diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7df8db9..d2ce8c1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026.10.3
+2026.10.4
diff --git a/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py b/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
index e8b957c..ce8830d 100644
--- a/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
+++ b/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
@@ -160,7 +160,16 @@ class ListenerWithCoraza(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_access_log_carries_coverage_fields(self):
         lf = [l for l in self.lines if l.startswith('log-format ')]
         self.assertEqual(len(lf), 1)
-        self.assertTrue(lf[0].endswith('wafb=%[var(txn.waf_body)] wafe=%[var(txn.coraza.error)]"'))
+        self.assertIn('wafb=%[var(txn.waf_body)] wafe=%[var(txn.coraza.error)]', lf[0])
+
+    def test_access_log_carries_waf_verdict_fields(self):
+        """wrule/wrules/wscore are appended LAST so any consumer anchored on
+        the earlier fields keeps working."""
+        lf = [l for l in self.lines if l.startswith('log-format ')]
+        self.assertEqual(len(lf), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(lf[0].endswith(
+            'wrule=%[var(txn.coraza.ruleid)] wrules=%[var(txn.coraza.rule_ids)] '
+            'wscore=%[var(txn.coraza.anomaly_score)]"'))
 
     def test_fail_open_preserved(self):
         """Nothing may deny on var(txn.coraza.error): an SPOA outage must not
@@ -247,6 +256,11 @@ class CorazaTransactionIdIsTheRequestReference(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('coraza-req', self.messages)
         self.assertEqual(self.args_of('coraza-req').get('id'), 'unique-id')
 
+    def test_request_message_exports_rule_ids(self):
+        """Without exportRuleIDs coraza-spoa never sets txn.coraza.rule_ids
+        and the access log's wrules= is always '-'."""
+        self.assertEqual(self.args_of('coraza-req').get('exportRuleIDs'), 'bool(true)')
+
     def test_app_is_still_the_first_arg(self):
         """agent.go HandleSPOE Panics unless the FIRST kv entry is `app`."""
         for name, args in self.messages.items():
diff --git a/templates/hap_coraza_spoe_engine.tpl b/templates/hap_coraza_spoe_engine.tpl
index 745ee17..29a698a 100644
--- a/templates/hap_coraza_spoe_engine.tpl
+++ b/templates/hap_coraza_spoe_engine.tpl
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ spoe-agent coraza
 # fetch ever came back empty the agent falls back to that random ID, so this
 # cannot break inspection.
 #
+# exportRuleIDs=bool(true) makes coraza-spoa (application.go exportWAFMetrics)
+# set var(txn.coraza.rule_ids) = comma list of every matched CRS attack rule
+# (910000-959999 + 190000-199999; control rules such as our 99xxxxxxx host
+# exceptions and 2000xx body rules are NOT listed), alongside rules_hit and
+# anomaly_score which it sets regardless. var(txn.coraza.ruleid) is set on
+# every interruption (agent.go) -- for anomaly blocks that is 949110, so
+# rule_ids is what actually says WHY. All three are logged in the access
+# log (hap_listener.tpl log-format: wrule= wrules= wscore=).
+#
 # Response inspection (a `coraza-res` message) is NOT configured:
 # config.yaml has response_check: false. If it is ever enabled, coraza-res
 # MUST also send `id=unique-id` -- HandleResponse
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ spoe-agent coraza
 # when no proxy headers are present. This is what shows up as `client_ip`
 # in /var/log/coraza/audit.log and the rule manager's view-matches panel.
 spoe-message coraza-req
-    args app=str(haproxy) id=unique-id src-ip=var(txn.real_ip) src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
+    args app=str(haproxy) id=unique-id exportRuleIDs=bool(true) src-ip=var(txn.real_ip) src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
 
 # Group binding for send-spoe-group invocation in the frontend. One group,
 # one message; could add more in the future (e.g. coraza-res for response
diff --git a/templates/hap_listener.tpl b/templates/hap_listener.tpl
index 9ae4b63..f364b63 100644
--- a/templates/hap_listener.tpl
+++ b/templates/hap_listener.tpl
@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ frontend web
     #        wafe is var(txn.coraza.error), set when the SPOE call failed or
     #        timed out and the request went through UNINSPECTED (fail-open).
     #        Both are "-" when the WAF is off or the request had no body.
-    log-format "%ci:%cp [%tr] %ft %b/%s %TR/%Tw/%Tc/%Tr/%Ta %ST %B %CC %CS %tsc %ac/%fc/%bc/%sc/%rc %sq/%bq %hr %hs %{+Q}r cip=%[var(txn.real_ip)] id=%ID host=%[capture.req.hdr(0)] ua=%[capture.req.hdr(1)] sni=%[ssl_fc_sni] hv=%[fc_http_major] wafb=%[var(txn.waf_body)] wafe=%[var(txn.coraza.error)]"
+    #   wrule=/wrules=/wscore= WHY Coraza acted, without opening audit.log:
+    #        wrule is the interrupting rule (949110 for anomaly blocks),
+    #        wrules every matched CRS attack rule (e.g. 920440,949110),
+    #        wscore the inbound anomaly score. Set by coraza-spoa via the
+    #        exportRuleIDs SPOE arg (hap_coraza_spoe_engine.tpl). All "-"
+    #        when the WAF is off; wrule is "-" unless Coraza interrupted.
+    log-format "%ci:%cp [%tr] %ft %b/%s %TR/%Tw/%Tc/%Tr/%Ta %ST %B %CC %CS %tsc %ac/%fc/%bc/%sc/%rc %sq/%bq %hr %hs %{+Q}r cip=%[var(txn.real_ip)] id=%ID host=%[capture.req.hdr(0)] ua=%[capture.req.hdr(1)] sni=%[ssl_fc_sni] hv=%[fc_http_major] wafb=%[var(txn.waf_body)] wafe=%[var(txn.coraza.error)] wrule=%[var(txn.coraza.ruleid)] wrules=%[var(txn.coraza.rule_ids)] wscore=%[var(txn.coraza.anomaly_score)]"
 
     # --- URI normalisation (MUST be the first path-touching block here) ---
     # Every path-based control in this frontend (the ACME health-check bypass,