diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index f16f2ea6e..e862c6b35 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -405,3 +405,12 @@ OFFLINE_MODE = os.environ.get("OFFLINE_MODE", "false").lower() == "true"
 
 if OFFLINE_MODE:
     os.environ["HF_HUB_OFFLINE"] = "1"
+
+####################################
+# AUDIT LOGGING
+####################################
+ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGS = os.getenv("ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGS", "false").lower() == "true"
+AUDIT_LOGS_FILE_PATH = f"{DATA_DIR}/audit.log"
+AUDIT_LOG_FILE_ROTATION_SIZE = os.getenv("AUDIT_LOG_FILE_ROTATION_SIZE", "10MB")
+AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL = os.getenv("AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL", "METADATA").upper()
+MAX_BODY_LOG_SIZE = 2048
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index 52337a640..a22182b06 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ import shutil
 import sys
 import time
 import random
+import re
 
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qs, urlparse
+from loguru import logger
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy import text
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Optional, cast
 from aiocache import cached
 import aiohttp
 import requests
@@ -39,12 +41,16 @@ from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
+from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
 from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException as StarletteHTTPException
-from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware, RequestResponseEndpoint
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 from starlette.responses import Response, StreamingResponse
+from starlette.types import Message
 
 
+from open_webui.models.audits import AuditLevel
+from open_webui.utils.logger import AuditLogger, start_logger
 from open_webui.socket.main import (
     app as socket_app,
     periodic_usage_pool_cleanup,
@@ -262,8 +268,11 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     reset_config,
 )
 from open_webui.env import (
+    AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL,
     CHANGELOG,
+    ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGS,
     GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
+    MAX_BODY_LOG_SIZE,
     SAFE_MODE,
     SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
     VERSION,
@@ -296,6 +305,8 @@ from open_webui.utils.access_control import has_access
 from open_webui.utils.auth import (
     decode_token,
     get_admin_user,
+    get_current_user,
+    get_http_authorization_cred,
     get_verified_user,
 )
 from open_webui.utils.oauth import oauth_manager
@@ -342,6 +353,8 @@ https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    start_logger(ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGS)
+
     if RESET_CONFIG_ON_START:
         reset_config()
 
@@ -731,6 +744,156 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
+URL_RESOURCE_PATTERN = re.compile(r"/v\d+/([^/]+)")
+URL_API_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"/api/(\w+)/")
+
+
+class AuditLoggerMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+
+    async def dispatch(
+        self, request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint
+    ) -> Response:
+        if request.method == "GET":
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization")
+        if not auth_header:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        audit_log_level = AuditLevel(AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL)
+
+        try:
+            user = get_current_user(
+                request,
+                get_http_authorization_cred(auth_header),
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error(
+                f"Audit Logger - logging failed while retrieving user for request URL: {str(request.url)}"
+            )
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        audit_logger = AuditLogger(logger, user)
+
+        user_agent = request.headers.get("user-agent", "")
+        source_ip = request.client.host if request.client else ""
+        request_uri = str(request.url)
+        api_version, resource = self._get_api_version_and_resource(request_uri)
+
+        raw_request_body = await request.body()
+        truncated_request_body = raw_request_body[:MAX_BODY_LOG_SIZE]
+
+        async def _receive() -> Message:
+            return {
+                "type": "http.request",
+                "body": raw_request_body,
+                "more_body": False,
+            }
+
+        modified_request = Request(request.scope, receive=_receive)
+
+        request_log_data = None
+        if audit_log_level in (AuditLevel.REQUEST, AuditLevel.REQUEST_RESPONSE):
+            request_log_data = self._build_request_log_data(
+                request, truncated_request_body
+            )
+
+        response = await call_next(modified_request)
+
+        response, response_content = await self._read_response_content(response)
+        truncated_response_content = response_content[:MAX_BODY_LOG_SIZE]
+
+        response_log_data = None
+        if audit_log_level == AuditLevel.REQUEST_RESPONSE:
+            response_log_data = self._build_response_log_data(
+                response, truncated_response_content
+            )
+
+        task = BackgroundTask(
+            audit_logger.write,
+            api_version,
+            VERSION,
+            request.method,
+            audit_log_level,
+            resource,
+            source_ip,
+            user_agent,
+            request_uri,
+            request_object=request_log_data,
+            response_object=response_log_data,
+        )
+
+        return Response(
+            content=response_content,
+            status_code=response.status_code,
+            headers=dict(response.headers),
+            media_type=response.media_type,
+            background=task,
+        )
+
+    def _build_request_log_data(self, request: Request, body: bytes) -> dict:
+        """
+        Build a dictionary representing the request data for logging.
+        Sensitive headers are removed later in the AuditLogger.
+        """
+        request_data: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "headers": dict(request.headers),
+            "query_params": dict(request.query_params),
+            "path_params": dict(request.path_params),
+            "body": body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+        }
+        return request_data
+
+    def _build_response_log_data(self, response: Response, content: bytes) -> dict:
+        response_data = {
+            "headers": dict(response.headers),
+            "status_code": response.status_code,
+            "media_type": response.media_type,
+            "content": content.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+        }
+        return response_data
+
+    def _get_api_version_and_resource(self, url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        resource_match = re.search(URL_RESOURCE_PATTERN, url)
+        resource = resource_match.group(1) if resource_match else ""
+
+        api_version_match = re.search(URL_API_VERSION_PATTERN, url)
+        api_version = api_version_match.group(1) if api_version_match else ""
+
+        return api_version, resource
+
+    async def _read_response_content(
+        self, response: Response
+    ) -> tuple[Response, bytes]:
+        """
+        Read the entire response content from a StreamingResponse into memory
+        and return a new regular Response along with the content bytes.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(response, StreamingResponse):
+            body = response.body
+            new_response = Response(
+                content=body,
+                status_code=response.status_code,
+                headers=dict(response.headers),
+                media_type=response.media_type,
+            )
+            return new_response, body
+
+        content = b"".join(
+            [cast(bytes, chunk) async for chunk in response.body_iterator]
+        )
+
+        new_response = Response(
+            content=content,
+            status_code=response.status_code,
+            headers=dict(response.headers),
+            media_type=response.media_type,
+        )
+        return new_response, content
+
+
+if not AUDIT_LOG_LEVEL == "NONE":
+    app.add_middleware(AuditLoggerMiddleware)
 
 app.mount("/ws", socket_app)
 
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/models/audits.py b/backend/open_webui/models/audits.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42ea07ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/open_webui/models/audits.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from sqlalchemy import Enum
+
+
+class UserAuditInfo(BaseModel):
+    id: str
+    name: str
+    email: str
+    role: str
+    oauth_sub: Optional[str]
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+
+class AuditLevel(str, Enum):
+    NONE = "NONE"
+    METADATA = "METADATA"
+    REQUEST = "REQUEST"
+    REQUEST_RESPONSE = "REQUEST_RESPONSE"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _missing_(cls, value):
+        return cls.NONE
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/logger.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..071d497ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+from open_webui.models.audits import UserAuditInfo
+from open_webui.env import (
+    AUDIT_LOG_FILE_ROTATION_SIZE,
+    AUDIT_LOGS_FILE_PATH,
+    GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
+)
+from open_webui.models.users import UserModel
+
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from loguru import Logger, Message, Record
+
+
+def stdout_format(record: "Record") -> str:
+    record["extra"]["extra_json"] = json.dumps(record["extra"])
+    return (
+        "<green>{time:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS}</green> | "
+        "<level>{level: <8}</level> | "
+        "<cyan>{name}</cyan>:<cyan>{function}</cyan>:<cyan>{line}</cyan> - "
+        "<level>{message}</level> - {extra[extra_json]}"
+        "\n{exception}"
+    )
+
+
+class InterceptHandler(logging.Handler):
+    """
+    Intercepts log records from Python's standard logging module
+    and redirects them to Loguru's logger.
+    """
+
+    def emit(self, record):
+        """
+        Called by the standard logging module for each log event.
+        It transforms the standard `LogRecord` into a format compatible with Loguru
+        and passes it to Loguru's logger.
+        """
+        try:
+            level = logger.level(record.levelname).name
+        except ValueError:
+            level = record.levelno
+
+        frame, depth = sys._getframe(6), 6
+        while frame and frame.f_code.co_filename == logging.__file__:
+            frame = frame.f_back
+            depth += 1
+
+        logger.opt(depth=depth, exception=record.exc_info).log(
+            level, record.getMessage()
+        )
+
+
+class AuditLogger:
+    def __init__(self, logger: "Logger", user: UserModel):
+        self.logger = logger.bind(auditable=True)
+        self.user = user
+
+    def write(
+        self,
+        api_version: str,
+        open_webui_version,
+        http_method: str,
+        audit_level: str,
+        resource: str,
+        source_ip: str,
+        user_agent: str,
+        request_uri: str,
+        *,
+        user: Optional[UserModel] = None,
+        log_level: str = "INFO",
+        request_object: Optional[dict] = None,
+        response_object: Optional[dict] = None,
+        extra: Optional[dict] = None,
+    ):
+
+        user = user or self.user
+
+        if request_object and "headers" in request_object:
+            request_object["headers"].pop("Authorization", None)
+
+        log_extra = {
+            "user": user.model_dump(),
+            "api_version": api_version,
+            "open_webui_version": open_webui_version,
+            "http_method": http_method,
+            "audit_level": audit_level,
+            "resource": resource,
+            "source_ip": source_ip,
+            "user_agent": user_agent,
+            "request_uri": request_uri,
+            "request_object": request_object,
+            "response_object": response_object,
+            "extra": extra,
+        }
+
+        if extra:
+            log_extra.update(extra)
+
+        event = self._format_event(resource, http_method)
+
+        self.logger.log(
+            log_level,
+            event,
+            **log_extra,
+        )
+
+    def _format_event(self, resource: str, method: str) -> str:
+        return f"RESOURCE_{resource}_{method}_EVENT"
+
+
+def file_format(record: "Record"):
+
+    user = record["extra"].get("user", dict())
+    user_audit_info = UserAuditInfo.model_validate(user)
+
+    audit_data = {
+        "timestamp": int(record["time"].timestamp()),
+        "user": user_audit_info.model_dump(),
+        "api_version": record["extra"].get("api_version"),
+        "http_method": record["extra"].get("http_method"),
+        "audit_level": record["extra"].get("audit_level"),
+        "log_level": record["level"].name,
+        "resource": record["extra"].get("resource"),
+        "source_ip": record["extra"].get("source_ip"),
+        "user_agent": record["extra"].get("user_agent"),
+        "request_uri": record["extra"].get("request_uri"),
+        "request_object": record["extra"].get("request_object"),
+        "response_object": record["extra"].get("response_object"),
+        "extra": record["extra"].get("extra", {}),
+    }
+
+    record["extra"]["file_extra"] = json.dumps(audit_data, default=str)
+    return "{extra[file_extra]}\n"
+
+
+def start_logger(enable_audit_logging: bool):
+    logger.remove()
+
+    logger.add(
+        sys.stdout,
+        level=GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
+        format=stdout_format,
+        filter=lambda record: "auditable" not in record["extra"],
+    )
+
+    if enable_audit_logging:
+        logger.add(
+            AUDIT_LOGS_FILE_PATH,
+            level=GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
+            rotation=AUDIT_LOG_FILE_ROTATION_SIZE,
+            compression="zip",
+            format=file_format,
+            filter=lambda record: record["extra"].get("auditable") is True,
+        )
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        handlers=[InterceptHandler()], level=GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL, force=True
+    )
+    for uvicorn_logger_name in ["uvicorn", "uvicorn.error"]:
+        uvicorn_logger = logging.getLogger(uvicorn_logger_name)
+        uvicorn_logger.setLevel(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL)
+        uvicorn_logger.handlers = []
+    for uvicorn_logger_name in ["uvicorn.access"]:
+        uvicorn_logger = logging.getLogger(uvicorn_logger_name)
+        uvicorn_logger.setLevel(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL)
+        uvicorn_logger.handlers = [InterceptHandler()]
+
+    logger.info(f"GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL: {GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL}")