diff --git a/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpConsumer.ts b/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpConsumer.ts
index 43192b26..1cbb8d4f 100644
--- a/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpConsumer.ts
+++ b/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpConsumer.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import type {
   ParseMessageResult,
   PreHandlingOutputs,
   Prehandler,
+  ProcessedMessageMetadata,
   QueueConsumer,
   QueueConsumerOptions,
   TransactionObservabilityManager,
 } from '@message-queue-toolkit/core'
 import { HandlerContainer, isMessageError, parseMessage } from '@message-queue-toolkit/core'
 import type { ChannelModel, Message } from 'amqplib'
-
 import type {
   AMQPConsumerDependencies,
   AMQPQueueCreationConfig,
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractAmqpConsumer<
       // @ts-expect-error
       const uniqueTransactionKey = parsedMessage[this.messageIdField]
       this.transactionObservabilityManager?.start(transactionSpanId, uniqueTransactionKey)
-      if (this.logMessages) {
-        const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(parsedMessage, messageType)
-        this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-      }
       this.internalProcessMessage(parsedMessage, messageType)
         .then((result) => {
           if (result.result === 'success') {
@@ -267,9 +263,17 @@ export abstract class AbstractAmqpConsumer<
     return this._messageSchemaContainer.resolveSchema(message)
   }
 
-  protected override resolveMessageLog(message: MessagePayloadType, messageType: string): unknown {
-    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(messageType)
-    return handler.messageLogFormatter(message)
+  protected override resolveMessageLog(
+    processedMessageMetadata: ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadType>,
+  ): unknown | null {
+    if (!processedMessageMetadata.message || !processedMessageMetadata.messageType) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(processedMessageMetadata.messageType)
+    if (!handler.messageLogFormatter) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return handler.messageLogFormatter(processedMessageMetadata.message)
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line max-params
diff --git a/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpPublisher.ts b/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpPublisher.ts
index 6366d5ae..e9b7aefd 100644
--- a/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpPublisher.ts
+++ b/packages/amqp/lib/AbstractAmqpPublisher.ts
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractAmqpPublisher<
       return
     }
 
-    if (this.logMessages) {
-      const messageType = this.resolveMessageTypeFromMessage(message) ?? 'unknown'
-      const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(message, messageType)
-      this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-    }
-
     message = this.updateInternalProperties(message)
 
     try {
diff --git a/packages/amqp/test/consumers/AmqpPermissionConsumer.spec.ts b/packages/amqp/test/consumers/AmqpPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
index a15a2056..0ee623cc 100644
--- a/packages/amqp/test/consumers/AmqpPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/amqp/test/consumers/AmqpPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
@@ -95,22 +95,21 @@ describe('AmqpPermissionConsumer', () => {
 
       await newConsumer.close()
 
-      expect(logger.loggedMessages.length).toBe(6)
+      expect(logger.loggedMessages.length).toBe(4)
       expect(logger.loggedMessages).toMatchObject([
         'Propagating new connection across 0 receivers',
-        {
-          id: '1',
-          messageType: 'add',
-        },
         'timestamp not defined, adding it automatically',
-        expect.any(Object),
         {
-          id: '1',
-          messageType: 'add',
-          timestamp: expect.any(String),
+          processedMessageMetadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            processingResult: { status: 'published' },
+          }),
         },
         {
-          processedMessageMetadata: expect.any(String),
+          processedMessageMetadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            messageId: '1',
+            messageType: 'add',
+            processingResult: { status: 'consumed' },
+          }),
         },
       ])
     })
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ describe('AmqpPermissionConsumer', () => {
             id: '1',
             messageType: 'add',
           }),
+          messageMetadata: undefined,
         },
       ])
     })
diff --git a/packages/amqp/test/publishers/AmqpPermissionPublisher.spec.ts b/packages/amqp/test/publishers/AmqpPermissionPublisher.spec.ts
index a7db562f..3822aa82 100644
--- a/packages/amqp/test/publishers/AmqpPermissionPublisher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/amqp/test/publishers/AmqpPermissionPublisher.spec.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,20 @@ describe('PermissionPublisher', () => {
       publisher.publish(message)
 
       await waitAndRetry(() => {
-        return logger.loggedMessages.length === 2
+        return logger.loggedMessages.length === 3
       })
 
-      expect(logger.loggedMessages[1]).toEqual({
-        id: '1',
-        messageType: 'add',
-      })
+      expect(logger.loggedMessages).toMatchObject([
+        'Propagating new connection across 0 receivers',
+        'timestamp not defined, adding it automatically',
+        {
+          processedMessageMetadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            messageId: '1',
+            messageType: 'add',
+            processingResult: { status: 'published' },
+          }),
+        },
+      ])
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/queues/AbstractQueueService.ts b/packages/core/lib/queues/AbstractQueueService.ts
index 4a9e6a39..2da2573e 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/queues/AbstractQueueService.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/queues/AbstractQueueService.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
    * Used to know the store-based message deduplication options
    */
   protected readonly messageDeduplicationOptionsField: string
+  /**
+   * Used to know where metadata is stored - for debug logging purposes only
+   */
+  protected readonly messageMetadataField: string
   protected readonly errorReporter: ErrorReporter
   public readonly logger: CommonLogger
   protected readonly messageIdField: string
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
     this.messageDeduplicationIdField = options.messageDeduplicationIdField ?? 'deduplicationId'
     this.messageDeduplicationOptionsField =
       options.messageDeduplicationOptionsField ?? 'deduplicationOptions'
+    this.messageMetadataField = options.messageMetadataField ?? 'metadata'
     this.creationConfig = options.creationConfig
     this.locatorConfig = options.locatorConfig
     this.deletionConfig = options.deletionConfig
@@ -239,15 +244,36 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
   /**
    * Format message for logging
    */
-  protected resolveMessageLog(message: MessagePayloadSchemas, _messageType: string): unknown {
-    return message
+  protected resolveMessageLog(
+    _processedMessageMetadata: ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadSchemas>,
+  ): unknown | null {
+    return null
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Log preformatted and potentially presanitized message payload
-   */
-  protected logMessage(messageLogEntry: unknown) {
-    this.logger.debug(messageLogEntry)
+  protected logMessageProcessed(
+    processedMessageMetadata: ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadSchemas>,
+  ) {
+    const processedMessageMetadataLog = {
+      processingResult: processedMessageMetadata.processingResult,
+      messageId: processedMessageMetadata.messageId,
+      messageType: processedMessageMetadata.messageType,
+      queueName: processedMessageMetadata.queueName,
+      messageTimestamp: processedMessageMetadata.messageTimestamp,
+      messageDeduplicationId: processedMessageMetadata.messageDeduplicationId,
+      messageProcessingStartTimestamp: processedMessageMetadata.messageProcessingStartTimestamp,
+      messageProcessingEndTimestamp: processedMessageMetadata.messageProcessingEndTimestamp,
+      messageMetadata: stringValueSerializer(processedMessageMetadata.messageMetadata),
+    }
+
+    const resolvedMessageLog = this.resolveMessageLog(processedMessageMetadata)
+
+    this.logger.debug(
+      {
+        processedMessageMetadata: processedMessageMetadataLog,
+        ...(resolvedMessageLog ? { message: resolvedMessageLog } : {}),
+      },
+      `Finished processing message ${processedMessageMetadata.messageId}`,
+    )
   }
 
   protected handleError(err: unknown, context?: Record<string, unknown>) {
@@ -284,8 +310,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
       messageType,
     )
 
-    const debugLoggingEnabled = this.logMessages && this.logger.isLevelEnabled('debug')
-    if (!debugLoggingEnabled && !this.messageMetricsManager) return
+    const debugMessageLoggingEnabled = this.logMessages && this.logger.isLevelEnabled('debug')
+    if (!debugMessageLoggingEnabled && !this.messageMetricsManager) return
 
     const processedMessageMetadata = this.resolveProcessedMessageMetadata(
       message,
@@ -295,11 +321,8 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
       params.queueName,
       messageId,
     )
-    if (debugLoggingEnabled) {
-      this.logger.debug(
-        { processedMessageMetadata: stringValueSerializer(processedMessageMetadata) },
-        `Finished processing message ${processedMessageMetadata.messageId}`,
-      )
+    if (debugMessageLoggingEnabled) {
+      this.logMessageProcessed(processedMessageMetadata)
     }
     if (this.messageMetricsManager) {
       this.messageMetricsManager.registerProcessedMessage(processedMessageMetadata)
@@ -321,8 +344,13 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
     const messageType = message ? this.resolveMessageTypeFromMessage(message) : undefined
     const messageDeduplicationId =
       message && this.messageDeduplicationIdField in message
-        ? // @ts-ignore
-          message[this.messageDeduplicationId]
+        ? // @ts-expect-error
+          message[this.messageDeduplicationIdField]
+        : undefined
+    const messageMetadata =
+      message && this.messageMetadataField in message
+        ? // @ts-expect-error
+          message[this.messageMetadataField]
         : undefined
 
     return {
@@ -335,6 +363,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractQueueService<
       messageDeduplicationId,
       messageProcessingStartTimestamp,
       messageProcessingEndTimestamp,
+      messageMetadata,
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/queues/HandlerContainer.ts b/packages/core/lib/queues/HandlerContainer.ts
index cbfb8c0a..9beeefc4 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/queues/HandlerContainer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/queues/HandlerContainer.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ export type Prehandler<MessagePayloadSchema extends object, ExecutionContext, Pr
   next: (result: PrehandlerResult) => void,
 ) => void
 
-export const defaultLogFormatter = <MessagePayloadSchema>(message: MessagePayloadSchema) => message
-
 export type HandlerConfigOptions<
   MessagePayloadSchema extends object,
   ExecutionContext,
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ export class MessageHandlerConfig<
     PrehandlerOutput,
     BarrierOutput
   >
-  public readonly messageLogFormatter: LogFormatter<MessagePayloadSchema>
+  public readonly messageLogFormatter?: LogFormatter<MessagePayloadSchema>
   public readonly preHandlerBarrier?: BarrierCallback<
     MessagePayloadSchema,
     ExecutionContext,
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ export class MessageHandlerConfig<
     this.definition = eventDefinition
     this.messageType = options?.messageType
     this.handler = handler
-    this.messageLogFormatter = options?.messageLogFormatter ?? defaultLogFormatter
+    this.messageLogFormatter = options?.messageLogFormatter
     this.preHandlerBarrier = options?.preHandlerBarrier
     this.preHandlers = options?.preHandlers ?? []
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/types/queueOptionsTypes.ts b/packages/core/lib/types/queueOptionsTypes.ts
index 9100af14..d9d8a508 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/types/queueOptionsTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/types/queueOptionsTypes.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export type ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadSchemas extends object = obje
    * ID used for the message deduplication, in case it's enabled
    */
   messageDeduplicationId?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Message metadata (see ConsumerMessageMetadataType)
+   */
+  messageMetadata?: Record<string, unknown>
 }
 
 export interface MessageMetricsManager<MessagePayloadSchemas extends object = object> {
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ export type CommonQueueOptions = {
   messageTimestampField?: string
   messageDeduplicationIdField?: string
   messageDeduplicationOptionsField?: string
+  messageMetadataField?: string
   handlerSpy?: HandlerSpy<object> | HandlerSpyParams | boolean
   logMessages?: boolean
   deletionConfig?: DeletionConfig
diff --git a/packages/core/test/queues/HandlerContainer.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/queues/HandlerContainer.spec.ts
index fad743cf..a20c2a9e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/queues/HandlerContainer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/queues/HandlerContainer.spec.ts
@@ -106,20 +106,6 @@ describe('MessageHandlerConfigBuilder', () => {
       expect(config.messageLogFormatter).toBe(messageLogFormatter)
       expect(config.preHandlers).toEqual([])
     })
-
-    it('should use default log formatter when not provided', () => {
-      const handler = () => Promise.resolve({ result: 'success' as const })
-
-      const config = new MessageHandlerConfig(USER_MESSAGE_SCHEMA, handler)
-
-      const testMessage: UserMessage = {
-        type: 'user.created',
-        userId: '123',
-        email: 'test@example.com',
-      }
-
-      expect(config.messageLogFormatter(testMessage)).toEqual(testMessage)
-    })
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubConsumer.ts b/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubConsumer.ts
index 68fff02f..5be4fff8 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubConsumer.ts
+++ b/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubConsumer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { type Either, type ErrorResolver, isError } from '@lokalise/node-core'
 import type {
   MessageInvalidFormatError,
   MessageValidationError,
+  ProcessedMessageMetadata,
   ResolvedMessage,
 } from '@message-queue-toolkit/core'
 import {
@@ -861,9 +862,17 @@ export abstract class AbstractPubSubConsumer<
     )
   }
 
-  protected override resolveMessageLog(message: MessagePayloadType, messageType: string): unknown {
-    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(messageType)
-    return handler.messageLogFormatter(message)
+  protected override resolveMessageLog(
+    processedMessageMetadata: ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadType>,
+  ): unknown | null {
+    if (!processedMessageMetadata.message || !processedMessageMetadata.messageType) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(processedMessageMetadata.messageType)
+    if (!handler.messageLogFormatter) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return handler.messageLogFormatter(processedMessageMetadata.message)
   }
 
   protected override isDeduplicationEnabledForMessage(message: MessagePayloadType): boolean {
diff --git a/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubPublisher.ts b/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubPublisher.ts
index d9484b43..5927afa0 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubPublisher.ts
+++ b/packages/gcp-pubsub/lib/pubsub/AbstractPubSubPublisher.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractPubSubPublisher<MessagePayloadType extends object>
       const messageProcessingStartTimestamp = Date.now()
       const parsedMessage = messageSchemaResult.result.parse(message)
 
-      if (this.logMessages) {
-        const messageType = this.resolveMessageTypeFromMessage(message) ?? 'unknown'
-        const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(message, messageType)
-        this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-      }
-
       message = this.updateInternalProperties(message)
       const maybeOffloadedPayloadMessage = await this.offloadMessagePayloadIfNeeded(message, () => {
         // Calculate message size for PubSub
@@ -163,8 +157,4 @@ export abstract class AbstractPubSubPublisher<MessagePayloadType extends object>
   protected override resolveSchema(message: MessagePayloadType) {
     return this.messageSchemaContainer.resolveSchema(message)
   }
-
-  protected override resolveMessageLog(message: MessagePayloadType, _messageType: string): unknown {
-    return message
-  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sns/lib/sns/AbstractSnsPublisher.ts b/packages/sns/lib/sns/AbstractSnsPublisher.ts
index cc32d0e3..f6c14ad4 100644
--- a/packages/sns/lib/sns/AbstractSnsPublisher.ts
+++ b/packages/sns/lib/sns/AbstractSnsPublisher.ts
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractSnsPublisher<MessagePayloadType extends object>
       const topicName =
         this.locatorConfig?.topicName ?? this.creationConfig?.topic?.Name ?? 'unknown'
 
-      if (this.logMessages) {
-        const messageType = this.resolveMessageTypeFromMessage(message) ?? 'unknown'
-        const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(message, messageType)
-        this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-      }
-
       const updatedMessage = this.updateInternalProperties(message)
 
       // Resolve FIFO options from original message BEFORE offloading
diff --git a/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsConsumer.ts b/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsConsumer.ts
index 42b7b8d7..d59d31c6 100644
--- a/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsConsumer.ts
+++ b/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsConsumer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   SetQueueAttributesCommand,
 } from '@aws-sdk/client-sqs'
 import type { Either, ErrorResolver } from '@lokalise/node-core'
+import type { ProcessedMessageMetadata } from '@message-queue-toolkit/core'
 import {
   type BarrierResult,
   type DeadLetterQueueOptions,
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import {
 import type { ConsumerOptions } from 'sqs-consumer'
 import { Consumer } from 'sqs-consumer'
 import type { ZodSchema } from 'zod/v4'
-
 import type { SQSMessage } from '../types/MessageTypes.ts'
 import { hasOffloadedPayload } from '../utils/messageUtils.ts'
 import { deleteSqs, initSqs } from '../utils/sqsInitter.ts'
@@ -384,10 +384,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractSqsConsumer<
         // @ts-expect-error
         const uniqueTransactionKey = parsedMessage[this.messageIdField]
         this.transactionObservabilityManager?.start(transactionSpanId, uniqueTransactionKey)
-        if (this.logMessages) {
-          const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(parsedMessage, messageType)
-          this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-        }
+
         const result: Either<'retryLater' | Error, 'success'> = await this.internalProcessMessage(
           parsedMessage,
           messageType,
@@ -835,9 +832,17 @@ export abstract class AbstractSqsConsumer<
     )
   }
 
-  protected override resolveMessageLog(message: MessagePayloadType, messageType: string): unknown {
-    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(messageType)
-    return handler.messageLogFormatter(message)
+  protected override resolveMessageLog(
+    processedMessageMetadata: ProcessedMessageMetadata<MessagePayloadType>,
+  ): unknown | null {
+    if (!processedMessageMetadata.message || !processedMessageMetadata.messageType) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const handler = this.handlerContainer.resolveHandler(processedMessageMetadata.messageType)
+    if (!handler.messageLogFormatter) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return handler.messageLogFormatter(processedMessageMetadata.message)
   }
 
   protected override resolveMessage(message: SQSMessage) {
diff --git a/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsPublisher.ts b/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsPublisher.ts
index 620d821c..f4ed02d4 100644
--- a/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsPublisher.ts
+++ b/packages/sqs/lib/sqs/AbstractSqsPublisher.ts
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractSqsPublisher<MessagePayloadType extends object>
       const messageProcessingStartTimestamp = Date.now()
       const parsedMessage = messageSchemaResult.result.parse(message)
 
-      if (this.logMessages) {
-        const messageType = this.resolveMessageTypeFromMessage(message) ?? 'unknown'
-        const resolvedLogMessage = this.resolveMessageLog(message, messageType)
-        this.logMessage(resolvedLogMessage)
-      }
-
       message = this.updateInternalProperties(message)
 
       // Resolve FIFO options from original message BEFORE offloading
diff --git a/packages/sqs/test/consumers/SqsPermissionConsumer.spec.ts b/packages/sqs/test/consumers/SqsPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
index 851d764f..13448db0 100644
--- a/packages/sqs/test/consumers/SqsPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sqs/test/consumers/SqsPermissionConsumer.spec.ts
@@ -443,15 +443,16 @@ describe('SqsPermissionConsumer', () => {
 
       await newConsumer.handlerSpy.waitForMessageWithId('1', 'consumed')
 
-      expect(logger.loggedMessages.length).toBe(2)
+      expect(logger.loggedMessages.length).toBe(1)
       expect(logger.loggedMessages).toMatchObject([
         {
-          id: '1',
-          messageType: 'add',
-          timestamp: expect.any(String),
-        },
-        {
-          processedMessageMetadata: expect.any(String),
+          processedMessageMetadata: expect.objectContaining({
+            messageId: '1',
+            messageType: 'add',
+            processingResult: {
+              status: 'consumed',
+            },
+          }),
         },
       ])
       await newConsumer.close()
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ describe('SqsPermissionConsumer', () => {
           messageProcessingStartTimestamp: expect.any(Number),
           messageProcessingEndTimestamp: expect.any(Number),
           queueName: SqsPermissionConsumer.QUEUE_NAME,
+          messageMetadata: {
+            schemaVersions: '1.0.0',
+          },
           message: expect.objectContaining({
             id: '1',
             messageType: 'add',