diff --git a/app/(dashboard)/settings/SettingsClient.tsx b/app/(dashboard)/settings/SettingsClient.tsx
index f6ea59ef..dc22a172 100644
--- a/app/(dashboard)/settings/SettingsClient.tsx
+++ b/app/(dashboard)/settings/SettingsClient.tsx
@@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ export default function SettingsClient({
               </Collapse>
             </Box>
             <Alert severity="info" sx={{ fontSize: "0.8rem" }}>
-              WAF audit events are stored for 90 days and viewable under <strong>WAF Events</strong> in the sidebar.
-              Set mode to <em>Detection Only</em> first to observe traffic before enabling blocking.
+              WAF events (blocked requests) are stored for 90 days and viewable under <strong>WAF Events</strong> in the sidebar.
+              Events only appear when the engine is set to <em>On (Blocking)</em> — Detection Only mode matches rules without blocking and produces no events here.
             </Alert>
             <Box sx={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "flex-end" }}>
               <Button type="submit" variant="contained">
diff --git a/app/(dashboard)/waf-events/WafEventsClient.tsx b/app/(dashboard)/waf-events/WafEventsClient.tsx
index f3b81a96..cb9ac8e1 100644
--- a/app/(dashboard)/waf-events/WafEventsClient.tsx
+++ b/app/(dashboard)/waf-events/WafEventsClient.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ function SeverityChip({ severity }: { severity: string | null }) {
   return <Chip label={upper} size="small" color={color} variant="outlined" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, fontSize: "0.7rem" }} />;
 }
 
+function BlockedChip({ blocked }: { blocked: boolean }) {
+  return blocked
+    ? <Chip label="Blocked" size="small" color="error" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, fontSize: "0.7rem" }} />
+    : <Chip label="Detected" size="small" color="warning" variant="outlined" sx={{ fontWeight: 600, fontSize: "0.7rem" }} />;
+}
+
 function DetailRow({ label, children }: { label: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
     <Box>
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ function WafEventDrawer({
           <Stack spacing={2.5} sx={{ height: "100%", overflow: "auto" }}>
             <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" justifyContent="space-between">
               <Stack direction="row" alignItems="center" spacing={1}>
+                <BlockedChip blocked={event.blocked} />
                 <SeverityChip severity={event.severity} />
                 <Typography variant="h6" fontWeight={600}>WAF Event</Typography>
               </Stack>
@@ -367,6 +374,10 @@ export default function WafEventsClient({ events, pagination, initialSearch, glo
         </Typography>
       ),
     },
+    {
+      id: "blocked", label: "Action", width: 90,
+      render: (r: WafEvent) => <BlockedChip blocked={r.blocked} />,
+    },
     {
       id: "severity", label: "Severity", width: 100,
       render: (r: WafEvent) => <SeverityChip severity={r.severity} />,
@@ -458,7 +469,7 @@ export default function WafEventsClient({ events, pagination, initialSearch, glo
             columns={columns}
             data={events}
             keyField="id"
-            emptyMessage="No WAF events found. Enable the WAF in Settings and send some traffic to see events here."
+            emptyMessage="No WAF events found. Enable the WAF in Settings and send some traffic — blocked requests appear when the engine is On, detected-only events appear in Detection Only mode."
             pagination={pagination}
             onRowClick={setSelected}
           />
diff --git a/drizzle/0014_waf_blocked.sql b/drizzle/0014_waf_blocked.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b4afbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drizzle/0014_waf_blocked.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- Add blocked column to waf_events.
+-- Existing rows are backfilled as blocked=1 (they were all captured via is_interrupted=true).
+ALTER TABLE `waf_events` ADD COLUMN `blocked` integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 1;
diff --git a/src/lib/caddy.ts b/src/lib/caddy.ts
index 27fbfb3d..cb5667aa 100644
--- a/src/lib/caddy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/caddy.ts
@@ -845,10 +845,21 @@ function buildWafHandler(waf: WafSettings): Record<string, unknown> {
     ] : []),
     ...(waf.excluded_rule_ids?.length ? [`SecRuleRemoveById ${waf.excluded_rule_ids.join(' ')}`] : []),
     `SecRuleEngine ${waf.mode}`,
+    // In DetectionOnly mode, coraza-caddy has a bug where it still blocks requests if the anomaly
+    // score exceeds the threshold (is_interrupted becomes true). Work around this by setting the
+    // inbound/outbound anomaly score thresholds to an unreachable value so rule 949110/980130
+    // never fires and no request is ever interrupted in DetectionOnly mode.
+    ...(waf.mode === 'DetectionOnly' ? [
+      'SecAction "id:9998001,phase:1,nolog,pass,t:none,setvar:tx.inbound_anomaly_score_threshold=9999999,setvar:tx.outbound_anomaly_score_threshold=9999999"',
+    ] : []),
+    // Log all transactions so DetectionOnly hits are captured and shown in WAF Events.
+    // Body parts are excluded (see SecAuditLogParts below) so large uploads don't bloat the log.
     'SecAuditEngine On',
     'SecAuditLog /logs/waf-audit.log',
     'SecAuditLogFormat JSON',
-    'SecAuditLogParts ABIJDEFHZ',
+    // Omit request/response bodies (parts I, J, E) and intermediate response headers (D)
+    // to prevent logging multi-MB payloads. Headers (B, F) and rule match trailer (H) are kept.
+    'SecAuditLogParts ABFHZ',
     'SecResponseBodyAccess Off',
   ];
 
diff --git a/src/lib/db/schema.ts b/src/lib/db/schema.ts
index 1a381980..c39ee7f5 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/schema.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/schema.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export const wafEvents = sqliteTable(
     ruleMessage: text('rule_message'),
     severity: text('severity'),
     rawData: text('raw_data'),
+    blocked: integer('blocked', { mode: 'boolean' }).notNull().default(true),
   },
   (table) => ({
     tsIdx: index('idx_waf_events_ts').on(table.ts),
diff --git a/src/lib/models/waf-events.ts b/src/lib/models/waf-events.ts
index 9b8a4664..3f88617d 100644
--- a/src/lib/models/waf-events.ts
+++ b/src/lib/models/waf-events.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export type WafEvent = {
   ruleMessage: string | null;
   severity: string | null;
   rawData: string | null;
+  blocked: boolean;
 };
 
 function buildSearch(search?: string) {
@@ -135,5 +136,6 @@ export async function listWafEvents(limit = 50, offset = 0, search?: string): Pr
     ruleMessage: r.ruleMessage ?? null,
     severity: r.severity ?? null,
     rawData: r.rawData ?? null,
+    blocked: r.blocked ?? true,
   }));
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/waf-log-parser.ts b/src/lib/waf-log-parser.ts
index 38ea333b..65cd1c7a 100644
--- a/src/lib/waf-log-parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waf-log-parser.ts
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ function parseLine(line: string, ruleMap: Map<string, RuleInfo>): typeof wafEven
   const clientIp = tx.client_ip ?? '';
   if (!clientIp) return null;
 
-  // Only store events where the WAF actually interrupted (blocked/detected) the request.
-  // Coraza does not write matched rules to the audit log messages array (known bug),
-  // so we use is_interrupted as the primary filter.
-  if (!tx.is_interrupted) return null;
-
   const req = tx.request ?? {};
 
   // unix_timestamp is nanoseconds; fall back to parsing timestamp string
@@ -168,6 +163,12 @@ function parseLine(line: string, ruleMap: Map<string, RuleInfo>): typeof wafEven
   // Look up rule info from the WAF rules log via the transaction unique_id
   const ruleInfo = tx.id ? ruleMap.get(tx.id) : undefined;
 
+  const blocked = tx.is_interrupted ?? false;
+
+  // Only store events where a specific rule matched or the request was blocked.
+  // Audit log entries without any rule match are clean requests and can be discarded.
+  if (!blocked && !ruleInfo) return null;
+
   return {
     ts,
     host,
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ function parseLine(line: string, ruleMap: Map<string, RuleInfo>): typeof wafEven
     ruleMessage: ruleInfo?.ruleMessage ?? null,
     severity: ruleInfo?.severity ?? null,
     rawData: line,
+    blocked,
   };
 }