diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLogger.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLogger.java
index a00dfb0d..42bfe93d 100755
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLogger.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLogger.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging;
 
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -147,6 +148,28 @@ public class QLogger
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public <T extends Throwable> T warnAndThrow(T t, LogPair... logPairs) throws T
+   {
+      warn(t.getMessage(), t, logPairs);
+      throw (t);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public <T extends Throwable> T errorAndThrow(T t, LogPair... logPairs) throws T
+   {
+      error(t.getMessage(), t, logPairs);
+      throw (t);
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -595,7 +618,10 @@ public class QLogger
             {
                user = session.getUser().getIdReference();
             }
-            sessionLogPair = logPair("session", logPair("id", session.getUuid()), logPair("user", user));
+
+            LogPair variantsLogPair = getVariantsLogPair(session);
+
+            sessionLogPair = logPair("session", logPair("id", session.getUuid()), logPair("user", user), variantsLogPair);
          }
 
          try
@@ -615,6 +641,38 @@ public class QLogger
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static LogPair getVariantsLogPair(QSession session)
+   {
+      LogPair variantsLogPair = null;
+      try
+      {
+         if(session.getBackendVariants() != null)
+         {
+            LogPair[] variants = new LogPair[session.getBackendVariants().size()];
+
+            int i = 0;
+            for(Map.Entry<String, Serializable> entry : session.getBackendVariants().entrySet())
+            {
+               variants[i] = new LogPair(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+
+            variantsLogPair = new LogPair("variants", variants);
+         }
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         ////////////////
+         // leave null //
+         ////////////////
+      }
+      return variantsLogPair;
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLoggerTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLoggerTest.java
index 1c28982c..de4b60eb 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLoggerTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/logging/QLoggerTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -67,6 +68,50 @@ class QLoggerTest extends BaseTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testLogAndThrowMethods() throws QException
+   {
+      try
+      {
+         LOG.info("Some info");
+         LOG.warnAndThrow(new QException("Something failed"), new LogPair("something", 1));
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         //////////////
+         // ok, done //
+         //////////////
+      }
+
+      assertThatThrownBy(() ->
+         {
+            try
+            {
+               methodThatThrows();
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+               throw LOG.errorAndThrow(new QException("I caught, now i errorAndThrow", e), new LogPair("iLove", "logPairs"));
+            }
+         }
+      ).isInstanceOf(QException.class).hasMessageContaining("I caught").rootCause().hasMessageContaining("See, I throw");
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private void methodThatThrows() throws QException
+   {
+      throw (new QException("See, I throw"));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/