diff --git a/middleware/adminsection_test.go b/middleware/adminsection_test.go
index 0604a163..703c9362 100644
--- a/middleware/adminsection_test.go
+++ b/middleware/adminsection_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/application/dependency"
 	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/ent"
 	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/inventory"
 	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/inventory/types"
 	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/pkg/boolset"
+	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/cloudreve/Cloudreve/v4/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ func newAdminRequest(t *testing.T, permissions *boolset.BooleanSet) *gin.Context
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c := gin.CreateTestContextOnly(w, testEngine)
 	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/v4/admin/summary", nil)
+	dep := dependency.NewDependency(
+		dependency.WithLogger(logging.NewConsoleLogger(logging.LevelDebug)),
+	)
+	c.Request = c.Request.WithContext(context.WithValue(c.Request.Context(), dependency.DepCtx{}, dep))
 	u := &ent.User{
 		ID: 2,
 		Edges: ent.UserEdges{
diff --git a/middleware/auth.go b/middleware/auth.go
index 941da161..135f115d 100644
--- a/middleware/auth.go
+++ b/middleware/auth.go
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ func IsAdminOrDelegated() gin.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // AdminSection requires the full admin permission or at least one of the
-// given delegated admin section permissions.
+// given delegated admin section permissions. Delegated-admin passes are
+// audit-logged since they exercise elevated permissions without full admin.
 func AdminSection(sections ...types.GroupPermission) gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c *gin.Context) {
 		user := inventory.UserFromContext(c)
@@ -381,6 +382,11 @@ func AdminSection(sections ...types.GroupPermission) gin.HandlerFunc {
 				c.Abort()
 				return
 			}
+
+			dependency.FromContext(c).Logger().Info(
+				"Delegated admin %q (uid=%d) accessed %s %s",
+				user.Email, user.ID, c.Request.Method, c.FullPath(),
+			)
 		}
 
 		c.Next()