8)  << id(request) << " "
+		    << std::left   << std::setw(8)  << out_head.method << " "
+		    << std::left   << std::setw(0)  << out_head.path << " "
 		    << std::endl;
 
 		return true;