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ktor client does not log request body

See original GitHub issue

Ktor Version and Engine Used (client or server and name) ver: 1.3.1, 1.3.2 engine: Apache app: client dependencies:

dependencies {
    implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
    implementation(platform("io.ktor:ktor-bom:1.3.2"))
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-core")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-logging-jvm")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-apache")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-json-jvm")
    implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.26")
    implementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.1.4")
}

Describe the bug Request body is not logged even with LogLevel.ALL

To Reproduce

package com.example

import io.ktor.client.HttpClient
import io.ktor.client.engine.apache.Apache
import io.ktor.client.features.logging.DEFAULT
import io.ktor.client.features.logging.LogLevel
import io.ktor.client.features.logging.Logger
import io.ktor.client.features.logging.Logging
import io.ktor.client.request.post
import io.ktor.util.KtorExperimentalAPI
import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking

@KtorExperimentalAPI
fun main() {
    runBlocking {
        val client = HttpClient(Apache) {
            install(Logging) {
                logger = Logger.DEFAULT
                level = LogLevel.ALL
            }
        }
        client.post<String>("http://localhost:8080") {
            body = """{ "test": "testVal" }"""
        }
    }
}

Expected behavior Request body is in the log

Actual result

[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - REQUEST: http://localhost:8080/
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - METHOD: HttpMethod(value=POST)
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - COMMON HEADERS
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - -> Accept-Charset: UTF-8
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - -> Accept: */*
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - CONTENT HEADERS
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - BODY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
[main] INFO io.ktor.client.HttpClient - RESPONSE: 200 
---   remaining response stuff skipped for brevity  ---