diff --git a/caddyconfig/httploader.go b/caddyconfig/httploader.go
index e4d81591..80eab446 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httploader.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httploader.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (hl HTTPLoader) LoadConfig(ctx caddy.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	for _, warn := range warnings {
-		ctx.Logger(hl).Warn(warn.String())
+		ctx.Logger().Warn(warn.String())
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (hl HTTPLoader) makeClient(ctx caddy.Context) (*http.Client, error) {
 
 		// client authentication
 		if hl.TLS.UseServerIdentity {
-			certs, err := ctx.IdentityCredentials(ctx.Logger(hl))
+			certs, err := ctx.IdentityCredentials(ctx.Logger())
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting server identity credentials: %v", err)
 			}
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index e850b73d..e55e40ce 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -442,10 +442,27 @@ func (ctx Context) Storage() certmagic.Storage {
 	return ctx.cfg.storage
 }
 
-// TODO: aw man, can I please change this?
-// Logger returns a logger that can be used by mod.
-func (ctx Context) Logger(mod Module) *zap.Logger {
-	// TODO: if mod is nil, use ctx.Module() instead...
+// Logger returns a logger that is intended for use by the most
+// recent module associated with the context. Callers should not
+// pass in any arguments unless they want to associate with a
+// different module; it panics if more than 1 value is passed in.
+//
+// Originally, this method's signature was `Logger(mod Module)`,
+// requiring that an instance of a Caddy module be passsed in.
+// However, that is no longer necessary, as the closest module
+// most recently associated with the context will be automatically
+// assumed. To prevent a sudden breaking change, this method's
+// signature has been changed to be variadic, but we may remove
+// the parameter altogether in the future. Callers should not
+// pass in any argument. If there is valid need to specify a
+// different module, please open an issue to discuss.
+//
+// PARTIALLY DEPRECATED: The Logger(module) form is deprecated and
+// may be removed in the future. Do not pass in any arguments.
+func (ctx Context) Logger(module ...Module) *zap.Logger {
+	if len(module) > 1 {
+		panic("more than 1 module passed in")
+	}
 	if ctx.cfg == nil {
 		// often the case in tests; just use a dev logger
 		l, err := zap.NewDevelopment()
@@ -454,23 +471,13 @@ func (ctx Context) Logger(mod Module) *zap.Logger {
 		}
 		return l
 	}
+	mod := ctx.Module()
+	if len(module) > 0 {
+		mod = module[0]
+	}
 	return ctx.cfg.Logging.Logger(mod)
 }
 
-// TODO: use this
-// // Logger returns a logger that can be used by the current module.
-// func (ctx Context) Log() *zap.Logger {
-// 	if ctx.cfg == nil {
-// 		// often the case in tests; just use a dev logger
-// 		l, err := zap.NewDevelopment()
-// 		if err != nil {
-// 			panic("config missing, unable to create dev logger: " + err.Error())
-// 		}
-// 		return l
-// 	}
-// 	return ctx.cfg.Logging.Logger(ctx.Module())
-// }
-
 // Modules returns the lineage of modules that this context provisioned,
 // with the most recent/current module being last in the list.
 func (ctx Context) Modules() []Module {
diff --git a/modules/caddyevents/app.go b/modules/caddyevents/app.go
index 3ae40e81..db2192ce 100644
--- a/modules/caddyevents/app.go
+++ b/modules/caddyevents/app.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (App) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up the app.
 func (app *App) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	app.logger = ctx.Logger(app)
+	app.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	app.subscriptions = make(map[string]map[caddy.ModuleID][]Handler)
 
 	for _, sub := range app.Subscriptions {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
index 0253521a..290a4083 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/app.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (app *App) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	}
 	app.tlsApp = tlsAppIface.(*caddytls.TLS)
 	app.ctx = ctx
-	app.logger = ctx.Logger(app)
+	app.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	eventsAppIface, err := ctx.App("events")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/caddyauth.go b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/caddyauth.go
index ae30a086..b2bdbc22 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/caddyauth.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/caddyauth.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (Authentication) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up a.
 func (a *Authentication) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	a.logger = ctx.Logger(a)
+	a.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	a.Providers = make(map[string]Authenticator)
 	mods, err := ctx.LoadModule(a, "ProvidersRaw")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/hashes.go b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/hashes.go
index 6505d187..6a651f0d 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/hashes.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyauth/hashes.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (ScryptHash) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 // Provision sets up s.
 func (s *ScryptHash) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	s.SetDefaults()
-	ctx.Logger(s).Warn("use of 'scrypt' is deprecated, please use 'bcrypt' instead")
+	ctx.Logger().Warn("use of 'scrypt' is deprecated, please use 'bcrypt' instead")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/celmatcher.go b/modules/caddyhttp/celmatcher.go
index e7067c32..7f1cc02e 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/celmatcher.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/celmatcher.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (m *MatchExpression) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 // Provision sets ups m.
 func (m *MatchExpression) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	m.log = ctx.Logger(m)
+	m.log = ctx.Logger()
 
 	// replace placeholders with a function call - this is just some
 	// light (and possibly naïve) syntactic sugar
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ type CELLibraryProducer interface {
 // CELMatcherImpl creates a new cel.Library based on the following pieces of
 // data:
 //
-// - macroName: the function name to be used within CEL. This will be a macro
-//   and not a function proper.
-// - funcName: the function overload name generated by the CEL macro used to
-//   represent the matcher.
-// - matcherDataTypes: the argument types to the macro.
-// - fac: a matcherFactory implementation which converts from CEL constant
-//   values to a Matcher instance.
+//   - macroName: the function name to be used within CEL. This will be a macro
+//     and not a function proper.
+//   - funcName: the function overload name generated by the CEL macro used to
+//     represent the matcher.
+//   - matcherDataTypes: the argument types to the macro.
+//   - fac: a matcherFactory implementation which converts from CEL constant
+//     values to a Matcher instance.
 //
 // Note, macro names and function names must not collide with other macros or
 // functions exposed within CEL expressions, or an error will be produced
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
index 87a15243..2989e4b2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/matcher.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func celFileMatcherMacroExpander() parser.MacroExpander {
 
 // Provision sets up m's defaults.
 func (m *MatchFile) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	m.logger = ctx.Logger(m)
+	m.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	// establish the file system to use
 	if len(m.FileSystemRaw) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
index 0639d979..84743388 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/fileserver/staticfiles.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (FileServer) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up the static files responder.
 func (fsrv *FileServer) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	fsrv.logger = ctx.Logger(fsrv)
+	fsrv.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	// establish which file system (possibly a virtual one) we'll be using
 	if len(fsrv.FileSystemRaw) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
index a01f8f98..bca94be8 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ func (MatchRemoteIP) CELLibrary(ctx caddy.Context) (cel.Library, error) {
 
 // Provision parses m's IP ranges, either from IP or CIDR expressions.
 func (m *MatchRemoteIP) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	m.logger = ctx.Logger(m)
+	m.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	for _, str := range m.Ranges {
 		// Exclude the zone_id from the IP
 		if strings.Contains(str, "%") {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/push/handler.go b/modules/caddyhttp/push/handler.go
index 27652ef0..60eadd0c 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/push/handler.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/push/handler.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (Handler) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up h.
 func (h *Handler) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	h.logger = ctx.Logger(h)
+	h.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	if h.Headers != nil {
 		err := h.Headers.Provision(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 6ff6ff4a..ec194e72 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (Transport) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up t.
 func (t *Transport) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	t.logger = ctx.Logger(t)
+	t.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	if t.Root == "" {
 		t.Root = "{http.vars.root}"
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
index e9c7ddd0..ec5d2f23 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (h *HTTPTransport) NewTransport(caddyCtx caddy.Context) (*http.Transport, e
 				TCPConn:      tcpConn,
 				readTimeout:  time.Duration(h.ReadTimeout),
 				writeTimeout: time.Duration(h.WriteTimeout),
-				logger:       caddyCtx.Logger(h),
+				logger:       caddyCtx.Logger(),
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index dc1458d1..4c8b29b1 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	}
 	h.events = eventAppIface.(*caddyevents.App)
 	h.ctx = ctx
-	h.logger = ctx.Logger(h)
+	h.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	h.connections = make(map[io.ReadWriteCloser]openConnection)
 	h.connectionsMu = new(sync.Mutex)
 
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
index b9f85a2c..7a90016d 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (SRVUpstreams) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 }
 
 func (su *SRVUpstreams) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	su.logger = ctx.Logger(su)
+	su.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	if su.Refresh == 0 {
 		su.Refresh = caddy.Duration(time.Minute)
 	}
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func (MultiUpstreams) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 }
 
 func (mu *MultiUpstreams) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	mu.logger = ctx.Logger(mu)
+	mu.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	if mu.SourcesRaw != nil {
 		mod, err := ctx.LoadModule(mu, "SourcesRaw")
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
index 4316b5af..95bc5046 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/rewrite/rewrite.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (Rewrite) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up rewr.
 func (rewr *Rewrite) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	rewr.logger = ctx.Logger(rewr)
+	rewr.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	for i, rep := range rewr.PathRegexp {
 		if rep.Find == "" {
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module.go b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module.go
index 7cce6692..e3eb84d2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/module.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (Tracing) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision implements caddy.Provisioner.
 func (ot *Tracing) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	ot.logger = ctx.Logger(ot)
+	ot.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	var err error
 	ot.otel, err = newOpenTelemetryWrapper(ctx, ot.SpanName)
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ func (ot *Tracing) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyh
 
 // UnmarshalCaddyfile sets up the module from Caddyfile tokens. Syntax:
 //
-//     tracing {
-//         [span <span_name>]
-//     }
-//
+//	tracing {
+//	    [span <span_name>]
+//	}
 func (ot *Tracing) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
 	setParameter := func(d *caddyfile.Dispenser, val *string) error {
 		if d.NextArg() {
diff --git a/modules/caddypki/acmeserver/acmeserver.go b/modules/caddypki/acmeserver/acmeserver.go
index ff021b4f..921d0b87 100644
--- a/modules/caddypki/acmeserver/acmeserver.go
+++ b/modules/caddypki/acmeserver/acmeserver.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (Handler) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up the ACME server handler.
 func (ash *Handler) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	ash.logger = ctx.Logger(ash)
+	ash.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	// set some defaults
 	if ash.CA == "" {
 		ash.CA = caddypki.DefaultCAID
diff --git a/modules/caddypki/adminapi.go b/modules/caddypki/adminapi.go
index b4d26951..f03c6b63 100644
--- a/modules/caddypki/adminapi.go
+++ b/modules/caddypki/adminapi.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (adminAPI) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 // Provision sets up the adminAPI module.
 func (a *adminAPI) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	a.ctx = ctx
-	a.log = ctx.Logger(a)
+	a.log = ctx.Logger(a) // TODO: passing in 'a' is a hack until the admin API is officially extensible (see #5032)
 
 	// First check if the PKI app was configured, because
 	// a.ctx.App() has the side effect of instantiating
diff --git a/modules/caddypki/pki.go b/modules/caddypki/pki.go
index 4fd0bb50..2caeb2b5 100644
--- a/modules/caddypki/pki.go
+++ b/modules/caddypki/pki.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (PKI) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 // Provision sets up the configuration for the PKI app.
 func (p *PKI) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	p.ctx = ctx
-	p.log = ctx.Logger(p)
+	p.log = ctx.Logger()
 
 	for caID, ca := range p.CAs {
 		err := ca.Provision(ctx, caID, p.log)
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/acmeissuer.go b/modules/caddytls/acmeissuer.go
index 2fe4004f..2f752ed0 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/acmeissuer.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/acmeissuer.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (ACMEIssuer) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up iss.
 func (iss *ACMEIssuer) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	iss.logger = ctx.Logger(iss)
+	iss.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	repl := caddy.NewReplacer()
 
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/certmanagers.go b/modules/caddytls/certmanagers.go
index de7abf97..1b701ab2 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/certmanagers.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/certmanagers.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (Tailscale) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 }
 
 func (ts *Tailscale) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	ts.logger = ctx.Logger(ts)
+	ts.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/internalissuer.go b/modules/caddytls/internalissuer.go
index ba6055ed..3dd6c359 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/internalissuer.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/internalissuer.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (InternalIssuer) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up the issuer.
 func (iss *InternalIssuer) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	iss.logger = ctx.Logger(iss)
+	iss.logger = ctx.Logger()
 
 	// set some defaults
 	if iss.CA == "" {
@@ -148,12 +148,11 @@ func (iss InternalIssuer) Issue(ctx context.Context, csr *x509.CertificateReques
 
 // UnmarshalCaddyfile deserializes Caddyfile tokens into iss.
 //
-//     ... internal {
-//         ca       <name>
-//         lifetime <duration>
-//         sign_with_root
-//     }
-//
+//	... internal {
+//	    ca       <name>
+//	    lifetime <duration>
+//	    sign_with_root
+//	}
 func (iss *InternalIssuer) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
 	for d.Next() {
 		for d.NextBlock(0) {
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/matchers.go b/modules/caddytls/matchers.go
index 4a22bc09..f541220f 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/matchers.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/matchers.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (MatchRemoteIP) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision parses m's IP ranges, either from IP or CIDR expressions.
 func (m *MatchRemoteIP) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	m.logger = ctx.Logger(m)
+	m.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	for _, str := range m.Ranges {
 		cidrs, err := m.parseIPRange(str)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/tls.go b/modules/caddytls/tls.go
index 2e532ed9..8051653e 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/tls.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/tls.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (t *TLS) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	}
 	t.events = eventsAppIface.(*caddyevents.App)
 	t.ctx = ctx
-	t.logger = ctx.Logger(t)
+	t.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	repl := caddy.NewReplacer()
 
 	// set up a new certificate cache; this (re)loads all certificates
diff --git a/modules/caddytls/zerosslissuer.go b/modules/caddytls/zerosslissuer.go
index c7ff70fb..02092944 100644
--- a/modules/caddytls/zerosslissuer.go
+++ b/modules/caddytls/zerosslissuer.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (*ZeroSSLIssuer) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 
 // Provision sets up iss.
 func (iss *ZeroSSLIssuer) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	iss.logger = ctx.Logger(iss)
+	iss.logger = ctx.Logger()
 	if iss.ACMEIssuer == nil {
 		iss.ACMEIssuer = new(ACMEIssuer)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/metrics/metrics.go b/modules/metrics/metrics.go
index 1ad392c1..d4ad9779 100644
--- a/modules/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/modules/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (l *zapLogger) Println(v ...any) {
 
 // Provision sets up m.
 func (m *Metrics) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
-	log := ctx.Logger(m)
+	log := ctx.Logger()
 	m.metricsHandler = createMetricsHandler(&zapLogger{log}, !m.DisableOpenMetrics)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ func parseCaddyfile(h httpcaddyfile.Helper) (caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler, error)
 
 // UnmarshalCaddyfile sets up the handler from Caddyfile tokens. Syntax:
 //
-//     metrics [<matcher>] {
-//         disable_openmetrics
-//     }
-//
+//	metrics [<matcher>] {
+//	    disable_openmetrics
+//	}
 func (m *Metrics) UnmarshalCaddyfile(d *caddyfile.Dispenser) error {
 	for d.Next() {
 		args := d.RemainingArgs()