diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/debugLogger.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/debugLogger.ts
index 69480586854c7..bda373e0efca0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/debugLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/debugLogger.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const debugLoggerColorMap = {
   'channel': 33, // blue
   'server': 45, // cyan
   'server:channel': 34, // green
+  'server:metadata': 33, // blue
 };
 export type LogName = keyof typeof debugLoggerColorMap;
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/remote/playwrightConnection.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/remote/playwrightConnection.ts
index 7da1eefee2ba6..c6898f7148ea6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/remote/playwrightConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/remote/playwrightConnection.ts
@@ -76,15 +76,20 @@ export class PlaywrightConnection {
         const messageString = JSON.stringify(message);
         if (debugLogger.isEnabled('server:channel'))
           debugLogger.log('server:channel', `[${this._id}] ${monotonicTime() * 1000} SEND ► ${messageString}`);
+        if (debugLogger.isEnabled('server:metadata'))
+          this.logServerMetadata(message, messageString, 'SEND');
         ws.send(messageString);
       }
     };
     ws.on('message', async (message: string) => {
       await lock;
       const messageString = Buffer.from(message).toString();
+      const jsonMessage = JSON.parse(messageString);
       if (debugLogger.isEnabled('server:channel'))
         debugLogger.log('server:channel', `[${this._id}] ${monotonicTime() * 1000} ◀ RECV ${messageString}`);
-      this._dispatcherConnection.dispatch(JSON.parse(messageString));
+      if (debugLogger.isEnabled('server:metadata'))
+        this.logServerMetadata(jsonMessage, messageString, 'RECV');
+      this._dispatcherConnection.dispatch(jsonMessage);
     });
 
     ws.on('close', () => this._onDisconnect());
@@ -245,6 +250,17 @@ export class PlaywrightConnection {
     debugLogger.log('server', `[${this._id}] finished cleanup`);
   }
 
+  private logServerMetadata(message: object, messageString: string, direction: 'SEND' | 'RECV') {
+    const serverLogMetadata = {
+      wallTime: Date.now(),
+      id: (message as any).id,
+      guid: (message as any).guid,
+      method: (message as any).method,
+      payloadSizeInBytes: Buffer.byteLength(messageString, 'utf-8')
+    };
+    debugLogger.log('server:metadata', (direction === 'SEND' ? 'SEND ► ' : '◀ RECV ') + JSON.stringify(serverLogMetadata));
+  }
+
   async close(reason?: { code: number, reason: string }) {
     if (this._disconnected)
       return;