diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
index d258075d49..b319ebb5f0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ def _before_request():
 
         activation = trace.use_span(span, end_on_exit=True)
         activation.__enter__()  # pylint: disable=E1101
-        breakpoint()
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_REQCTX_ID_KEY] = id(flask._request_ctx_stack.top)
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
index a9cc4e55f7..e9913ef406 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
 
 from opentelemetry import context
+from opentelemetry import trace
 
 
 class InstrumentationTest:
@@ -37,6 +38,22 @@ def _sqlcommenter_endpoint():
         )
         return sqlcommenter_flask_values
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _copy_context_endpoint():
+
+        @flask.copy_current_request_context
+        def _extract_header():
+            return flask.request.headers['x-req']
+
+        # Despite `_extract_header` copying the request context,
+        # calling it shouldn't detach the parent Flask span's contextvar
+        request_header = _extract_header()
+
+        return {
+            'span_name': trace.get_current_span().name,
+            'request_header': request_header
+        }
+
     @staticmethod
     def _multithreaded_endpoint(count):
         def do_random_stuff():
@@ -84,6 +101,7 @@ def excluded2_endpoint():
         self.app.route("/hello/<int:helloid>")(self._hello_endpoint)
         self.app.route("/sqlcommenter")(self._sqlcommenter_endpoint)
         self.app.route("/multithreaded")(self._multithreaded_endpoint)
+        self.app.route("/copy_context")(self._copy_context_endpoint)
         self.app.route("/excluded/<int:helloid>")(self._hello_endpoint)
         self.app.route("/excluded")(excluded_endpoint)
         self.app.route("/excluded2")(excluded2_endpoint)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_copy_context.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_copy_context.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8036c3a252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_copy_context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import flask
+from werkzeug.test import Client
+from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
+
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
+
+# pylint: disable=import-error
+from .base_test import InstrumentationTest
+
+
+class TestCopyContext(InstrumentationTest, WsgiTestBase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        FlaskInstrumentor().instrument()
+        self.app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+        self._common_initialization()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super().tearDown()
+        with self.disable_logging():
+            FlaskInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+
+    def test_copycontext(self):
+        """Test that instrumentation tear down does not blow up
+        when the request thread spawn children threads and the request
+        context is copied to the children threads
+        """
+        self.app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+        self.app.route("/copy_context")(
+            self._copy_context_endpoint
+        )
+        client = Client(self.app, Response)
+        resp = client.get("/copy_context", headers={'x-req': 'a-header'})
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual('/copy_context', resp.json['span_name'])
+        self.assertEqual('a-header', resp.json['request_header'])