diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.InboundAPI/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddleware.cs b/src/ScadaLink.InboundAPI/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddleware.cs
index db83c85..f6d3e13 100644
--- a/src/ScadaLink.InboundAPI/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.InboundAPI/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddleware.cs
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ namespace ScadaLink.InboundAPI.Middleware;
 /// <para>
 /// <b>Body capture.</b> The request body is buffered via
 /// <see cref="HttpRequestRewindExtensions.EnableBuffering(HttpRequest)"/> then
-/// rewound so the downstream endpoint handler still sees the full payload.
-/// Response body capture is deferred to M5 — wrapping <c>Response.Body</c>
-/// requires a memory-stream swap that interacts awkwardly with Minimal API's
-/// <c>Results.Json</c>/<c>Results.Text</c> writers; the M4 deliverable emits
-/// the audit row with <see cref="AuditEvent.ResponseSummary"/> left null.
+/// rewound so the downstream endpoint handler still sees the full payload. The
+/// response body is captured by swapping <see cref="HttpResponse.Body"/> for a
+/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/> before the pipeline runs; after the pipeline
+/// returns, the buffered bytes are copied to the original stream (transparent
+/// to the real client) and read into <see cref="AuditEvent.ResponseSummary"/>.
+/// Truncation to the configured inbound ceiling happens in
+/// <see cref="ScadaLink.AuditLog.Payload.DefaultAuditPayloadFilter"/>; the
+/// middleware itself stores the full buffered content.
 /// </para>
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
@@ -108,6 +111,16 @@ public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
         ctx.Request.EnableBuffering();
         var requestBody = await ReadBufferedRequestBodyAsync(ctx.Request).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+        // Response body — swap in a MemoryStream so the pipeline writes are
+        // captured. The original Response.Body is restored in the finally block,
+        // and the captured bytes are copied back to it so the real client still
+        // receives every byte (transparent wrap). The captured string is then
+        // available for the audit row.
+        var originalResponseBody = ctx.Response.Body;
+        using var responseBuffer = new MemoryStream();
+        ctx.Response.Body = responseBuffer;
+
+        string? responseBody = null;
         Exception? thrown = null;
         try
         {
@@ -123,7 +136,15 @@ public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
         finally
         {
             sw.Stop();
-            EmitInboundAudit(ctx, sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, thrown, requestBody);
+
+            // Whatever the handler managed to write — full success, partial
+            // success before throwing, or nothing at all — copy back to the
+            // original stream and read for audit.
+            responseBody = await DrainResponseBufferAsync(responseBuffer, originalResponseBody)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            ctx.Response.Body = originalResponseBody;
+
+            EmitInboundAudit(ctx, sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, thrown, requestBody, responseBody);
         }
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +157,8 @@ public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
         HttpContext ctx,
         long durationMs,
         Exception? thrown,
-        string? requestBody)
+        string? requestBody,
+        string? responseBody)
     {
         try
         {
@@ -187,8 +209,7 @@ public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
                 DurationMs = (int)Math.Min(durationMs, int.MaxValue),
                 ErrorMessage = thrown?.Message,
                 RequestSummary = requestBody,
-                // Response body capture is deferred to M5 (see XML doc above).
-                ResponseSummary = null,
+                ResponseSummary = responseBody,
                 PayloadTruncated = false,
                 Extra = extra,
                 // Central direct-write — no site-local forwarding state.
@@ -245,6 +266,47 @@ public sealed class AuditWriteMiddleware
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the bytes buffered in <paramref name="buffer"/> to
+    /// <paramref name="originalBody"/> (so the real client still receives them)
+    /// and returns a UTF-8 string copy for <see cref="AuditEvent.ResponseSummary"/>.
+    /// Returns null when no bytes were written, mirroring the
+    /// <see cref="ReadBufferedRequestBodyAsync"/> empty-body contract.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task<string?> DrainResponseBufferAsync(
+        MemoryStream buffer,
+        Stream originalBody)
+    {
+        if (buffer.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        buffer.Position = 0;
+        // Copy first so the client never misses bytes even if the read for audit
+        // throws somehow (defensive — MemoryStream.CopyToAsync to a sink shouldn't
+        // throw on its own, but the original body may).
+        try
+        {
+            await buffer.CopyToAsync(originalBody).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Best-effort: a sink that refuses our copy is the sink's problem;
+            // the audit still records what the handler produced. Do NOT rethrow.
+        }
+
+        buffer.Position = 0;
+        using var reader = new StreamReader(
+            buffer,
+            Encoding.UTF8,
+            detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks: false,
+            bufferSize: 1024,
+            leaveOpen: true);
+        var content = await reader.ReadToEndAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(content) ? null : content;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Audit Log #23 (ParentExecutionId): reads the inbound request's per-request
     /// <c>ExecutionId</c> that <see cref="InvokeAsync"/> minted and stashed on
diff --git a/tests/ScadaLink.InboundAPI.Tests/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddlewareTests.cs b/tests/ScadaLink.InboundAPI.Tests/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddlewareTests.cs
index a28a6f6..a81a607 100644
--- a/tests/ScadaLink.InboundAPI.Tests/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ScadaLink.InboundAPI.Tests/Middleware/AuditWriteMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -487,4 +487,98 @@ public class AuditWriteMiddlewareTests
         Assert.NotNull(evt.DurationMs);
         Assert.True(evt.DurationMs >= 0);
     }
+
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Response body capture — Audit Log #23 (inbound full-response feature).
+    // Until the M5-deferred work landed, ResponseSummary was always null.
+    // These tests pin the new contract: the middleware wraps Response.Body,
+    // runs the pipeline, copies the buffered bytes back to the real stream,
+    // and stashes a UTF-8 string copy on ResponseSummary.
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ResponseBody_IsCaptured_OnResponseSummary()
+    {
+        var writer = new RecordingAuditWriter();
+        var ctx = BuildContext();
+        var responseJson = "{\"result\":42}";
+        var mw = CreateMiddleware(async hc =>
+        {
+            hc.Response.StatusCode = 200;
+            hc.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+            await hc.Response.WriteAsync(responseJson);
+        }, writer);
+
+        await mw.InvokeAsync(ctx);
+
+        var evt = Assert.Single(writer.Events);
+        Assert.Equal(responseJson, evt.ResponseSummary);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ResponseBody_IsForwardedToOriginalStream_DownstreamReadersSeeIt()
+    {
+        // Wrapping the response body must be TRANSPARENT — the real client
+        // stream still receives every byte the pipeline wrote.
+        var writer = new RecordingAuditWriter();
+        var ctx = BuildContext();
+        var captured = new MemoryStream();
+        ctx.Response.Body = captured;            // simulate the client/test sink
+
+        var responseJson = "{\"ok\":true}";
+        var mw = CreateMiddleware(async hc =>
+        {
+            hc.Response.StatusCode = 200;
+            await hc.Response.WriteAsync(responseJson);
+        }, writer);
+
+        await mw.InvokeAsync(ctx);
+
+        Assert.Equal(responseJson, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(captured.ToArray()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ResponseBody_Empty_LeavesResponseSummaryNull()
+    {
+        // No bytes written => null, not empty-string. Mirrors the request-body
+        // contract in ReadBufferedRequestBodyAsync.
+        var writer = new RecordingAuditWriter();
+        var ctx = BuildContext();
+        var mw = CreateMiddleware(hc =>
+        {
+            hc.Response.StatusCode = 204;
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }, writer);
+
+        await mw.InvokeAsync(ctx);
+
+        var evt = Assert.Single(writer.Events);
+        Assert.Null(evt.ResponseSummary);
+        Assert.Equal(204, evt.HttpStatus);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ResponseBody_OnHandlerThrow_BodyCapturedUpToTheThrow()
+    {
+        // If the handler writes some bytes then throws, the audit row still
+        // surfaces whatever the framework had flushed. The middleware re-throws
+        // (audit is best-effort, the request's error path stays authoritative).
+        var writer = new RecordingAuditWriter();
+        var ctx = BuildContext();
+        var boom = new InvalidOperationException("kaboom");
+        var mw = CreateMiddleware(async hc =>
+        {
+            hc.Response.StatusCode = 500;
+            await hc.Response.WriteAsync("partial");
+            throw boom;
+        }, writer);
+
+        var thrown = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+            () => mw.InvokeAsync(ctx));
+        Assert.Same(boom, thrown);
+
+        var evt = Assert.Single(writer.Events);
+        Assert.Equal(AuditStatus.Failed, evt.Status);
+        Assert.Equal("partial", evt.ResponseSummary);
+    }
 }