diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
index ea7a9eae173d..aaa6581add9d 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { LRUMap } from 'lru_map';
 
 import type { NodeClient } from '../client';
 import type { RequestMethod, RequestMethodArgs } from './utils/http';
-import { cleanSpanDescription, extractUrl, isSentryRequest, normalizeRequestArgs } from './utils/http';
+import { cleanSpanDescription, extractRawUrl, extractUrl, isSentryRequest, normalizeRequestArgs } from './utils/http';
 
 const NODE_VERSION = parseSemver(process.versions.node);
 
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ type OriginalRequestMethod = RequestMethod;
 type WrappedRequestMethod = RequestMethod;
 type WrappedRequestMethodFactory = (original: OriginalRequestMethod) => WrappedRequestMethod;
 
+/**
+ * See https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/data-handling/#structuring-data
+ */
+type RequestSpanData = {
+  url: string;
+  method: string;
+  'http.fragment'?: string;
+  'http.query'?: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * Function which creates a function which creates wrapped versions of internal `request` and `get` calls within `http`
  * and `https` modules. (NB: Not a typo - this is a creator^2!)
@@ -180,6 +190,8 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
     return function wrappedMethod(this: unknown, ...args: RequestMethodArgs): http.ClientRequest {
       const requestArgs = normalizeRequestArgs(httpModule, args);
       const requestOptions = requestArgs[0];
+      // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
+      const rawRequestUrl = extractRawUrl(requestOptions);
       const requestUrl = extractUrl(requestOptions);
 
       // we don't want to record requests to Sentry as either breadcrumbs or spans, so just use the original method
@@ -192,16 +204,30 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
 
       const scope = getCurrentHub().getScope();
 
-      if (scope && tracingOptions && shouldCreateSpan(requestUrl)) {
+      const requestSpanData: RequestSpanData = {
+        url: requestUrl,
+        method: requestOptions.method || 'GET',
+      };
+      if (requestOptions.hash) {
+        // strip leading "#"
+        requestSpanData['http.fragment'] = requestOptions.hash.substring(1);
+      }
+      if (requestOptions.search) {
+        // strip leading "?"
+        requestSpanData['http.query'] = requestOptions.search.substring(1);
+      }
+
+      if (scope && tracingOptions && shouldCreateSpan(rawRequestUrl)) {
         parentSpan = scope.getSpan();
 
         if (parentSpan) {
           requestSpan = parentSpan.startChild({
-            description: `${requestOptions.method || 'GET'} ${requestUrl}`,
+            description: `${requestSpanData.method} ${requestSpanData.url}`,
             op: 'http.client',
+            data: requestSpanData,
           });
 
-          if (shouldAttachTraceData(requestUrl)) {
+          if (shouldAttachTraceData(rawRequestUrl)) {
             const sentryTraceHeader = requestSpan.toTraceparent();
             __DEBUG_BUILD__ &&
               logger.log(
@@ -253,7 +279,7 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
           const req = this;
           if (breadcrumbsEnabled) {
-            addRequestBreadcrumb('response', requestUrl, req, res);
+            addRequestBreadcrumb('response', requestSpanData, req, res);
           }
           if (requestSpan) {
             if (res.statusCode) {
@@ -268,7 +294,7 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
           const req = this;
 
           if (breadcrumbsEnabled) {
-            addRequestBreadcrumb('error', requestUrl, req);
+            addRequestBreadcrumb('error', requestSpanData, req);
           }
           if (requestSpan) {
             requestSpan.setHttpStatus(500);
@@ -283,7 +309,12 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
 /**
  * Captures Breadcrumb based on provided request/response pair
  */
-function addRequestBreadcrumb(event: string, url: string, req: http.ClientRequest, res?: http.IncomingMessage): void {
+function addRequestBreadcrumb(
+  event: string,
+  requestSpanData: RequestSpanData,
+  req: http.ClientRequest,
+  res?: http.IncomingMessage,
+): void {
   if (!getCurrentHub().getIntegration(Http)) {
     return;
   }
@@ -294,7 +325,7 @@ function addRequestBreadcrumb(event: string, url: string, req: http.ClientReques
       data: {
         method: req.method,
         status_code: res && res.statusCode,
-        url,
+        ...requestSpanData,
       },
       type: 'http',
     },
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/http.ts
index 1281f9d6329d..86902425914d 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/http.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,25 @@ export function isSentryRequest(url: string): boolean {
   return dsn ? url.includes(dsn.host) : false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Assembles a URL that's passed to the users to filter on.
+ * It can include raw (potentially PII containing) data, which we'll allow users to access to filter
+ * but won't include in spans or breadcrumbs.
+ *
+ * @param requestOptions RequestOptions object containing the component parts for a URL
+ * @returns Fully-formed URL
+ */
+// TODO (v8): This function should include auth, query and fragment (it's breaking, so we need to wait for v8)
+export function extractRawUrl(requestOptions: RequestOptions): string {
+  const protocol = requestOptions.protocol || '';
+  const hostname = requestOptions.hostname || requestOptions.host || '';
+  // Don't log standard :80 (http) and :443 (https) ports to reduce the noise
+  const port =
+    !requestOptions.port || requestOptions.port === 80 || requestOptions.port === 443 ? '' : `:${requestOptions.port}`;
+  const path = requestOptions.path ? requestOptions.path : '/';
+  return `${protocol}//${hostname}${port}${path}`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Assemble a URL to be used for breadcrumbs and spans.
  *
@@ -27,9 +46,11 @@ export function extractUrl(requestOptions: RequestOptions): string {
   // Don't log standard :80 (http) and :443 (https) ports to reduce the noise
   const port =
     !requestOptions.port || requestOptions.port === 80 || requestOptions.port === 443 ? '' : `:${requestOptions.port}`;
-  const path = requestOptions.path ? requestOptions.path : '/';
+  // do not include search or hash in span descriptions, per https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/data-handling/#structuring-data
+  const path = requestOptions.pathname || '/';
+  const authority = requestOptions.auth ? `${requestOptions.auth}@` : '';
 
-  return `${protocol}//${hostname}${port}${path}`;
+  return `${protocol}//${authority}${hostname}${port}${path}`;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -59,6 +80,7 @@ export function cleanSpanDescription(
   if (requestOptions.host && !requestOptions.protocol) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     requestOptions.protocol = (request as any)?.agent?.protocol; // worst comes to worst, this is undefined and nothing changes
+    // This URL contains the filtered authority ([filtered]:[filtered]@example.com) but no fragment or query params
     requestUrl = extractUrl(requestOptions);
   }
 
@@ -101,7 +123,8 @@ export function urlToOptions(url: URL): RequestOptions {
     options.port = Number(url.port);
   }
   if (url.username || url.password) {
-    options.auth = `${url.username}:${url.password}`;
+    // always filter authority, see https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/data-handling/#structuring-data
+    options.auth = '[Filtered]:[Filtered]';
   }
   return options;
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
index 7d9a4e45226b..555aad7f44b3 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/http.test.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,39 @@ describe('tracing', () => {
     expect(loggerLogSpy).toBeCalledWith('HTTP Integration is skipped because of instrumenter configuration.');
   });
 
+  it('omits query and fragment from description and adds to span data instead', () => {
+    nock('http://dogs.are.great').get('/spaniel?tail=wag&cute=true#learn-more').reply(200);
+
+    const transaction = createTransactionOnScope();
+    const spans = (transaction as unknown as Span).spanRecorder?.spans as Span[];
+
+    http.get('http://dogs.are.great/spaniel?tail=wag&cute=true#learn-more');
+
+    expect(spans.length).toEqual(2);
+
+    // our span is at index 1 because the transaction itself is at index 0
+    expect(spans[1].description).toEqual('GET http://dogs.are.great/spaniel');
+    expect(spans[1].op).toEqual('http.client');
+    expect(spans[1].data.method).toEqual('GET');
+    expect(spans[1].data.url).toEqual('http://dogs.are.great/spaniel');
+    expect(spans[1].data['http.query']).toEqual('tail=wag&cute=true');
+    expect(spans[1].data['http.fragment']).toEqual('learn-more');
+  });
+
+  it('filters the authority (username and password) in span description', () => {
+    nock('http://username:password@dogs.are.great').get('/').reply(200);
+
+    const transaction = createTransactionOnScope();
+    const spans = (transaction as unknown as Span).spanRecorder?.spans as Span[];
+
+    http.get('http://username:password@dogs.are.great/');
+
+    expect(spans.length).toEqual(2);
+
+    // our span is at index 1 because the transaction itself is at index 0
+    expect(spans[1].description).toEqual('GET http://[Filtered]:[Filtered]@dogs.are.great/');
+  });
+
   describe('Tracing options', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       // hacky way of restoring monkey patched functions