diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 40da82f6f4cc50ff29efa614e25bdcac5f53a077..c713f696cc2fc2e594f96118e2d6fc439d2e4655 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4390,6 +4390,7 @@ add_library(end2end_tests
   test/core/end2end/end2end_test_utils.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c
+  test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/call_creds.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c
@@ -4487,6 +4488,7 @@ add_library(end2end_nosec_tests
   test/core/end2end/end2end_test_utils.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c
+  test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c
   test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_client_done.c
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7922793f9f1660d541b6a93fc377ca14b121f44f..b0dcfc21c5977bce2fda3d3a16148f9c18fe0002 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8225,6 +8225,7 @@ LIBEND2END_TESTS_SRC = \
     test/core/end2end/end2end_test_utils.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c \
+    test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/call_creds.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c \
@@ -8317,6 +8318,7 @@ LIBEND2END_NOSEC_TESTS_SRC = \
     test/core/end2end/end2end_test_utils.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c \
+    test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c \
     test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_client_done.c \
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 6093ad5bd183326122e7d87eaba74d076034384f..61668115af81b482085ba35173e9ec7d532428f7 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -45,9 +45,42 @@
     # Some Node installations use the system installation of OpenSSL, and on
     # some systems, the system OpenSSL still does not have ALPN support. This
     # will let users recompile gRPC to work without ALPN.
-    'grpc_alpn%': 'true'
+    'grpc_alpn%': 'true',
+    # Indicates that the library should be built with gcov.
+    'grpc_gcov%': 'false'
   },
   'target_defaults': {
+    'configurations': {
+      'Release': {
+        'cflags': [
+            '-O2',
+        ],
+        'defines': [
+            'NDEBUG',
+        ],
+      },
+      'Debug': {
+        'cflags': [
+            '-O0',
+        ],
+        'defines': [
+            '_DEBUG',
+            'DEBUG',
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    'cflags': [
+        '-g',
+        '-Wall',
+        '-Wextra',
+        '-Werror',
+        '-Wno-long-long',
+        '-Wno-unused-parameter',
+        '-DOSATOMIC_USE_INLINED=1',
+    ],
+    'ldflags': [
+        '-g',
+    ],
     'include_dirs': [
       '.',
       'include'
@@ -64,6 +97,24 @@
           'GRPC_UV'
         ]
       }],
+      ['grpc_gcov=="true"', {
+        'cflags': [
+            '-O0',
+            '-fprofile-arcs',
+            '-ftest-coverage',
+            '-Wno-return-type',
+        ],
+        'defines': [
+            '_DEBUG',
+            'DEBUG',
+            'GPR_GCOV',
+        ],
+        'ldflags': [
+            '-fprofile-arcs',
+            '-ftest-coverage',
+            '-rdynamic',
+        ],
+      }],
       ['OS!="win" and runtime=="electron"', {
         "defines": [
           'OPENSSL_NO_THREADS'
@@ -126,26 +177,9 @@
           "ws2_32"
         ]
       }, { # OS != "win"
-        'variables': {
-          'config': '<!(echo $CONFIG)',
-        },
         'include_dirs': [
           '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib',
-          '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include',
-        ],
-        'conditions': [
-          ['config=="gcov"', {
-            'cflags': [
-              '-ftest-coverage',
-              '-fprofile-arcs',
-              '-O0'
-            ],
-            'ldflags': [
-              '-ftest-coverage',
-              '-fprofile-arcs'
-            ]
-          }
-         ]
+          '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include'
         ]
       }]
     ]
@@ -863,16 +897,10 @@
       ],
       'cflags': [
         '-std=c++11',
-        '-Wall',
         '-pthread',
-        '-g',
         '-zdefs',
-        '-Werror',
         '-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations'
       ],
-      'ldflags': [
-        '-g'
-      ],
       "conditions": [
         ['OS=="win" or runtime=="electron"', {
           'dependencies': [
diff --git a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
index 49f570f1d70c4ffc6209c9b26d3b6fd1e6c7c962..9663b5b1eeb899302c18e56e2f814d017c501896 100644
--- a/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
+++ b/include/grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h
@@ -205,17 +205,27 @@ typedef struct {
      a data frame or header frame) */
 #define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA \
   "grpc.http2.max_pings_without_data"
+/** How many misbehaving pings the server can bear before sending goaway and
+    closing the transport?
+    (0 indicates that the server can bear an infinite number of misbehaving
+     pings) */
+#define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PING_STRIKES "grpc.http2.max_ping_strikes"
+/** Minimum allowed time between two pings without sending any data frame. Int
+    valued, seconds */
+#define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS \
+  "grpc.http2.min_ping_interval_without_data_ms"
 /** How much data are we willing to queue up per stream if
     GRPC_WRITE_BUFFER_HINT is set? This is an upper bound */
 #define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE "grpc.http2.write_buffer_size"
 /** Should we allow receipt of true-binary data on http2 connections? */
 #define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_ENABLE_TRUE_BINARY "grpc.http2.true_binary"
-/** After a duration of this time the client pings the server to see if the
-    transport is still alive. Int valued, seconds. */
-#define GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S "grpc.client_keepalive_time"
-/** After waiting for a duration of this time, if the client does not receive
-    the ping ack, it will close the transport. Int valued, seconds. */
-#define GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S "grpc.client_keepalive_timeout"
+/** After a duration of this time the client/server pings its peer to see if the
+    transport is still alive. Int valued, milliseconds. */
+#define GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS "grpc.keepalive_time_ms"
+/** After waiting for a duration of this time, if the keepalive ping sender does
+    not receive the ping ack, it will close the transport. Int valued,
+    milliseconds. */
+#define GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS "grpc.keepalive_timeout_ms"
 /** Is it permissible to send keepalive pings without any outstanding streams.
     Int valued, 0(false)/1(true). */
 #define GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS \
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 0f423c1bcfe28b327910d0ffdf343e256f658cac..63effe401188402beda31914e3e29b5bf32a2d84 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -69,13 +69,21 @@
 #define MAX_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024)
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE (16 * 1024)
 
-#define DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S INT_MAX
-#define DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S 20
+#define DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS INT_MAX
+#define DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS 20000 /* 20 seconds */
+#define DEFAULT_SERVER_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS 7200000  /* 2 hours */
+#define DEFAULT_SERVER_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS 20000 /* 20 seconds */
 #define DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS false
-
-static int g_default_client_keepalive_time_s = DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S;
-static int g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s =
-    DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S;
+#define KEEPALIVE_TIME_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER 2
+
+static int g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms =
+    DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS;
+static int g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms =
+    DEFAULT_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS;
+static int g_default_server_keepalive_time_ms =
+    DEFAULT_SERVER_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS;
+static int g_default_server_keepalive_timeout_ms =
+    DEFAULT_SERVER_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS;
 static bool g_default_keepalive_permit_without_calls =
     DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS;
 
@@ -153,6 +161,8 @@ static void retry_initiate_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *tp,
 
 #define DEFAULT_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS 0
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_PINGS_BETWEEN_DATA 3
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_PING_STRIKES 2
+#define DEFAULT_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS 300000 /* 5 minutes */
 
 /** keepalive-relevant functions */
 static void init_keepalive_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
@@ -353,19 +363,35 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
       .max_pings_without_data = DEFAULT_MAX_PINGS_BETWEEN_DATA,
       .min_time_between_pings =
           gpr_time_from_millis(DEFAULT_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS, GPR_TIMESPAN),
+      .max_ping_strikes = DEFAULT_MAX_PING_STRIKES,
+      .min_ping_interval_without_data = gpr_time_from_millis(
+          DEFAULT_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS, GPR_TIMESPAN),
   };
 
-  /* client-side keepalive setting */
-  t->keepalive_time =
-      g_default_client_keepalive_time_s == INT_MAX
-          ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
-          : gpr_time_from_seconds(g_default_client_keepalive_time_s,
-                                  GPR_TIMESPAN);
-  t->keepalive_timeout =
-      g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s == INT_MAX
-          ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
-          : gpr_time_from_seconds(g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s,
-                                  GPR_TIMESPAN);
+  /* Keepalive setting */
+  if (t->is_client) {
+    t->keepalive_time =
+        g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms == INT_MAX
+            ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
+            : gpr_time_from_millis(g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms,
+                                   GPR_TIMESPAN);
+    t->keepalive_timeout =
+        g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms == INT_MAX
+            ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
+            : gpr_time_from_millis(g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms,
+                                   GPR_TIMESPAN);
+  } else {
+    t->keepalive_time =
+        g_default_server_keepalive_time_ms == INT_MAX
+            ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
+            : gpr_time_from_millis(g_default_server_keepalive_time_ms,
+                                   GPR_TIMESPAN);
+    t->keepalive_timeout =
+        g_default_server_keepalive_timeout_ms == INT_MAX
+            ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
+            : gpr_time_from_millis(g_default_server_keepalive_timeout_ms,
+                                   GPR_TIMESPAN);
+  }
   t->keepalive_permit_without_calls = g_default_keepalive_permit_without_calls;
 
   if (channel_args) {
@@ -398,6 +424,11 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
         t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
             &channel_args->args[i],
             (grpc_integer_options){DEFAULT_MAX_PINGS_BETWEEN_DATA, 0, INT_MAX});
+      } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
+                             GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PING_STRIKES)) {
+        t->ping_policy.max_ping_strikes = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
+            &channel_args->args[i],
+            (grpc_integer_options){DEFAULT_MAX_PING_STRIKES, 0, INT_MAX});
       } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
                              GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS)) {
         t->ping_policy.min_time_between_pings = gpr_time_from_millis(
@@ -406,6 +437,15 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
                 (grpc_integer_options){DEFAULT_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS, 0,
                                        INT_MAX}),
             GPR_TIMESPAN);
+      } else if (0 ==
+                 strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
+                        GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS)) {
+        t->ping_policy.min_ping_interval_without_data = gpr_time_from_millis(
+            grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
+                &channel_args->args[i],
+                (grpc_integer_options){
+                    DEFAULT_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS, 0, INT_MAX}),
+            GPR_TIMESPAN);
       } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
                              GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE)) {
         t->write_buffer_size = (uint32_t)grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
@@ -416,23 +456,27 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
         t->enable_bdp_probe = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
             &channel_args->args[i], (grpc_integer_options){1, 0, 1});
       } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
-                             GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S)) {
+                             GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS)) {
         const int value = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
             &channel_args->args[i],
-            (grpc_integer_options){g_default_client_keepalive_time_s, 1,
-                                   INT_MAX});
+            (grpc_integer_options){t->is_client
+                                       ? g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms
+                                       : g_default_server_keepalive_time_ms,
+                                   1, INT_MAX});
         t->keepalive_time = value == INT_MAX
                                 ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
-                                : gpr_time_from_seconds(value, GPR_TIMESPAN);
+                                : gpr_time_from_millis(value, GPR_TIMESPAN);
       } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
-                             GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S)) {
+                             GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
         const int value = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
             &channel_args->args[i],
-            (grpc_integer_options){g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s, 0,
-                                   INT_MAX});
+            (grpc_integer_options){t->is_client
+                                       ? g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms
+                                       : g_default_server_keepalive_timeout_ms,
+                                   0, INT_MAX});
         t->keepalive_timeout = value == INT_MAX
                                    ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
-                                   : gpr_time_from_seconds(value, GPR_TIMESPAN);
+                                   : gpr_time_from_millis(value, GPR_TIMESPAN);
       } else if (0 == strcmp(channel_args->args[i].key,
                              GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS)) {
         t->keepalive_permit_without_calls =
@@ -495,8 +539,11 @@ static void init_transport(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
       t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data;
   t->ping_state.is_delayed_ping_timer_set = false;
 
-  /** Start client-side keepalive pings */
-  if (t->is_client) {
+  t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time = gpr_inf_past(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+  t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes = 0;
+
+  /* Start keepalive pings */
+  if (gpr_time_cmp(t->keepalive_time, gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)) != 0) {
     t->keepalive_state = GRPC_CHTTP2_KEEPALIVE_STATE_WAITING;
     GRPC_CHTTP2_REF_TRANSPORT(t, "init keepalive ping");
     grpc_timer_init(
@@ -925,6 +972,26 @@ void grpc_chttp2_add_incoming_goaway(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
   // GRPC_CHTTP2_IF_TRACING(
   //     gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "got goaway [%d]: %s", goaway_error, msg));
   t->seen_goaway = 1;
+
+  /* When a client receives a GOAWAY with error code ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM and debug
+   * data equal to “too_many_pings”, it should log the occurrence at a log level
+   * that is enabled by default and double the configured KEEPALIVE_TIME used
+   * for new connections on that channel. */
+  if (t->is_client && goaway_error == GRPC_HTTP2_ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM &&
+      grpc_slice_str_cmp(goaway_text, "too_many_pings") == 0) {
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
+            "Received a GOAWAY with error code ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM and debug "
+            "data equal to \"too_many_pings\"");
+    double current_keepalive_time_ms =
+        gpr_timespec_to_micros(t->keepalive_time) / 1000;
+    t->keepalive_time =
+        current_keepalive_time_ms > INT_MAX / KEEPALIVE_TIME_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER
+            ? gpr_inf_future(GPR_TIMESPAN)
+            : gpr_time_from_millis((int64_t)(current_keepalive_time_ms *
+                                             KEEPALIVE_TIME_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER),
+                                   GPR_TIMESPAN);
+  }
+
   /* lie: use transient failure from the transport to indicate goaway has been
    * received */
   connectivity_state_set(
@@ -1466,6 +1533,21 @@ static void send_goaway(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
   GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
 }
 
+void grpc_chttp2_add_ping_strike(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                 grpc_chttp2_transport *t) {
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "PING strike");
+  if (++t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes > t->ping_policy.max_ping_strikes &&
+      t->ping_policy.max_ping_strikes != 0) {
+    send_goaway(exec_ctx, t,
+                grpc_error_set_int(
+                    GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING("too_many_pings"),
+                    GRPC_ERROR_INT_HTTP2_ERROR, GRPC_HTTP2_ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM));
+    /*The transport will be closed after the write is done */
+    close_transport_locked(
+        exec_ctx, t, GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING("Too many pings"));
+  }
+}
+
 static void perform_transport_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                         void *stream_op,
                                         grpc_error *error_ignored) {
@@ -2132,6 +2214,10 @@ static void start_bdp_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *tp,
   if (grpc_http_trace) {
     gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "%s: Start BDP ping", t->peer_string);
   }
+  /* Reset the keepalive ping timer */
+  if (t->keepalive_state == GRPC_CHTTP2_KEEPALIVE_STATE_WAITING) {
+    grpc_timer_cancel(exec_ctx, &t->keepalive_ping_timer);
+  }
   grpc_bdp_estimator_start_ping(&t->bdp_estimator);
 }
 
@@ -2146,20 +2232,32 @@ static void finish_bdp_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *tp,
   GRPC_CHTTP2_UNREF_TRANSPORT(exec_ctx, t, "bdp_ping");
 }
 
-void grpc_chttp2_config_default_keepalive_args(grpc_channel_args *args) {
+void grpc_chttp2_config_default_keepalive_args(grpc_channel_args *args,
+                                               bool is_client) {
   size_t i;
   if (args) {
     for (i = 0; i < args->num_args; i++) {
-      if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S)) {
-        g_default_client_keepalive_time_s = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
-            &args->args[i], (grpc_integer_options){
-                                g_default_client_keepalive_time_s, 1, INT_MAX});
-      } else if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key,
-                             GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S)) {
-        g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
+      if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS)) {
+        const int value = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
+            &args->args[i],
+            (grpc_integer_options){g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms, 1,
+                                   INT_MAX});
+        if (is_client) {
+          g_default_client_keepalive_time_ms = value;
+        } else {
+          g_default_server_keepalive_time_ms = value;
+        }
+      } else if (0 ==
+                 strcmp(args->args[i].key, GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
+        const int value = grpc_channel_arg_get_integer(
             &args->args[i],
-            (grpc_integer_options){g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_s, 0,
+            (grpc_integer_options){g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms, 0,
                                    INT_MAX});
+        if (is_client) {
+          g_default_client_keepalive_timeout_ms = value;
+        } else {
+          g_default_server_keepalive_timeout_ms = value;
+        }
       } else if (0 == strcmp(args->args[i].key,
                              GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS)) {
         g_default_keepalive_permit_without_calls =
@@ -2177,7 +2275,8 @@ static void init_keepalive_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
   grpc_chttp2_transport *t = arg;
   GPR_ASSERT(t->keepalive_state == GRPC_CHTTP2_KEEPALIVE_STATE_WAITING);
   if (error == GRPC_ERROR_NONE && !(t->destroying || t->closed)) {
-    if (t->keepalive_permit_without_calls || t->stream_map.count > 0) {
+    if (t->keepalive_permit_without_calls ||
+        grpc_chttp2_stream_map_size(&t->stream_map) > 0) {
       t->keepalive_state = GRPC_CHTTP2_KEEPALIVE_STATE_PINGING;
       GRPC_CHTTP2_REF_TRANSPORT(t, "keepalive ping end");
       send_ping_locked(exec_ctx, t, GRPC_CHTTP2_PING_ON_NEXT_WRITE,
@@ -2190,6 +2289,13 @@ static void init_keepalive_ping_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
           gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC), t->keepalive_time),
           &t->init_keepalive_ping_locked, gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC));
     }
+  } else if (error == GRPC_ERROR_CANCELLED && !(t->destroying || t->closed)) {
+    /* The keepalive ping timer may be cancelled by bdp */
+    GRPC_CHTTP2_REF_TRANSPORT(t, "init keepalive ping");
+    grpc_timer_init(
+        exec_ctx, &t->keepalive_ping_timer,
+        gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC), t->keepalive_time),
+        &t->init_keepalive_ping_locked, gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC));
   }
   GRPC_CHTTP2_UNREF_TRANSPORT(exec_ctx, t, "init keepalive ping");
 }
@@ -2231,8 +2337,8 @@ static void keepalive_watchdog_fired_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
                                               "keepalive watchdog timeout"));
     }
   } else {
-    /** The watchdog timer should have been cancelled by
-        finish_keepalive_ping_locked. */
+    /* The watchdog timer should have been cancelled by
+     * finish_keepalive_ping_locked. */
     if (error != GRPC_ERROR_CANCELLED) {
       gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "keepalive_ping_end state error: %d (expect: %d)",
               t->keepalive_state, GRPC_CHTTP2_KEEPALIVE_STATE_PINGING);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_ping.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_ping.c
index 46dafdb62f6d4afcd995d33b6d39f624bf9c95f2..6016e43127c07611f1388b039f411e97f515d2c8 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_ping.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_ping.c
@@ -103,6 +103,28 @@ grpc_error *grpc_chttp2_ping_parser_parse(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *parser,
     if (p->is_ack) {
       grpc_chttp2_ack_ping(exec_ctx, t, p->opaque_8bytes);
     } else {
+      if (!t->is_client) {
+        gpr_timespec now = gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+        gpr_timespec next_allowed_ping =
+            gpr_time_add(t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time,
+                         t->ping_policy.min_ping_interval_without_data);
+
+        if (t->keepalive_permit_without_calls == 0 &&
+            grpc_chttp2_stream_map_size(&t->stream_map) == 0) {
+          /* According to RFC1122, the interval of TCP Keep-Alive is default to
+             no less than two hours. When there is no outstanding streams, we
+             restrict the number of PINGS equivalent to TCP Keep-Alive. */
+          next_allowed_ping =
+              gpr_time_add(t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time,
+                           gpr_time_from_seconds(7200, GPR_TIMESPAN));
+        }
+
+        if (gpr_time_cmp(next_allowed_ping, now) > 0) {
+          grpc_chttp2_add_ping_strike(exec_ctx, t);
+        }
+
+        t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time = now;
+      }
       if (!g_disable_ping_ack) {
         if (t->ping_ack_count == t->ping_ack_capacity) {
           t->ping_ack_capacity = GPR_MAX(t->ping_ack_capacity * 3 / 2, 3);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_settings.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_settings.c
index 46630a6cc62f9d3a259e70cdc326295fc3f3b386..d53f51a1e84335ad061b0e6312449d2ae8b22f1a 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_settings.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_settings.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ grpc_slice grpc_chttp2_settings_create(uint32_t *old, const uint32_t *new,
 
   for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
     if (new[i] != old[i] || (force_mask & (1u << i)) != 0) {
-      GPR_ASSERT(i);
       *p++ = (uint8_t)(grpc_setting_id_to_wire_id[i] >> 8);
       *p++ = (uint8_t)(grpc_setting_id_to_wire_id[i]);
       *p++ = (uint8_t)(new[i] >> 24);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
index 50993e4ecdf26e300f427a7f194ae3671cdcf522..6eb848b8d776313ec90d9ce96fc3c83b7854b6b0 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
   gpr_timespec min_time_between_pings;
   int max_pings_without_data;
+  int max_ping_strikes;
+  gpr_timespec min_ping_interval_without_data;
 } grpc_chttp2_repeated_ping_policy;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -106,6 +108,11 @@ typedef struct {
   bool is_delayed_ping_timer_set;
 } grpc_chttp2_repeated_ping_state;
 
+typedef struct {
+  gpr_timespec last_ping_recv_time;
+  int ping_strikes;
+} grpc_chttp2_server_ping_recv_state;
+
 /* deframer state for the overall http2 stream of bytes */
 typedef enum {
   /* prefix: one entry per http2 connection prefix byte */
@@ -316,6 +323,7 @@ struct grpc_chttp2_transport {
   size_t ping_ack_count;
   size_t ping_ack_capacity;
   uint64_t *ping_acks;
+  grpc_chttp2_server_ping_recv_state ping_recv_state;
 
   /** parser for headers */
   grpc_chttp2_hpack_parser hpack_parser;
@@ -792,6 +800,13 @@ void grpc_chttp2_incoming_byte_stream_finished(
 void grpc_chttp2_ack_ping(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t,
                           uint64_t id);
 
+/** Add a new ping strike to ping_recv_state.ping_strikes. If
+    ping_recv_state.ping_strikes > ping_policy.max_ping_strikes, it sends GOAWAY
+    with error code ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM and additional debug data resembling
+    “too_many_pings” followed by immediately closing the connection. */
+void grpc_chttp2_add_ping_strike(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                 grpc_chttp2_transport *t);
+
 typedef enum {
   /* don't initiate a transport write, but piggyback on the next one */
   GRPC_CHTTP2_STREAM_WRITE_PIGGYBACK,
@@ -831,6 +846,7 @@ uint32_t grpc_chttp2_target_incoming_window(grpc_chttp2_transport *t);
 
 /** Set the default keepalive configurations, must only be called at
     initialization */
-void grpc_chttp2_config_default_keepalive_args(grpc_channel_args *args);
+void grpc_chttp2_config_default_keepalive_args(grpc_channel_args *args,
+                                               bool is_client);
 
 #endif /* GRPC_CORE_EXT_TRANSPORT_CHTTP2_TRANSPORT_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
index b3918df7dcab88c466baefca8b368e85b590cf9b..ae9df175ffd5c6e748c99c6fde98634c85ca3473 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ bool grpc_chttp2_begin_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
       now_writing = true;
       t->ping_state.pings_before_data_required =
           t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data;
+      if (!t->is_client) {
+        t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time =
+            gpr_inf_past(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+        t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes = 0;
+      }
     }
     /* send any window updates */
     if (s->announce_window > 0) {
@@ -246,6 +251,11 @@ bool grpc_chttp2_begin_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                 s->id, s->announce_window, &s->stats.outgoing));
       t->ping_state.pings_before_data_required =
           t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data;
+      if (!t->is_client) {
+        t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time =
+            gpr_inf_past(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+        t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes = 0;
+      }
       GRPC_CHTTP2_FLOW_DEBIT_STREAM("write", t, s, announce_window, announce);
     }
     if (sent_initial_metadata) {
@@ -278,6 +288,11 @@ bool grpc_chttp2_begin_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                            send_bytes);
           t->ping_state.pings_before_data_required =
               t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data;
+          if (!t->is_client) {
+            t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time =
+                gpr_inf_past(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+            t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes = 0;
+          }
           if (is_last_frame) {
             s->send_trailing_metadata = NULL;
             s->sent_trailing_metadata = true;
@@ -363,6 +378,11 @@ bool grpc_chttp2_begin_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                           0, announced, &throwaway_stats));
     t->ping_state.pings_before_data_required =
         t->ping_policy.max_pings_without_data;
+    if (!t->is_client) {
+      t->ping_recv_state.last_ping_recv_time =
+          gpr_inf_past(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+      t->ping_recv_state.ping_strikes = 0;
+    }
   }
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < t->ping_ack_count; i++) {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index 9bd8914b988a920fb4a83dc03b3b70de2fb7b7e6..0b9189558f82ed7a786c7d602bfa0495c46d1537 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ static enum e_op_result execute_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
       if (stream_state->rs.compressed) {
         stream_state->rs.sbs.base.flags = GRPC_WRITE_INTERNAL_COMPRESS;
       }
-      *((grpc_byte_buffer **)stream_op->recv_message) =
+      *((grpc_byte_buffer **)stream_op->payload->recv_message.recv_message) =
           (grpc_byte_buffer *)&stream_state->rs.sbs;
       grpc_closure_sched(exec_ctx,
                          stream_op->payload->recv_message.recv_message_ready,
diff --git a/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.cc b/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.cc
index 7d6fb198603b75f384cdfb80905e4be8931f40d4..a99b96bea54a47a6b19e4a9332b5bfb5eda404db 100644
--- a/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 namespace grpc {
 namespace node {
 
+using Nan::Callback;
 using Nan::MaybeLocal;
 
 using v8::Function;
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@ grpc_byte_buffer *BufferToByteBuffer(Local<Value> buffer) {
 }
 
 namespace {
-void delete_buffer(char *data, void *hint) { delete[] data; }
+void delete_buffer(char *data, void *hint) {
+  grpc_slice *slice = static_cast<grpc_slice *>(hint);
+  grpc_slice_unref(*slice);
+  delete slice;
+}
 }
 
 Local<Value> ByteBufferToBuffer(grpc_byte_buffer *buffer) {
@@ -75,31 +80,15 @@ Local<Value> ByteBufferToBuffer(grpc_byte_buffer *buffer) {
     Nan::ThrowError("Error initializing byte buffer reader.");
     return scope.Escape(Nan::Undefined());
   }
-  grpc_slice slice = grpc_byte_buffer_reader_readall(&reader);
-  size_t length = GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(slice);
-  char *result = new char[length];
-  memcpy(result, GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(slice), length);
-  grpc_slice_unref(slice);
-  return scope.Escape(MakeFastBuffer(
-      Nan::NewBuffer(result, length, delete_buffer, NULL).ToLocalChecked()));
+  grpc_slice *slice = new grpc_slice;
+  *slice = grpc_byte_buffer_reader_readall(&reader);
+  grpc_byte_buffer_reader_destroy(&reader);
+  char *result = reinterpret_cast<char *>(GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(*slice));
+  size_t length = GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(*slice);
+  Local<Value> buf =
+      Nan::NewBuffer(result, length, delete_buffer, slice).ToLocalChecked();
+  return scope.Escape(buf);
 }
 
-Local<Value> MakeFastBuffer(Local<Value> slowBuffer) {
-  Nan::EscapableHandleScope scope;
-  Local<Object> globalObj = Nan::GetCurrentContext()->Global();
-  MaybeLocal<Value> constructorValue = Nan::Get(
-      globalObj, Nan::New("Buffer").ToLocalChecked());
-  Local<Function> bufferConstructor = Local<Function>::Cast(
-      constructorValue.ToLocalChecked());
-  const int argc = 3;
-  Local<Value> consArgs[argc] = {
-    slowBuffer,
-    Nan::New<Number>(::node::Buffer::Length(slowBuffer)),
-    Nan::New<Number>(0)
-  };
-  MaybeLocal<Object> fastBuffer = Nan::NewInstance(bufferConstructor,
-                                                   argc, consArgs);
-  return scope.Escape(fastBuffer.ToLocalChecked());
-}
 }  // namespace node
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.h b/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.h
index 55bc0ab3771e989b96f0f8b9e20bc2c4d3cb1836..e8c4ac90bdd42f0d402b5efbd4a94d0973b31c67 100644
--- a/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.h
+++ b/src/node/ext/byte_buffer.h
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ grpc_byte_buffer *BufferToByteBuffer(v8::Local<v8::Value> buffer);
 /* Convert a grpc_byte_buffer to a Node.js Buffer */
 v8::Local<v8::Value> ByteBufferToBuffer(grpc_byte_buffer *buffer);
 
-/* Convert a ::node::Buffer to a fast Buffer, as defined in the Node
-   Buffer documentation */
-v8::Local<v8::Value> MakeFastBuffer(v8::Local<v8::Value> slowBuffer);
-
 }  // namespace node
 }  // namespace grpc
 
diff --git a/src/node/ext/slice.cc b/src/node/ext/slice.cc
index 98a80b3d2f9ae8461c6647f237a8d67955c34579..104dd9e22cdaeb660f1a62940c463b0b5a6b2f01 100644
--- a/src/node/ext/slice.cc
+++ b/src/node/ext/slice.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
 
 #include "slice.h"
-#include "byte_buffer.h"
 
 namespace grpc {
 namespace node {
@@ -93,9 +92,9 @@ Local<Value> CreateBufferFromSlice(const grpc_slice slice) {
   Nan::EscapableHandleScope scope;
   grpc_slice *slice_ptr = new grpc_slice;
   *slice_ptr = grpc_slice_ref(slice);
-  return scope.Escape(MakeFastBuffer(Nan::NewBuffer(
+  return scope.Escape(Nan::NewBuffer(
       const_cast<char *>(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(*slice_ptr))),
-      GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(*slice_ptr), SliceFreeCallback, slice_ptr).ToLocalChecked()));
+      GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(*slice_ptr), SliceFreeCallback, slice_ptr).ToLocalChecked());
 }
 
 }  // namespace node
diff --git a/src/node/performance/benchmark_server.js b/src/node/performance/benchmark_server.js
index 6abde2e17afb26722efc88c34a26fbc9198d0d28..7158af775a49dfe2449a8a744a13c1b58cddd21a 100644
--- a/src/node/performance/benchmark_server.js
+++ b/src/node/performance/benchmark_server.js
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ function streamingCall(call) {
   });
 }
 
+function makeUnaryGenericCall(response_size) {
+  var response = zeroBuffer(response_size);
+  return function unaryGenericCall(call, callback) {
+    callback(null, response);
+  };
+}
+
 function makeStreamingGenericCall(response_size) {
   var response = zeroBuffer(response_size);
   return function streamingGenericCall(call) {
@@ -129,6 +136,7 @@ function BenchmarkServer(host, port, tls, generic, response_size) {
   this.port = server.bind(host + ':' + port, server_creds);
   if (generic) {
     server.addService(genericService, {
+      unaryCall: makeUnaryGenericCall(response_size),
       streamingCall: makeStreamingGenericCall(response_size)
     });
   } else {
diff --git a/src/node/performance/generic_service.js b/src/node/performance/generic_service.js
index ce09cc4336cd6ba23889ee20c4e5e7a5fc54d63f..c936ac30bca57d4dbd4308229938393c338e6c22 100644
--- a/src/node/performance/generic_service.js
+++ b/src/node/performance/generic_service.js
@@ -34,8 +34,17 @@
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
 module.exports = {
+  'unaryCall' : {
+    path: '/grpc.testing.BenchmarkService/UnaryCall',
+    requestStream: false,
+    responseStream: false,
+    requestSerialize: _.identity,
+    requestDeserialize: _.identity,
+    responseSerialize: _.identity,
+    responseDeserialize: _.identity
+  },
   'streamingCall' : {
-    path: '/grpc.testing/BenchmarkService',
+    path: '/grpc.testing.BenchmarkService/StreamingCall',
     requestStream: true,
     responseStream: true,
     requestSerialize: _.identity,
diff --git a/src/node/performance/worker_service_impl.js b/src/node/performance/worker_service_impl.js
index 38888a7219a6ca8123709d0956c20162106dbb2c..fa864f992557f7316b052a2c75b67a5a5e59aa57 100644
--- a/src/node/performance/worker_service_impl.js
+++ b/src/node/performance/worker_service_impl.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ module.exports = function WorkerServiceImpl(benchmark_impl, server) {
           default:
           call.emit('error', new Error('Unsupported PayloadConfig type' +
               setup.payload_config.payload));
+          return;
         }
         switch (setup.load_params.load) {
           case 'closed_loop':
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ module.exports = function WorkerServiceImpl(benchmark_impl, server) {
           default:
           call.emit('error', new Error('Unsupported LoadParams type' +
               setup.load_params.load));
+          return;
         }
         stats = client.mark();
         call.write({
@@ -137,8 +139,27 @@ module.exports = function WorkerServiceImpl(benchmark_impl, server) {
       switch (request.argtype) {
         case 'setup':
         console.log('ServerConfig %j', request.setup);
+        var setup = request.setup;
+        var resp_size, generic;
+        if (setup.payload_config) {
+          switch (setup.payload_config.payload) {
+            case 'bytebuf_params':
+            resp_size = setup.payload_config.bytebuf_params.resp_size;
+            generic = true;
+            break;
+            case 'simple_params':
+            resp_size = setup.payload_config.simple_params.resp_size;
+            generic = false;
+            break;
+            default:
+            call.emit('error', new Error('Unsupported PayloadConfig type' +
+                setup.payload_config.payload));
+            return;
+          }
+        }
         server = new BenchmarkServer('[::]', request.setup.port,
-                                     request.setup.security_params);
+                                     request.setup.security_params,
+                                     generic, resp_size);
         server.on('started', function() {
           stats = server.mark();
           call.write({
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_reflection/v1alpha/reflection.py b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_reflection/v1alpha/reflection.py
index c8ad9668acc36d13f40871809b5942ed3cb3f9e6..c58cb3ecf17f982e036077ccc3947ff057f7b29f 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_reflection/v1alpha/reflection.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_reflection/v1alpha/reflection.py
@@ -143,12 +143,13 @@ class ReflectionServicer(reflection_pb2.ServerReflectionServicer):
                         .encode(),))
 
 
-def enable_server_reflection(service_names, server):
+def enable_server_reflection(service_names, server, pool=None):
     """Enables server reflection on a server.
 
     Args:
       service_names: Iterable of fully-qualified service names available.
       server: grpc.Server to which reflection service will be added.
+      pool: DescriptorPool object to use (descriptor_pool.Default() if None).
     """
     reflection_pb2_grpc.add_ServerReflectionServicer_to_server(
-        ReflectionServicer(service_names), server)
+        ReflectionServicer(service_names), server, pool)
diff --git a/templates/binding.gyp.template b/templates/binding.gyp.template
index 5ac97d235e561abf2233861009c5ea9988955cfd..aeeb56b9a6a998f1b73eedafb94c2056a284d3d3 100644
--- a/templates/binding.gyp.template
+++ b/templates/binding.gyp.template
@@ -47,9 +47,37 @@
       # Some Node installations use the system installation of OpenSSL, and on
       # some systems, the system OpenSSL still does not have ALPN support. This
       # will let users recompile gRPC to work without ALPN.
-      'grpc_alpn%': 'true'
+      'grpc_alpn%': 'true',
+      # Indicates that the library should be built with gcov.
+      'grpc_gcov%': 'false'
     },
     'target_defaults': {
+      'configurations': {
+        % for name, args in configs.iteritems():
+        %  if name in ['dbg', 'opt']:
+        '${{'dbg':'Debug', 'opt': 'Release'}[name]}': {
+          % for arg, prop in [('CPPFLAGS', 'cflags'), ('DEFINES', 'defines')]:
+          %  if args.get(arg, None) is not None:
+          '${prop}': [
+            % for item in args.get(arg).split():
+              '${item}',
+            % endfor
+          ],
+          %  endif
+          % endfor
+        },
+        %  endif
+        % endfor
+      },
+      % for arg, prop in [('CPPFLAGS', 'cflags'), ('LDFLAGS', 'ldflags')]:
+      %  if defaults['global'].get(arg, None) is not None:
+      '${prop}': [
+        % for item in defaults['global'].get(arg).split():
+          '${item}',
+        % endfor
+      ],
+      %  endif
+      % endfor
       'include_dirs': [
         '.',
         'include'
@@ -66,6 +94,17 @@
             'GRPC_UV'
           ]
         }],
+        ['grpc_gcov=="true"', {
+          % for arg, prop in [('CPPFLAGS', 'cflags'), ('DEFINES', 'defines'), ('LDFLAGS', 'ldflags')]:
+          %  if configs['gcov'].get(arg, None) is not None:
+          '${prop}': [
+            % for item in configs['gcov'].get(arg).split():
+              '${item}',
+            % endfor
+          ],
+          %  endif
+          % endfor
+        }],
         ['OS!="win" and runtime=="electron"', {
           "defines": [
             'OPENSSL_NO_THREADS'
@@ -128,26 +167,9 @@
             "ws2_32"
           ]
         }, { # OS != "win"
-          'variables': {
-            'config': '<!(echo $CONFIG)',
-          },
           'include_dirs': [
             '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib',
-            '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include',
-          ],
-          'conditions': [
-            ['config=="gcov"', {
-              'cflags': [
-                '-ftest-coverage',
-                '-fprofile-arcs',
-                '-O0'
-              ],
-              'ldflags': [
-                '-ftest-coverage',
-                '-fprofile-arcs'
-              ]
-            }
-           ]
+            '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include'
           ]
         }]
       ]
@@ -284,16 +306,10 @@
         ],
         'cflags': [
           '-std=c++11',
-          '-Wall',
           '-pthread',
-          '-g',
           '-zdefs',
-          '-Werror',
           '-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations'
         ],
-        'ldflags': [
-          '-g'
-        ],
         "conditions": [
           ['OS=="win" or runtime=="electron"', {
             'dependencies': [
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/end2end_nosec_tests.c b/test/core/end2end/end2end_nosec_tests.c
index 64bdceb211174f2d5c89d7988cc56b2464d79d2b..1187e59e6cc73228bdb048b5c348f865bb2b0228 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/end2end_nosec_tests.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/end2end_nosec_tests.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern void authority_not_supported(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void authority_not_supported_pre_init(void);
 extern void bad_hostname(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void bad_hostname_pre_init(void);
+extern void bad_ping(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
+extern void bad_ping_pre_init(void);
 extern void binary_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void binary_metadata_pre_init(void);
 extern void cancel_after_accept(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests_pre_init(void) {
   grpc_summon_debugger_macros();
   authority_not_supported_pre_init();
   bad_hostname_pre_init();
+  bad_ping_pre_init();
   binary_metadata_pre_init();
   cancel_after_accept_pre_init();
   cancel_after_client_done_pre_init();
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests(int argc, char **argv,
   if (argc <= 1) {
     authority_not_supported(config);
     bad_hostname(config);
+    bad_ping(config);
     binary_metadata(config);
     cancel_after_accept(config);
     cancel_after_client_done(config);
@@ -275,6 +279,10 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests(int argc, char **argv,
       bad_hostname(config);
       continue;
     }
+    if (0 == strcmp("bad_ping", argv[i])) {
+      bad_ping(config);
+      continue;
+    }
     if (0 == strcmp("binary_metadata", argv[i])) {
       binary_metadata(config);
       continue;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.c b/test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.c
index 37c1be4133788f88c64d9fa5639cda7ee27388e0..966031af6571a4bc8f87bfb5e7acd1024fc8133f 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern void authority_not_supported(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void authority_not_supported_pre_init(void);
 extern void bad_hostname(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void bad_hostname_pre_init(void);
+extern void bad_ping(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
+extern void bad_ping_pre_init(void);
 extern void binary_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
 extern void binary_metadata_pre_init(void);
 extern void call_creds(grpc_end2end_test_config config);
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests_pre_init(void) {
   grpc_summon_debugger_macros();
   authority_not_supported_pre_init();
   bad_hostname_pre_init();
+  bad_ping_pre_init();
   binary_metadata_pre_init();
   call_creds_pre_init();
   cancel_after_accept_pre_init();
@@ -217,6 +220,7 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests(int argc, char **argv,
   if (argc <= 1) {
     authority_not_supported(config);
     bad_hostname(config);
+    bad_ping(config);
     binary_metadata(config);
     call_creds(config);
     cancel_after_accept(config);
@@ -279,6 +283,10 @@ void grpc_end2end_tests(int argc, char **argv,
       bad_hostname(config);
       continue;
     }
+    if (0 == strcmp("bad_ping", argv[i])) {
+      bad_ping(config);
+      continue;
+    }
     if (0 == strcmp("binary_metadata", argv[i])) {
       binary_metadata(config);
       continue;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/gen_build_yaml.py b/test/core/end2end/gen_build_yaml.py
index 3c5068ff3e3230cf5f8b0bc2928a0f08e2619c40..d1e510d6362505b7d2d2eebcd1fd1e7ba1fca163 100755
--- a/test/core/end2end/gen_build_yaml.py
+++ b/test/core/end2end/gen_build_yaml.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ LOWCPU = 0.1
 END2END_TESTS = {
     'authority_not_supported': default_test_options,
     'bad_hostname': default_test_options,
+    'bad_ping': connectivity_test_options._replace(proxyable=False),
     'binary_metadata': default_test_options,
     'resource_quota_server': default_test_options._replace(large_writes=True,
                                                            proxyable=False),
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/generate_tests.bzl b/test/core/end2end/generate_tests.bzl
index 1041219f0394f6c4d0d951991c2c99e4adbb22d7..dc0925dc9c03bfffa7d6ea0904127e0bfd04f8df 100755
--- a/test/core/end2end/generate_tests.bzl
+++ b/test/core/end2end/generate_tests.bzl
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def test_options(needs_fullstack=False, needs_dns=False, proxyable=True,
 # maps test names to options
 END2END_TESTS = {
     'bad_hostname': test_options(),
+    'bad_ping': test_options(),
     'binary_metadata': test_options(),
     'resource_quota_server': test_options(proxyable=False),
     'call_creds': test_options(secure=True),
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01a6aeaa04f3fb26db0ee6caf77c0917eff19413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/sync.h>
+#include <grpc/support/thd.h>
+#include <grpc/support/time.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
+
+#include "test/core/end2end/cq_verifier.h"
+
+#define MAX_PING_STRIKES 1
+
+static void *tag(intptr_t t) { return (void *)t; }
+
+static void drain_cq(grpc_completion_queue *cq) {
+  grpc_event ev;
+  do {
+    ev = grpc_completion_queue_next(cq, grpc_timeout_seconds_to_deadline(5),
+                                    NULL);
+  } while (ev.type != GRPC_QUEUE_SHUTDOWN);
+}
+
+static void shutdown_server(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f) {
+  if (!f->server) return;
+  grpc_server_destroy(f->server);
+  f->server = NULL;
+}
+
+static void shutdown_client(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f) {
+  if (!f->client) return;
+  grpc_channel_destroy(f->client);
+  f->client = NULL;
+}
+
+static void end_test(grpc_end2end_test_fixture *f) {
+  shutdown_server(f);
+  shutdown_client(f);
+
+  grpc_completion_queue_shutdown(f->cq);
+  drain_cq(f->cq);
+  grpc_completion_queue_destroy(f->cq);
+}
+
+static void test_bad_ping(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
+  grpc_end2end_test_fixture f = config.create_fixture(NULL, NULL);
+  cq_verifier *cqv = cq_verifier_create(f.cq);
+  grpc_arg client_a[] = {{.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                          .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS,
+                          .value.integer = 0},
+                         {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                          .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA,
+                          .value.integer = 20},
+                         {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                          .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_BDP_PROBE,
+                          .value.integer = 0}};
+  grpc_arg server_a[] = {
+      {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+       .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS,
+       .value.integer = 300000 /* 5 minutes */},
+      {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+       .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PING_STRIKES,
+       .value.integer = MAX_PING_STRIKES}};
+  grpc_channel_args client_args = {.num_args = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(client_a),
+                                   .args = client_a};
+  grpc_channel_args server_args = {.num_args = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(server_a),
+                                   .args = server_a};
+
+  config.init_client(&f, &client_args);
+  config.init_server(&f, &server_args);
+
+  grpc_call *c;
+  grpc_call *s;
+  gpr_timespec deadline = grpc_timeout_seconds_to_deadline(10);
+  grpc_op ops[6];
+  grpc_op *op;
+  grpc_metadata_array initial_metadata_recv;
+  grpc_metadata_array trailing_metadata_recv;
+  grpc_metadata_array request_metadata_recv;
+  grpc_call_details call_details;
+  grpc_status_code status;
+  grpc_call_error error;
+  grpc_slice details;
+  int was_cancelled = 2;
+
+  c = grpc_channel_create_call(
+      f.client, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, f.cq,
+      grpc_slice_from_static_string("/foo"),
+      get_host_override_slice("foo.test.google.fr:1234", config), deadline,
+      NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(c);
+
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&initial_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&trailing_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&request_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_call_details_init(&call_details);
+
+  memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
+  op = ops;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 0;
+  op->data.send_initial_metadata.metadata = NULL;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op->data.recv_initial_metadata.recv_initial_metadata = &initial_metadata_recv;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.trailing_metadata = &trailing_metadata_recv;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.status = &status;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.status_details = &details;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  error = grpc_call_start_batch(c, ops, (size_t)(op - ops), tag(1), NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+
+  error =
+      grpc_server_request_call(f.server, &s, &call_details,
+                               &request_metadata_recv, f.cq, f.cq, tag(101));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+  CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(101), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  // Send too many pings to the server to trigger the punishment:
+  // The first ping is sent after data frames, it won't trigger a ping strike.
+  // Each of the following pings will trigger a ping strike, and we need at
+  // least (MAX_PING_STRIKES + 1) strikes to trigger the punishment. So
+  // (MAX_PING_STRIKES + 2) pings are needed here.
+  int i;
+  for (i = 200; i < 202 + MAX_PING_STRIKES; i++) {
+    grpc_channel_ping(f.client, f.cq, tag(i), NULL);
+    CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(i), 1);
+    cq_verify(cqv);
+  }
+
+  memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
+  op = ops;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 0;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER;
+  op->data.send_status_from_server.trailing_metadata_count = 0;
+  op->data.send_status_from_server.status = GRPC_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED;
+  grpc_slice status_details = grpc_slice_from_static_string("xyz");
+  op->data.send_status_from_server.status_details = &status_details;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER;
+  op->data.recv_close_on_server.cancelled = &was_cancelled;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  error = grpc_call_start_batch(s, ops, (size_t)(op - ops), tag(102), NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+
+  CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(102), 1);
+  CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(1), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(f.server, f.cq, tag(0xdead));
+  CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(0xdead), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  grpc_call_destroy(s);
+
+  // The connection should be closed immediately after the misbehaved pings,
+  // the in-progress RPC should fail.
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == grpc_slice_str_cmp(details, "Endpoint read failed"));
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == grpc_slice_str_cmp(call_details.method, "/foo"));
+  validate_host_override_string("foo.test.google.fr:1234", call_details.host,
+                                config);
+  GPR_ASSERT(was_cancelled == 1);
+
+  grpc_slice_unref(details);
+  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&initial_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&trailing_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
+  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+  cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
+  end_test(&f);
+  config.tear_down_data(&f);
+}
+
+void bad_ping(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(config.feature_mask & FEATURE_MASK_SUPPORTS_DELAYED_CONNECTION);
+  test_bad_ping(config);
+}
+
+void bad_ping_pre_init(void) {}
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
index b2252dc802e8893e9f1156e099405015959167fc..bf6ca0d9d94eac2830ee8065bdc29dcde2423ca7 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ static void test_keepalive_timeout(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
       grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(&response_payload_slice, 1);
 
   grpc_arg keepalive_args[] = {{.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
-                                .key = GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIME_S,
-                                .value.integer = 2},
+                                .key = GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIME_MS,
+                                .value.integer = 1500},
                                {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
-                                .key = GRPC_ARG_CLIENT_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_S,
+                                .key = GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS,
                                 .value.integer = 0},
                                {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
                                 .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_BDP_PROBE,
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/ping.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/ping.c
index 082ac641f0bb98a0344e847c54a0a64f1e12b46c..c51c4993e25aa6a28a9c53757ea410c77a6e83b5 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/ping.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/ping.c
@@ -52,16 +52,26 @@ static void test_ping(grpc_end2end_test_config config,
   grpc_connectivity_state state = GRPC_CHANNEL_IDLE;
   int i;
 
-  grpc_arg a[] = {{.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
-                   .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS,
-                   .value.integer = min_time_between_pings_ms},
-                  {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
-                   .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA,
-                   .value.integer = 20}};
-  grpc_channel_args client_args = {.num_args = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(a), .args = a};
+  grpc_arg client_a[] = {{.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                          .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_PINGS_MS,
+                          .value.integer = 0},
+                         {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+                          .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MAX_PINGS_WITHOUT_DATA,
+                          .value.integer = 20}};
+  grpc_arg server_a[] = {
+      {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+       .key = GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_MIN_PING_INTERVAL_WITHOUT_DATA_MS,
+       .value.integer = 0},
+      {.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER,
+       .key = GRPC_ARG_KEEPALIVE_PERMIT_WITHOUT_CALLS,
+       .value.integer = 1}};
+  grpc_channel_args client_args = {.num_args = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(client_a),
+                                   .args = client_a};
+  grpc_channel_args server_args = {.num_args = GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(server_a),
+                                   .args = server_a};
 
   config.init_client(&f, &client_args);
-  config.init_server(&f, NULL);
+  config.init_server(&f, &server_args);
 
   grpc_channel_ping(f.client, f.cq, tag(0), NULL);
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(0), 0);
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_chttp2_hpack.cc b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_chttp2_hpack.cc
index 5489eb9973915e9cda2f638f98f0d8d37a564eb2..581440682aa0887d4bf386a5b9752855d1c0e112 100644
--- a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_chttp2_hpack.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_chttp2_hpack.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void BM_HpackEncoderEncodeHeader(benchmark::State &state) {
         &stats,
     };
     grpc_chttp2_encode_header(&exec_ctx, &c, &b, &hopt, &outbuf);
-    if (!logged_representative_output) {
+    if (!logged_representative_output && state.iterations() > 3) {
       logged_representative_output = true;
       for (size_t i = 0; i < outbuf.count; i++) {
         char *s = grpc_dump_slice(outbuf.slices[i], GPR_DUMP_HEX);
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
index bf4e3a20ce3612c85f02162168c071db3e38dbe4..337703e1881eb3d6013d01e21db52d83e7f6330c 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -7129,6 +7129,7 @@
       "test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.h", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c", 
+      "test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/call_creds.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c", 
@@ -7204,6 +7205,7 @@
       "test/core/end2end/end2end_tests.h", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/authority_not_supported.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c", 
+      "test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_accept.c", 
       "test/core/end2end/tests/cancel_after_client_done.c", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
index b878bc1231003f07fac34eb95c9c94cc66f12c4d..88bac795e4981f06c646676b0fb1679ed731df98 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
@@ -5725,6 +5725,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_census_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -6925,6 +6948,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_compress_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -8123,6 +8169,28 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_fakesec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -10331,6 +10399,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -11523,6 +11614,25 @@
       "linux"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full+pipe_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -12519,6 +12629,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full+trace_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -13675,6 +13808,30 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_http_proxy_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -14921,6 +15078,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_load_reporting_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -16123,6 +16303,30 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_oauth2_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -21707,6 +21911,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_ssl_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -22907,6 +23134,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_ssl_cert_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -25139,6 +25389,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_uds_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -26312,6 +26585,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_census_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -27489,6 +27785,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_compress_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -29701,6 +30020,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -30870,6 +31212,25 @@
       "linux"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full+pipe_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -31847,6 +32208,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_full+trace_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -32980,6 +33364,30 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_http_proxy_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -34202,6 +34610,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_load_reporting_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "windows", 
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
@@ -39619,6 +40050,29 @@
       "posix"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "bad_ping"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "h2_uds_nosec_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "binary_metadata"
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node.sh
index df3acdac2b4eb72989dd4aed642896ff56926d81..2c4cf02d8fe7d2398b5e2508abb0be67d0ea1a82 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../..
 
 case "$CONFIG" in
-  'dbg') config_flag='--debug' ;;
+  'dbg') config_flags='--debug' ;;
+  'gcov') config_flags="--debug --grpc_gcov=true" ;;
   *) config_flag='--release' ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/performance/build_performance.sh b/tools/run_tests/performance/build_performance.sh
index 5f8749dda2725f9a30b9ced02ef0387d568e5e36..3f7c9fed961d966395d0027729d21867667d724a 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/performance/build_performance.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/performance/build_performance.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ do
   "csharp")
     python tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l $language -c $CONFIG --build_only -j 8 --compiler coreclr
     ;;
+  "node")
+    python tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l $language -c $CONFIG --build_only -j 8 --iomgr_platform=uv
+    ;;
   *)
     python tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l $language -c $CONFIG --build_only -j 8
     ;;
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj
index 5a2d6acd5632c825d5b1f4eacc4428e8d441028f..e3adf793d63f936ebb393c3e24bc61c4a2298801 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_hostname.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_ping.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\binary_metadata.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\cancel_after_accept.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj.filters
index 3a870b945e65ae777c0433244a6b8e88237b3189..cfb8d043baf4a9369c606f38f9106ccaa20e675e 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_nosec_tests/end2end_nosec_tests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_hostname.c">
       <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_ping.c">
+      <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\binary_metadata.c">
       <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj
index 4b001a751d8d76ab4f5b6c50b8d6a4b57604d4cd..a67f509e25564929b76bcb05ca11995372aadb69 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_hostname.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_ping.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\binary_metadata.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\call_creds.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj.filters
index 2eace64a893fefc8a0bcf57f635a460855352137..97ba77a42e12a70ed9ce1a8d9cae758d5b50b45d 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/end2end/tests/end2end_tests/end2end_tests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_hostname.c">
       <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\bad_ping.c">
+      <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\test\core\end2end\tests\binary_metadata.c">
       <Filter>test\core\end2end\tests</Filter>
     </ClCompile>