diff --git a/build/mark-new-version.sh b/build/mark-new-version.sh
index c45fdeeecc8..9349dcc87f6 100755
--- a/build/mark-new-version.sh
+++ b/build/mark-new-version.sh
@@ -91,19 +91,21 @@ fi
 
 VERSION_FILE="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/version/base.go"
 
-RELEASE_DIR=release-${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}
-echo "+++ Cloning documentation and examples into ${RELEASE_DIR}/..."
-mkdir ${RELEASE_DIR}
-cp -r docs ${RELEASE_DIR}/docs
-cp -r examples ${RELEASE_DIR}/examples
+if [[ "${VERSION_PATCH}" == "0" ]]; then
+  RELEASE_DIR=release-${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}
+  echo "+++ Cloning documentation and examples into ${RELEASE_DIR}/..."
+  mkdir ${RELEASE_DIR}
+  cp -r docs ${RELEASE_DIR}/docs
+  cp -r examples ${RELEASE_DIR}/examples
 
-# Update the docs to match this version.
-perl -pi -e "s/HEAD/${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}/" ${RELEASE_DIR}/docs/README.md
-perl -pi -e "s/HEAD/${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}/" ${RELEASE_DIR}/examples/README.md
+  # Update the docs to match this version.
+  perl -pi -e "s/HEAD/${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}/" ${RELEASE_DIR}/docs/README.md
+  perl -pi -e "s/HEAD/${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}/" ${RELEASE_DIR}/examples/README.md
 
-${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/run-gendocs.sh
-git add ${RELEASE_DIR}
-git commit -m "Cloning docs for ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}"
+  ${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/run-gendocs.sh
+  git add ${RELEASE_DIR}
+  git commit -m "Cloning docs for ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}"
+fi
 
 GIT_MINOR="${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}"
 echo "+++ Updating to ${NEW_VERSION}"
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index ced723bcda2..9dd813302d8 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata: 
-  name: monitoring-heapster-v1
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
   namespace: default
   labels: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v1
+    version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
   replicas: 1
   selector: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v1
+    version: v3
   template: 
     metadata: 
       labels: 
         k8s-app: heapster
-        version: v1
+        version: v3
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec: 
       containers: 
-        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.13.0
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
           name: heapster
           command:
             - /heapster
-            - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
             - --sink=gcm
             - --sink=gcl
             - --poll_duration=2m
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ed8ff9a65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster
+  labels: 
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    name: monitoring-heapster
+spec: 
+  ports: 
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8082
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40617e65f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ReplicationController
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
+  namespace: default
+  labels: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+spec: 
+  replicas: 1
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+  template: 
+    metadata: 
+      labels: 
+        k8s-app: heapster
+        version: v3
+        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    spec: 
+      containers: 
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
+          name: heapster
+          command:
+            - /heapster
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
+            - --sink=gcl
+            - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
+            - --poll_duration=2m
+            - --stats_resolution=1m
+          volumeMounts: 
+            - name: ssl-certs
+              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: monitoring-token
+              mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
+              readOnly: true
+
+      volumes: 
+        - name: ssl-certs
+          hostPath: 
+            path: /etc/ssl/certs
+        - name: monitoring-token
+          secret:
+            secretName: token-system-monitoring
+
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/grafana-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/grafana-service.yaml
index 2c8b05e46a0..2df94a40751 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/grafana-service.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/grafana-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: monitoring-grafana
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
index f6d4e6ee58d..39044e8ce46 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
-  name: monitoring-heapster-v1
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
   namespace: default 
   labels: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v1
+    version: v3
     kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
 spec: 
   replicas: 1
   selector: 
     k8s-app: heapster
-    version: v1
+    version: v3
   template: 
     metadata: 
       labels: 
         k8s-app: heapster
-        version: v1
+        version: v3
         kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
     spec: 
       containers: 
-        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.13.0
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
           name: heapster
           command:
             - /heapster
-            - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
             - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb:8086
           volumeMounts: 
             - name: ssl-certs
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ed8ff9a65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster
+  labels: 
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    name: monitoring-heapster
+spec: 
+  ports: 
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8082
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-controller.yaml
index 6e5ee253dcf..94d3dc06b2b 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-grafana-controller.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: ReplicationController
 metadata:
   name: monitoring-influx-grafana-v1
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-service.yaml
index 344c0871516..b115086a2e4 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-service.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/influxdb-service.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: v1beta3
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: monitoring-influxdb
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4589a8c05fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ReplicationController
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster-v3
+  namespace: default
+  labels: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+spec: 
+  replicas: 1
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
+    version: v3
+  template: 
+    metadata: 
+      labels: 
+        k8s-app: heapster
+        version: v3
+        kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    spec: 
+      containers: 
+        - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.14.1
+          name: heapster
+          command:
+            - /heapster
+            - --source=kubernetes:''
+          volumeMounts: 
+            - name: ssl-certs
+              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: monitoring-token
+              mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
+              readOnly: true
+
+      volumes: 
+        - name: ssl-certs
+          hostPath: 
+            path: /etc/ssl/certs
+        - name: monitoring-token
+          secret:
+            secretName: token-system-monitoring
+
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ed8ff9a65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata: 
+  name: monitoring-heapster
+  labels: 
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    name: monitoring-heapster
+spec: 
+  ports: 
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8082
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: heapster
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 949aa3f5fb7..2339c0ea199 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ ENABLE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_CACHE=true
 ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_MONITORING:-true}"
 
 # Optional: Cluster monitoring to setup as part of the cluster bring up:
-#   none     - No cluster monitoring setup 
-#   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
-#   google   - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging 
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-google}"
+#   none           - No cluster monitoring setup 
+#   influxdb       - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
+#   google         - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging 
+#   googleinfluxdb - Enable influxdb and google (except GCM)
+#   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-googleinfluxdb}"
 
 # Optional: Enable node logging.
 ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING="${KUBE_ENABLE_NODE_LOGGING:-true}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
index 9ac82ace2df..c73dfb8921d 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ EOF
     cat <<EOF >>/etc/salt/minion.d/grains.conf
   cloud_config: /etc/gce.conf
   advertise_address: '${EXTERNAL_IP}'
-  proxy_ssh_user: '${INSTANCE_PREFIX}'
+  proxy_ssh_user: '${PROXY_SSH_USER}'
 EOF
   fi
 }
diff --git a/cluster/gke/config-common.sh b/cluster/gke/config-common.sh
index 6dcc9deb7b6..e4bf73a9422 100644
--- a/cluster/gke/config-common.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/config-common.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ NETWORK="${NETWORK:-default}"
 NETWORK_RANGE="${NETWORK_RANGE:-10.240.0.0/16}"
 FIREWALL_SSH="${FIREWALL_SSH:-${NETWORK}-allow-ssh}"
 GCLOUD="${GCLOUD:-gcloud}"
+CMD_GROUP="${CMD_GROUP:-alpha}"
 GCLOUD_CONFIG_DIR="${GCLOUD_CONFIG_DIR:-${HOME}/.config/gcloud/kubernetes}"
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=false
 
diff --git a/cluster/gke/config-default.sh b/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
index 27a6249d442..4692882cf6d 100644
--- a/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/config-default.sh
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ ELASTICSEARCH_LOGGING_REPLICAS=1
 #   none     - No cluster monitoring setup 
 #   influxdb - Heapster, InfluxDB, and Grafana 
 #   google   - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-none}"
+#   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-standalone}"
diff --git a/cluster/gke/util.sh b/cluster/gke/util.sh
index be01f35dda9..6d4ea3a477d 100755
--- a/cluster/gke/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/util.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ function verify-prereqs() {
     sudo_prefix="sudo"
   fi
   ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update preview || true
-  ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update alpha|| true
+  ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update "${CMD_GROUP}"|| true
+  ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update kubectl|| true
   ${sudo_prefix} gcloud ${gcloud_prompt:-} components update || true
 }
 
@@ -116,18 +117,18 @@ function kube-up() {
   detect-project >&2
 
   # Make the specified network if we need to.
-  if ! gcloud compute networks --project "${PROJECT}" describe "${NETWORK}" &>/dev/null; then
+  if ! "${GCLOUD}" compute networks --project "${PROJECT}" describe "${NETWORK}" &>/dev/null; then
     echo "Creating new network: ${NETWORK}" >&2
-    gcloud compute networks create "${NETWORK}" --project="${PROJECT}" --range "${NETWORK_RANGE}"
+    "${GCLOUD}" compute networks create "${NETWORK}" --project="${PROJECT}" --range "${NETWORK_RANGE}"
   else
     echo "Using network: ${NETWORK}" >&2
   fi
 
   # Allow SSH on all nodes in the network. This doesn't actually check whether
   # such a rule exists, only whether we've created this exact rule.
-  if ! gcloud compute firewall-rules --project "${PROJECT}" describe "${FIREWALL_SSH}" &>/dev/null; then
+  if ! "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules --project "${PROJECT}" describe "${FIREWALL_SSH}" &>/dev/null; then
     echo "Creating new firewall for SSH: ${FIREWALL_SSH}" >&2
-    gcloud compute firewall-rules create "${FIREWALL_SSH}" \
+    "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules create "${FIREWALL_SSH}" \
       --allow="tcp:22" \
       --network="${NETWORK}" \
       --project="${PROJECT}" \
@@ -136,13 +137,20 @@ function kube-up() {
     echo "Using firewall-rule: ${FIREWALL_SSH}" >&2
   fi
 
+  local create_args=(
+    "--zone=${ZONE}"
+    "--project=${PROJECT}"
+    "--num-nodes=${NUM_MINIONS}"
+    "--network=${NETWORK}"
+  )
+  if [[ ! -z "${DOGFOOD_GCLOUD:-}" ]]; then
+    create_args+=("--cluster-version=${CLUSTER_API_VERSION:-}")
+  else
+    create_args+=("--cluster-api-version=${CLUSTER_API_VERSION:-}")
+  fi
+
   # Bring up the cluster.
-  "${GCLOUD}" alpha container clusters create "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
-    --zone="${ZONE}" \
-    --project="${PROJECT}" \
-    --cluster-api-version="${CLUSTER_API_VERSION:-}" \
-    --num-nodes="${NUM_MINIONS}" \
-    --network="${NETWORK}"
+  "${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters create "${CLUSTER_NAME}" "${create_args[@]}"
 }
 
 # Execute prior to running tests to initialize required structure. This is
@@ -152,31 +160,32 @@ function kube-up() {
 # Assumed vars:
 #   CLUSTER_NAME
 #   GCLOUD
+#   ZONE
 # Vars set:
 #   MINION_TAG
 function test-setup() {
   echo "... in test-setup()" >&2
   # Detect the project into $PROJECT if it isn't set
   detect-project >&2
+  detect-minions >&2
 
   # At this point, CLUSTER_NAME should have been used, so its value is final.
-  MINION_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
+  MINION_TAG=$($GCLOUD compute instances describe ${MINION_NAMES[0]} --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" | grep -o "gke-${CLUSTER_NAME}-.\{8\}-node" | head -1)
+  OLD_MINION_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
 
   # Open up port 80 & 8080 so common containers on minions can be reached.
-  # TODO(mbforbes): Is adding ${USER} necessary, and sufficient, to avoid
-  #                 collisions here?
   "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules create \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${USER}-http-alt" \
+    "${MINION_TAG}-http-alt" \
     --allow tcp:80,tcp:8080 \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG},${OLD_MINION_TAG}" \
     --network="${NETWORK}"
 
   "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules create \
-    "${MINION_TAG}-${USER}-nodeports" \
+    "${MINION_TAG}-nodeports" \
     --allow tcp:30000-32767,udp:30000-32767 \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
-    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG}" \
+    --target-tags "${MINION_TAG},${OLD_MINION_TAG}" \
     --network="${NETWORK}"
 }
 
@@ -191,10 +200,10 @@ function test-setup() {
 function get-password() {
   echo "... in get-password()" >&2
   detect-project >&2
-  KUBE_USER=$("${GCLOUD}" alpha container clusters describe \
+  KUBE_USER=$("${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters describe \
     --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
     | grep user | cut -f 4 -d ' ')
-  KUBE_PASSWORD=$("${GCLOUD}" alpha container clusters describe \
+  KUBE_PASSWORD=$("${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters describe \
     --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
     | grep password | cut -f 4 -d ' ')
 }
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ function detect-master() {
   echo "... in detect-master()" >&2
   detect-project >&2
   KUBE_MASTER="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-master"
-  KUBE_MASTER_IP=$("${GCLOUD}" alpha container clusters describe \
+  KUBE_MASTER_IP=$("${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters describe \
     --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
     | grep endpoint | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
 }
@@ -233,14 +242,28 @@ function detect-minions() {
 #   MINION_NAMES
 function detect-minion-names {
   detect-project
-  GROUP_NAME=($(gcloud preview --project "${PROJECT}" instance-groups \
-    --zone "${ZONE}" list | grep -o "k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-.\{8\}-group"))
+  detect-node-instance-group
   MINION_NAMES=($(gcloud preview --project "${PROJECT}" instance-groups \
-    --zone "${ZONE}" instances --group "${GROUP_NAME}" list \
+    --zone "${ZONE}" instances --group "${NODE_INSTANCE_GROUP}" list \
     | cut -d'/' -f11))
   echo "MINION_NAMES=${MINION_NAMES[*]}"
 }
 
+# Detect instance group name generated by gke
+#
+# Assumed vars:
+#   GCLOUD
+#   PROJECT
+#   ZONE
+#   CLUSTER_NAME
+# Vars set:
+#   NODE_INSTANCE_GROUP
+function detect-node-instance-group {
+  NODE_INSTANCE_GROUP=$("${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters describe \
+    --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+    | grep instanceGroupManagers | cut -d '/' -f 11)
+}
+
 # SSH to a node by name ($1) and run a command ($2).
 #
 # Assumed vars:
@@ -283,18 +306,20 @@ function restart-apiserver() {
 #   CLUSTER_NAME
 #   GCLOUD
 #   KUBE_ROOT
+#   ZONE
 function test-teardown() {
   echo "... in test-teardown()" >&2
 
   detect-project >&2
+  detect-minions >&2
   # At this point, CLUSTER_NAME should have been used, so its value is final.
-  MINION_TAG="k8s-${CLUSTER_NAME}-node"
+  MINION_TAG=$($GCLOUD compute instances describe ${MINION_NAMES[0]} --project="${PROJECT}" --zone="${ZONE}" | grep -o "gke-${CLUSTER_NAME}-.\{8\}-node" | head -1)
 
   # First, remove anything we did with test-setup (currently, the firewall).
   # NOTE: Keep in sync with names above in test-setup.
-  "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules delete "${MINION_TAG}-${USER}-http-alt" \
+  "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules delete "${MINION_TAG}-http-alt" \
     --project="${PROJECT}" || true
-  "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules delete "${MINION_TAG}-${USER}-nodeports" \
+  "${GCLOUD}" compute firewall-rules delete "${MINION_TAG}-nodeports" \
     --project="${PROJECT}" || true
 
   # Then actually turn down the cluster.
@@ -310,6 +335,6 @@ function test-teardown() {
 function kube-down() {
   echo "... in kube-down()" >&2
   detect-project >&2
-  "${GCLOUD}" alpha container clusters delete --project="${PROJECT}" \
+  "${GCLOUD}" "${CMD_GROUP}" container clusters delete --project="${PROJECT}" \
     --zone="${ZONE}" "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --quiet
 }
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
index 878b7244456..35c0a348f61 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ addon-dir-create:
     - file_mode: 644
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if pillar.get('enable_cluster_monitoring', '').lower() == 'standalone' %}
+/etc/kubernetes/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone:
+  file.recurse:
+    - source: salt://kube-addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone
+    - include_pat: E@(^.+\.yaml$|^.+\.json$)
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - dir_mode: 755
+    - file_mode: 644
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if pillar.get('enable_cluster_monitoring', '').lower() == 'googleinfluxdb' %}
+/etc/kubernetes/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb:
+  file.recurse:
+    - source: salt://kube-addons/cluster-monitoring
+    - include_pat: E@(^.+\.yaml$|^.+\.json$)
+    - exclude_pat: E@(^.+heapster-controller\.yaml$|^.+heapster-controller\.json$)
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - dir_mode: 755
+    - file_mode: 644
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if pillar.get('enable_cluster_dns', '').lower() == 'true' %}
 /etc/kubernetes/addons/dns/skydns-svc.yaml:
   file.managed:
diff --git a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
index a9821cc152c..4183597a62d 100755
--- a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ else
   NODE_INSTANCE_GROUP=""
 fi
 
+if [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" == "gke" ]]; then
+  detect-node-instance-group
+fi
+
 ginkgo_args=()
 if [[ ${GINKGO_PARALLEL} =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
   ginkgo_args+=("-p")
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 9d628864340..6ee4a0f0acf 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if [[ "${E2E_UP,,}" == "true" ]]; then
             #       code=400,message=cluster.cluster_api_versionmustbeoneof:
             #       0.15.0,0.16.0.
             # The command should error, so we throw an || true on there.
-            msg=$(gcloud alpha container clusters create this-wont-work \
+            msg=$(gcloud ${CMD_GROUP:-alpha} container clusters create this-wont-work \
                 --zone=us-central1-f --cluster-api-version=0.0.0 2>&1 \
                 | tr -d '[[:space:]]') || true
             # Strip out everything before the final colon, which gives us just
diff --git a/pkg/client/helper.go b/pkg/client/helper.go
index 8834526a834..5021e595957 100644
--- a/pkg/client/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/client/helper.go
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/registered"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 // Config holds the common attributes that can be passed to a Kubernetes client on
@@ -143,6 +146,9 @@ func New(c *Config) (*Client, error) {
 	return &Client{client}, nil
 }
 
+// MatchesServerVersion queries the server to compares the build version
+// (git hash) of the client with the server's build version. It returns an error
+// if it failed to contact the server or if the versions are not an exact match.
 func MatchesServerVersion(c *Config) error {
 	client, err := New(c)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -161,6 +167,66 @@ func MatchesServerVersion(c *Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// NegotiateVersion queries the server's supported api versions to find
+// a version that both client and server support.
+// - If no version is provided, try the client's registered versions in order of
+//   preference.
+// - If version is provided, but not default config (explicitly requested via
+//   commandline flag), and is unsupported by the server, print a warning to
+//   stderr and try client's registered versions in order of preference.
+// - If version is config default, and the server does not support it,
+//   return an error.
+func NegotiateVersion(c *Config, version string) (string, error) {
+	client, err := New(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	clientVersions := util.StringSet{}
+	for _, v := range registered.RegisteredVersions {
+		clientVersions.Insert(v)
+	}
+	apiVersions, err := client.ServerAPIVersions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't read version from server: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	serverVersions := util.StringSet{}
+	for _, v := range apiVersions.Versions {
+		serverVersions.Insert(v)
+	}
+	// If no version requested, use config version (may also be empty).
+	if len(version) == 0 {
+		version = c.Version
+	}
+	// If version explicitly requested verify that both client and server support it.
+	// If server does not support warn, but try to negotiate a lower version.
+	if len(version) != 0 {
+		if !clientVersions.Has(version) {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Client does not support API version '%s'. Client supported API versions: %v", version, clientVersions)
+
+		}
+		if serverVersions.Has(version) {
+			return version, nil
+		}
+		// If we are using an explicit config version the server does not support, fail.
+		if version == c.Version {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Server does not support API version '%s'.", version)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, clientVersion := range registered.RegisteredVersions {
+		if serverVersions.Has(clientVersion) {
+			// Version was not explicitly requested in command config (--api-version).
+			// Ok to fall back to a supported version with a warning.
+			if len(version) != 0 {
+				glog.Warningf("Server does not support API version '%s'. Falling back to '%s'.", version, clientVersion)
+			}
+			return clientVersion, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to negotiate an api version. Server supports: %v. Client supports: %v.",
+		serverVersions, registered.RegisteredVersions)
+}
+
 // NewOrDie creates a Kubernetes client and panics if the provided API version is not recognized.
 func NewOrDie(c *Config) *Client {
 	client, err := New(c)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
index 4fdaa889c7a..fd2bb0c7a45 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
 
 	"code.google.com/p/gcfg"
 	compute "code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/compute/v1"
@@ -483,37 +483,41 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) getInstanceByName(name string) (*compute.Instance, error) {
 }
 
 func (gce *GCECloud) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
-	project, err := gce.service.Projects.Get(gce.projectID).Do()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	keyString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s %s@%s", user, strings.TrimSpace(string(keyData)), user, hostname)
-	found := false
-	for _, item := range project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items {
-		if item.Key == "sshKeys" {
-			item.Value = addKey(item.Value, keyString)
-			found = true
-			break
+	return wait.Poll(2*time.Second, 30*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
+		project, err := gce.service.Projects.Get(gce.projectID).Do()
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Could not get project: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
 		}
-	}
-	if !found {
-		// This is super unlikely, so log.
-		glog.Infof("Failed to find sshKeys metadata, creating a new item")
-		project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items = append(project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items,
-			&compute.MetadataItems{
-				Key:   "sshKeys",
-				Value: keyString,
-			})
-	}
-	op, err := gce.service.Projects.SetCommonInstanceMetadata(gce.projectID, project.CommonInstanceMetadata).Do()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return gce.waitForGlobalOp(op)
+		keyString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s %s@%s", user, strings.TrimSpace(string(keyData)), user, user)
+		found := false
+		for _, item := range project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items {
+			if item.Key == "sshKeys" {
+				item.Value = addKey(item.Value, keyString)
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			// This is super unlikely, so log.
+			glog.Infof("Failed to find sshKeys metadata, creating a new item")
+			project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items = append(project.CommonInstanceMetadata.Items,
+				&compute.MetadataItems{
+					Key:   "sshKeys",
+					Value: keyString,
+				})
+		}
+		op, err := gce.service.Projects.SetCommonInstanceMetadata(gce.projectID, project.CommonInstanceMetadata).Do()
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Could not Set Metadata: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		if err := gce.waitForGlobalOp(op); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Could not Set Metadata: %v", err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
 }
 
 func addKey(metadataBefore, keyString string) string {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
index 063fd00aeed..5815b250176 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -221,23 +221,25 @@ func stringBody(body string) io.ReadCloser {
 	return ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte(body)))
 }
 
+// TODO(jlowdermilk): refactor the Factory so we can test client versions properly,
+// with different client/server version skew scenarios.
 // Verify that resource.RESTClients constructed from a factory respect mapping.APIVersion
-func TestClientVersions(t *testing.T) {
-	f := cmdutil.NewFactory(nil)
-
-	version := testapi.Version()
-	mapping := &meta.RESTMapping{
-		APIVersion: version,
-	}
-	c, err := f.RESTClient(mapping)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	client := c.(*client.RESTClient)
-	if client.APIVersion() != version {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected Client APIVersion: %s %v", client.APIVersion, client)
-	}
-}
+//func TestClientVersions(t *testing.T) {
+//	f := cmdutil.NewFactory(nil)
+//
+//	version := testapi.Version()
+//	mapping := &meta.RESTMapping{
+//		APIVersion: version,
+//	}
+//	c, err := f.RESTClient(mapping)
+//	if err != nil {
+//		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+//	}
+//	client := c.(*client.RESTClient)
+//	if client.APIVersion() != version {
+//		t.Errorf("unexpected Client APIVersion: %s %v", client.APIVersion, client)
+//	}
+//}
 
 func ExamplePrintReplicationController() {
 	f, tf, codec := NewAPIFactory()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/clientcache.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/clientcache.go
index e7e64992c00..6d86d5d89fd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/clientcache.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/clientcache.go
@@ -21,11 +21,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientcmd"
 )
 
+func NewClientCache(loader clientcmd.ClientConfig) *clientCache {
+	return &clientCache{
+		clients: make(map[string]*client.Client),
+		configs: make(map[string]*client.Config),
+		loader:  loader,
+	}
+}
+
 // clientCache caches previously loaded clients for reuse, and ensures MatchServerVersion
 // is invoked only once
 type clientCache struct {
 	loader        clientcmd.ClientConfig
 	clients       map[string]*client.Client
+	configs       map[string]*client.Config
 	defaultConfig *client.Config
 	matchVersion  bool
 }
@@ -44,12 +53,18 @@ func (c *clientCache) ClientConfigForVersion(version string) (*client.Config, er
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if config, ok := c.configs[version]; ok {
+		return config, nil
+	}
 	// TODO: have a better config copy method
 	config := *c.defaultConfig
-	if len(version) != 0 {
-		config.Version = version
+	negotiatedVersion, err := client.NegotiateVersion(&config, version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	config.Version = negotiatedVersion
 	client.SetKubernetesDefaults(&config)
+	c.configs[version] = &config
 
 	return &config, nil
 }
@@ -57,15 +72,13 @@ func (c *clientCache) ClientConfigForVersion(version string) (*client.Config, er
 // ClientForVersion initializes or reuses a client for the specified version, or returns an
 // error if that is not possible
 func (c *clientCache) ClientForVersion(version string) (*client.Client, error) {
+	if client, ok := c.clients[version]; ok {
+		return client, nil
+	}
 	config, err := c.ClientConfigForVersion(version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	if client, ok := c.clients[config.Version]; ok {
-		return client, nil
-	}
-
 	client, err := client.New(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
index 1a3486047e6..ae799cfd1aa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ func NewFactory(optionalClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Factory {
 		clientConfig = DefaultClientConfig(flags)
 	}
 
-	clients := &clientCache{
-		clients: make(map[string]*client.Client),
-		loader:  clientConfig,
-	}
+	clients := NewClientCache(clientConfig)
 
 	return &Factory{
 		clients:    clients,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index dee4da35e77..14653452be1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// The oom_score_adj of the POD infrastructure container. The default is 0, so
-	// any value below that makes it *less* likely to get OOM killed.
-	podOomScoreAdj = -100
+	// The oom_score_adj of the POD infrastructure container. The default is 0 for
+	// any other docker containers, so any value below that makes it *less* likely
+	// to get OOM killed.
+	podOomScoreAdj           = -100
+	userContainerOomScoreAdj = 0
 
 	maxReasonCacheEntries = 200
 
@@ -1036,29 +1038,38 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) KillPod(pod kubecontainer.Pod) error {
 	// can be Len errors + the networkPlugin teardown error.
 	errs := make(chan error, len(pod.Containers)+1)
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	var networkID types.UID
 	for _, container := range pod.Containers {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(container *kubecontainer.Container) {
 			defer util.HandleCrash()
+			defer wg.Done()
 
 			// TODO: Handle this without signaling the pod infra container to
 			// adapt to the generic container runtime.
 			if container.Name == PodInfraContainerName {
-				err := dm.networkPlugin.TearDownPod(pod.Namespace, pod.Name, kubeletTypes.DockerID(container.ID))
-				if err != nil {
-					glog.Errorf("Failed tearing down the infra container: %v", err)
-					errs <- err
-				}
+				// Store the container runtime for later deletion.
+				// We do this so that PreStop handlers can run in the network namespace.
+				networkID = container.ID
+				return
 			}
-			err := dm.killContainer(container.ID)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := dm.killContainer(container.ID); err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Failed to delete container: %v; Skipping pod %q", err, pod.ID)
 				errs <- err
 			}
-			wg.Done()
 		}(container)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
+	if len(networkID) > 0 {
+		if err := dm.networkPlugin.TearDownPod(pod.Namespace, pod.Name, kubeletTypes.DockerID(networkID)); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed tearing down the infra container: %v", err)
+			errs <- err
+		}
+		if err := dm.killContainer(networkID); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to delete container: %v; Skipping pod %q", err, pod.ID)
+			errs <- err
+		}
+	}
 	close(errs)
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		errList := []error{}
@@ -1181,6 +1192,28 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) runContainerInPod(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Containe
 	if err = dm.os.Symlink(containerLogFile, symlinkFile); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to create symbolic link to the log file of pod %q container %q: %v", podFullName, container.Name, err)
 	}
+
+	// Set OOM score of POD container to lower than those of the other containers
+	// which have OOM score 0 by default in the pod. This ensures that it is
+	// killed only as a last resort.
+	containerInfo, err := dm.client.InspectContainer(string(id))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Ensure the PID actually exists, else we'll move ourselves.
+	if containerInfo.State.Pid == 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get init PID for Docker container %q", string(id))
+	}
+	if container.Name == PodInfraContainerName {
+		util.ApplyOomScoreAdj(containerInfo.State.Pid, podOomScoreAdj)
+	} else {
+		// Children processes of docker daemon will inheritant the OOM score from docker
+		// daemon process. We explicitly apply OOM score 0 by default to the user
+		// containers to avoid daemons or POD containers are killed by oom killer.
+		util.ApplyOomScoreAdj(containerInfo.State.Pid, userContainerOomScoreAdj)
+	}
+
 	return kubeletTypes.DockerID(id), err
 }
 
@@ -1235,19 +1268,6 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) createPodInfraContainer(pod *api.Pod) (kubeletTypes.Doc
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	// Set OOM score of POD container to lower than those of the other
-	// containers in the pod. This ensures that it is killed only as a last
-	// resort.
-	containerInfo, err := dm.client.InspectContainer(string(id))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	// Ensure the PID actually exists, else we'll move ourselves.
-	if containerInfo.State.Pid == 0 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get init PID for Docker pod infra container %q", string(id))
-	}
-	util.ApplyOomScoreAdj(containerInfo.State.Pid, podOomScoreAdj)
 	return id, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
index 1241feb8e7a..fe69ffb74c3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager_test.go
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ func TestSyncPodCreateNetAndContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ func TestSyncPodCreatesNetAndContainerPullsImage(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithPodInfraCreatesContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		// Inspect pod infra container (but does not create)"
 		"inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ func TestSyncPodDeletesWithNoPodInfraContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	// A map iteration is used to delete containers, so must not depend on
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ func TestSyncPodBadHash(t *testing.T) {
 		// Check the pod infra container.
 		"inspect_container",
 		// Kill and restart the bad hash container.
-		"inspect_container", "stop", "create", "start",
+		"inspect_container", "stop", "create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	if err := fakeDocker.AssertStopped([]string{"1234"}); err != nil {
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsUnhealthy(t *testing.T) {
 		// Kill the unhealthy container.
 		"inspect_container", "stop",
 		// Restart the unhealthy container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	if err := fakeDocker.AssertStopped([]string{"1234"}); err != nil {
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 				// Check the pod infra container.
 				"inspect_container",
 				// Restart both containers.
-				"create", "start", "create", "start",
+				"create", "start", "inspect_container", "create", "start", "inspect_container",
 			},
 			[]string{"succeeded", "failed"},
 			[]string{},
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 				// Check the pod infra container.
 				"inspect_container",
 				// Restart the failed container.
-				"create", "start",
+				"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 			},
 			[]string{"failed"},
 			[]string{},
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ func TestSyncPodWithPodInfraCreatesContainerCallsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		// Check the pod infra container.
 		"inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 	})
 
 	fakeDocker.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index f071f35f24e..5e222655f16 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1615,6 +1615,11 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) admitPods(allPods []*api.Pod, podSyncTypes map[types.UID]metr
 func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoop(updates <-chan PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler) {
 	glog.Info("Starting kubelet main sync loop.")
 	for {
+		if !kl.containerRuntimeUp() {
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+			glog.Infof("Skipping pod synchronization, container runtime is not up.")
+			continue
+		}
 		unsyncedPod := false
 		podSyncTypes := make(map[types.UID]metrics.SyncPodType)
 		select {
@@ -1875,11 +1880,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeStatus(node *api.Node) error {
 	}
 
 	// Check whether container runtime can be reported as up.
-	containerRuntimeUp := func() bool {
-		kl.runtimeMutex.Lock()
-		defer kl.runtimeMutex.Unlock()
-		return kl.lastTimestampRuntimeUp.Add(kl.runtimeUpThreshold).After(time.Now())
-	}()
+	containerRuntimeUp := kl.containerRuntimeUp()
 
 	currentTime := util.Now()
 	var newNodeReadyCondition api.NodeCondition
@@ -1942,6 +1943,12 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeStatus(node *api.Node) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (kl *Kubelet) containerRuntimeUp() bool {
+	kl.runtimeMutex.Lock()
+	defer kl.runtimeMutex.Unlock()
+	return kl.lastTimestampRuntimeUp.Add(kl.runtimeUpThreshold).After(time.Now())
+}
+
 // tryUpdateNodeStatus tries to update node status to master. If ReconcileCBR0
 // is set, this function will also confirm that cbr0 is configured correctly.
 func (kl *Kubelet) tryUpdateNodeStatus() error {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index e4b52692599..7428628cc46 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestSyncPodsWithTerminationLog(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create pod infra container.
 		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 		// Create container.
-		"create", "start",
+		"create", "start", "inspect_container",
 		// Get pod status.
 		"list", "inspect_container", "inspect_container",
 		// Get pods for deleting orphaned volumes.
diff --git a/pkg/master/master.go b/pkg/master/master.go
index 24fec4ed937..2e3b8ed5d89 100644
--- a/pkg/master/master.go
+++ b/pkg/master/master.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ type Master struct {
 	InsecureHandler http.Handler
 
 	// Used for secure proxy
-	tunnels       util.SSHTunnelList
+	tunnels       *util.SSHTunnelList
 	tunnelsLock   sync.Mutex
 	installSSHKey InstallSSHKey
 }
@@ -495,6 +495,11 @@ func (m *Master) init(c *Config) {
 
 	var proxyDialer func(net, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
 	if len(c.SSHUser) > 0 {
+		// Usernames are capped @ 32
+		if len(c.SSHUser) > 32 {
+			glog.Warning("SSH User is too long, truncating to 32 chars")
+			c.SSHUser = c.SSHUser[0:32]
+		}
 		glog.Infof("Setting up proxy: %s %s", c.SSHUser, c.SSHKeyfile)
 		exists, err := util.FileExists(c.SSHKeyfile)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -772,7 +777,7 @@ func (m *Master) Dial(net, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 }
 
 func (m *Master) needToReplaceTunnels(addrs []string) bool {
-	if len(m.tunnels) != len(addrs) {
+	if m.tunnels == nil || m.tunnels.Len() != len(addrs) {
 		return true
 	}
 	// TODO (cjcullen): This doesn't need to be n^2
@@ -807,7 +812,9 @@ func (m *Master) replaceTunnels(user, keyfile string, newAddrs []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	tunnels.Open()
+	if err := tunnels.Open(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if m.tunnels != nil {
 		m.tunnels.Close()
 	}
@@ -844,31 +851,24 @@ func (m *Master) refreshTunnels(user, keyfile string) error {
 func (m *Master) setupSecureProxy(user, keyfile string) {
 	// Sync loop for tunnels
 	// TODO: switch this to watch.
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			if err := m.loadTunnels(user, keyfile); err != nil {
-				glog.Errorf("Failed to load SSH Tunnels: %v", err)
-			}
-			var sleep time.Duration
-			if len(m.tunnels) == 0 {
-				sleep = time.Second
-			} else {
-				// tunnels could lag behind current set of nodes
-				sleep = 10 * time.Second
-			}
-			time.Sleep(sleep)
+	go util.Until(func() {
+		if err := m.loadTunnels(user, keyfile); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to load SSH Tunnels: %v", err)
 		}
-	}()
+		if m.tunnels != nil && m.tunnels.Len() != 0 {
+			// Sleep for 10 seconds if we have some tunnels.
+			// TODO (cjcullen): tunnels can lag behind actually existing nodes.
+			time.Sleep(9 * time.Second)
+		}
+	}, 1*time.Second, util.NeverStop)
 	// Refresh loop for tunnels
 	// TODO: could make this more controller-ish
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute)
-			if err := m.refreshTunnels(user, keyfile); err != nil {
-				glog.Errorf("Failed to refresh SSH Tunnels: %v", err)
-			}
+	go util.Until(func() {
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute)
+		if err := m.refreshTunnels(user, keyfile); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to refresh SSH Tunnels: %v", err)
 		}
-	}()
+	}, 0*time.Second, util.NeverStop)
 }
 
 func (m *Master) generateSSHKey(user, keyfile string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/util/ssh.go b/pkg/util/ssh.go
index 706190985ba..7d07249aebb 100644
--- a/pkg/util/ssh.go
+++ b/pkg/util/ssh.go
@@ -32,9 +32,30 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
 
+var (
+	tunnelOpenCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "ssh_tunnel_open_count",
+			Help: "Counter of ssh tunnel total open attempts",
+		},
+	)
+	tunnelOpenFailCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "ssh_tunnel_open_fail_count",
+			Help: "Counter of ssh tunnel failed open attempts",
+		},
+	)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(tunnelOpenCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(tunnelOpenFailCounter)
+}
+
 // TODO: Unit tests for this code, we can spin up a test SSH server with instructions here:
 // https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/ssh#ServerConn
 type SSHTunnel struct {
@@ -83,7 +104,9 @@ func makeSSHTunnel(user string, signer ssh.Signer, host string) (*SSHTunnel, err
 func (s *SSHTunnel) Open() error {
 	var err error
 	s.client, err = ssh.Dial("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(s.Host, s.SSHPort), s.Config)
+	tunnelOpenCounter.Inc()
 	if err != nil {
+		tunnelOpenFailCounter.Inc()
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -97,6 +120,9 @@ func (s *SSHTunnel) Dial(network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *SSHTunnel) tunnel(conn net.Conn, remoteHost, remotePort string) error {
+	if s.client == nil {
+		return errors.New("tunnel is not opened.")
+	}
 	tunnel, err := s.client.Dial("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(remoteHost, remotePort))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -107,6 +133,9 @@ func (s *SSHTunnel) tunnel(conn net.Conn, remoteHost, remotePort string) error {
 }
 
 func (s *SSHTunnel) Close() error {
+	if s.client == nil {
+		return errors.New("Cannot close tunnel. Tunnel was not opened.")
+	}
 	if err := s.client.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -178,9 +207,11 @@ type SSHTunnelEntry struct {
 	Tunnel  *SSHTunnel
 }
 
-type SSHTunnelList []SSHTunnelEntry
+type SSHTunnelList struct {
+	entries []SSHTunnelEntry
+}
 
-func MakeSSHTunnels(user, keyfile string, addresses []string) (SSHTunnelList, error) {
+func MakeSSHTunnels(user, keyfile string, addresses []string) (*SSHTunnelList, error) {
 	tunnels := []SSHTunnelEntry{}
 	for ix := range addresses {
 		addr := addresses[ix]
@@ -190,25 +221,35 @@ func MakeSSHTunnels(user, keyfile string, addresses []string) (SSHTunnelList, er
 		}
 		tunnels = append(tunnels, SSHTunnelEntry{addr, tunnel})
 	}
-	return tunnels, nil
+	return &SSHTunnelList{tunnels}, nil
 }
 
-func (l SSHTunnelList) Open() error {
-	for ix := range l {
-		if err := l[ix].Tunnel.Open(); err != nil {
-			return err
+// Open attempts to open all tunnels in the list, and removes any tunnels that
+// failed to open.
+func (l *SSHTunnelList) Open() error {
+	var openTunnels []SSHTunnelEntry
+	for ix := range l.entries {
+		if err := l.entries[ix].Tunnel.Open(); err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to open tunnel %v: %v", l.entries[ix], err)
+		} else {
+			openTunnels = append(openTunnels, l.entries[ix])
 		}
 	}
+	l.entries = openTunnels
+	if len(l.entries) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Failed to open any tunnels.")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Close asynchronously closes all tunnels in the list after waiting for 1
 // minute. Tunnels will still be open upon this function's return, but should
 // no longer be used.
-func (l SSHTunnelList) Close() {
-	for ix := range l {
-		entry := l[ix]
+func (l *SSHTunnelList) Close() {
+	for ix := range l.entries {
+		entry := l.entries[ix]
 		go func() {
+			defer HandleCrash()
 			time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
 			if err := entry.Tunnel.Close(); err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("Failed to close tunnel %v: %v", entry, err)
@@ -217,22 +258,26 @@ func (l SSHTunnelList) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (l SSHTunnelList) Dial(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-	if len(l) == 0 {
+func (l *SSHTunnelList) Dial(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	if len(l.entries) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Empty tunnel list.")
 	}
-	return l[mathrand.Int()%len(l)].Tunnel.Dial(network, addr)
+	return l.entries[mathrand.Int()%len(l.entries)].Tunnel.Dial(network, addr)
 }
 
-func (l SSHTunnelList) Has(addr string) bool {
-	for ix := range l {
-		if l[ix].Address == addr {
+func (l *SSHTunnelList) Has(addr string) bool {
+	for ix := range l.entries {
+		if l.entries[ix].Address == addr {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
+func (l *SSHTunnelList) Len() int {
+	return len(l.entries)
+}
+
 func EncodePrivateKey(private *rsa.PrivateKey) []byte {
 	return pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{
 		Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(private),
diff --git a/pkg/version/base.go b/pkg/version/base.go
index 2f231a65c1f..c1fe45cd63d 100644
--- a/pkg/version/base.go
+++ b/pkg/version/base.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ package version
 var (
 	// TODO: Deprecate gitMajor and gitMinor, use only gitVersion instead.
 	gitMajor     string = "0"              // major version, always numeric
-	gitMinor     string = "19.0+"          // minor version, numeric possibly followed by "+"
-	gitVersion   string = "v0.19.0-dev"    // version from git, output of $(git describe)
+	gitMinor     string = "19.1+"          // minor version, numeric possibly followed by "+"
+	gitVersion   string = "v0.19.1-dev"    // version from git, output of $(git describe)
 	gitCommit    string = ""               // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
 	gitTreeState string = "not a git tree" // state of git tree, either "clean" or "dirty"
 )
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
index a271aed510f..36549821024 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/predicates.go
@@ -360,6 +360,20 @@ func getUsedPorts(pods ...*api.Pod) map[int]bool {
 	return ports
 }
 
+func filterNonRunningPods(pods []*api.Pod) []*api.Pod {
+	if len(pods) == 0 {
+		return pods
+	}
+	result := []*api.Pod{}
+	for _, pod := range pods {
+		if pod.Status.Phase == api.PodSucceeded || pod.Status.Phase == api.PodFailed {
+			continue
+		}
+		result = append(result, pod)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
 // MapPodsToMachines obtains a list of pods and pivots that list into a map where the keys are host names
 // and the values are the list of pods running on that host.
 func MapPodsToMachines(lister algorithm.PodLister) (map[string][]*api.Pod, error) {
@@ -369,6 +383,7 @@ func MapPodsToMachines(lister algorithm.PodLister) (map[string][]*api.Pod, error
 	if err != nil {
 		return map[string][]*api.Pod{}, err
 	}
+	pods = filterNonRunningPods(pods)
 	for _, scheduledPod := range pods {
 		host := scheduledPod.Spec.NodeName
 		machineToPods[host] = append(machineToPods[host], scheduledPod)
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
index 19e224a7194..b220b14cb72 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/scheduler/generic_scheduler_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func matchesPredicate(pod *api.Pod, existingPods []*api.Pod, node string) (bool,
 	return pod.Name == node, nil
 }
 
+func hasNoPodsPredicate(pod *api.Pod, existingPods []*api.Pod, node string) (bool, error) {
+	return len(existingPods) == 0, nil
+}
+
 func numericPriority(pod *api.Pod, podLister algorithm.PodLister, minionLister algorithm.MinionLister) (algorithm.HostPriorityList, error) {
 	nodes, err := minionLister.List()
 	result := []algorithm.HostPriority{}
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ func TestGenericScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 		prioritizers []algorithm.PriorityConfig
 		nodes        []string
 		pod          *api.Pod
+		pods         []*api.Pod
 		expectedHost string
 		expectsErr   bool
 	}{
@@ -223,11 +228,66 @@ func TestGenericScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectsErr:   true,
 			name:         "test 7",
 		},
+		{
+			predicates: map[string]algorithm.FitPredicate{
+				"nopods":  hasNoPodsPredicate,
+				"matches": matchesPredicate,
+			},
+			pods: []*api.Pod{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "2"},
+					Spec: api.PodSpec{
+						NodeName: "2",
+					},
+					Status: api.PodStatus{
+						Phase: api.PodRunning,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			pod: &api.Pod{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "2"}},
+
+			prioritizers: []algorithm.PriorityConfig{{Function: numericPriority, Weight: 1}},
+			nodes:        []string{"1", "2"},
+			expectsErr:   true,
+			name:         "test 8",
+		},
+		{
+			predicates: map[string]algorithm.FitPredicate{
+				"nopods":  hasNoPodsPredicate,
+				"matches": matchesPredicate,
+			},
+			pods: []*api.Pod{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "2"},
+					Spec: api.PodSpec{
+						NodeName: "2",
+					},
+					Status: api.PodStatus{
+						Phase: api.PodFailed,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "3"},
+					Spec: api.PodSpec{
+						NodeName: "2",
+					},
+					Status: api.PodStatus{
+						Phase: api.PodSucceeded,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			pod: &api.Pod{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "2"}},
+
+			prioritizers: []algorithm.PriorityConfig{{Function: numericPriority, Weight: 1}},
+			nodes:        []string{"1", "2"},
+			expectedHost: "2",
+			name:         "test 9",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		random := rand.New(rand.NewSource(0))
-		scheduler := NewGenericScheduler(test.predicates, test.prioritizers, algorithm.FakePodLister([]*api.Pod{}), random)
+		scheduler := NewGenericScheduler(test.predicates, test.prioritizers, algorithm.FakePodLister(test.pods), random)
 		machine, err := scheduler.Schedule(test.pod, algorithm.FakeMinionLister(makeNodeList(test.nodes)))
 		if test.expectsErr {
 			if err == nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/monitoring.go b/test/e2e/monitoring.go
index 4561643944d..d1807c777bc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/monitoring.go
+++ b/test/e2e/monitoring.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ const (
 	influxdbDatabaseName = "k8s"
 	influxdbUser         = "root"
 	influxdbPW           = "root"
-	podlistQuery         = "select distinct(pod_id) from /cpu.*/"
-	nodelistQuery        = "select distinct(hostname) from /cpu.*/"
+	podlistQuery         = "select distinct(pod_id) from \"cpu/usage_ns_cumulative\""
+	nodelistQuery        = "select distinct(hostname) from \"cpu/usage_ns_cumulative\""
 	sleepBetweenAttempts = 5 * time.Second
 	testTimeout          = 5 * time.Minute
 )
diff --git a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
index 4bdbe627f56..57deeb87c03 100644
--- a/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/resize_nodes.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func waitForNodeInstanceGroupSize(size int) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		if currentSize != size {
-			Logf("Waiting for node istance group size %d, current size %d", size, currentSize)
+			Logf("Waiting for node instance group size %d, current size %d", size, currentSize)
 			continue
 		}
 		Logf("Node instance group has reached the desired size %d", size)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func waitForPodsCreatedRunningResponding(c *client.Client, ns, name string, repl
 }
 
 var _ = Describe("Nodes", func() {
-	supportedProviders := []string{"gce"}
+	supportedProviders := []string{"gce", "gke"}
 	var testName string
 	var c *client.Client
 	var ns string