diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index bae4238..d3e8b9a 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ Route modules use the `schemas` option so request validation, runtime response v
 OpenAPI generation stay aligned. Every route should declare an explicit response schema. Admin/user
 responses are intentionally minimized and should return only fields the route contract names.
 
+## Logging and Redaction
+
+All log output passes through a central redaction step (`src/utils/redaction.ts`) before it is
+written. Log messages are scrubbed for tokens, OTPs, magic-link URLs, bootstrap tokens, emails,
+phone numbers, and known sensitive query parameters; structured metadata is redacted by key name.
+This means route logs and auth events do not leak secrets even when a URL or payload contains them.
+Treat redaction as a hard requirement: new sensitive fields should be added to the redaction
+patterns. See [production-operations.md](./production-operations.md) for the operator-facing detail.
+
 ## Operational Boundaries
 
 This repository contains the auth server only. It does not include billing, hosted tenant lifecycle, managed observability, managed secret storage, or the hosted control plane. Self-hosted deployments can integrate their own infrastructure for those responsibilities.
diff --git a/src/utils/redaction.ts b/src/utils/redaction.ts
index d37c52a..89dc98f 100644
--- a/src/utils/redaction.ts
+++ b/src/utils/redaction.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ const TOKEN_TEXT_PATTERNS: Array<[RegExp, string]> = [
   [/\+[1-9]\d{6,14}\b/g, REDACTED],
   [/\b(Bearer\s+)[A-Za-z0-9._~+/=-]+/gi, `$1${REDACTED}`],
   [/(\/magic-link\/verify\/)[^/?#\s]+/gi, `$1${REDACTED}`],
-  [/([?&](?:token|bootstrapToken|state|code|salt)=)[^&#\s]+/gi, `$1${REDACTED}`],
+  [
+    /([?&](?:token|bootstrapToken|verificationToken|otp|state|code|salt)=)[^&#\s]+/gi,
+    `$1${REDACTED}`,
+  ],
   [
     /\b((?:token|bootstrapToken|verificationToken|identifier|email(?:\s+address)?|phone(?:\s+number)?|state|code|secret|salt)\s*[:=]\s*)[^,&\s}]+/gi,
     `$1${REDACTED}`,
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/redaction.spec.ts b/tests/unit/utils/redaction.spec.ts
index dc8deb3..d993a2a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/redaction.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/redaction.spec.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ describe('redaction utilities', () => {
       ),
     ).toBe('phone number: [REDACTED] email address: [REDACTED] identifier: [REDACTED]');
   });
+
+  it('redacts otp and verificationToken query parameters in a URL', () => {
+    expect(
+      redactSensitiveText('Received GET request for /verify?otp=999888&verificationToken=abc123'),
+    ).toBe('Received GET request for /verify?otp=[REDACTED]&verificationToken=[REDACTED]');
+  });
 });