diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisher.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisher.scala
index a6c6aa664b..4dc47c4b37 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisher.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisher.scala
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
 
 object PersistentFlow {
   /**
-   * Starts a new [[Persistent]] message flow from the given processor,
+   * Starts a new [[akka.persistence.Persistent]] message flow from the given processor,
    * identified by `processorId`. Elements are pulled from the processor's
-   * journal (using a [[View]]) in accordance with the demand coming from
+   * journal (using a [[akka.persistence.View]]) in accordance with the demand coming from
    * the downstream transformation steps.
    *
    * Elements pulled from the processor's journal are buffered in memory so that
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ object PersistentFlow {
     fromProcessor(processorId, PersistentPublisherSettings())
 
   /**
-   * Starts a new [[Persistent]] message flow from the given processor,
+   * Starts a new [[akka.persistence.Persistent]] message flow from the given processor,
    * identified by `processorId`. Elements are pulled from the processor's
-   * journal (using a [[View]]) in accordance with the demand coming from
+   * journal (using a [[akka.persistence.View]]) in accordance with the demand coming from
    * the downstream transformation steps.
    *
    * Elements pulled from the processor's journal are buffered in memory so that
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ object PersistentFlow {
    * Reads from the journal are done in (coarse-grained) batches of configurable
    * size (which correspond to the configurable maximum buffer size).
    *
-   * @see [[PersistentPublisherSettings]]
+   * @see [[akka.persistence.PersistentPublisherSettings]]
    */
   def fromProcessor(processorId: String, publisherSettings: PersistentPublisherSettings): Flow[Persistent] =
     FlowImpl(PersistentPublisherNode(processorId, publisherSettings), Nil)
 }
 
 /**
- * Configuration object for a [[Persistent]] stream publisher.
+ * Configuration object for a [[akka.persistence.Persistent]] stream publisher.
  *
  * @param fromSequenceNr Sequence number where the published stream shall start (inclusive).
  *                       Default is `1L`.
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Implicits.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Implicits.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..555dd96a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Implicits.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.stream.extra
+
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Duct
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
+
+/**
+ * Additional [[Flow]] and [[Duct]] operators.
+ */
+object Implicits {
+
+  /**
+   * Implicit enrichment for stream logging.
+   *
+   * @see [[Log]]
+   */
+  implicit class LogFlowDsl[T](val flow: Flow[T]) extends AnyVal {
+    def log(): Flow[T] = flow.transform(Log())
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implicit enrichment for stream logging.
+   *
+   * @see [[Log]]
+   */
+  implicit class LogDuctDsl[In, Out](val duct: Duct[In, Out]) extends AnyVal {
+    def log(): Duct[In, Out] = duct.transform(Log())
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Log.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Log.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec660fb664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/extra/Log.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.stream.extra
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Transformer
+import akka.stream.impl.ActorBasedFlowMaterializer
+import akka.actor.ActorContext
+import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
+import akka.event.Logging
+
+/**
+ * Scala API: Mix in TransformerLogging into your [[akka.stream.scaladsl.Transformer]]
+ * to obtain a reference to a logger, which is available under the name [[#log]].
+ */
+trait TransformerLogging { this: Transformer[_, _] ⇒
+
+  private def context = ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.currentActorContext()
+
+  private var _log: LoggingAdapter = _
+
+  def log: LoggingAdapter = {
+    // only used in Actor, i.e. thread safe
+    if (_log eq null)
+      _log = Logging(context.system, context.self)
+    _log
+  }
+}
+
+object Log {
+  def apply[T](): Log[T] = new Log[T]
+  def apply[T](name: String): Log[T] = new Log[T](name)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Logs the elements, error and completion of a a flow.
+ *
+ * By default it logs `onNext` and `onComplete` at info log
+ * level, and `onError` at error log level. Subclass may customize
+ * the logging by overriding [[#logOnNext]], [[#logOnComplete]] and
+ * [[#logOnError]].
+ *
+ * The `logSource` of the [[akka.event.Logging.LogEvent]] is the path of
+ * the actor processing this step in the flow. It contains the
+ * flow name and the [[#name]] of this `Transformer`. The
+ * name can be customized with the [[#name]] constructor parameter.
+ *
+ * The [[akka.event.LoggingAdapter]] is accessible
+ * under the name `log`.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ * {{{
+ * Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(new Log[Int](name = "mylog") {
+ *     override def logOnNext(i: Int): Unit =
+ *       log.debug("Got element {}", i)
+ *   }).
+ *   consume(materializer)
+ * }}}
+ *
+ * Or with the implicit enrichment:
+ * {{{
+ * import akka.stream.extra.Implicits._
+ * Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).log().consume(materializer)
+ * }}}
+ *
+ */
+class Log[T](override val name: String = "log") extends Transformer[T, T] with TransformerLogging {
+
+  final def onNext(element: T): immutable.Seq[T] = {
+    logOnNext(element)
+    List(element)
+  }
+
+  def logOnNext(element: T): Unit = {
+    log.info("OnNext: [{}]", element)
+  }
+
+  final override def onComplete(): immutable.Seq[T] = {
+    logOnComplete()
+    Nil
+  }
+
+  def logOnComplete(): Unit = {
+    log.info("OnComplete")
+  }
+
+  final override def onError(cause: Throwable): Unit = logOnError(cause)
+
+  def logOnError(cause: Throwable): Unit = {
+    log.error(cause, "OnError")
+  }
+
+  final override def isComplete: Boolean = false
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
index c94d09d2c3..c49014a328 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.scala
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ private[akka] class ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(
     case x    ⇒ x
   }
 
+  def withNamePrefix(name: String): FlowMaterializer =
+    new ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(settings, _context, name)
+
   private def system: ActorSystem = _context match {
     case s: ExtendedActorSystem ⇒ s
     case c: ActorContext        ⇒ c.system
@@ -151,9 +154,6 @@ private[akka] class ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(
 
   private def nextFlowNameCount(): Long = FlowNameCounter(system).counter.incrementAndGet()
 
-  def withNamePrefix(name: String): FlowMaterializer =
-    new ActorBasedFlowMaterializer(settings, _context, name)
-
   private def createFlowName(): String = s"$namePrefix-${nextFlowNameCount()}"
 
   @tailrec private def processorChain(topConsumer: Consumer[_], ops: immutable.Seq[AstNode],
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorConsumer.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorConsumer.scala
index 466568a8ca..cbbb12c418 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorConsumer.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/ActorConsumer.scala
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ private[akka] abstract class AbstractActorConsumer(val settings: MaterializerSet
       requestMore()
       context.become(active)
     case OnError(cause) ⇒
-      onError(cause)
+      withCtx(context)(onError(cause))
     case OnComplete ⇒
-      onComplete()
+      withCtx(context)(onComplete())
   }
 
   private var subscription: Option[Subscription] = None
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ private[akka] class TransformActorConsumer(_settings: MaterializerSettings, tran
 
   override def onError(cause: Throwable): Unit = {
     log.error(cause, "terminating due to onError")
+    transformer.onError(cause)
     shutdown()
   }
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ private[akka] class RecoverActorConsumer(_settings: MaterializerSettings, recove
   extends TransformActorConsumer(_settings, recoveryTransformer) {
 
   override def onError(cause: Throwable): Unit = {
-    recoveryTransformer.onError(cause)
+    recoveryTransformer.onErrorRecover(cause)
     onComplete()
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
index 0b915b9176..81ab08f56f 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/FlowImpl.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ private[akka] case class FlowImpl[I, O](producerNode: Ast.ProducerNode[I], ops:
     transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[O, Unit] {
       var done = false
       override def onNext(in: O) = { p success in; done = true; Nil }
-      override def onError(e: Throwable) = { p failure e; Nil }
+      override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = { p failure e; Nil }
       override def isComplete = done
       override def onComplete() = { p.tryFailure(new NoSuchElementException("empty stream")); Nil }
     }).consume(materializer)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private[akka] case class FlowImpl[I, O](producerNode: Ast.ProducerNode[I], ops:
     transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[O, Unit] {
       var ok = true
       override def onNext(in: O) = Nil
-      override def onError(e: Throwable) = {
+      override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = {
         callback(Failure(e))
         ok = false
         Nil
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private[akka] case class DuctImpl[In, Out](ops: List[Ast.AstNode]) extends Duct[
     transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[Out, Unit] {
       var ok = true
       override def onNext(in: Out) = Nil
-      override def onError(e: Throwable) = {
+      override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = {
         callback(Failure(e))
         ok = false
         Nil
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
index 59f8b270b7..86526c8120 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/SingleStreamProcessors.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ private[akka] class TransformProcessorImpl(_settings: MaterializerSettings, tran
     s"transformer=$transformer)"
 
   override def softShutdown(): Unit = {
+    shutdownReason foreach transformer.onError
     transformer.cleanup()
     hasCleanupRun = true // for postStop
     super.softShutdown()
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ private[akka] class RecoverProcessorImpl(_settings: MaterializerSettings, recove
     if (emits.isEmpty && error.isDefined && inputDrained) {
       val e = error.get
       error = None
-      emits = recoveryTransformer.onError(e)
+      emits = recoveryTransformer.onErrorRecover(e)
     } else if (emits.isEmpty) {
       isComplete = recoveryTransformer.isComplete
       if (depleted || isComplete) {
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
index 815167dda6..37fe2f98f9 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/Flow.scala
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ trait Flow[+T] {
    * the [[Transformer#onComplete]] function is invoked to produce a (possibly empty)
    * sequence of elements in response to the end-of-stream event.
    *
+   * [[Transformer#onError]] is called when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   *
    * After normal completion or error the [[Transformer#cleanup]] function is called.
    *
    * It is possible to keep state in the concrete [[Transformer]] instance with
@@ -172,11 +174,10 @@ trait Flow[+T] {
   /**
    * This transformation stage works exactly like [[#transform]] with the
    * change that failure signaled from upstream will invoke
-   * [[RecoveryTransformer#onError]], which can emit an additional sequence of
+   * [[RecoveryTransformer#onErrorRecover]], which can emit an additional sequence of
    * elements before the stream ends.
    *
-   * After normal completion or error the [[RecoveryTransformer#cleanup]] function
-   * is called.
+   * [[Transformer#onError]] is not called when failure is signaled from upstream.
    */
   def transformRecover[U](recoveryTransformer: RecoveryTransformer[T, U]): Flow[U]
 
@@ -323,6 +324,11 @@ trait Transformer[-T, +U] {
    */
   def onComplete(): immutable.Seq[U] = Nil
 
+  /**
+   * Invoked when failure is signaled from upstream.
+   */
+  def onError(cause: Throwable): Unit = ()
+
   /**
    * Invoked after normal completion or error.
    */
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ trait RecoveryTransformer[-T, +U] extends Transformer[T, U] {
    * Invoked when failure is signaled from upstream to emit an additional
    * sequence of elements before the stream ends.
    */
-  def onError(cause: Throwable): immutable.Seq[U]
+  def onErrorRecover(cause: Throwable): immutable.Seq[U]
 
   /**
    * Name of this transformation step. Used as part of the actor name.
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
index c3c29f339f..5be4a1d556 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformRecoverSpec.scala
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ object FlowTransformRecoverSpec {
   abstract class TryRecoveryTransformer[T, U] extends RecoveryTransformer[T, U] {
     def onNext(element: Try[T]): immutable.Seq[U]
 
-    def onNext(element: T): immutable.Seq[U] = onNext(Success(element))
-    def onError(cause: Throwable): immutable.Seq[U] = onNext(Failure(cause))
+    override def onNext(element: T): immutable.Seq[U] = onNext(Success(element))
+    override def onErrorRecover(cause: Throwable): immutable.Seq[U] = onNext(Failure(cause))
   }
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             tot += elem
             List(tot)
           }
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             tot += elem
             Vector.fill(elem)(tot)
           }
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             tot += elem
             if (elem % 2 == 0) Nil else List(tot)
           }
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             tot += length
             List(tot)
           }
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val c1 = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
             if (elem == 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
             else List(elem, elem)
           }
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           }.
           transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
             override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem)
-            override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1, -2, -3)
+            override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1, -2, -3)
           }).
           toProducer(materializer)
         val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[Int, Throwable] {
           var s = ""
           override def onNext(element: Int) = List(new IllegalStateException)
-          override def onError(ex: Throwable) = {
+          override def onErrorRecover(ex: Throwable) = {
             s += ex.getMessage
             List(ex)
           }
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       val p2 = Flow(p).
         transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(in: Int) = List(in)
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = throw e
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = throw e
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val proc = p.expectSubscription()
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class FlowTransformRecoverSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       val p2 = Flow(p).
         transformRecover(new RecoveryTransformer[Int, Int] {
           override def onNext(elem: Int) = List(elem, elem)
-          override def onError(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
+          override def onErrorRecover(e: Throwable) = List(-1)
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
index 96e5c3a80f..317fec372d 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/FlowTransformSpec.scala
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
     }
 
     "report error when exception is thrown" in {
+      val errProbe = TestProbe()
       val p = Flow(List(1, 2, 3).iterator).toProducer(materializer)
       val p2 = Flow(p).
         transform(new Transformer[Int, Int] {
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
             if (elem == 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("two not allowed")
             else List(elem, elem)
           }
+          override def onError(cause: Throwable): Unit = errProbe.ref ! cause
         }).
         toProducer(materializer)
       val consumer = StreamTestKit.consumerProbe[Int]
@@ -296,6 +298,7 @@ class FlowTransformSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.d
         consumer.expectError().getMessage should be("two not allowed")
         consumer.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
       }
+      errProbe.expectMsgType[IllegalArgumentException].getMessage should be("two not allowed")
     }
 
     "support cancel as expected" in {
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorHierarchySpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorHierarchySpec.scala
index b89b0a5ff6..254923b466 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorHierarchySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorHierarchySpec.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ProcessorHierarchySpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.actor.debug.lifecycle=off\na
 
   val materializer = FlowMaterializer(MaterializerSettings())
 
-  def self = ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.ctx.get().asInstanceOf[ActorContext].self
+  def self = ActorBasedFlowMaterializer.currentActorContext().self
 
   "An ActorBasedFlowMaterializer" must {
 
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorNamingSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorNamingSpec.scala
index 95fa0c7da3..8ce8a4ff23 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorNamingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/ProcessorNamingSpec.scala
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import scala.collection.immutable.TreeSet
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import akka.stream.impl.ActorBasedFlowMaterializer
-import akka.stream.impl.FlowNameCounter
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Transformer
+import akka.stream.impl.FlowNameCounter
 
 @org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
 class ProcessorNamingSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel=INFO") {
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/extra/LogSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/extra/LogSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..476dae640f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/stream/extra/LogSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.stream.extra
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
+import akka.stream.FlowMaterializer
+import akka.stream.MaterializerSettings
+import akka.stream.impl.ActorBasedFlowMaterializer
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
+import akka.stream.testkit.AkkaSpec
+import akka.testkit.EventFilter
+import akka.stream.impl.FlowNameCounter
+
+object LogSpec {
+  class TestException extends IllegalArgumentException("simulated err") with NoStackTrace
+}
+
+@org.junit.runner.RunWith(classOf[org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner])
+class LogSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel=INFO") {
+  import LogSpec._
+
+  val materializer = FlowMaterializer(MaterializerSettings())
+
+  def flowCount = FlowNameCounter(system).counter.get
+  def nextFlowCount = flowCount + 1
+
+  "Log Transformer" must {
+
+    "log onNext elements" in {
+      EventFilter.info(source = s"akka://LogSpec/user/flow-$nextFlowCount-1-log", pattern = """OnNext: \[[1|2|3]\]""", occurrences = 3) intercept {
+        Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).
+          transform(Log()).
+          consume(materializer)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "log onComplete" in {
+      EventFilter.info(source = s"akka://LogSpec/user/flow-$nextFlowCount-1-log", message = "OnComplete", occurrences = 1) intercept {
+        Flow(Nil).
+          transform(Log()).
+          consume(materializer)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "log onError exception" in {
+      // FIXME the "failure during processing" occurrence comes from ActorProcessImpl#fail, and will probably be removed
+      EventFilter[TestException](source = s"akka://LogSpec/user/flow-$nextFlowCount-2-mylog",
+        pattern = "[OnError: simulated err|failure during processing]", occurrences = 2) intercept {
+          Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).
+            map(i ⇒ if (i == 2) throw new TestException else i).
+            transform(Log(name = "mylog")).
+            consume(materializer)
+        }
+    }
+
+    "have type inference" in {
+      val f1: Flow[Int] = Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(Log[Int])
+      val f2: Flow[Int] = Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(Log())
+      val f3: Flow[String] = Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(Log[Int]).map((i: Int) ⇒ i.toString).transform(Log[String])
+      val f4: Flow[String] = Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(Log()).map((i: Int) ⇒ i.toString).transform(Log())
+      val f5: Flow[String] =
+        Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).transform(new Log[Int](name = "mylog") {
+          override def logOnNext(i: Int): Unit =
+            log.debug("Got element {}", i)
+        }).map((i: Int) ⇒ i.toString)
+    }
+
+    "have nice DSL" in {
+      import akka.stream.extra.Implicits._
+      val f: Flow[String] = Flow(List(1, 2, 3)).log().map((i: Int) ⇒ i.toString).log()
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
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