diff --git a/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md b/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
index cd8fcc57791..b5b312e7a26 100644
--- a/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
+++ b/docs/core/event_handler/api_gateway.md
@@ -943,6 +943,50 @@ Here's a sample middleware that extracts and injects correlation ID, using `APIG
     --8<-- "examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_getting_started_output.json"
     ```
 
+#### Accessing the Request object
+
+After route resolution, Event Handler creates a `Request` object with the **resolved** route context. You can access it in two ways:
+
+1. **`app.request`** - available in middleware functions.
+2. **`request: Request` type annotation** - injected automatically into route handlers as a parameter.
+
+`Request` gives you the resolved route context that `app.current_event` doesn't have:
+
+| Property              | Example                                  | Description                                           |
+| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| `route`               | `/todos/{todo_id}`                       | Matched route pattern in OpenAPI path-template format |
+| `path_parameters`     | `{"todo_id": "123"}`                     | Powertools-resolved path parameters                   |
+| `method`              | `GET`                                    | HTTP method (upper-case)                              |
+| `headers`             | `{"content-type": "application/json"}`   | Request headers                                       |
+| `query_parameters`    | `{"page": "1"}`                          | Query string parameters                               |
+| `body`                | `'{"name": "task"}'`                     | Raw request body                                      |
+| `json_body`           | `{"name": "task"}`                       | Deserialized request body                             |
+
+=== "Using `app.request` in middleware"
+
+    ```python hl_lines="10 13-15 21" title="Accessing Request via app.request"
+    --8<-- "examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_object.py"
+    ```
+
+    1. Access the resolved `Request` object from the app instance.
+    2. `request.route` returns the matched route pattern, e.g. `/todos/{todo_id}`.
+    3. `request.path_parameters` returns the Powertools-resolved parameters, e.g. `{"todo_id": "123"}`.
+    4. You can include route metadata in the response headers.
+
+=== "Using `request: Request` in route handlers"
+
+    ```python hl_lines="7 10" title="Accessing Request via type annotation"
+    --8<-- "examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_handler_injection.py"
+    ```
+
+    1. Add `request: Request` as a parameter - Event Handler injects it automatically.
+    2. Access resolved route, path parameters, headers, query parameters, and body.
+
+???+ note "When to use `Request` vs `app.current_event`"
+    Use `Request` for **route-aware** logic like authorization, logging, and metrics - it gives you the matched route pattern and Powertools-resolved path parameters.
+
+    Use `app.current_event` when you need the **raw event** data like request context, stage variables, or authorizer context that is available from the start of the request, before route resolution.
+
 #### Global middlewares
 
 <figure markdown="span">
@@ -1112,7 +1156,7 @@ Keep the following in mind when authoring middlewares for Event Handler:
 2. **Call the next middleware**. Return the result of `next_middleware(app)`, or a [Response object](#fine-grained-responses) when you want to [return early](#returning-early).
 3. **Keep a lean scope**. Focus on a single task per middleware to ease composability and maintenance. In [debug mode](#debug-mode), we also print out the order middlewares will be triggered to ease operations.
 4. **Catch your own exceptions**. Catch and handle known exceptions to your logic. Unless you want to raise [HTTP Errors](#raising-http-errors), or propagate specific exceptions to the client. To catch all and any exceptions, we recommend you use the [exception_handler](#exception-handling) decorator.
-5. **Use context to share data**. Use `app.append_context` to [share contextual data](#sharing-contextual-data) between middlewares and route handlers, and `app.context.get(key)` to fetch them. We clear all contextual data at the end of every request.
+5. **Use context to share data**. Use `app.append_context` to [share contextual data](#sharing-contextual-data) between middlewares and route handlers, and `app.context.get(key)` to fetch them. We clear all contextual data at the end of every request. For route-aware request data, use [`app.request`](#accessing-the-request-object) instead.
 
 ### Fine grained responses
 
diff --git a/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_handler_injection.py b/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_handler_injection.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9304fcb1021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_handler_injection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from aws_lambda_powertools.event_handler import APIGatewayRestResolver, Request
+
+app = APIGatewayRestResolver()
+
+
+@app.get("/todos/<todo_id>")
+def get_todo(todo_id: str, request: Request):  # (1)!
+    return {
+        "id": todo_id,
+        "route": request.route,  # (2)!
+        "user_agent": request.headers.get("user-agent", ""),
+    }
+
+
+def lambda_handler(event, context):
+    return app.resolve(event, context)
diff --git a/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_object.py b/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f58460888d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/event_handler_rest/src/middleware_request_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from aws_lambda_powertools import Logger
+from aws_lambda_powertools.event_handler import APIGatewayRestResolver, Response
+from aws_lambda_powertools.event_handler.middlewares import NextMiddleware
+
+app = APIGatewayRestResolver()
+logger = Logger()
+
+
+def request_context_middleware(app: APIGatewayRestResolver, next_middleware: NextMiddleware) -> Response:
+    request = app.request  # (1)!
+
+    logger.append_keys(
+        route=request.route,  # (2)!
+        method=request.method,
+        path_parameters=request.path_parameters,  # (3)!
+    )
+
+    response = next_middleware(app)
+
+    response.headers["x-route-pattern"] = request.route  # (4)!
+    return response
+
+
+@app.get("/todos/<todo_id>", middlewares=[request_context_middleware])
+def get_todo(todo_id: str):
+    return {"id": todo_id}
+
+
+def lambda_handler(event, context):
+    return app.resolve(event, context)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f8d475fc473..37583604a7e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.2.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ files = [
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     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89"},
 ]
-markers = {main = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"parser\""}
+markers = {main = "extra == \"parser\" or extra == \"all\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ description = "The AWS X-Ray SDK for Python (the SDK) enables Python developers
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 groups = ["main"]
-markers = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"tracer\""
+markers = "extra == \"tracer\" or extra == \"all\""
 files = [
     {file = "aws_xray_sdk-2.15.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:422d62ad7d52e373eebb90b642eb1bb24657afe03b22a8df4a8b2e5108e278a3"},
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@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ description = "Fastest Python implementation of JSON schema"
 optional = true
 python-versions = "*"
 groups = ["main"]
-markers = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"validation\""
+markers = "extra == \"validation\" or extra == \"all\""
 files = [
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@@ -1912,7 +1912,6 @@ python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["dev"]
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-    {file = "griffe-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c68979cd8395422083a51ea7cf02f9c119d889646d99b7b656ee43725de1b80f"},
 ]
 
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@@ -1931,7 +1930,6 @@ python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
     {file = "griffecli-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9f7cd9ee9b21d55e91689358978d2385ae65c22f307a63fb3269acf3f21e643d"},
-    {file = "griffecli-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:312fa5ebb4ce6afc786356e2d0ce85b06c1c20d45abc42d74f0cda65e159f6ef"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1947,7 +1945,6 @@ python-versions = ">=3.10"
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     {file = "griffelib-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:01284878c966508b6d6f1dbff9b6fa607bc062d8261c5c7253cb285b06422a7f"},
-    {file = "griffelib-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e504d637a089f5cab9b5daf18f7645970509bf4f53eda8d79ed71cce8bd97934"},
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@@ -3408,7 +3405,7 @@ files = [
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     {file = "pydantic-2.12.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4d351024c75c0f085a9febbb665ce8c0c6ec5d30e903bdb6394b7ede26aebb49"},
 ]
-markers = {main = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"parser\""}
+markers = {main = "extra == \"parser\" or extra == \"all\""}
 
 [package.dependencies]
 annotated-types = ">=0.6.0"
@@ -3550,7 +3547,7 @@ files = [
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 ]
-markers = {main = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"parser\""}
+markers = {main = "extra == \"parser\" or extra == \"all\""}
 
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.14.1"
@@ -3597,14 +3594,14 @@ windows-terminal = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pymdown-extensions"
-version = "10.21"
+version = "10.21.2"
 description = "Extension pack for Python Markdown."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
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+    {file = "pymdown_extensions-10.21.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5c0fd2a2bea14eb39af8ff284f1066d898ab2187d81b889b75d46d4348c01638"},
+    {file = "pymdown_extensions-10.21.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c3f55a5b8a1d0edf6699e35dcbea71d978d34ff3fa79f3d807b8a5b3fa90fbdc"},
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 ]
-markers = {main = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"parser\""}
+markers = {main = "extra == \"parser\" or extra == \"all\""}
 
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.12.0"
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-markers = {main = "extra == \"all\" or extra == \"datamasking\" or extra == \"tracer\" or extra == \"datadog\""}
+markers = {main = "extra == \"tracer\" or extra == \"all\" or extra == \"datamasking\" or extra == \"datadog\""}
 
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 name = "xenon"