diff --git a/components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_txrx.c b/components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_txrx.c
index 0467f7b5a1..0393197cc4 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_txrx.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_txrx.c
@@ -647,6 +647,18 @@ esp_err_t httpd_req_async_handler_begin(httpd_req_t *r, httpd_req_t **out)
     struct httpd_req_aux *async_aux = (struct httpd_req_aux *) async->aux;
     struct httpd_req_aux *r_aux = (struct httpd_req_aux *) r->aux;
 
+    if (r_aux->scratch) {
+        async_aux->scratch = malloc(r_aux->scratch_cur_size);
+        if (async_aux->scratch == NULL) {
+            free(async_aux);
+            free(async);
+            return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
+        }
+        memcpy(async_aux->scratch, r_aux->scratch, r_aux->scratch_cur_size);
+    } else {
+        async_aux->scratch = NULL;
+    }
+
     async_aux->resp_hdrs = calloc(hd->config.max_resp_headers, sizeof(struct resp_hdr));
     if (async_aux->resp_hdrs == NULL) {
         free(async_aux);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/http_server/async_handlers/main/main.c b/examples/protocols/http_server/async_handlers/main/main.c
index c462ddbfbf..3b383acb88 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/http_server/async_handlers/main/main.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/http_server/async_handlers/main/main.c
@@ -95,7 +95,42 @@ static esp_err_t queue_request(httpd_req_t *req, httpd_req_handler_t handler)
 /* handle long request (on async thread) */
 static esp_err_t long_async(httpd_req_t *req)
 {
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "running: /long");
+    char*  buf;
+    size_t buf_len;
+
+    /* Get URI */
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Request URI: %s", req->uri);
+
+    /* Get header value string length and allocate memory for length + 1,
+     * extra byte for null termination */
+    buf_len = httpd_req_get_hdr_value_len(req, "Host") + 1;
+    if (buf_len > 1) {
+        buf = malloc(buf_len);
+        if (buf == NULL) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate memory for headers");
+            return ESP_FAIL;
+        }
+        /* Copy null terminated value string into buffer */
+        if (httpd_req_get_hdr_value_str(req, "Host", buf, buf_len) == ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Found header => Host: %s", buf);
+        }
+        free(buf);
+    }
+    /* Get query string length and allocate memory for length + 1,
+     * extra byte for null termination */
+    buf_len = httpd_req_get_url_query_len(req) + 1;
+    if (buf_len > 1) {
+        buf = malloc(buf_len);
+        if (buf == NULL) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to allocate memory for query string");
+            return ESP_FAIL;
+        }
+        /* Copy null terminated query string into buffer */
+        if (httpd_req_get_url_query_str(req, buf, buf_len) == ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Found query string => %s", buf);
+        }
+        free(buf);
+    }
 
     // track the number of long requests
     static uint8_t req_count = 0;