diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dfbbf5a..6e4b361 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ use mrecordlog::MultiRecordLog;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let multi_record_log = MultiRecordLog::open(Path::new("."))?;
-    for queue in multi_record_log.list_queues() {
-        println!("queue {queue}");
-        let mut range = multi_record_log.range(queue, ..).unwrap();
-        let first = range.next().map(|record| record.position);
-        let last = range.last().map(|record| record.position);
-        println!("{first:?}..{last:?}");
+    let summary = multi_record_log.summary();
+    for (queue, summary) in summary.queues {
+        println!("{}", queue);
+        println!("{summary:?}");
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/mem/mod.rs b/src/mem/mod.rs
index 11db7db..93dc2c8 100644
--- a/src/mem/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mem/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 mod queue;
 mod queues;
+mod summary;
 
 pub(crate) use self::queue::MemQueue;
 pub(crate) use self::queues::MemQueues;
+pub use self::summary::{QueueSummary, QueuesSummary};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
diff --git a/src/mem/queue.rs b/src/mem/queue.rs
index 74b66a2..70979e2 100644
--- a/src/mem/queue.rs
+++ b/src/mem/queue.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::ops::{Bound, RangeBounds};
 
 use crate::error::AppendError;
+use crate::mem::QueueSummary;
 use crate::rolling::FileNumber;
 use crate::Record;
 
@@ -114,10 +115,31 @@ impl MemQueue {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn summary(&self) -> QueueSummary {
+        QueueSummary {
+            start: self.start_position(),
+            end: self.last_position(),
+            file_number: self.first_file_number(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
         self.record_metas.is_empty()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn first_file_number(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        let file_number: &FileNumber = self
+            .record_metas
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|record_meta| record_meta.file_number.as_ref())
+            .next()?;
+        Some(file_number.file_number())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn start_position(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.start_position
+    }
+
     /// Returns the position of the last record appended to the queue.
     pub fn last_position(&self) -> Option<u64> {
         self.next_position().checked_sub(1)
diff --git a/src/mem/queues.rs b/src/mem/queues.rs
index 3adbbac..0610be6 100644
--- a/src/mem/queues.rs
+++ b/src/mem/queues.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::ops::RangeBounds;
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
 use crate::error::{AlreadyExists, AppendError, MissingQueue};
-use crate::mem::MemQueue;
+use crate::mem::{MemQueue, QueuesSummary};
 use crate::rolling::FileNumber;
 use crate::Record;
 
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ impl MemQueues {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn summary(&self) -> QueuesSummary {
+        let mut summary = QueuesSummary::default();
+        for (queue_name, queue) in &self.queues {
+            summary.queues.insert(queue_name.clone(), queue.summary());
+        }
+        summary
+    }
+
     pub fn delete_queue(&mut self, queue: &str) -> Result<(), MissingQueue> {
         info!(queue = queue, "deleting queue");
         if self.queues.remove(queue).is_none() {
diff --git a/src/mem/summary.rs b/src/mem/summary.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f62b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mem/summary.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+#[derive(Default, Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct QueueSummary {
+    pub start: u64,
+    pub end: Option<u64>,
+    pub file_number: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default, Serialize)]
+pub struct QueuesSummary {
+    pub queues: BTreeMap<String, QueueSummary>,
+}
diff --git a/src/multi_record_log.rs b/src/multi_record_log.rs
index 44963bc..ca3ca22 100644
--- a/src/multi_record_log.rs
+++ b/src/multi_record_log.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, event_enabled, info, warn, Level};
 use crate::error::{
     AppendError, CreateQueueError, DeleteQueueError, MissingQueue, ReadRecordError, TruncateError,
 };
-use crate::mem::MemQueue;
+use crate::mem::{MemQueue, QueuesSummary};
 use crate::record::{MultiPlexedRecord, MultiRecord};
 use crate::recordlog::RecordWriter;
 use crate::rolling::RollingWriter;
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ impl MultiRecordLog {
         Self::open_with_prefs(directory_path, SyncPolicy::OnAppend)
     }
 
+    pub fn summary(&self) -> QueuesSummary {
+        self.in_mem_queues.summary()
+    }
+
     /// Open the multi record log, syncing following the provided policy.
     pub fn open_with_prefs(
         directory_path: &Path,
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ impl MultiRecordLog {
         debug!("loading wal");
         loop {
             let file_number = record_reader.read().current_file().clone();
-            let Ok(record) = record_reader.read_record() else {
+            let Ok(record) = record_reader.read_record::<MultiPlexedRecord>() else {
                 warn!("Detected corrupted record: some data may have been lost");
                 continue;
             };
diff --git a/src/record.rs b/src/record.rs
index 6807820..aa5b774 100644
--- a/src/record.rs
+++ b/src/record.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tracing::error;
 use crate::error::MultiRecordCorruption;
 use crate::Serializable;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) enum MultiPlexedRecord<'a> {
     /// Adds multiple records to a specific queue.
     AppendRecords {
@@ -27,6 +27,50 @@ pub(crate) enum MultiPlexedRecord<'a> {
     },
 }
 
+impl<'a> std::fmt::Debug for MultiPlexedRecord<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::AppendRecords {
+                queue,
+                position,
+                records,
+            } => f
+                .debug_struct("AppendRecords")
+                .field("queue", queue)
+                .field("position", position)
+                .field("records_len", &records.count())
+                .finish(),
+            Self::Truncate { queue, position } => f
+                .debug_struct("Truncate")
+                .field("queue", queue)
+                .field("position", position)
+                .finish(),
+            Self::RecordPosition { queue, position } => f
+                .debug_struct("RecordPosition")
+                .field("queue", queue)
+                .field("position", position)
+                .finish(),
+            Self::DeleteQueue { queue, position } => f
+                .debug_struct("DeleteQueue")
+                .field("queue", queue)
+                .field("position", position)
+                .finish(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> MultiPlexedRecord<'a> {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn queue_id(&self) -> &'a str {
+        match self {
+            Self::AppendRecords { queue, .. } => queue,
+            Self::Truncate { queue, .. } => queue,
+            Self::RecordPosition { queue, .. } => queue,
+            Self::DeleteQueue { queue, .. } => queue,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[repr(u8)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 enum RecordType {
diff --git a/src/rolling/file_number.rs b/src/rolling/file_number.rs
index 6f697ad..b928857 100644
--- a/src/rolling/file_number.rs
+++ b/src/rolling/file_number.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ impl FileNumber {
         format!("wal-{:020}", self.file_number)
     }
 
-    #[cfg(test)]
     pub fn file_number(&self) -> u64 {
         *self.file_number
     }