diff --git a/api/src/cartsnitch_api/auth/dependencies.py b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/auth/dependencies.py
index 5040741..ded7013 100644
--- a/api/src/cartsnitch_api/auth/dependencies.py
+++ b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/auth/dependencies.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ async def get_current_user(
     token: str | None = None
 
     # 1. Check session cookie — prefer __Secure- variant (HTTPS) over plain (HTTP dev)
-    cookie_token = request.cookies.get(SECURE_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME) or request.cookies.get(SESSION_COOKIE_NAME)
+    cookie_token = request.cookies.get(SECURE_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME) or request.cookies.get(
+        SESSION_COOKIE_NAME
+    )
     if cookie_token:
         # Better-Auth cookie format is "token.sessionId" — extract just the token part
         token = cookie_token.split(".")[0] if "." in cookie_token else cookie_token
@@ -86,7 +88,9 @@ async def get_current_user(
             detail="Authentication required",
         )
 
-    return await _validate_session_token(token, db)
+    user_id = await _validate_session_token(token, db)
+    request.state.user_id = user_id
+    return user_id
 
 
 async def verify_service_key(x_service_key: str = Header()) -> None:
diff --git a/api/src/cartsnitch_api/main.py b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/main.py
index 6db5a0c..1aa2e74 100644
--- a/api/src/cartsnitch_api/main.py
+++ b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from cartsnitch_api.auth.routes import router as auth_router
 from cartsnitch_api.middleware.cors import add_cors_middleware
 from cartsnitch_api.middleware.error_handler import add_error_handlers, add_error_monitor_middleware
 from cartsnitch_api.middleware.rate_limit import add_rate_limit_middleware
+from cartsnitch_api.middleware.audit import add_audit_middleware
 from cartsnitch_api.routes.alerts import router as alerts_router
 from cartsnitch_api.routes.coupons import router as coupons_router
 from cartsnitch_api.routes.health import router as health_router
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
     add_cors_middleware(app)
     add_error_monitor_middleware(app)
     add_rate_limit_middleware(app)
+    add_audit_middleware(app)
 
     # Exception handlers
     add_error_handlers(app)
diff --git a/api/src/cartsnitch_api/middleware/audit.py b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/middleware/audit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2868505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/cartsnitch_api/middleware/audit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""Audit logging middleware for sensitive API operations.
+
+Logs structured JSON for POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE requests and GET /auth/me.
+Never logs request bodies, response bodies, Authorization headers, or cookie values.
+"""
+
+import json
+import logging
+import time
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("cartsnitch_api.audit")
+
+HEALTH_PATHS = {"/health", "/healthz", "/ready"}
+
+
+class AuditMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    """Middleware to log structured audit events for sensitive operations."""
+
+    async def dispatch(
+        self,
+        request: Request,
+        call_next: Callable[[Request], Awaitable],
+    ):
+        if request.method == "OPTIONS" or request.url.path in HEALTH_PATHS:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        method = request.method
+        path = request.url.path
+
+        is_sensitive_write = method in {"POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"}
+        is_auth_me_read = method == "GET" and path == "/auth/me"
+
+        if not (is_sensitive_write or is_auth_me_read):
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        response = await call_next(request)
+        duration_ms = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
+
+        user_id = getattr(request.state, "user_id", None)
+        client_ip = request.client.host if request.client else "unknown"
+
+        log_entry = {
+            "event": "audit",
+            "timestamp": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()),
+            "user_id": user_id,
+            "method": method,
+            "path": path,
+            "client_ip": client_ip,
+            "status_code": response.status_code,
+            "duration_ms": round(duration_ms, 2),
+        }
+
+        logger.info(json.dumps(log_entry))
+
+        return response
+
+
+def add_audit_middleware(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+    app.add_middleware(AuditMiddleware)