diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 888c5b4..809fe75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ all: ;
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/log/
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/util/
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/validator/
 	$(INSTALL) src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/*.lua $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/
 	$(INSTALL) src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/log/*.lua $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/log/
+	$(INSTALL) src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/util/*.lua $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/util/
 	$(INSTALL) src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/validator/*.lua $(DESTDIR)/$(LUA_LIB_DIR)/api-gateway/tracking/validator/
 
 test: redis
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestTrackingManager.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestTrackingManager.lua
index fdfa30b..4760e98 100644
--- a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestTrackingManager.lua
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestTrackingManager.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 --
--- Exposes utility functions to add/remove Tracking rules ( BLOCK, TRACK, DEBUG, DELAY, RETRY-AFTER )
+-- Exposes utility functions to add/remove Tracking rules ( BLOCK, TRACK, TRACE, DEBUG, DELAY, RETRY-AFTER )
 --
 -- You should map this to a REST API Endpoint:
 --
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ local KNWON_RULES =
 {
     BLOCK   = "blocking_rules_dict",
     TRACK   = "tracking_rules_dict",
+    TRACE   = "tracing_rules_dict",
     DEBUG   = "debuging_rules_dict",
     DELAY   = "delaying_rules_dict",
     REWRITE = "rewriting_rules_dict",
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ local KNWON_RULES =
 local last_modified_date = {
     BLOCK   = -1,
     TRACK   = -1,
+    TRACE   = -1,
     DEBUG   = -1,
     DELAY   = -1,
     REWRITE = -1,
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ local last_modified_date = {
 local cached_rules = {
     BLOCK   = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the BLOCK rules
     TRACK   = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the TRACK rules
+    TRACE   = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the TRACE rules
     DEBUG   = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the DEBUG rules
     DELAY   = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the DELAY rules
     REWRITE = {}, --- holds a per worker cache of the REWRITE rules
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ end
 
 --- Returns an object with the current active rules for the given rule_type
 --
--- @param rule_type BLOCK, TRACK, DEBUG, DELAY or RETRY-AFTER
+-- @param rule_type BLOCK, TRACK, TRACE, DEBUG, DELAY or RETRY-AFTER
 --
 function _M:getRulesForType(rule_type)
     local rule_type = string.upper(rule_type)
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ end
 
 ---
 -- Returns an object with only the rules matching the current request variables. It's up to the caller to decide what to do with the result
--- @param rule_type BLOCK, TRACK, DEBUG, DELAY or RETRY-AFTER
+-- @param rule_type BLOCK, TRACK, TRACE, DEBUG, DELAY or RETRY-AFTER
 -- @param separator For instance ";". It's the character separating the values and variables
 -- @param exit_on_first_match Default:true. When true the method exits on the first match.
 -- This is useful for BLOCK, DELAY or RETRY-AFTER behaviours when the first match would alter the request status.
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestVariableManager.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestVariableManager.lua
index 550e70b..68de4c6 100644
--- a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestVariableManager.lua
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/RequestVariableManager.lua
@@ -31,12 +31,16 @@ function _M:getRequestVariable(request_var, cache)
 
     local ctx_var = ngx.ctx[request_var]
     if ctx_var ~= nil then
-        cache[request_var] = ctx_var
+        if cache ~= nil then
+            cache[request_var] = ctx_var
+        end
         return ctx_var
     end
 
     local ngx_var = ngx.var[request_var]
-    cache[request_var] = ngx_var
+    if cache ~= nil then
+        cache[request_var] = ngx_var
+    end
     return ngx_var
 end
 
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/factory.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/factory.lua
index 5b126ba..dc252de 100644
--- a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/factory.lua
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/factory.lua
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ local RequestTrackingManager = require "api-gateway.tracking.RequestTrackingMana
 local RequestVariableManager = require "api-gateway.tracking.RequestVariableManager"
 local BlockingRulesValidator = require "api-gateway.tracking.validator.blockingRulesValidator"
 local DelayingRulesValidator = require "api-gateway.tracking.validator.delayingRulesValidator"
+local TracingRulesLogger     = require "api-gateway.tracking.log.tracingRulesLogger"
 local TrackingRulesLogger    = require "api-gateway.tracking.log.trackingRulesLogger"
 local cjson = require "cjson"
 
@@ -79,8 +80,11 @@ end
 -- This method should be called from the log phase ( log_by_lua )
 --
 local function _trackRequest()
+    local tracingRulesLogger = TracingRulesLogger:new()
+    tracingRulesLogger:log_trace_rules()
+
    local trackingRulesLogger = TrackingRulesLogger:new()
-    return trackingRulesLogger:log()
+   return trackingRulesLogger:log()
 end
 
 return {
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6cedf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+--[[
+  Copyright 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+
+  This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+   is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR RESPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND,
+   either express or implied.  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+  ]]
+
+local cjson = require "cjson"
+local su = require "api-gateway.tracking.util.stringutil"
+
+local _M = {}
+
+function _M:new(o)
+    local o = o or {}
+    setmetatable(o, self)
+    self.__index = self
+    return o
+end
+
+function _M:buildTraceMessage(rule)
+    local data = {}
+
+    data["id"] = tostring(rule.id)
+    data["domain"] = tostring(rule.domain)
+    data["request_body"] = tostring(ngx.var.request_body)
+    data["status"] = tostring(ngx.var.status)
+
+    for key,value in pairs(ngx.header) do
+        data[tostring(key)] = tostring(value)
+    end
+
+    local meta = rule.meta:split(";")
+    local meta_length = table.getn(meta)
+
+    local var_value, index
+    for index = 1, meta_length do
+        local variableManager = ngx.apiGateway.tracking.variableManager
+        local var_name = string.sub(su.trim(meta[index]), 2);
+        var_value = variableManager:getRequestVariable(var_name, nil)
+        data[var_name] = tostring(var_value)
+    end
+
+    return data
+end
+
+---
+-- @param config_obj configuration object
+--
+function _M:log_trace_rules(config_obj)
+    local trackingManager = ngx.apiGateway.tracking.manager
+    if ( trackingManager == nil ) then
+        ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "Please initialize RequestTrackingManager before calling this method")
+    end
+
+    local tracingLogger = ngx.apiGateway.getAsyncLogger("api-gateway-debugging")
+    if ( tracingLogger == nil ) then
+        ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "Could not track request. Tracing logger should not be nil")
+        return
+    end
+
+    -- 1. read the keys in the shared dict and compare them with the current request
+    local stop_at_first_block_match = false
+    local tracing_rules = trackingManager:getMatchingRulesForRequest("trace", ";", stop_at_first_block_match)
+    if (tracing_rules == nil) then
+        return
+    end
+    -- 2. for each tracing rule matching the request publish a tracing message asyncronously
+    for i, rule in pairs(tracing_rules) do
+        if ( rule ~= nil ) then
+            local message = self:buildTraceMessage(rule)
+            if ( message ~= nil ) then
+                local partition_key = ngx.utctime() .."-".. math.random(ngx.now() * 1000)
+                ngx.log(ngx.DEBUG, "Logging tracing info: " .. cjson.encode(message))
+                tracingLogger:logMetrics(partition_key, cjson.encode(message));
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+return _M
+
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/util/stringutil.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/util/stringutil.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8afc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/util/stringutil.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local stringutil = {}
+
+-- http://coronalabs.com/blog/2013/04/16/lua-string-magic/
+function string:split( pattern, results )
+    if not results then
+        results = { }
+    end
+    local start = 1
+    local split_start, split_end = string.find( self, pattern, start )
+    while split_start do
+        table.insert( results, string.sub( self, start, split_start - 1 ) )
+        start = split_end + 1
+        split_start, split_end = string.find( self, pattern, start )
+    end
+    table.insert( results, string.sub( self, start ) )
+    return results
+end
+
+-- http://coronalabs.com/blog/2013/04/16/lua-string-magic/
+local function trim( s )
+    return string.match( s,"^()%s*$") and "" or string.match(s,"^%s*(.*%S)" )
+end
+
+stringutil.trim = trim
+
+return stringutil
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/validator/delayingRulesValidator.lua b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/validator/delayingRulesValidator.lua
index b46b9e9..4e68bde 100644
--- a/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/validator/delayingRulesValidator.lua
+++ b/src/lua/api-gateway/tracking/validator/delayingRulesValidator.lua
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ local function getActualDelay( delaying_rule )
     return math.random( actualDelay / 2, actualDelay  )
 end
 
+---
+-- @param config_obj configuration object
+--
 function _M:validate_delaying_rules(config_obj)
     local trackingManager = ngx.apiGateway.tracking.manager
     if ( trackingManager == nil ) then
diff --git a/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.t b/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cc7199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/tracingRulesLogger.t
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# /*
+#  * Copyright 2016 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+#  *
+#  * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  *
+#  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#  *
+#  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+#  *  is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR RESPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND,
+#  *  either express or implied.  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  *  limitations under the License.
+# */
+# vim:set ft= ts=4 sw=4 et fdm=marker:
+use lib 'lib';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::Nginx::Socket::Lua;
+use Cwd qw(cwd);
+
+#worker_connections(1014);
+#master_process_enabled(1);
+#log_level('warn');
+
+repeat_each(1);
+
+plan tests => repeat_each() * (blocks() * 5) + 1 ;
+
+my $pwd = cwd();
+
+our $HttpConfig = <<_EOC_;
+    # lua_package_path "$pwd/scripts/?.lua;;";
+    lua_package_path "src/lua/?.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/?.lua;;";
+    init_by_lua '
+        local v = require "jit.v"
+        v.on("$Test::Nginx::Util::ErrLogFile")
+        require "resty.core"
+    ';
+     init_worker_by_lua '
+        ngx.apiGateway = ngx.apiGateway or {}
+        ngx.apiGateway.validation = require "api-gateway.validation.factory"
+        ngx.apiGateway.tracking = require "api-gateway.tracking.factory"
+
+        local function get_logger(name)
+            return {
+                logMetrics = function (self, key, value)
+                             ngx.log(ngx.INFO, "Received " .. tostring(value))
+                     end
+            }
+        end
+        ngx.apiGateway.getAsyncLogger = get_logger
+     ';
+    include "$pwd/conf.d/http.d/*.conf";
+    upstream cache_rw_backend {
+    	server 127.0.0.1:6379;
+    }
+    upstream cache_read_only_backend { # Default config for redis health check test
+        server 127.0.0.1:6379;
+    }
+    lua_shared_dict blocking_rules_dict 5m;
+    lua_shared_dict tracking_rules_dict 5m;
+    lua_shared_dict tracing_rules_dict 5m;
+    lua_shared_dict debugging_rules_dict 5m;
+    lua_shared_dict delaying_rules_dict 5m;
+    lua_shared_dict retrying_rules_dict 5m;
+
+    client_body_temp_path /tmp/;
+    proxy_temp_path /tmp/;
+    fastcgi_temp_path /tmp/;
+_EOC_
+
+#no_diff();
+no_long_string();
+run_tests();
+
+__DATA__
+
+
+=== TEST 1: test that we can trace the request
+--- http_config eval: $::HttpConfig
+--- config
+        include ../../api-gateway/default_validators.conf;
+        include ../../api-gateway/tracking_service.conf;
+        set $publisher_org_name 'pub1';
+
+        error_log ../test-logs/tracingRequestValidator_test1_error.log debug;
+
+        location /trace {
+
+            log_by_lua '
+                ngx.apiGateway.tracking.track()
+            ';
+            content_by_lua 'ngx.say("OK")';
+
+        }
+--- timeout: 10
+--- pipelined_requests eval
+['POST /tracking/
+[{
+  "id": 222,
+  "domain" : "pub1",
+  "format": "$publisher_org_name",
+  "expire_at_utc": 1583910454,
+  "action" : "TRACE",
+  "meta" : "$request_uri; $request_method;$publisher_org_name"
+}]
+',
+"GET /trace"
+]
+--- response_body_like eval
+[
+'\{"result":"success"\}.*',
+'OK'
+]
+--- error_code_like eval
+ [200, 200]
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
diff --git a/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/trackingRulesLogger.t b/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/trackingRulesLogger.t
index 5ac6c65..4ee93ed 100644
--- a/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/trackingRulesLogger.t
+++ b/test/perl/api-gateway/tracking/log/trackingRulesLogger.t
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ our $HttpConfig = <<_EOC_;
         ngx.apiGateway.validation = require "api-gateway.validation.factory"
         ngx.apiGateway.tracking = require "api-gateway.tracking.factory"
 
+        local function get_logger(name)
+            return {}
+        end
+        ngx.apiGateway.getAsyncLogger = get_logger
+
         local function loadrequire(module)
             local function requiref(module)
                 require(module)