diff --git a/.yardopts b/.yardopts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3bc779d4217f1e7de99a56d94a4b03bbbe3b0d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yardopts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/ruby/**/*.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 72d5caa8d43142350763da7e60603bd5c6db29ad..57b8209e27e45e976f7f477e8039cf9d18ba3c45 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport.h",
     "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h",
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/census/log.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/httpcli/httpcli_security_connector.c",
     "src/core/security/base64.c",
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c",
     "src/core/census/context.c",
     "src/core/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/census/log.c",
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
@@ -584,6 +586,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport.h",
     "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h",
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/census/log.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/surface/init_unsecure.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c",
     "src/core/census/context.c",
     "src/core/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/census/log.c",
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
@@ -1395,6 +1399,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c",
     "src/core/census/context.c",
     "src/core/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/census/log.c",
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
@@ -1541,6 +1546,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/transport/transport.h",
     "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h",
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/census/log.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
   ],
   includes = [
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b377448581b78e54e9de7ce79dee0e2512b022fa..fc20e4ccbfed9166e9e347ab7029c390437100b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ alloc_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alloc_test
 alpn_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alpn_test
 bin_encoder_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_encoder_test
 census_context_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test
+census_log_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test
 channel_create_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_create_test
 chttp2_hpack_encoder_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_hpack_encoder_test
 chttp2_status_conversion_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_status_conversion_test
@@ -1134,6 +1135,7 @@ buildtests_c: privatelibs_c \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alpn_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_encoder_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_create_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_hpack_encoder_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_status_conversion_test \
@@ -1369,6 +1371,8 @@ test_c: buildtests_c
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_encoder_test || ( echo test bin_encoder_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing census_context_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test || ( echo test census_context_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing census_log_test"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test || ( echo test census_log_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing channel_create_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_create_test || ( echo test channel_create_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing chttp2_hpack_encoder_test"
@@ -2464,6 +2468,7 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c \
     src/core/census/context.c \
     src/core/census/initialize.c \
+    src/core/census/log.c \
     src/core/census/operation.c \
     src/core/census/placeholders.c \
     src/core/census/tracing.c \
@@ -2748,6 +2753,7 @@ LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c \
     src/core/census/context.c \
     src/core/census/initialize.c \
+    src/core/census/log.c \
     src/core/census/operation.c \
     src/core/census/placeholders.c \
     src/core/census/tracing.c \
@@ -5831,6 +5837,38 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+CENSUS_LOG_TEST_SRC = \
+    test/core/census/log_test.c \
+
+CENSUS_LOG_TEST_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(CENSUS_LOG_TEST_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test: $(CENSUS_LOG_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(CENSUS_LOG_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_log_test
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/core/census/log_test.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_census_log_test: $(CENSUS_LOG_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(CENSUS_LOG_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 CHANNEL_CREATE_TEST_SRC = \
     test/core/surface/channel_create_test.c \
 
diff --git a/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in b/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
index 3c46d611702118f7d72e366ca884a6a3c1601266..072089ac51f1442ab2f4d28410e4c4e10615f3f9 100644
--- a/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
+++ b/PYTHON-MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ graft third_party/zlib
 include src/python/grpcio/commands.py
 include src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
 include src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
+include src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
 include src/python/grpcio/support.py
 include src/python/grpcio/README.rst
 include requirements.txt
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 82e36c421d5edd61b9c1d20dce7fef37ae663b78..6d7f75ece4a15d1188c371d3e14ca6531541effd 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@
         'src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c',
         'src/core/census/context.c',
         'src/core/census/initialize.c',
+        'src/core/census/log.c',
         'src/core/census/operation.c',
         'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
         'src/core/census/tracing.c',
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index eacd2f0c2339beacdb3e24ddb9773fadeb76387c..12dbde94a7862ebb4dd2468fa8d3aac93f8a32fe 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ filegroups:
   - include/grpc/census.h
   headers:
   - src/core/census/aggregation.h
+  - src/core/census/log.h
   - src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h
   src:
   - src/core/census/context.c
   - src/core/census/initialize.c
+  - src/core/census/log.c
   - src/core/census/operation.c
   - src/core/census/placeholders.c
   - src/core/census/tracing.c
@@ -953,6 +955,16 @@ targets:
   - grpc
   - gpr_test_util
   - gpr
+- name: census_log_test
+  build: test
+  language: c
+  src:
+  - test/core/census/log_test.c
+  deps:
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
 - name: channel_create_test
   build: test
   language: c
diff --git a/examples/node/README.md b/examples/node/README.md
index 09c56f7fa6f402cce6e1df6205ecdd1c17ebedee..7a2bc9794f3a0e6458599d0c067fe538f603fd45 100644
--- a/examples/node/README.md
+++ b/examples/node/README.md
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ gRPC in 3 minutes (Node.js)
 PREREQUISITES
 -------------
 
-- `node`: This requires Node 0.10.x or greater.
-- [homebrew][] on Mac OS X.  This simplifies the installation of the gRPC C core.
+- `node`: This requires Node 0.12.x or greater.
 
 INSTALL
 -------
- - [Install gRPC Node][]
-
- - Install this package's dependencies
 
    ```sh
    $ cd examples/node
@@ -35,15 +31,9 @@ TRY IT!
    $ node ./greeter_client.js
    ```
 
-NOTE
-----
-This directory has a copy of `helloworld.proto` because it currently depends on
-some Protocol Buffer 2.0 syntax that is deprecated in Protocol Buffer 3.0.
-
 TUTORIAL
 --------
 You can find a more detailed tutorial in [gRPC Basics: Node.js][]
 
-[homebrew]:http://brew.sh
 [Install gRPC Node]:../../src/node
 [gRPC Basics: Node.js]:http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/node.html
diff --git a/examples/node/greeter_client.js b/examples/node/greeter_client.js
index 9b4b0a7782931113826602b730967cb020624491..ca5781514d80ff1e62c5bc1e162ebbf1ffbd158e 100644
--- a/examples/node/greeter_client.js
+++ b/examples/node/greeter_client.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/helloworld.proto';
+var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/../protos/helloworld.proto';
 
 var grpc = require('grpc');
 var hello_proto = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).helloworld;
diff --git a/examples/node/greeter_server.js b/examples/node/greeter_server.js
index 2712b3dd3ad735a0ed8d58dd0fe259dd06286a32..47d9892816759c00cae682a58a591b7dde4712a8 100644
--- a/examples/node/greeter_server.js
+++ b/examples/node/greeter_server.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/helloworld.proto';
+var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/../protos/helloworld.proto';
 
 var grpc = require('grpc');
 var hello_proto = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).helloworld;
diff --git a/examples/node/helloworld.proto b/examples/node/helloworld.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index a52c947f89579baeb122b5a801702e57fb8b0798..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/node/helloworld.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015, 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.
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-option java_package = "ex.grpc";
-
-package helloworld;
-
-// The greeting service definition.
-service Greeter {
-  // Sends a greeting
-  rpc SayHello (HelloRequest) returns (HelloReply) {}
-}
-
-// The request message containing the user's name.
-message HelloRequest {
-  optional string name = 1;
-}
-
-// The response message containing the greetings
-message HelloReply {
-  optional string message = 1;
-}
diff --git a/examples/node/package.json b/examples/node/package.json
index 65c5789ed7b0d422098e68f060c6a5d38327ea65..00ba428d966e8fccc069c2911d3a00c081e125c5 100644
--- a/examples/node/package.json
+++ b/examples/node/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "name": "grpc-examples",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "grpc": "0.12.0"
+    "grpc": "0.13.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide.proto b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index 38daa933cdd6a16252ab916d76798244905ada81..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015, 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.
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-option java_package = "io.grpc.routeguide";
-
-package routeguide;
-
-// Interface exported by the server.
-service RouteGuide {
-  // A simple RPC.
-  //
-  // Obtains the feature at a given position.
-  rpc GetFeature(Point) returns (Feature) {}
-
-  // A server-to-client streaming RPC.
-  //
-  // Obtains the Features available within the given Rectangle.  Results are
-  // streamed rather than returned at once (e.g. in a response message with a
-  // repeated field), as the rectangle may cover a large area and contain a
-  // huge number of features.
-  rpc ListFeatures(Rectangle) returns (stream Feature) {}
-
-  // A client-to-server streaming RPC.
-  //
-  // Accepts a stream of Points on a route being traversed, returning a
-  // RouteSummary when traversal is completed.
-  rpc RecordRoute(stream Point) returns (RouteSummary) {}
-
-  // A Bidirectional streaming RPC.
-  //
-  // Accepts a stream of RouteNotes sent while a route is being traversed,
-  // while receiving other RouteNotes (e.g. from other users).
-  rpc RouteChat(stream RouteNote) returns (stream RouteNote) {}
-}
-
-// Points are represented as latitude-longitude pairs in the E7 representation
-// (degrees multiplied by 10**7 and rounded to the nearest integer).
-// Latitudes should be in the range +/- 90 degrees and longitude should be in
-// the range +/- 180 degrees (inclusive).
-message Point {
-  optional int32 latitude = 1;
-  optional int32 longitude = 2;
-}
-
-// A latitude-longitude rectangle, represented as two diagonally opposite
-// points "lo" and "hi".
-message Rectangle {
-  // One corner of the rectangle.
-  optional Point lo = 1;
-
-  // The other corner of the rectangle.
-  optional Point hi = 2;
-}
-
-// A feature names something at a given point.
-//
-// If a feature could not be named, the name is empty.
-message Feature {
-  // The name of the feature.
-  optional string name = 1;
-
-  // The point where the feature is detected.
-  optional Point location = 2;
-}
-
-// A RouteNote is a message sent while at a given point.
-message RouteNote {
-  // The location from which the message is sent.
-  optional Point location = 1;
-
-  // The message to be sent.
-  optional string message = 2;
-}
-
-// A RouteSummary is received in response to a RecordRoute rpc.
-//
-// It contains the number of individual points received, the number of
-// detected features, and the total distance covered as the cumulative sum of
-// the distance between each point.
-message RouteSummary {
-  // The number of points received.
-  optional int32 point_count = 1;
-
-  // The number of known features passed while traversing the route.
-  optional int32 feature_count = 2;
-
-  // The distance covered in metres.
-  optional int32 distance = 3;
-
-  // The duration of the traversal in seconds.
-  optional int32 elapsed_time = 4;
-}
diff --git a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
index e38a21f4228347796197f52c8b9e7146023dfc4a..6ff0279184e25322409522a2898506655ed961d2 100644
--- a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
+++ b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_client.js
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@
  *
  */
 
+var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/../../protos/route_guide.proto';
+
 var async = require('async');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var parseArgs = require('minimist');
 var path = require('path');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var grpc = require('grpc');
-var routeguide = grpc.load(__dirname + '/route_guide.proto').routeguide;
+var routeguide = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).routeguide;
 var client = new routeguide.RouteGuide('localhost:50051',
-                                       grpc.Credentials.createInsecure());
+                                       grpc.credentials.createInsecure());
 
 var COORD_FACTOR = 1e7;
 
diff --git a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
index 06cf2925e1c01b3ddc47f28121bbc744b913cbda..9fa98279911e6b6f21e7670f86a66fb63a6f13bf 100644
--- a/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
+++ b/examples/node/route_guide/route_guide_server.js
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
  *
  */
 
+var PROTO_PATH = __dirname + '/../../protos/route_guide.proto';
+
 var fs = require('fs');
 var parseArgs = require('minimist');
 var path = require('path');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var grpc = require('grpc');
-var routeguide = grpc.load(__dirname + '/route_guide.proto').routeguide;
+var routeguide = grpc.load(PROTO_PATH).routeguide;
 
 var COORD_FACTOR = 1e7;
 
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 5b4d24e4820d6e59a42d34c7529d8c29974f63f8..c930bbd994540104abdc919eb47c3c72fa0f7293 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/transport/transport.h',
                       'src/core/transport/transport_impl.h',
                       'src/core/census/aggregation.h',
+                      'src/core/census/log.h',
                       'src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
                       'include/grpc/grpc_security.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h',
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c',
                       'src/core/census/context.c',
                       'src/core/census/initialize.c',
+                      'src/core/census/log.c',
                       'src/core/census/operation.c',
                       'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
                       'src/core/census/tracing.c'
@@ -592,6 +594,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/transport/transport.h',
                               'src/core/transport/transport_impl.h',
                               'src/core/census/aggregation.h',
+                              'src/core/census/log.h',
                               'src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h'
 
     ss.header_mappings_dir = '.'
diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index 9e4683f41c794cb5de605f779cf7ea9597c07ba5..4a4a928f4ede271fb16179aed413ad74b4663098 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.0.0'
 
-  s.files = %w( Makefile )
+  s.files = %w( Makefile .yardopts )
   s.files += %w( etc/roots.pem )
   s.files += Dir.glob('src/ruby/bin/**/*')
   s.files += Dir.glob('src/ruby/ext/**/*')
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/bin src/ruby/lib src/ruby/pb )
   s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
-  s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.0.0.alpha.5.0.2'
+  s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.0.0.alpha.5.0.3'
   s.add_dependency 'googleauth',      '~> 0.5.1'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',            '~> 1.9'
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/transport/transport.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/transport/transport_impl.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/aggregation.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/census/log.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/httpcli/httpcli_security_connector.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/security/base64.c )
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/context.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/initialize.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/census/log.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/operation.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/placeholders.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/tracing.c )
diff --git a/include/grpc++/create_channel.h b/include/grpc++/create_channel.h
index e9ccb5150396929bf7fa427fada3dab1f03c2e53..80eed067b7dd55e5cf4dd58db6531444318dd585 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/create_channel.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/create_channel.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b79ecf92dc9f07d91bb23d86ef4ec8250fccf7e..f814e3ccd50015f1fedb7dfbd4ca221342d763ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@
     "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha src/node/test && npm run-script lint",
     "gen_docs": "./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c src/node/jsdoc_conf.json",
     "coverage": "./node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha src/node/test",
-    "preinstall": "npm install node-pre-gyp",
     "install": "./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build"
   },
+  "bundledDependencies": ["node-pre-gyp"],
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
     "nan": "^2.0.0",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.19",
     "protobufjs": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@
     "src/core/transport/transport.h",
     "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h",
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
+    "src/core/census/log.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
     "src/core/httpcli/httpcli_security_connector.c",
     "src/core/security/base64.c",
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
     "src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c",
     "src/core/census/context.c",
     "src/core/census/initialize.c",
+    "src/core/census/log.c",
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a1cc88cfe73cb6471fea8b39c4047c467d35f989..e3208e6355646ea0748dcb11f23ae240086202c8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ futures>=2.2.0
 cython>=0.23
 coverage>=4.0
 six>=1.10
+wheel>=0.29
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 69e59e3aff64d4145a3eb5fc2e553471909133a3..5b9f9b6c662f606cc10e791a471fdad8c951ff29 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(PYTHON_STEM))
 
 # Break import-style to ensure we can actually find our in-repo dependencies.
 import commands
+import precompiled
 import grpc_core_dependencies
 import grpc_version
 
@@ -156,15 +157,14 @@ SETUP_REQUIRES = (
 ) + INSTALL_REQUIRES
 
 COMMAND_CLASS = {
-    'install': commands.Install,
     'doc': commands.SphinxDocumentation,
     'build_proto_modules': commands.BuildProtoModules,
     'build_project_metadata': commands.BuildProjectMetadata,
     'build_py': commands.BuildPy,
     'build_ext': commands.BuildExt,
+    'build_tagged_ext': precompiled.BuildTaggedExt,
     'gather': commands.Gather,
     'run_interop': commands.RunInterop,
-    'bdist_egg_grpc_custom': commands.BdistEggCustomName,
 }
 
 # Ensure that package data is copied over before any commands have been run:
@@ -202,10 +202,13 @@ TEST_LOADER = 'tests:Loader'
 TEST_RUNNER = 'tests:Runner'
 
 PACKAGE_DATA = {
+    # Binaries that may or may not be present in the final installation, but are
+    # mentioned here for completeness.
     'grpc._cython': [
         '_credentials/roots.pem',
         '_windows/grpc_c.32.python',
         '_windows/grpc_c.64.python',
+        'cygrpc.so',
     ],
 }
 if INSTALL_TESTS:
@@ -215,19 +218,23 @@ else:
   PACKAGES = setuptools.find_packages(
       PYTHON_STEM, exclude=['tests', 'tests.*'])
 
-setuptools.setup(
-    name='grpcio',
-    version=grpc_version.VERSION,
-    license=LICENSE,
-    ext_modules=CYTHON_EXTENSION_MODULES,
-    packages=list(PACKAGES),
-    package_dir=PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES,
-    package_data=PACKAGE_DATA,
-    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
-    setup_requires=SETUP_REQUIRES,
-    cmdclass=COMMAND_CLASS,
-    tests_require=TESTS_REQUIRE,
-    test_suite=TEST_SUITE,
-    test_loader=TEST_LOADER,
-    test_runner=TEST_RUNNER,
-)
+setup_arguments = {
+    'name': 'grpcio',
+    'version': grpc_version.VERSION,
+    'license': LICENSE,
+    'ext_modules': CYTHON_EXTENSION_MODULES,
+    'packages': list(PACKAGES),
+    'package_dir': PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES,
+    'package_data': PACKAGE_DATA,
+    'install_requires': INSTALL_REQUIRES,
+    'setup_requires': SETUP_REQUIRES,
+    'cmdclass': COMMAND_CLASS,
+    'tests_require': TESTS_REQUIRE,
+    'test_suite': TEST_SUITE,
+    'test_loader': TEST_LOADER,
+    'test_runner': TEST_RUNNER,
+}
+
+precompiled.update_setup_arguments(setup_arguments)
+
+setuptools.setup(**setup_arguments)
diff --git a/src/core/census/log.c b/src/core/census/log.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91b26941b83a38ac8ff3518717b471306d7abfc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/census/log.c
@@ -0,0 +1,600 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+// Implements an efficient in-memory log, optimized for multiple writers and
+// a single reader. Available log space is divided up in blocks of
+// CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE bytes. A block can be in one of the following
+// three data structures:
+// - Free blocks (free_block_list)
+// - Blocks with unread data (dirty_block_list)
+// - Blocks currently attached to cores (core_local_blocks[])
+//
+// census_log_start_write() moves a block from core_local_blocks[] to the end of
+// dirty_block_list when block:
+// - is out-of-space OR
+// - has an incomplete record (an incomplete record occurs when a thread calls
+//   census_log_start_write() and is context-switched before calling
+//   census_log_end_write()
+// So, blocks in dirty_block_list are ordered, from oldest to newest, by the
+// time when block is detached from the core.
+//
+// census_log_read_next() first iterates over dirty_block_list and then
+// core_local_blocks[]. It moves completely read blocks from dirty_block_list
+// to free_block_list. Blocks in core_local_blocks[] are not freed, even when
+// completely read.
+//
+// If the log is configured to discard old records and free_block_list is empty,
+// census_log_start_write() iterates over dirty_block_list to allocate a
+// new block. It moves the oldest available block (no pending read/write) to
+// core_local_blocks[].
+//
+// core_local_block_struct is used to implement a map from core id to the block
+// associated with that core. This mapping is advisory. It is possible that the
+// block returned by this mapping is no longer associated with that core. This
+// mapping is updated, lazily, by census_log_start_write().
+//
+// Locking in block struct:
+//
+// Exclusive g_log.lock must be held before calling any functions operating on
+// block structs except census_log_start_write() and census_log_end_write().
+//
+// Writes to a block are serialized via writer_lock. census_log_start_write()
+// acquires this lock and census_log_end_write() releases it. On failure to
+// acquire the lock, writer allocates a new block for the current core and
+// updates core_local_block accordingly.
+//
+// Simultaneous read and write access is allowed. Readers can safely read up to
+// committed bytes (bytes_committed).
+//
+// reader_lock protects the block, currently being read, from getting recycled.
+// start_read() acquires reader_lock and end_read() releases the lock.
+//
+// Read/write access to a block is disabled via try_disable_access(). It returns
+// with both writer_lock and reader_lock held. These locks are subsequently
+// released by enable_access() to enable access to the block.
+//
+// A note on naming: Most function/struct names are prepended by cl_
+// (shorthand for census_log). Further, functions that manipulate structures
+// include the name of the structure, which will be passed as the first
+// argument. E.g. cl_block_initialize() will initialize a cl_block.
+
+#include "src/core/census/log.h"
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/atm.h>
+#include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/sync.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+// End of platform specific code
+
+typedef struct census_log_block_list_struct {
+  struct census_log_block_list_struct* next;
+  struct census_log_block_list_struct* prev;
+  struct census_log_block* block;
+} cl_block_list_struct;
+
+typedef struct census_log_block {
+  // Pointer to underlying buffer.
+  char* buffer;
+  gpr_atm writer_lock;
+  gpr_atm reader_lock;
+  // Keeps completely written bytes. Declared atomic because accessed
+  // simultaneously by reader and writer.
+  gpr_atm bytes_committed;
+  // Bytes already read.
+  size_t bytes_read;
+  // Links for list.
+  cl_block_list_struct link;
+// We want this structure to be cacheline aligned. We assume the following
+// sizes for the various parts on 32/64bit systems:
+// type                 32b size    64b size
+// char*                   4           8
+// 3x gpr_atm             12          24
+// size_t                  4           8
+// cl_block_list_struct   12          24
+// TOTAL                  32          64
+//
+// Depending on the size of our cacheline and the architecture, we
+// selectively add char buffering to this structure. The size is checked
+// via assert in census_log_initialize().
+#if defined(GPR_ARCH_64)
+#define CL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE (GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE - 64)
+#else
+#if defined(GPR_ARCH_32)
+#define CL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE (GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE - 32)
+#else
+#error "Unknown architecture"
+#endif
+#endif
+#if CL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE > 0
+  char padding[CL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE];
+#endif
+} cl_block;
+
+// A list of cl_blocks, doubly-linked through cl_block::link.
+typedef struct census_log_block_list {
+  int32_t count;            // Number of items in list.
+  cl_block_list_struct ht;  // head/tail of linked list.
+} cl_block_list;
+
+// Cacheline aligned block pointers to avoid false sharing. Block pointer must
+// be initialized via set_block(), before calling other functions
+typedef struct census_log_core_local_block {
+  gpr_atm block;
+// Ensure cachline alignment: we assume sizeof(gpr_atm) == 4 or 8
+#if defined(GPR_ARCH_64)
+#define CL_CORE_LOCAL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE (GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE - 8)
+#else
+#if defined(GPR_ARCH_32)
+#define CL_CORE_LOCAL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE (GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE - 4)
+#else
+#error "Unknown architecture"
+#endif
+#endif
+#if CL_CORE_LOCAL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE > 0
+  char padding[CL_CORE_LOCAL_BLOCK_PAD_SIZE];
+#endif
+} cl_core_local_block;
+
+struct census_log {
+  int discard_old_records;
+  // Number of cores (aka hardware-contexts)
+  unsigned num_cores;
+  // number of CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE blocks in log
+  uint32_t num_blocks;
+  cl_block* blocks;                        // Block metadata.
+  cl_core_local_block* core_local_blocks;  // Keeps core to block mappings.
+  gpr_mu lock;
+  int initialized;  // has log been initialized?
+  // Keeps the state of the reader iterator. A value of 0 indicates that
+  // iterator has reached the end. census_log_init_reader() resets the value
+  // to num_core to restart iteration.
+  uint32_t read_iterator_state;
+  // Points to the block being read. If non-NULL, the block is locked for
+  // reading(block_being_read_->reader_lock is held).
+  cl_block* block_being_read;
+  char* buffer;
+  cl_block_list free_block_list;
+  cl_block_list dirty_block_list;
+  gpr_atm out_of_space_count;
+};
+
+// Single internal log.
+static struct census_log g_log;
+
+// Functions that operate on an atomic memory location used as a lock.
+
+// Returns non-zero if lock is acquired.
+static int cl_try_lock(gpr_atm* lock) { return gpr_atm_acq_cas(lock, 0, 1); }
+
+static void cl_unlock(gpr_atm* lock) { gpr_atm_rel_store(lock, 0); }
+
+// Functions that operate on cl_core_local_block's.
+
+static void cl_core_local_block_set_block(cl_core_local_block* clb,
+                                          cl_block* block) {
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&clb->block, (gpr_atm)block);
+}
+
+static cl_block* cl_core_local_block_get_block(cl_core_local_block* clb) {
+  return (cl_block*)gpr_atm_acq_load(&clb->block);
+}
+
+// Functions that operate on cl_block_list_struct's.
+
+static void cl_block_list_struct_initialize(cl_block_list_struct* bls,
+                                            cl_block* block) {
+  bls->next = bls->prev = bls;
+  bls->block = block;
+}
+
+// Functions that operate on cl_block_list's.
+
+static void cl_block_list_initialize(cl_block_list* list) {
+  list->count = 0;
+  cl_block_list_struct_initialize(&list->ht, NULL);
+}
+
+// Returns head of *this, or NULL if empty.
+static cl_block* cl_block_list_head(cl_block_list* list) {
+  return list->ht.next->block;
+}
+
+// Insert element *e after *pos.
+static void cl_block_list_insert(cl_block_list* list, cl_block_list_struct* pos,
+                                 cl_block_list_struct* e) {
+  list->count++;
+  e->next = pos->next;
+  e->prev = pos;
+  e->next->prev = e;
+  e->prev->next = e;
+}
+
+// Insert block at the head of the list
+static void cl_block_list_insert_at_head(cl_block_list* list, cl_block* block) {
+  cl_block_list_insert(list, &list->ht, &block->link);
+}
+
+// Insert block at the tail of the list.
+static void cl_block_list_insert_at_tail(cl_block_list* list, cl_block* block) {
+  cl_block_list_insert(list, list->ht.prev, &block->link);
+}
+
+// Removes block *b. Requires *b be in the list.
+static void cl_block_list_remove(cl_block_list* list, cl_block* b) {
+  list->count--;
+  b->link.next->prev = b->link.prev;
+  b->link.prev->next = b->link.next;
+}
+
+// Functions that operate on cl_block's
+
+static void cl_block_initialize(cl_block* block, char* buffer) {
+  block->buffer = buffer;
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&block->writer_lock, 0);
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&block->reader_lock, 0);
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&block->bytes_committed, 0);
+  block->bytes_read = 0;
+  cl_block_list_struct_initialize(&block->link, block);
+}
+
+// Guards against exposing partially written buffer to the reader.
+static void cl_block_set_bytes_committed(cl_block* block,
+                                         size_t bytes_committed) {
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&block->bytes_committed, (gpr_atm)bytes_committed);
+}
+
+static size_t cl_block_get_bytes_committed(cl_block* block) {
+  return (size_t)gpr_atm_acq_load(&block->bytes_committed);
+}
+
+// Tries to disable future read/write access to this block. Succeeds if:
+// - no in-progress write AND
+// - no in-progress read AND
+// - 'discard_data' set to true OR no unread data
+// On success, clears the block state and returns with writer_lock_ and
+// reader_lock_ held. These locks are released by a subsequent
+// cl_block_access_enable() call.
+static bool cl_block_try_disable_access(cl_block* block, int discard_data) {
+  if (!cl_try_lock(&block->writer_lock)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!cl_try_lock(&block->reader_lock)) {
+    cl_unlock(&block->writer_lock);
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!discard_data &&
+      (block->bytes_read != cl_block_get_bytes_committed(block))) {
+    cl_unlock(&block->reader_lock);
+    cl_unlock(&block->writer_lock);
+    return false;
+  }
+  cl_block_set_bytes_committed(block, 0);
+  block->bytes_read = 0;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static void cl_block_enable_access(cl_block* block) {
+  cl_unlock(&block->reader_lock);
+  cl_unlock(&block->writer_lock);
+}
+
+// Returns with writer_lock held.
+static void* cl_block_start_write(cl_block* block, size_t size) {
+  if (!cl_try_lock(&block->writer_lock)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  size_t bytes_committed = cl_block_get_bytes_committed(block);
+  if (bytes_committed + size > CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE) {
+    cl_unlock(&block->writer_lock);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return block->buffer + bytes_committed;
+}
+
+// Releases writer_lock and increments committed bytes by 'bytes_written'.
+// 'bytes_written' must be <= 'size' specified in the corresponding
+// StartWrite() call. This function is thread-safe.
+static void cl_block_end_write(cl_block* block, size_t bytes_written) {
+  cl_block_set_bytes_committed(
+      block, cl_block_get_bytes_committed(block) + bytes_written);
+  cl_unlock(&block->writer_lock);
+}
+
+// Returns a pointer to the first unread byte in buffer. The number of bytes
+// available are returned in 'bytes_available'. Acquires reader lock that is
+// released by a subsequent cl_block_end_read() call. Returns NULL if:
+// - read in progress
+// - no data available
+static void* cl_block_start_read(cl_block* block, size_t* bytes_available) {
+  if (!cl_try_lock(&block->reader_lock)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  // bytes_committed may change from under us. Use bytes_available to update
+  // bytes_read below.
+  size_t bytes_committed = cl_block_get_bytes_committed(block);
+  GPR_ASSERT(bytes_committed >= block->bytes_read);
+  *bytes_available = bytes_committed - block->bytes_read;
+  if (*bytes_available == 0) {
+    cl_unlock(&block->reader_lock);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  void* record = block->buffer + block->bytes_read;
+  block->bytes_read += *bytes_available;
+  return record;
+}
+
+static void cl_block_end_read(cl_block* block) {
+  cl_unlock(&block->reader_lock);
+}
+
+// Internal functions operating on g_log
+
+// Allocates a new free block (or recycles an available dirty block if log is
+// configured to discard old records). Returns NULL if out-of-space.
+static cl_block* cl_allocate_block(void) {
+  cl_block* block = cl_block_list_head(&g_log.free_block_list);
+  if (block != NULL) {
+    cl_block_list_remove(&g_log.free_block_list, block);
+    return block;
+  }
+  if (!g_log.discard_old_records) {
+    // No free block and log is configured to keep old records.
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  // Recycle dirty block. Start from the oldest.
+  for (block = cl_block_list_head(&g_log.dirty_block_list); block != NULL;
+       block = block->link.next->block) {
+    if (cl_block_try_disable_access(block, 1 /* discard data */)) {
+      cl_block_list_remove(&g_log.dirty_block_list, block);
+      return block;
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+// Allocates a new block and updates core id => block mapping. 'old_block'
+// points to the block that the caller thinks is attached to
+// 'core_id'. 'old_block' may be NULL. Returns true if:
+// - allocated a new block OR
+// - 'core_id' => 'old_block' mapping changed (another thread allocated a
+//   block before lock was acquired).
+static bool cl_allocate_core_local_block(uint32_t core_id,
+                                         cl_block* old_block) {
+  // Now that we have the lock, check if core-local mapping has changed.
+  cl_core_local_block* core_local_block = &g_log.core_local_blocks[core_id];
+  cl_block* block = cl_core_local_block_get_block(core_local_block);
+  if ((block != NULL) && (block != old_block)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (block != NULL) {
+    cl_core_local_block_set_block(core_local_block, NULL);
+    cl_block_list_insert_at_tail(&g_log.dirty_block_list, block);
+  }
+  block = cl_allocate_block();
+  if (block == NULL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  cl_core_local_block_set_block(core_local_block, block);
+  cl_block_enable_access(block);
+  return true;
+}
+
+static cl_block* cl_get_block(void* record) {
+  uintptr_t p = (uintptr_t)((char*)record - g_log.buffer);
+  uintptr_t index = p >> CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE;
+  return &g_log.blocks[index];
+}
+
+// Gets the next block to read and tries to free 'prev' block (if not NULL).
+// Returns NULL if reached the end.
+static cl_block* cl_next_block_to_read(cl_block* prev) {
+  cl_block* block = NULL;
+  if (g_log.read_iterator_state == g_log.num_cores) {
+    // We are traversing dirty list; find the next dirty block.
+    if (prev != NULL) {
+      // Try to free the previous block if there is no unread data. This
+      // block
+      // may have unread data if previously incomplete record completed
+      // between
+      // read_next() calls.
+      block = prev->link.next->block;
+      if (cl_block_try_disable_access(prev, 0 /* do not discard data */)) {
+        cl_block_list_remove(&g_log.dirty_block_list, prev);
+        cl_block_list_insert_at_head(&g_log.free_block_list, prev);
+      }
+    } else {
+      block = cl_block_list_head(&g_log.dirty_block_list);
+    }
+    if (block != NULL) {
+      return block;
+    }
+    // We are done with the dirty list; moving on to core-local blocks.
+  }
+  while (g_log.read_iterator_state > 0) {
+    g_log.read_iterator_state--;
+    block = cl_core_local_block_get_block(
+        &g_log.core_local_blocks[g_log.read_iterator_state]);
+    if (block != NULL) {
+      return block;
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+#define CL_LOG_2_MB 20  // 2^20 = 1MB
+
+// External functions: primary stats_log interface
+void census_log_initialize(size_t size_in_mb, int discard_old_records) {
+  // Check cacheline alignment.
+  GPR_ASSERT(sizeof(cl_block) % GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE == 0);
+  GPR_ASSERT(sizeof(cl_core_local_block) % GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE == 0);
+  GPR_ASSERT(!g_log.initialized);
+  g_log.discard_old_records = discard_old_records;
+  g_log.num_cores = gpr_cpu_num_cores();
+  // Ensure that we will not get any overflow in calaculating num_blocks
+  GPR_ASSERT(CL_LOG_2_MB >= CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(size_in_mb < 1000);
+  // Ensure at least 2x as many blocks as there are cores.
+  g_log.num_blocks =
+      (uint32_t)GPR_MAX(2 * g_log.num_cores, (size_in_mb << CL_LOG_2_MB) >>
+                                                 CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE);
+  gpr_mu_init(&g_log.lock);
+  g_log.read_iterator_state = 0;
+  g_log.block_being_read = NULL;
+  g_log.core_local_blocks = (cl_core_local_block*)gpr_malloc_aligned(
+      g_log.num_cores * sizeof(cl_core_local_block), GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE_LOG);
+  memset(g_log.core_local_blocks, 0,
+         g_log.num_cores * sizeof(cl_core_local_block));
+  g_log.blocks = (cl_block*)gpr_malloc_aligned(
+      g_log.num_blocks * sizeof(cl_block), GPR_CACHELINE_SIZE_LOG);
+  memset(g_log.blocks, 0, g_log.num_blocks * sizeof(cl_block));
+  g_log.buffer = gpr_malloc(g_log.num_blocks * CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE);
+  memset(g_log.buffer, 0, g_log.num_blocks * CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE);
+  cl_block_list_initialize(&g_log.free_block_list);
+  cl_block_list_initialize(&g_log.dirty_block_list);
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < g_log.num_blocks; ++i) {
+    cl_block* block = g_log.blocks + i;
+    cl_block_initialize(block, g_log.buffer + (CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE * i));
+    cl_block_try_disable_access(block, 1 /* discard data */);
+    cl_block_list_insert_at_tail(&g_log.free_block_list, block);
+  }
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&g_log.out_of_space_count, 0);
+  g_log.initialized = 1;
+}
+
+void census_log_shutdown(void) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  gpr_mu_destroy(&g_log.lock);
+  gpr_free_aligned(g_log.core_local_blocks);
+  g_log.core_local_blocks = NULL;
+  gpr_free_aligned(g_log.blocks);
+  g_log.blocks = NULL;
+  gpr_free(g_log.buffer);
+  g_log.buffer = NULL;
+  g_log.initialized = 0;
+}
+
+void* census_log_start_write(size_t size) {
+  // Used to bound number of times block allocation is attempted.
+  GPR_ASSERT(size > 0);
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  if (size > CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  uint32_t attempts_remaining = g_log.num_blocks;
+  uint32_t core_id = gpr_cpu_current_cpu();
+  do {
+    void* record = NULL;
+    cl_block* block =
+        cl_core_local_block_get_block(&g_log.core_local_blocks[core_id]);
+    if (block && (record = cl_block_start_write(block, size))) {
+      return record;
+    }
+    // Need to allocate a new block. We are here if:
+    // - No block associated with the core OR
+    // - Write in-progress on the block OR
+    // - block is out of space
+    gpr_mu_lock(&g_log.lock);
+    bool allocated = cl_allocate_core_local_block(core_id, block);
+    gpr_mu_unlock(&g_log.lock);
+    if (!allocated) {
+      gpr_atm_no_barrier_fetch_add(&g_log.out_of_space_count, 1);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  } while (attempts_remaining--);
+  // Give up.
+  gpr_atm_no_barrier_fetch_add(&g_log.out_of_space_count, 1);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+void census_log_end_write(void* record, size_t bytes_written) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  cl_block_end_write(cl_get_block(record), bytes_written);
+}
+
+void census_log_init_reader(void) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  gpr_mu_lock(&g_log.lock);
+  // If a block is locked for reading unlock it.
+  if (g_log.block_being_read != NULL) {
+    cl_block_end_read(g_log.block_being_read);
+    g_log.block_being_read = NULL;
+  }
+  g_log.read_iterator_state = g_log.num_cores;
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&g_log.lock);
+}
+
+const void* census_log_read_next(size_t* bytes_available) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  gpr_mu_lock(&g_log.lock);
+  if (g_log.block_being_read != NULL) {
+    cl_block_end_read(g_log.block_being_read);
+  }
+  do {
+    g_log.block_being_read = cl_next_block_to_read(g_log.block_being_read);
+    if (g_log.block_being_read != NULL) {
+      void* record =
+          cl_block_start_read(g_log.block_being_read, bytes_available);
+      if (record != NULL) {
+        gpr_mu_unlock(&g_log.lock);
+        return record;
+      }
+    }
+  } while (g_log.block_being_read != NULL);
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&g_log.lock);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+size_t census_log_remaining_space(void) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  size_t space = 0;
+  gpr_mu_lock(&g_log.lock);
+  if (g_log.discard_old_records) {
+    // Remaining space is not meaningful; just return the entire log space.
+    space = g_log.num_blocks << CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE;
+  } else {
+    GPR_ASSERT(g_log.free_block_list.count >= 0);
+    space = (size_t)g_log.free_block_list.count * CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE;
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&g_log.lock);
+  return space;
+}
+
+int64_t census_log_out_of_space_count(void) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(g_log.initialized);
+  return gpr_atm_acq_load(&g_log.out_of_space_count);
+}
diff --git a/src/core/census/log.h b/src/core/census/log.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05daea066f597d8905fa2d60b8f2e3061ccbd904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/census/log.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CENSUS_LOG_H
+#define GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CENSUS_LOG_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Maximum record size, in bytes. */
+#define CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE 14 /* 2^14 = 16KB */
+#define CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE (1 << CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE)
+
+/* Initialize the statistics logging subsystem with the given log size. A log
+   size of 0 will result in the smallest possible log for the platform
+   (approximately CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE * gpr_cpu_num_cores()). If
+   discard_old_records is non-zero, then new records will displace older ones
+   when the log is full. This function must be called before any other
+   census_log functions.
+*/
+void census_log_initialize(size_t size_in_mb, int discard_old_records);
+
+/* Shutdown the logging subsystem. Caller must ensure that:
+   - no in progress or future call to any census_log functions
+   - no incomplete records
+*/
+void census_log_shutdown(void);
+
+/* Allocates and returns a 'size' bytes record and marks it in use. A
+   subsequent census_log_end_write() marks the record complete. The
+   'bytes_written' census_log_end_write() argument must be <=
+   'size'. Returns NULL if out-of-space AND:
+       - log is configured to keep old records OR
+       - all blocks are pinned by incomplete records.
+*/
+void* census_log_start_write(size_t size);
+
+void census_log_end_write(void* record, size_t bytes_written);
+
+void census_log_init_reader(void);
+
+/* census_log_read_next() iterates over blocks with data and for each block
+   returns a pointer to the first unread byte. The number of bytes that can be
+   read are returned in 'bytes_available'. Reader is expected to read all
+   available data. Reading the data consumes it i.e. it cannot be read again.
+   census_log_read_next() returns NULL if the end is reached i.e last block
+   is read. census_log_init_reader() starts the iteration or aborts the
+   current iteration.
+*/
+const void* census_log_read_next(size_t* bytes_available);
+
+/* Returns estimated remaining space across all blocks, in bytes. If log is
+   configured to discard old records, returns total log space. Otherwise,
+   returns space available in empty blocks (partially filled blocks are
+   treated as full).
+*/
+size_t census_log_remaining_space(void);
+
+/* Returns the number of times gprc_stats_log_start_write() failed due to
+   out-of-space. */
+int64_t census_log_out_of_space_count(void);
+
+#endif /* GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CENSUS_LOG_H */
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
index 7ba14a38d8e3877589c4c796812bef7c9d12a840..024ab70571b62395924bf75621fcfd43b8e394be 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ zval *grpc_parse_metadata_array(grpc_metadata_array *metadata_array) {
         zend_throw_exception(zend_exception_get_default(),
                              "Metadata hash somehow contains wrong types.",
                              1 TSRMLS_CC);
-          efree(str_key);
-          efree(str_val);
-          return NULL;
+        efree(str_key);
+        efree(str_val);
+        return NULL;
       }
       add_next_index_stringl(*data, str_val, elem->value_length, false);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
index 60c94412dce6d66c06af79c84316212f096956e6..2c64b9122c304d6e5611f97ec27d7fb0f4a2604b 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/channel.c
@@ -141,44 +141,40 @@ PHP_METHOD(Channel, __construct) {
   HashTable *array_hash;
   zval **creds_obj = NULL;
   wrapped_grpc_channel_credentials *creds = NULL;
-  /* "s|a" == 1 string, 1 optional array */
-  if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "s|a", &target,
+  /* "sa" == 1 string, 1 array */
+  if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "sa", &target,
                             &target_length, &args_array) == FAILURE) {
     zend_throw_exception(spl_ce_InvalidArgumentException,
                          "Channel expects a string and an array", 1 TSRMLS_CC);
     return;
   }
-  if (args_array == NULL) {
-    channel->wrapped = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, NULL, NULL);
-  } else {
-    array_hash = Z_ARRVAL_P(args_array);
-    if (zend_hash_find(array_hash, "credentials", sizeof("credentials"),
-                       (void **)&creds_obj) == SUCCESS) {
-      if (Z_TYPE_P(*creds_obj) == IS_NULL) {
-        creds = NULL;
-        zend_hash_del(array_hash, "credentials", 12);
-      } else if (zend_get_class_entry(*creds_obj TSRMLS_CC) !=
-          grpc_ce_channel_credentials) {
-        zend_throw_exception(spl_ce_InvalidArgumentException,
-                             "credentials must be a ChannelCredentials object",
-                             1 TSRMLS_CC);
-        return;
-      } else {
-        creds = (wrapped_grpc_channel_credentials *)zend_object_store_get_object(
-            *creds_obj TSRMLS_CC);
-        zend_hash_del(array_hash, "credentials", 12);
-      }
-    }
-    php_grpc_read_args_array(args_array, &args);
-    if (creds == NULL) {
-      channel->wrapped = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, &args, NULL);
+  array_hash = Z_ARRVAL_P(args_array);
+  if (zend_hash_find(array_hash, "credentials", sizeof("credentials"),
+                     (void **)&creds_obj) == SUCCESS) {
+    if (Z_TYPE_P(*creds_obj) == IS_NULL) {
+      creds = NULL;
+      zend_hash_del(array_hash, "credentials", 12);
+    } else if (zend_get_class_entry(*creds_obj TSRMLS_CC) !=
+        grpc_ce_channel_credentials) {
+      zend_throw_exception(spl_ce_InvalidArgumentException,
+                           "credentials must be a ChannelCredentials object",
+                           1 TSRMLS_CC);
+      return;
     } else {
-      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Initialized secure channel");
-      channel->wrapped =
-          grpc_secure_channel_create(creds->wrapped, target, &args, NULL);
+      creds = (wrapped_grpc_channel_credentials *)zend_object_store_get_object(
+          *creds_obj TSRMLS_CC);
+      zend_hash_del(array_hash, "credentials", 12);
     }
-    efree(args.args);
   }
+  php_grpc_read_args_array(args_array, &args);
+  if (creds == NULL) {
+    channel->wrapped = grpc_insecure_channel_create(target, &args, NULL);
+  } else {
+    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Initialized secure channel");
+    channel->wrapped =
+        grpc_secure_channel_create(creds->wrapped, target, &args, NULL);
+  }
+  efree(args.args);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/php/tests/generated_code/AbstractGeneratedCodeTest.php b/src/php/tests/generated_code/AbstractGeneratedCodeTest.php
index 1fe81b9d5491500b5bf602968f8873b0891f0627..75922d4cf7c7fd16eb736cd91fb0a4236f9aee36 100644
--- a/src/php/tests/generated_code/AbstractGeneratedCodeTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/generated_code/AbstractGeneratedCodeTest.php
@@ -106,6 +106,34 @@ abstract class AbstractGeneratedCodeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame(\Grpc\STATUS_CANCELLED, $status->code);
     }
 
+    public function testCallCredentialsCallback()
+    {
+        $div_arg = new math\DivArgs();
+        $call = self::$client->Div($div_arg, array(), array(
+            'call_credentials_callback' => function ($context) {
+                return array();
+            },
+        ));
+        $call->cancel();
+        list($response, $status) = $call->wait();
+        $this->assertSame(\Grpc\STATUS_CANCELLED, $status->code);
+    }
+
+    public function testCallCredentialsCallback2()
+    {
+        $div_arg = new math\DivArgs();
+        $call = self::$client->Div($div_arg);
+        $call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            function ($context) {
+                return array();
+            }
+        );
+        $call->setCallCredentials($call_credentials);
+        $call->cancel();
+        list($response, $status) = $call->wait();
+        $this->assertSame(\Grpc\STATUS_CANCELLED, $status->code);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
      */
@@ -118,6 +146,23 @@ abstract class AbstractGeneratedCodeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $invalid_client->InvalidUnaryCall($div_arg);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Exception
+     */
+    public function testMissingCredentials()
+    {
+        $invalid_client = new DummyInvalidClient('host', [
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function testPrimaryUserAgentString()
+    {
+        $invalid_client = new DummyInvalidClient('host', [
+            'credentials' => Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createInsecure(),
+            'grpc.primary_user_agent' => 'testUserAgent',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     public function testWriteFlags()
     {
         $div_arg = new math\DivArgs();
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials2Test.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials2Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a57e2b9b4ee568533b6ed9b89ab2524ba78a5b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials2Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+class CallCredentials2Test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createSsl(
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/ca.pem'));
+        $server_credentials = Grpc\ServerCredentials::createSsl(
+            null,
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/server1.key'),
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/server1.pem'));
+        $this->server = new Grpc\Server();
+        $this->port = $this->server->addSecureHttp2Port('0.0.0.0:0',
+                                              $server_credentials);
+        $this->server->start();
+        $this->host_override = 'foo.test.google.fr';
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
+            'localhost:'.$this->port,
+            [
+            'grpc.ssl_target_name_override' => $this->host_override,
+            'grpc.default_authority' => $this->host_override,
+            'credentials' => $credentials,
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        unset($this->channel);
+        unset($this->server);
+    }
+
+    public function callbackFunc($context)
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(is_string($context->service_url));
+        $this->assertTrue(is_string($context->method_name));
+
+        return ['k1' => ['v1'], 'k2' => ['v2']];
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateFromPlugin()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $status_text = 'xyz';
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              '/abc/dummy_method',
+                              $deadline,
+                              $this->host_override);
+
+        $call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            array($this, 'callbackFunc'));
+        $call->setCredentials($call_credentials);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_array($event->metadata));
+        $metadata = $event->metadata;
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('k1', $metadata));
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('k2', $metadata));
+        $this->assertSame($metadata['k1'], ['v1']);
+        $this->assertSame($metadata['k2'], ['v2']);
+
+        $this->assertSame('/abc/dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+                'details' => $status_text,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_status);
+        $this->assertFalse($event->cancelled);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_INITIAL_METADATA => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $event->metadata);
+        $status = $event->status;
+        $this->assertSame([], $status->metadata);
+        $this->assertSame(Grpc\STATUS_OK, $status->code);
+        $this->assertSame($status_text, $status->details);
+
+        unset($call);
+        unset($server_call);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials3Test.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials3Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d98815d16c35ea4f8bbfa52aed99e61f68d0081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentials3Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+class CallCredentials3Test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createSsl(
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/ca.pem'));
+        $server_credentials = Grpc\ServerCredentials::createSsl(
+            null,
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/server1.key'),
+            file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/server1.pem'));
+        $this->server = new Grpc\Server();
+        $this->port = $this->server->addSecureHttp2Port('0.0.0.0:0',
+                                              $server_credentials);
+        $this->server->start();
+        $this->host_override = 'foo.test.google.fr';
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
+            'localhost:'.$this->port,
+            [
+            'grpc.ssl_target_name_override' => $this->host_override,
+            'grpc.default_authority' => $this->host_override,
+            'credentials' => $this->credentials,
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        unset($this->channel);
+        unset($this->server);
+    }
+
+    public function callbackFunc($context)
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(is_string($context->service_url));
+        $this->assertTrue(is_string($context->method_name));
+
+        return ['k1' => ['v1'], 'k2' => ['v2']];
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateFromPlugin()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $status_text = 'xyz';
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              '/abc/dummy_method',
+                              $deadline,
+                              $this->host_override);
+
+        $call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            [$this, 'callbackFunc']);
+        $call->setCredentials($call_credentials);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_array($event->metadata));
+        $metadata = $event->metadata;
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('k1', $metadata));
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('k2', $metadata));
+        $this->assertSame($metadata['k1'], ['v1']);
+        $this->assertSame($metadata['k2'], ['v2']);
+
+        $this->assertSame('/abc/dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+                'details' => $status_text,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_status);
+        $this->assertFalse($event->cancelled);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_INITIAL_METADATA => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $event->metadata);
+        $status = $event->status;
+        $this->assertSame([], $status->metadata);
+        $this->assertSame(Grpc\STATUS_OK, $status->code);
+        $this->assertSame($status_text, $status->details);
+
+        unset($call);
+        unset($server_call);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentialsTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentialsTest.php
index 0918412781614ab4c662e2c21976dde12acad83d..5fec06cd13395a48785e7cf6bcb8d5bccdf712bb 100644
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentialsTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallCredentialsTest.php
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ class CallCredentialsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function setUp()
     {
-        $credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createSsl(
+        $this->credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createSsl(
             file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../data/ca.pem'));
-        $call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
-            array($this, 'callbackFunc'));
-        $credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createComposite(
-            $credentials,
-            $call_credentials
+        $this->call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            [$this, 'callbackFunc']);
+        $this->credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createComposite(
+            $this->credentials,
+            $this->call_credentials
         );
         $server_credentials = Grpc\ServerCredentials::createSsl(
             null,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class CallCredentialsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             [
             'grpc.ssl_target_name_override' => $this->host_override,
             'grpc.default_authority' => $this->host_override,
-            'credentials' => $credentials,
+            'credentials' => $this->credentials,
             ]
         );
     }
@@ -134,4 +134,41 @@ class CallCredentialsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         unset($call);
         unset($server_call);
     }
+
+    public function callbackFunc2($context)
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateComposite()
+    {
+        $call_credentials2 = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            [$this, 'callbackFunc2']);
+        $call_credentials3 = Grpc\CallCredentials::createComposite(
+            $this->call_credentials,
+            $call_credentials2
+        );
+        $this->assertSame('Grpc\CallCredentials', get_class($call_credentials3));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testCreateFromPluginInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $call_credentials = Grpc\CallCredentials::createFromPlugin(
+            'callbackFunc'
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testCreateCompositeInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $call_credentials3 = Grpc\CallCredentials::createComposite(
+            $this->call_credentials,
+            $this->credentials
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
index 3b697b50c3bc84415acbe18c173a85d68911306a..1170a440fa98490cb0b55ec890cd85630371598d 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
@@ -91,4 +91,32 @@ class CallTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $this->assertTrue(is_string($this->call->getPeer()));
     }
+
+    public function testCancel()
+    {
+      $this->assertNull($this->call->cancel());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidMetadataKey()
+    {
+        $batch = [
+            'invalid' => ['key1' => 'value1'],
+        ];
+        $result = $this->call->startBatch($batch);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidMetadataInnerValue()
+    {
+        $batch = [
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => ['key1' => 'value1'],
+        ];
+        $result = $this->call->startBatch($batch);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelCredentialsTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelCredentialsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a42d69428b60120847103ed3b8a6a75041ebea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelCredentialsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+class ChanellCredentialsTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateDefault()
+    {
+        $channel_credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createDefault();
+        $this->assertSame('Grpc\ChannelCredentials', get_class($channel_credentials));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidCreateSsl()
+    {
+        $channel_credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createSsl([]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidCreateComposite()
+    {
+        $channel_credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createComposite(
+            'something', 'something');
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateInsecure()
+    {
+        $channel_credentials = Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createInsecure();
+        $this->assertNull($channel_credentials);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6eac3109a8d63bf4ba5b5c6fa2bd387c96efe15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ChannelTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+class ChannelTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function testInsecureCredentials()
+    {
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
+            'localhost:0',
+            [
+                'credentials' => Grpc\ChannelCredentials::createInsecure(),
+            ]
+        );
+        $this->assertSame('Grpc\Channel', get_class($this->channel));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidCredentials()
+    {
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
+            'localhost:0',
+            [
+                'credentials' => new Grpc\Timeval(100),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidOptionsArray()
+    {
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
+            'localhost:0',
+            [
+                'abc' => [],
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
index 5a38262451bec477021d19c1fe54079bf29d7ae5..3fa92c950bacea663e32a4a1f3aaed0f2be209de 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
@@ -201,6 +201,318 @@ class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         unset($server_call);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidClientMessageArray()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => 'invalid',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidClientMessageString()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => 0],
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidClientMessageFlags()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => 'abc',
+                                     'flags' => 'invalid'],
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidServerStatusMetadata()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_message);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+        $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $reply_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => 'invalid',
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+                'details' => $status_text,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_MESSAGE => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidServerStatusCode()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_message);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+        $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $reply_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => 'invalid',
+                'details' => $status_text,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_MESSAGE => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testMissingServerStatusCode()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_message);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+        $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $reply_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'details' => $status_text,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_MESSAGE => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidServerStatusDetails()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_message);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+        $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $reply_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+                'details' => 0,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_MESSAGE => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testMissingServerStatusDetails()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_metadata);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_close);
+        $this->assertTrue($event->send_message);
+
+        $event = $this->server->requestCall();
+        $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
+        $server_call = $event->call;
+
+        $event = $server_call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $reply_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+            ],
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_MESSAGE => true,
+            Grpc\OP_RECV_CLOSE_ON_SERVER => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidStartBatchKey()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            9999999 => [],
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException LogicException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidStartBatch()
+    {
+        $deadline = Grpc\Timeval::infFuture();
+        $req_text = 'client_server_full_request_response';
+        $reply_text = 'reply:client_server_full_request_response';
+        $status_text = 'status:client_server_full_response_text';
+
+        $call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
+                              'dummy_method',
+                              $deadline);
+
+        $event = $call->startBatch([
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA => [],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT => true,
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_MESSAGE => ['message' => $req_text],
+            Grpc\OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER => [
+                'metadata' => [],
+                'code' => Grpc\STATUS_OK,
+                'details' => 'abc',
+            ],
+        ]);
+    }
+
     public function testGetTarget()
     {
         $this->assertTrue(is_string($this->channel->getTarget()));
@@ -255,4 +567,36 @@ class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $new_state = $this->channel->getConnectivityState();
         $this->assertTrue($new_state == Grpc\CHANNEL_IDLE);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testGetConnectivityStateInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->channel->getConnectivityState(
+            new Grpc\Timeval));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testWatchConnectivityStateInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($this->channel->watchConnectivityState(
+            0, 1000));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testChannelConstructorInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel('localhost:'.$this->port, NULL);
+    }
+
+    public function testClose()
+    {
+        $this->assertNull($this->channel->close());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ServerTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ServerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d18f9abe9bfe6a51689a2c7cab07f164fe500b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/ServerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+class ServerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidConstructor()
+    {
+        $server = new Grpc\Server('invalid_host');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidAddHttp2Port()
+    {
+        $this->server = new Grpc\Server([]);
+        $this->port = $this->server->addHttp2Port(['0.0.0.0:0']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidAddSecureHttp2Port()
+    {
+        $this->server = new Grpc\Server([]);
+        $this->port = $this->server->addSecureHttp2Port(['0.0.0.0:0']);
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
index 1d2a8d303e737f304fd57db6a0cf8bd44e936f93..43abba126ab1b24033eb8ada9f0b61e2ca3f2ea1 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/TimevalTest.php
@@ -91,4 +91,69 @@ class TimevalTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $back_to_now = $deadline->subtract($delta);
         $this->assertSame(0, Grpc\Timeval::compare($back_to_now, $now));
     }
+
+    public function testSimilar()
+    {
+      $a = Grpc\Timeval::now();
+      $delta = new Grpc\Timeval(1000);
+      $b = $a->add($delta);
+      $thresh = new Grpc\Timeval(1100);
+      $this->assertTrue(Grpc\Timeval::similar($a, $b, $thresh));
+      $thresh = new Grpc\Timeval(900);
+      $this->assertFalse(Grpc\Timeval::similar($a, $b, $thresh));
+    }
+
+    public function testSleepUntil()
+    {
+        $curr_microtime = microtime(true);
+        $now = Grpc\Timeval::now();
+        $delta = new Grpc\Timeval(1000);
+        $deadline = $now->add($delta);
+        $deadline->sleepUntil();
+        $done_microtime = microtime(true);
+        $this->assertTrue(($done_microtime - $curr_microtime) > 0.0009);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testConstructorInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $delta = new Grpc\Timeval('abc');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testAddInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $a = Grpc\Timeval::now();
+        $a->add(1000);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testSubtractInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $a = Grpc\Timeval::now();
+        $a->subtract(1000);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testCompareInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $a = Grpc\Timeval::compare(1000, 1100);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testSimilarInvalidParam()
+    {
+        $a = Grpc\Timeval::similar(1000, 1100, 1200);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
index c7b5a3bde430fd0f6f24bb2a33eefcfdab244159..698c760ebe2b2a8a1889bed33cc967d7edf0bbd0 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
@@ -1,22 +1,40 @@
 gRPC Python
 ===========
 
-Package for GRPC Python.
+Package for gRPC Python.
 
-Dependencies
+Installation
 ------------
 
-Ensure you have installed the gRPC core.  On Mac OS X, install homebrew_.
-Run the following command to install gRPC Python.
+gRPC Python is available for Linux and Mac OS X running Python 2.7.
+
+From PyPI
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you are installing locally...
 
 ::
 
-  $ curl -fsSL https://goo.gl/getgrpc | bash -s python
+  $ pip install grpcio
+
+Else system wide (on Ubuntu)...
+
+::
 
-This will download and run the [gRPC install script][] to install grpc core. The script then uses pip to install this package.  It also installs the Protocol Buffers compiler (_protoc_) and the gRPC _protoc_ plugin for python.
+  $ sudo pip install grpcio
+
+From Source
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Building from source requires that you have the Python headers (usually a
+package named `python-dev`).
+
+::
 
-Otherwise, `install from source`_
+  $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc
+  $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT
+  $ cd $REPO_ROOT
+  $ pip install .
 
-.. _`install from source`: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/python/README.md#building-from-source
-.. _homebrew: http://brew.sh
-.. _`gRPC install script`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install
+Note that `$REPO_ROOT` can be assigned to whatever directory name floats your
+fancy.
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
index 774e7ad6a1cda3f14c5c356ec74e2fea91f0219b..aa29c728f259e6e47e2689e8978fd07b6bea7213 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 
 import setuptools
-from setuptools.command import bdist_egg
 from setuptools.command import build_ext
 from setuptools.command import build_py
 from setuptools.command import easy_install
@@ -52,13 +51,6 @@ import support
 
 PYTHON_STEM = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-BINARIES_REPOSITORY = os.environ.get(
-    'GRPC_PYTHON_BINARIES_REPOSITORY',
-    'https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/python')
-
-USE_GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST = bool(int(os.environ.get(
-    'GRPC_PYTHON_USE_CUSTOM_BDIST', '1')))
-
 CONF_PY_ADDENDUM = """
 extensions.append('sphinx.ext.napoleon')
 napoleon_google_docstring = True
@@ -74,126 +66,39 @@ class CommandError(Exception):
 
 # TODO(atash): Remove this once PyPI has better Linux bdist support. See
 # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/120/binary-wheels-for-linux-are-not-supported
-def _get_grpc_custom_bdist_egg(decorated_basename, target_egg_basename):
-  """Returns a string path to a .egg file for Linux to install.
+def _get_grpc_custom_bdist(decorated_basename, target_bdist_basename):
+  """Returns a string path to a bdist file for Linux to install.
 
-  If we can retrieve a pre-compiled egg from online, uses it. Else, emits a
+  If we can retrieve a pre-compiled bdist from online, uses it. Else, emits a
   warning and builds from source.
   """
+  # TODO(atash): somehow the name that's returned from `wheel` is different
+  # between different versions of 'wheel' (but from a compatibility standpoint,
+  # the names are compatible); we should have some way of determining name
+  # compatibility in the same way `wheel` does to avoid having to rename all of
+  # the custom wheels that we build/upload to GCS.
+
   # Break import style to ensure that setup.py has had a chance to install the
-  # relevant package eggs.
+  # relevant package.
   from six.moves.urllib import request
-  decorated_path = decorated_basename + '.egg'
+  decorated_path = decorated_basename + GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST_EXT
   try:
     url = BINARIES_REPOSITORY + '/{target}'.format(target=decorated_path)
-    egg_data = request.urlopen(url).read()
+    bdist_data = request.urlopen(url).read()
   except IOError as error:
     raise CommandError(
-        '{}\n\nCould not find the bdist egg {}: {}'
+        '{}\n\nCould not find the bdist {}: {}'
             .format(traceback.format_exc(), decorated_path, error.message))
-  # Our chosen local egg path.
-  egg_path = target_egg_basename + '.egg'
+  # Our chosen local bdist path.
+  bdist_path = target_bdist_basename + GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST_EXT
   try:
-    with open(egg_path, 'w') as egg_file:
-      egg_file.write(egg_data)
+    with open(bdist_path, 'w') as bdist_file:
+      bdist_file.write(bdist_data)
   except IOError as error:
     raise CommandError(
-        '{}\n\nCould not write grpcio egg: {}'
+        '{}\n\nCould not write grpcio bdist: {}'
             .format(traceback.format_exc(), error.message))
-  return egg_path
-
-
-class EggNameMixin(object):
-  """Mixin for setuptools.Command classes to enable acquiring the egg name."""
-
-  def egg_name(self, with_custom):
-    """
-    Args:
-      with_custom: Boolean describing whether or not to decorate the egg name
-        with custom gRPC-specific target information.
-    """
-    egg_command = self.get_finalized_command('bdist_egg')
-    base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(egg_command.egg_output))[0]
-    if with_custom:
-      flavor = 'ucs2' if sys.maxunicode == 65535 else 'ucs4'
-      return '{base}-{flavor}'.format(base=base, flavor=flavor)
-    else:
-      return base
-
-
-class Install(install.install, EggNameMixin):
-  """Custom Install command for gRPC Python.
-
-  This is for bdist shims and whatever else we might need a custom install
-  command for.
-  """
-
-  user_options = install.install.user_options + [
-      # TODO(atash): remove this once PyPI has better Linux bdist support. See
-      # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/120/binary-wheels-for-linux-are-not-supported
-      ('use-grpc-custom-bdist', None,
-       'Whether to retrieve a binary from the gRPC binary repository instead '
-       'of building from source.'),
-  ]
-
-  def initialize_options(self):
-    install.install.initialize_options(self)
-    self.use_grpc_custom_bdist = USE_GRPC_CUSTOM_BDIST
-
-  def finalize_options(self):
-    install.install.finalize_options(self)
-
-  def run(self):
-    if self.use_grpc_custom_bdist:
-      try:
-        try:
-          egg_path = _get_grpc_custom_bdist_egg(self.egg_name(True),
-                                                self.egg_name(False))
-        except CommandError as error:
-          sys.stderr.write(
-              '\nWARNING: Failed to acquire grpcio prebuilt binary:\n'
-              '{}.\n\n'.format(error.message))
-          raise
-        try:
-          self._run_bdist_retrieval_install(egg_path)
-        except Exception as error:
-          # if anything else happens (and given how there's no way to really know
-          # what's happening in setuptools here, I mean *anything*), warn the user
-          # and fall back to building from source.
-          sys.stderr.write(
-              '{}\nWARNING: Failed to install grpcio prebuilt binary.\n\n'
-                  .format(traceback.format_exc()))
-          raise
-      except Exception:
-        install.install.run(self)
-    else:
-      install.install.run(self)
-
-  # TODO(atash): Remove this once PyPI has better Linux bdist support. See
-  # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/120/binary-wheels-for-linux-are-not-supported
-  def _run_bdist_retrieval_install(self, bdist_egg):
-    easy_install = self.distribution.get_command_class('easy_install')
-    easy_install_command = easy_install(
-        self.distribution, args='x', root=self.root, record=self.record,
-    )
-    easy_install_command.ensure_finalized()
-    easy_install_command.always_copy_from = '.'
-    easy_install_command.package_index.scan(glob.glob('*.egg'))
-    arguments = [bdist_egg]
-    if setuptools.bootstrap_install_from:
-      args.insert(0, setuptools.bootstrap_install_from)
-    easy_install_command.args = arguments
-    easy_install_command.run()
-    setuptools.bootstrap_install_from = None
-
-
-class BdistEggCustomName(bdist_egg.bdist_egg, EggNameMixin):
-  """Thin wrapper around the bdist_egg command to build with our custom name."""
-
-  def run(self):
-    bdist_egg.bdist_egg.run(self)
-    target = os.path.join(self.dist_dir, '{}.egg'.format(self.egg_name(True)))
-    shutil.move(self.get_outputs()[0], target)
+  return bdist_path
 
 
 class SphinxDocumentation(setuptools.Command):
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
index 8e90f7a61d2fd5070f7b660b5e74c0a306f2ad23..632a7c4c081e287bb941a71737ff1918e72d5f19 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ CORE_SOURCE_FILES = [
   'src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c',
   'src/core/census/context.c',
   'src/core/census/initialize.c',
+  'src/core/census/log.c',
   'src/core/census/operation.c',
   'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
   'src/core/census/tracing.c',
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py b/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05c651b506f9b5785a9125a77420eb733a8cf9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Copyright 2015-2016, 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.
+
+import os
+import platform
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+import setuptools
+
+import commands
+import grpc_version
+
+try:
+  from urllib2 import urlopen
+except ImportError:
+  from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+PYTHON_STEM = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+BINARIES_REPOSITORY = os.environ.get(
+    'GRPC_PYTHON_BINARIES_REPOSITORY',
+    'https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/python')
+USE_PRECOMPILED_BINARIES = bool(int(os.environ.get(
+    'GRPC_PYTHON_USE_PRECOMPILED_BINARIES', '1')))
+
+def _tagged_ext_name(base):
+  uname = platform.uname()
+  tags = '-'.join((grpc_version.VERSION, uname[0], uname[4]))
+  flavor = 'ucs2' if sys.maxunicode == 65535 else 'ucs4'
+  return '{base}-{tags}-{flavor}'.format(base=base, tags=tags, flavor=flavor)
+
+
+class BuildTaggedExt(setuptools.Command):
+
+  description = 'build the gRPC tagged extensions'
+  user_options = []
+
+  def initialize_options(self):
+    # distutils requires this override.
+    pass
+
+  def finalize_options(self):
+    # distutils requires this override.
+    pass
+
+  def run(self):
+    if 'linux' in sys.platform:
+      self.run_command('build_ext')
+      try:
+        os.makedirs('dist/')
+      except OSError:
+        pass
+      shutil.copyfile(
+          os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'grpc/_cython/cygrpc.so'),
+          'dist/{}.so'.format(_tagged_ext_name('cygrpc')))
+    else:
+      sys.stderr.write('nothing to do for build_tagged_ext\n')
+
+
+def update_setup_arguments(setup_arguments):
+  url = '{}/{}.so'.format(BINARIES_REPOSITORY, _tagged_ext_name('cygrpc'))
+  target_path = os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'grpc/_cython/cygrpc.so')
+  try:
+    extension = urlopen(url).read()
+  except:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        'could not download precompiled extension: {}\n'.format(url))
+    return
+  try:
+    with open(target_path, 'w') as target:
+      target.write(extension)
+    setup_arguments['ext_modules'] = []
+  except:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        'could not write precompiled extension to directory: {} -> {}\n'
+            .format(url, target_path))
diff --git a/templates/grpc.gemspec.template b/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
index 6cc3e964a3f0dd7ee9efec591b19ceb8a088b6ef..701e1c7485bbe6d5c7b98f982da0b3e1679acce4 100644
--- a/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
+++ b/templates/grpc.gemspec.template
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.0.0'
 
-    s.files = %w( Makefile )
+    s.files = %w( Makefile .yardopts )
     s.files += %w( etc/roots.pem )
     s.files += Dir.glob('src/ruby/bin/**/*')
     s.files += Dir.glob('src/ruby/ext/**/*')
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     s.require_paths = %w( src/ruby/bin src/ruby/lib src/ruby/pb )
     s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
-    s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.0.0.alpha.5.0.2'
+    s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.0.0.alpha.5.0.3'
     s.add_dependency 'googleauth',      '~> 0.5.1'
 
     s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',            '~> 1.9'
diff --git a/templates/package.json.template b/templates/package.json.template
index d6279b996e9c62e4f4caa8702b8cb0e935d4aff8..99e8287b35713ae2cc6263d964ed4a8cae97a0f7 100644
--- a/templates/package.json.template
+++ b/templates/package.json.template
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@
       "test": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha src/node/test && npm run-script lint",
       "gen_docs": "./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c src/node/jsdoc_conf.json",
       "coverage": "./node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha src/node/test",
-      "preinstall": "npm install node-pre-gyp",
       "install": "./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build"
     },
+    "bundledDependencies": ["node-pre-gyp"],
     "dependencies": {
       "lodash": "^3.9.3",
       "nan": "^2.0.0",
-      "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.19",
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diff --git a/test/core/census/log_test.c b/test/core/census/log_test.c
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, 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 "src/core/census/log.h"
+#include <grpc/support/cpu.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+#include <grpc/support/sync.h>
+#include <grpc/support/thd.h>
+#include <grpc/support/time.h>
+#include <grpc/support/useful.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
+
+// Change this to non-zero if you want more output.
+#define VERBOSE 0
+
+// Log size to use for all tests.
+#define LOG_SIZE_IN_MB 1
+#define LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES (LOG_SIZE_IN_MB << 20)
+
+// Fills in 'record' of size 'size'. Each byte in record is filled in with the
+// same value. The value is extracted from 'record' pointer.
+static void write_record(char* record, size_t size) {
+  char data = (char)((uintptr_t)record % 255);
+  memset(record, data, size);
+}
+
+// Reads fixed size records. Returns the number of records read in
+// 'num_records'.
+static void read_records(size_t record_size, const char* buffer,
+                         size_t buffer_size, int* num_records) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(buffer_size >= record_size);
+  GPR_ASSERT(buffer_size % record_size == 0);
+  *num_records = (int)(buffer_size / record_size);
+  for (int i = 0; i < *num_records; ++i) {
+    const char* record = buffer + (record_size * (size_t)i);
+    char data = (char)((uintptr_t)record % 255);
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < record_size; ++j) {
+      GPR_ASSERT(data == record[j]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Tries to write the specified number of records. Stops when the log gets
+// full. Returns the number of records written. Spins for random
+// number of times, up to 'max_spin_count', between writes.
+static int write_records_to_log(int writer_id, size_t record_size,
+                                int num_records, int max_spin_count) {
+  int counter = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_records; ++i) {
+    int spin_count = max_spin_count ? rand() % max_spin_count : 0;
+    if (VERBOSE && (counter++ == num_records / 10)) {
+      printf("   Writer %d: %d out of %d written\n", writer_id, i, num_records);
+      counter = 0;
+    }
+    char* record = (char*)(census_log_start_write(record_size));
+    if (record == NULL) {
+      return i;
+    }
+    write_record(record, record_size);
+    census_log_end_write(record, record_size);
+    for (int j = 0; j < spin_count; ++j) {
+      GPR_ASSERT(j >= 0);
+    }
+  }
+  return num_records;
+}
+
+// Performs a single read iteration. Returns the number of records read.
+static int perform_read_iteration(size_t record_size) {
+  const void* read_buffer = NULL;
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  int records_read = 0;
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  while ((read_buffer = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available))) {
+    int num_records = 0;
+    read_records(record_size, (const char*)read_buffer, bytes_available,
+                 &num_records);
+    records_read += num_records;
+  }
+  return records_read;
+}
+
+// Asserts that the log is empty.
+static void assert_log_empty(void) {
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  GPR_ASSERT(census_log_read_next(&bytes_available) == NULL);
+}
+
+// Fills the log and verifies data. If 'no fragmentation' is true, records
+// are sized such that CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE is a multiple of record
+// size. If not a circular log, verifies that the number of records written
+// match the number of records read.
+static void fill_log(size_t log_size, int no_fragmentation, int circular_log) {
+  size_t size;
+  if (no_fragmentation) {
+    int log2size = rand() % (CENSUS_LOG_2_MAX_RECORD_SIZE + 1);
+    size = ((size_t)1 << log2size);
+  } else {
+    while (1) {
+      size = 1 + ((size_t)rand() % CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE);
+      if (CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE % size) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  int records_written =
+      write_records_to_log(0 /* writer id */, size,
+                           (int)((log_size / size) * 2), 0 /* spin count */);
+  int records_read = perform_read_iteration(size);
+  if (!circular_log) {
+    GPR_ASSERT(records_written == records_read);
+  }
+  assert_log_empty();
+}
+
+// Structure to pass args to writer_thread
+typedef struct writer_thread_args {
+  // Index of this thread in the writers vector.
+  int index;
+  // Record size.
+  size_t record_size;
+  // Number of records to write.
+  int num_records;
+  // Used to signal when writer is complete
+  gpr_cv* done;
+  gpr_mu* mu;
+  int* count;
+} writer_thread_args;
+
+// Writes the given number of records of random size (up to kMaxRecordSize) and
+// random data to the specified log.
+static void writer_thread(void* arg) {
+  writer_thread_args* args = (writer_thread_args*)arg;
+  // Maximum number of times to spin between writes.
+  static const int MAX_SPIN_COUNT = 50;
+  int records_written = 0;
+  if (VERBOSE) {
+    printf("   Writer %d starting\n", args->index);
+  }
+  while (records_written < args->num_records) {
+    records_written += write_records_to_log(args->index, args->record_size,
+                                            args->num_records - records_written,
+                                            MAX_SPIN_COUNT);
+    if (records_written < args->num_records) {
+      // Ran out of log space. Sleep for a bit and let the reader catch up.
+      // This should never happen for circular logs.
+      if (VERBOSE) {
+        printf(
+            "   Writer %d stalled due to out-of-space: %d out of %d "
+            "written\n",
+            args->index, records_written, args->num_records);
+      }
+      gpr_sleep_until(GRPC_TIMEOUT_MILLIS_TO_DEADLINE(10));
+    }
+  }
+  // Done. Decrement count and signal.
+  gpr_mu_lock(args->mu);
+  (*args->count)--;
+  gpr_cv_signal(args->done);
+  if (VERBOSE) {
+    printf("   Writer %d done\n", args->index);
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(args->mu);
+}
+
+// struct to pass args to reader_thread
+typedef struct reader_thread_args {
+  // Record size.
+  size_t record_size;
+  // Interval between read iterations.
+  int read_iteration_interval_in_msec;
+  // Total number of records.
+  int total_records;
+  // Signalled when reader should stop.
+  gpr_cv stop;
+  int stop_flag;
+  // Used to signal when reader has finished
+  gpr_cv* done;
+  gpr_mu* mu;
+  int running;
+} reader_thread_args;
+
+// Reads and verifies the specified number of records. Reader can also be
+// stopped via gpr_cv_signal(&args->stop). Sleeps for 'read_interval_in_msec'
+// between read iterations.
+static void reader_thread(void* arg) {
+  reader_thread_args* args = (reader_thread_args*)arg;
+  if (VERBOSE) {
+    printf("   Reader starting\n");
+  }
+  gpr_timespec interval = gpr_time_from_micros(
+      args->read_iteration_interval_in_msec * 1000, GPR_TIMESPAN);
+  gpr_mu_lock(args->mu);
+  int records_read = 0;
+  int num_iterations = 0;
+  int counter = 0;
+  while (!args->stop_flag && records_read < args->total_records) {
+    gpr_cv_wait(&args->stop, args->mu, interval);
+    if (!args->stop_flag) {
+      records_read += perform_read_iteration(args->record_size);
+      GPR_ASSERT(records_read <= args->total_records);
+      if (VERBOSE && (counter++ == 100000)) {
+        printf("   Reader: %d out of %d read\n", records_read,
+               args->total_records);
+        counter = 0;
+      }
+      ++num_iterations;
+    }
+  }
+  // Done
+  args->running = 0;
+  gpr_cv_signal(args->done);
+  if (VERBOSE) {
+    printf("   Reader: records: %d, iterations: %d\n", records_read,
+           num_iterations);
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(args->mu);
+}
+
+// Creates NUM_WRITERS writers where each writer writes NUM_RECORDS_PER_WRITER
+// records. Also, starts a reader that iterates over and reads blocks every
+// READ_ITERATION_INTERVAL_IN_MSEC.
+// Number of writers.
+#define NUM_WRITERS 5
+static void multiple_writers_single_reader(int circular_log) {
+  // Sleep interval between read iterations.
+  static const int READ_ITERATION_INTERVAL_IN_MSEC = 10;
+  // Maximum record size.
+  static const size_t MAX_RECORD_SIZE = 20;
+  // Number of records written by each writer. This is sized such that we
+  // will write through the entire log ~10 times.
+  const int NUM_RECORDS_PER_WRITER =
+      (int)((10 * census_log_remaining_space()) / (MAX_RECORD_SIZE / 2)) /
+      NUM_WRITERS;
+  size_t record_size = ((size_t)rand() % MAX_RECORD_SIZE) + 1;
+  // Create and start writers.
+  writer_thread_args writers[NUM_WRITERS];
+  int writers_count = NUM_WRITERS;
+  gpr_cv writers_done;
+  gpr_mu writers_mu;  // protects writers_done and writers_count
+  gpr_cv_init(&writers_done);
+  gpr_mu_init(&writers_mu);
+  gpr_thd_id id;
+  for (int i = 0; i < NUM_WRITERS; ++i) {
+    writers[i].index = i;
+    writers[i].record_size = record_size;
+    writers[i].num_records = NUM_RECORDS_PER_WRITER;
+    writers[i].done = &writers_done;
+    writers[i].count = &writers_count;
+    writers[i].mu = &writers_mu;
+    gpr_thd_new(&id, &writer_thread, &writers[i], NULL);
+  }
+  // Start reader.
+  gpr_cv reader_done;
+  gpr_mu reader_mu;  // protects reader_done and reader.running
+  reader_thread_args reader;
+  reader.record_size = record_size;
+  reader.read_iteration_interval_in_msec = READ_ITERATION_INTERVAL_IN_MSEC;
+  reader.total_records = NUM_WRITERS * NUM_RECORDS_PER_WRITER;
+  reader.stop_flag = 0;
+  gpr_cv_init(&reader.stop);
+  gpr_cv_init(&reader_done);
+  reader.done = &reader_done;
+  gpr_mu_init(&reader_mu);
+  reader.mu = &reader_mu;
+  reader.running = 1;
+  gpr_thd_new(&id, &reader_thread, &reader, NULL);
+  // Wait for writers to finish.
+  gpr_mu_lock(&writers_mu);
+  while (writers_count != 0) {
+    gpr_cv_wait(&writers_done, &writers_mu, gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&writers_mu);
+  gpr_mu_destroy(&writers_mu);
+  gpr_cv_destroy(&writers_done);
+  gpr_mu_lock(&reader_mu);
+  if (circular_log) {
+    // Stop reader.
+    reader.stop_flag = 1;
+    gpr_cv_signal(&reader.stop);
+  }
+  // wait for reader to finish
+  while (reader.running) {
+    gpr_cv_wait(&reader_done, &reader_mu, gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
+  }
+  if (circular_log) {
+    // Assert that there were no out-of-space errors.
+    GPR_ASSERT(0 == census_log_out_of_space_count());
+  }
+  gpr_mu_unlock(&reader_mu);
+  gpr_mu_destroy(&reader_mu);
+  gpr_cv_destroy(&reader_done);
+  if (VERBOSE) {
+    printf("   Reader: finished\n");
+  }
+}
+
+static void setup_test(int circular_log) {
+  census_log_initialize(LOG_SIZE_IN_MB, circular_log);
+  GPR_ASSERT(census_log_remaining_space() == LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES);
+}
+
+// Attempts to create a record of invalid size (size >
+// CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE).
+void test_invalid_record_size(void) {
+  static const size_t INVALID_SIZE = CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE + 1;
+  static const size_t VALID_SIZE = 1;
+  printf("Starting test: invalid record size\n");
+  setup_test(0);
+  void* record = census_log_start_write(INVALID_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record == NULL);
+  // Now try writing a valid record.
+  record = census_log_start_write(VALID_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record != NULL);
+  census_log_end_write(record, VALID_SIZE);
+  // Verifies that available space went down by one block. In theory, this
+  // check can fail if the thread is context switched to a new CPU during the
+  // start_write execution (multiple blocks get allocated), but this has not
+  // been observed in practice.
+  GPR_ASSERT(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES - CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE ==
+             census_log_remaining_space());
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Tests end_write() with a different size than what was specified in
+// start_write().
+void test_end_write_with_different_size(void) {
+  static const size_t START_WRITE_SIZE = 10;
+  static const size_t END_WRITE_SIZE = 7;
+  printf("Starting test: end write with different size\n");
+  setup_test(0);
+  void* record_written = census_log_start_write(START_WRITE_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_written != NULL);
+  census_log_end_write(record_written, END_WRITE_SIZE);
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  const void* record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_written == record_read);
+  GPR_ASSERT(END_WRITE_SIZE == bytes_available);
+  assert_log_empty();
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Verifies that pending records are not available via read_next().
+void test_read_pending_record(void) {
+  static const size_t PR_RECORD_SIZE = 1024;
+  printf("Starting test: read pending record\n");
+  setup_test(0);
+  // Start a write.
+  void* record_written = census_log_start_write(PR_RECORD_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_written != NULL);
+  // As write is pending, read should fail.
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  const void* record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_read == NULL);
+  // A read followed by end_write() should succeed.
+  census_log_end_write(record_written, PR_RECORD_SIZE);
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_written == record_read);
+  GPR_ASSERT(PR_RECORD_SIZE == bytes_available);
+  assert_log_empty();
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Tries reading beyond pending write.
+void test_read_beyond_pending_record(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: read beyond pending record\n");
+  setup_test(0);
+  // Start a write.
+  const size_t incomplete_record_size = 10;
+  void* incomplete_record = census_log_start_write(incomplete_record_size);
+  GPR_ASSERT(incomplete_record != NULL);
+  const size_t complete_record_size = 20;
+  void* complete_record = census_log_start_write(complete_record_size);
+  GPR_ASSERT(complete_record != NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(complete_record != incomplete_record);
+  census_log_end_write(complete_record, complete_record_size);
+  // Now iterate over blocks to read completed records.
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  const void* record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(complete_record == record_read);
+  GPR_ASSERT(complete_record_size == bytes_available);
+  // Complete first record.
+  census_log_end_write(incomplete_record, incomplete_record_size);
+  // Have read past the incomplete record, so read_next() should return NULL.
+  // NB: this test also assumes our thread did not get switched to a different
+  // CPU between the two start_write calls
+  record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_read == NULL);
+  // Reset reader to get the newly completed record.
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(incomplete_record == record_read);
+  GPR_ASSERT(incomplete_record_size == bytes_available);
+  assert_log_empty();
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Tests scenario where block being read is detached from a core and put on the
+// dirty list.
+void test_detached_while_reading(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: detached while reading\n");
+  setup_test(0);
+  // Start a write.
+  static const size_t DWR_RECORD_SIZE = 10;
+  void* record_written = census_log_start_write(DWR_RECORD_SIZE);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_written != NULL);
+  census_log_end_write(record_written, DWR_RECORD_SIZE);
+  // Read this record.
+  census_log_init_reader();
+  size_t bytes_available;
+  const void* record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available);
+  GPR_ASSERT(record_read != NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(DWR_RECORD_SIZE == bytes_available);
+  // Now fill the log. This will move the block being read from core-local
+  // array to the dirty list.
+  while ((record_written = census_log_start_write(DWR_RECORD_SIZE))) {
+    census_log_end_write(record_written, DWR_RECORD_SIZE);
+  }
+
+  // In this iteration, read_next() should only traverse blocks in the
+  // core-local array. Therefore, we expect at most gpr_cpu_num_cores() more
+  // blocks. As log is full, if read_next() is traversing the dirty list, we
+  // will get more than gpr_cpu_num_cores() blocks.
+  int block_read = 0;
+  while ((record_read = census_log_read_next(&bytes_available))) {
+    ++block_read;
+    GPR_ASSERT(block_read <= (int)gpr_cpu_num_cores());
+  }
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Fills non-circular log with records sized such that size is a multiple of
+// CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE (no per-block fragmentation).
+void test_fill_log_no_fragmentation(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: fill log no fragmentation\n");
+  const int circular = 0;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  fill_log(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES, 1 /* no fragmentation */, circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Fills circular log with records sized such that size is a multiple of
+// CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE (no per-block fragmentation).
+void test_fill_circular_log_no_fragmentation(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: fill circular log no fragmentation\n");
+  const int circular = 1;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  fill_log(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES, 1 /* no fragmentation */, circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Fills non-circular log with records that may straddle end of a block.
+void test_fill_log_with_straddling_records(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: fill log with straddling records\n");
+  const int circular = 0;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  fill_log(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES, 0 /* block straddling records */, circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Fills circular log with records that may straddle end of a block.
+void test_fill_circular_log_with_straddling_records(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: fill circular log with straddling records\n");
+  const int circular = 1;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  fill_log(LOG_SIZE_IN_BYTES, 0 /* block straddling records */, circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Tests scenario where multiple writers and a single reader are using a log
+// that is configured to discard old records.
+void test_multiple_writers_circular_log(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: multiple writers circular log\n");
+  const int circular = 1;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  multiple_writers_single_reader(circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Tests scenario where multiple writers and a single reader are using a log
+// that is configured to discard old records.
+void test_multiple_writers(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: multiple writers\n");
+  const int circular = 0;
+  setup_test(circular);
+  multiple_writers_single_reader(circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+// Repeat the straddling records and multiple writers tests with a small log.
+void test_small_log(void) {
+  printf("Starting test: small log\n");
+  const int circular = 0;
+  census_log_initialize(0, circular);
+  size_t log_size = census_log_remaining_space();
+  GPR_ASSERT(log_size > 0);
+  fill_log(log_size, 0, circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+  census_log_initialize(0, circular);
+  multiple_writers_single_reader(circular);
+  census_log_shutdown();
+}
+
+void test_performance(void) {
+  for (size_t write_size = 1; write_size < CENSUS_LOG_MAX_RECORD_SIZE;
+       write_size *= 2) {
+    setup_test(0);
+    gpr_timespec start_time = gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+    int nrecords = 0;
+    while (1) {
+      void* record = census_log_start_write(write_size);
+      if (record == NULL) {
+        break;
+      }
+      census_log_end_write(record, write_size);
+      nrecords++;
+    }
+    gpr_timespec write_time =
+        gpr_time_sub(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), start_time);
+    double write_time_micro =
+        (double)write_time.tv_sec * 1000000 + (double)write_time.tv_nsec / 1000;
+    census_log_shutdown();
+    printf(
+        "Wrote %d %d byte records in %.3g microseconds: %g records/us "
+        "(%g ns/record), %g gigabytes/s\n",
+        nrecords, (int)write_size, write_time_micro,
+        nrecords / write_time_micro, 1000 * write_time_micro / nrecords,
+        (double)((int)write_size * nrecords) / write_time_micro / 1000);
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
+  gpr_time_init();
+  srand((unsigned)gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME).tv_nsec);
+  test_invalid_record_size();
+  test_end_write_with_different_size();
+  test_read_pending_record();
+  test_read_beyond_pending_record();
+  test_detached_while_reading();
+  test_fill_log_no_fragmentation();
+  test_fill_circular_log_no_fragmentation();
+  test_fill_log_with_straddling_records();
+  test_fill_circular_log_with_straddling_records();
+  test_small_log();
+  test_multiple_writers();
+  test_multiple_writers_circular_log();
+  test_performance();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/driver.cc b/test/cpp/qps/driver.cc
index 80f6ada409150df24f7eabdbe6cddeea82dae2c3..1c7fdf8796090053dbb3d27c75e4f87e029f6a16 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/driver.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/driver.cc
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ScenarioResult> RunScenario(
   workers.resize(num_clients + num_servers);
 
   gpr_timespec deadline =
-      gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME),
-                   gpr_time_from_seconds(
-                       warmup_seconds + benchmark_seconds + 20, GPR_TIMESPAN));
+      GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(warmup_seconds + benchmark_seconds + 20);
 
   // Start servers
   using runsc::ServerData;
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/server_async.cc b/test/cpp/qps/server_async.cc
index 1302d718f0aeceeddfad407d4bb572893d47d3da..2024e0bfef8ffde4b2fa7cad5e0ee29e27b13b52 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/server_async.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/server_async.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include "src/proto/grpc/testing/services.grpc.pb.h"
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 #include "test/cpp/qps/server.h"
 
 namespace grpc {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class AsyncQpsServerTest : public Server {
     }
   }
   ~AsyncQpsServerTest() {
-    auto deadline = std::chrono::system_clock::now() + std::chrono::seconds(10);
+    auto deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(10);
     server_->Shutdown(deadline);
     for (auto ss = shutdown_state_.begin(); ss != shutdown_state_.end(); ++ss) {
       (*ss)->set_shutdown();
diff --git a/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh b/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
index 99a51f01f7619c2486026cbc65fbc841e2b00282..9b8f15771b839b2a64afcdb9e15176c86c83867a 100755
--- a/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ nvm install $NODE_VERSION
 
 npm install -g node-static
 
+# Kill off existing static servers
+kill -9 $(ps aux | grep '[n]ode .*static' | awk '{print $2}') || true
+
 STATIC_SERVER=127.0.0.1
 STATIC_PORT=8080
 
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/python_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/python_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
index b44fcff7e31b4d568b457af82625efa41568fcd4..1eb4c1e77501639017b9d9e212145e2adfdcd900 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/python_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/python_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@
 
 FROM fedora:21
 
+# Make yum work properly under docker when using overlay storage driver.
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213602#c9
+# https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/10180
+RUN yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl
+
 RUN yum clean all && yum update -y && yum install -y python python-pip
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/ruby_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/ruby_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
index 598dac5a11259268ec9d21152c427793991ea775..b567c5b10922bcc458c559a7527455beb0332e19 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/ruby_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/distribtest/ruby_fedora21_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 
 FROM fedora:21
 
+# Make yum work properly under docker when using overlay storage driver.
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213602#c9
+# https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/10180
+RUN yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl
+
 RUN yum clean all && yum update -y && yum install -y ruby
 
 RUN gem install bundler
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index b6268432335e763b99881e002a37d229fbb34931..502fe39844dcb7e23e92ca0e6998123cd6e68734 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -901,6 +901,7 @@ src/core/transport/static_metadata.h \
 src/core/transport/transport.h \
 src/core/transport/transport_impl.h \
 src/core/census/aggregation.h \
+src/core/census/log.h \
 src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h \
 src/core/httpcli/httpcli_security_connector.c \
 src/core/security/base64.c \
@@ -1052,6 +1053,7 @@ src/core/transport/transport.c \
 src/core/transport/transport_op_string.c \
 src/core/census/context.c \
 src/core/census/initialize.c \
+src/core/census/log.c \
 src/core/census/operation.c \
 src/core/census/placeholders.c \
 src/core/census/tracing.c \
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
index 9a3b9bd1baf4a71a1d91a61d9ab5db0ad2d50711..6aa482453835b7af8556154f6db9be253ee7dacf 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_node.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ nvm use 4
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
-rm -rf build
+rm -rf build || true
 
 mkdir -p artifacts
 
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ node_versions=( 0.12.0 1.0.0 1.1.0 2.0.0 3.0.0 4.0.0 5.0.0 )
 
 for version in ${node_versions[@]}
 do
-  node-pre-gyp configure rebuild package testpackage --target=$version --target_arch=$NODE_TARGET_ARCH
+  ./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp configure rebuild package testpackage --target=$version --target_arch=$NODE_TARGET_ARCH
   cp -r build/stage/* artifacts/
 done
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_python.sh
index 835fad83e1495af6bc46ad29a73f0af04621500b..6e7ab911d5bb5215fe0eccc9ebfd0a23a18bf774 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_python.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,20 @@ then
   pip install -rrequirements.txt
 fi
 
+# The bdist_wheel_grpc_custom command is finicky about command output ordering
+# and thus ought to be run in a shell command separate of others. Further, it
+# trashes the actual bdist_wheel output, so it should be run first so that
+# bdist_wheel may be run unmolested.
+GRPC_PYTHON_USE_CUSTOM_BDIST=0  \
+GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
+${SETARCH_CMD} python setup.py  \
+    build_tagged_ext
+
 GRPC_PYTHON_USE_CUSTOM_BDIST=0  \
 GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
 ${SETARCH_CMD} python setup.py  \
     bdist_wheel                 \
-    sdist                       \
-    bdist_egg_grpc_custom
+    sdist
 
 mkdir -p artifacts
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
index a8b9448973f1ab8fd67669dbb688347cfa3d7519..aca90a3750004c95e81163194170ddc0c7795a28 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_package_node.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 mkdir -p artifacts/
 cp -r $EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT/architecture={x86,x64},language=node,platform={windows,linux,macos}/artifacts/* artifacts/ || true
 
+npm update
 npm pack
 
 cp grpc-*.tgz artifacts/grpc.tgz
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/distribtest_targets.py b/tools/run_tests/distribtest_targets.py
index b26a870778158004563895ced2e0dbe5560ee70b..261f44bc6d991f50b029f326222ccbd5babf393e 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/distribtest_targets.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/distribtest_targets.py
@@ -122,11 +122,15 @@ class NodeDistribTest(object):
 
   def build_jobspec(self):
     if self.platform == 'linux':
+      linux32 = ''
+      if self.arch == 'x86':
+        linux32 = 'linux32'
       return create_docker_jobspec(self.name,
                                    'tools/dockerfile/distribtest/node_%s_%s' % (
                                        self.docker_suffix,
                                        self.arch),
-                                   'test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh %s' % (
+                                   '%s test/distrib/node/run_distrib_test.sh %s' % (
+                                       linux32,
                                        self.node_version))
     elif self.platform == 'macos':
       return create_jobspec(self.name,
@@ -236,11 +240,7 @@ def targets():
           RubyDistribTest('linux', 'x64', 'ubuntu1504'),
           RubyDistribTest('linux', 'x64', 'ubuntu1510'),
           RubyDistribTest('linux', 'x64', 'ubuntu1604'),
-          NodeDistribTest('macos', 'x64', None, '0.10'),
-          NodeDistribTest('macos', 'x64', None, '0.12'),
-          NodeDistribTest('macos', 'x64', None, '3'),
           NodeDistribTest('macos', 'x64', None, '4'),
-          NodeDistribTest('macos', 'x64', None, '5'),
           NodeDistribTest('linux', 'x86', 'jessie', '4')
           ] + [
             NodeDistribTest('linux', 'x64', os, version)
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 6538ddc37e1941939f398f3606620b411d7eaf86..44f7a6337d58ccbfd1891e18e2204c6e9b083903 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@
       "test/core/census/context_test.c"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "census_log_test", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/core/census/log_test.c"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "gpr", 
@@ -2969,6 +2983,7 @@
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
       "src/core/census/aggregation.h", 
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/census/log.h", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_stack.h", 
@@ -3119,6 +3134,8 @@
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.c", 
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h", 
       "src/core/census/initialize.c", 
+      "src/core/census/log.c", 
+      "src/core/census/log.h", 
       "src/core/census/operation.c", 
       "src/core/census/placeholders.c", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
@@ -3494,6 +3511,7 @@
       "include/grpc/status.h", 
       "src/core/census/aggregation.h", 
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h", 
+      "src/core/census/log.h", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_stack.h", 
@@ -3629,6 +3647,8 @@
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.c", 
       "src/core/census/grpc_filter.h", 
       "src/core/census/initialize.c", 
+      "src/core/census/log.c", 
+      "src/core/census/log.h", 
       "src/core/census/operation.c", 
       "src/core/census/placeholders.c", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index ddf4a1293f991ba0ef184315e0597e466353c725..ea9c129101db84b9f5b5adcef61a455172025f1c 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -121,6 +121,26 @@
       "windows"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "census_log_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [], 
     "ci_platforms": [
diff --git a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
index ea8e50456acd3adbe360bb1dc002a72acb5bd57d..b30941ff73894a16c13546ce2ca1476e544b22cc 100644
--- a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "census_context_test", "vcxp
 		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "census_log_test", "vcxproj\test\census_log_test\census_log_test.vcxproj", "{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "False"
+	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{17BCAFC0-5FDC-4C94-AEB9-95F3E220614B} = {17BCAFC0-5FDC-4C94-AEB9-95F3E220614B}
+		{29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9} = {29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9}
+		{EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037} = {EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037}
+		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "channel_create_test", "vcxproj\test\channel_create_test\channel_create_test.vcxproj", "{AFC88484-3A2E-32BC-25B2-23DF741D4F3D}"
 	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
         	lib = "False"
@@ -1604,6 +1615,22 @@ Global
 		{5C1CFC2D-AF3C-D7CB-BA74-D267E91CBC73}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{5C1CFC2D-AF3C-D7CB-BA74-D267E91CBC73}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{5C1CFC2D-AF3C-D7CB-BA74-D267E91CBC73}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Debug-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{C27CEE16-2BEC-5572-3956-677E9F6F8BED}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{AFC88484-3A2E-32BC-25B2-23DF741D4F3D}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{AFC88484-3A2E-32BC-25B2-23DF741D4F3D}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
 		{AFC88484-3A2E-32BC-25B2-23DF741D4F3D}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
index 76975322be8390aedde70a6c2f70600d18961ac4..faef347883fbabe3bd2ea1637db7f1e473a3f718 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\transport\transport.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\transport\transport_impl.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -713,6 +714,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\initialize.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\operation.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\placeholders.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
index 4660572f9799df54d77972425dbedd666c8830e8..9afcbf005353091791337aacf080954ab405be37 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\initialize.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\operation.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -887,6 +890,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
index 541000af4041c7761255a778599807e9e68ea9ed..4edcfab8291ce3a3f2d6484cc2a9be1deaea5810 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\transport\transport.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\transport\transport_impl.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -649,6 +650,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\initialize.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\operation.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\placeholders.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
index 48814f997e103d5f582f94c594e9eda5389a3eb1..11510b5ceb4f03b10b43e52340588f25138f1997 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\initialize.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\operation.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -782,6 +785,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\log.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
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