diff --git a/book/metadata.md b/book/metadata.md
index 950a050e7ed..f6b5ddcb52d 100644
--- a/book/metadata.md
+++ b/book/metadata.md
@@ -37,3 +37,22 @@ metadata (open Cargo.toml) | get span
 ```
 
 The span "start" and "end" here refer to where the underline will be in the line. If you count over 5, and then count up to 15, you'll see it lines up with the "Cargo.toml" filename. This is how the error we saw earlier knew what to underline.
+
+## Custom Metadata
+
+You can attach arbitrary metadata to pipeline data using the [`metadata set`](/commands/docs/metadata_set.md) command with the `--merge` flag:
+
+```nu
+"data" | metadata set --merge {custom_key: "custom_value"}
+```
+
+## HTTP Response Metadata
+
+All HTTP commands attach response metadata:
+
+```nu
+http get https://api.example.com | metadata | get http_response.status
+# => 200
+```
+
+For working with metadata while streaming response bodies, see the [HTTP cookbook](/cookbook/http.html#accessing-http-response-metadata-while-streaming).
diff --git a/cookbook/http.md b/cookbook/http.md
index 944f553641b..df671aaec1b 100644
--- a/cookbook/http.md
+++ b/cookbook/http.md
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ To upload a form with a file (think a common file upload form in a browser, wher
 
 1. Specify the content type as `multipart/form-data`
 2. Provide the record as the POST body
-3. Provide the file data in one of the record fields as *binary* data.
+3. Provide the file data in one of the record fields as _binary_ data.
 
 ```nu
 http post https://httpbin.org/post --content-type "multipart/form-data" {
@@ -255,3 +255,40 @@ http post https://httpbin.org/post --content-type "multipart/form-data" {
 # => │ url     │ https://httpbin.org/post                                                                                 │
 # => ╰─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
 ```
+
+---
+
+### Accessing HTTP Response Metadata While Streaming
+
+All HTTP commands attach response metadata. To access it after the response completes:
+
+```nu
+http get https://api.example.com/data.json | metadata | get http_response.status
+# => 200
+```
+
+To work with metadata while streaming the response body, use `metadata access`:
+
+```nu
+# Log status and headers while streaming a large JSONL file
+http get --allow-errors https://api.example.com/events.jsonl
+| metadata access {|meta|
+    print $"Status: ($meta.http_response.status)"
+    print $"Content-Type: ($meta.http_response.headers | where name == content-type | get value.0)"
+
+    if $meta.http_response.status != 200 {
+        error make {msg: $"Failed with status ($meta.http_response.status)"}
+    } else { }
+  }
+| lines
+| each { from json }
+| where event_type == "error"
+```
+
+The response body streams through the pipeline while you inspect metadata and process the stream simultaneously. Before `metadata access`, you needed `--full` to get metadata, which consumed the entire body and prevented streaming.
+
+Available metadata:
+
+- `status` - HTTP status code (200, 404, 500, etc.)
+- `headers` - `[{name, value}, ...]`
+- `urls` - Redirect history