diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/logger.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/logger.hrl
index 59285e9d5..8974eace4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/logger.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/logger.hrl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         true ->
             ?SLOG(Level, Data, Meta);
         false ->
-            ok
+            ?_DO_TRACE(Level, maps:get(msg, Data), maps:merge(Data, Meta))
     end
 ).
 
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@
 -define(TRACE_FILTER, emqx_trace_filter).
 -define(OWN_KEYS, [level, filters, filter_default, handlers]).
 
--define(TRACE(Tag, Msg, Meta), ?TRACE(debug, Tag, Msg, Meta)).
-
-%% Only evaluate when necessary
--define(TRACE(Level, Tag, Msg, Meta), begin
+%% Internal macro
+-define(_DO_TRACE(Tag, Msg, Meta),
     case persistent_term:get(?TRACE_FILTER, []) of
         [] -> ok;
         %% We can't bind filter list to a variable because we pollute the calling scope with it.
@@ -70,7 +68,14 @@
         %% because this adds overhead to the happy path.
         %% So evaluate `persistent_term:get` twice.
         _ -> emqx_trace:log(persistent_term:get(?TRACE_FILTER, []), Msg, (Meta)#{trace_tag => Tag})
-    end,
+    end
+).
+
+-define(TRACE(Tag, Msg, Meta), ?TRACE(debug, Tag, Msg, Meta)).
+
+%% Only evaluate when necessary
+-define(TRACE(Level, Tag, Msg, Meta), begin
+    ?_DO_TRACE(Tag, Msg, Meta),
     ?SLOG(
         Level,
         (emqx_trace_formatter:format_meta_map(Meta))#{msg => Msg, tag => Tag},
diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_formatter.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_formatter.erl
index 4dd22966b..6cbcc0510 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_formatter.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace_formatter.erl
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ format(
     ClientId = to_iolist(maps:get(clientid, Meta, "")),
     Peername = maps:get(peername, Meta, ""),
     MetaBin = format_meta(Meta, PEncode),
-    [Time, " [", Tag, "] ", ClientId, "@", Peername, " msg: ", Msg, ", ", MetaBin, "\n"];
+    Msg1 = to_iolist(Msg),
+    Tag1 = to_iolist(Tag),
+    [Time, " [", Tag1, "] ", ClientId, "@", Peername, " msg: ", Msg1, ", ", MetaBin, "\n"];
 format(Event, Config) ->
     emqx_logger_textfmt:format(Event, Config).
 
diff --git a/changes/ce/feat-12520.en.md b/changes/ce/feat-12520.en.md
index 593b66ec4..99d29fb2e 100644
--- a/changes/ce/feat-12520.en.md
+++ b/changes/ce/feat-12520.en.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 Implement log throttling. The feature reduces the number of potentially flooding logged events by
 dropping all but the first event within a configured time window.
+Throttling is applied to the following log events:
+ - authorization_permission_denied,
+ - cannot_publish_to_topic_due_to_not_authorized,
+ - cannot_publish_to_topic_due_to_quota_exceeded,
+ - connection_rejected_due_to_license_limit_reached,
+ - dropped_msg_due_to_mqueue_is_full.