# Why Pomerium Includes the "Why" in our logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/why-pomerium-includes-the-why-in-our-logs/315>\
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**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/why-pomerium-includes-the-why-in-our-logs/315 "2023-10-03T18:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![CMo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@CMo](https://discuss.pomerium.com/u/CMo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.pomerium.com/t/why-pomerium-includes-the-why-in-our-logs/315/1 "2023-10-03T18:26:11Z")

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What makes for good logging? We believe it needs to include the “Why.”

Part of what makes Pomerium awesome is access policies enforced on a per-request basis. That also means each request is logged with the policy enforcement point’s decision-making logic!

[Read more about why the “Why” is important!](https://www.pomerium.com/blog/logs-are-incomplete-without-the-why/)