diff --git a/include/grpc++/client_context.h b/include/grpc++/client_context.h
index 5c6f432c9a70bd0ae220bc27bd4cb70a3fd921b2..1b6769dee11b8899c84ce8e17cd92fc6c1612fe5 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/client_context.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/client_context.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ClientContext {
   /// \return The call's peer URI.
   grpc::string peer() const;
 
-  /// Get and set census context
+  /// Get and set census context.
   void set_census_context(struct census_context* ccp) { census_context_ = ccp; }
   struct census_context* census_context() const {
     return census_context_;
diff --git a/src/core/census/context.h b/src/core/census/context.h
index e45409a6b833f99cc5ad83620ceb35843b41b902..02b3ec2545b2269d90ffeb95081882d5ad03c967 100644
--- a/src/core/census/context.h
+++ b/src/core/census/context.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 #include <grpc/census.h>
 
+#define GRPC_CENSUS_MAX_ON_THE_WIRE_TAG_BYTES 2048
+
 /* census_context is the in-memory representation of information needed to
  * maintain tracing, RPC statistics and resource usage information. */
 struct census_context {
diff --git a/src/core/transport/static_metadata.c b/src/core/transport/static_metadata.c
index c2bfef0397fcae3862d6beeb95ee08769d8165fd..6e42379eee038dbd98a470ea3ddc92fd623594d6 100644
--- a/src/core/transport/static_metadata.c
+++ b/src/core/transport/static_metadata.c
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
  * WARNING: Auto-generated code.
  *
  * To make changes to this file, change
- * tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py,
+ *tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py,
  * and then re-run it.
  *
  * See metadata.h for an explanation of the interface here, and metadata.c for
- * an
+ *an
  * explanation of what's going on.
  */
 
@@ -54,25 +54,25 @@ gpr_uintptr grpc_static_mdelem_user_data[GRPC_STATIC_MDELEM_COUNT] = {
 
 const gpr_uint8
     grpc_static_metadata_elem_indices[GRPC_STATIC_MDELEM_COUNT * 2] = {
-        11, 33, 10, 33, 12, 33, 12, 47, 13, 33, 14, 33, 15, 33, 16, 33, 17, 33,
-        19, 33, 20, 33, 21, 33, 22, 33, 23, 33, 24, 33, 25, 33, 26, 33, 27, 33,
-        28, 18, 28, 33, 29, 33, 30, 33, 34, 33, 35, 33, 36, 33, 37, 33, 40, 31,
-        40, 32, 40, 46, 40, 51, 40, 52, 40, 53, 40, 54, 41, 31, 41, 46, 41, 51,
-        44, 0,  44, 1,  44, 2,  48, 33, 55, 33, 56, 33, 57, 33, 58, 33, 59, 33,
-        60, 33, 61, 33, 62, 33, 63, 33, 64, 38, 64, 66, 65, 76, 65, 77, 67, 33,
-        68, 33, 69, 33, 70, 33, 71, 33, 72, 33, 73, 39, 73, 49, 73, 50, 74, 33,
-        75, 33, 78, 3,  78, 4,  78, 5,  78, 6,  78, 7,  78, 8,  78, 9,  79, 33,
-        80, 81, 82, 33, 83, 33, 84, 33, 85, 33, 86, 33};
+        11, 35, 10, 35, 12, 35, 12, 49, 13, 35, 14, 35, 15, 35, 16, 35, 17, 35,
+        19, 35, 20, 35, 21, 35, 24, 35, 25, 35, 26, 35, 27, 35, 28, 35, 29, 35,
+        30, 18, 30, 35, 31, 35, 32, 35, 36, 35, 37, 35, 38, 35, 39, 35, 42, 33,
+        42, 34, 42, 48, 42, 53, 42, 54, 42, 55, 42, 56, 43, 33, 43, 48, 43, 53,
+        46, 0,  46, 1,  46, 2,  50, 35, 57, 35, 58, 35, 59, 35, 60, 35, 61, 35,
+        62, 35, 63, 35, 64, 35, 65, 35, 66, 40, 66, 68, 67, 78, 67, 79, 69, 35,
+        70, 35, 71, 35, 72, 35, 73, 35, 74, 35, 75, 41, 75, 51, 75, 52, 76, 35,
+        77, 35, 80, 3,  80, 4,  80, 5,  80, 6,  80, 7,  80, 8,  80, 9,  81, 35,
+        82, 83, 84, 35, 85, 35, 86, 35, 87, 35, 88, 35};
 
 const char *const grpc_static_metadata_strings[GRPC_STATIC_MDSTR_COUNT] = {
     "0", "1", "2", "200", "204", "206", "304", "400", "404", "500", "accept",
     "accept-charset", "accept-encoding", "accept-language", "accept-ranges",
     "access-control-allow-origin", "age", "allow", "application/grpc",
-    ":authority", "authorization", "cache-control", "content-disposition",
-    "content-encoding", "content-language", "content-length",
-    "content-location", "content-range", "content-type", "cookie", "date",
-    "deflate", "deflate,gzip", "", "etag", "expect", "expires", "from", "GET",
-    "grpc", "grpc-accept-encoding", "grpc-encoding",
+    ":authority", "authorization", "cache-control", "census", "census-bin",
+    "content-disposition", "content-encoding", "content-language",
+    "content-length", "content-location", "content-range", "content-type",
+    "cookie", "date", "deflate", "deflate,gzip", "", "etag", "expect",
+    "expires", "from", "GET", "grpc", "grpc-accept-encoding", "grpc-encoding",
     "grpc-internal-encoding-request", "grpc-message", "grpc-status",
     "grpc-timeout", "gzip", "gzip, deflate", "host", "http", "https",
     "identity", "identity,deflate", "identity,deflate,gzip", "identity,gzip",
diff --git a/src/core/transport/static_metadata.h b/src/core/transport/static_metadata.h
index e9055fb45cdbbdb7e611f1079ccaa829abff3718..0e630b1b034722bb511da0ac44642827cbcaa01a 100644
--- a/src/core/transport/static_metadata.h
+++ b/src/core/transport/static_metadata.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #include "src/core/transport/metadata.h"
 
-#define GRPC_STATIC_MDSTR_COUNT 87
+#define GRPC_STATIC_MDSTR_COUNT 89
 extern grpc_mdstr grpc_static_mdstr_table[GRPC_STATIC_MDSTR_COUNT];
 /* "0" */
 #define GRPC_MDSTR_0 (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[0])
@@ -92,137 +92,141 @@ extern grpc_mdstr grpc_static_mdstr_table[GRPC_STATIC_MDSTR_COUNT];
 #define GRPC_MDSTR_AUTHORIZATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[20])
 /* "cache-control" */
 #define GRPC_MDSTR_CACHE_CONTROL (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[21])
+/* "census" */
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CENSUS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[22])
+/* "census-bin" */
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CENSUS_BIN (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[23])
 /* "content-disposition" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_DISPOSITION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[22])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_DISPOSITION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[24])
 /* "content-encoding" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[23])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[25])
 /* "content-language" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LANGUAGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[24])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LANGUAGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[26])
 /* "content-length" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LENGTH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[25])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LENGTH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[27])
 /* "content-location" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LOCATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[26])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_LOCATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[28])
 /* "content-range" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[27])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[29])
 /* "content-type" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_TYPE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[28])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_CONTENT_TYPE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[30])
 /* "cookie" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_COOKIE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[29])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_COOKIE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[31])
 /* "date" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_DATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[30])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_DATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[32])
 /* "deflate" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[31])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[33])
 /* "deflate,gzip" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_DEFLATE_COMMA_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[32])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_DEFLATE_COMMA_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[34])
 /* "" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_EMPTY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[33])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_EMPTY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[35])
 /* "etag" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_ETAG (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[34])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_ETAG (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[36])
 /* "expect" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_EXPECT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[35])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_EXPECT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[37])
 /* "expires" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_EXPIRES (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[36])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_EXPIRES (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[38])
 /* "from" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_FROM (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[37])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_FROM (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[39])
 /* "GET" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GET (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[38])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GET (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[40])
 /* "grpc" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[39])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[41])
 /* "grpc-accept-encoding" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_ACCEPT_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[40])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_ACCEPT_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[42])
 /* "grpc-encoding" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[41])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[43])
 /* "grpc-internal-encoding-request" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_INTERNAL_ENCODING_REQUEST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[42])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_INTERNAL_ENCODING_REQUEST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[44])
 /* "grpc-message" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_MESSAGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[43])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_MESSAGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[45])
 /* "grpc-status" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_STATUS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[44])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_STATUS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[46])
 /* "grpc-timeout" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_TIMEOUT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[45])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GRPC_TIMEOUT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[47])
 /* "gzip" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[46])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[48])
 /* "gzip, deflate" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_GZIP_COMMA_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[47])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_GZIP_COMMA_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[49])
 /* "host" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_HOST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[48])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_HOST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[50])
 /* "http" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_HTTP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[49])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_HTTP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[51])
 /* "https" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_HTTPS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[50])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_HTTPS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[52])
 /* "identity" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[51])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[53])
 /* "identity,deflate" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY_COMMA_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[52])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY_COMMA_DEFLATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[54])
 /* "identity,deflate,gzip" */
 #define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY_COMMA_DEFLATE_COMMA_GZIP \
-  (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[53])
+  (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[55])
 /* "identity,gzip" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY_COMMA_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[54])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IDENTITY_COMMA_GZIP (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[56])
 /* "if-match" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_MATCH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[55])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_MATCH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[57])
 /* "if-modified-since" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[56])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[58])
 /* "if-none-match" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_NONE_MATCH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[57])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_NONE_MATCH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[59])
 /* "if-range" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[58])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[60])
 /* "if-unmodified-since" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[59])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[61])
 /* "last-modified" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_LAST_MODIFIED (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[60])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_LAST_MODIFIED (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[62])
 /* "link" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_LINK (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[61])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_LINK (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[63])
 /* "location" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_LOCATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[62])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_LOCATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[64])
 /* "max-forwards" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_MAX_FORWARDS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[63])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_MAX_FORWARDS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[65])
 /* ":method" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_METHOD (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[64])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_METHOD (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[66])
 /* ":path" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_PATH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[65])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_PATH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[67])
 /* "POST" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_POST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[66])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_POST (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[68])
 /* "proxy-authenticate" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_PROXY_AUTHENTICATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[67])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_PROXY_AUTHENTICATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[69])
 /* "proxy-authorization" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[68])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[70])
 /* "range" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[69])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_RANGE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[71])
 /* "referer" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_REFERER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[70])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_REFERER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[72])
 /* "refresh" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_REFRESH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[71])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_REFRESH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[73])
 /* "retry-after" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_RETRY_AFTER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[72])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_RETRY_AFTER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[74])
 /* ":scheme" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_SCHEME (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[73])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_SCHEME (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[75])
 /* "server" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_SERVER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[74])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_SERVER (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[76])
 /* "set-cookie" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_SET_COOKIE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[75])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_SET_COOKIE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[77])
 /* "/" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_SLASH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[76])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_SLASH (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[78])
 /* "/index.html" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_SLASH_INDEX_DOT_HTML (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[77])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_SLASH_INDEX_DOT_HTML (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[79])
 /* ":status" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_STATUS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[78])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_STATUS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[80])
 /* "strict-transport-security" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_STRICT_TRANSPORT_SECURITY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[79])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_STRICT_TRANSPORT_SECURITY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[81])
 /* "te" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_TE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[80])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_TE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[82])
 /* "trailers" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_TRAILERS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[81])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_TRAILERS (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[83])
 /* "transfer-encoding" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_TRANSFER_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[82])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_TRANSFER_ENCODING (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[84])
 /* "user-agent" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_USER_AGENT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[83])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_USER_AGENT (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[85])
 /* "vary" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_VARY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[84])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_VARY (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[86])
 /* "via" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_VIA (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[85])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_VIA (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[87])
 /* "www-authenticate" */
-#define GRPC_MDSTR_WWW_AUTHENTICATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[86])
+#define GRPC_MDSTR_WWW_AUTHENTICATE (&grpc_static_mdstr_table[88])
 
 #define GRPC_STATIC_MDELEM_COUNT 78
 extern grpc_mdelem grpc_static_mdelem_table[GRPC_STATIC_MDELEM_COUNT];
diff --git a/tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py b/tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py
index 86cb4143f8a94cbb6f2ced13b364bb403ef36bde..3e47d7f6d5e7eab3d6c076643dfe1b6ba4960be3 100755
--- a/tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py
+++ b/tools/codegen/core/gen_static_metadata.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ CONFIG = [
     'host',
     'grpc-message',
     'grpc-status',
+    'census',
+    'census-bin',
     '',
     ('grpc-status', '0'),
     ('grpc-status', '1'),