diff --git a/collector/.env.example b/collector/.env.example
index ea4aba395d6..63daf46cf00 100644
--- a/collector/.env.example
+++ b/collector/.env.example
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 # Placeholder .env file for collector runtime
+
+# This enables HTTP request/response logging in development. Set value to truthy string to enable, leave empty value or comment out to disable
+# ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER=""
+# This enables timestamps for the HTTP Logger. Set value to true to enable, leave empty or comment out to disable
+# ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER_TIMESTAMPS=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collector/.gitignore b/collector/.gitignore
index 57436cefda4..86ced2aa050 100644
--- a/collector/.gitignore
+++ b/collector/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ yarn-error.log
 !yarn.lock
 outputs
 scripts
+.env.development
+.env.production
+.env.test
diff --git a/collector/index.js b/collector/index.js
index a0dd0e5644d..7955ce99bca 100644
--- a/collector/index.js
+++ b/collector/index.js
@@ -15,9 +15,21 @@ const { wipeCollectorStorage } = require("./utils/files");
 const extensions = require("./extensions");
 const { processRawText } = require("./processRawText");
 const { verifyPayloadIntegrity } = require("./middleware/verifyIntegrity");
+const { httpLogger } = require("./middleware/httpLogger");
 const app = express();
 const FILE_LIMIT = "3GB";
 
+// Only log HTTP requests in development mode and if the ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER environment variable is set to true
+if (
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" &&
+  !!process.env.ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER
+) {
+  app.use(
+    httpLogger({
+      enableTimestamps: !!process.env.ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER_TIMESTAMPS,
+    })
+  );
+}
 app.use(cors({ origin: true }));
 app.use(
   bodyParser.text({ limit: FILE_LIMIT }),
diff --git a/collector/middleware/httpLogger.js b/collector/middleware/httpLogger.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fa20be041d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/middleware/httpLogger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const httpLogger =
+  ({ enableTimestamps = false }) =>
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    // Capture the original res.end to log response status
+    const originalEnd = res.end;
+
+    res.end = function (chunk, encoding) {
+      // Log the request method, status code, and path
+      const statusColor = res.statusCode >= 400 ? "\x1b[31m" : "\x1b[32m"; // Red for errors, green for success
+      console.log(
+        `\x1b[32m[HTTP]\x1b[0m ${statusColor}${res.statusCode}\x1b[0m ${
+          req.method
+        } -> ${req.path} ${
+          enableTimestamps
+            ? `@ ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString("en-US", { hour12: true })}`
+            : ""
+        }`.trim()
+      );
+
+      // Call the original end method
+      return originalEnd.call(this, chunk, encoding);
+    };
+
+    next();
+  };
+
+module.exports = {
+  httpLogger,
+};
diff --git a/server/.env.example b/server/.env.example
index 1429b1f895b..210ddd79984 100644
--- a/server/.env.example
+++ b/server/.env.example
@@ -368,4 +368,9 @@ TTS_PROVIDER="native"
 # Runtime flags for built-in pupeeteer Chromium instance
 # This is only required on Linux machines running AnythingLLM via Docker
 # and do not want to use the --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN docker argument
-# ANYTHINGLLM_CHROMIUM_ARGS="--no-sandbox,--disable-setuid-sandbox"
\ No newline at end of file
+# ANYTHINGLLM_CHROMIUM_ARGS="--no-sandbox,--disable-setuid-sandbox"
+
+# This enables HTTP request/response logging in development. Set value to a truthy string to enable, leave empty value or comment out to disable.
+# ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER=""
+# This enables timestamps for the HTTP Logger. Set value to a truthy string to enable, leave empty value or comment out to disable.
+# ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER_TIMESTAMPS=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 1779035d552..e578c3f6405 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -29,10 +29,22 @@ const { communityHubEndpoints } = require("./endpoints/communityHub");
 const { agentFlowEndpoints } = require("./endpoints/agentFlows");
 const { mcpServersEndpoints } = require("./endpoints/mcpServers");
 const { mobileEndpoints } = require("./endpoints/mobile");
+const { httpLogger } = require("./middleware/httpLogger");
 const app = express();
 const apiRouter = express.Router();
 const FILE_LIMIT = "3GB";
 
+// Only log HTTP requests in development mode and if the ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER environment variable is set to true
+if (
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" &&
+  !!process.env.ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER
+) {
+  app.use(
+    httpLogger({
+      enableTimestamps: !!process.env.ENABLE_HTTP_LOGGER_TIMESTAMPS,
+    })
+  );
+}
 app.use(cors({ origin: true }));
 app.use(bodyParser.text({ limit: FILE_LIMIT }));
 app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: FILE_LIMIT }));
diff --git a/server/middleware/httpLogger.js b/server/middleware/httpLogger.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..627505ffdd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middleware/httpLogger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const httpLogger =
+  ({ enableTimestamps = false }) =>
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    // Capture the original res.end to log response status
+    const originalEnd = res.end;
+
+    res.end = function (chunk, encoding) {
+      // Log the request method, status code, and path
+      const statusColor = res.statusCode >= 400 ? "\x1b[31m" : "\x1b[32m"; // Red for errors, green for success
+      console.log(
+        `\x1b[32m[HTTP]\x1b[0m ${statusColor}${res.statusCode}\x1b[0m ${req.method} -> ${req.path} ${enableTimestamps ? `@ ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString("en-US", { hour12: true })}` : ""}`.trim()
+      );
+
+      // Call the original end method
+      return originalEnd.call(this, chunk, encoding);
+    };
+
+    next();
+  };
+
+module.exports = {
+  httpLogger,
+};