diff --git a/api/src/routes/public/status.ts b/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
index 3774e0a359f..0dbca24ad5b 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { type FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
-import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 
 /**
  * Plugin for the health check endpoint.
@@ -15,25 +14,7 @@ export const statusRoute: FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox = (
   done
 ) => {
   fastify.get('/status/ping', async (req, _reply) => {
-    const url = req.url || 'URL not found';
-    const reqId = req.id || 'REQ_ID not found';
-    const headers = isEmpty(req.headers) ? 'HEADERS not found' : req.headers;
-    const ip =
-      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ||
-      req.headers['x-real-ip'] ||
-      req.ip ||
-      'IP not found';
-    const query = isEmpty(req.query) ? 'QUERY not found' : req.query;
-
-    fastify.log
-      .child({
-        URL: url,
-        REQ_ID: reqId,
-        HEADERS: headers,
-        IP: ip,
-        QUERY: query
-      })
-      .debug('returning a ping');
+    fastify.log.child({ req }).debug('returning a ping');
     return { msg: 'pong' };
   });
 
diff --git a/api/src/server.ts b/api/src/server.ts
index 6d3b3ecf87f..ad53fbda20a 100644
--- a/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/api/src/server.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 // is not included in the build (it's a dev dependency).
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/triple-slash-reference
 /// <reference path="./reset.d.ts" />
+
 import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
+
 import { FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
+import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+
 import { build } from './app';
 import {
   FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV,
@@ -13,16 +17,30 @@ import {
   PORT
 } from './utils/env';
 
-const requestSerializer = (request: FastifyRequest) => ({
-  method: request.method,
-  url: request.url,
-  ip: request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || request.ip,
-  hostname: request.hostname,
-  remoteAddress: Array.isArray(request.headers['x-forwarded-for'])
-    ? request.headers['x-forwarded-for'][0]
-    : request.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || request.ip,
-  remotePort: request.socket.remotePort
-});
+const requestSerializer = (req: FastifyRequest) => {
+  const method = req.method || 'METHOD not found';
+  const url = req.url || 'URL not found';
+  const headers = req.headers || 'HEADERS not found';
+  const xForwardedFor = Array.isArray(req.headers['x-forwarded-for'])
+    ? req.headers['x-forwarded-for'][0]
+    : req.headers['x-forwarded-for'];
+  const ip =
+    xForwardedFor || req.headers['x-real-ip'] || req.ip || 'IP not found';
+  const query = isEmpty(req.query) ? 'QUERY not found' : req.query;
+  const hostname = req.hostname || 'HOSTNAME not found';
+  const remotePort = req.socket.remotePort || 'REMOTE_PORT not found';
+
+  return {
+    REQ_ID: req.id,
+    METHOD: method,
+    URL: url,
+    IP: ip,
+    HOSTNAME: hostname,
+    REMOTE_PORT: remotePort,
+    QUERY: query,
+    HEADERS: headers
+  };
+};
 
 const envToLogger = {
   development: {
@@ -36,14 +54,21 @@ const envToLogger = {
     },
     level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
     serializers: {
-      req: requestSerializer
+      req: (req: FastifyRequest) => {
+        return {
+          method: req.method,
+          url: req.url
+        };
+      }
     }
+    // No need to redact in development
   },
   production: {
     level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
     serializers: {
       req: requestSerializer
-    }
+    },
+    redact: ['req.HEADERS.cookie']
   }
 };