diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index c6b4b4e6e4f3..9afbaf2e5871 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ Setting environmental variable ELASTIC_NETINFO:false in Elastic Agent pod will d
 - Update CEL extensions library to v1.7.0. {pull}37172[37172]
 - Add support for complete URL replacement in HTTPJSON chain steps. {pull}37486[37486]
 - Add support for user-defined query selection in EntraID entity analytics provider. {pull}37653[37653]
+- Add request trace logging for chained API requests. {issue}37551[36551] {pull}37682[37682]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
index 928c056d2d39..17877b607013 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ func run(ctx v2.Context, cfg config, pub inputcursor.Publisher, crsr *inputcurso
 	if cfg.Request.Tracer != nil {
 		id := sanitizeFileName(ctx.ID)
 		cfg.Request.Tracer.Filename = strings.ReplaceAll(cfg.Request.Tracer.Filename, "*", id)
+
+		// Propagate tracer behaviour to all chain children.
+		for i, c := range cfg.Chain {
+			if c.Step != nil { // Request is validated as required.
+				cfg.Chain[i].Step.Request.Tracer = cfg.Request.Tracer
+			}
+			if c.While != nil { // Request is validated as required.
+				cfg.Chain[i].While.Request.Tracer = cfg.Request.Tracer
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	metrics := newInputMetrics(reg)