diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/InterceptingRestChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/InterceptingRestChannel.java
index 553c5c5ca8..bfc908613c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/InterceptingRestChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/http/InterceptingRestChannel.java
@@ -1,52 +1,20 @@
 package org.opensearch.security.http;
 
-import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
-import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.MediaType;
-import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
-import org.opensearch.rest.RestChannel;
+import org.opensearch.rest.AbstractRestChannel;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestResponse;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class InterceptingRestChannel implements RestChannel {
+public class InterceptingRestChannel extends AbstractRestChannel {
     private RestResponse interceptedResponse;
 
-    public InterceptingRestChannel() {}
+    public InterceptingRestChannel(RestRequest request, boolean detailedErrorsEnabled) {
+        super(request, detailedErrorsEnabled);
+    }
 
     public RestResponse getInterceptedResponse() {
         return this.interceptedResponse;
     }
 
-    public XContentBuilder newBuilder() throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public XContentBuilder newErrorBuilder() throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public XContentBuilder newBuilder(@Nullable MediaType mediaType, boolean useFiltering) throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public XContentBuilder newBuilder(MediaType mediaType, MediaType responseContentType, boolean useFiltering) throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public BytesStreamOutput bytesOutput() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public RestRequest request() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
-    public boolean detailedErrorsEnabled() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Operation not supported");
-    }
-
     public void sendResponse(RestResponse response) {
         this.interceptedResponse = response;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/http/netty/Netty4HttpRequestHeaderVerifier.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/http/netty/Netty4HttpRequestHeaderVerifier.java
index 03de67a49b..f2b71703b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/http/netty/Netty4HttpRequestHeaderVerifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/ssl/http/netty/Netty4HttpRequestHeaderVerifier.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, DefaultHttpRequest msg) thro
         final Netty4DefaultHttpRequest httpRequest = new Netty4DefaultHttpRequest(msg);
         RestRequest restRequest = AbstractHttpServerTransport.createRestRequest(xContentRegistry, httpRequest, httpChannel);
 
-        InterceptingRestChannel interceptingRestChannel = new InterceptingRestChannel();
+        InterceptingRestChannel interceptingRestChannel = new InterceptingRestChannel(restRequest, false);
         ThreadContext threadContext = threadPool.getThreadContext();
         try (ThreadContext.StoredContext ignore = threadPool.getThreadContext().stashContext()) {
             boolean isUnauthenticated = restFilter.checkAndAuthenticateRequest(restRequest, interceptingRestChannel, threadContext);
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, DefaultHttpRequest msg) thro
             } else {
                 ctx.channel().attr(SHOULD_DECOMPRESS).set(Boolean.TRUE);
             }
+        } finally {
+            ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
         }
-        ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/auditlog/integration/BasicAuditlogTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/auditlog/integration/BasicAuditlogTest.java
index 0edc55c47c..6c1812c32b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/auditlog/integration/BasicAuditlogTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/auditlog/integration/BasicAuditlogTest.java
@@ -510,12 +510,15 @@ public void testUpdateSettings() throws Exception {
             + "}"
             + "}";
 
+        String expectedRequestBodyLog =
+            "{\\\"persistent_settings\\\":{\\\"indices\\\":{\\\"recovery\\\":{\\\"*\\\":null}}},\\\"transient_settings\\\":{\\\"indices\\\":{\\\"recovery\\\":{\\\"*\\\":null}}}}";
+
         HttpResponse response = rh.executePutRequest("_cluster/settings", json, encodeBasicHeader("admin", "admin"));
         Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, response.getStatusCode());
         String auditLogImpl = TestAuditlogImpl.sb.toString();
         Assert.assertTrue(auditLogImpl.contains("AUTHENTICATED"));
         Assert.assertTrue(auditLogImpl.contains("cluster:admin/settings/update"));
-        Assert.assertTrue(auditLogImpl.contains("indices.recovery.*"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(auditLogImpl.contains(expectedRequestBodyLog));
         // may vary because we log may hit cluster manager directly or not
         Assert.assertTrue(TestAuditlogImpl.messages.size() > 1);
         Assert.assertTrue(validateMsgs(TestAuditlogImpl.messages));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilterUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilterUnitTests.java
index d0af5dcdc9..85f51ccea0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilterUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityRestFilterUnitTests.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;