diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4df178963..8da749370 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ Installing all extras is required to run the full suite of unit tests.
 
 To see all available scripts, run `poetry run poe`.
 
+#### Formatting the code
+
+- Iterate on the CDK code locally
+- Run `poetry run ruff format` to format your changes.
+
+To see all available `ruff` options, run `poetry run ruff`.
+
 ##### Autogenerated files
 
 Low-code CDK models are generated from `sources/declarative/declarative_component_schema.yaml`. If
diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
index ef9adbc96..dcb69a981 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/http_client.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
     rate_limit_default_backoff_handler,
     user_defined_backoff_handler,
 )
+from airbyte_cdk.sources.utils.types import JsonType
+from airbyte_cdk.utils.airbyte_secrets_utils import filter_secrets
 from airbyte_cdk.utils.constants import ENV_REQUEST_CACHE_PATH
 from airbyte_cdk.utils.stream_status_utils import (
     as_airbyte_message as stream_status_as_airbyte_message,
@@ -334,6 +336,29 @@ def _send(
 
         return response  # type: ignore # will either return a valid response of type requests.Response or raise an exception
 
+    def _get_response_body(self, response: requests.Response) -> Optional[JsonType]:
+        """
+        Extracts and returns the body of an HTTP response.
+
+        This method attempts to parse the response body as JSON. If the response
+        body is not valid JSON, it falls back to decoding the response content
+        as a UTF-8 string. If both attempts fail, it returns None.
+
+        Args:
+            response (requests.Response): The HTTP response object.
+
+        Returns:
+            Optional[JsonType]: The parsed JSON object as a string, the decoded
+            response content as a string, or None if both parsing attempts fail.
+        """
+        try:
+            return str(response.json())
+        except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+            try:
+                return response.content.decode("utf-8")
+            except Exception:
+                return "The Content of the Response couldn't be decoded."
+
     def _handle_error_resolution(
         self,
         response: Optional[requests.Response],
@@ -362,12 +387,18 @@ def _handle_error_resolution(
 
         if error_resolution.response_action == ResponseAction.FAIL:
             if response is not None:
-                error_message = f"'{request.method}' request to '{request.url}' failed with status code '{response.status_code}' and error message '{self._error_message_parser.parse_response_error_message(response)}'"
+                filtered_response_message = filter_secrets(
+                    f"Request (body): '{str(request.body)}'. Response (body): '{self._get_response_body(response)}'. Response (headers): '{response.headers}'."
+                )
+                error_message = f"'{request.method}' request to '{request.url}' failed with status code '{response.status_code}' and error message: '{self._error_message_parser.parse_response_error_message(response)}'. {filtered_response_message}"
             else:
                 error_message = (
                     f"'{request.method}' request to '{request.url}' failed with exception: '{exc}'"
                 )
 
+            # ensure the exception message is emitted before raised
+            self._logger.error(error_message)
+
             raise MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors(
                 internal_message=error_message,
                 message=error_resolution.error_message or error_message,
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http.py b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http.py
index 02f4517fc..40fdb3201 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/test_http.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
 #
 
-
 import json
 import logging
 from http import HTTPStatus
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
 )
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.http.http_client import MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.http.requests_native_auth import TokenAuthenticator
+from airbyte_cdk.utils.airbyte_secrets_utils import update_secrets
 
 
 class StubBasicReadHttpStream(HttpStream):
@@ -230,6 +230,43 @@ def test_4xx_error_codes_http_stream(mocker, http_code):
         list(stream.read_records(SyncMode.full_refresh))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("http_code", [400, 401, 403])
+def test_error_codes_http_stream_error_resolution_with_response_secrets_filtered(mocker, http_code):
+    stream = StubCustomBackoffHttpStream()
+
+    # expected assertion values
+    expected_header_secret_replaced = "'authorisation_header': '__****__'"
+    expected_content_str_secret_replaced = "this str contains **** secret"
+
+    # mocking the response
+    res = requests.Response()
+    res.status_code = http_code
+    res._content = (
+        b'{"error": "test error message", "secret_info": "this str contains SECRET_VALUE secret"}'
+    )
+    res.headers = {
+        # simple non-secret header
+        "regular_header": "some_header_value",
+        # secret header
+        "authorisation_header": "__SECRET_X_VALUE__",
+    }
+
+    # updating secrets to be filtered
+    update_secrets(["SECRET_X_VALUE", "SECRET_VALUE"])
+
+    # patch the `send` > response
+    mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, "send", return_value=res)
+
+    # proceed
+    with pytest.raises(MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors) as err:
+        list(stream.read_records(SyncMode.full_refresh))
+
+    # we expect the header secrets are obscured
+    assert expected_header_secret_replaced in str(err._excinfo)
+    # we expect the response body values (any of them) are obscured
+    assert expected_content_str_secret_replaced in str(err._excinfo)
+
+
 class AutoFailFalseHttpStream(StubBasicReadHttpStream):
     raise_on_http_errors = False
     max_retries = 3