diff --git a/examples/coraza.cfg b/examples/coraza.cfg
index 5b7fcfb..839f647 100644
--- a/examples/coraza.cfg
+++ b/examples/coraza.cfg
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ spoe-agent coraza-agent
     log         global
 
 spoe-message coraza-req
-    args app=str(sample_app) id=unique-id src-ip=src src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
+    args app=str(sample_app) src-ip=src src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
     event on-frontend-http-request
 
 spoe-message coraza-res
-    args app=str(sample_app) id=unique-id version=res.ver status=status headers=res.hdrs body=res.body
+    args app=str(sample_app) id=var(txn.e2e.id) version=res.ver status=status headers=res.hdrs body=res.body
     event on-http-response
 
 
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.cfg b/examples/haproxy.cfg
index 6564bd8..e28555d 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/examples/haproxy.cfg
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ defaults
 frontend test
     mode http
     bind *:80
-    
-    unique-id-format %[uuid()]
-    unique-id-header X-Unique-ID
+
     filter spoe engine coraza config /etc/haproxy/coraza.cfg
     
     # Currently haproxy cannot use variables to set the code or deny_status, so this needs to be manually configured here
diff --git a/internal/agent.go b/internal/agent.go
index e6952f3..8b308f5 100644
--- a/internal/agent.go
+++ b/internal/agent.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (a *Agent) HandleSPOE(ctx context.Context, writer *encoding.ActionWriter, m
 		messageCorazaResponse = "coraza-res"
 	)
 
-	var messageHandler func(*Application, context.Context, *encoding.Message) error
+	var messageHandler func(*Application, context.Context, *encoding.ActionWriter, *encoding.Message) error
 	switch name := string(message.NameBytes()); name {
 	case messageCorazaRequest:
 		messageHandler = (*Application).HandleRequest
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (a *Agent) HandleSPOE(ctx context.Context, writer *encoding.ActionWriter, m
 		return
 	}
 
-	err := messageHandler(app, ctx, message)
+	err := messageHandler(app, ctx, writer, message)
 	if err == nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/application.go b/internal/application.go
index ceb2ded..b0d76fd 100644
--- a/internal/application.go
+++ b/internal/application.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ type Application struct {
 }
 
 type applicationRequest struct {
-	ID      string
 	SrcIp   netip.Addr
 	SrcPort int64
 	DstIp   netip.Addr
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ type applicationRequest struct {
 	Body    []byte
 }
 
-func (a *Application) HandleRequest(ctx context.Context, message *encoding.Message) error {
+func (a *Application) HandleRequest(ctx context.Context, writer *encoding.ActionWriter, message *encoding.Message) error {
 	k := encoding.AcquireKVEntry()
 	defer encoding.ReleaseKVEntry(k)
 
 	var req applicationRequest
 	for message.KV.Next(k) {
 		switch name := string(k.NameBytes()); name {
-		case "id":
-			req.ID = string(k.ValueBytes())
 		case "src-ip":
 			req.SrcIp = k.ValueAddr()
 		case "src-port":
@@ -98,13 +96,19 @@ func (a *Application) HandleRequest(ctx context.Context, message *encoding.Messa
 		}
 	}
 
-	if req.ID == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("request id is empty")
+	const idLength = 16
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.Grow(idLength)
+	for i := 0; i < idLength; i++ {
+		sb.WriteRune(rune('A' + rand.Intn(26)))
 	}
 
-	tx := a.waf.NewTransactionWithID(req.ID)
+	tx := a.waf.NewTransactionWithID(sb.String())
 	// write transaction as early as possible to prevent cache misses
 	a.cache.SetWithExpiration(tx.ID(), tx, a.TransactionTTLMs*time.Millisecond)
+	if err := writer.SetString(encoding.VarScopeTransaction, "id", tx.ID()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	tx.ProcessConnection(req.SrcIp.String(), int(req.SrcPort), req.DstIp.String(), int(req.DstPort))
 
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ type applicationResponse struct {
 	Body    []byte
 }
 
-func (a *Application) HandleResponse(ctx context.Context, message *encoding.Message) error {
+func (a *Application) HandleResponse(ctx context.Context, writer *encoding.ActionWriter, message *encoding.Message) error {
 	if !a.ResponseCheck {
 		return fmt.Errorf("got response but response check is disabled")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/e2e_test.go b/internal/e2e_test.go
index 46f20dd..1725b91 100644
--- a/internal/e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e_test.go
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ func withCoraza(t *testing.T, f func(*testing.T, testutil.HAProxyConfig, string)
 		EngineAddr:   l.Addr().String(),
 		FrontendPort: fmt.Sprintf("%d", testutil.TCPPort(t)),
 		CustomFrontendConfig: `
-    unique-id-format %[uuid()]
-    unique-id-header X-Unique-ID
-
     # Currently haproxy cannot use variables to set the code or deny_status, so this needs to be manually configured here
     http-request redirect code 302 location %[var(txn.e2e.data)] if { var(txn.e2e.action) -m str redirect }
     http-response redirect code 302 location %[var(txn.e2e.data)] if { var(txn.e2e.action) -m str redirect }
@@ -113,11 +110,11 @@ spoe-agent e2e
     log         global
 
 spoe-message coraza-req
-    args app=str(default) id=unique-id src-ip=src src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
+    args app=str(default) src-ip=src src-port=src_port dst-ip=dst dst-port=dst_port method=method path=path query=query version=req.ver headers=req.hdrs body=req.body
     event on-frontend-http-request
 
 spoe-message coraza-res
-    args app=str(default) id=unique-id version=res.ver status=status headers=res.hdrs body=res.body
+    args app=str(default) id=var(txn.e2e.id) version=res.ver status=status headers=res.hdrs body=res.body
     event on-http-response
 `,
 		BackendConfig: fmt.Sprintf(`