diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 65ec5fcb47..f9fb3c148f 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -610,6 +610,8 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
         goto error;
     }
 
+    const char *user_agent = config->user_agent == NULL ? DEFAULT_HTTP_USER_AGENT : config->user_agent;
+
     if (config->host != NULL && config->path != NULL) {
         host_name = _get_host_header(client->connection_info.host, client->connection_info.port);
         if (host_name == NULL) {
@@ -617,7 +619,7 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
             goto error;
         }
         _success = (
-            (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "User-Agent", DEFAULT_HTTP_USER_AGENT) == ESP_OK) &&
+            (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "User-Agent", user_agent) == ESP_OK) &&
             (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "Host", host_name) == ESP_OK)
         );
         free(host_name);
@@ -637,7 +639,7 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
         }
 
         _success = (
-                    (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "User-Agent", DEFAULT_HTTP_USER_AGENT) == ESP_OK) &&
+                    (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "User-Agent", user_agent) == ESP_OK) &&
                     (esp_http_client_set_header(client, "Host", host_name) == ESP_OK)
                 );
 
@@ -721,6 +723,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_redirection(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 
 static esp_err_t esp_http_check_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
+    if (client->response->status_code >= HttpStatus_Ok && client->response->status_code < HttpStatus_MultipleChoices) {
+        return ESP_OK;
+    }
     if (client->redirect_counter >= client->max_redirection_count || client->disable_auto_redirect) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Error, reach max_redirection_count count=%d", client->redirect_counter);
         return ESP_ERR_HTTP_MAX_REDIRECT;
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 3304cfd73f..017ee5d5ac 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ typedef struct {
     const char                  *cert_pem;           /*!< SSL server certification, PEM format as string, if the client requires to verify server */
     const char                  *client_cert_pem;    /*!< SSL client certification, PEM format as string, if the server requires to verify client */
     const char                  *client_key_pem;     /*!< SSL client key, PEM format as string, if the server requires to verify client */
+    const char                  *user_agent;         /*!< The User Agent string to send with HTTP requests */
     esp_http_client_method_t    method;                   /*!< HTTP Method */
     int                         timeout_ms;               /*!< Network timeout in milliseconds */
     bool                        disable_auto_redirect;    /*!< Disable HTTP automatic redirects */
@@ -136,7 +137,11 @@ typedef struct {
  * Enum for the HTTP status codes.
  */
 typedef enum {
+    /* 2xx - Success */
+    HttpStatus_Ok                = 200,
+
     /* 3xx - Redirection */
+    HttpStatus_MultipleChoices   = 300,
     HttpStatus_MovedPermanently  = 301,
     HttpStatus_Found             = 302,
     HttpStatus_TemporaryRedirect = 307,
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
index 2ed724e16d..0eb19651f4 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ char *http_auth_digest(const char *username, const char *password, esp_http_auth
     char *ha1, *ha2 = NULL;
     char *digest = NULL;
     char *auth_str = NULL;
+    char *temp_auth_str = NULL;
 
     if (username == NULL ||
         password == NULL ||
@@ -123,8 +124,13 @@ char *http_auth_digest(const char *username, const char *password, esp_http_auth
         }
     }
     asprintf(&auth_str, "Digest username=\"%s\", realm=\"%s\", nonce=\"%s\", uri=\"%s\", algorithm=\"MD5\", "
-             "response=\"%s\", opaque=\"%s\", qop=%s, nc=%08x, cnonce=\"%016llx\"",
-             username, auth_data->realm, auth_data->nonce, auth_data->uri, digest, auth_data->opaque, auth_data->qop, auth_data->nc, auth_data->cnonce);
+             "response=\"%s\", qop=%s, nc=%08x, cnonce=\"%016llx\"",
+             username, auth_data->realm, auth_data->nonce, auth_data->uri, digest, auth_data->qop, auth_data->nc, auth_data->cnonce);
+    if (auth_data->opaque) {
+        asprintf(&temp_auth_str, "%s, opaque=\"%s\"", auth_str, auth_data->opaque);
+        free(auth_str);
+        auth_str = temp_auth_str;
+    }
 _digest_exit:
     free(ha1);
     free(ha2);
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
index 9c7fb68c95..1932320198 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static void http_rest_with_url(void)
         .query = "esp",
         .event_handler = _http_event_handler,
         .user_data = local_response_buffer,        // Pass address of local buffer to get response
+        .disable_auto_redirect = true,
     };
     esp_http_client_handle_t client = esp_http_client_init(&config);