diff --git a/include/ircd/client.h b/include/ircd/client.h
index db9d6f3fc..a954059eb 100644
--- a/include/ircd/client.h
+++ b/include/ircd/client.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace ircd
 
 	const ipport &remote(const client &);
 	const ipport &local(const client &);
+
+	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &buf, const client &);
+	string_view loghead(const client &);
 }
 
 /// Remote party connecting to our daemon to make requests.
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ struct ircd::client
 	size_t content_consumed {0};
 	resource::request request;
 
-	string_view loghead() const;
 	size_t write_all(const net::const_buffers &);
 	size_t write_all(const const_buffer &);
 	void close(const net::close_opts &, net::close_callback);
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/acceptor.h b/include/ircd/net/acceptor.h
index 9c6c28b8f..35f3c890a 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/acceptor.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/acceptor.h
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 // is part of the <ircd/asio.h> stack which can be included in your
 // definition file if you need low level access to this acceptor API.
 
+namespace ircd::net
+{
+	#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
+	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &, const acceptor &);
+	string_view loghead(const acceptor &);
+	#pragma GCC visibility pop
+}
+
 /// Implementation to net::listener. See listener.h for additional interface.
 struct [[gnu::visibility("protected")]]
 ircd::net::acceptor
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/acceptor_udp.h b/include/ircd/net/acceptor_udp.h
index 621508d50..af271fdb5 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/acceptor_udp.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/acceptor_udp.h
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 // is part of the <ircd/asio.h> stack which can be included in your
 // definition file if you need low level access to this acceptor API.
 
+namespace ircd::net
+{
+	#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
+	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &, const acceptor_udp &);
+	string_view loghead(const acceptor_udp &);
+	#pragma GCC visibility pop
+}
+
 struct [[gnu::visibility("protected")]]
 ircd::net::acceptor_udp
 {
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/listener.h b/include/ircd/net/listener.h
index 6feda375b..3a330f109 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/listener.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/listener.h
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ namespace ircd::net
 	size_t handshaking_count(const acceptor &);
 	size_t accepting_count(const acceptor &);
 
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &, const acceptor &);
-	string_view loghead(const acceptor &);
-	std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const acceptor &);
-	std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener &);
-
 	bool allow(acceptor &);
 	bool start(acceptor &);
 	bool stop(acceptor &);
@@ -78,6 +73,4 @@ struct ircd::net::listener
 	         proffer = {});
 
 	~listener() noexcept;
-
-	friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener &);
 };
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/listener_udp.h b/include/ircd/net/listener_udp.h
index 6c722d083..3ead58569 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/listener_udp.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/listener_udp.h
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ namespace ircd::net
 {
 	struct listener_udp;
 	struct acceptor_udp;
-
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &, const acceptor_udp &);
-	string_view loghead(const acceptor_udp &);
-	std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener_udp &);
-	std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const acceptor_udp &);
 }
 
 struct ircd::net::listener_udp
@@ -46,8 +41,6 @@ struct ircd::net::listener_udp
 	             const std::string &options);
 
 	~listener_udp() noexcept;
-
-	friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener_udp &);
 };
 
 struct ircd::net::listener_udp::datagram
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/net.h b/include/ircd/net/net.h
index f40ed8740..c6ad1dc6d 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/net.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/net.h
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ namespace ircd::net
 	ipport remote_ipport(const socket &) noexcept;
 	std::pair<size_t, size_t> bytes(const socket &) noexcept; // <in, out>
 	std::pair<size_t, size_t> calls(const socket &) noexcept; // <in, out>
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const socket &);
-	string_view loghead(const socket &);
 
 	const_buffer peer_cert_der(const mutable_buffer &, const socket &);
 	const_buffer peer_cert_der_sha256(const mutable_buffer &, const socket &);
diff --git a/include/ircd/net/socket.h b/include/ircd/net/socket.h
index ab3743e9b..0c640bf50 100644
--- a/include/ircd/net/socket.h
+++ b/include/ircd/net/socket.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ namespace ircd::net
 	extern conf::item<std::string> ssl_cipher_list;
 	extern conf::item<std::string> ssl_cipher_blacklist;
 	extern asio::ssl::context sslv23_client;
+
+	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const socket &);
+	string_view loghead(const socket &);
 }
 
 /// Internal socket interface
diff --git a/include/ircd/server/link.h b/include/ircd/server/link.h
index 5a1fe74e6..12c61ab49 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/link.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/link.h
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #define HAVE_IRCD_SERVER_LINK_H
 
-namespace ircd::server
-{
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const link &);
-	string_view loghead(const link &);
-}
-
 /// A single connection to a remote peer.
 ///
 struct ircd::server::link
diff --git a/include/ircd/server/request.h b/include/ircd/server/request.h
index a7c2c7d38..fb856be73 100644
--- a/include/ircd/server/request.h
+++ b/include/ircd/server/request.h
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ namespace ircd::server
 	// gets the unique tag number from request or 0 if no tag associated.
 	uint64_t id(const request &) noexcept;
 
-	// convenience suite used to prefix log messages.
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const request &);
-	string_view loghead(const request &);
-	string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const link &, const request &);
-	string_view loghead(const link &, const request &);
-
 	// control panel
 	void submit(const hostport &, request &);
 	bool cancel(request &);
diff --git a/ircd/client.cc b/ircd/client.cc
index 14e557829..b73c927db 100644
--- a/ircd/client.cc
+++ b/ircd/client.cc
@@ -155,6 +155,38 @@ noexcept
 // util
 //
 
+ircd::string_view
+ircd::loghead(const client &client)
+{
+	thread_local char buf[512];
+	return loghead(buf, client);
+}
+
+ircd::string_view
+ircd::loghead(const mutable_buffer &buf,
+              const client &client)
+{
+	const string_view alpn
+	{
+		client.sock?
+			client.sock->alpn:
+			"h1"_sv
+	};
+
+	char rembuf[64], locbuf[64];
+	return fmt::sprintf
+	{
+		buf, "socket:%lu local:%s remote:%s client:%lu %s %lu:%lu",
+		client.sock? net::id(*client.sock) : -1UL,
+		string(locbuf, local(client)),
+		string(rembuf, remote(client)),
+		client.id,
+		alpn,
+		client.ready_count,
+		client.request_count,
+	};
+}
+
 const ircd::ipport &
 ircd::local(const client &client)
 {
@@ -199,10 +231,11 @@ ircd::client::wait_all()
 	{
 		for(const auto &[remote, client] : client::map)
 		{
+			assert(client);
 			log::dwarning
 			{
 				log, "Waiting for client %s",
-				client->loghead(),
+				loghead(*client),
 			};
 
 			assert(!client->sock || client->sock->fini);
@@ -233,7 +266,8 @@ ircd::client::close_all()
 	if(!client::map.empty())
 		log::debug
 		{
-			log, "Closing %zu clients", client::map.size()
+			log, "Closing %zu clients",
+			client::map.size()
 		};
 
 	auto it(begin(client::map));
@@ -247,7 +281,9 @@ ircd::client::close_all()
 		{
 			log::derror
 			{
-				log, "Error disconnecting client @%p: %s", c.get(), e.what()
+				log, "Error disconnecting client @%p: %s",
+				c.get(),
+				e.what(),
 			};
 		}
 	}
@@ -451,7 +487,7 @@ try
 	log::debug
 	{
 		log, "%s enter",
-		client->loghead()
+		loghead(*client),
 	};
 	#endif
 
@@ -466,7 +502,7 @@ try
 	log::debug
 	{
 		log, "%s leave %s",
-		client->loghead(),
+		loghead(*client),
 		pretty(buf, timer.at<microseconds>(), true)
 	};
 	#endif
@@ -478,7 +514,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::error
 	{
 		log, "%s fault :%s",
-		client->loghead(),
+		loghead(*client),
 		e.what()
 	};
 }
@@ -496,7 +532,7 @@ ircd::handle_ec(client &client,
 		log::dwarning
 		{
 			client::log, "%s refusing client request in runlevel %s",
-			client.loghead(),
+			loghead(client),
 			reflect(run::level)
 		};
 
@@ -533,7 +569,7 @@ try
 	log::debug
 	{
 		client::log, "%s end of file",
-		client.loghead()
+		loghead(client),
 	};
 
 	client.close(net::dc::SSL_NOTIFY, net::close_ignore);
@@ -544,7 +580,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::error
 	{
 		client::log, "%s end of file :%s",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		e.what()
 	};
 
@@ -561,7 +597,7 @@ try
 	log::dwarning
 	{
 		client::log, "%s short_read",
-		client.loghead()
+		loghead(client),
 	};
 
 	client.close(net::dc::RST, net::close_ignore);
@@ -572,7 +608,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::error
 	{
 		client::log, "%s short_read :%s",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		e.what()
 	};
 
@@ -591,7 +627,7 @@ try
 	log::debug
 	{
 		client::log, "%s disconnecting after inactivity timeout",
-		client.loghead()
+		loghead(client),
 	};
 
 	client.close(net::dc::SSL_NOTIFY, net::close_ignore);
@@ -602,7 +638,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::derror
 	{
 		client::log, "%s timeout :%s",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		e.what()
 	};
 
@@ -619,7 +655,7 @@ ircd::handle_ec_default(client &client,
 	log::derror
 	{
 		client::log, "%s :%s",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		string(buf, ec)
 	};
 
@@ -722,7 +758,7 @@ catch(const ctx::interrupted &e)
 	log::warning
 	{
 		log, "%s request interrupted :%s",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		e.what()
 	};
 
@@ -734,7 +770,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::critical
 	{
 		log, "%s :%s",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		e.what()
 	};
 
@@ -786,7 +822,7 @@ try
 	log::debug
 	{
 		resource::log, "%s HTTP %s `%s' content-length:%zu have:%zu",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		head.method,
 		head.path,
 		head.content_length,
@@ -849,7 +885,7 @@ catch(const http::error &e)
 	{
 		log, log::level::DERROR,
 		"%s HTTP %u %s :%s",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		uint(e.code),
 		http::status(e.code),
 		e.content
@@ -913,7 +949,7 @@ catch(const http::error &e)
 		{
 			resource::log, log::level::DERROR,
 			"%s HTTP %u `%s' %s :%s",
-			loghead(),
+			loghead(*this),
 			uint(e.code),
 			head.uri,
 			http::status(e.code),
@@ -956,7 +992,7 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 	log::error
 	{
 		resource::log, "%s HTTP 500 Internal Error `%s' :%s",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		head.uri,
 		e.what()
 	};
@@ -992,7 +1028,7 @@ ircd::client::discard_unconsumed(const http::request::head &head)
 	log::debug
 	{
 		log, "%s discarding %zu unconsumed of %zu bytes content...",
-		loghead(),
+		loghead(*this),
 		unconsumed,
 		head.content_length
 	};
@@ -1039,35 +1075,3 @@ ircd::client::write_all(const net::const_buffers &bufs)
 
 	return net::write_all(*sock, bufs);
 }
-
-/// Returns a string_view to a static (tls) buffer containing common
-/// information used to prefix log calls for this client: i.e id, remote
-/// address, etc. This is meant to be used as the first argument to all log
-/// calls apropos this client and should not be held over a context switch
-/// as there is only one static buffer.
-ircd::string_view
-ircd::client::loghead()
-const
-{
-	thread_local char buf[512];
-
-	const string_view alpn
-	{
-		sock?
-			sock->alpn:
-			nullptr
-	};
-
-	char rembuf[64], locbuf[64];
-	return fmt::sprintf
-	{
-		buf, "socket:%lu local:%s remote:%s client:%lu %s %lu:%lu",
-		sock? net::id(*sock) : -1UL,
-		string(locbuf, ircd::local(*this)),
-		string(rembuf, ircd::remote(*this)),
-		id,
-		alpn?: "h1"_sv,
-		ready_count,
-		request_count,
-	};
-}
diff --git a/ircd/net_listener.cc b/ircd/net_listener.cc
index 24c670852..4755a8d7a 100644
--- a/ircd/net_listener.cc
+++ b/ircd/net_listener.cc
@@ -49,20 +49,6 @@ ircd::net::allow(acceptor &a)
 	return true;
 }
 
-std::ostream &
-ircd::net::operator<<(std::ostream &s, const acceptor &a)
-{
-	s << loghead(a);
-	return s;
-}
-
-std::ostream &
-ircd::net::operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener &a)
-{
-	s << *a.acceptor;
-	return s;
-}
-
 ircd::string_view
 ircd::net::loghead(const acceptor &a)
 {
diff --git a/ircd/net_listener_udp.cc b/ircd/net_listener_udp.cc
index 0c15fe8cf..b44d05077 100644
--- a/ircd/net_listener_udp.cc
+++ b/ircd/net_listener_udp.cc
@@ -8,20 +8,6 @@
 // copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
 // full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
 
-std::ostream &
-ircd::net::operator<<(std::ostream &s, const listener_udp &a)
-{
-	s << *a.acceptor;
-	return s;
-}
-
-std::ostream &
-ircd::net::operator<<(std::ostream &s, const acceptor_udp &a)
-{
-	s << loghead(a);
-	return s;
-}
-
 ircd::string_view
 ircd::net::loghead(const acceptor_udp &a)
 {
diff --git a/ircd/resource.cc b/ircd/resource.cc
index a680a9707..9dd0e72f1 100644
--- a/ircd/resource.cc
+++ b/ircd/resource.cc
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ const
 	log::derror
 	{
 		log, "%s Timed out in %s `%s'",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		name,
 		resource->path
 	};
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ noexcept try
 		log::derror
 		{
 			log, "%s HTTP response chunks:%u wrote:%zu flushed:%zu :stream interrupted...",
-			c->loghead(),
+			loghead(*c),
 			count,
 			wrote,
 			flushed,
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ ircd::resource::response::chunked::finish(const bool psh)
 	log::debug
 	{
 		log, "%s HTTP --- `%s' in %s wrote:%zu flushed:%zu chunks:%u psh:%b",
-		c->loghead(),
+		loghead(*c),
 		c->request.head.path,
 		pretty(tmbuf, c->timer.at<microseconds>(), true),
 		wrote,
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ ircd::resource::response::response(client &client,
 	{
 		log, level,
 		"%s HTTP %u `%s' %s in %s; %s content-length:%s head-length:%zu %s%s",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		uint(code),
 		client.request.head.path,
 		http::status(code),
diff --git a/ircd/server.cc b/ircd/server.cc
index 594846f23..d4d04952b 100644
--- a/ircd/server.cc
+++ b/ircd/server.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ namespace ircd::server
 	template<class F> static size_t accumulate_tags(F&&);
 	static string_view canonize(const hostport &); // TLS buffer
 
+	// convenience suite used to prefix log messages.
+	static string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const request &);
+	static string_view loghead(const request &);
+	static string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const link &, const request &);
+	static string_view loghead(const link &, const request &);
+	static string_view loghead(const mutable_buffer &out, const link &);
+	static string_view loghead(const link &);
+
 	// Internal control
 	static decltype(ircd::server::peers)::iterator
 	create(const net::hostport &, decltype(peers)::iterator &);
diff --git a/matrix/resource.cc b/matrix/resource.cc
index c75337fb2..dc0bc4df0 100644
--- a/matrix/resource.cc
+++ b/matrix/resource.cc
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ try
 		log::debug
 		{
 			log, "%s %s %s %s `%s'",
-			client.loghead(),
+			loghead(client),
 			ident,
 			request.head.method,
 			request.version?: "??"_sv,
diff --git a/modules/client/rooms/context.cc b/modules/client/rooms/context.cc
index 0f92c5b6c..97cf4485d 100644
--- a/modules/client/rooms/context.cc
+++ b/modules/client/rooms/context.cc
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ get__context(client &client,
 	log::debug
 	{
 		context_log, "%s %s in %s before:%zu start:%s after:%zu end:%s state:%zu",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		string_view{event_id},
 		string_view{room_id},
 		counts.before,
diff --git a/modules/client/rooms/messages.cc b/modules/client/rooms/messages.cc
index ed92e92d8..abedef901 100644
--- a/modules/client/rooms/messages.cc
+++ b/modules/client/rooms/messages.cc
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ get__messages(client &client,
 	log::debug
 	{
 		messages_log, "%s in %s from:%s to:%s dir:%c limit:%zu start:%s end:%s hit:%zu miss:%zu post:%zu",
-		client.loghead(),
+		loghead(client),
 		string_view{room_id},
 		string_view{page.from},
 		string_view{page.to},
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 9a0de569d..69f69c38e 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -17307,7 +17307,7 @@ console_cmd__synchron(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 	{
 		const auto *const &client(data_p->client);
 		if(client)
-			out << client->loghead() << " | ";
+			out << loghead(*client) << " | ";
 
 		out << m::sync::loghead(*data_p) << " | ";
 		out << '\n';