diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index a47d3f7f5789..1abf0484ba5f 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ _Released 12/5/2023 (PENDING)_
 **Bugfixes:**
 
 - Fixed an issue where pages or downloads opened in a new tab were missing basic auth headers. Fixes [#28350](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28350).
+- Fixed an issue where request logging would default the `message` to the `args` of the currently running command even though those `args` would not apply to the request log and are not displayed. If the `args` are sufficiently large (e.g. when running the `cy.task` from the [code-coverage](https://github.com/cypress-io/code-coverage/) plugin) there could be performance/memory implications. Addressed in [#28411](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/28411).
 
 ## 13.6.0
 
diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/cypress/proxy-logging.cy.ts b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/cypress/proxy-logging.cy.ts
index 21f3bfe12c49..8bfd6367e565 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/cypress/proxy-logging.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/cypress/proxy-logging.cy.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,27 @@ describe('Proxy Logging', () => {
       img.src = `/fixtures/media/cypress.png?${Date.now()}`
     })
 
+    it('does not inherit the message of the currently running command', () => {
+      const logs: any[] = []
+
+      cy.on('log:added', (log) => {
+        if (log.name !== 'request') return
+
+        logs.push(log)
+      })
+
+      // delay the fetch call by 100ms to ensure it gets
+      // triggered during the cy.wait() below
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        fetch('/some-url')
+      }, 100)
+
+      cy.wait(200).then(() => {
+        expect(logs).to.have.length(1)
+        expect(logs[0].message).to.eq('')
+      })
+    })
+
     context('with cy.intercept()', () => {
       it('shows non-xhr/fetch log if intercepted', (done) => {
         const src = `/fixtures/media/cypress.png?${Date.now()}`
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/proxy-logging.ts b/packages/driver/src/cypress/proxy-logging.ts
index 4536f2ba4005..1f71a718debb 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/proxy-logging.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/proxy-logging.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function getRequestLogConfig (req: Omit<ProxyRequest, 'log'>): Partial<Cypress.I
     url: req.preRequest.url,
     method: req.preRequest.method,
     timeout: 0,
+    message: '', // set to empty string so that we don't inherit the default message
     consoleProps: () => req.consoleProps,
     renderProps: () => {
       function getIndicator (): 'aborted' | 'pending' | 'successful' | 'bad' {