Merge branch 'master' into stable

65 files changed, 3284 insertions, 1081 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 366e71ae44..1b1e92af4d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ erl_crash.dump
 /cover/
 /dist/
 /ebin/
+/etc/
 /plugins/
 /priv/plugins/
 /deps.mk
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69a4b4a437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+## Overview
+
+RabbitMQ projects use pull requests to discuss, collaborate on and accept code contributions.
+Pull requests is the primary place of discussing code changes.
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+The process is fairly standard:
+
+ * Fork the repository or repositories you plan on contributing to
+ * Clone [RabbitMQ umbrella repository](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-public-umbrella)
+ * `cd umbrella`, `make co`
+ * Create a branch with a descriptive name in the relevant repositories
+ * Make your changes, run tests, commit with a [descriptive message](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html), push to your fork
+ * Submit pull requests with an explanation what has been changed and **why**
+ * Submit a filled out and signed [Contributor Agreement](https://github.com/rabbitmq/ca#how-to-submit) if needed (see below)
+ * Be patient. We will get to your pull request eventually
+
+If what you are going to work on is a substantial change, please first ask the core team
+of their opinion on [RabbitMQ mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rabbitmq-users).
+
+
+## (Brief) Code of Conduct
+
+In one line: don't be a dick.
+
+Be respectful to the maintainers and other contributors. Open source
+contributors put long hours into developing projects and doing user
+support. Those projects and user support are available for free. We
+believe this deserves some respect.
+
+Be respectful to people of all races, genders, religious beliefs and
+political views. Regardless of how brilliant a pull request is
+technically, we will not tolerate disrespectful or aggressive
+behaviour.
+
+Contributors who violate this straightforward Code of Conduct will see
+their pull requests closed and locked.
+
+
+## Contributor Agreement
+
+If you want to contribute a non-trivial change, please submit a signed copy of our
+[Contributor Agreement](https://github.com/rabbitmq/ca#how-to-submit) around the time
+you submit your pull request. This will make it much easier (in some cases, possible)
+for the RabbitMQ team at Pivotal to merge your contribution.
+
+
+## Where to Ask Questions
+
+If something isn't clear, feel free to ask on our [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rabbitmq-users).
diff --git a/docs/rabbitmq.config.example b/docs/rabbitmq.config.example
index b49befcc79..c9329cf2c4 100644
--- a/docs/rabbitmq.config.example
+++ b/docs/rabbitmq.config.example
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
    %% {handshake_timeout, 10000},
 
    %% Log levels (currently just used for connection logging).
-   %% One of 'info', 'warning', 'error' or 'none', in decreasing order
-   %% of verbosity. Defaults to 'info'.
+   %% One of 'debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error' or 'none', in decreasing
+   %% order of verbosity. Defaults to 'info'.
    %%
    %% {log_levels, [{connection, info}]},
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
    %% This pertains to both the rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl plugin and
    %% STOMP ssl_cert_login configurations. See the rabbitmq_stomp
-   %% configuration section later in this fail and the README in
+   %% configuration section later in this file and the README in
    %% https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-auth-mechanism-ssl for further
    %% details.
    %%
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@
    %%
    %% {cluster_nodes, {['rabbit@my.host.com'], disc}},
 
+   %% Interval (in milliseconds) at which we send keepalive messages
+   %% to other cluster members. Note that this is not the same thing
+   %% as net_ticktime; missed keepalive messages will not cause nodes
+   %% to be considered down.
+   %%
+   %% {cluster_keepalive_interval, 10000},
+
    %% Set (internal) statistics collection granularity.
    %%
    %% {collect_statistics, none},
@@ -235,7 +242,12 @@
    %% Timeout used when waiting for Mnesia tables in a cluster to
    %% become available.
    %%
-   %% {mnesia_table_loading_timeout, 30000}
+   %% {mnesia_table_loading_timeout, 30000},
+
+   %% Size in bytes below which to embed messages in the queue index. See
+   %% http://www.rabbitmq.com/persistence-conf.html
+   %%
+   %% {queue_index_embed_msgs_below, 4096}
 
   ]},
 
diff --git a/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml b/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
index 8e89d7f0de..40d8978e9b 100644
--- a/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
+++ b/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
@@ -426,6 +426,41 @@
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
+          <term><cmdsynopsis><command>rename_cluster_node</command> <arg choice="req">oldnode1</arg> <arg choice="req">newnode1</arg> <arg choice="opt">oldnode2</arg> <arg choice="opt">newnode2 ...</arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Supports renaming of cluster nodes in the local database.
+            </para>
+            <para>
+              This subcommand causes rabbitmqctl to temporarily become
+              the node in order to make the change. The local cluster
+              node must therefore be completely stopped; other nodes
+              can be online or offline.
+            </para>
+            <para>
+              This subcommand takes an even number of arguments, in
+              pairs representing the old and new names for nodes. You
+              must specify the old and new names for this node and for
+              any other nodes that are stopped and being renamed at
+              the same time.
+            </para>
+            <para>
+              It is possible to stop all nodes and rename them all
+              simultaneously (in which case old and new names for all
+              nodes must be given to every node) or stop and rename
+              nodes one at a time (in which case each node only needs
+              to be told how its own name is changing).
+            </para>
+            <para role="example-prefix">For example:</para>
+            <screen role="example">rabbitmqctl rename_cluster_node rabbit@misshelpful rabbit@cordelia</screen>
+            <para role="example">
+              This command will rename the node
+              <command>rabbit@misshelpful</command> to the node
+              <command>rabbit@cordelia</command>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
           <term><cmdsynopsis><command>update_cluster_nodes</command> <arg choice="req">clusternode</arg></cmdsynopsis>
           </term>
           <listitem>
@@ -1226,6 +1261,14 @@
                 <listitem><para>Like <command>message_bytes</command> but counting only those messages which are persistent.</para></listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
+                <term>disk_reads</term>
+                <listitem><para>Total number of times messages have been read from disk by this queue since it started.</para></listitem>
+              </varlistentry>
+              <varlistentry>
+                <term>disk_writes</term>
+                <listitem><para>Total number of times messages have been written to disk by this queue since it started.</para></listitem>
+              </varlistentry>
+              <varlistentry>
                 <term>consumers</term>
                 <listitem><para>Number of consumers.</para></listitem>
               </varlistentry>
diff --git a/ebin/rabbit_app.in b/ebin/rabbit_app.in
index 9e5584a1bf..918741438c 100644
--- a/ebin/rabbit_app.in
+++ b/ebin/rabbit_app.in
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
          {heartbeat, 580},
          {msg_store_file_size_limit, 16777216},
          {queue_index_max_journal_entries, 65536},
+         {queue_index_embed_msgs_below, 4096},
          {default_user, <<"guest">>},
          {default_pass, <<"guest">>},
          {default_user_tags, [administrator]},
diff --git a/include/rabbit.hrl b/include/rabbit.hrl
index 74e165cd9b..7627ed431e 100644
--- a/include/rabbit.hrl
+++ b/include/rabbit.hrl
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@
 %% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 %%
 
+%% Passed around most places
 -record(user, {username,
                tags,
-               auth_backend, %% Module this user came from
-               impl          %% Scratch space for that module
-              }).
+               authz_backends}). %% List of {Module, AuthUserImpl} pairs
 
+%% Passed to auth backends
+-record(auth_user, {username,
+                    tags,
+                    impl}).
+
+%% Implementation for the internal auth backend
 -record(internal_user, {username, password_hash, tags}).
 -record(permission, {configure, write, read}).
 -record(user_vhost, {username, virtual_host}).
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@
           arguments,                   %% immutable
           pid,                         %% durable (just so we know home node)
           slave_pids, sync_slave_pids, %% transient
-          down_slave_nodes,            %% durable
+          recoverable_slaves,          %% durable
           policy,                      %% durable, implicit update as above
           gm_pids,                     %% transient
           decorators,                  %% transient, recalculated as above
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@
                         is_persistent}).
 
 -record(ssl_socket, {tcp, ssl}).
--record(delivery, {mandatory, confirm, sender, message, msg_seq_no}).
+-record(delivery, {mandatory, confirm, sender, message, msg_seq_no, flow}).
 -record(amqp_error, {name, explanation = "", method = none}).
 
 -record(event, {type, props, reference = undefined, timestamp}).
diff --git a/packaging/RPMS/Fedora/rabbitmq-server.spec b/packaging/RPMS/Fedora/rabbitmq-server.spec
index 05781f8b85..962e4c879a 100644
--- a/packaging/RPMS/Fedora/rabbitmq-server.spec
+++ b/packaging/RPMS/Fedora/rabbitmq-server.spec
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ done
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 11 2015 jean-sebastien@rabbitmq.com 3.5.0-1
+- New Upstream Release
+
 * Wed Feb 11 2015 michael@rabbitmq.com 3.4.4-1
 - New Upstream Release
 
diff --git a/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper b/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
index 1949dacae8..c9508847f9 100644
--- a/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
+++ b/packaging/common/rabbitmq-script-wrapper
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ cd /var/lib/rabbitmq
 SCRIPT=`basename $0`
 
 if [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -a "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-server" ] ; then
-    /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@" @STDOUT_STDERR_REDIRECTION@
+    exec /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server "$@" @STDOUT_STDERR_REDIRECTION@
 elif [ `id -u` = `id -u rabbitmq` -o "$SCRIPT" = "rabbitmq-plugins" ] ; then
     if [ -f $PWD/.erlang.cookie ] ; then
         export HOME=.
     fi
-    /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} "$@"
+    exec /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} "$@"
 elif [ `id -u` = 0 ] ; then
-    @SU_RABBITMQ_SH_C@ "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
+    exec @SU_RABBITMQ_SH_C@ "/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT} ${CMDLINE}"
 else
     /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/${SCRIPT}
     echo
diff --git a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/changelog
index 242ac9d701..b2c805b3ad 100644
--- a/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debs/Debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rabbitmq-server (3.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New Upstream Release
+
+ -- Jean-Sébastien Pédron <jean-sebastien@rabbitmq.com>  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:56:19 +0000
+
 rabbitmq-server (3.4.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New Upstream Release
diff --git a/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins b/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins
index 84ed9fdc53..d595620042 100755
--- a/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins
+++ b/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 # Non-empty defaults should be set in rabbitmq-env
 . `dirname $0`/rabbitmq-env
 
+RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME=${RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME} \
 exec ${ERL_DIR}erl \
     -pa "${RABBITMQ_HOME}/ebin" \
     -noinput \
     -hidden \
     ${RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_ERL_ARGS} \
-    ${RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE} rabbitmq-plugins$$ \
     -boot "${CLEAN_BOOT_FILE}" \
     -s rabbit_plugins_main \
     -enabled_plugins_file "$RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE" \
diff --git a/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins.bat b/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins.bat
index 8a3c1f330f..01a64c99e5 100755
--- a/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins.bat
+++ b/scripts/rabbitmq-plugins.bat
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ set TDP0=%~dp0
 set STAR=%*

 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

 

-if "!RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME!"=="" (

-    set RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE="-sname"

-)

-

-if "!RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME!"=="true" (

-    set RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE="-name"

-)

-

 if "!RABBITMQ_SERVICENAME!"=="" (

     set RABBITMQ_SERVICENAME=RabbitMQ

 )

@@ -52,7 +44,7 @@ if not exist "!ERLANG_HOME!\bin\erl.exe" (
     echo Please either set ERLANG_HOME to point to your Erlang installation or place the

     echo RabbitMQ server distribution in the Erlang lib folder.

     echo.

-    exit /B

+    exit /B 1

 )

 

 if "!RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE!"=="" (

@@ -68,7 +60,6 @@ if "!RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR!"=="" (
 -noinput ^

 -hidden ^

 !RABBITMQ_CTL_ERL_ARGS! ^

-!RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE! rabbitmq-plugins!RANDOM!!TIME:~9! ^

 -s rabbit_plugins_main ^

 -enabled_plugins_file "!RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE!" ^

 -plugins_dist_dir "!RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR:\=/!" ^

diff --git a/scripts/rabbitmq-server.bat b/scripts/rabbitmq-server.bat
index 0f27006560..b72b9ee0d5 100755
--- a/scripts/rabbitmq-server.bat
+++ b/scripts/rabbitmq-server.bat
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if not exist "!ERLANG_HOME!\bin\erl.exe" (
     echo Please either set ERLANG_HOME to point to your Erlang installation or place the

     echo RabbitMQ server distribution in the Erlang lib folder.

     echo.

-    exit /B

+    exit /B 1

 )

 

 if "!RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE!"=="" (

diff --git a/scripts/rabbitmqctl b/scripts/rabbitmqctl
index d437e251ab..2237275c47 100755
--- a/scripts/rabbitmqctl
+++ b/scripts/rabbitmqctl
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 # Non-empty defaults should be set in rabbitmq-env
 . `dirname $0`/rabbitmq-env
 
-# rabbitmqctl starts distribution itself, so we need to make sure epmd
-# is running.
-${ERL_DIR}erl ${RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE} rabbitmqctl-prelaunch-$$ -noinput \
--eval 'erlang:halt().' -boot "${CLEAN_BOOT_FILE}"
-
 # We specify Mnesia dir and sasl error logger since some actions
 # (e.g. forget_cluster_node --offline) require us to impersonate the
 # real node.
diff --git a/scripts/rabbitmqctl.bat b/scripts/rabbitmqctl.bat
index 6eb2530a4e..380b57a2b7 100755
--- a/scripts/rabbitmqctl.bat
+++ b/scripts/rabbitmqctl.bat
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ if "!RABBITMQ_BASE!"=="" (
     set RABBITMQ_BASE=!APPDATA!\RabbitMQ

 )

 

-if "!RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME!"=="" (

-    set RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE="-sname"

-)

-

-if "!RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME!"=="true" (

-    set RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE="-name"

-)

-

 if "!COMPUTERNAME!"=="" (

     set COMPUTERNAME=localhost

 )

@@ -60,13 +52,9 @@ if not exist "!ERLANG_HOME!\bin\erl.exe" (
     echo Please either set ERLANG_HOME to point to your Erlang installation or place the

     echo RabbitMQ server distribution in the Erlang lib folder.

     echo.

-    exit /B

+    exit /B 1

 )

 

-rem rabbitmqctl starts distribution itself, so we need to make sure epmd

-rem is running.

-"!ERLANG_HOME!\bin\erl.exe" !RABBITMQ_NAME_TYPE! rabbitmqctl-prelaunch-!RANDOM!!TIME:~9! -noinput -eval "erlang:halt()."

-

 "!ERLANG_HOME!\bin\erl.exe" ^

 -pa "!TDP0!..\ebin" ^

 -noinput ^

diff --git a/src/app_utils.erl b/src/app_utils.erl
index ad270518ad..87e6fa0b69 100644
--- a/src/app_utils.erl
+++ b/src/app_utils.erl
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ start_applications(Apps, ErrorHandler) ->
 
 stop_applications(Apps, ErrorHandler) ->
     manage_applications(fun lists:foldr/3,
-                        %% Mitigation for bug 26467. TODO remove when we fix it.
-                        fun (mnesia) ->
-                                timer:sleep(1000),
-                                application:stop(mnesia);
-                            (App) ->
-                                application:stop(App)
-                        end,
+                        fun application:stop/1,
                         fun application:start/1,
                         not_started,
                         ErrorHandler,
diff --git a/src/delegate.erl b/src/delegate.erl
index 378759a64b..1a0df98220 100644
--- a/src/delegate.erl
+++ b/src/delegate.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,35 @@
 
 -module(delegate).
 
+%% delegate is an alternative way of doing remote calls. Compared to
+%% the rpc module, it reduces inter-node communication. For example,
+%% if a message is routed to 1,000 queues on node A and needs to be
+%% propagated to nodes B and C, it would be nice to avoid doing 2,000
+%% remote casts to queue processes.
+%%
+%% An important issue here is preserving order - we need to make sure
+%% that messages from a certain channel to a certain queue take a
+%% consistent route, to prevent them being reordered. In fact all
+%% AMQP-ish things (such as queue declaration results and basic.get)
+%% must take the same route as well, to ensure that clients see causal
+%% ordering correctly. Therefore we have a rather generic mechanism
+%% here rather than just a message-reflector. That's also why we pick
+%% the delegate process to use based on a hash of the source pid.
+%%
+%% When a function is invoked using delegate:invoke/2, delegate:call/2
+%% or delegate:cast/2 on a group of pids, the pids are first split
+%% into local and remote ones. Remote processes are then grouped by
+%% node. The function is then invoked locally and on every node (using
+%% gen_server2:multi/4) as many times as there are processes on that
+%% node, sequentially.
+%%
+%% Errors returned when executing functions on remote nodes are re-raised
+%% in the caller.
+%%
+%% RabbitMQ starts a pool of delegate processes on boot. The size of
+%% the pool is configurable, the aim is to make sure we don't have too
+%% few delegates and thus limit performance on many-CPU machines.
+
 -behaviour(gen_server2).
 
 -export([start_link/1, invoke_no_result/2, invoke/2,
diff --git a/src/file_handle_cache.erl b/src/file_handle_cache.erl
index 3a7a692c5c..5a916c75bc 100644
--- a/src/file_handle_cache.erl
+++ b/src/file_handle_cache.erl
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
           write_buffer_size,
           write_buffer_size_limit,
           write_buffer,
+          read_buffer,
+          read_buffer_pos,
+          read_buffer_rem, %% Num of bytes from pos to end
+          read_buffer_size_limit,
           at_eof,
           path,
           mode,
@@ -237,7 +241,8 @@
 -spec(register_callback/3 :: (atom(), atom(), [any()]) -> 'ok').
 -spec(open/3 ::
         (file:filename(), [any()],
-         [{'write_buffer', (non_neg_integer() | 'infinity' | 'unbuffered')}])
+         [{'write_buffer', (non_neg_integer() | 'infinity' | 'unbuffered')} |
+          {'read_buffer', (non_neg_integer() | 'unbuffered')}])
         -> val_or_error(ref())).
 -spec(close/1 :: (ref()) -> ok_or_error()).
 -spec(read/2 :: (ref(), non_neg_integer()) ->
@@ -331,16 +336,48 @@ close(Ref) ->
 
 read(Ref, Count) ->
     with_flushed_handles(
-      [Ref],
+      [Ref], keep,
       fun ([#handle { is_read = false }]) ->
               {error, not_open_for_reading};
-          ([Handle = #handle { hdl = Hdl, offset = Offset }]) ->
-              case prim_file:read(Hdl, Count) of
-                  {ok, Data} = Obj -> Offset1 = Offset + iolist_size(Data),
-                                      {Obj,
-                                       [Handle #handle { offset = Offset1 }]};
-                  eof              -> {eof, [Handle #handle { at_eof = true }]};
-                  Error            -> {Error, [Handle]}
+          ([Handle = #handle{read_buffer     = Buf,
+                             read_buffer_pos = BufPos,
+                             read_buffer_rem = BufRem,
+                             offset          = Offset}]) when BufRem >= Count ->
+              <<_:BufPos/binary, Res:Count/binary, _/binary>> = Buf,
+              {{ok, Res}, [Handle#handle{offset          = Offset + Count,
+                                         read_buffer_pos = BufPos + Count,
+                                         read_buffer_rem = BufRem - Count}]};
+          ([Handle = #handle{read_buffer            = Buf,
+                             read_buffer_pos        = BufPos,
+                             read_buffer_rem        = BufRem,
+                             read_buffer_size_limit = BufSzLimit,
+                             hdl                    = Hdl,
+                             offset                 = Offset}]) ->
+              WantedCount = Count - BufRem,
+              case prim_file_read(Hdl, lists:max([BufSzLimit, WantedCount])) of
+                  {ok, Data} ->
+                      <<_:BufPos/binary, BufTl/binary>> = Buf,
+                      ReadCount = size(Data),
+                      case ReadCount < WantedCount of
+                          true ->
+                              OffSet1 = Offset + BufRem + ReadCount,
+                              {{ok, <<BufTl/binary, Data/binary>>},
+                               [reset_read_buffer(
+                                  Handle#handle{offset = OffSet1})]};
+                          false ->
+                              <<Hd:WantedCount/binary, _/binary>> = Data,
+                              OffSet1 = Offset + BufRem + WantedCount,
+                              BufRem1 = ReadCount - WantedCount,
+                              {{ok, <<BufTl/binary, Hd/binary>>},
+                               [Handle#handle{offset          = OffSet1,
+                                              read_buffer     = Data,
+                                              read_buffer_pos = WantedCount,
+                                              read_buffer_rem = BufRem1}]}
+                      end;
+                  eof ->
+                      {eof, [Handle #handle { at_eof = true }]};
+                  Error ->
+                      {Error, [reset_read_buffer(Handle)]}
               end
       end).
 
@@ -355,7 +392,7 @@ append(Ref, Data) ->
                                             write_buffer_size_limit = 0,
                                             at_eof = true } = Handle1} ->
                       Offset1 = Offset + iolist_size(Data),
-                      {prim_file:write(Hdl, Data),
+                      {prim_file_write(Hdl, Data),
                        [Handle1 #handle { is_dirty = true, offset = Offset1 }]};
                   {{ok, _Offset}, #handle { write_buffer = WriteBuffer,
                                             write_buffer_size = Size,
@@ -377,12 +414,12 @@ append(Ref, Data) ->
 
 sync(Ref) ->
     with_flushed_handles(
-      [Ref],
+      [Ref], keep,
       fun ([#handle { is_dirty = false, write_buffer = [] }]) ->
               ok;
           ([Handle = #handle { hdl = Hdl,
                                is_dirty = true, write_buffer = [] }]) ->
-              case prim_file:sync(Hdl) of
+              case prim_file_sync(Hdl) of
                   ok    -> {ok, [Handle #handle { is_dirty = false }]};
                   Error -> {Error, [Handle]}
               end
@@ -397,7 +434,7 @@ needs_sync(Ref) ->
 
 position(Ref, NewOffset) ->
     with_flushed_handles(
-      [Ref],
+      [Ref], keep,
       fun ([Handle]) -> {Result, Handle1} = maybe_seek(NewOffset, Handle),
                         {Result, [Handle1]}
       end).
@@ -465,8 +502,8 @@ clear(Ref) ->
       fun ([#handle { at_eof = true, write_buffer_size = 0, offset = 0 }]) ->
               ok;
           ([Handle]) ->
-              case maybe_seek(bof, Handle #handle { write_buffer = [],
-                                                    write_buffer_size = 0 }) of
+              case maybe_seek(bof, Handle#handle{write_buffer      = [],
+                                                 write_buffer_size = 0}) of
                   {{ok, 0}, Handle1 = #handle { hdl = Hdl }} ->
                       case prim_file:truncate(Hdl) of
                           ok    -> {ok, [Handle1 #handle { at_eof = true }]};
@@ -539,6 +576,21 @@ info(Items) -> gen_server2:call(?SERVER, {info, Items}, infinity).
 %% Internal functions
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+prim_file_read(Hdl, Size) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(
+      io_read, Size, fun() -> prim_file:read(Hdl, Size) end).
+
+prim_file_write(Hdl, Bytes) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(
+      io_write, iolist_size(Bytes), fun() -> prim_file:write(Hdl, Bytes) end).
+
+prim_file_sync(Hdl) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(io_sync, fun() -> prim_file:sync(Hdl) end).
+
+prim_file_position(Hdl, NewOffset) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(
+      io_seek, fun() -> prim_file:position(Hdl, NewOffset) end).
+
 is_reader(Mode) -> lists:member(read, Mode).
 
 is_writer(Mode) -> lists:member(write, Mode).
@@ -550,8 +602,15 @@ append_to_write(Mode) ->
     end.
 
 with_handles(Refs, Fun) ->
+    with_handles(Refs, reset, Fun).
+
+with_handles(Refs, ReadBuffer, Fun) ->
     case get_or_reopen([{Ref, reopen} || Ref <- Refs]) of
-        {ok, Handles} ->
+        {ok, Handles0} ->
+            Handles = case ReadBuffer of
+                          reset -> [reset_read_buffer(H) || H <- Handles0];
+                          keep  -> Handles0
+                      end,
             case Fun(Handles) of
                 {Result, Handles1} when is_list(Handles1) ->
                     lists:zipwith(fun put_handle/2, Refs, Handles1),
@@ -564,8 +623,11 @@ with_handles(Refs, Fun) ->
     end.
 
 with_flushed_handles(Refs, Fun) ->
+    with_flushed_handles(Refs, reset, Fun).
+
+with_flushed_handles(Refs, ReadBuffer, Fun) ->
     with_handles(
-      Refs,
+      Refs, ReadBuffer,
       fun (Handles) ->
               case lists:foldl(
                      fun (Handle, {ok, HandlesAcc}) ->
@@ -611,20 +673,23 @@ reopen([], Tree, RefHdls) ->
     {ok, lists:reverse(RefHdls)};
 reopen([{Ref, NewOrReopen, Handle = #handle { hdl          = closed,
                                               path         = Path,
-                                              mode         = Mode,
+                                              mode         = Mode0,
                                               offset       = Offset,
                                               last_used_at = undefined }} |
         RefNewOrReopenHdls] = ToOpen, Tree, RefHdls) ->
-    case prim_file:open(Path, case NewOrReopen of
-                                  new    -> Mode;
-                                  reopen -> [read | Mode]
-                              end) of
+    Mode = case NewOrReopen of
+               new    -> Mode0;
+               reopen -> file_handle_cache_stats:update(io_reopen),
+                         [read | Mode0]
+           end,
+    case prim_file:open(Path, Mode) of
         {ok, Hdl} ->
             Now = now(),
             {{ok, _Offset}, Handle1} =
-                maybe_seek(Offset, Handle #handle { hdl          = Hdl,
-                                                    offset       = 0,
-                                                    last_used_at = Now }),
+                maybe_seek(Offset, reset_read_buffer(
+                                     Handle#handle{hdl              = Hdl,
+                                                   offset           = 0,
+                                                   last_used_at     = Now})),
             put({Ref, fhc_handle}, Handle1),
             reopen(RefNewOrReopenHdls, gb_trees:insert(Now, Ref, Tree),
                    [{Ref, Handle1} | RefHdls]);
@@ -709,6 +774,11 @@ new_closed_handle(Path, Mode, Options) ->
             infinity             -> infinity;
             N when is_integer(N) -> N
         end,
+    ReadBufferSize =
+        case proplists:get_value(read_buffer, Options, unbuffered) of
+            unbuffered             -> 0;
+            N2 when is_integer(N2) -> N2
+        end,
     Ref = make_ref(),
     put({Ref, fhc_handle}, #handle { hdl                     = closed,
                                      offset                  = 0,
@@ -716,6 +786,10 @@ new_closed_handle(Path, Mode, Options) ->
                                      write_buffer_size       = 0,
                                      write_buffer_size_limit = WriteBufferSize,
                                      write_buffer            = [],
+                                     read_buffer             = <<>>,
+                                     read_buffer_pos         = 0,
+                                     read_buffer_rem         = 0,
+                                     read_buffer_size_limit  = ReadBufferSize,
                                      at_eof                  = false,
                                      path                    = Path,
                                      mode                    = Mode,
@@ -742,7 +816,7 @@ soft_close(Handle) ->
                        is_dirty    = IsDirty,
                        last_used_at = Then } = Handle1 } ->
             ok = case IsDirty of
-                     true  -> prim_file:sync(Hdl);
+                     true  -> prim_file_sync(Hdl);
                      false -> ok
                  end,
             ok = prim_file:close(Hdl),
@@ -776,17 +850,31 @@ hard_close(Handle) ->
             Result
     end.
 
-maybe_seek(NewOffset, Handle = #handle { hdl = Hdl, offset = Offset,
-                                         at_eof = AtEoF }) ->
-    {AtEoF1, NeedsSeek} = needs_seek(AtEoF, Offset, NewOffset),
-    case (case NeedsSeek of
-              true  -> prim_file:position(Hdl, NewOffset);
-              false -> {ok, Offset}
-          end) of
-        {ok, Offset1} = Result ->
-            {Result, Handle #handle { offset = Offset1, at_eof = AtEoF1 }};
-        {error, _} = Error ->
-            {Error, Handle}
+maybe_seek(New, Handle = #handle{hdl              = Hdl,
+                                 offset           = Old,
+                                 read_buffer_pos  = BufPos,
+                                 read_buffer_rem  = BufRem,
+                                 at_eof           = AtEoF}) ->
+    {AtEoF1, NeedsSeek} = needs_seek(AtEoF, Old, New),
+    case NeedsSeek of
+        true when is_number(New) andalso
+                  ((New >= Old andalso New =< BufRem + Old)
+                   orelse (New < Old andalso Old - New =< BufPos)) ->
+            Diff = New - Old,
+            {{ok, New}, Handle#handle{offset          = New,
+                                      at_eof          = AtEoF1,
+                                      read_buffer_pos = BufPos + Diff,
+                                      read_buffer_rem = BufRem - Diff}};
+        true ->
+            case prim_file_position(Hdl, New) of
+                {ok, Offset1} = Result ->
+                    {Result, reset_read_buffer(Handle#handle{offset = Offset1,
+                                                             at_eof = AtEoF1})};
+                {error, _} = Error ->
+                    {Error, Handle}
+            end;
+        false ->
+            {{ok, Old}, Handle}
     end.
 
 needs_seek( AtEoF, _CurOffset,  cur     ) -> {AtEoF, false};
@@ -817,7 +905,7 @@ write_buffer(Handle = #handle { hdl = Hdl, offset = Offset,
                                 write_buffer = WriteBuffer,
                                 write_buffer_size = DataSize,
                                 at_eof = true }) ->
-    case prim_file:write(Hdl, lists:reverse(WriteBuffer)) of
+    case prim_file_write(Hdl, lists:reverse(WriteBuffer)) of
         ok ->
             Offset1 = Offset + DataSize,
             {ok, Handle #handle { offset = Offset1, is_dirty = true,
@@ -826,6 +914,11 @@ write_buffer(Handle = #handle { hdl = Hdl, offset = Offset,
             {Error, Handle}
     end.
 
+reset_read_buffer(Handle) ->
+    Handle#handle{read_buffer     = <<>>,
+                  read_buffer_pos = 0,
+                  read_buffer_rem = 0}.
+
 infos(Items, State) -> [{Item, i(Item, State)} || Item <- Items].
 
 i(total_limit,   #fhc_state{limit               = Limit}) -> Limit;
@@ -843,6 +936,7 @@ used(#fhc_state{open_count          = C1,
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 init([AlarmSet, AlarmClear]) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:init(),
     Limit = case application:get_env(file_handles_high_watermark) of
                 {ok, Watermark} when (is_integer(Watermark) andalso
                                       Watermark > 0) ->
diff --git a/src/file_handle_cache_stats.erl b/src/file_handle_cache_stats.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de2f90c67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file_handle_cache_stats.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+%% Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
+%% at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%
+%% The Original Code is RabbitMQ.
+%%
+%% The Initial Developer of the Original Code is GoPivotal, Inc.
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(file_handle_cache_stats).
+
+%% stats about read / write operations that go through the fhc.
+
+-export([init/0, update/3, update/2, update/1, get/0]).
+
+-define(TABLE, ?MODULE).
+
+-define(COUNT,
+        [io_reopen, mnesia_ram_tx, mnesia_disk_tx,
+         msg_store_read, msg_store_write,
+         queue_index_journal_write, queue_index_write, queue_index_read]).
+-define(COUNT_TIME, [io_sync, io_seek]).
+-define(COUNT_TIME_BYTES, [io_read, io_write]).
+
+init() ->
+    ets:new(?TABLE, [public, named_table]),
+    [ets:insert(?TABLE, {{Op, Counter}, 0}) || Op      <- ?COUNT_TIME_BYTES,
+                                               Counter <- [count, bytes, time]],
+    [ets:insert(?TABLE, {{Op, Counter}, 0}) || Op      <- ?COUNT_TIME,
+                                               Counter <- [count, time]],
+    [ets:insert(?TABLE, {{Op, Counter}, 0}) || Op      <- ?COUNT,
+                                               Counter <- [count]].
+
+update(Op, Bytes, Thunk) ->
+    {Time, Res} = timer_tc(Thunk),
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, count}, 1),
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, bytes}, Bytes),
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, time}, Time),
+    Res.
+
+update(Op, Thunk) ->
+    {Time, Res} = timer_tc(Thunk),
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, count}, 1),
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, time}, Time),
+    Res.
+
+update(Op) ->
+    ets:update_counter(?TABLE, {Op, count}, 1),
+    ok.
+
+get() ->
+    lists:sort(ets:tab2list(?TABLE)).
+
+%% TODO timer:tc/1 was introduced in R14B03; use that function once we
+%% require that version.
+timer_tc(Thunk) ->
+    T1 = os:timestamp(),
+    Res = Thunk(),
+    T2 = os:timestamp(),
+    {timer:now_diff(T2, T1), Res}.
diff --git a/src/gatherer.erl b/src/gatherer.erl
index 8bce170754..6a71021686 100644
--- a/src/gatherer.erl
+++ b/src/gatherer.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@
 
 -module(gatherer).
 
+%% Gatherer is a queue which has producer and consumer processes. Before producers
+%% push items to the queue using gatherer:in/2 they need to declare their intent
+%% to do so with gatherer:fork/1. When a publisher's work is done, it states so
+%% using gatherer:finish/1.
+%%
+%% Consumers pop messages off queues with gatherer:out/1. If a queue is empty
+%% and there are producers that haven't finished working, the caller is blocked
+%% until an item is available. If there are no active producers, gatherer:out/1
+%% immediately returns 'empty'.
+%%
+%% This module is primarily used to collect results from asynchronous tasks
+%% running in a worker pool, e.g. when recovering bindings or rebuilding
+%% message store indices.
+
 -behaviour(gen_server2).
 
 -export([start_link/0, stop/1, fork/1, finish/1, in/2, sync_in/2, out/1]).
diff --git a/src/lqueue.erl b/src/lqueue.erl
index 62f60d5ffb..941941de2e 100644
--- a/src/lqueue.erl
+++ b/src/lqueue.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 -module(lqueue).
 
+%% lqueue implements a subset of Erlang's queue module. lqueues
+%% maintain their own length, so lqueue:len/1
+%% is an O(1) operation, in contrast with queue:len/1 which is O(n).
+
 -export([new/0, is_empty/1, len/1, in/2, in_r/2, out/1, out_r/1, join/2,
          foldl/3, foldr/3, from_list/1, to_list/1, peek/1, peek_r/1]).
 
diff --git a/src/pmon.erl b/src/pmon.erl
index a94f5a67af..7981742284 100644
--- a/src/pmon.erl
+++ b/src/pmon.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
 
 -module(pmon).
 
+%% Process Monitor
+%% ================
+%%
+%% This module monitors processes so that every process has at most
+%% 1 monitor.
+%% Processes monitored can be dynamically added and removed.
+%%
+%% Unlike erlang:[de]monitor* functions, this module
+%% provides basic querying capability and avoids contacting down nodes.
+%%
+%% It is used to monitor nodes, queue mirrors, and by
+%% the queue collector, among other things.
+
 -export([new/0, new/1, monitor/2, monitor_all/2, demonitor/2,
          is_monitored/2, erase/2, monitored/1, is_empty/1]).
 
diff --git a/src/rabbit.erl b/src/rabbit.erl
index 7fdb02d09e..b55c129a91 100644
--- a/src/rabbit.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit.erl
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@
                     {requires,    [rabbit_alarm, guid_generator]},
                     {enables,     core_initialized}]}).
 
+-rabbit_boot_step({rabbit_epmd_monitor,
+                   [{description, "epmd monitor"},
+                    {mfa,         {rabbit_sup, start_restartable_child,
+                                   [rabbit_epmd_monitor]}},
+                    {requires,    kernel_ready},
+                    {enables,     core_initialized}]}).
+
 -rabbit_boot_step({core_initialized,
                    [{description, "core initialized"},
                     {requires,    kernel_ready}]}).
@@ -243,15 +250,19 @@ maybe_hipe_compile() ->
     {ok, Want} = application:get_env(rabbit, hipe_compile),
     Can = code:which(hipe) =/= non_existing,
     case {Want, Can} of
-        {true,  true}  -> hipe_compile(),
-                          true;
+        {true,  true}  -> hipe_compile();
         {true,  false} -> false;
-        {false, _}     -> true
+        {false, _}     -> {ok, disabled}
     end.
 
-warn_if_hipe_compilation_failed(true) ->
+log_hipe_result({ok, disabled}) ->
     ok;
-warn_if_hipe_compilation_failed(false) ->
+log_hipe_result({ok, Count, Duration}) ->
+    rabbit_log:info(
+      "HiPE in use: compiled ~B modules in ~Bs.~n", [Count, Duration]);
+log_hipe_result(false) ->
+    io:format(
+      "~nNot HiPE compiling: HiPE not found in this Erlang installation.~n"),
     rabbit_log:warning(
       "Not HiPE compiling: HiPE not found in this Erlang installation.~n").
 
@@ -276,8 +287,9 @@ hipe_compile() ->
          {'DOWN', MRef, process, _, Reason} -> exit(Reason)
      end || {_Pid, MRef} <- PidMRefs],
     T2 = erlang:now(),
-    io:format("|~n~nCompiled ~B modules in ~Bs~n",
-              [Count, timer:now_diff(T2, T1) div 1000000]).
+    Duration = timer:now_diff(T2, T1) div 1000000,
+    io:format("|~n~nCompiled ~B modules in ~Bs~n", [Count, Duration]),
+    {ok, Count, Duration}.
 
 split(L, N) -> split0(L, [[] || _ <- lists:seq(1, N)]).
 
@@ -307,9 +319,9 @@ start() ->
 boot() ->
     start_it(fun() ->
                      ok = ensure_application_loaded(),
-                     Success = maybe_hipe_compile(),
+                     HipeResult = maybe_hipe_compile(),
                      ok = ensure_working_log_handlers(),
-                     warn_if_hipe_compilation_failed(Success),
+                     log_hipe_result(HipeResult),
                      rabbit_node_monitor:prepare_cluster_status_files(),
                      ok = rabbit_upgrade:maybe_upgrade_mnesia(),
                      %% It's important that the consistency check happens after
@@ -323,6 +335,11 @@ broker_start() ->
     Plugins = rabbit_plugins:setup(),
     ToBeLoaded = Plugins ++ ?APPS,
     start_apps(ToBeLoaded),
+    case code:load_file(sd_notify) of
+        {module, sd_notify} -> SDNotify = sd_notify,
+                               SDNotify:sd_notify(0, "READY=1");
+        {error, _} -> ok
+    end,
     ok = log_broker_started(rabbit_plugins:active()).
 
 start_it(StartFun) ->
@@ -590,13 +607,19 @@ sort_boot_steps(UnsortedSteps) ->
 boot_error({could_not_start, rabbit, {{timeout_waiting_for_tables, _}, _}},
            _Stacktrace) ->
     AllNodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
+    Suffix = "~nBACKGROUND~n==========~n~n"
+        "This cluster node was shut down while other nodes were still running.~n"
+        "To avoid losing data, you should start the other nodes first, then~n"
+        "start this one. To force this node to start, first invoke~n"
+        "\"rabbitmqctl force_boot\". If you do so, any changes made on other~n"
+        "cluster nodes after this one was shut down may be lost.~n",
     {Err, Nodes} =
         case AllNodes -- [node()] of
             [] -> {"Timeout contacting cluster nodes. Since RabbitMQ was"
                    " shut down forcefully~nit cannot determine which nodes"
-                   " are timing out.~n", []};
+                   " are timing out.~n" ++ Suffix, []};
             Ns -> {rabbit_misc:format(
-                     "Timeout contacting cluster nodes: ~p.~n", [Ns]),
+                     "Timeout contacting cluster nodes: ~p.~n" ++ Suffix, [Ns]),
                    Ns}
         end,
     log_boot_error_and_exit(
diff --git a/src/rabbit_access_control.erl b/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
index b0a9c0d807..41c54b07a2 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_access_control.erl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 
 -export([check_user_pass_login/2, check_user_login/2, check_user_loopback/2,
-         check_vhost_access/2, check_resource_access/3]).
+         check_vhost_access/3, check_resource_access/3]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@
 
 -spec(check_user_pass_login/2 ::
         (rabbit_types:username(), rabbit_types:password())
-        -> {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} | {'refused', string(), [any()]}).
+        -> {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} |
+           {'refused', rabbit_types:username(), string(), [any()]}).
 -spec(check_user_login/2 ::
         (rabbit_types:username(), [{atom(), any()}])
-        -> {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} | {'refused', string(), [any()]}).
+        -> {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} |
+           {'refused', rabbit_types:username(), string(), [any()]}).
 -spec(check_user_loopback/2 :: (rabbit_types:username(),
                                 rabbit_net:socket() | inet:ip_address())
         -> 'ok' | 'not_allowed').
--spec(check_vhost_access/2 ::
-        (rabbit_types:user(), rabbit_types:vhost())
+-spec(check_vhost_access/3 ::
+        (rabbit_types:user(), rabbit_types:vhost(), rabbit_net:socket())
         -> 'ok' | rabbit_types:channel_exit()).
 -spec(check_resource_access/3 ::
         (rabbit_types:user(), rabbit_types:r(atom()), permission_atom())
@@ -55,36 +57,71 @@ check_user_pass_login(Username, Password) ->
 check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) ->
     {ok, Modules} = application:get_env(rabbit, auth_backends),
     R = lists:foldl(
-          fun ({ModN, ModZ}, {refused, _, _}) ->
+          fun ({ModN, ModZs0}, {refused, _, _, _}) ->
+                  ModZs = case ModZs0 of
+                              A when is_atom(A) -> [A];
+                              L when is_list(L) -> L
+                          end,
                   %% Different modules for authN vs authZ. So authenticate
                   %% with authN module, then if that succeeds do
-                  %% passwordless (i.e pre-authenticated) login with authZ
-                  %% module, and use the #user{} the latter gives us.
-                  case try_login(ModN, Username, AuthProps) of
-                      {ok, _} -> try_login(ModZ, Username, []);
-                      Else    -> Else
+                  %% passwordless (i.e pre-authenticated) login with authZ.
+                  case try_authenticate(ModN, Username, AuthProps) of
+                      {ok, ModNUser = #auth_user{username = Username2}} ->
+                          user(ModNUser, try_authorize(ModZs, Username2));
+                      Else ->
+                          Else
                   end;
-              (Mod, {refused, _, _}) ->
+              (Mod, {refused, _, _, _}) ->
                   %% Same module for authN and authZ. Just take the result
                   %% it gives us
-                  try_login(Mod, Username, AuthProps);
+                  case try_authenticate(Mod, Username, AuthProps) of
+                      {ok, ModNUser = #auth_user{impl = Impl}} ->
+                          user(ModNUser, {ok, [{Mod, Impl}]});
+                      Else ->
+                          Else
+                  end;
               (_, {ok, User}) ->
                   %% We've successfully authenticated. Skip to the end...
                   {ok, User}
-          end, {refused, "No modules checked '~s'", [Username]}, Modules),
-    rabbit_event:notify(case R of
-                            {ok, _User} -> user_authentication_success;
-                            _           -> user_authentication_failure
-                        end, [{name, Username}]),
+          end,
+          {refused, Username, "No modules checked '~s'", [Username]}, Modules),
     R.
 
-try_login(Module, Username, AuthProps) ->
-    case Module:check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) of
-        {error, E} -> {refused, "~s failed authenticating ~s: ~p~n",
-                       [Module, Username, E]};
-        Else       -> Else
+try_authenticate(Module, Username, AuthProps) ->
+    case Module:user_login_authentication(Username, AuthProps) of
+        {ok, AuthUser}  -> {ok, AuthUser};
+        {error, E}      -> {refused, Username,
+                            "~s failed authenticating ~s: ~p~n",
+                            [Module, Username, E]};
+        {refused, F, A} -> {refused, Username, F, A}
     end.
 
+try_authorize(Modules, Username) ->
+    lists:foldr(
+      fun (Module, {ok, ModsImpls}) ->
+              case Module:user_login_authorization(Username) of
+                  {ok, Impl}      -> {ok, [{Module, Impl} | ModsImpls]};
+                  {error, E}      -> {refused, Username,
+                                        "~s failed authorizing ~s: ~p~n",
+                                        [Module, Username, E]};
+                  {refused, F, A} -> {refused, Username, F, A}
+              end;
+          (_,      {refused, F, A}) ->
+              {refused, Username, F, A}
+      end, {ok, []}, Modules).
+
+user(#auth_user{username = Username, tags = Tags}, {ok, ModZImpls}) ->
+    {ok, #user{username       = Username,
+               tags           = Tags,
+               authz_backends = ModZImpls}};
+user(_AuthUser, Error) ->
+    Error.
+
+auth_user(#user{username = Username, tags = Tags}, Impl) ->
+    #auth_user{username = Username,
+               tags     = Tags,
+               impl     = Impl}.
+
 check_user_loopback(Username, SockOrAddr) ->
     {ok, Users} = application:get_env(rabbit, loopback_users),
     case rabbit_net:is_loopback(SockOrAddr)
@@ -93,29 +130,38 @@ check_user_loopback(Username, SockOrAddr) ->
         false -> not_allowed
     end.
 
-check_vhost_access(User = #user{ username     = Username,
-                                 auth_backend = Module }, VHostPath) ->
-    check_access(
-      fun() ->
-              %% TODO this could be an andalso shortcut under >R13A
-              case rabbit_vhost:exists(VHostPath) of
-                  false -> false;
-                  true  -> Module:check_vhost_access(User, VHostPath)
-              end
-      end,
-      Module, "access to vhost '~s' refused for user '~s'",
-      [VHostPath, Username]).
+check_vhost_access(User = #user{username       = Username,
+                                authz_backends = Modules}, VHostPath, Sock) ->
+    lists:foldl(
+      fun({Mod, Impl}, ok) ->
+              check_access(
+                fun() ->
+                        rabbit_vhost:exists(VHostPath) andalso
+                            Mod:check_vhost_access(
+                              auth_user(User, Impl), VHostPath, Sock)
+                end,
+                Mod, "access to vhost '~s' refused for user '~s'",
+                [VHostPath, Username]);
+         (_, Else) ->
+              Else
+      end, ok, Modules).
 
 check_resource_access(User, R = #resource{kind = exchange, name = <<"">>},
                       Permission) ->
     check_resource_access(User, R#resource{name = <<"amq.default">>},
                           Permission);
-check_resource_access(User = #user{username = Username, auth_backend = Module},
+check_resource_access(User = #user{username       = Username,
+                                   authz_backends = Modules},
                       Resource, Permission) ->
-    check_access(
-      fun() -> Module:check_resource_access(User, Resource, Permission) end,
-      Module, "access to ~s refused for user '~s'",
-      [rabbit_misc:rs(Resource), Username]).
+    lists:foldl(
+      fun({Module, Impl}, ok) ->
+              check_access(
+                fun() -> Module:check_resource_access(
+                           auth_user(User, Impl), Resource, Permission) end,
+                Module, "access to ~s refused for user '~s'",
+                [rabbit_misc:rs(Resource), Username]);
+         (_, Else) -> Else
+      end, ok, Modules).
 
 check_access(Fun, Module, ErrStr, ErrArgs) ->
     Allow = case Fun() of
diff --git a/src/rabbit_amqqueue.erl b/src/rabbit_amqqueue.erl
index 0dfca854af..2ab03ccec4 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_amqqueue.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_amqqueue.erl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -export([lookup/1, not_found_or_absent/1, with/2, with/3, with_or_die/2,
          assert_equivalence/5,
          check_exclusive_access/2, with_exclusive_access_or_die/3,
-         stat/1, deliver/2, deliver_flow/2, requeue/3, ack/3, reject/4]).
+         stat/1, deliver/2, requeue/3, ack/3, reject/4]).
 -export([list/0, list/1, info_keys/0, info/1, info/2, info_all/1, info_all/2]).
 -export([list_down/1]).
 -export([force_event_refresh/1, notify_policy_changed/1]).
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@
 -spec(forget_all_durable/1 :: (node()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(deliver/2 :: ([rabbit_types:amqqueue()], rabbit_types:delivery()) ->
                         qpids()).
--spec(deliver_flow/2 :: ([rabbit_types:amqqueue()], rabbit_types:delivery()) ->
-                             qpids()).
 -spec(requeue/3 :: (pid(), [msg_id()],  pid()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(ack/3 :: (pid(), [msg_id()], pid()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(reject/4 :: (pid(), [msg_id()], boolean(), pid()) -> 'ok').
@@ -265,17 +263,17 @@ declare(QueueName, Durable, AutoDelete, Args, Owner) ->
 declare(QueueName, Durable, AutoDelete, Args, Owner, Node) ->
     ok = check_declare_arguments(QueueName, Args),
     Q = rabbit_queue_decorator:set(
-          rabbit_policy:set(#amqqueue{name             = QueueName,
-                                      durable          = Durable,
-                                      auto_delete      = AutoDelete,
-                                      arguments        = Args,
-                                      exclusive_owner  = Owner,
-                                      pid              = none,
-                                      slave_pids       = [],
-                                      sync_slave_pids  = [],
-                                      down_slave_nodes = [],
-                                      gm_pids          = [],
-                                      state            = live})),
+          rabbit_policy:set(#amqqueue{name               = QueueName,
+                                      durable            = Durable,
+                                      auto_delete        = AutoDelete,
+                                      arguments          = Args,
+                                      exclusive_owner    = Owner,
+                                      pid                = none,
+                                      slave_pids         = [],
+                                      sync_slave_pids    = [],
+                                      recoverable_slaves = [],
+                                      gm_pids            = [],
+                                      state              = live})),
     Node = rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:initial_queue_node(Q, Node),
     gen_server2:call(
       rabbit_amqqueue_sup_sup:start_queue_process(Node, Q, declare),
@@ -469,7 +467,8 @@ declare_args() ->
      {<<"x-dead-letter-exchange">>,    fun check_dlxname_arg/2},
      {<<"x-dead-letter-routing-key">>, fun check_dlxrk_arg/2},
      {<<"x-max-length">>,              fun check_non_neg_int_arg/2},
-     {<<"x-max-length-bytes">>,        fun check_non_neg_int_arg/2}].
+     {<<"x-max-length-bytes">>,        fun check_non_neg_int_arg/2},
+     {<<"x-max-priority">>,            fun check_non_neg_int_arg/2}].
 
 consume_args() -> [{<<"x-priority">>,              fun check_int_arg/2},
                    {<<"x-cancel-on-ha-failover">>, fun check_bool_arg/2}].
@@ -560,12 +559,12 @@ info_down(Q, DownReason) ->
 info_down(Q, Items, DownReason) ->
     [{Item, i_down(Item, Q, DownReason)} || Item <- Items].
 
-i_down(name,             #amqqueue{name             = Name},   _) -> Name;
-i_down(durable,          #amqqueue{durable          = Durable},_) -> Durable;
-i_down(auto_delete,      #amqqueue{auto_delete      = AD},     _) -> AD;
-i_down(arguments,        #amqqueue{arguments        = Args},   _) -> Args;
-i_down(pid,              #amqqueue{pid              = QPid},   _) -> QPid;
-i_down(down_slave_nodes, #amqqueue{down_slave_nodes = DSN},    _) -> DSN;
+i_down(name,               #amqqueue{name               = Name}, _) -> Name;
+i_down(durable,            #amqqueue{durable            = Dur},  _) -> Dur;
+i_down(auto_delete,        #amqqueue{auto_delete        = AD},   _) -> AD;
+i_down(arguments,          #amqqueue{arguments          = Args}, _) -> Args;
+i_down(pid,                #amqqueue{pid                = QPid}, _) -> QPid;
+i_down(recoverable_slaves, #amqqueue{recoverable_slaves = RS},   _) -> RS;
 i_down(state, _Q, DownReason)                                     -> DownReason;
 i_down(K, _Q, _DownReason) ->
     case lists:member(K, rabbit_amqqueue_process:info_keys()) of
@@ -623,10 +622,6 @@ delete_crashed_internal(Q = #amqqueue{ name = QName }) ->
 
 purge(#amqqueue{ pid = QPid }) -> delegate:call(QPid, purge).
 
-deliver(Qs, Delivery) -> deliver(Qs, Delivery, noflow).
-
-deliver_flow(Qs, Delivery) -> deliver(Qs, Delivery, flow).
-
 requeue(QPid, MsgIds, ChPid) -> delegate:call(QPid, {requeue, MsgIds, ChPid}).
 
 ack(QPid, MsgIds, ChPid) -> delegate:cast(QPid, {ack, MsgIds, ChPid}).
@@ -724,24 +719,48 @@ forget_all_durable(Node) ->
           fun () ->
                   Qs = mnesia:match_object(rabbit_durable_queue,
                                            #amqqueue{_ = '_'}, write),
-                  [forget_node_for_queue(Q) || #amqqueue{pid = Pid} = Q <- Qs,
+                  [forget_node_for_queue(Node, Q) ||
+                      #amqqueue{pid = Pid} = Q <- Qs,
                       node(Pid) =:= Node],
                   ok
           end),
     ok.
 
-forget_node_for_queue(#amqqueue{name             = Name,
-                                down_slave_nodes = []}) ->
+%% Try to promote a slave while down - it should recover as a
+%% master. We try to take the oldest slave here for best chance of
+%% recovery.
+forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, Q = #amqqueue{recoverable_slaves = RS}) ->
+    forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, RS, Q).
+
+forget_node_for_queue(_DeadNode, [], #amqqueue{name = Name}) ->
     %% No slaves to recover from, queue is gone.
     %% Don't process_deletions since that just calls callbacks and we
     %% are not really up.
     internal_delete1(Name, true);
 
-forget_node_for_queue(Q = #amqqueue{down_slave_nodes = [H|T]}) ->
-    %% Promote a slave while down - it'll happily recover as a master
-    Q1 = Q#amqqueue{pid              = rabbit_misc:node_to_fake_pid(H),
-                    down_slave_nodes = T},
-    ok = mnesia:write(rabbit_durable_queue, Q1, write).
+%% Should not happen, but let's be conservative.
+forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, [DeadNode | T], Q) ->
+    forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, T, Q);
+
+forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, [H|T], Q) ->
+    case node_permits_offline_promotion(H) of
+        false -> forget_node_for_queue(DeadNode, T, Q);
+        true  -> Q1 = Q#amqqueue{pid = rabbit_misc:node_to_fake_pid(H)},
+                 ok = mnesia:write(rabbit_durable_queue, Q1, write)
+    end.
+
+node_permits_offline_promotion(Node) ->
+    case node() of
+        Node -> not rabbit:is_running(); %% [1]
+        _    -> Running = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(running),
+                not lists:member(Node, Running) %% [2]
+    end.
+%% [1] In this case if we are a real running node (i.e. rabbitmqctl
+%% has RPCed into us) then we cannot allow promotion. If on the other
+%% hand we *are* rabbitmqctl impersonating the node for offline
+%% node-forgetting then we can.
+%%
+%% [2] This is simpler; as long as it's down that's OK
 
 run_backing_queue(QPid, Mod, Fun) ->
     gen_server2:cast(QPid, {run_backing_queue, Mod, Fun}).
@@ -763,12 +782,12 @@ on_node_up(Node) ->
            fun () ->
                    Qs = mnesia:match_object(rabbit_queue,
                                             #amqqueue{_ = '_'}, write),
-                   [case lists:member(Node, DSNs) of
-                        true  -> DSNs1 = DSNs -- [Node],
+                   [case lists:member(Node, RSs) of
+                        true  -> RSs1 = RSs -- [Node],
                                  store_queue(
-                                   Q#amqqueue{down_slave_nodes = DSNs1});
+                                   Q#amqqueue{recoverable_slaves = RSs1});
                         false -> ok
-                    end || #amqqueue{down_slave_nodes = DSNs} = Q <- Qs],
+                    end || #amqqueue{recoverable_slaves = RSs} = Q <- Qs],
                    ok
            end).
 
@@ -807,24 +826,29 @@ pseudo_queue(QueueName, Pid) ->
               pid          = Pid,
               slave_pids   = []}.
 
-immutable(Q) -> Q#amqqueue{pid              = none,
-                           slave_pids       = none,
-                           sync_slave_pids  = none,
-                           down_slave_nodes = none,
-                           gm_pids          = none,
-                           policy           = none,
-                           decorators       = none,
-                           state            = none}.
+immutable(Q) -> Q#amqqueue{pid                = none,
+                           slave_pids         = none,
+                           sync_slave_pids    = none,
+                           recoverable_slaves = none,
+                           gm_pids            = none,
+                           policy             = none,
+                           decorators         = none,
+                           state              = none}.
 
-deliver([], _Delivery, _Flow) ->
+deliver([], _Delivery) ->
     %% /dev/null optimisation
     [];
 
-deliver(Qs, Delivery, Flow) ->
+deliver(Qs, Delivery = #delivery{flow = Flow}) ->
     {MPids, SPids} = qpids(Qs),
     QPids = MPids ++ SPids,
+    %% We use up two credits to send to a slave since the message
+    %% arrives at the slave from two directions. We will ack one when
+    %% the slave receives the message direct from the channel, and the
+    %% other when it receives it via GM.
     case Flow of
-        flow   -> [credit_flow:send(QPid) || QPid <- QPids];
+        flow   -> [credit_flow:send(QPid) || QPid <- QPids],
+                  [credit_flow:send(QPid) || QPid <- SPids];
         noflow -> ok
     end,
 
@@ -833,8 +857,8 @@ deliver(Qs, Delivery, Flow) ->
     %% after they have become master they should mark the message as
     %% 'delivered' since they do not know what the master may have
     %% done with it.
-    MMsg = {deliver, Delivery, false, Flow},
-    SMsg = {deliver, Delivery, true,  Flow},
+    MMsg = {deliver, Delivery, false},
+    SMsg = {deliver, Delivery, true},
     delegate:cast(MPids, MMsg),
     delegate:cast(SPids, SMsg),
     QPids.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl b/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
index 16ead64af9..c6030a090e 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
          memory,
          slave_pids,
          synchronised_slave_pids,
-         down_slave_nodes,
+         recoverable_slaves,
          state
         ]).
 
@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ send_mandatory(#delivery{mandatory  = true,
 
 discard(#delivery{confirm = Confirm,
                   sender  = SenderPid,
+                  flow    = Flow,
                   message = #basic_message{id = MsgId}}, BQ, BQS, MTC) ->
     MTC1 = case Confirm of
                true  -> confirm_messages([MsgId], MTC);
                false -> MTC
            end,
-    BQS1 = BQ:discard(MsgId, SenderPid, BQS),
+    BQS1 = BQ:discard(MsgId, SenderPid, Flow, BQS),
     {BQS1, MTC1}.
 
 run_message_queue(State) -> run_message_queue(false, State).
@@ -525,14 +526,17 @@ run_message_queue(ActiveConsumersChanged, State) ->
                  end
     end.
 
-attempt_delivery(Delivery = #delivery{sender = SenderPid, message = Message},
+attempt_delivery(Delivery = #delivery{sender  = SenderPid,
+                                      flow    = Flow,
+                                      message = Message},
                  Props, Delivered, State = #q{backing_queue       = BQ,
                                               backing_queue_state = BQS,
                                               msg_id_to_channel   = MTC}) ->
     case rabbit_queue_consumers:deliver(
            fun (true)  -> true = BQ:is_empty(BQS),
-                          {AckTag, BQS1} = BQ:publish_delivered(
-                                             Message, Props, SenderPid, BQS),
+                          {AckTag, BQS1} =
+                              BQ:publish_delivered(
+                                Message, Props, SenderPid, Flow, BQS),
                           {{Message, Delivered, AckTag}, {BQS1, MTC}};
                (false) -> {{Message, Delivered, undefined},
                            discard(Delivery, BQ, BQS, MTC)}
@@ -549,7 +553,9 @@ attempt_delivery(Delivery = #delivery{sender = SenderPid, message = Message},
                             State#q{consumers = Consumers})}
     end.
 
-deliver_or_enqueue(Delivery = #delivery{message = Message, sender = SenderPid},
+deliver_or_enqueue(Delivery = #delivery{message = Message,
+                                        sender  = SenderPid,
+                                        flow    = Flow},
                    Delivered, State = #q{backing_queue       = BQ,
                                          backing_queue_state = BQS}) ->
     send_mandatory(Delivery), %% must do this before confirms
@@ -570,7 +576,7 @@ deliver_or_enqueue(Delivery = #delivery{message = Message, sender = SenderPid},
             {BQS3, MTC1} = discard(Delivery, BQ, BQS2, MTC),
             State3#q{backing_queue_state = BQS3, msg_id_to_channel = MTC1};
         {undelivered, State3 = #q{backing_queue_state = BQS2}} ->
-            BQS3 = BQ:publish(Message, Props, Delivered, SenderPid, BQS2),
+            BQS3 = BQ:publish(Message, Props, Delivered, SenderPid, Flow, BQS2),
             {Dropped, State4 = #q{backing_queue_state = BQS4}} =
                 maybe_drop_head(State3#q{backing_queue_state = BQS3}),
             QLen = BQ:len(BQS4),
@@ -855,9 +861,9 @@ i(synchronised_slave_pids, #q{q = #amqqueue{name = Name}}) ->
         false -> '';
         true  -> SSPids
     end;
-i(down_slave_nodes, #q{q = #amqqueue{name    = Name,
-                                     durable = Durable}}) ->
-    {ok, Q = #amqqueue{down_slave_nodes = Nodes}} =
+i(recoverable_slaves, #q{q = #amqqueue{name    = Name,
+                                       durable = Durable}}) ->
+    {ok, Q = #amqqueue{recoverable_slaves = Nodes}} =
         rabbit_amqqueue:lookup(Name),
     case Durable andalso rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:is_mirrored(Q) of
         false -> '';
@@ -1100,15 +1106,23 @@ handle_cast({run_backing_queue, Mod, Fun},
             State = #q{backing_queue = BQ, backing_queue_state = BQS}) ->
     noreply(State#q{backing_queue_state = BQ:invoke(Mod, Fun, BQS)});
 
-handle_cast({deliver, Delivery = #delivery{sender = Sender}, Delivered, Flow},
+handle_cast({deliver, Delivery = #delivery{sender = Sender,
+                                           flow   = Flow}, SlaveWhenPublished},
             State = #q{senders = Senders}) ->
     Senders1 = case Flow of
                    flow   -> credit_flow:ack(Sender),
+                             case SlaveWhenPublished of
+                                 true  -> credit_flow:ack(Sender); %% [0]
+                                 false -> ok
+                             end,
                              pmon:monitor(Sender, Senders);
                    noflow -> Senders
                end,
     State1 = State#q{senders = Senders1},
-    noreply(deliver_or_enqueue(Delivery, Delivered, State1));
+    noreply(deliver_or_enqueue(Delivery, SlaveWhenPublished, State1));
+%% [0] The second ack is since the channel thought we were a slave at
+%% the time it published this message, so it used two credits (see
+%% rabbit_amqqueue:deliver/2).
 
 handle_cast({ack, AckTags, ChPid}, State) ->
     noreply(ack(AckTags, ChPid, State));
diff --git a/src/rabbit_auth_backend_dummy.erl b/src/rabbit_auth_backend_dummy.erl
index 5daca368eb..d2f07c1d57 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_auth_backend_dummy.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_auth_backend_dummy.erl
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 -module(rabbit_auth_backend_dummy).
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 
--behaviour(rabbit_auth_backend).
+-behaviour(rabbit_authn_backend).
+-behaviour(rabbit_authz_backend).
 
--export([description/0]).
 -export([user/0]).
--export([check_user_login/2, check_vhost_access/2, check_resource_access/3]).
+-export([user_login_authentication/2, user_login_authorization/1,
+         check_vhost_access/3, check_resource_access/3]).
 
 -ifdef(use_specs).
 
@@ -31,19 +32,17 @@
 
 %% A user to be used by the direct client when permission checks are
 %% not needed. This user can do anything AMQPish.
-user() -> #user{username     = <<"none">>,
-                tags         = [],
-                auth_backend = ?MODULE,
-                impl         = none}.
+user() -> #user{username       = <<"none">>,
+                tags           = [],
+                authz_backends = [{?MODULE, none}]}.
 
 %% Implementation of rabbit_auth_backend
 
-description() ->
-    [{name, <<"Dummy">>},
-     {description, <<"Database for the dummy user">>}].
+user_login_authentication(_, _) ->
+    {refused, "cannot log in conventionally as dummy user", []}.
 
-check_user_login(_, _) ->
+user_login_authorization(_) ->
     {refused, "cannot log in conventionally as dummy user", []}.
 
-check_vhost_access(#user{}, _VHostPath) -> true.
-check_resource_access(#user{}, #resource{}, _Permission) -> true.
+check_vhost_access(#auth_user{}, _VHostPath, _Sock) -> true.
+check_resource_access(#auth_user{}, #resource{}, _Permission) -> true.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_auth_backend_internal.erl b/src/rabbit_auth_backend_internal.erl
index fd1c4e8ee6..20a5766d20 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_auth_backend_internal.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_auth_backend_internal.erl
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 -module(rabbit_auth_backend_internal).
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 
--behaviour(rabbit_auth_backend).
+-behaviour(rabbit_authn_backend).
+-behaviour(rabbit_authz_backend).
 
--export([description/0]).
--export([check_user_login/2, check_vhost_access/2, check_resource_access/3]).
+-export([user_login_authentication/2, user_login_authorization/1,
+         check_vhost_access/3, check_resource_access/3]).
 
 -export([add_user/2, delete_user/1, lookup_user/1,
          change_password/2, clear_password/1,
@@ -76,13 +77,9 @@
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Implementation of rabbit_auth_backend
 
-description() ->
-    [{name, <<"Internal">>},
-     {description, <<"Internal user / password database">>}].
-
-check_user_login(Username, []) ->
+user_login_authentication(Username, []) ->
     internal_check_user_login(Username, fun(_) -> true end);
-check_user_login(Username, [{password, Cleartext}]) ->
+user_login_authentication(Username, [{password, Cleartext}]) ->
     internal_check_user_login(
       Username,
       fun (#internal_user{password_hash = <<Salt:4/binary, Hash/binary>>}) ->
@@ -90,25 +87,30 @@ check_user_login(Username, [{password, Cleartext}]) ->
           (#internal_user{}) ->
               false
       end);
-check_user_login(Username, AuthProps) ->
+user_login_authentication(Username, AuthProps) ->
     exit({unknown_auth_props, Username, AuthProps}).
 
+user_login_authorization(Username) ->
+    case user_login_authentication(Username, []) of
+        {ok, #auth_user{impl = Impl}} -> {ok, Impl};
+        Else                          -> Else
+    end.
+
 internal_check_user_login(Username, Fun) ->
     Refused = {refused, "user '~s' - invalid credentials", [Username]},
     case lookup_user(Username) of
         {ok, User = #internal_user{tags = Tags}} ->
             case Fun(User) of
-                true -> {ok, #user{username     = Username,
-                                   tags         = Tags,
-                                   auth_backend = ?MODULE,
-                                   impl         = User}};
+                true -> {ok, #auth_user{username = Username,
+                                        tags     = Tags,
+                                        impl     = none}};
                 _    -> Refused
             end;
         {error, not_found} ->
             Refused
     end.
 
-check_vhost_access(#user{username = Username}, VHostPath) ->
+check_vhost_access(#auth_user{username = Username}, VHostPath, _Sock) ->
     case mnesia:dirty_read({rabbit_user_permission,
                             #user_vhost{username     = Username,
                                         virtual_host = VHostPath}}) of
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ check_vhost_access(#user{username = Username}, VHostPath) ->
         [_R] -> true
     end.
 
-check_resource_access(#user{username = Username},
+check_resource_access(#auth_user{username = Username},
                       #resource{virtual_host = VHostPath, name = Name},
                       Permission) ->
     case mnesia:dirty_read({rabbit_user_permission,
diff --git a/src/rabbit_auth_mechanism.erl b/src/rabbit_auth_mechanism.erl
index d11af09552..c8e23a75d5 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_auth_mechanism.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_auth_mechanism.erl
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
 %%     Another round is needed. Here's the state I want next time.
 %% {protocol_error, Msg, Args}
 %%     Client got the protocol wrong. Log and die.
-%% {refused, Msg, Args}
+%% {refused, Username, Msg, Args}
 %%     Client failed authentication. Log and die.
 -callback handle_response(binary(), any()) ->
     {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} |
     {'challenge', binary(), any()} |
     {'protocol_error', string(), [any()]} |
-    {'refused', string(), [any()]}.
+    {'refused', rabbit_types:username() | none, string(), [any()]}.
 
 -else.
 
diff --git a/src/rabbit_authn_backend.erl b/src/rabbit_authn_backend.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfc3f5db51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rabbit_authn_backend.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+%% Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
+%% at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%
+%% The Original Code is RabbitMQ.
+%%
+%% The Initial Developer of the Original Code is GoPivotal, Inc.
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(rabbit_authn_backend).
+
+-include("rabbit.hrl").
+
+-ifdef(use_specs).
+
+%% Check a user can log in, given a username and a proplist of
+%% authentication information (e.g. [{password, Password}]). If your
+%% backend is not to be used for authentication, this should always
+%% refuse access.
+%%
+%% Possible responses:
+%% {ok, User}
+%%     Authentication succeeded, and here's the user record.
+%% {error, Error}
+%%     Something went wrong. Log and die.
+%% {refused, Msg, Args}
+%%     Client failed authentication. Log and die.
+-callback user_login_authentication(rabbit_types:username(), [term()]) ->
+    {'ok', rabbit_types:auth_user()} |
+    {'refused', string(), [any()]} |
+    {'error', any()}.
+
+-else.
+
+-export([behaviour_info/1]).
+
+behaviour_info(callbacks) ->
+    [{user_login_authentication, 2}];
+behaviour_info(_Other) ->
+    undefined.
+
+-endif.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_auth_backend.erl b/src/rabbit_authz_backend.erl
index a7dd6494b1..ff5f014e37 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_auth_backend.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_authz_backend.erl
@@ -14,47 +14,49 @@
 %% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 %%
 
--module(rabbit_auth_backend).
+-module(rabbit_authz_backend).
 
--ifdef(use_specs).
+-include("rabbit.hrl").
 
-%% A description proplist as with auth mechanisms,
-%% exchanges. Currently unused.
--callback description() -> [proplists:property()].
+-ifdef(use_specs).
 
-%% Check a user can log in, given a username and a proplist of
-%% authentication information (e.g. [{password, Password}]).
+%% Check a user can log in, when this backend is being used for
+%% authorisation only. Authentication has already taken place
+%% successfully, but we need to check that the user exists in this
+%% backend, and initialise any impl field we will want to have passed
+%% back in future calls to check_vhost_access/3 and
+%% check_resource_access/3.
 %%
 %% Possible responses:
-%% {ok, User}
-%%     Authentication succeeded, and here's the user record.
+%% {ok, Impl}
+%%     User authorisation succeeded, and here's the impl field.
 %% {error, Error}
 %%     Something went wrong. Log and die.
 %% {refused, Msg, Args}
-%%     Client failed authentication. Log and die.
--callback check_user_login(rabbit_types:username(), [term()]) ->
-    {'ok', rabbit_types:user()} |
+%%     User authorisation failed. Log and die.
+-callback user_login_authorization(rabbit_types:username()) ->
+    {'ok', any()} |
     {'refused', string(), [any()]} |
     {'error', any()}.
 
-%% Given #user and vhost, can a user log in to a vhost?
+%% Given #auth_user and vhost, can a user log in to a vhost?
 %% Possible responses:
 %% true
 %% false
 %% {error, Error}
 %%     Something went wrong. Log and die.
--callback check_vhost_access(rabbit_types:user(), rabbit_types:vhost()) ->
+-callback check_vhost_access(rabbit_types:auth_user(),
+                             rabbit_types:vhost(), rabbit_net:socket()) ->
     boolean() | {'error', any()}.
 
-
-%% Given #user, resource and permission, can a user access a resource?
+%% Given #auth_user, resource and permission, can a user access a resource?
 %%
 %% Possible responses:
 %% true
 %% false
 %% {error, Error}
 %%     Something went wrong. Log and die.
--callback check_resource_access(rabbit_types:user(),
+-callback check_resource_access(rabbit_types:auth_user(),
                                 rabbit_types:r(atom()),
                                 rabbit_access_control:permission_atom()) ->
     boolean() | {'error', any()}.
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@
 -export([behaviour_info/1]).
 
 behaviour_info(callbacks) ->
-    [{description, 0}, {check_user_login, 2}, {check_vhost_access, 2},
-     {check_resource_access, 3}];
+    [{user_login_authorization, 1},
+     {check_vhost_access, 3}, {check_resource_access, 3}];
 behaviour_info(_Other) ->
     undefined.
 
diff --git a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
index 09e9aa6ae9..566c8bb836 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
 
 -module(rabbit_autoheal).
 
--export([init/0, maybe_start/1, rabbit_down/2, node_down/2, handle_msg/3]).
+-export([init/0, enabled/0, maybe_start/1, rabbit_down/2, node_down/2,
+         handle_msg/3]).
 
 %% The named process we are running in.
 -define(SERVER, rabbit_node_monitor).
 
 -define(MNESIA_STOPPED_PING_INTERNAL, 200).
 
+-define(AUTOHEAL_STATE_AFTER_RESTART, rabbit_autoheal_state_after_restart).
+
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %% In order to autoheal we want to:
@@ -45,9 +48,20 @@
 %% stops - if a node stops for any other reason it just gets a message
 %% it will ignore, and otherwise we carry on.
 %%
+%% Meanwhile, the leader may continue to receive new autoheal requests:
+%% all of them are ignored. The winner notifies the leader when the
+%% current autoheal process is finished (ie. when all losers stopped and
+%% were asked to start again) or was aborted. When the leader receives
+%% the notification or if it looses contact with the winner, it can
+%% accept new autoheal requests.
+%%
 %% The winner and the leader are not necessarily the same node.
 %%
-%% Possible states:
+%% The leader can be a loser and will restart in this case. It remembers
+%% there is an autoheal in progress by temporarily saving the autoheal
+%% state to the application environment.
+%%
+%% == Possible states ==
 %%
 %% not_healing
 %%   - the default
@@ -56,31 +70,73 @@
 %%   - we are the winner and are waiting for all losing nodes to stop
 %%   before telling them they can restart
 %%
-%% about_to_heal
-%%   - we are the leader, and have already assigned the winner and
-%%   losers. We are part of the losers and we wait for the winner_is
-%%   announcement. This leader-specific state differs from not_healing
-%%   (the state other losers are in), because the leader could still
-%%   receive request_start messages: those subsequent requests must be
-%%   ignored.
-%%
-%% {leader_waiting, OutstandingStops}
+%% {leader_waiting, Winner, Notify}
 %%   - we are the leader, and have already assigned the winner and losers.
-%%   We are neither but need to ignore further requests to autoheal.
+%%   We are waiting for a confirmation from the winner that the autoheal
+%%   process has ended. Meanwhile we can ignore autoheal requests.
+%%   Because we may be a loser too, this state is saved to the application
+%%   environment and restored on startup.
 %%
 %% restarting
 %%   - we are restarting. Of course the node monitor immediately dies
 %%   then so this state does not last long. We therefore send the
 %%   autoheal_safe_to_start message to the rabbit_outside_app_process
 %%   instead.
+%%
+%% == Message flow ==
+%%
+%% 1. Any node (leader included) >> {request_start, node()} >> Leader
+%%      When Mnesia detects it is running partitioned or
+%%      when a remote node starts, rabbit_node_monitor calls
+%%      rabbit_autoheal:maybe_start/1. The message above is sent to the
+%%      leader so the leader can take a decision.
+%%
+%% 2. Leader >> {become_winner, Losers} >> Winner
+%%      The leader notifies the winner so the latter can proceed with
+%%      the autoheal.
+%%
+%% 3. Winner >> {winner_is, Winner} >> All losers
+%%      The winner notifies losers they must stop.
+%%
+%% 4. Winner >> autoheal_safe_to_start >> All losers
+%%      When either all losers stopped or the autoheal process was
+%%      aborted, the winner notifies losers they can start again.
+%%
+%% 5. Leader >> report_autoheal_status >> Winner
+%%      The leader asks the autoheal status to the winner. This only
+%%      happens when the leader is a loser too. If this is not the case,
+%%      this message is never sent.
+%%
+%% 6. Winner >> {autoheal_finished, Winner} >> Leader
+%%      The winner notifies the leader that the autoheal process was
+%%      either finished or aborted (ie. autoheal_safe_to_start was sent
+%%      to losers).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-init() -> not_healing.
+init() ->
+    %% We check the application environment for a saved autoheal state
+    %% saved during a restart. If this node is a leader, it is used
+    %% to determine if it needs to ask the winner to report about the
+    %% autoheal progress.
+    State = case application:get_env(rabbit, ?AUTOHEAL_STATE_AFTER_RESTART) of
+        {ok, S}   -> S;
+        undefined -> not_healing
+    end,
+    ok = application:unset_env(rabbit, ?AUTOHEAL_STATE_AFTER_RESTART),
+    case State of
+        {leader_waiting, Winner, _} ->
+            rabbit_log:info(
+              "Autoheal: in progress, requesting report from ~p~n", [Winner]),
+            send(Winner, report_autoheal_status);
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end,
+    State.
 
 maybe_start(not_healing) ->
     case enabled() of
-        true  -> [Leader | _] = lists:usort(rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all)),
+        true  -> Leader = leader(),
                  send(Leader, {request_start, node()}),
                  rabbit_log:info("Autoheal request sent to ~p~n", [Leader]),
                  not_healing;
@@ -90,8 +146,15 @@ maybe_start(State) ->
     State.
 
 enabled() ->
-    {ok, autoheal} =:= application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_partition_handling).
+    case application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_partition_handling) of
+        {ok, autoheal}                         -> true;
+        {ok, {pause_if_all_down, _, autoheal}} -> true;
+        _                                      -> false
+    end.
 
+leader() ->
+    [Leader | _] = lists:usort(rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all)),
+    Leader.
 
 %% This is the winner receiving its last notification that a node has
 %% stopped - all nodes can now start again
@@ -102,14 +165,13 @@ rabbit_down(Node, {winner_waiting, [Node], Notify}) ->
 rabbit_down(Node, {winner_waiting, WaitFor, Notify}) ->
     {winner_waiting, WaitFor -- [Node], Notify};
 
-rabbit_down(Node, {leader_waiting, [Node]}) ->
-    not_healing;
-
-rabbit_down(Node, {leader_waiting, WaitFor}) ->
-    {leader_waiting, WaitFor -- [Node]};
+rabbit_down(Winner, {leader_waiting, Winner, Losers}) ->
+    abort([Winner], Losers);
 
 rabbit_down(_Node, State) ->
-    %% ignore, we already cancelled the autoheal process
+    %% Ignore. Either:
+    %%     o  we already cancelled the autoheal process;
+    %%     o  we are still waiting the winner's report.
     State.
 
 node_down(_Node, not_healing) ->
@@ -141,15 +203,10 @@ handle_msg({request_start, Node},
             case node() =:= Winner of
                 true  -> handle_msg({become_winner, Losers},
                                     not_healing, Partitions);
-                false -> send(Winner, {become_winner, Losers}), %% [0]
-                         case lists:member(node(), Losers) of
-                             true  -> about_to_heal;
-                             false -> {leader_waiting, Losers}
-                         end
+                false -> send(Winner, {become_winner, Losers}),
+                         {leader_waiting, Winner, Losers}
             end
     end;
-%% [0] If we are a loser we will never receive this message - but it
-%% won't stick in the mailbox as we are restarting anyway
 
 handle_msg({request_start, Node},
            State, _Partitions) ->
@@ -170,27 +227,49 @@ handle_msg({become_winner, Losers},
         _  -> abort(Down, Losers)
     end;
 
-handle_msg({winner_is, Winner},
-           State, _Partitions)
-           when State =:= not_healing orelse State =:= about_to_heal ->
-    rabbit_log:warning(
-      "Autoheal: we were selected to restart; winner is ~p~n", [Winner]),
-    rabbit_node_monitor:run_outside_applications(
-      fun () ->
-              MRef = erlang:monitor(process, {?SERVER, Winner}),
-              rabbit:stop(),
-              receive
-                  {'DOWN', MRef, process, {?SERVER, Winner}, _Reason} -> ok;
-                  autoheal_safe_to_start                              -> ok
-              end,
-              erlang:demonitor(MRef, [flush]),
-              rabbit:start()
-      end),
+handle_msg({winner_is, Winner}, State = not_healing,
+           _Partitions) ->
+    %% This node is a loser, nothing else.
+    restart_loser(State, Winner),
+    restarting;
+handle_msg({winner_is, Winner}, State = {leader_waiting, Winner, _},
+           _Partitions) ->
+    %% This node is the leader and a loser at the same time.
+    restart_loser(State, Winner),
     restarting;
 
 handle_msg(_, restarting, _Partitions) ->
     %% ignore, we can contribute no further
-    restarting.
+    restarting;
+
+handle_msg(report_autoheal_status, not_healing, _Partitions) ->
+    %% The leader is asking about the autoheal status to us (the
+    %% winner). This happens when the leader is a loser and it just
+    %% restarted. We are in the "not_healing" state, so the previous
+    %% autoheal process ended: let's tell this to the leader.
+    send(leader(), {autoheal_finished, node()}),
+    not_healing;
+
+handle_msg(report_autoheal_status, State, _Partitions) ->
+    %% Like above, the leader is asking about the autoheal status. We
+    %% are not finished with it. There is no need to send anything yet
+    %% to the leader: we will send the notification when it is over.
+    State;
+
+handle_msg({autoheal_finished, Winner},
+           {leader_waiting, Winner, _}, _Partitions) ->
+    %% The winner is finished with the autoheal process and notified us
+    %% (the leader). We can transition to the "not_healing" state and
+    %% accept new requests.
+    rabbit_log:info("Autoheal finished according to winner ~p~n", [Winner]),
+    not_healing;
+
+handle_msg({autoheal_finished, Winner}, not_healing, _Partitions)
+           when Winner =:= node() ->
+    %% We are the leader and the winner. The state already transitioned
+    %% to "not_healing" at the end of the autoheal process.
+    rabbit_log:info("Autoheal finished according to winner ~p~n", [node()]),
+    not_healing.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -215,6 +294,7 @@ winner_finish(Notify) ->
     %% losing nodes before sending the "autoheal_safe_to_start" signal.
     wait_for_mnesia_shutdown(Notify),
     [{rabbit_outside_app_process, N} ! autoheal_safe_to_start || N <- Notify],
+    send(leader(), {autoheal_finished, node()}),
     not_healing.
 
 wait_for_mnesia_shutdown([Node | Rest] = AllNodes) ->
@@ -233,6 +313,35 @@ wait_for_mnesia_shutdown([Node | Rest] = AllNodes) ->
 wait_for_mnesia_shutdown([]) ->
     ok.
 
+restart_loser(State, Winner) ->
+    rabbit_log:warning(
+      "Autoheal: we were selected to restart; winner is ~p~n", [Winner]),
+    rabbit_node_monitor:run_outside_applications(
+      fun () ->
+              MRef = erlang:monitor(process, {?SERVER, Winner}),
+              rabbit:stop(),
+              NextState = receive
+                  {'DOWN', MRef, process, {?SERVER, Winner}, _Reason} ->
+                      not_healing;
+                  autoheal_safe_to_start ->
+                      State
+              end,
+              erlang:demonitor(MRef, [flush]),
+              %% During the restart, the autoheal state is lost so we
+              %% store it in the application environment temporarily so
+              %% init/0 can pick it up.
+              %%
+              %% This is useful to the leader which is a loser at the
+              %% same time: because the leader is restarting, there
+              %% is a great chance it misses the "autoheal finished!"
+              %% notification from the winner. Thanks to the saved
+              %% state, it knows it needs to ask the winner if the
+              %% autoheal process is finished or not.
+              application:set_env(rabbit,
+                ?AUTOHEAL_STATE_AFTER_RESTART, NextState),
+              rabbit:start()
+      end, true).
+
 make_decision(AllPartitions) ->
     Sorted = lists:sort([{partition_value(P), P} || P <- AllPartitions]),
     [[Winner | _] | Rest] = lists:reverse([P || {_, P} <- Sorted]),
diff --git a/src/rabbit_backing_queue.erl b/src/rabbit_backing_queue.erl
index 4ce133c3e3..55c8c971a0 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_backing_queue.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_backing_queue.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
                     messages_unacknowledged_ram, messages_persistent,
                     message_bytes, message_bytes_ready,
                     message_bytes_unacknowledged, message_bytes_ram,
-                    message_bytes_persistent, backing_queue_status]).
+                    message_bytes_persistent,
+                    disk_reads, disk_writes, backing_queue_status]).
 
 -ifdef(use_specs).
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 -type(ack()   :: any()).
 -type(state() :: any()).
 
+-type(flow() :: 'flow' | 'noflow').
 -type(msg_ids() :: [rabbit_types:msg_id()]).
 -type(fetch_result(Ack) ::
         ('empty' | {rabbit_types:basic_message(), boolean(), Ack})).
@@ -99,19 +101,20 @@
 
 %% Publish a message.
 -callback publish(rabbit_types:basic_message(),
-                  rabbit_types:message_properties(), boolean(), pid(),
+                  rabbit_types:message_properties(), boolean(), pid(), flow(),
                   state()) -> state().
 
 %% Called for messages which have already been passed straight
 %% out to a client. The queue will be empty for these calls
 %% (i.e. saves the round trip through the backing queue).
 -callback publish_delivered(rabbit_types:basic_message(),
-                            rabbit_types:message_properties(), pid(), state())
+                            rabbit_types:message_properties(), pid(), flow(),
+                            state())
                            -> {ack(), state()}.
 
 %% Called to inform the BQ about messages which have reached the
 %% queue, but are not going to be further passed to BQ.
--callback discard(rabbit_types:msg_id(), pid(), state()) -> state().
+-callback discard(rabbit_types:msg_id(), pid(), flow(), state()) -> state().
 
 %% Return ids of messages which have been confirmed since the last
 %% invocation of this function (or initialisation).
@@ -249,8 +252,8 @@
 
 behaviour_info(callbacks) ->
     [{start, 1}, {stop, 0}, {init, 3}, {terminate, 2},
-     {delete_and_terminate, 2}, {purge, 1}, {purge_acks, 1}, {publish, 5},
-     {publish_delivered, 4}, {discard, 3}, {drain_confirmed, 1},
+     {delete_and_terminate, 2}, {purge, 1}, {purge_acks, 1}, {publish, 6},
+     {publish_delivered, 5}, {discard, 4}, {drain_confirmed, 1},
      {dropwhile, 2}, {fetchwhile, 4},
      {fetch, 2}, {ack, 2}, {requeue, 2}, {ackfold, 4}, {fold, 3}, {len, 1},
      {is_empty, 1}, {depth, 1}, {set_ram_duration_target, 2},
diff --git a/src/rabbit_basic.erl b/src/rabbit_basic.erl
index 67109e7d5a..cd2846c00b 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_basic.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_basic.erl
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ publish(X, Delivery) ->
 
 delivery(Mandatory, Confirm, Message, MsgSeqNo) ->
     #delivery{mandatory = Mandatory, confirm = Confirm, sender = self(),
-              message = Message, msg_seq_no = MsgSeqNo}.
+              message = Message, msg_seq_no = MsgSeqNo, flow = noflow}.
 
 build_content(Properties, BodyBin) when is_binary(BodyBin) ->
     build_content(Properties, [BodyBin]);
diff --git a/src/rabbit_binary_parser.erl b/src/rabbit_binary_parser.erl
index 3ab82cad78..ee8147f45f 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_binary_parser.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_binary_parser.erl
@@ -41,48 +41,90 @@
 %% parse_table supports the AMQP 0-8/0-9 standard types, S, I, D, T
 %% and F, as well as the QPid extensions b, d, f, l, s, t, x, and V.
 
+-define(SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE(BType, Pattern, RType),
+        parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+                      BType, Pattern, Rest/binary>>) ->
+               [{NameString, RType, Value} | parse_table(Rest)]).
+
+%% Note that we try to put these in approximately the order we expect
+%% to hit them, that's why the empty binary is half way through.
+
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $S, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, longstr, Value} | parse_table(Rest)];
+
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($I, Value:32/signed,   signedint);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($T, Value:64/unsigned, timestamp);
+
 parse_table(<<>>) ->
     [];
-parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary, ValueAndRest/binary>>) ->
-    {Type, Value, Rest} = parse_field_value(ValueAndRest),
-    [{NameString, Type, Value} | parse_table(Rest)].
 
-parse_array(<<>>) ->
-    [];
-parse_array(<<ValueAndRest/binary>>) ->
-    {Type, Value, Rest} = parse_field_value(ValueAndRest),
-    [{Type, Value} | parse_array(Rest)].
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($b, Value:8/signed,  byte);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($d, Value:64/float, double);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($f, Value:32/float, float);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($l, Value:64/signed, long);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_TABLE($s, Value:16/signed, short);
+
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $t, Value:8/unsigned, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, bool, (Value /= 0)} | parse_table(Rest)];
+
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $D, Before:8/unsigned, After:32/unsigned, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, decimal, {Before, After}} | parse_table(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$S, VLen:32/unsigned, V:VLen/binary, R/binary>>) ->
-    {longstr, V, R};
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $F, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, table, parse_table(Value)} | parse_table(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$I, V:32/signed, R/binary>>) ->
-    {signedint, V, R};
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $A, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, array, parse_array(Value)} | parse_table(Rest)];
+
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $x, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, binary, Value} | parse_table(Rest)];
+
+parse_table(<<NLen:8/unsigned, NameString:NLen/binary,
+              $V, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{NameString, void, undefined} | parse_table(Rest)].
+
+-define(SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY(BType, Pattern, RType),
+        parse_array(<<BType, Pattern, Rest/binary>>) ->
+               [{RType, Value} | parse_array(Rest)]).
+
+parse_array(<<$S, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{longstr, Value} | parse_array(Rest)];
+
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($I, Value:32/signed,   signedint);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($T, Value:64/unsigned, timestamp);
+
+parse_array(<<>>) ->
+    [];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$D, Before:8/unsigned, After:32/unsigned, R/binary>>) ->
-    {decimal, {Before, After}, R};
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($b, Value:8/signed,  byte);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($d, Value:64/float, double);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($f, Value:32/float, float);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($l, Value:64/signed, long);
+?SIMPLE_PARSE_ARRAY($s, Value:16/signed, short);
 
-parse_field_value(<<$T, V:64/unsigned, R/binary>>) ->
-    {timestamp, V, R};
+parse_array(<<$t, Value:8/unsigned, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{bool, (Value /= 0)} | parse_array(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$F, VLen:32/unsigned, Table:VLen/binary, R/binary>>) ->
-    {table, parse_table(Table), R};
+parse_array(<<$D, Before:8/unsigned, After:32/unsigned, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{decimal, {Before, After}} | parse_array(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$A, VLen:32/unsigned, Array:VLen/binary, R/binary>>) ->
-    {array, parse_array(Array), R};
+parse_array(<<$F, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{table, parse_table(Value)} | parse_array(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$b, V:8/signed,   R/binary>>) -> {byte,        V, R};
-parse_field_value(<<$d, V:64/float,   R/binary>>) -> {double,      V, R};
-parse_field_value(<<$f, V:32/float,   R/binary>>) -> {float,       V, R};
-parse_field_value(<<$l, V:64/signed,  R/binary>>) -> {long,        V, R};
-parse_field_value(<<$s, V:16/signed,  R/binary>>) -> {short,       V, R};
-parse_field_value(<<$t, V:8/unsigned, R/binary>>) -> {bool, (V /= 0), R};
+parse_array(<<$A, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{array, parse_array(Value)} | parse_array(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$x, VLen:32/unsigned, V:VLen/binary, R/binary>>) ->
-    {binary, V, R};
+parse_array(<<$x, VLen:32/unsigned, Value:VLen/binary, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{binary, Value} | parse_array(Rest)];
 
-parse_field_value(<<$V, R/binary>>) ->
-    {void, undefined, R}.
+parse_array(<<$V, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    [{void, undefined} | parse_array(Rest)].
 
 ensure_content_decoded(Content = #content{properties = Props})
   when Props =/= none ->
diff --git a/src/rabbit_channel.erl b/src/rabbit_channel.erl
index 8632e1b3f7..63a5eb7e79 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_channel.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_channel.erl
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ check_user_id_header(#'P_basic'{user_id = Username},
                      #ch{user = #user{username = Username}}) ->
     ok;
 check_user_id_header(
-  #'P_basic'{}, #ch{user = #user{auth_backend = rabbit_auth_backend_dummy}}) ->
+  #'P_basic'{}, #ch{user = #user{authz_backends =
+                                     [{rabbit_auth_backend_dummy, _}]}}) ->
     ok;
 check_user_id_header(#'P_basic'{user_id = Claimed},
                      #ch{user = #user{username = Actual,
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ check_not_default_exchange(#resource{kind = exchange, name = <<"">>}) ->
 check_not_default_exchange(_) ->
     ok.
 
-check_exchange_deletion(XName = #resource{name = <<"amq.rabbitmq.", _/binary>>,
+check_exchange_deletion(XName = #resource{name = <<"amq.", _/binary>>,
                                           kind = exchange}) ->
     rabbit_misc:protocol_error(
       access_refused, "deletion of system ~s not allowed",
@@ -789,12 +790,12 @@ handle_method(#'basic.publish'{exchange    = ExchangeNameBin,
         end,
     case rabbit_basic:message(ExchangeName, RoutingKey, DecodedContent) of
         {ok, Message} ->
-            rabbit_trace:tap_in(Message, ConnName, ChannelNum,
-                                Username, TraceState),
             Delivery = rabbit_basic:delivery(
                          Mandatory, DoConfirm, Message, MsgSeqNo),
             QNames = rabbit_exchange:route(Exchange, Delivery),
-            DQ = {Delivery, QNames},
+            rabbit_trace:tap_in(Message, QNames, ConnName, ChannelNum,
+                                Username, TraceState),
+            DQ = {Delivery#delivery{flow = flow}, QNames},
             {noreply, case Tx of
                           none         -> deliver_to_queues(DQ, State1);
                           {Msgs, Acks} -> Msgs1 = queue:in(DQ, Msgs),
@@ -1665,7 +1666,7 @@ deliver_to_queues({Delivery = #delivery{message    = Message = #basic_message{
                    DelQNames}, State = #ch{queue_names    = QNames,
                                            queue_monitors = QMons}) ->
     Qs = rabbit_amqqueue:lookup(DelQNames),
-    DeliveredQPids = rabbit_amqqueue:deliver_flow(Qs, Delivery),
+    DeliveredQPids = rabbit_amqqueue:deliver(Qs, Delivery),
     %% The pmon:monitor_all/2 monitors all queues to which we
     %% delivered. But we want to monitor even queues we didn't deliver
     %% to, since we need their 'DOWN' messages to clean
@@ -1735,7 +1736,7 @@ send_nacks(_, State) ->
 send_confirms(State = #ch{tx = none, confirmed = []}) ->
     State;
 send_confirms(State = #ch{tx = none, confirmed = C}) ->
-    case rabbit_node_monitor:pause_minority_guard() of
+    case rabbit_node_monitor:pause_partition_guard() of
         ok      -> MsgSeqNos =
                        lists:foldl(
                          fun ({MsgSeqNo, XName}, MSNs) ->
@@ -1747,7 +1748,7 @@ send_confirms(State = #ch{tx = none, confirmed = C}) ->
         pausing -> State
     end;
 send_confirms(State) ->
-    case rabbit_node_monitor:pause_minority_guard() of
+    case rabbit_node_monitor:pause_partition_guard() of
         ok      -> maybe_complete_tx(State);
         pausing -> State
     end.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_cli.erl b/src/rabbit_cli.erl
index 47505b3df3..cf7b608399 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_cli.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_cli.erl
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 -module(rabbit_cli).
 -include("rabbit_cli.hrl").
 
--export([main/3, parse_arguments/4, rpc_call/4]).
+-export([main/3, start_distribution/0, start_distribution/1,
+         parse_arguments/4, rpc_call/4]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
 -spec(main/3 :: (fun (([string()], string()) -> parse_result()),
                      fun ((atom(), atom(), [any()], [any()]) -> any()),
                          atom()) -> no_return()).
+-spec(start_distribution/0 :: () -> {'ok', pid()} | {'error', any()}).
+-spec(start_distribution/1 :: (string()) -> {'ok', pid()} | {'error', any()}).
 -spec(usage/1 :: (atom()) -> no_return()).
 -spec(parse_arguments/4 ::
         ([{atom(), [{string(), optdef()}]} | atom()],
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 main(ParseFun, DoFun, UsageMod) ->
+    error_logger:tty(false),
+    start_distribution(),
     {ok, [[NodeStr|_]|_]} = init:get_argument(nodename),
     {Command, Opts, Args} =
         case ParseFun(init:get_plain_arguments(), NodeStr) of
@@ -101,6 +106,20 @@ main(ParseFun, DoFun, UsageMod) ->
             rabbit_misc:quit(2)
     end.
 
+start_distribution() ->
+    start_distribution(list_to_atom(
+                         rabbit_misc:format("rabbitmq-cli-~s", [os:getpid()]))).
+
+start_distribution(Name) ->
+    rabbit_nodes:ensure_epmd(),
+    net_kernel:start([Name, name_type()]).
+
+name_type() ->
+    case os:getenv("RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME") of
+        "true" -> longnames;
+        _      -> shortnames
+    end.
+
 usage(Mod) ->
     io:format("~s", [Mod:usage()]),
     rabbit_misc:quit(1).
diff --git a/src/rabbit_control_main.erl b/src/rabbit_control_main.erl
index a931eef009..810f5f6f33 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_control_main.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_control_main.erl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 -include("rabbit_cli.hrl").
 
 -export([start/0, stop/0, parse_arguments/2, action/5,
-         sync_queue/1, cancel_sync_queue/1]).
+         sync_queue/1, cancel_sync_queue/1, become/1]).
 
 -import(rabbit_cli, [rpc_call/4]).
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
          change_cluster_node_type,
          update_cluster_nodes,
          {forget_cluster_node, [?OFFLINE_DEF]},
+         rename_cluster_node,
          force_boot,
          cluster_status,
          {sync_queue, [?VHOST_DEF]},
@@ -104,8 +105,8 @@
 -define(COMMANDS_NOT_REQUIRING_APP,
         [stop, stop_app, start_app, wait, reset, force_reset, rotate_logs,
          join_cluster, change_cluster_node_type, update_cluster_nodes,
-         forget_cluster_node, cluster_status, status, environment, eval,
-         force_boot]).
+         forget_cluster_node, rename_cluster_node, cluster_status, status,
+         environment, eval, force_boot]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 start() ->
-    start_distribution(),
     rabbit_cli:main(
       fun (Args, NodeStr) ->
               parse_arguments(Args, NodeStr)
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ action(forget_cluster_node, Node, [ClusterNodeS], Opts, Inform) ->
                           [ClusterNode, false])
     end;
 
+action(rename_cluster_node, Node, NodesS, _Opts, Inform) ->
+    Nodes = split_list([list_to_atom(N) || N <- NodesS]),
+    Inform("Renaming cluster nodes:~n~s~n",
+           [lists:flatten([rabbit_misc:format("  ~s -> ~s~n", [F, T]) ||
+                              {F, T} <- Nodes])]),
+    rabbit_mnesia_rename:rename(Node, Nodes);
+
 action(force_boot, Node, [], _Opts, Inform) ->
     Inform("Forcing boot for Mnesia dir ~s", [mnesia:system_info(directory)]),
     case rabbit:is_running(Node) of
@@ -518,7 +525,7 @@ wait_for_startup(Node, Pid) ->
       Node, Pid, fun() -> rpc:call(Node, rabbit, await_startup, []) =:= ok end).
 
 while_process_is_alive(Node, Pid, Activity) ->
-    case process_up(Pid) of
+    case rabbit_misc:is_os_process_alive(Pid) of
         true  -> case Activity() of
                      true  -> ok;
                      false -> timer:sleep(?EXTERNAL_CHECK_INTERVAL),
@@ -528,7 +535,7 @@ while_process_is_alive(Node, Pid, Activity) ->
     end.
 
 wait_for_process_death(Pid) ->
-    case process_up(Pid) of
+    case rabbit_misc:is_os_process_alive(Pid) of
         true  -> timer:sleep(?EXTERNAL_CHECK_INTERVAL),
                  wait_for_process_death(Pid);
         false -> ok
@@ -552,62 +559,18 @@ read_pid_file(PidFile, Wait) ->
             exit({error, {could_not_read_pid, E}})
     end.
 
-% Test using some OS clunkiness since we shouldn't trust
-% rpc:call(os, getpid, []) at this point
-process_up(Pid) ->
-    with_os([{unix, fun () ->
-                            run_ps(Pid) =:= 0
-                    end},
-             {win32, fun () ->
-                             Cmd = "tasklist /nh /fi \"pid eq " ++ Pid ++ "\" ",
-                             Res = rabbit_misc:os_cmd(Cmd ++ "2>&1"),
-                             case re:run(Res, "erl\\.exe", [{capture, none}]) of
-                                 match -> true;
-                                 _     -> false
-                             end
-                     end}]).
-
-with_os(Handlers) ->
-    {OsFamily, _} = os:type(),
-    case proplists:get_value(OsFamily, Handlers) of
-        undefined -> throw({unsupported_os, OsFamily});
-        Handler   -> Handler()
-    end.
-
-run_ps(Pid) ->
-    Port = erlang:open_port({spawn, "ps -p " ++ Pid},
-                            [exit_status, {line, 16384},
-                             use_stdio, stderr_to_stdout]),
-    exit_loop(Port).
-
-exit_loop(Port) ->
-    receive
-        {Port, {exit_status, Rc}} -> Rc;
-        {Port, _}                 -> exit_loop(Port)
-    end.
-
-start_distribution() ->
-    CtlNodeName = rabbit_misc:format("rabbitmqctl-~s", [os:getpid()]),
-    {ok, _} = net_kernel:start([list_to_atom(CtlNodeName), name_type()]).
-
 become(BecomeNode) ->
+    error_logger:tty(false),
+    ok = net_kernel:stop(),
     case net_adm:ping(BecomeNode) of
         pong -> exit({node_running, BecomeNode});
         pang -> io:format("  * Impersonating node: ~s...", [BecomeNode]),
-                error_logger:tty(false),
-                ok = net_kernel:stop(),
-                {ok, _} = net_kernel:start([BecomeNode, name_type()]),
+                {ok, _} = rabbit_cli:start_distribution(BecomeNode),
                 io:format(" done~n", []),
                 Dir = mnesia:system_info(directory),
                 io:format("  * Mnesia directory  : ~s~n", [Dir])
     end.
 
-name_type() ->
-    case os:getenv("RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME") of
-        "true" -> longnames;
-        _      -> shortnames
-    end.
-
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 default_if_empty(List, Default) when is_list(List) ->
@@ -720,3 +683,7 @@ prettify_typed_amqp_value(table,   Value) -> prettify_amqp_table(Value);
 prettify_typed_amqp_value(array,   Value) -> [prettify_typed_amqp_value(T, V) ||
                                                  {T, V} <- Value];
 prettify_typed_amqp_value(_Type,   Value) -> Value.
+
+split_list([])         -> [];
+split_list([_])        -> exit(even_list_needed);
+split_list([A, B | T]) -> [{A, B} | split_list(T)].
diff --git a/src/rabbit_direct.erl b/src/rabbit_direct.erl
index 749a67b1d5..11233e7eb8 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_direct.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_direct.erl
@@ -83,16 +83,27 @@ connect({Username, Password}, VHost, Protocol, Pid, Infos) ->
 connect0(AuthFun, VHost, Protocol, Pid, Infos) ->
     case rabbit:is_running() of
         true  -> case AuthFun() of
-                     {ok, User} ->
+                     {ok, User = #user{username = Username}} ->
+                         notify_auth_result(Username,
+                           user_authentication_success, []),
                          connect1(User, VHost, Protocol, Pid, Infos);
-                     {refused, _M, _A} ->
+                     {refused, Username, Msg, Args} ->
+                         notify_auth_result(Username,
+                           user_authentication_failure,
+                           [{error, rabbit_misc:format(Msg, Args)}]),
                          {error, {auth_failure, "Refused"}}
                  end;
         false -> {error, broker_not_found_on_node}
     end.
 
+notify_auth_result(Username, AuthResult, ExtraProps) ->
+    EventProps = [{connection_type, direct},
+                  {name, case Username of none -> ''; _ -> Username end}] ++
+                 ExtraProps,
+    rabbit_event:notify(AuthResult, [P || {_, V} = P <- EventProps, V =/= '']).
+
 connect1(User, VHost, Protocol, Pid, Infos) ->
-    try rabbit_access_control:check_vhost_access(User, VHost) of
+    try rabbit_access_control:check_vhost_access(User, VHost, undefined) of
         ok -> ok = pg_local:join(rabbit_direct, Pid),
               rabbit_event:notify(connection_created, Infos),
               {ok, {User, rabbit_reader:server_properties(Protocol)}}
diff --git a/src/rabbit_epmd_monitor.erl b/src/rabbit_epmd_monitor.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..261554921a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rabbit_epmd_monitor.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+%% Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
+%% at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%
+%% The Original Code is RabbitMQ.
+%%
+%% The Initial Developer of the Original Code is GoPivotal, Inc.
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(rabbit_epmd_monitor).
+
+-behaviour(gen_server).
+
+-export([start_link/0]).
+
+-export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2, terminate/2,
+         code_change/3]).
+
+-record(state, {timer, mod, me, host, port}).
+
+-define(SERVER, ?MODULE).
+-define(CHECK_FREQUENCY, 60000).
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-ifdef(use_specs).
+
+-spec(start_link/0 :: () -> rabbit_types:ok_pid_or_error()).
+
+-endif.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% It's possible for epmd to be killed out from underneath us. If that
+%% happens, then obviously clustering and rabbitmqctl stop
+%% working. This process checks up on epmd and restarts it /
+%% re-registers us with it if it has gone away.
+%%
+%% How could epmd be killed?
+%%
+%% 1) The most popular way for this to happen is when running as a
+%%    Windows service. The user starts rabbitmqctl first, and this starts
+%%    epmd under the user's account. When they log out epmd is killed.
+%%
+%% 2) Some packagings of (non-RabbitMQ?) Erlang apps might do "killall
+%%    epmd" as a shutdown or uninstall step.
+%% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+start_link() -> gen_server:start_link({local, ?SERVER}, ?MODULE, [], []).
+
+init([]) ->
+    {Me, Host} = rabbit_nodes:parts(node()),
+    Mod = net_kernel:epmd_module(),
+    {port, Port, _Version} = Mod:port_please(Me, Host),
+    {ok, ensure_timer(#state{mod  = Mod,
+                             me   = Me,
+                             host = Host,
+                             port = Port})}.
+
+handle_call(_Request, _From, State) ->
+    {noreply, State}.
+
+handle_cast(_Msg, State) ->
+    {noreply, State}.
+
+handle_info(check, State) ->
+    check_epmd(State),
+    {noreply, ensure_timer(State#state{timer = undefined})};
+
+handle_info(_Info, State) ->
+    {noreply, State}.
+
+terminate(_Reason, _State) ->
+    ok.
+
+code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
+    {ok, State}.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ensure_timer(State) ->
+    rabbit_misc:ensure_timer(State, #state.timer, ?CHECK_FREQUENCY, check).
+
+check_epmd(#state{mod  = Mod,
+                  me   = Me,
+                  host = Host,
+                  port = Port}) ->
+    case Mod:port_please(Me, Host) of
+        noport -> rabbit_log:warning(
+                    "epmd does not know us, re-registering ~s at port ~b~n",
+                    [Me, Port]),
+                  rabbit_nodes:ensure_epmd(),
+                  erl_epmd:register_node(Me, Port);
+        _      -> ok
+    end.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_limiter.erl b/src/rabbit_limiter.erl
index f32a187d32..82f4275a3e 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_limiter.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_limiter.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %%
 %% Each channel has an associated limiter process, created with
 %% start_link/1, which it passes to queues on consumer creation with
-%% rabbit_amqqueue:basic_consume/9, and rabbit_amqqueue:basic_get/4.
+%% rabbit_amqqueue:basic_consume/10, and rabbit_amqqueue:basic_get/4.
 %% The latter isn't strictly necessary, since basic.get is not
 %% subject to limiting, but it means that whenever a queue knows about
 %% a channel, it also knows about its limiter, which is less fiddly.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_log.erl b/src/rabbit_log.erl
index e05ef05af4..6f0865b300 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_log.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_log.erl
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 -module(rabbit_log).
 
--export([log/3, log/4, info/1, info/2, warning/1, warning/2, error/1, error/2]).
+-export([log/3, log/4, debug/1, debug/2, info/1, info/2, warning/1,
+         warning/2, error/1, error/2]).
 -export([with_local_io/1]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -26,11 +27,13 @@
 -export_type([level/0]).
 
 -type(category() :: atom()).
--type(level() :: 'info' | 'warning' | 'error').
+-type(level() :: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warning' | 'error').
 
 -spec(log/3 :: (category(), level(), string()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(log/4 :: (category(), level(), string(), [any()]) -> 'ok').
 
+-spec(debug/1   :: (string()) -> 'ok').
+-spec(debug/2   :: (string(), [any()]) -> 'ok').
 -spec(info/1    :: (string()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(info/2    :: (string(), [any()]) -> 'ok').
 -spec(warning/1 :: (string()) -> 'ok').
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ log(Category, Level, Fmt, Args) when is_list(Args) ->
     case level(Level) =< catlevel(Category) of
         false -> ok;
         true  -> F = case Level of
+                         debug   -> fun error_logger:info_msg/2;
                          info    -> fun error_logger:info_msg/2;
                          warning -> fun error_logger:warning_msg/2;
                          error   -> fun error_logger:error_msg/2
@@ -57,6 +61,8 @@ log(Category, Level, Fmt, Args) when is_list(Args) ->
                  with_local_io(fun () -> F(Fmt, Args) end)
     end.
 
+debug(Fmt)         -> log(default, debug,    Fmt).
+debug(Fmt, Args)   -> log(default, debug,    Fmt, Args).
 info(Fmt)          -> log(default, info,    Fmt).
 info(Fmt, Args)    -> log(default, info,    Fmt, Args).
 warning(Fmt)       -> log(default, warning, Fmt).
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ catlevel(Category) ->
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+level(debug)   -> 4;
 level(info)    -> 3;
 level(warning) -> 2;
 level(error)   -> 1;
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_coordinator.erl b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_coordinator.erl
index d328488298..38273e1c28 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_coordinator.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_coordinator.erl
@@ -353,9 +353,10 @@ handle_cast({gm_deaths, DeadGMPids},
   when node(MPid) =:= node() ->
     case rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:remove_from_queue(
            QueueName, MPid, DeadGMPids) of
-        {ok, MPid, DeadPids} ->
+        {ok, MPid, DeadPids, ExtraNodes} ->
             rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:report_deaths(MPid, true, QueueName,
                                                    DeadPids),
+            rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:add_mirrors(QueueName, ExtraNodes, async),
             noreply(State);
         {error, not_found} ->
             {stop, normal, State}
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_master.erl b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_master.erl
index aa1e1ab9ee..0c05729292 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_master.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_master.erl
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 -module(rabbit_mirror_queue_master).
 
 -export([init/3, terminate/2, delete_and_terminate/2,
-         purge/1, purge_acks/1, publish/5, publish_delivered/4,
-         discard/3, fetch/2, drop/2, ack/2, requeue/2, ackfold/4, fold/3,
+         purge/1, purge_acks/1, publish/6, publish_delivered/5,
+         discard/4, fetch/2, drop/2, ack/2, requeue/2, ackfold/4, fold/3,
          len/1, is_empty/1, depth/1, drain_confirmed/1,
          dropwhile/2, fetchwhile/4, set_ram_duration_target/2, ram_duration/1,
          needs_timeout/1, timeout/1, handle_pre_hibernate/1, resume/1,
@@ -230,37 +230,38 @@ purge(State = #state { gm                  = GM,
 
 purge_acks(_State) -> exit({not_implemented, {?MODULE, purge_acks}}).
 
-publish(Msg = #basic_message { id = MsgId }, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid,
+publish(Msg = #basic_message { id = MsgId }, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow,
         State = #state { gm                  = GM,
                          seen_status         = SS,
                          backing_queue       = BQ,
                          backing_queue_state = BQS }) ->
     false = dict:is_key(MsgId, SS), %% ASSERTION
-    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {publish, ChPid, MsgProps, Msg},
+    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {publish, ChPid, Flow, MsgProps, Msg},
                       rabbit_basic:msg_size(Msg)),
-    BQS1 = BQ:publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, BQS),
+    BQS1 = BQ:publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow, BQS),
     ensure_monitoring(ChPid, State #state { backing_queue_state = BQS1 }).
 
 publish_delivered(Msg = #basic_message { id = MsgId }, MsgProps,
-                  ChPid, State = #state { gm                  = GM,
-                                          seen_status         = SS,
-                                          backing_queue       = BQ,
-                                          backing_queue_state = BQS }) ->
+                  ChPid, Flow, State = #state { gm                  = GM,
+                                                seen_status         = SS,
+                                                backing_queue       = BQ,
+                                                backing_queue_state = BQS }) ->
     false = dict:is_key(MsgId, SS), %% ASSERTION
-    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {publish_delivered, ChPid, MsgProps, Msg},
+    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {publish_delivered, ChPid, Flow, MsgProps, Msg},
                       rabbit_basic:msg_size(Msg)),
-    {AckTag, BQS1} = BQ:publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, BQS),
+    {AckTag, BQS1} = BQ:publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow, BQS),
     State1 = State #state { backing_queue_state = BQS1 },
     {AckTag, ensure_monitoring(ChPid, State1)}.
 
-discard(MsgId, ChPid, State = #state { gm                  = GM,
-                                       backing_queue       = BQ,
-                                       backing_queue_state = BQS,
-                                       seen_status         = SS }) ->
+discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, State = #state { gm                  = GM,
+                                             backing_queue       = BQ,
+                                             backing_queue_state = BQS,
+                                             seen_status         = SS }) ->
     false = dict:is_key(MsgId, SS), %% ASSERTION
-    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {discard, ChPid, MsgId}),
-    ensure_monitoring(ChPid, State #state { backing_queue_state =
-                                                BQ:discard(MsgId, ChPid, BQS) }).
+    ok = gm:broadcast(GM, {discard, ChPid, Flow, MsgId}),
+    ensure_monitoring(ChPid,
+                      State #state { backing_queue_state =
+                                         BQ:discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, BQS) }).
 
 dropwhile(Pred, State = #state{backing_queue       = BQ,
                                backing_queue_state = BQS }) ->
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_misc.erl b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_misc.erl
index 826b6927a1..ce63f7af1d 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_misc.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_misc.erl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 -spec(remove_from_queue/3 ::
         (rabbit_amqqueue:name(), pid(), [pid()])
-        -> {'ok', pid(), [pid()]} | {'error', 'not_found'}).
+        -> {'ok', pid(), [pid()], [node()]} | {'error', 'not_found'}).
 -spec(on_node_up/0 :: () -> 'ok').
 -spec(add_mirrors/3 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name(), [node()], 'sync' | 'async')
                        -> 'ok').
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-%% Returns {ok, NewMPid, DeadPids}
+%% Returns {ok, NewMPid, DeadPids, ExtraNodes}
 remove_from_queue(QueueName, Self, DeadGMPids) ->
     rabbit_misc:execute_mnesia_transaction(
       fun () ->
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ remove_from_queue(QueueName, Self, DeadGMPids) ->
               %% get here.
               case mnesia:read({rabbit_queue, QueueName}) of
                   [] -> {error, not_found};
-                  [Q = #amqqueue { pid              = QPid,
-                                   slave_pids       = SPids,
-                                   gm_pids          = GMPids,
-                                   down_slave_nodes = DSNs}] ->
+                  [Q = #amqqueue { pid        = QPid,
+                                   slave_pids = SPids,
+                                   gm_pids    = GMPids }] ->
                       {DeadGM, AliveGM} = lists:partition(
                                             fun ({GM, _}) ->
                                                     lists:member(GM, DeadGMPids)
@@ -90,36 +89,35 @@ remove_from_queue(QueueName, Self, DeadGMPids) ->
                       AlivePids = [Pid || {_GM, Pid} <- AliveGM],
                       Alive     = [Pid || Pid <- [QPid | SPids],
                                           lists:member(Pid, AlivePids)],
-                      DSNs1     = [node(Pid) ||
-                                      Pid <- SPids,
-                                      not lists:member(Pid, AlivePids)] ++ DSNs,
                       {QPid1, SPids1} = promote_slave(Alive),
-                      case {{QPid, SPids}, {QPid1, SPids1}} of
-                          {Same, Same} ->
-                              ok;
-                          _ when QPid =:= QPid1 orelse QPid1 =:= Self ->
-                              %% Either master hasn't changed, so
-                              %% we're ok to update mnesia; or we have
-                              %% become the master.
-                              Q1 = Q#amqqueue{pid              = QPid1,
-                                              slave_pids       = SPids1,
-                                              gm_pids          = AliveGM,
-                                              down_slave_nodes = DSNs1},
-                              store_updated_slaves(Q1),
-                              %% If we add and remove nodes at the same time we
-                              %% might tell the old master we need to sync and
-                              %% then shut it down. So let's check if the new
-                              %% master needs to sync.
-                              maybe_auto_sync(Q1);
+                      Extra =
+                          case {{QPid, SPids}, {QPid1, SPids1}} of
+                              {Same, Same} ->
+                                  [];
+                              _ when QPid =:= QPid1 orelse QPid1 =:= Self ->
+                                  %% Either master hasn't changed, so
+                                  %% we're ok to update mnesia; or we have
+                                  %% become the master.
+                                  Q1 = Q#amqqueue{pid        = QPid1,
+                                                  slave_pids = SPids1,
+                                                  gm_pids    = AliveGM},
+                                  store_updated_slaves(Q1),
+                                  %% If we add and remove nodes at the
+                                  %% same time we might tell the old
+                                  %% master we need to sync and then
+                                  %% shut it down. So let's check if
+                                  %% the new master needs to sync.
+                                  maybe_auto_sync(Q1),
+                                  slaves_to_start_on_failure(Q1, DeadGMPids);
                           _ ->
-                              %% Master has changed, and we're not it.
-                              %% [1].
-                              Q1 = Q#amqqueue{slave_pids       = Alive,
-                                              gm_pids          = AliveGM,
-                                              down_slave_nodes = DSNs1},
-                              store_updated_slaves(Q1)
-                      end,
-                      {ok, QPid1, DeadPids}
+                                  %% Master has changed, and we're not it.
+                                  %% [1].
+                                  Q1 = Q#amqqueue{slave_pids = Alive,
+                                                  gm_pids    = AliveGM},
+                                  store_updated_slaves(Q1),
+                                  []
+                          end,
+                      {ok, QPid1, DeadPids, Extra}
               end
       end).
 %% [1] We still update mnesia here in case the slave that is supposed
@@ -145,6 +143,17 @@ remove_from_queue(QueueName, Self, DeadGMPids) ->
 %% aforementioned restriction on updating the master pid, that pid may
 %% not be present in gm_pids, but only if said master has died.
 
+%% Sometimes a slave dying means we need to start more on other
+%% nodes - "exactly" mode can cause this to happen.
+slaves_to_start_on_failure(Q, DeadGMPids) ->
+    %% In case Mnesia has not caught up yet, filter out nodes we know
+    %% to be dead..
+    ClusterNodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(running) --
+        [node(P) || P <- DeadGMPids],
+    {_, OldNodes, _} = actual_queue_nodes(Q),
+    {_, NewNodes} = suggested_queue_nodes(Q, ClusterNodes),
+    NewNodes -- OldNodes.
+
 on_node_up() ->
     QNames =
         rabbit_misc:execute_mnesia_transaction(
@@ -234,22 +243,39 @@ log(Level, QName, Fmt, Args) ->
     rabbit_log:log(mirroring, Level, "Mirrored ~s: " ++ Fmt,
                    [rabbit_misc:rs(QName) | Args]).
 
-store_updated_slaves(Q = #amqqueue{pid              = MPid,
-                                   slave_pids       = SPids,
-                                   sync_slave_pids  = SSPids,
-                                   down_slave_nodes = DSNs}) ->
+store_updated_slaves(Q = #amqqueue{slave_pids         = SPids,
+                                   sync_slave_pids    = SSPids,
+                                   recoverable_slaves = RS}) ->
     %% TODO now that we clear sync_slave_pids in rabbit_durable_queue,
     %% do we still need this filtering?
     SSPids1 = [SSPid || SSPid <- SSPids, lists:member(SSPid, SPids)],
-    DSNs1 = DSNs -- [node(P) || P <- [MPid | SPids]],
-    Q1 = Q#amqqueue{sync_slave_pids  = SSPids1,
-                    down_slave_nodes = DSNs1,
-                    state            = live},
+    Q1 = Q#amqqueue{sync_slave_pids    = SSPids1,
+                    recoverable_slaves = update_recoverable(SPids, RS),
+                    state              = live},
     ok = rabbit_amqqueue:store_queue(Q1),
     %% Wake it up so that we emit a stats event
     rabbit_amqqueue:notify_policy_changed(Q1),
     Q1.
 
+%% Recoverable nodes are those which we could promote if the whole
+%% cluster were to suddenly stop and we then lose the master; i.e. all
+%% nodes with running slaves, and all stopped nodes which had running
+%% slaves when they were up.
+%%
+%% Therefore we aim here to add new nodes with slaves, and remove
+%% running nodes without slaves, We also try to keep the order
+%% constant, and similar to the live SPids field (i.e. oldest
+%% first). That's not necessarily optimal if nodes spend a long time
+%% down, but we don't have a good way to predict what the optimal is
+%% in that case anyway, and we assume nodes will not just be down for
+%% a long time without being removed.
+update_recoverable(SPids, RS) ->
+    SNodes = [node(SPid) || SPid <- SPids],
+    RunningNodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(running),
+    AddNodes = SNodes -- RS,
+    DelNodes = RunningNodes -- SNodes, %% i.e. running with no slave
+    (RS -- DelNodes) ++ AddNodes.
+
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 promote_slave([SPid | SPids]) ->
@@ -344,6 +370,13 @@ update_mirrors0(OldQ = #amqqueue{name = QName},
     {NewMNode, NewSNodes}    = suggested_queue_nodes(NewQ),
     OldNodes = [OldMNode | OldSNodes],
     NewNodes = [NewMNode | NewSNodes],
+    %% When a mirror dies, remove_from_queue/2 might have to add new
+    %% slaves (in "exactly" mode). It will check mnesia to see which
+    %% slaves there currently are. If drop_mirror/2 is invoked first
+    %% then when we end up in remove_from_queue/2 it will not see the
+    %% slaves that add_mirror/2 will add, and also want to add them
+    %% (even though we are not responding to the death of a
+    %% mirror). Breakage ensues.
     add_mirrors (QName, NewNodes -- OldNodes, async),
     drop_mirrors(QName, OldNodes -- NewNodes),
     %% This is for the case where no extra nodes were added but we changed to
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_slave.erl b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_slave.erl
index c64e35599c..96515f5c35 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_slave.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_slave.erl
@@ -206,21 +206,28 @@ handle_call({gm_deaths, DeadGMPids}, From,
         {error, not_found} ->
             gen_server2:reply(From, ok),
             {stop, normal, State};
-        {ok, Pid, DeadPids} ->
+        {ok, Pid, DeadPids, ExtraNodes} ->
             rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:report_deaths(Self, false, QName,
                                                    DeadPids),
             case Pid of
                 MPid ->
                     %% master hasn't changed
                     gen_server2:reply(From, ok),
+                    rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:add_mirrors(
+                      QName, ExtraNodes, async),
                     noreply(State);
                 Self ->
                     %% we've become master
                     QueueState = promote_me(From, State),
+                    rabbit_mirror_queue_misc:add_mirrors(
+                      QName, ExtraNodes, async),
                     {become, rabbit_amqqueue_process, QueueState, hibernate};
                 _ ->
                     %% master has changed to not us
                     gen_server2:reply(From, ok),
+                    %% assertion, we don't need to add_mirrors/2 in this
+                    %% branch, see last clause in remove_from_queue/2
+                    [] = ExtraNodes,
                     %% Since GM is by nature lazy we need to make sure
                     %% there is some traffic when a master dies, to
                     %% make sure all slaves get informed of the
@@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ handle_cast({run_backing_queue, Mod, Fun}, State) ->
 handle_cast({gm, Instruction}, State) ->
     handle_process_result(process_instruction(Instruction, State));
 
-handle_cast({deliver, Delivery = #delivery{sender = Sender}, true, Flow},
+handle_cast({deliver, Delivery = #delivery{sender = Sender, flow = Flow}, true},
             State) ->
     %% Asynchronous, non-"mandatory", deliver mode.
     case Flow of
@@ -631,7 +638,7 @@ promote_me(From, #state { q                   = Q = #amqqueue { name = QName },
                         (_Msgid, _Status, MTC0) ->
                             MTC0
                     end, gb_trees:empty(), MS),
-    Deliveries = [Delivery#delivery{mandatory = false} || %% [0]
+    Deliveries = [promote_delivery(Delivery) ||
                    {_ChPid, {PubQ, _PendCh, _ChState}} <- dict:to_list(SQ),
                    Delivery <- queue:to_list(PubQ)],
     AwaitGmDown = [ChPid || {ChPid, {_, _, down_from_ch}} <- dict:to_list(SQ)],
@@ -643,8 +650,16 @@ promote_me(From, #state { q                   = Q = #amqqueue { name = QName },
       Q1, rabbit_mirror_queue_master, MasterState, RateTRef, Deliveries, KS1,
       MTC).
 
-%% [0] We reset mandatory to false here because we will have sent the
-%% mandatory_received already as soon as we got the message
+%% We reset mandatory to false here because we will have sent the
+%% mandatory_received already as soon as we got the message. We also
+%% need to send an ack for these messages since the channel is waiting
+%% for one for the via-GM case and we will not now receive one.
+promote_delivery(Delivery = #delivery{sender = Sender, flow = Flow}) ->
+    case Flow of
+        flow   -> credit_flow:ack(Sender);
+        noflow -> ok
+    end,
+    Delivery#delivery{mandatory = false}.
 
 noreply(State) ->
     {NewState, Timeout} = next_state(State),
@@ -826,24 +841,27 @@ publish_or_discard(Status, ChPid, MsgId,
     State1 #state { sender_queues = SQ1, msg_id_status = MS1 }.
 
 
-process_instruction({publish, ChPid, MsgProps,
+process_instruction({publish, ChPid, Flow, MsgProps,
                      Msg = #basic_message { id = MsgId }}, State) ->
+    maybe_flow_ack(ChPid, Flow),
     State1 = #state { backing_queue = BQ, backing_queue_state = BQS } =
         publish_or_discard(published, ChPid, MsgId, State),
-    BQS1 = BQ:publish(Msg, MsgProps, true, ChPid, BQS),
+    BQS1 = BQ:publish(Msg, MsgProps, true, ChPid, Flow, BQS),
     {ok, State1 #state { backing_queue_state = BQS1 }};
-process_instruction({publish_delivered, ChPid, MsgProps,
+process_instruction({publish_delivered, ChPid, Flow, MsgProps,
                      Msg = #basic_message { id = MsgId }}, State) ->
+    maybe_flow_ack(ChPid, Flow),
     State1 = #state { backing_queue = BQ, backing_queue_state = BQS } =
         publish_or_discard(published, ChPid, MsgId, State),
     true = BQ:is_empty(BQS),
-    {AckTag, BQS1} = BQ:publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, BQS),
+    {AckTag, BQS1} = BQ:publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow, BQS),
     {ok, maybe_store_ack(true, MsgId, AckTag,
                          State1 #state { backing_queue_state = BQS1 })};
-process_instruction({discard, ChPid, MsgId}, State) ->
+process_instruction({discard, ChPid, Flow, MsgId}, State) ->
+    maybe_flow_ack(ChPid, Flow),
     State1 = #state { backing_queue = BQ, backing_queue_state = BQS } =
         publish_or_discard(discarded, ChPid, MsgId, State),
-    BQS1 = BQ:discard(MsgId, ChPid, BQS),
+    BQS1 = BQ:discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, BQS),
     {ok, State1 #state { backing_queue_state = BQS1 }};
 process_instruction({drop, Length, Dropped, AckRequired},
                     State = #state { backing_queue       = BQ,
@@ -902,6 +920,9 @@ process_instruction({delete_and_terminate, Reason},
     BQ:delete_and_terminate(Reason, BQS),
     {stop, State #state { backing_queue_state = undefined }}.
 
+maybe_flow_ack(ChPid, flow)    -> credit_flow:ack(ChPid);
+maybe_flow_ack(_ChPid, noflow) -> ok.
+
 msg_ids_to_acktags(MsgIds, MA) ->
     {AckTags, MA1} =
         lists:foldl(
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_sync.erl b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_sync.erl
index ee1d210556..9a8d55f94b 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_sync.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mirror_queue_sync.erl
@@ -263,9 +263,10 @@ slave_sync_loop(Args = {Ref, MRef, Syncer, BQ, UpdateRamDuration, Parent},
             Props1 = Props#message_properties{needs_confirming = false},
             {MA1, BQS1} =
                 case Unacked of
-                    false -> {MA, BQ:publish(Msg, Props1, true, none, BQS)};
+                    false -> {MA,
+                              BQ:publish(Msg, Props1, true, none, noflow, BQS)};
                     true  -> {AckTag, BQS2} = BQ:publish_delivered(
-                                                Msg, Props1, none, BQS),
+                                                Msg, Props1, none, noflow, BQS),
                              {[{Msg#basic_message.id, AckTag} | MA], BQS2}
                 end,
             slave_sync_loop(Args, {MA1, TRef, BQS1});
diff --git a/src/rabbit_misc.erl b/src/rabbit_misc.erl
index 3e2c88ee34..5e9c7ceb40 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_misc.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_misc.erl
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 -export([format/2, format_many/1, format_stderr/2]).
 -export([unfold/2, ceil/1, queue_fold/3]).
 -export([sort_field_table/1]).
--export([pid_to_string/1, string_to_pid/1, node_to_fake_pid/1]).
+-export([pid_to_string/1, string_to_pid/1,
+         pid_change_node/2, node_to_fake_pid/1]).
 -export([version_compare/2, version_compare/3]).
 -export([version_minor_equivalent/2]).
 -export([dict_cons/3, orddict_cons/3, gb_trees_cons/3]).
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 -export([format_message_queue/2]).
 -export([append_rpc_all_nodes/4]).
 -export([os_cmd/1]).
+-export([is_os_process_alive/1]).
 -export([gb_sets_difference/2]).
 -export([version/0, otp_release/0, which_applications/0]).
 -export([sequence_error/1]).
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@
         (rabbit_framing:amqp_table()) -> rabbit_framing:amqp_table()).
 -spec(pid_to_string/1 :: (pid()) -> string()).
 -spec(string_to_pid/1 :: (string()) -> pid()).
+-spec(pid_change_node/2 :: (pid(), node()) -> pid()).
 -spec(node_to_fake_pid/1 :: (atom()) -> pid()).
 -spec(version_compare/2 :: (string(), string()) -> 'lt' | 'eq' | 'gt').
 -spec(version_compare/3 ::
@@ -230,6 +233,7 @@
 -spec(format_message_queue/2 :: (any(), priority_queue:q()) -> term()).
 -spec(append_rpc_all_nodes/4 :: ([node()], atom(), atom(), [any()]) -> [any()]).
 -spec(os_cmd/1 :: (string()) -> string()).
+-spec(is_os_process_alive/1 :: (non_neg_integer()) -> boolean()).
 -spec(gb_sets_difference/2 :: (gb_sets:set(), gb_sets:set()) -> gb_sets:set()).
 -spec(version/0 :: () -> string()).
 -spec(otp_release/0 :: () -> string()).
@@ -520,8 +524,12 @@ execute_mnesia_transaction(TxFun) ->
                                 Res = mnesia:sync_transaction(TxFun),
                                 DiskLogAfter  = mnesia_dumper:get_log_writes(),
                                 case DiskLogAfter == DiskLogBefore of
-                                    true  -> Res;
-                                    false -> {sync, Res}
+                                    true  -> file_handle_cache_stats:update(
+                                              mnesia_ram_tx),
+                                             Res;
+                                    false -> file_handle_cache_stats:update(
+                                              mnesia_disk_tx),
+                                             {sync, Res}
                                 end;
                        true  -> mnesia:sync_transaction(TxFun)
                    end
@@ -686,11 +694,7 @@ sort_field_table(Arguments) ->
 %% regardless of what node we are running on. The representation also
 %% permits easy identification of the pid's node.
 pid_to_string(Pid) when is_pid(Pid) ->
-    %% see http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html (8.10 and
-    %% 8.7)
-    <<131,103,100,NodeLen:16,NodeBin:NodeLen/binary,Id:32,Ser:32,Cre:8>>
-        = term_to_binary(Pid),
-    Node = binary_to_term(<<131,100,NodeLen:16,NodeBin:NodeLen/binary>>),
+    {Node, Cre, Id, Ser} = decompose_pid(Pid),
     format("<~s.~B.~B.~B>", [Node, Cre, Id, Ser]).
 
 %% inverse of above
@@ -701,17 +705,32 @@ string_to_pid(Str) ->
     case re:run(Str, "^<(.*)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)>\$",
                 [{capture,all_but_first,list}]) of
         {match, [NodeStr, CreStr, IdStr, SerStr]} ->
-            <<131,NodeEnc/binary>> = term_to_binary(list_to_atom(NodeStr)),
             [Cre, Id, Ser] = lists:map(fun list_to_integer/1,
                                        [CreStr, IdStr, SerStr]),
-            binary_to_term(<<131,103,NodeEnc/binary,Id:32,Ser:32,Cre:8>>);
+            compose_pid(list_to_atom(NodeStr), Cre, Id, Ser);
         nomatch ->
             throw(Err)
     end.
 
+pid_change_node(Pid, NewNode) ->
+    {_OldNode, Cre, Id, Ser} = decompose_pid(Pid),
+    compose_pid(NewNode, Cre, Id, Ser).
+
 %% node(node_to_fake_pid(Node)) =:= Node.
 node_to_fake_pid(Node) ->
-    string_to_pid(format("<~s.0.0.0>", [Node])).
+    compose_pid(Node, 0, 0, 0).
+
+decompose_pid(Pid) when is_pid(Pid) ->
+    %% see http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html (8.10 and
+    %% 8.7)
+    <<131,103,100,NodeLen:16,NodeBin:NodeLen/binary,Id:32,Ser:32,Cre:8>>
+        = term_to_binary(Pid),
+    Node = binary_to_term(<<131,100,NodeLen:16,NodeBin:NodeLen/binary>>),
+    {Node, Cre, Id, Ser}.
+
+compose_pid(Node, Cre, Id, Ser) ->
+    <<131,NodeEnc/binary>> = term_to_binary(Node),
+    binary_to_term(<<131,103,NodeEnc/binary,Id:32,Ser:32,Cre:8>>).
 
 version_compare(A, B, lte) ->
     case version_compare(A, B) of
@@ -915,6 +934,38 @@ os_cmd(Command) ->
             end
     end.
 
+is_os_process_alive(Pid) ->
+    with_os([{unix, fun () ->
+                            run_ps(Pid) =:= 0
+                    end},
+             {win32, fun () ->
+                             Cmd = "tasklist /nh /fi \"pid eq " ++ Pid ++ "\" ",
+                             Res = os_cmd(Cmd ++ "2>&1"),
+                             case re:run(Res, "erl\\.exe", [{capture, none}]) of
+                                 match -> true;
+                                 _     -> false
+                             end
+                     end}]).
+
+with_os(Handlers) ->
+    {OsFamily, _} = os:type(),
+    case proplists:get_value(OsFamily, Handlers) of
+        undefined -> throw({unsupported_os, OsFamily});
+        Handler   -> Handler()
+    end.
+
+run_ps(Pid) ->
+    Port = erlang:open_port({spawn, "ps -p " ++ Pid},
+                            [exit_status, {line, 16384},
+                             use_stdio, stderr_to_stdout]),
+    exit_loop(Port).
+
+exit_loop(Port) ->
+    receive
+        {Port, {exit_status, Rc}} -> Rc;
+        {Port, _}                 -> exit_loop(Port)
+    end.
+
 gb_sets_difference(S1, S2) ->
     gb_sets:fold(fun gb_sets:delete_any/2, S1, S2).
 
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl b/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
index 80fbcd6835..bde4221f0c 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
@@ -109,27 +109,33 @@ init() ->
     %% We intuitively expect the global name server to be synced when
     %% Mnesia is up. In fact that's not guaranteed to be the case -
     %% let's make it so.
-    ok = global:sync(),
+    ok = rabbit_node_monitor:global_sync(),
     ok.
 
 init_from_config() ->
+    FindBadNodeNames = fun
+        (Name, BadNames) when is_atom(Name) -> BadNames;
+        (Name, BadNames)                    -> [Name | BadNames]
+    end,
     {TryNodes, NodeType} =
         case application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_nodes) of
+            {ok, {Nodes, Type} = Config}
+            when is_list(Nodes) andalso (Type == disc orelse Type == ram) ->
+                case lists:foldr(FindBadNodeNames, [], Nodes) of
+                    []       -> Config;
+                    BadNames -> e({invalid_cluster_node_names, BadNames})
+                end;
+            {ok, {_, BadType}} when BadType /= disc andalso BadType /= ram ->
+                e({invalid_cluster_node_type, BadType});
             {ok, Nodes} when is_list(Nodes) ->
-                Config = {Nodes -- [node()], case lists:member(node(), Nodes) of
-                                                 true  -> disc;
-                                                 false -> ram
-                                             end},
-                rabbit_log:warning(
-                  "Converting legacy 'cluster_nodes' configuration~n    ~w~n"
-                  "to~n    ~w.~n~n"
-                  "Please update the configuration to the new format "
-                  "{Nodes, NodeType}, where Nodes contains the nodes that the "
-                  "node will try to cluster with, and NodeType is either "
-                  "'disc' or 'ram'~n", [Nodes, Config]),
-                Config;
-            {ok, Config} ->
-                Config
+                %% The legacy syntax (a nodes list without the node
+                %% type) is unsupported.
+                case lists:foldr(FindBadNodeNames, [], Nodes) of
+                    [] -> e(cluster_node_type_mandatory);
+                    _  -> e(invalid_cluster_nodes_conf)
+                end;
+            {ok, _} ->
+                e(invalid_cluster_nodes_conf)
         end,
     case TryNodes of
         [] -> init_db_and_upgrade([node()], disc, false);
@@ -850,6 +856,20 @@ nodes_excl_me(Nodes) -> Nodes -- [node()].
 
 e(Tag) -> throw({error, {Tag, error_description(Tag)}}).
 
+error_description({invalid_cluster_node_names, BadNames}) ->
+    "In the 'cluster_nodes' configuration key, the following node names "
+        "are invalid: " ++ lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~p", [BadNames]));
+error_description({invalid_cluster_node_type, BadType}) ->
+    "In the 'cluster_nodes' configuration key, the node type is invalid "
+        "(expected 'disc' or 'ram'): " ++
+        lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~p", [BadType]));
+error_description(cluster_node_type_mandatory) ->
+    "The 'cluster_nodes' configuration key must indicate the node type: "
+        "either {[...], disc} or {[...], ram}";
+error_description(invalid_cluster_nodes_conf) ->
+    "The 'cluster_nodes' configuration key is invalid, it must be of the "
+        "form {[Nodes], Type}, where Nodes is a list of node names and "
+        "Type is either 'disc' or 'ram'";
 error_description(clustering_only_disc_node) ->
     "You cannot cluster a node if it is the only disc node in its existing "
         " cluster. If new nodes joined while this node was offline, use "
diff --git a/src/rabbit_mnesia_rename.erl b/src/rabbit_mnesia_rename.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2787cb743c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rabbit_mnesia_rename.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+%% Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
+%% at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%
+%% The Original Code is RabbitMQ.
+%%
+%% The Initial Developer of the Original Code is GoPivotal, Inc.
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(rabbit_mnesia_rename).
+-include("rabbit.hrl").
+
+-export([rename/2]).
+-export([maybe_finish/1]).
+
+-define(CONVERT_TABLES, [schema, rabbit_durable_queue]).
+
+%% Supports renaming the nodes in the Mnesia database. In order to do
+%% this, we take a backup of the database, traverse the backup
+%% changing node names and pids as we go, then restore it.
+%%
+%% That's enough for a standalone node, for clusters the story is more
+%% complex. We can take pairs of nodes From and To, but backing up and
+%% restoring the database changes schema cookies, so if we just do
+%% this on all nodes the cluster will refuse to re-form with
+%% "Incompatible schema cookies.". Therefore we do something similar
+%% to what we do for upgrades - the first node in the cluster to
+%% restart becomes the authority, and other nodes wipe their own
+%% Mnesia state and rejoin. They also need to tell Mnesia the old node
+%% is not coming back.
+%%
+%% If we are renaming nodes one at a time then the running cluster
+%% might not be aware that a rename has taken place, so after we wipe
+%% and rejoin we then update any tables (in practice just
+%% rabbit_durable_queue) which should be aware that we have changed.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-ifdef(use_specs).
+
+-spec(rename/2 :: (node(), [{node(), node()}]) -> 'ok').
+-spec(maybe_finish/1 :: ([node()]) -> 'ok').
+
+-endif.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rename(Node, NodeMapList) ->
+    try
+        %% Check everything is correct and figure out what we are
+        %% changing from and to.
+        {FromNode, ToNode, NodeMap} = prepare(Node, NodeMapList),
+
+        %% We backup and restore Mnesia even if other nodes are
+        %% running at the time, and defer the final decision about
+        %% whether to use our mutated copy or rejoin the cluster until
+        %% we restart. That means we might be mutating our copy of the
+        %% database while the cluster is running. *Do not* contact the
+        %% cluster while this is happening, we are likely to get
+        %% confused.
+        application:set_env(kernel, dist_auto_connect, never),
+
+        %% Take a copy we can restore from if we abandon the
+        %% rename. We don't restore from the "backup" since restoring
+        %% that changes schema cookies and might stop us rejoining the
+        %% cluster.
+        ok = rabbit_mnesia:copy_db(mnesia_copy_dir()),
+
+        %% And make the actual changes
+        rabbit_control_main:become(FromNode),
+        take_backup(before_backup_name()),
+        convert_backup(NodeMap, before_backup_name(), after_backup_name()),
+        ok = rabbit_file:write_term_file(rename_config_name(),
+                                         [{FromNode, ToNode}]),
+        convert_config_files(NodeMap),
+        rabbit_control_main:become(ToNode),
+        restore_backup(after_backup_name()),
+        ok
+    after
+        stop_mnesia()
+    end.
+
+prepare(Node, NodeMapList) ->
+    %% If we have a previous rename and haven't started since, give up.
+    case rabbit_file:is_dir(dir()) of
+        true  -> exit({rename_in_progress,
+                       "Restart node under old name to roll back"});
+        false -> ok = rabbit_file:ensure_dir(mnesia_copy_dir())
+    end,
+
+    %% Check we don't have two nodes mapped to the same node
+    {FromNodes, ToNodes} = lists:unzip(NodeMapList),
+    case length(FromNodes) - length(lists:usort(ToNodes)) of
+        0 -> ok;
+        _ -> exit({duplicate_node, ToNodes})
+    end,
+
+    %% Figure out which node we are before and after the change
+    FromNode = case [From || {From, To} <- NodeMapList,
+                             To =:= Node] of
+                   [N] -> N;
+                   []  -> Node
+               end,
+    NodeMap = dict:from_list(NodeMapList),
+    ToNode = case dict:find(FromNode, NodeMap) of
+                 {ok, N2} -> N2;
+                 error    -> FromNode
+             end,
+
+    %% Check that we are in the cluster, all old nodes are in the
+    %% cluster, and no new nodes are.
+    Nodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
+    case {FromNodes -- Nodes, ToNodes -- (ToNodes -- Nodes),
+          lists:member(Node, Nodes ++ ToNodes)} of
+        {[], [], true}  -> ok;
+        {[], [], false} -> exit({i_am_not_involved,        Node});
+        {F,  [], _}     -> exit({nodes_not_in_cluster,     F});
+        {_,  T,  _}     -> exit({nodes_already_in_cluster, T})
+    end,
+    {FromNode, ToNode, NodeMap}.
+
+take_backup(Backup) ->
+    start_mnesia(),
+    ok = mnesia:backup(Backup),
+    stop_mnesia().
+
+restore_backup(Backup) ->
+    ok = mnesia:install_fallback(Backup, [{scope, local}]),
+    start_mnesia(),
+    stop_mnesia(),
+    rabbit_mnesia:force_load_next_boot().
+
+maybe_finish(AllNodes) ->
+    case rabbit_file:read_term_file(rename_config_name()) of
+        {ok, [{FromNode, ToNode}]} -> finish(FromNode, ToNode, AllNodes);
+        _                          -> ok
+    end.
+
+finish(FromNode, ToNode, AllNodes) ->
+    case node() of
+        ToNode ->
+            case rabbit_upgrade:nodes_running(AllNodes) of
+                [] -> finish_primary(FromNode, ToNode);
+                _  -> finish_secondary(FromNode, ToNode, AllNodes)
+            end;
+        FromNode ->
+            rabbit_log:info(
+              "Abandoning rename from ~s to ~s since we are still ~s~n",
+              [FromNode, ToNode, FromNode]),
+            [{ok, _} = file:copy(backup_of_conf(F), F) || F <- config_files()],
+            ok = rabbit_file:recursive_delete([rabbit_mnesia:dir()]),
+            ok = rabbit_file:recursive_copy(
+                   mnesia_copy_dir(), rabbit_mnesia:dir()),
+            delete_rename_files();
+        _ ->
+            %% Boot will almost certainly fail but we might as
+            %% well just log this
+            rabbit_log:info(
+              "Rename attempted from ~s to ~s but we are ~s - ignoring.~n",
+              [FromNode, ToNode, node()])
+    end.
+
+finish_primary(FromNode, ToNode) ->
+    rabbit_log:info("Restarting as primary after rename from ~s to ~s~n",
+                    [FromNode, ToNode]),
+    delete_rename_files(),
+    ok.
+
+finish_secondary(FromNode, ToNode, AllNodes) ->
+    rabbit_log:info("Restarting as secondary after rename from ~s to ~s~n",
+                    [FromNode, ToNode]),
+    rabbit_upgrade:secondary_upgrade(AllNodes),
+    rename_in_running_mnesia(FromNode, ToNode),
+    delete_rename_files(),
+    ok.
+
+dir()                -> rabbit_mnesia:dir() ++ "-rename".
+before_backup_name() -> dir() ++ "/backup-before".
+after_backup_name()  -> dir() ++ "/backup-after".
+rename_config_name() -> dir() ++ "/pending.config".
+mnesia_copy_dir()    -> dir() ++ "/mnesia-copy".
+
+delete_rename_files() -> ok = rabbit_file:recursive_delete([dir()]).
+
+start_mnesia() -> rabbit_misc:ensure_ok(mnesia:start(), cannot_start_mnesia),
+                  rabbit_table:force_load(),
+                  rabbit_table:wait_for_replicated().
+stop_mnesia()  -> stopped = mnesia:stop().
+
+convert_backup(NodeMap, FromBackup, ToBackup) ->
+    mnesia:traverse_backup(
+      FromBackup, ToBackup,
+      fun
+          (Row, Acc) ->
+              case lists:member(element(1, Row), ?CONVERT_TABLES) of
+                  true  -> {[update_term(NodeMap, Row)], Acc};
+                  false -> {[Row], Acc}
+              end
+      end, switched).
+
+config_files() ->
+    [rabbit_node_monitor:running_nodes_filename(),
+     rabbit_node_monitor:cluster_status_filename()].
+
+backup_of_conf(Path) ->
+    filename:join([dir(), filename:basename(Path)]).
+
+convert_config_files(NodeMap) ->
+    [convert_config_file(NodeMap, Path) || Path <- config_files()].
+
+convert_config_file(NodeMap, Path) ->
+    {ok, Term} = rabbit_file:read_term_file(Path),
+    {ok, _} = file:copy(Path, backup_of_conf(Path)),
+    ok = rabbit_file:write_term_file(Path, update_term(NodeMap, Term)).
+
+lookup_node(OldNode, NodeMap) ->
+    case dict:find(OldNode, NodeMap) of
+        {ok, NewNode} -> NewNode;
+        error         -> OldNode
+    end.
+
+mini_map(FromNode, ToNode) -> dict:from_list([{FromNode, ToNode}]).
+
+update_term(NodeMap, L) when is_list(L) ->
+    [update_term(NodeMap, I) || I <- L];
+update_term(NodeMap, T) when is_tuple(T) ->
+    list_to_tuple(update_term(NodeMap, tuple_to_list(T)));
+update_term(NodeMap, Node) when is_atom(Node) ->
+    lookup_node(Node, NodeMap);
+update_term(NodeMap, Pid) when is_pid(Pid) ->
+    rabbit_misc:pid_change_node(Pid, lookup_node(node(Pid), NodeMap));
+update_term(_NodeMap, Term) ->
+    Term.
+
+rename_in_running_mnesia(FromNode, ToNode) ->
+    All = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
+    Running = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(running),
+    case {lists:member(FromNode, Running), lists:member(ToNode, All)} of
+        {false, true}  -> ok;
+        {true,  _}     -> exit({old_node_running,        FromNode});
+        {_,     false} -> exit({new_node_not_in_cluster, ToNode})
+    end,
+    {atomic, ok} = mnesia:del_table_copy(schema, FromNode),
+    Map = mini_map(FromNode, ToNode),
+    {atomic, _} = transform_table(rabbit_durable_queue, Map),
+    ok.
+
+transform_table(Table, Map) ->
+    mnesia:sync_transaction(
+      fun () ->
+              mnesia:lock({table, Table}, write),
+              transform_table(Table, Map, mnesia:first(Table))
+      end).
+
+transform_table(_Table, _Map, '$end_of_table') ->
+    ok;
+transform_table(Table, Map, Key) ->
+    [Term] = mnesia:read(Table, Key, write),
+    ok = mnesia:write(Table, update_term(Map, Term), write),
+    transform_table(Table, Map, mnesia:next(Table, Key)).
diff --git a/src/rabbit_msg_store.erl b/src/rabbit_msg_store.erl
index b829ae9476..9e3dd1e7c4 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_msg_store.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_msg_store.erl
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ write(MsgId, Msg, CState) -> client_write(MsgId, Msg, noflow, CState).
 
 read(MsgId,
      CState = #client_msstate { cur_file_cache_ets = CurFileCacheEts }) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(msg_store_read),
     %% Check the cur file cache
     case ets:lookup(CurFileCacheEts, MsgId) of
         [] ->
@@ -507,6 +508,7 @@ server_cast(#client_msstate { server = Server }, Msg) ->
 client_write(MsgId, Msg, Flow,
              CState = #client_msstate { cur_file_cache_ets = CurFileCacheEts,
                                         client_ref         = CRef }) ->
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(msg_store_write),
     ok = client_update_flying(+1, MsgId, CState),
     ok = update_msg_cache(CurFileCacheEts, MsgId, Msg),
     ok = server_cast(CState, {write, CRef, MsgId, Flow}).
@@ -1299,7 +1301,8 @@ should_mask_action(CRef, MsgId,
 
 open_file(Dir, FileName, Mode) ->
     file_handle_cache:open(form_filename(Dir, FileName), ?BINARY_MODE ++ Mode,
-                           [{write_buffer, ?HANDLE_CACHE_BUFFER_SIZE}]).
+                           [{write_buffer, ?HANDLE_CACHE_BUFFER_SIZE},
+                            {read_buffer,  ?HANDLE_CACHE_BUFFER_SIZE}]).
 
 close_handle(Key, CState = #client_msstate { file_handle_cache = FHC }) ->
     CState #client_msstate { file_handle_cache = close_handle(Key, FHC) };
diff --git a/src/rabbit_networking.erl b/src/rabbit_networking.erl
index 1a2883748f..f5deaef388 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_networking.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_networking.erl
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ node_listeners(Node) ->
     mnesia:dirty_read(rabbit_listener, Node).
 
 on_node_down(Node) ->
-    ok = mnesia:dirty_delete(rabbit_listener, Node).
+    case lists:member(Node, nodes()) of
+        false -> ok = mnesia:dirty_delete(rabbit_listener, Node);
+        true  -> rabbit_log:info(
+                   "Keep ~s listeners: the node is already back~n", [Node])
+    end.
 
 start_client(Sock, SockTransform) ->
     {ok, _Child, Reader} = supervisor:start_child(rabbit_tcp_client_sup, []),
diff --git a/src/rabbit_node_monitor.erl b/src/rabbit_node_monitor.erl
index 2fab29996b..0f00e66e55 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_node_monitor.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_node_monitor.erl
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
          update_cluster_status/0, reset_cluster_status/0]).
 -export([notify_node_up/0, notify_joined_cluster/0, notify_left_cluster/1]).
 -export([partitions/0, partitions/1, status/1, subscribe/1]).
--export([pause_minority_guard/0]).
+-export([pause_partition_guard/0]).
+-export([global_sync/0]).
 
 %% gen_server callbacks
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2, terminate/2,
          code_change/3]).
 
  %% Utils
--export([all_rabbit_nodes_up/0, run_outside_applications/1, ping_all/0,
+-export([all_rabbit_nodes_up/0, run_outside_applications/2, ping_all/0,
          alive_nodes/1, alive_rabbit_nodes/1]).
 
 -define(SERVER, ?MODULE).
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@
 -spec(partitions/1 :: ([node()]) -> [{node(), [node()]}]).
 -spec(status/1 :: ([node()]) -> {[{node(), [node()]}], [node()]}).
 -spec(subscribe/1 :: (pid()) -> 'ok').
--spec(pause_minority_guard/0 :: () -> 'ok' | 'pausing').
+-spec(pause_partition_guard/0 :: () -> 'ok' | 'pausing').
 
 -spec(all_rabbit_nodes_up/0 :: () -> boolean()).
--spec(run_outside_applications/1 :: (fun (() -> any())) -> pid()).
+-spec(run_outside_applications/2 :: (fun (() -> any()), boolean()) -> pid()).
 -spec(ping_all/0 :: () -> 'ok').
 -spec(alive_nodes/1 :: ([node()]) -> [node()]).
 -spec(alive_rabbit_nodes/1 :: ([node()]) -> [node()]).
@@ -194,34 +195,43 @@ subscribe(Pid) ->
     gen_server:cast(?SERVER, {subscribe, Pid}).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-%% pause_minority safety
+%% pause_minority/pause_if_all_down safety
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %% If we are in a minority and pause_minority mode then a) we are
 %% going to shut down imminently and b) we should not confirm anything
 %% until then, since anything we confirm is likely to be lost.
 %%
-%% We could confirm something by having an HA queue see the minority
+%% The same principles apply to a node which isn't part of the preferred
+%% partition when we are in pause_if_all_down mode.
+%%
+%% We could confirm something by having an HA queue see the pausing
 %% state (and fail over into it) before the node monitor stops us, or
 %% by using unmirrored queues and just having them vanish (and
 %% confiming messages as thrown away).
 %%
 %% So we have channels call in here before issuing confirms, to do a
-%% lightweight check that we have not entered a minority state.
+%% lightweight check that we have not entered a pausing state.
 
-pause_minority_guard() ->
-    case get(pause_minority_guard) of
-        not_minority_mode ->
+pause_partition_guard() ->
+    case get(pause_partition_guard) of
+        not_pause_mode ->
             ok;
         undefined ->
             {ok, M} = application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_partition_handling),
             case M of
-                pause_minority -> pause_minority_guard([], ok);
-                _              -> put(pause_minority_guard, not_minority_mode),
-                                  ok
+                pause_minority ->
+                    pause_minority_guard([], ok);
+                {pause_if_all_down, PreferredNodes, _} ->
+                    pause_if_all_down_guard(PreferredNodes, [], ok);
+                _ ->
+                    put(pause_partition_guard, not_pause_mode),
+                    ok
             end;
         {minority_mode, Nodes, LastState} ->
-            pause_minority_guard(Nodes, LastState)
+            pause_minority_guard(Nodes, LastState);
+        {pause_if_all_down_mode, PreferredNodes, Nodes, LastState} ->
+            pause_if_all_down_guard(PreferredNodes, Nodes, LastState)
     end.
 
 pause_minority_guard(LastNodes, LastState) ->
@@ -231,11 +241,89 @@ pause_minority_guard(LastNodes, LastState) ->
                                     false -> pausing;
                                     true  -> ok
                                 end,
-                     put(pause_minority_guard,
+                     put(pause_partition_guard,
                          {minority_mode, nodes(), NewState}),
                      NewState
     end.
 
+pause_if_all_down_guard(PreferredNodes, LastNodes, LastState) ->
+    case nodes() of
+        LastNodes -> LastState;
+        _         -> NewState = case in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes) of
+                                    false -> pausing;
+                                    true  -> ok
+                                end,
+                     put(pause_partition_guard,
+                         {pause_if_all_down_mode, PreferredNodes, nodes(),
+                          NewState}),
+                     NewState
+    end.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% "global" hang workaround.
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+%% This code works around a possible inconsistency in the "global"
+%% state, causing global:sync/0 to never return.
+%%
+%%     1. A process is spawned.
+%%     2. If after 15", global:sync() didn't return, the "global"
+%%        state is parsed.
+%%     3. If it detects that a sync is blocked for more than 10",
+%%        the process sends fake nodedown/nodeup events to the two
+%%        nodes involved (one local, one remote).
+%%     4. Both "global" instances restart their synchronisation.
+%%     5. globao:sync() finally returns.
+%%
+%% FIXME: Remove this workaround, once we got rid of the change to
+%% "dist_auto_connect" and fixed the bugs uncovered.
+
+global_sync() ->
+    Pid = spawn(fun workaround_global_hang/0),
+    ok = global:sync(),
+    Pid ! global_sync_done,
+    ok.
+
+workaround_global_hang() ->
+    receive
+        global_sync_done ->
+            ok
+    after 15000 ->
+            find_blocked_global_peers()
+    end.
+
+find_blocked_global_peers() ->
+    {status, _, _, [Dict | _]} = sys:get_status(global_name_server),
+    find_blocked_global_peers1(Dict).
+
+find_blocked_global_peers1([{{sync_tag_his, Peer}, Timestamp} | Rest]) ->
+    Diff = timer:now_diff(erlang:now(), Timestamp),
+    if
+        Diff >= 10000 -> unblock_global_peer(Peer);
+        true          -> ok
+    end,
+    find_blocked_global_peers1(Rest);
+find_blocked_global_peers1([_ | Rest]) ->
+    find_blocked_global_peers1(Rest);
+find_blocked_global_peers1([]) ->
+    ok.
+
+unblock_global_peer(PeerNode) ->
+    ThisNode = node(),
+    PeerState = rpc:call(PeerNode, sys, get_status, [global_name_server]),
+    error_logger:info_msg(
+      "Global hang workaround: global state on ~s seems broken~n"
+      " * Peer global state:  ~p~n"
+      " * Local global state: ~p~n"
+      "Faking nodedown/nodeup between ~s and ~s~n",
+      [PeerNode, PeerState, sys:get_status(global_name_server),
+       PeerNode, ThisNode]),
+    {global_name_server, ThisNode} ! {nodedown, PeerNode},
+    {global_name_server, PeerNode} ! {nodedown, ThisNode},
+    {global_name_server, ThisNode} ! {nodeup, PeerNode},
+    {global_name_server, PeerNode} ! {nodeup, ThisNode},
+    ok.
+
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% gen_server callbacks
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -291,8 +379,9 @@ handle_cast(notify_node_up, State = #state{guid = GUID}) ->
 %% 'check_partial_partition' to all the nodes it still thinks are
 %% alive. If any of those (intermediate) nodes still see the "down"
 %% node as up, they inform it that this has happened. The original
-%% node (in 'ignore' or 'autoheal' mode) will then disconnect from the
-%% intermediate node to "upgrade" to a full partition.
+%% node (in 'ignore', 'pause_if_all_down' or 'autoheal' mode) will then
+%% disconnect from the intermediate node to "upgrade" to a full
+%% partition.
 %%
 %% In pause_minority mode it will instead immediately pause until all
 %% nodes come back. This is because the contract for pause_minority is
@@ -357,12 +446,22 @@ handle_cast({partial_partition, NotReallyDown, Proxy, MyGUID},
               ArgsBase),
             await_cluster_recovery(fun all_nodes_up/0),
             {noreply, State};
+        {ok, {pause_if_all_down, PreferredNodes, _}} ->
+            case in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes) of
+                true  -> rabbit_log:error(
+                           FmtBase ++ "We will therefore intentionally "
+                           "disconnect from ~s~n", ArgsBase ++ [Proxy]),
+                         upgrade_to_full_partition(Proxy);
+                false -> rabbit_log:info(
+                           FmtBase ++ "We are about to pause, no need "
+                           "for further actions~n", ArgsBase)
+            end,
+            {noreply, State};
         {ok, _} ->
             rabbit_log:error(
               FmtBase ++ "We will therefore intentionally disconnect from ~s~n",
               ArgsBase ++ [Proxy]),
-            cast(Proxy, {partial_partition_disconnect, node()}),
-            disconnect(Proxy),
+            upgrade_to_full_partition(Proxy),
             {noreply, State}
     end;
 
@@ -527,17 +626,29 @@ handle_dead_node(Node, State = #state{autoheal = Autoheal}) ->
     %% that we can respond in the same way to "rabbitmqctl stop_app"
     %% and "rabbitmqctl stop" as much as possible.
     %%
-    %% However, for pause_minority mode we can't do this, since we
-    %% depend on looking at whether other nodes are up to decide
-    %% whether to come back up ourselves - if we decide that based on
-    %% the rabbit application we would go down and never come back.
+    %% However, for pause_minority and pause_if_all_down modes we can't do
+    %% this, since we depend on looking at whether other nodes are up
+    %% to decide whether to come back up ourselves - if we decide that
+    %% based on the rabbit application we would go down and never come
+    %% back.
     case application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_partition_handling) of
         {ok, pause_minority} ->
-            case majority() of
+            case majority([Node]) of
                 true  -> ok;
                 false -> await_cluster_recovery(fun majority/0)
             end,
             State;
+        {ok, {pause_if_all_down, PreferredNodes, HowToRecover}} ->
+            case in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes, [Node]) of
+                true  -> ok;
+                false -> await_cluster_recovery(
+                           fun in_preferred_partition/0)
+            end,
+            case HowToRecover of
+                autoheal -> State#state{autoheal =
+                              rabbit_autoheal:node_down(Node, Autoheal)};
+                _        -> State
+            end;
         {ok, ignore} ->
             State;
         {ok, autoheal} ->
@@ -549,35 +660,56 @@ handle_dead_node(Node, State = #state{autoheal = Autoheal}) ->
     end.
 
 await_cluster_recovery(Condition) ->
-    rabbit_log:warning("Cluster minority status detected - awaiting recovery~n",
-                       []),
+    rabbit_log:warning("Cluster minority/secondary status detected - "
+                       "awaiting recovery~n", []),
     run_outside_applications(fun () ->
                                      rabbit:stop(),
                                      wait_for_cluster_recovery(Condition)
-                             end),
+                             end, false),
     ok.
 
-run_outside_applications(Fun) ->
+run_outside_applications(Fun, WaitForExistingProcess) ->
     spawn(fun () ->
                   %% If our group leader is inside an application we are about
                   %% to stop, application:stop/1 does not return.
                   group_leader(whereis(init), self()),
-                  %% Ensure only one such process at a time, the
-                  %% exit(badarg) is harmless if one is already running
-                  try register(rabbit_outside_app_process, self()) of
-                      true ->
-                          try
-                              Fun()
-                          catch _:E ->
-                                  rabbit_log:error(
-                                    "rabbit_outside_app_process:~n~p~n~p~n",
-                                    [E, erlang:get_stacktrace()])
-                          end
-                  catch error:badarg ->
-                          ok
-                  end
+                  register_outside_app_process(Fun, WaitForExistingProcess)
           end).
 
+register_outside_app_process(Fun, WaitForExistingProcess) ->
+    %% Ensure only one such process at a time, the exit(badarg) is
+    %% harmless if one is already running.
+    %%
+    %% If WaitForExistingProcess is false, the given fun is simply not
+    %% executed at all and the process exits.
+    %%
+    %% If WaitForExistingProcess is true, we wait for the end of the
+    %% currently running process before executing the given function.
+    try register(rabbit_outside_app_process, self()) of
+        true ->
+            do_run_outside_app_fun(Fun)
+    catch
+        error:badarg when WaitForExistingProcess ->
+            MRef = erlang:monitor(process, rabbit_outside_app_process),
+            receive
+                {'DOWN', MRef, _, _, _} ->
+                    %% The existing process exited, let's try to
+                    %% register again.
+                    register_outside_app_process(Fun, WaitForExistingProcess)
+            end;
+        error:badarg ->
+            ok
+    end.
+
+do_run_outside_app_fun(Fun) ->
+    try
+        Fun()
+    catch _:E ->
+            rabbit_log:error(
+              "rabbit_outside_app_process:~n~p~n~p~n",
+              [E, erlang:get_stacktrace()])
+    end.
+
 wait_for_cluster_recovery(Condition) ->
     ping_all(),
     case Condition() of
@@ -600,7 +732,9 @@ handle_dead_rabbit(Node, State = #state{partitions = Partitions,
     %% that we do not attempt to deal with individual (other) partitions
     %% going away. It's only safe to forget anything about partitions when
     %% there are no partitions.
-    Partitions1 = case Partitions -- (Partitions -- alive_rabbit_nodes()) of
+    Down = Partitions -- alive_rabbit_nodes(),
+    NoLongerPartitioned = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(running),
+    Partitions1 = case Partitions -- Down -- NoLongerPartitioned of
                       [] -> [];
                       _  -> Partitions
                   end,
@@ -661,6 +795,10 @@ del_node(Node, Nodes) -> Nodes -- [Node].
 
 cast(Node, Msg) -> gen_server:cast({?SERVER, Node}, Msg).
 
+upgrade_to_full_partition(Proxy) ->
+    cast(Proxy, {partial_partition_disconnect, node()}),
+    disconnect(Proxy).
+
 %% When we call this, it's because we want to force Mnesia to detect a
 %% partition. But if we just disconnect_node/1 then Mnesia won't
 %% detect a very short partition. So we want to force a slightly
@@ -683,14 +821,32 @@ disconnect(Node) ->
 %% here. "rabbit" in a function's name implies we test if the rabbit
 %% application is up, not just the node.
 
-%% As we use these functions to decide what to do in pause_minority
-%% state, they *must* be fast, even in the case where TCP connections
-%% are timing out. So that means we should be careful about whether we
-%% connect to nodes which are currently disconnected.
+%% As we use these functions to decide what to do in pause_minority or
+%% pause_if_all_down states, they *must* be fast, even in the case where
+%% TCP connections are timing out. So that means we should be careful
+%% about whether we connect to nodes which are currently disconnected.
 
 majority() ->
+    majority([]).
+
+majority(NodesDown) ->
+    Nodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
+    AliveNodes = alive_nodes(Nodes) -- NodesDown,
+    length(AliveNodes) / length(Nodes) > 0.5.
+
+in_preferred_partition() ->
+    {ok, {pause_if_all_down, PreferredNodes, _}} =
+        application:get_env(rabbit, cluster_partition_handling),
+    in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes).
+
+in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes) ->
+    in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes, []).
+
+in_preferred_partition(PreferredNodes, NodesDown) ->
     Nodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
-    length(alive_nodes(Nodes)) / length(Nodes) > 0.5.
+    RealPreferredNodes = [N || N <- PreferredNodes, lists:member(N, Nodes)],
+    AliveNodes = alive_nodes(RealPreferredNodes) -- NodesDown,
+    RealPreferredNodes =:= [] orelse AliveNodes =/= [].
 
 all_nodes_up() ->
     Nodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
diff --git a/src/rabbit_nodes.erl b/src/rabbit_nodes.erl
index 7f7fcc3126..bbe0d35719 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_nodes.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_nodes.erl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 -export([names/1, diagnostics/1, make/1, parts/1, cookie_hash/0,
          is_running/2, is_process_running/2,
-         cluster_name/0, set_cluster_name/1]).
+         cluster_name/0, set_cluster_name/1, ensure_epmd/0]).
 
 -include_lib("kernel/include/inet.hrl").
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 -spec(is_process_running/2 :: (node(), atom()) -> boolean()).
 -spec(cluster_name/0 :: () -> binary()).
 -spec(set_cluster_name/1 :: (binary()) -> 'ok').
+-spec(ensure_epmd/0 :: () -> 'ok').
 
 -endif.
 
@@ -197,3 +198,19 @@ cluster_name_default() ->
 
 set_cluster_name(Name) ->
     rabbit_runtime_parameters:set_global(cluster_name, Name).
+
+ensure_epmd() ->
+    {ok, Prog} = init:get_argument(progname),
+    ID = random:uniform(1000000000),
+    Port = open_port(
+             {spawn_executable, os:find_executable(Prog)},
+             [{args, ["-sname", rabbit_misc:format("epmd-starter-~b", [ID]),
+                      "-noshell", "-eval", "halt()."]},
+              exit_status, stderr_to_stdout, use_stdio]),
+    port_shutdown_loop(Port).
+
+port_shutdown_loop(Port) ->
+    receive
+        {Port, {exit_status, _Rc}} -> ok;
+        {Port, _}                  -> port_shutdown_loop(Port)
+    end.
diff --git a/src/rabbit_priority_queue.erl b/src/rabbit_priority_queue.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d9522f613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rabbit_priority_queue.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,574 @@
+%%  The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+%%  Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%%  compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License
+%%  at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+%%
+%%  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%%  basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%%  the License for the specific language governing rights and
+%%  limitations under the License.
+%%
+%%  The Original Code is RabbitMQ.
+%%
+%%  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is GoPivotal, Inc.
+%%  Copyright (c) 2014 GoPivotal, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(rabbit_priority_queue).
+
+-include_lib("rabbit.hrl").
+-include_lib("rabbit_framing.hrl").
+-behaviour(rabbit_backing_queue).
+
+%% enabled unconditionally. Disabling priority queueing after
+%% it has been enabled is dangerous.
+-rabbit_boot_step({?MODULE,
+                   [{description, "enable priority queue"},
+                    {mfa,         {?MODULE, enable, []}},
+                    {requires,    pre_boot},
+                    {enables,     kernel_ready}]}).
+
+-export([enable/0]).
+
+-export([start/1, stop/0]).
+
+-export([init/3, terminate/2, delete_and_terminate/2, delete_crashed/1,
+         purge/1, purge_acks/1,
+         publish/6, publish_delivered/5, discard/4, drain_confirmed/1,
+         dropwhile/2, fetchwhile/4, fetch/2, drop/2, ack/2, requeue/2,
+         ackfold/4, fold/3, len/1, is_empty/1, depth/1,
+         set_ram_duration_target/2, ram_duration/1, needs_timeout/1, timeout/1,
+         handle_pre_hibernate/1, resume/1, msg_rates/1,
+         info/2, invoke/3, is_duplicate/2]).
+
+-record(state, {bq, bqss}).
+-record(passthrough, {bq, bqs}).
+
+%% See 'note on suffixes' below
+-define(passthrough1(F), State#passthrough{bqs = BQ:F}).
+-define(passthrough2(F),
+        {Res, BQS1} = BQ:F, {Res, State#passthrough{bqs = BQS1}}).
+-define(passthrough3(F),
+        {Res1, Res2, BQS1} = BQ:F, {Res1, Res2, State#passthrough{bqs = BQS1}}).
+
+%% This module adds suport for priority queues.
+%%
+%% Priority queues have one backing queue per priority. Backing queue functions
+%% then produce a list of results for each BQ and fold over them, sorting
+%% by priority.
+%%
+%%For queues that do not
+%% have priorities enabled, the functions in this module delegate to
+%% their "regular" backing queue module counterparts. See the `passthrough`
+%% record and passthrough{1,2,3} macros.
+%%
+%% Delivery to consumers happens by first "running" the queue with
+%% the highest priority until there are no more messages to deliver,
+%% then the next one, and so on. This offers good prioritisation
+%% but may result in lower priority messages not being delivered
+%% when there's a high ingress rate of messages with higher priority.
+
+enable() ->
+    {ok, RealBQ} = application:get_env(rabbit, backing_queue_module),
+    case RealBQ of
+        ?MODULE -> ok;
+        _       -> rabbit_log:info("Priority queues enabled, real BQ is ~s~n",
+                                   [RealBQ]),
+                   application:set_env(
+                     rabbitmq_priority_queue, backing_queue_module, RealBQ),
+                   application:set_env(rabbit, backing_queue_module, ?MODULE)
+    end.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+start(QNames) ->
+    BQ = bq(),
+    %% TODO this expand-collapse dance is a bit ridiculous but it's what
+    %% rabbit_amqqueue:recover/0 expects. We could probably simplify
+    %% this if we rejigged recovery a bit.
+    {DupNames, ExpNames} = expand_queues(QNames),
+    case BQ:start(ExpNames) of
+        {ok, ExpRecovery} ->
+            {ok, collapse_recovery(QNames, DupNames, ExpRecovery)};
+        Else ->
+            Else
+    end.
+
+stop() ->
+    BQ = bq(),
+    BQ:stop().
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+mutate_name(P, Q = #amqqueue{name = QName = #resource{name = QNameBin}}) ->
+    Q#amqqueue{name = QName#resource{name = mutate_name_bin(P, QNameBin)}}.
+
+mutate_name_bin(P, NameBin) -> <<NameBin/binary, 0, P:8>>.
+
+expand_queues(QNames) ->
+    lists:unzip(
+      lists:append([expand_queue(QName) || QName <- QNames])).
+
+expand_queue(QName = #resource{name = QNameBin}) ->
+    {ok, Q} = rabbit_misc:dirty_read({rabbit_durable_queue, QName}),
+    case priorities(Q) of
+        none -> [{QName, QName}];
+        Ps   -> [{QName, QName#resource{name = mutate_name_bin(P, QNameBin)}}
+                   || P <- Ps]
+    end.
+
+collapse_recovery(QNames, DupNames, Recovery) ->
+    NameToTerms = lists:foldl(fun({Name, RecTerm}, Dict) ->
+                                      dict:append(Name, RecTerm, Dict)
+                              end, dict:new(), lists:zip(DupNames, Recovery)),
+    [dict:fetch(Name, NameToTerms) || Name <- QNames].
+
+priorities(#amqqueue{arguments = Args}) ->
+    Ints = [long, short, signedint, byte],
+    case rabbit_misc:table_lookup(Args, <<"x-max-priority">>) of
+        {Type, Max} -> case lists:member(Type, Ints) of
+                           false -> none;
+                           true  -> lists:reverse(lists:seq(0, Max))
+                       end;
+        _           -> none
+    end.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+init(Q, Recover, AsyncCallback) ->
+    BQ = bq(),
+    case priorities(Q) of
+        none -> RealRecover = case Recover of
+                                  [R] -> R; %% [0]
+                                  R   -> R
+                              end,
+                #passthrough{bq  = BQ,
+                             bqs = BQ:init(Q, RealRecover, AsyncCallback)};
+        Ps   -> Init = fun (P, Term) ->
+                               BQ:init(
+                                 mutate_name(P, Q), Term,
+                                 fun (M, F) -> AsyncCallback(M, {P, F}) end)
+                       end,
+                BQSs = case have_recovery_terms(Recover) of
+                           false -> [{P, Init(P, Recover)} || P <- Ps];
+                           _     -> PsTerms = lists:zip(Ps, Recover),
+                                    [{P, Init(P, Term)} || {P, Term} <- PsTerms]
+                       end,
+                #state{bq   = BQ,
+                       bqss = BQSs}
+    end.
+%% [0] collapse_recovery has the effect of making a list of recovery
+%% terms in priority order, even for non priority queues. It's easier
+%% to do that and "unwrap" in init/3 than to have collapse_recovery be
+%% aware of non-priority queues.
+
+have_recovery_terms(new)                -> false;
+have_recovery_terms(non_clean_shutdown) -> false;
+have_recovery_terms(_)                  -> true.
+
+terminate(Reason, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:terminate(Reason, BQSN) end, State);
+terminate(Reason, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(terminate(Reason, BQS)).
+
+delete_and_terminate(Reason, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) ->
+                     BQ:delete_and_terminate(Reason, BQSN)
+             end, State);
+delete_and_terminate(Reason, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(delete_and_terminate(Reason, BQS)).
+
+delete_crashed(Q) ->
+    BQ = bq(),
+    case priorities(Q) of
+        none -> BQ:delete_crashed(Q);
+        Ps   -> [BQ:delete_crashed(mutate_name(P, Q)) || P <- Ps]
+    end.
+
+purge(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold_add2(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:purge(BQSN) end, State);
+purge(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(purge(BQS)).
+
+purge_acks(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:purge_acks(BQSN) end, State);
+purge_acks(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(purge_acks(BQS)).
+
+publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    pick1(fun (_P, BQSN) ->
+                  BQ:publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow, BQSN)
+          end, Msg, State);
+publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow,
+        State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(publish(Msg, MsgProps, IsDelivered, ChPid, Flow, BQS)).
+
+publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    pick2(fun (P, BQSN) ->
+                  {AckTag, BQSN1} = BQ:publish_delivered(
+                                      Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow, BQSN),
+                  {{P, AckTag}, BQSN1}
+          end, Msg, State);
+publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow,
+                  State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(publish_delivered(Msg, MsgProps, ChPid, Flow, BQS)).
+
+%% TODO this is a hack. The BQ api does not give us enough information
+%% here - if we had the Msg we could look at its priority and forward
+%% to the appropriate sub-BQ. But we don't so we are stuck.
+%%
+%% But fortunately VQ ignores discard/4, so we can too, *assuming we
+%% are talking to VQ*. discard/4 is used by HA, but that's "above" us
+%% (if in use) so we don't break that either, just some hypothetical
+%% alternate BQ implementation.
+discard(_MsgId, _ChPid, _Flow, State = #state{}) ->
+    State;
+    %% We should have something a bit like this here:
+    %% pick1(fun (_P, BQSN) ->
+    %%               BQ:discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, BQSN)
+    %%       end, Msg, State);
+discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(discard(MsgId, ChPid, Flow, BQS)).
+
+drain_confirmed(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold_append2(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:drain_confirmed(BQSN) end, State);
+drain_confirmed(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(drain_confirmed(BQS)).
+
+dropwhile(Pred, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    find2(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:dropwhile(Pred, BQSN) end, undefined, State);
+dropwhile(Pred, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(dropwhile(Pred, BQS)).
+
+%% TODO this is a bit nasty. In the one place where fetchwhile/4 is
+%% actually used the accumulator is a list of acktags, which of course
+%% we need to mutate - so we do that although we are encoding an
+%% assumption here.
+fetchwhile(Pred, Fun, Acc, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    findfold3(
+      fun (P, BQSN, AccN) ->
+              {Res, AccN1, BQSN1} = BQ:fetchwhile(Pred, Fun, AccN, BQSN),
+              {Res, priority_on_acktags(P, AccN1), BQSN1}
+      end, Acc, undefined, State);
+fetchwhile(Pred, Fun, Acc, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough3(fetchwhile(Pred, Fun, Acc, BQS)).
+
+fetch(AckRequired, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    find2(
+      fun (P, BQSN) ->
+              case BQ:fetch(AckRequired, BQSN) of
+                  {empty,            BQSN1} -> {empty, BQSN1};
+                  {{Msg, Del, ATag}, BQSN1} -> {{Msg, Del, {P, ATag}}, BQSN1}
+              end
+      end, empty, State);
+fetch(AckRequired, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(fetch(AckRequired, BQS)).
+
+drop(AckRequired, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    find2(fun (P, BQSN) ->
+                  case BQ:drop(AckRequired, BQSN) of
+                      {empty,           BQSN1} -> {empty, BQSN1};
+                      {{MsgId, AckTag}, BQSN1} -> {{MsgId, {P, AckTag}}, BQSN1}
+                  end
+          end, empty, State);
+drop(AckRequired, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(drop(AckRequired, BQS)).
+
+ack(AckTags, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold_by_acktags2(fun (AckTagsN, BQSN) ->
+                             BQ:ack(AckTagsN, BQSN)
+                     end, AckTags, State);
+ack(AckTags, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(ack(AckTags, BQS)).
+
+requeue(AckTags, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold_by_acktags2(fun (AckTagsN, BQSN) ->
+                             BQ:requeue(AckTagsN, BQSN)
+                     end, AckTags, State);
+requeue(AckTags, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(requeue(AckTags, BQS)).
+
+%% Similar problem to fetchwhile/4
+ackfold(MsgFun, Acc, State = #state{bq = BQ}, AckTags) ->
+    AckTagsByPriority = partition_acktags(AckTags),
+    fold2(
+      fun (P, BQSN, AccN) ->
+              case orddict:find(P, AckTagsByPriority) of
+                  {ok, ATagsN} -> {AccN1, BQSN1} =
+                                      BQ:ackfold(MsgFun, AccN, BQSN, ATagsN),
+                                  {priority_on_acktags(P, AccN1), BQSN1};
+                  error        -> {AccN, BQSN}
+              end
+      end, Acc, State);
+ackfold(MsgFun, Acc, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}, AckTags) ->
+    ?passthrough2(ackfold(MsgFun, Acc, BQS, AckTags)).
+
+fold(Fun, Acc, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold2(fun (_P, BQSN, AccN) -> BQ:fold(Fun, AccN, BQSN) end, Acc, State);
+fold(Fun, Acc, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(fold(Fun, Acc, BQS)).
+
+len(#state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    add0(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:len(BQSN) end, BQSs);
+len(#passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:len(BQS).
+
+is_empty(#state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    all0(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:is_empty(BQSN) end, BQSs);
+is_empty(#passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:is_empty(BQS).
+
+depth(#state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    add0(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:depth(BQSN) end, BQSs);
+depth(#passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:depth(BQS).
+
+set_ram_duration_target(DurationTarget, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) ->
+                     BQ:set_ram_duration_target(DurationTarget, BQSN)
+             end, State);
+set_ram_duration_target(DurationTarget,
+                        State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(set_ram_duration_target(DurationTarget, BQS)).
+
+ram_duration(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    fold_add2(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:ram_duration(BQSN) end, State);
+ram_duration(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(ram_duration(BQS)).
+
+needs_timeout(#state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    fold0(fun (_P, _BQSN, timed) -> timed;
+              (_P, BQSN,  idle)  -> case BQ:needs_timeout(BQSN) of
+                                        timed -> timed;
+                                        _     -> idle
+                                    end;
+              (_P, BQSN,  false) -> BQ:needs_timeout(BQSN)
+          end, false, BQSs);
+needs_timeout(#passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:needs_timeout(BQS).
+
+timeout(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:timeout(BQSN) end, State);
+timeout(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(timeout(BQS)).
+
+handle_pre_hibernate(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) ->
+                  BQ:handle_pre_hibernate(BQSN)
+          end, State);
+handle_pre_hibernate(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(handle_pre_hibernate(BQS)).
+
+resume(State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    foreach1(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:resume(BQSN) end, State);
+resume(State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(resume(BQS)).
+
+msg_rates(#state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    fold0(fun(_P, BQSN, {InN, OutN}) ->
+                  {In, Out} = BQ:msg_rates(BQSN),
+                  {InN + In, OutN + Out}
+          end, {0.0, 0.0}, BQSs);
+msg_rates(#passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:msg_rates(BQS).
+
+info(backing_queue_status, #state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    fold0(fun (P, BQSN, Acc) ->
+                  combine_status(P, BQ:info(backing_queue_status, BQSN), Acc)
+          end, nothing, BQSs);
+info(Item, #state{bq = BQ, bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    fold0(fun (_P, BQSN, Acc) ->
+                  Acc + BQ:info(Item, BQSN)
+          end, 0, BQSs);
+info(Item, #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    BQ:info(Item, BQS).
+
+invoke(Mod, {P, Fun}, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    pick1(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:invoke(Mod, Fun, BQSN) end, P, State);
+invoke(Mod, Fun, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough1(invoke(Mod, Fun, BQS)).
+
+is_duplicate(Msg, State = #state{bq = BQ}) ->
+    pick2(fun (_P, BQSN) -> BQ:is_duplicate(Msg, BQSN) end, Msg, State);
+is_duplicate(Msg, State = #passthrough{bq = BQ, bqs = BQS}) ->
+    ?passthrough2(is_duplicate(Msg, BQS)).
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+bq() ->
+    {ok, RealBQ} = application:get_env(
+                     rabbitmq_priority_queue, backing_queue_module),
+    RealBQ.
+
+%% Note on suffixes: Many utility functions here have suffixes telling
+%% you the arity of the return type of the BQ function they are
+%% designed to work with.
+%%
+%% 0 - BQ function returns a value and does not modify state
+%% 1 - BQ function just returns a new state
+%% 2 - BQ function returns a 2-tuple of {Result, NewState}
+%% 3 - BQ function returns a 3-tuple of {Result1, Result2, NewState}
+
+%% Fold over results
+fold0(Fun,  Acc, [{P, BQSN} | Rest]) -> fold0(Fun, Fun(P, BQSN, Acc), Rest);
+fold0(_Fun, Acc, [])                 -> Acc.
+
+%% Do all BQs match?
+all0(Pred, BQSs) -> fold0(fun (_P, _BQSN, false) -> false;
+                              (P,  BQSN,  true)  -> Pred(P, BQSN)
+                          end, true, BQSs).
+
+%% Sum results
+add0(Fun, BQSs) -> fold0(fun (P, BQSN, Acc) -> Acc + Fun(P, BQSN) end, 0, BQSs).
+
+%% Apply for all states
+foreach1(Fun, State = #state{bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    a(State#state{bqss = foreach1(Fun, BQSs, [])}).
+foreach1(Fun, [{P, BQSN} | Rest], BQSAcc) ->
+    BQSN1 = Fun(P, BQSN),
+    foreach1(Fun, Rest, [{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]);
+foreach1(_Fun, [], BQSAcc) ->
+    lists:reverse(BQSAcc).
+
+%% For a given thing, just go to its BQ
+pick1(Fun, Prioritisable, #state{bqss = BQSs} = State) ->
+    {P, BQSN} = priority(Prioritisable, BQSs),
+    a(State#state{bqss = bq_store(P, Fun(P, BQSN), BQSs)}).
+
+%% Fold over results
+fold2(Fun, Acc, State = #state{bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    {Res, BQSs1} = fold2(Fun, Acc, BQSs, []),
+    {Res, a(State#state{bqss = BQSs1})}.
+fold2(Fun, Acc, [{P, BQSN} | Rest], BQSAcc) ->
+    {Acc1, BQSN1} = Fun(P, BQSN, Acc),
+    fold2(Fun, Acc1, Rest, [{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]);
+fold2(_Fun, Acc, [], BQSAcc) ->
+    {Acc, lists:reverse(BQSAcc)}.
+
+%% Fold over results assuming results are lists and we want to append them
+fold_append2(Fun, State) ->
+    fold2(fun (P, BQSN, Acc) ->
+                  {Res, BQSN1} = Fun(P, BQSN),
+                  {Res ++ Acc, BQSN1}
+          end, [], State).
+
+%% Fold over results assuming results are numbers and we want to sum them
+fold_add2(Fun, State) ->
+    fold2(fun (P, BQSN, Acc) ->
+                  {Res, BQSN1} = Fun(P, BQSN),
+                  {add_maybe_infinity(Res, Acc), BQSN1}
+          end, 0, State).
+
+%% Fold over results assuming results are lists and we want to append
+%% them, and also that we have some AckTags we want to pass in to each
+%% invocation.
+fold_by_acktags2(Fun, AckTags, State) ->
+    AckTagsByPriority = partition_acktags(AckTags),
+    fold_append2(fun (P, BQSN) ->
+                         case orddict:find(P, AckTagsByPriority) of
+                             {ok, AckTagsN} -> Fun(AckTagsN, BQSN);
+                             error          -> {[], BQSN}
+                         end
+                 end, State).
+
+%% For a given thing, just go to its BQ
+pick2(Fun, Prioritisable, #state{bqss = BQSs} = State) ->
+    {P, BQSN} = priority(Prioritisable, BQSs),
+    {Res, BQSN1} = Fun(P, BQSN),
+    {Res, a(State#state{bqss = bq_store(P, BQSN1, BQSs)})}.
+
+%% Run through BQs in priority order until one does not return
+%% {NotFound, NewState} or we have gone through them all.
+find2(Fun, NotFound, State = #state{bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    {Res, BQSs1} = find2(Fun, NotFound, BQSs, []),
+    {Res, a(State#state{bqss = BQSs1})}.
+find2(Fun, NotFound, [{P, BQSN} | Rest], BQSAcc) ->
+    case Fun(P, BQSN) of
+        {NotFound, BQSN1} -> find2(Fun, NotFound, Rest, [{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]);
+        {Res, BQSN1}      -> {Res, lists:reverse([{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]) ++ Rest}
+    end;
+find2(_Fun, NotFound, [], BQSAcc) ->
+    {NotFound, lists:reverse(BQSAcc)}.
+
+%% Run through BQs in priority order like find2 but also folding as we go.
+findfold3(Fun, Acc, NotFound, State = #state{bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    {Res, Acc1, BQSs1} = findfold3(Fun, Acc, NotFound, BQSs, []),
+    {Res, Acc1, a(State#state{bqss = BQSs1})}.
+findfold3(Fun, Acc, NotFound, [{P, BQSN} | Rest], BQSAcc) ->
+    case Fun(P, BQSN, Acc) of
+        {NotFound, Acc1, BQSN1} ->
+            findfold3(Fun, Acc1, NotFound, Rest, [{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]);
+        {Res, Acc1, BQSN1} ->
+            {Res, Acc1, lists:reverse([{P, BQSN1} | BQSAcc]) ++ Rest}
+    end;
+findfold3(_Fun, Acc, NotFound, [], BQSAcc) ->
+    {NotFound, Acc, lists:reverse(BQSAcc)}.
+
+bq_fetch(P, [])               -> exit({not_found, P});
+bq_fetch(P, [{P,  BQSN} | _]) -> BQSN;
+bq_fetch(P, [{_, _BQSN} | T]) -> bq_fetch(P, T).
+
+bq_store(P, BQS, BQSs) ->
+    [{PN, case PN of
+              P -> BQS;
+              _ -> BQSN
+          end} || {PN, BQSN} <- BQSs].
+
+%%
+a(State = #state{bqss = BQSs}) ->
+    Ps = [P || {P, _} <- BQSs],
+    case lists:reverse(lists:usort(Ps)) of
+        Ps -> State;
+        _  -> exit({bad_order, Ps})
+    end.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+priority(P, BQSs) when is_integer(P) ->
+    {P, bq_fetch(P, BQSs)};
+priority(_Msg, [{P, BQSN}]) ->
+    {P, BQSN};
+priority(Msg = #basic_message{content = #content{properties = Props}},
+         [{P, BQSN} | Rest]) ->
+    #'P_basic'{priority = Priority0} = Props,
+    Priority = case Priority0 of
+                   undefined                    -> 0;
+                   _ when is_integer(Priority0) -> Priority0
+               end,
+    case Priority >= P of
+        true  -> {P, BQSN};
+        false -> priority(Msg, Rest)
+    end.
+
+add_maybe_infinity(infinity, _) -> infinity;
+add_maybe_infinity(_, infinity) -> infinity;
+add_maybe_infinity(A, B)        -> A + B.
+
+partition_acktags(AckTags) -> partition_acktags(AckTags, orddict:new()).
+
+partition_acktags([], Partitioned) ->
+    orddict:map(fun (_P, RevAckTags) ->
+                        lists:reverse(RevAckTags)
+                end, Partitioned);
+partition_acktags([{P, AckTag} | Rest], Partitioned) ->
+    partition_acktags(Rest, rabbit_misc:orddict_cons(P, AckTag, Partitioned)).
+
+priority_on_acktags(P, AckTags) ->
+    [case Tag of
+         _ when is_integer(Tag) -> {P, Tag};
+         _                      -> Tag
+     end || Tag <- AckTags].
+
+combine_status(P, New, nothing) ->
+    [{priority_lengths, [{P, proplists:get_value(len, New)}]} | New];
+combine_status(P, New, Old) ->
+    Combined = [{K, cse(V, proplists:get_value(K, Old))} || {K, V} <- New],
+    Lens = [{P, proplists:get_value(len, New)} |
+            proplists:get_value(priority_lengths, Old)],
+    [{priority_lengths, Lens} | Combined].
+
+cse(infinity, _)            -> infinity;
+cse(_, infinity)            -> infinity;
+cse(A, B) when is_number(A) -> A + B;
+cse({delta, _, _, _}, _)    -> {delta, todo, todo, todo};
+cse(A, B)                   -> exit({A, B}).
diff --git a/src/rabbit_queue_index.erl b/src/rabbit_queue_index.erl
index 0a2c88d441..24dcd23cc8 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_queue_index.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_queue_index.erl
@@ -16,19 +16,27 @@
 
 -module(rabbit_queue_index).
 
--export([erase/1, init/2, recover/5,
+-export([erase/1, init/3, recover/6,
          terminate/2, delete_and_terminate/1,
-         publish/5, deliver/2, ack/2, sync/1, needs_sync/1, flush/1,
+         publish/6, deliver/2, ack/2, sync/1, needs_sync/1, flush/1,
          read/3, next_segment_boundary/1, bounds/1, start/1, stop/0]).
 
--export([add_queue_ttl/0, avoid_zeroes/0, store_msg_size/0]).
+-export([add_queue_ttl/0, avoid_zeroes/0, store_msg_size/0, store_msg/0]).
 
 -define(CLEAN_FILENAME, "clean.dot").
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %% The queue index is responsible for recording the order of messages
-%% within a queue on disk.
+%% within a queue on disk. As such it contains records of messages
+%% being published, delivered and acknowledged. The publish record
+%% includes the sequence ID, message ID and a small quantity of
+%% metadata about the message; the delivery and acknowledgement
+%% records just contain the sequence ID. A publish record may also
+%% contain the complete message if provided to publish/5; this allows
+%% the message store to be avoided altogether for small messages. In
+%% either case the publish record is stored in memory in the same
+%% serialised format it will take on disk.
 %%
 %% Because of the fact that the queue can decide at any point to send
 %% a queue entry to disk, you can not rely on publishes appearing in
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@
 %% then delivered, then ack'd.
 %%
 %% In order to be able to clean up ack'd messages, we write to segment
-%% files. These files have a fixed maximum size: ?SEGMENT_ENTRY_COUNT
+%% files. These files have a fixed number of entries: ?SEGMENT_ENTRY_COUNT
 %% publishes, delivers and acknowledgements. They are numbered, and so
 %% it is known that the 0th segment contains messages 0 ->
 %% ?SEGMENT_ENTRY_COUNT - 1, the 1st segment contains messages
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@
 %% and seeding the message store on start up.
 %%
 %% Note that in general, the representation of a message's state as
-%% the tuple: {('no_pub'|{MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}),
+%% the tuple: {('no_pub'|{IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}),
 %% ('del'|'no_del'), ('ack'|'no_ack')} is richer than strictly
 %% necessary for most operations. However, for startup, and to ensure
 %% the safe and correct combination of journal entries with entries
@@ -128,8 +136,8 @@
 -define(REL_SEQ_ONLY_RECORD_BYTES, 2).
 
 %% publish record is binary 1 followed by a bit for is_persistent,
-%% then 14 bits of rel seq id, 64 bits for message expiry and 128 bits
-%% of md5sum msg id
+%% then 14 bits of rel seq id, 64 bits for message expiry, 32 bits of
+%% size and then 128 bits of md5sum msg id.
 -define(PUB_PREFIX, 1).
 -define(PUB_PREFIX_BITS, 1).
 
@@ -140,32 +148,37 @@
 -define(MSG_ID_BYTES, 16). %% md5sum is 128 bit or 16 bytes
 -define(MSG_ID_BITS, (?MSG_ID_BYTES * 8)).
 
+%% This is the size of the message body content, for stats
 -define(SIZE_BYTES, 4).
 -define(SIZE_BITS, (?SIZE_BYTES * 8)).
 
-%% 16 bytes for md5sum + 8 for expiry + 4 for size
+%% This is the size of the message record embedded in the queue
+%% index. If 0, the message can be found in the message store.
+-define(EMBEDDED_SIZE_BYTES, 4).
+-define(EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS, (?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BYTES * 8)).
+
+%% 16 bytes for md5sum + 8 for expiry
 -define(PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES, (?MSG_ID_BYTES + ?EXPIRY_BYTES + ?SIZE_BYTES)).
-%% + 2 for seq, bits and prefix
--define(PUB_RECORD_BYTES, (?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES + 2)).
+%% + 4 for size
+-define(PUB_RECORD_SIZE_BYTES, (?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES + ?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BYTES)).
 
-%% 1 publish, 1 deliver, 1 ack per msg
--define(SEGMENT_TOTAL_SIZE, ?SEGMENT_ENTRY_COUNT *
-            (?PUB_RECORD_BYTES + (2 * ?REL_SEQ_ONLY_RECORD_BYTES))).
+%% + 2 for seq, bits and prefix
+-define(PUB_RECORD_PREFIX_BYTES, 2).
 
 %% ---- misc ----
 
--define(PUB, {_, _, _}). %% {MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}
+-define(PUB, {_, _, _}). %% {IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}
 
 -define(READ_MODE, [binary, raw, read]).
--define(READ_AHEAD_MODE, [{read_ahead, ?SEGMENT_TOTAL_SIZE} | ?READ_MODE]).
 -define(WRITE_MODE, [write | ?READ_MODE]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--record(qistate, { dir, segments, journal_handle, dirty_count,
-                   max_journal_entries, on_sync, unconfirmed }).
+-record(qistate, {dir, segments, journal_handle, dirty_count,
+                  max_journal_entries, on_sync, on_sync_msg,
+                  unconfirmed, unconfirmed_msg}).
 
--record(segment, { num, path, journal_entries, unacked }).
+-record(segment, {num, path, journal_entries, unacked}).
 
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 
@@ -174,6 +187,7 @@
 -rabbit_upgrade({add_queue_ttl,  local, []}).
 -rabbit_upgrade({avoid_zeroes,   local, [add_queue_ttl]}).
 -rabbit_upgrade({store_msg_size, local, [avoid_zeroes]}).
+-rabbit_upgrade({store_msg,      local, [store_msg_size]}).
 
 -ifdef(use_specs).
 
@@ -193,7 +207,9 @@
                               dirty_count         :: integer(),
                               max_journal_entries :: non_neg_integer(),
                               on_sync             :: on_sync_fun(),
-                              unconfirmed         :: gb_sets:set()
+                              on_sync_msg         :: on_sync_fun(),
+                              unconfirmed         :: gb_sets:set(),
+                              unconfirmed_msg     :: gb_sets:set()
                             }).
 -type(contains_predicate() :: fun ((rabbit_types:msg_id()) -> boolean())).
 -type(walker(A) :: fun ((A) -> 'finished' |
@@ -201,16 +217,18 @@
 -type(shutdown_terms() :: [term()] | 'non_clean_shutdown').
 
 -spec(erase/1 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name()) -> 'ok').
--spec(init/2 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name(), on_sync_fun()) -> qistate()).
--spec(recover/5 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name(), shutdown_terms(), boolean(),
-                    contains_predicate(), on_sync_fun()) ->
+-spec(init/3 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name(),
+                 on_sync_fun(), on_sync_fun()) -> qistate()).
+-spec(recover/6 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:name(), shutdown_terms(), boolean(),
+                    contains_predicate(),
+                    on_sync_fun(), on_sync_fun()) ->
                         {'undefined' | non_neg_integer(),
                          'undefined' | non_neg_integer(), qistate()}).
 -spec(terminate/2 :: ([any()], qistate()) -> qistate()).
 -spec(delete_and_terminate/1 :: (qistate()) -> qistate()).
--spec(publish/5 :: (rabbit_types:msg_id(), seq_id(),
-                    rabbit_types:message_properties(), boolean(), qistate())
-                   -> qistate()).
+-spec(publish/6 :: (rabbit_types:msg_id(), seq_id(),
+                    rabbit_types:message_properties(), boolean(),
+                    non_neg_integer(), qistate()) -> qistate()).
 -spec(deliver/2 :: ([seq_id()], qistate()) -> qistate()).
 -spec(ack/2 :: ([seq_id()], qistate()) -> qistate()).
 -spec(sync/1 :: (qistate()) -> qistate()).
@@ -241,14 +259,17 @@ erase(Name) ->
         false -> ok
     end.
 
-init(Name, OnSyncFun) ->
+init(Name, OnSyncFun, OnSyncMsgFun) ->
     State = #qistate { dir = Dir } = blank_state(Name),
     false = rabbit_file:is_file(Dir), %% is_file == is file or dir
-    State #qistate { on_sync = OnSyncFun }.
+    State#qistate{on_sync     = OnSyncFun,
+                  on_sync_msg = OnSyncMsgFun}.
 
-recover(Name, Terms, MsgStoreRecovered, ContainsCheckFun, OnSyncFun) ->
+recover(Name, Terms, MsgStoreRecovered, ContainsCheckFun,
+        OnSyncFun, OnSyncMsgFun) ->
     State = blank_state(Name),
-    State1 = State #qistate { on_sync = OnSyncFun },
+    State1 = State #qistate{on_sync     = OnSyncFun,
+                            on_sync_msg = OnSyncMsgFun},
     CleanShutdown = Terms /= non_clean_shutdown,
     case CleanShutdown andalso MsgStoreRecovered of
         true  -> RecoveredCounts = proplists:get_value(segments, Terms, []),
@@ -267,26 +288,35 @@ delete_and_terminate(State) ->
     ok = rabbit_file:recursive_delete([Dir]),
     State1.
 
-publish(MsgId, SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent,
-        State = #qistate { unconfirmed = Unconfirmed })
-  when is_binary(MsgId) ->
+publish(MsgOrId, SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, JournalSizeHint,
+        State = #qistate{unconfirmed     = UC,
+                         unconfirmed_msg = UCM}) ->
+    MsgId = case MsgOrId of
+                #basic_message{id = Id} -> Id;
+                Id when is_binary(Id)   -> Id
+            end,
     ?MSG_ID_BYTES = size(MsgId),
     {JournalHdl, State1} =
         get_journal_handle(
-          case MsgProps#message_properties.needs_confirming of
-              true  -> Unconfirmed1 = gb_sets:add_element(MsgId, Unconfirmed),
-                       State #qistate { unconfirmed = Unconfirmed1 };
-              false -> State
+          case {MsgProps#message_properties.needs_confirming, MsgOrId} of
+              {true,  MsgId} -> UC1  = gb_sets:add_element(MsgId, UC),
+                                State#qistate{unconfirmed     = UC1};
+              {true,  _}     -> UCM1 = gb_sets:add_element(MsgId, UCM),
+                                State#qistate{unconfirmed_msg = UCM1};
+              {false, _}     -> State
           end),
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(queue_index_journal_write),
+    {Bin, MsgBin} = create_pub_record_body(MsgOrId, MsgProps),
     ok = file_handle_cache:append(
            JournalHdl, [<<(case IsPersistent of
                                true  -> ?PUB_PERSIST_JPREFIX;
                                false -> ?PUB_TRANS_JPREFIX
                            end):?JPREFIX_BITS,
-                          SeqId:?SEQ_BITS>>,
-                        create_pub_record_body(MsgId, MsgProps)]),
+                          SeqId:?SEQ_BITS, Bin/binary,
+                          (size(MsgBin)):?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS>>, MsgBin]),
     maybe_flush_journal(
-      add_to_journal(SeqId, {MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, State1)).
+      JournalSizeHint,
+      add_to_journal(SeqId, {IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}, State1)).
 
 deliver(SeqIds, State) ->
     deliver_or_ack(del, SeqIds, State).
@@ -302,10 +332,12 @@ sync(State = #qistate { journal_handle = JournalHdl }) ->
     ok = file_handle_cache:sync(JournalHdl),
     notify_sync(State).
 
-needs_sync(#qistate { journal_handle = undefined }) ->
+needs_sync(#qistate{journal_handle = undefined}) ->
     false;
-needs_sync(#qistate { journal_handle = JournalHdl, unconfirmed = UC }) ->
-    case gb_sets:is_empty(UC) of
+needs_sync(#qistate{journal_handle  = JournalHdl,
+                    unconfirmed     = UC,
+                    unconfirmed_msg = UCM}) ->
+    case gb_sets:is_empty(UC) andalso gb_sets:is_empty(UCM) of
         true  -> case file_handle_cache:needs_sync(JournalHdl) of
                      true  -> other;
                      false -> false
@@ -409,7 +441,9 @@ blank_state_dir(Dir) ->
                dirty_count         = 0,
                max_journal_entries = MaxJournal,
                on_sync             = fun (_) -> ok end,
-               unconfirmed         = gb_sets:new() }.
+               on_sync_msg         = fun (_) -> ok end,
+               unconfirmed         = gb_sets:new(),
+               unconfirmed_msg     = gb_sets:new() }.
 
 init_clean(RecoveredCounts, State) ->
     %% Load the journal. Since this is a clean recovery this (almost)
@@ -479,9 +513,10 @@ recover_segment(ContainsCheckFun, CleanShutdown,
     {SegEntries1, UnackedCountDelta} =
         segment_plus_journal(SegEntries, JEntries),
     array:sparse_foldl(
-      fun (RelSeq, {{MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, Del, no_ack},
+      fun (RelSeq, {{IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}, Del, no_ack},
            {SegmentAndDirtyCount, Bytes}) ->
-              {recover_message(ContainsCheckFun(MsgId), CleanShutdown,
+              {MsgOrId, MsgProps} = parse_pub_record_body(Bin, MsgBin),
+              {recover_message(ContainsCheckFun(MsgOrId), CleanShutdown,
                                Del, RelSeq, SegmentAndDirtyCount),
                Bytes + case IsPersistent of
                            true  -> MsgProps#message_properties.size;
@@ -541,7 +576,8 @@ queue_index_walker({next, Gatherer}) when is_pid(Gatherer) ->
 queue_index_walker_reader(QueueName, Gatherer) ->
     State = blank_state(QueueName),
     ok = scan_segments(
-           fun (_SeqId, MsgId, _MsgProps, true, _IsDelivered, no_ack, ok) ->
+           fun (_SeqId, MsgId, _MsgProps, true, _IsDelivered, no_ack, ok)
+                 when is_binary(MsgId) ->
                    gatherer:sync_in(Gatherer, {MsgId, 1});
                (_SeqId, _MsgId, _MsgProps, _IsPersistent, _IsDelivered,
                 _IsAcked, Acc) ->
@@ -555,9 +591,9 @@ scan_segments(Fun, Acc, State) ->
     Result = lists:foldr(
       fun (Seg, AccN) ->
               segment_entries_foldr(
-                fun (RelSeq, {{MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent},
+                fun (RelSeq, {{MsgOrId, MsgProps, IsPersistent},
                               IsDelivered, IsAcked}, AccM) ->
-                        Fun(reconstruct_seq_id(Seg, RelSeq), MsgId, MsgProps,
+                        Fun(reconstruct_seq_id(Seg, RelSeq), MsgOrId, MsgProps,
                             IsPersistent, IsDelivered, IsAcked, AccM)
                 end, AccN, segment_find_or_new(Seg, Dir, Segments))
       end, Acc, all_segment_nums(State1)),
@@ -568,24 +604,35 @@ scan_segments(Fun, Acc, State) ->
 %% expiry/binary manipulation
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-create_pub_record_body(MsgId, #message_properties { expiry = Expiry,
-                                                    size   = Size }) ->
-    [MsgId, expiry_to_binary(Expiry), <<Size:?SIZE_BITS>>].
+create_pub_record_body(MsgOrId, #message_properties { expiry = Expiry,
+                                                      size   = Size }) ->
+    ExpiryBin = expiry_to_binary(Expiry),
+    case MsgOrId of
+        MsgId when is_binary(MsgId) ->
+            {<<MsgId/binary, ExpiryBin/binary, Size:?SIZE_BITS>>, <<>>};
+        #basic_message{id = MsgId} ->
+            MsgBin = term_to_binary(MsgOrId),
+            {<<MsgId/binary, ExpiryBin/binary, Size:?SIZE_BITS>>, MsgBin}
+    end.
 
 expiry_to_binary(undefined) -> <<?NO_EXPIRY:?EXPIRY_BITS>>;
 expiry_to_binary(Expiry)    -> <<Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS>>.
 
 parse_pub_record_body(<<MsgIdNum:?MSG_ID_BITS, Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS,
-                        Size:?SIZE_BITS>>) ->
+                        Size:?SIZE_BITS>>, MsgBin) ->
     %% work around for binary data fragmentation. See
     %% rabbit_msg_file:read_next/2
     <<MsgId:?MSG_ID_BYTES/binary>> = <<MsgIdNum:?MSG_ID_BITS>>,
-    Exp = case Expiry of
-              ?NO_EXPIRY -> undefined;
-              X          -> X
-          end,
-    {MsgId, #message_properties { expiry = Exp,
-                                  size   = Size }}.
+    Props = #message_properties{expiry = case Expiry of
+                                             ?NO_EXPIRY -> undefined;
+                                             X          -> X
+                                         end,
+                                size   = Size},
+    case MsgBin of
+        <<>> -> {MsgId, Props};
+        _    -> Msg = #basic_message{id = MsgId} = binary_to_term(MsgBin),
+                {Msg, Props}
+    end.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% journal manipulation
@@ -628,11 +675,14 @@ add_to_journal(RelSeq, Action, JEntries) ->
             array:reset(RelSeq, JEntries)
     end.
 
-maybe_flush_journal(State = #qistate { dirty_count = DCount,
-                                       max_journal_entries = MaxJournal })
-  when DCount > MaxJournal ->
-    flush_journal(State);
 maybe_flush_journal(State) ->
+    maybe_flush_journal(infinity, State).
+
+maybe_flush_journal(Hint, State = #qistate { dirty_count = DCount,
+                                             max_journal_entries = MaxJournal })
+  when DCount > MaxJournal orelse (Hint =/= infinity andalso DCount > Hint) ->
+    flush_journal(State);
+maybe_flush_journal(_Hint, State) ->
     State.
 
 flush_journal(State = #qistate { segments = Segments }) ->
@@ -656,9 +706,13 @@ append_journal_to_segment(#segment { journal_entries = JEntries,
                                      path = Path } = Segment) ->
     case array:sparse_size(JEntries) of
         0 -> Segment;
-        _ -> {ok, Hdl} = file_handle_cache:open(Path, ?WRITE_MODE,
+        _ -> Seg = array:sparse_foldr(
+                     fun entry_to_segment/3, [], JEntries),
+             file_handle_cache_stats:update(queue_index_write),
+
+             {ok, Hdl} = file_handle_cache:open(Path, ?WRITE_MODE,
                                                 [{write_buffer, infinity}]),
-             array:sparse_foldl(fun write_entry_to_segment/3, Hdl, JEntries),
+             file_handle_cache:append(Hdl, Seg),
              ok = file_handle_cache:close(Hdl),
              Segment #segment { journal_entries = array_new() }
     end.
@@ -677,10 +731,13 @@ get_journal_handle(State = #qistate { journal_handle = Hdl }) ->
 %% if you call it more than once on the same state. Assumes the counts
 %% are 0 to start with.
 load_journal(State = #qistate { dir = Dir }) ->
-    case rabbit_file:is_file(filename:join(Dir, ?JOURNAL_FILENAME)) of
+    Path = filename:join(Dir, ?JOURNAL_FILENAME),
+    case rabbit_file:is_file(Path) of
         true  -> {JournalHdl, State1} = get_journal_handle(State),
+                 Size = rabbit_file:file_size(Path),
                  {ok, 0} = file_handle_cache:position(JournalHdl, 0),
-                 load_journal_entries(State1);
+                 {ok, JournalBin} = file_handle_cache:read(JournalHdl, Size),
+                 parse_journal_entries(JournalBin, State1);
         false -> State
     end.
 
@@ -704,41 +761,37 @@ recover_journal(State) ->
           end, Segments),
     State1 #qistate { segments = Segments1 }.
 
-load_journal_entries(State = #qistate { journal_handle = Hdl }) ->
-    case file_handle_cache:read(Hdl, ?SEQ_BYTES) of
-        {ok, <<Prefix:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS>>} ->
-            case Prefix of
-                ?DEL_JPREFIX ->
-                    load_journal_entries(add_to_journal(SeqId, del, State));
-                ?ACK_JPREFIX ->
-                    load_journal_entries(add_to_journal(SeqId, ack, State));
-                _ ->
-                    case file_handle_cache:read(Hdl, ?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES) of
-                        %% Journal entry composed only of zeroes was probably
-                        %% produced during a dirty shutdown so stop reading
-                        {ok, <<0:?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES/unit:8>>} ->
-                            State;
-                        {ok, <<Bin:?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES/binary>>} ->
-                            {MsgId, MsgProps} = parse_pub_record_body(Bin),
-                            IsPersistent = case Prefix of
-                                               ?PUB_PERSIST_JPREFIX -> true;
-                                               ?PUB_TRANS_JPREFIX   -> false
-                                           end,
-                            load_journal_entries(
-                              add_to_journal(
-                                SeqId, {MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, State));
-                        _ErrOrEoF -> %% err, we've lost at least a publish
-                            State
-                    end
-            end;
-        _ErrOrEoF -> State
-    end.
+parse_journal_entries(<<?DEL_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                        Rest/binary>>, State) ->
+    parse_journal_entries(Rest, add_to_journal(SeqId, del, State));
+
+parse_journal_entries(<<?ACK_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                        Rest/binary>>, State) ->
+    parse_journal_entries(Rest, add_to_journal(SeqId, ack, State));
+parse_journal_entries(<<0:?JPREFIX_BITS, 0:?SEQ_BITS,
+                        0:?PUB_RECORD_SIZE_BYTES/unit:8, _/binary>>, State) ->
+    %% Journal entry composed only of zeroes was probably
+    %% produced during a dirty shutdown so stop reading
+    State;
+parse_journal_entries(<<Prefix:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                        Bin:?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES/binary,
+                        MsgSize:?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS, MsgBin:MsgSize/binary,
+                        Rest/binary>>, State) ->
+    IsPersistent = case Prefix of
+                       ?PUB_PERSIST_JPREFIX -> true;
+                       ?PUB_TRANS_JPREFIX   -> false
+                   end,
+    parse_journal_entries(
+      Rest, add_to_journal(SeqId, {IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}, State));
+parse_journal_entries(_ErrOrEoF, State) ->
+    State.
 
 deliver_or_ack(_Kind, [], State) ->
     State;
 deliver_or_ack(Kind, SeqIds, State) ->
     JPrefix = case Kind of ack -> ?ACK_JPREFIX; del -> ?DEL_JPREFIX end,
     {JournalHdl, State1} = get_journal_handle(State),
+    file_handle_cache_stats:update(queue_index_journal_write),
     ok = file_handle_cache:append(
            JournalHdl,
            [<<JPrefix:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS>> || SeqId <- SeqIds]),
@@ -746,11 +799,19 @@ deliver_or_ack(Kind, SeqIds, State) ->
                                             add_to_journal(SeqId, Kind, StateN)
                                     end, State1, SeqIds)).
 
-notify_sync(State = #qistate { unconfirmed = UC, on_sync = OnSyncFun }) ->
-    case gb_sets:is_empty(UC) of
-        true  -> State;
-        false -> OnSyncFun(UC),
-                 State #qistate { unconfirmed = gb_sets:new() }
+notify_sync(State = #qistate{unconfirmed     = UC,
+                             unconfirmed_msg = UCM,
+                             on_sync         = OnSyncFun,
+                             on_sync_msg     = OnSyncMsgFun}) ->
+    State1 = case gb_sets:is_empty(UC) of
+                 true  -> State;
+                 false -> OnSyncFun(UC),
+                          State#qistate{unconfirmed = gb_sets:new()}
+             end,
+    case gb_sets:is_empty(UCM) of
+        true  -> State1;
+        false -> OnSyncMsgFun(UCM),
+                 State1#qistate{unconfirmed_msg = gb_sets:new()}
     end.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -823,42 +884,42 @@ segment_nums({Segments, CachedSegments}) ->
 segments_new() ->
     {dict:new(), []}.
 
-write_entry_to_segment(_RelSeq, {?PUB, del, ack}, Hdl) ->
-    Hdl;
-write_entry_to_segment(RelSeq, {Pub, Del, Ack}, Hdl) ->
-    ok = case Pub of
-             no_pub ->
-                 ok;
-             {MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent} ->
-                 file_handle_cache:append(
-                   Hdl, [<<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS,
-                           (bool_to_int(IsPersistent)):1,
-                           RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS>>,
-                         create_pub_record_body(MsgId, MsgProps)])
-         end,
-    ok = case {Del, Ack} of
-             {no_del, no_ack} ->
-                 ok;
-             _ ->
-                 Binary = <<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
-                            RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS>>,
-                 file_handle_cache:append(
-                   Hdl, case {Del, Ack} of
-                            {del, ack} -> [Binary, Binary];
-                            _          -> Binary
-                        end)
-         end,
-    Hdl.
+entry_to_segment(_RelSeq, {?PUB, del, ack}, Buf) ->
+    Buf;
+entry_to_segment(RelSeq, {Pub, Del, Ack}, Buf) ->
+    %% NB: we are assembling the segment in reverse order here, so
+    %% del/ack comes first.
+    Buf1 = case {Del, Ack} of
+               {no_del, no_ack} ->
+                   Buf;
+               _ ->
+                   Binary = <<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
+                              RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS>>,
+                   case {Del, Ack} of
+                       {del, ack} -> [[Binary, Binary] | Buf];
+                       _          -> [Binary | Buf]
+                   end
+           end,
+    case Pub of
+        no_pub ->
+            Buf1;
+        {IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin} ->
+            [[<<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS,
+                (bool_to_int(IsPersistent)):1,
+                RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, Bin/binary,
+                (size(MsgBin)):?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS>>, MsgBin] | Buf1]
+    end.
 
 read_bounded_segment(Seg, {StartSeg, StartRelSeq}, {EndSeg, EndRelSeq},
                      {Messages, Segments}, Dir) ->
     Segment = segment_find_or_new(Seg, Dir, Segments),
     {segment_entries_foldr(
-       fun (RelSeq, {{MsgId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, IsDelivered, no_ack}, Acc)
+       fun (RelSeq, {{MsgOrId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, IsDelivered, no_ack},
+            Acc)
              when (Seg > StartSeg orelse StartRelSeq =< RelSeq) andalso
                   (Seg < EndSeg   orelse EndRelSeq   >= RelSeq) ->
-               [ {MsgId, reconstruct_seq_id(StartSeg, RelSeq), MsgProps,
-                  IsPersistent, IsDelivered == del} | Acc ];
+               [{MsgOrId, reconstruct_seq_id(StartSeg, RelSeq), MsgProps,
+                 IsPersistent, IsDelivered == del} | Acc];
            (_RelSeq, _Value, Acc) ->
                Acc
        end, Messages, Segment),
@@ -868,7 +929,11 @@ segment_entries_foldr(Fun, Init,
                       Segment = #segment { journal_entries = JEntries }) ->
     {SegEntries, _UnackedCount} = load_segment(false, Segment),
     {SegEntries1, _UnackedCountD} = segment_plus_journal(SegEntries, JEntries),
-    array:sparse_foldr(Fun, Init, SegEntries1).
+    array:sparse_foldr(
+      fun (RelSeq, {{IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}, Del, Ack}, Acc) ->
+              {MsgOrId, MsgProps} = parse_pub_record_body(Bin, MsgBin),
+              Fun(RelSeq, {{MsgOrId, MsgProps, IsPersistent}, Del, Ack}, Acc)
+      end, Init, SegEntries1).
 
 %% Loading segments
 %%
@@ -877,44 +942,48 @@ load_segment(KeepAcked, #segment { path = Path }) ->
     Empty = {array_new(), 0},
     case rabbit_file:is_file(Path) of
         false -> Empty;
-        true  -> {ok, Hdl} = file_handle_cache:open(Path, ?READ_AHEAD_MODE, []),
+        true  -> Size = rabbit_file:file_size(Path),
+                 file_handle_cache_stats:update(queue_index_read),
+                 {ok, Hdl} = file_handle_cache:open(Path, ?READ_MODE, []),
                  {ok, 0} = file_handle_cache:position(Hdl, bof),
-                 Res = case file_handle_cache:read(Hdl, ?SEGMENT_TOTAL_SIZE) of
-                           {ok, SegData} -> load_segment_entries(
-                                              KeepAcked, SegData, Empty);
-                           eof           -> Empty
-                       end,
+                 {ok, SegBin} = file_handle_cache:read(Hdl, Size),
                  ok = file_handle_cache:close(Hdl),
+                 Res = parse_segment_entries(SegBin, KeepAcked, Empty),
                  Res
     end.
 
-load_segment_entries(KeepAcked,
-                     <<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS,
-                       IsPersistentNum:1, RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS,
-                       PubRecordBody:?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES/binary,
-                       SegData/binary>>,
-                     {SegEntries, UnackedCount}) ->
-    {MsgId, MsgProps} = parse_pub_record_body(PubRecordBody),
-    Obj = {{MsgId, MsgProps, 1 == IsPersistentNum}, no_del, no_ack},
+parse_segment_entries(<<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS,
+                        IsPersistNum:1, RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, Rest/binary>>,
+                      KeepAcked, Acc) ->
+    parse_segment_publish_entry(
+      Rest, 1 == IsPersistNum, RelSeq, KeepAcked, Acc);
+parse_segment_entries(<<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
+                       RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, Rest/binary>>, KeepAcked, Acc) ->
+    parse_segment_entries(
+      Rest, KeepAcked, add_segment_relseq_entry(KeepAcked, RelSeq, Acc));
+parse_segment_entries(<<>>, _KeepAcked, Acc) ->
+    Acc.
+
+parse_segment_publish_entry(<<Bin:?PUB_RECORD_BODY_BYTES/binary,
+                              MsgSize:?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS,
+                              MsgBin:MsgSize/binary, Rest/binary>>,
+                            IsPersistent, RelSeq, KeepAcked,
+                            {SegEntries, Unacked}) ->
+    Obj = {{IsPersistent, Bin, MsgBin}, no_del, no_ack},
     SegEntries1 = array:set(RelSeq, Obj, SegEntries),
-    load_segment_entries(KeepAcked, SegData, {SegEntries1, UnackedCount + 1});
-load_segment_entries(KeepAcked,
-                     <<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
-                       RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, SegData/binary>>,
-                     {SegEntries, UnackedCount}) ->
-    {UnackedCountDelta, SegEntries1} =
-        case array:get(RelSeq, SegEntries) of
-            {Pub, no_del, no_ack} ->
-                { 0, array:set(RelSeq, {Pub, del, no_ack}, SegEntries)};
-            {Pub, del, no_ack} when KeepAcked ->
-                {-1, array:set(RelSeq, {Pub, del, ack}, SegEntries)};
-            {_Pub, del, no_ack} ->
-                {-1, array:reset(RelSeq, SegEntries)}
-        end,
-    load_segment_entries(KeepAcked, SegData,
-                         {SegEntries1, UnackedCount + UnackedCountDelta});
-load_segment_entries(_KeepAcked, _SegData, Res) ->
-    Res.
+    parse_segment_entries(Rest, KeepAcked, {SegEntries1, Unacked + 1});
+parse_segment_publish_entry(Rest, _IsPersistent, _RelSeq, KeepAcked, Acc) ->
+    parse_segment_entries(Rest, KeepAcked, Acc).
+
+add_segment_relseq_entry(KeepAcked, RelSeq, {SegEntries, Unacked}) ->
+    case array:get(RelSeq, SegEntries) of
+        {Pub, no_del, no_ack} ->
+            {array:set(RelSeq, {Pub, del, no_ack}, SegEntries), Unacked};
+        {Pub, del, no_ack} when KeepAcked ->
+            {array:set(RelSeq, {Pub, del, ack},    SegEntries), Unacked - 1};
+        {_Pub, del, no_ack} ->
+            {array:reset(RelSeq,                   SegEntries), Unacked - 1}
+    end.
 
 array_new() ->
     array:new([{default, undefined}, fixed, {size, ?SEGMENT_ENTRY_COUNT}]).
@@ -1121,6 +1190,40 @@ store_msg_size_segment(<<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
 store_msg_size_segment(_) ->
     stop.
 
+store_msg() ->
+    foreach_queue_index({fun store_msg_journal/1,
+                         fun store_msg_segment/1}).
+
+store_msg_journal(<<?DEL_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                    Rest/binary>>) ->
+    {<<?DEL_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS>>, Rest};
+store_msg_journal(<<?ACK_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                    Rest/binary>>) ->
+    {<<?ACK_JPREFIX:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS>>, Rest};
+store_msg_journal(<<Prefix:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS,
+                    MsgId:?MSG_ID_BITS, Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS, Size:?SIZE_BITS,
+                    Rest/binary>>) ->
+    {<<Prefix:?JPREFIX_BITS, SeqId:?SEQ_BITS, MsgId:?MSG_ID_BITS,
+       Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS, Size:?SIZE_BITS,
+       0:?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS>>, Rest};
+store_msg_journal(_) ->
+    stop.
+
+store_msg_segment(<<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS, IsPersistentNum:1,
+                    RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, MsgId:?MSG_ID_BITS,
+                    Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS, Size:?SIZE_BITS, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    {<<?PUB_PREFIX:?PUB_PREFIX_BITS, IsPersistentNum:1, RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS,
+       MsgId:?MSG_ID_BITS, Expiry:?EXPIRY_BITS, Size:?SIZE_BITS,
+       0:?EMBEDDED_SIZE_BITS>>, Rest};
+store_msg_segment(<<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS,
+                    RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS, Rest/binary>>) ->
+    {<<?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX:?REL_SEQ_ONLY_PREFIX_BITS, RelSeq:?REL_SEQ_BITS>>,
+     Rest};
+store_msg_segment(_) ->
+    stop.
+
+
+
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1157,7 +1260,7 @@ transform_file(Path, Fun) when is_function(Fun)->
                                            [{write_buffer, infinity}]),
 
                 {ok, PathHdl} = file_handle_cache:open(
-                                  Path, [{read_ahead, Size} | ?READ_MODE], []),
+                                  Path, ?READ_MODE, [{read_buffer, Size}]),
                 {ok, Content} = file_handle_cache:read(PathHdl, Size),
                 ok = file_handle_cache:close(PathHdl),
 
diff --git a/src/rabbit_reader.erl b/src/rabbit_reader.erl
index eb50eeb163..e3247439ef 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_reader.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_reader.erl
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 
 -define(INFO_KEYS, ?CREATION_EVENT_KEYS ++ ?STATISTICS_KEYS -- [pid]).
 
+-define(AUTH_NOTIFICATION_INFO_KEYS,
+        [host, vhost, name, peer_host, peer_port, protocol, auth_mechanism,
+         ssl, ssl_protocol, ssl_cipher, peer_cert_issuer, peer_cert_subject,
+         peer_cert_validity]).
+
 -define(IS_RUNNING(State),
         (State#v1.connection_state =:= running orelse
          State#v1.connection_state =:= blocking orelse
@@ -214,7 +219,6 @@ start_connection(Parent, HelperSup, Deb, Sock, SockTransform) ->
                                     rabbit_net:fast_close(Sock),
                                     exit(normal)
            end,
-    log(info, "accepting AMQP connection ~p (~s)~n", [self(), Name]),
     {ok, HandshakeTimeout} = application:get_env(rabbit, handshake_timeout),
     ClientSock = socket_op(Sock, SockTransform),
     erlang:send_after(HandshakeTimeout, self(), handshake_timeout),
@@ -260,8 +264,9 @@ start_connection(Parent, HelperSup, Deb, Sock, SockTransform) ->
         log(info, "closing AMQP connection ~p (~s)~n", [self(), Name])
     catch
         Ex -> log(case Ex of
-                      connection_closed_abruptly -> warning;
-                      _                          -> error
+                      connection_closed_with_no_data_received -> debug;
+                      connection_closed_abruptly              -> warning;
+                      _                                       -> error
                   end, "closing AMQP connection ~p (~s):~n~p~n",
                   [self(), Name, Ex])
     after
@@ -313,8 +318,28 @@ binlist_split(Len, L, [Acc0|Acc]) when Len < 0 ->
 binlist_split(Len, [H|T], Acc) ->
     binlist_split(Len - size(H), T, [H|Acc]).
 
-mainloop(Deb, Buf, BufLen, State = #v1{sock = Sock}) ->
-    case rabbit_net:recv(Sock) of
+mainloop(Deb, Buf, BufLen, State = #v1{sock = Sock,
+                                       connection_state = CS,
+                                       connection = #connection{
+                                         name = ConnName}}) ->
+    Recv = rabbit_net:recv(Sock),
+    case CS of
+        pre_init when Buf =:= [] ->
+            %% We only log incoming connections when either the
+            %% first byte was received or there was an error (eg. a
+            %% timeout).
+            %%
+            %% The goal is to not log TCP healthchecks (a connection
+            %% with no data received) unless specified otherwise.
+            log(case Recv of
+                  closed -> debug;
+                  _      -> info
+                end, "accepting AMQP connection ~p (~s)~n",
+                [self(), ConnName]);
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end,
+    case Recv of
         {data, Data} ->
             recvloop(Deb, [Data | Buf], BufLen + size(Data),
                      State#v1{pending_recv = false});
@@ -334,10 +359,18 @@ mainloop(Deb, Buf, BufLen, State = #v1{sock = Sock}) ->
             end
     end.
 
-stop(closed, State) -> maybe_emit_stats(State),
-                       throw(connection_closed_abruptly);
-stop(Reason, State) -> maybe_emit_stats(State),
-                       throw({inet_error, Reason}).
+stop(closed, #v1{connection_state = pre_init} = State) ->
+    %% The connection was closed before any packet was received. It's
+    %% probably a load-balancer healthcheck: don't consider this a
+    %% failure.
+    maybe_emit_stats(State),
+    throw(connection_closed_with_no_data_received);
+stop(closed, State) ->
+    maybe_emit_stats(State),
+    throw(connection_closed_abruptly);
+stop(Reason, State) ->
+    maybe_emit_stats(State),
+    throw({inet_error, Reason}).
 
 handle_other({conserve_resources, Source, Conserve},
              State = #v1{throttle = Throttle = #throttle{alarmed_by = CR}}) ->
@@ -944,7 +977,7 @@ handle_method0(#'connection.open'{virtual_host = VHostPath},
                            helper_sup       = SupPid,
                            sock             = Sock,
                            throttle         = Throttle}) ->
-    ok = rabbit_access_control:check_vhost_access(User, VHostPath),
+    ok = rabbit_access_control:check_vhost_access(User, VHostPath, Sock),
     NewConnection = Connection#connection{vhost = VHostPath},
     ok = send_on_channel0(Sock, #'connection.open_ok'{}, Protocol),
     Conserve = rabbit_alarm:register(self(), {?MODULE, conserve_resources, []}),
@@ -1046,9 +1079,12 @@ auth_phase(Response,
                                        auth_state     = AuthState},
                        sock = Sock}) ->
     case AuthMechanism:handle_response(Response, AuthState) of
-        {refused, Msg, Args} ->
-            auth_fail(Msg, Args, Name, State);
+        {refused, Username, Msg, Args} ->
+            auth_fail(Username, Msg, Args, Name, State);
         {protocol_error, Msg, Args} ->
+            notify_auth_result(none, user_authentication_failure,
+                               [{error, rabbit_misc:format(Msg, Args)}],
+                               State),
             rabbit_misc:protocol_error(syntax_error, Msg, Args);
         {challenge, Challenge, AuthState1} ->
             Secure = #'connection.secure'{challenge = Challenge},
@@ -1057,9 +1093,12 @@ auth_phase(Response,
                                     auth_state = AuthState1}};
         {ok, User = #user{username = Username}} ->
             case rabbit_access_control:check_user_loopback(Username, Sock) of
-                ok          -> ok;
-                not_allowed -> auth_fail("user '~s' can only connect via "
-                                         "localhost", [Username], Name, State)
+                ok ->
+                    notify_auth_result(Username, user_authentication_success,
+                                       [], State);
+                not_allowed ->
+                    auth_fail(Username, "user '~s' can only connect via "
+                              "localhost", [Username], Name, State)
             end,
             Tune = #'connection.tune'{frame_max   = get_env(frame_max),
                                       channel_max = get_env(channel_max),
@@ -1071,11 +1110,15 @@ auth_phase(Response,
     end.
 
 -ifdef(use_specs).
--spec(auth_fail/4 :: (string(), [any()], binary(), #v1{}) -> no_return()).
+-spec(auth_fail/5 ::
+        (rabbit_types:username() | none, string(), [any()], binary(), #v1{}) ->
+           no_return()).
 -endif.
-auth_fail(Msg, Args, AuthName,
+auth_fail(Username, Msg, Args, AuthName,
           State = #v1{connection = #connection{protocol     = Protocol,
                                                capabilities = Capabilities}}) ->
+    notify_auth_result(Username, user_authentication_failure,
+      [{error, rabbit_misc:format(Msg, Args)}], State),
     AmqpError = rabbit_misc:amqp_error(
                   access_refused, "~s login refused: ~s",
                   [AuthName, io_lib:format(Msg, Args)], none),
@@ -1094,6 +1137,16 @@ auth_fail(Msg, Args, AuthName,
     end,
     rabbit_misc:protocol_error(AmqpError).
 
+notify_auth_result(Username, AuthResult, ExtraProps, State) ->
+    EventProps = [{connection_type, network},
+                  {name, case Username of none -> ''; _ -> Username end}] ++
+                 [case Item of
+                      name -> {connection_name, i(name, State)};
+                      _    -> {Item, i(Item, State)}
+                  end || Item <- ?AUTH_NOTIFICATION_INFO_KEYS] ++
+                 ExtraProps,
+    rabbit_event:notify(AuthResult, [P || {_, V} = P <- EventProps, V =/= '']).
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 infos(Items, State) -> [{Item, i(Item, State)} || Item <- Items].
diff --git a/src/rabbit_trace.erl b/src/rabbit_trace.erl
index dbc2856d0c..9292068cea 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_trace.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_trace.erl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 -module(rabbit_trace).
 
--export([init/1, enabled/1, tap_in/5, tap_out/5, start/1, stop/1]).
+-export([init/1, enabled/1, tap_in/6, tap_out/5, start/1, stop/1]).
 
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 -include("rabbit_framing.hrl").
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 -spec(init/1 :: (rabbit_types:vhost()) -> state()).
 -spec(enabled/1 :: (rabbit_types:vhost()) -> boolean()).
--spec(tap_in/5 :: (rabbit_types:basic_message(), binary(),
-                   rabbit_channel:channel_number(),
+-spec(tap_in/6 :: (rabbit_types:basic_message(), [rabbit_amqqueue:name()],
+                   binary(), rabbit_channel:channel_number(),
                    rabbit_types:username(), state()) -> 'ok').
 -spec(tap_out/5 :: (rabbit_amqqueue:qmsg(), binary(),
                     rabbit_channel:channel_number(),
@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ enabled(VHost) ->
     {ok, VHosts} = application:get_env(rabbit, ?TRACE_VHOSTS),
     lists:member(VHost, VHosts).
 
-tap_in(_Msg, _ConnName, _ChannelNum, _Username, none) -> ok;
+tap_in(_Msg, _QNames, _ConnName, _ChannelNum, _Username, none) -> ok;
 tap_in(Msg = #basic_message{exchange_name = #resource{name         = XName,
                                                       virtual_host = VHost}},
-       ConnName, ChannelNum, Username, TraceX) ->
+       QNames, ConnName, ChannelNum, Username, TraceX) ->
     trace(TraceX, Msg, <<"publish">>, XName,
-          [{<<"vhost">>,      longstr,   VHost},
-           {<<"connection">>, longstr,   ConnName},
-           {<<"channel">>,    signedint, ChannelNum},
-           {<<"user">>,       longstr,   Username}]).
+          [{<<"vhost">>,         longstr,   VHost},
+           {<<"connection">>,    longstr,   ConnName},
+           {<<"channel">>,       signedint, ChannelNum},
+           {<<"user">>,          longstr,   Username},
+           {<<"routed_queues">>, array,
+            [{longstr, QName#resource.name} || QName <- QNames]}]).
 
 tap_out(_Msg, _ConnName, _ChannelNum, _Username, none) -> ok;
 tap_out({#resource{name = QName, virtual_host = VHost},
diff --git a/src/rabbit_types.erl b/src/rabbit_types.erl
index ba48867ad0..039568df8e 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_types.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_types.erl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
               vhost/0, ctag/0, amqp_error/0, r/1, r2/2, r3/3, listener/0,
               binding/0, binding_source/0, binding_destination/0,
               amqqueue/0, exchange/0,
-              connection/0, protocol/0, user/0, internal_user/0,
+              connection/0, protocol/0, auth_user/0, user/0, internal_user/0,
               username/0, password/0, password_hash/0,
               ok/1, error/1, ok_or_error/1, ok_or_error2/2, ok_pid_or_error/0,
               channel_exit/0, connection_exit/0, mfargs/0, proc_name/0,
@@ -131,11 +131,15 @@
 
 -type(protocol() :: rabbit_framing:protocol()).
 
+-type(auth_user() ::
+        #auth_user{username :: username(),
+                   tags     :: [atom()],
+                   impl     :: any()}).
+
 -type(user() ::
-        #user{username     :: username(),
-              tags         :: [atom()],
-              auth_backend :: atom(),
-              impl         :: any()}).
+        #user{username       :: username(),
+              tags           :: [atom()],
+              authz_backends :: [{atom(), any()}]}).
 
 -type(internal_user() ::
         #internal_user{username      :: username(),
diff --git a/src/rabbit_upgrade.erl b/src/rabbit_upgrade.erl
index 72bf7855c4..2ab6545911 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_upgrade.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_upgrade.erl
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 -module(rabbit_upgrade).
 
--export([maybe_upgrade_mnesia/0, maybe_upgrade_local/0]).
+-export([maybe_upgrade_mnesia/0, maybe_upgrade_local/0,
+         nodes_running/1, secondary_upgrade/1]).
 
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ remove_backup() ->
 
 maybe_upgrade_mnesia() ->
     AllNodes = rabbit_mnesia:cluster_nodes(all),
+    ok = rabbit_mnesia_rename:maybe_finish(AllNodes),
     case rabbit_version:upgrades_required(mnesia) of
         {error, starting_from_scratch} ->
             ok;
diff --git a/src/rabbit_upgrade_functions.erl b/src/rabbit_upgrade_functions.erl
index 9f6dc21aa3..16f0b21b1b 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_upgrade_functions.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_upgrade_functions.erl
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 -rabbit_upgrade({cluster_name,          mnesia, [runtime_parameters]}).
 -rabbit_upgrade({down_slave_nodes,      mnesia, [queue_decorators]}).
 -rabbit_upgrade({queue_state,           mnesia, [down_slave_nodes]}).
+-rabbit_upgrade({recoverable_slaves,    mnesia, [queue_state]}).
 
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
 -spec(cluster_name/0          :: () -> 'ok').
 -spec(down_slave_nodes/0      :: () -> 'ok').
 -spec(queue_state/0           :: () -> 'ok').
+-spec(recoverable_slaves/0    :: () -> 'ok').
 
 -endif.
 
@@ -418,6 +420,18 @@ queue_state(Table) ->
       [name, durable, auto_delete, exclusive_owner, arguments, pid, slave_pids,
        sync_slave_pids, down_slave_nodes, policy, gm_pids, decorators, state]).
 
+recoverable_slaves() ->
+    ok = recoverable_slaves(rabbit_queue),
+    ok = recoverable_slaves(rabbit_durable_queue).
+
+recoverable_slaves(Table) ->
+    transform(
+      Table, fun (Q) -> Q end, %% Don't change shape of record
+      [name, durable, auto_delete, exclusive_owner, arguments, pid, slave_pids,
+       sync_slave_pids, recoverable_slaves, policy, gm_pids, decorators,
+       state]).
+
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 transform(TableName, Fun, FieldList) ->
diff --git a/src/rabbit_variable_queue.erl b/src/rabbit_variable_queue.erl
index 1da3de2671..d4e0a04f39 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_variable_queue.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_variable_queue.erl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 -export([init/3, terminate/2, delete_and_terminate/2, delete_crashed/1,
          purge/1, purge_acks/1,
-         publish/5, publish_delivered/4, discard/3, drain_confirmed/1,
+         publish/6, publish_delivered/5, discard/4, drain_confirmed/1,
          dropwhile/2, fetchwhile/4, fetch/2, drop/2, ack/2, requeue/2,
          ackfold/4, fold/3, len/1, is_empty/1, depth/1,
          set_ram_duration_target/2, ram_duration/1, needs_timeout/1, timeout/1,
@@ -28,16 +28,34 @@
 -export([start/1, stop/0]).
 
 %% exported for testing only
--export([start_msg_store/2, stop_msg_store/0, init/5]).
+-export([start_msg_store/2, stop_msg_store/0, init/6]).
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Messages, and their position in the queue, can be in memory or on
+%% disk, or both. Persistent messages will have both message and
+%% position pushed to disk as soon as they arrive; transient messages
+%% can be written to disk (and thus both types can be evicted from
+%% memory) under memory pressure. The question of whether a message is
+%% in RAM and whether it is persistent are orthogonal.
+%%
+%% Messages are persisted using the queue index and the message
+%% store. Normally the queue index holds the position of the message
+%% *within this queue* along with a couple of small bits of metadata,
+%% while the message store holds the message itself (including headers
+%% and other properties).
+%%
+%% However, as an optimisation, small messages can be embedded
+%% directly in the queue index and bypass the message store
+%% altogether.
+%%
 %% Definitions:
-
+%%
 %% alpha: this is a message where both the message itself, and its
 %%        position within the queue are held in RAM
 %%
-%% beta: this is a message where the message itself is only held on
-%%        disk, but its position within the queue is held in RAM.
+%% beta:  this is a message where the message itself is only held on
+%%        disk (if persisted to the message store) but its position
+%%        within the queue is held in RAM.
 %%
 %% gamma: this is a message where the message itself is only held on
 %%        disk, but its position is both in RAM and on disk.
@@ -248,8 +266,9 @@
           q3,
           q4,
           next_seq_id,
-          ram_pending_ack,
-          disk_pending_ack,
+          ram_pending_ack,    %% msgs using store, still in RAM
+          disk_pending_ack,   %% msgs in store, paged out
+          qi_pending_ack,     %% msgs using qi, *can't* be paged out
           index_state,
           msg_store_clients,
           durable,
@@ -274,7 +293,11 @@
           unconfirmed,
           confirmed,
           ack_out_counter,
-          ack_in_counter
+          ack_in_counter,
+          %% Unlike the other counters these two do not feed into
+          %% #rates{} and get reset
+          disk_read_count,
+          disk_write_count
         }).
 
 -record(rates, { in, out, ack_in, ack_out, timestamp }).
@@ -285,8 +308,9 @@
           msg,
           is_persistent,
           is_delivered,
-          msg_on_disk,
+          msg_in_store,
           index_on_disk,
+          persist_to,
           msg_props
         }).
 
@@ -300,11 +324,13 @@
 %% betas, the IO_BATCH_SIZE sets the number of betas that we must be
 %% due to write indices for before we do any work at all.
 -define(IO_BATCH_SIZE, 2048). %% next power-of-2 after ?CREDIT_DISC_BOUND
+-define(HEADER_GUESS_SIZE, 100). %% see determine_persist_to/2
 -define(PERSISTENT_MSG_STORE, msg_store_persistent).
 -define(TRANSIENT_MSG_STORE,  msg_store_transient).
 -define(QUEUE, lqueue).
 
 -include("rabbit.hrl").
+-include("rabbit_framing.hrl").
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -341,6 +367,7 @@
              next_seq_id           :: seq_id(),
              ram_pending_ack       :: gb_trees:tree(),
              disk_pending_ack      :: gb_trees:tree(),
+             qi_pending_ack        :: gb_trees:tree(),
              index_state           :: any(),
              msg_store_clients     :: 'undefined' | {{any(), binary()},
                                                     {any(), binary()}},
@@ -367,7 +394,9 @@
              unconfirmed           :: gb_sets:set(),
              confirmed             :: gb_sets:set(),
              ack_out_counter       :: non_neg_integer(),
-             ack_in_counter        :: non_neg_integer() }).
+             ack_in_counter        :: non_neg_integer(),
+             disk_read_count       :: non_neg_integer(),
+             disk_write_count      :: non_neg_integer() }).
 %% Duplicated from rabbit_backing_queue
 -spec(ack/2 :: ([ack()], state()) -> {[rabbit_guid:guid()], state()}).
 
@@ -426,16 +455,19 @@ stop_msg_store() ->
     ok = rabbit_sup:stop_child(?PERSISTENT_MSG_STORE),
     ok = rabbit_sup:stop_child(?TRANSIENT_MSG_STORE).
 
-init(Queue, Recover, AsyncCallback) ->
-    init(Queue, Recover, AsyncCallback,
-         fun (MsgIds, ActionTaken) ->
-                 msgs_written_to_disk(AsyncCallback, MsgIds, ActionTaken)
-         end,
-         fun (MsgIds) -> msg_indices_written_to_disk(AsyncCallback, MsgIds) end).
+init(Queue, Recover, Callback) ->
+    init(
+      Queue, Recover, Callback,
+      fun (MsgIds, ActionTaken) ->
+              msgs_written_to_disk(Callback, MsgIds, ActionTaken)
+      end,
+      fun (MsgIds) -> msg_indices_written_to_disk(Callback, MsgIds) end,
+      fun (MsgIds) -> msgs_and_indices_written_to_disk(Callback, MsgIds) end).
 
 init(#amqqueue { name = QueueName, durable = IsDurable }, new,
-     AsyncCallback, MsgOnDiskFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun) ->
-    IndexState = rabbit_queue_index:init(QueueName, MsgIdxOnDiskFun),
+     AsyncCallback, MsgOnDiskFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun, MsgAndIdxOnDiskFun) ->
+    IndexState = rabbit_queue_index:init(QueueName,
+                                         MsgIdxOnDiskFun, MsgAndIdxOnDiskFun),
     init(IsDurable, IndexState, 0, 0, [],
          case IsDurable of
              true  -> msg_store_client_init(?PERSISTENT_MSG_STORE,
@@ -446,13 +478,17 @@ init(#amqqueue { name = QueueName, durable = IsDurable }, new,
 
 %% We can be recovering a transient queue if it crashed
 init(#amqqueue { name = QueueName, durable = IsDurable }, Terms,
-     AsyncCallback, MsgOnDiskFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun) ->
+     AsyncCallback, MsgOnDiskFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun, MsgAndIdxOnDiskFun) ->
     {PRef, RecoveryTerms} = process_recovery_terms(Terms),
     {PersistentClient, ContainsCheckFun} =
         case IsDurable of
             true  -> C = msg_store_client_init(?PERSISTENT_MSG_STORE, PRef,
                                                MsgOnDiskFun, AsyncCallback),
-                     {C, fun (MId) -> rabbit_msg_store:contains(MId, C) end};
+                     {C, fun (MsgId) when is_binary(MsgId) ->
+                                 rabbit_msg_store:contains(MsgId, C);
+                             (#basic_message{is_persistent = Persistent}) ->
+                                 Persistent
+                         end};
             false -> {undefined, fun(_MsgId) -> false end}
         end,
     TransientClient  = msg_store_client_init(?TRANSIENT_MSG_STORE,
@@ -461,7 +497,7 @@ init(#amqqueue { name = QueueName, durable = IsDurable }, Terms,
         rabbit_queue_index:recover(
           QueueName, RecoveryTerms,
           rabbit_msg_store:successfully_recovered_state(?PERSISTENT_MSG_STORE),
-          ContainsCheckFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun),
+          ContainsCheckFun, MsgIdxOnDiskFun, MsgAndIdxOnDiskFun),
     init(IsDurable, IndexState, DeltaCount, DeltaBytes, RecoveryTerms,
          PersistentClient, TransientClient).
 
@@ -514,51 +550,30 @@ delete_and_terminate(_Reason, State) ->
 delete_crashed(#amqqueue{name = QName}) ->
     ok = rabbit_queue_index:erase(QName).
 
-purge(State = #vqstate { q4                = Q4,
-                         index_state       = IndexState,
-                         msg_store_clients = MSCState,
-                         len               = Len,
-                         ram_bytes         = RamBytes,
-                         persistent_count  = PCount,
-                         persistent_bytes  = PBytes }) ->
+purge(State = #vqstate { q4  = Q4,
+                         len = Len }) ->
     %% TODO: when there are no pending acks, which is a common case,
     %% we could simply wipe the qi instead of issuing delivers and
     %% acks for all the messages.
-    Stats = {RamBytes, PCount, PBytes},
-    {Stats1, IndexState1} =
-        remove_queue_entries(Q4, Stats, IndexState, MSCState),
-
-    {Stats2, State1 = #vqstate { q1                = Q1,
-                                 index_state       = IndexState2,
-                                 msg_store_clients = MSCState1 }} =
-
-        purge_betas_and_deltas(
-          Stats1, State #vqstate { q4          = ?QUEUE:new(),
-                                   index_state = IndexState1 }),
-
-    {{RamBytes3, PCount3, PBytes3}, IndexState3} =
-        remove_queue_entries(Q1, Stats2, IndexState2, MSCState1),
-
-    {Len, a(State1 #vqstate { q1                = ?QUEUE:new(),
-                              index_state       = IndexState3,
-                              len               = 0,
-                              bytes             = 0,
-                              ram_msg_count     = 0,
-                              ram_bytes         = RamBytes3,
-                              persistent_count  = PCount3,
-                              persistent_bytes  = PBytes3 })}.
+    State1 = remove_queue_entries(Q4, State),
+
+    State2 = #vqstate { q1 = Q1 } =
+        purge_betas_and_deltas(State1 #vqstate { q4 = ?QUEUE:new() }),
+
+    State3 = remove_queue_entries(Q1, State2),
+
+    {Len, a(State3 #vqstate { q1 = ?QUEUE:new() })}.
 
 purge_acks(State) -> a(purge_pending_ack(false, State)).
 
 publish(Msg = #basic_message { is_persistent = IsPersistent, id = MsgId },
         MsgProps = #message_properties { needs_confirming = NeedsConfirming },
-        IsDelivered, _ChPid, State = #vqstate { q1 = Q1, q3 = Q3, q4 = Q4,
-                                                next_seq_id      = SeqId,
-                                                len              = Len,
-                                                in_counter       = InCount,
-                                                persistent_count = PCount,
-                                                durable          = IsDurable,
-                                                unconfirmed      = UC }) ->
+        IsDelivered, _ChPid, _Flow,
+        State = #vqstate { q1 = Q1, q3 = Q3, q4 = Q4,
+                           next_seq_id      = SeqId,
+                           in_counter       = InCount,
+                           durable          = IsDurable,
+                           unconfirmed      = UC }) ->
     IsPersistent1 = IsDurable andalso IsPersistent,
     MsgStatus = msg_status(IsPersistent1, IsDelivered, SeqId, Msg, MsgProps),
     {MsgStatus1, State1} = maybe_write_to_disk(false, false, MsgStatus, State),
@@ -567,42 +582,36 @@ publish(Msg = #basic_message { is_persistent = IsPersistent, id = MsgId },
                  true  -> State1 #vqstate { q4 = ?QUEUE:in(m(MsgStatus1), Q4) }
              end,
     InCount1 = InCount + 1,
-    PCount1  = PCount  + one_if(IsPersistent1),
     UC1 = gb_sets_maybe_insert(NeedsConfirming, MsgId, UC),
-    State3 = upd_bytes(
-               1, 0, MsgStatus1,
-               inc_ram_msg_count(State2 #vqstate { next_seq_id      = SeqId + 1,
-                                                   len              = Len   + 1,
-                                                   in_counter       = InCount1,
-                                                   persistent_count = PCount1,
-                                                   unconfirmed      = UC1 })),
+    State3 = stats({1, 0}, {none, MsgStatus1},
+                   State2#vqstate{ next_seq_id = SeqId + 1,
+                                   in_counter  = InCount1,
+                                   unconfirmed = UC1 }),
     a(reduce_memory_use(maybe_update_rates(State3))).
 
 publish_delivered(Msg = #basic_message { is_persistent = IsPersistent,
                                          id = MsgId },
                   MsgProps = #message_properties {
                     needs_confirming = NeedsConfirming },
-                  _ChPid, State = #vqstate { next_seq_id      = SeqId,
-                                             out_counter      = OutCount,
-                                             in_counter       = InCount,
-                                             persistent_count = PCount,
-                                             durable          = IsDurable,
-                                             unconfirmed      = UC }) ->
+                  _ChPid, _Flow,
+                  State = #vqstate { next_seq_id      = SeqId,
+                                     out_counter      = OutCount,
+                                     in_counter       = InCount,
+                                     durable          = IsDurable,
+                                     unconfirmed      = UC }) ->
     IsPersistent1 = IsDurable andalso IsPersistent,
     MsgStatus = msg_status(IsPersistent1, true, SeqId, Msg, MsgProps),
     {MsgStatus1, State1} = maybe_write_to_disk(false, false, MsgStatus, State),
     State2 = record_pending_ack(m(MsgStatus1), State1),
-    PCount1 = PCount + one_if(IsPersistent1),
     UC1 = gb_sets_maybe_insert(NeedsConfirming, MsgId, UC),
-    State3 = upd_bytes(0, 1, MsgStatus,
-                       State2 #vqstate { next_seq_id      = SeqId    + 1,
-                                         out_counter      = OutCount + 1,
-                                         in_counter       = InCount  + 1,
-                                         persistent_count = PCount1,
-                                         unconfirmed      = UC1 }),
+    State3 = stats({0, 1}, {none, MsgStatus1},
+                   State2 #vqstate { next_seq_id      = SeqId    + 1,
+                                     out_counter      = OutCount + 1,
+                                     in_counter       = InCount  + 1,
+                                     unconfirmed      = UC1 }),
     {SeqId, a(reduce_memory_use(maybe_update_rates(State3)))}.
 
-discard(_MsgId, _ChPid, State) -> State.
+discard(_MsgId, _ChPid, _Flow, State) -> State.
 
 drain_confirmed(State = #vqstate { confirmed = C }) ->
     case gb_sets:is_empty(C) of
@@ -664,7 +673,7 @@ ack([], State) ->
 ack([SeqId], State) ->
     {#msg_status { msg_id        = MsgId,
                    is_persistent = IsPersistent,
-                   msg_on_disk   = MsgOnDisk,
+                   msg_in_store  = MsgInStore,
                    index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk },
      State1 = #vqstate { index_state       = IndexState,
                          msg_store_clients = MSCState,
@@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ ack([SeqId], State) ->
                       true  -> rabbit_queue_index:ack([SeqId], IndexState);
                       false -> IndexState
                   end,
-    case MsgOnDisk of
+    case MsgInStore of
         true  -> ok = msg_store_remove(MSCState, IsPersistent, [MsgId]);
         false -> ok
     end,
@@ -733,15 +742,18 @@ fold(Fun, Acc, State = #vqstate{index_state = IndexState}) ->
     {Its, IndexState1} = lists:foldl(fun inext/2, {[], IndexState},
                                      [msg_iterator(State),
                                       disk_ack_iterator(State),
-                                      ram_ack_iterator(State)]),
+                                      ram_ack_iterator(State),
+                                      qi_ack_iterator(State)]),
     ifold(Fun, Acc, Its, State#vqstate{index_state = IndexState1}).
 
 len(#vqstate { len = Len }) -> Len.
 
 is_empty(State) -> 0 == len(State).
 
-depth(State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack = RPA, disk_pending_ack = DPA }) ->
-    len(State) + gb_trees:size(RPA) + gb_trees:size(DPA).
+depth(State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
+                         disk_pending_ack = DPA,
+                         qi_pending_ack   = QPA }) ->
+    len(State) + gb_trees:size(RPA) + gb_trees:size(DPA) + gb_trees:size(QPA).
 
 set_ram_duration_target(
   DurationTarget, State = #vqstate {
@@ -807,10 +819,11 @@ ram_duration(State) ->
                         ram_msg_count      = RamMsgCount,
                         ram_msg_count_prev = RamMsgCountPrev,
                         ram_pending_ack    = RPA,
+                        qi_pending_ack     = QPA,
                         ram_ack_count_prev = RamAckCountPrev } =
         update_rates(State),
 
-    RamAckCount = gb_trees:size(RPA),
+    RamAckCount = gb_trees:size(RPA) + gb_trees:size(QPA),
 
     Duration = %% msgs+acks / (msgs+acks/sec) == sec
         case lists:all(fun (X) -> X < 0.01 end,
@@ -846,8 +859,9 @@ msg_rates(#vqstate { rates = #rates { in  = AvgIngressRate,
 
 info(messages_ready_ram, #vqstate{ram_msg_count = RamMsgCount}) ->
     RamMsgCount;
-info(messages_unacknowledged_ram, #vqstate{ram_pending_ack = RPA}) ->
-    gb_trees:size(RPA);
+info(messages_unacknowledged_ram, #vqstate{ram_pending_ack = RPA,
+                                           qi_pending_ack  = QPA}) ->
+    gb_trees:size(RPA) + gb_trees:size(QPA);
 info(messages_ram, State) ->
     info(messages_ready_ram, State) + info(messages_unacknowledged_ram, State);
 info(messages_persistent, #vqstate{persistent_count = PersistentCount}) ->
@@ -863,6 +877,10 @@ info(message_bytes_ram, #vqstate{ram_bytes = RamBytes}) ->
     RamBytes;
 info(message_bytes_persistent, #vqstate{persistent_bytes = PersistentBytes}) ->
     PersistentBytes;
+info(disk_reads, #vqstate{disk_read_count = Count}) ->
+    Count;
+info(disk_writes, #vqstate{disk_write_count = Count}) ->
+    Count;
 info(backing_queue_status, #vqstate {
           q1 = Q1, q2 = Q2, delta = Delta, q3 = Q3, q4 = Q4,
           len              = Len,
@@ -933,14 +951,11 @@ d(Delta = #delta { start_seq_id = Start, count = Count, end_seq_id = End })
   when Start + Count =< End ->
     Delta.
 
-m(MsgStatus = #msg_status { msg           = Msg,
-                            is_persistent = IsPersistent,
-                            msg_on_disk   = MsgOnDisk,
+m(MsgStatus = #msg_status { is_persistent = IsPersistent,
+                            msg_in_store  = MsgInStore,
                             index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk }) ->
     true = (not IsPersistent) or IndexOnDisk,
-    true = (not IndexOnDisk) or MsgOnDisk,
-    true = (Msg =/= undefined) or MsgOnDisk,
-
+    true = msg_in_ram(MsgStatus) or MsgInStore,
     MsgStatus.
 
 one_if(true ) -> 1;
@@ -959,21 +974,39 @@ msg_status(IsPersistent, IsDelivered, SeqId,
                 msg           = Msg,
                 is_persistent = IsPersistent,
                 is_delivered  = IsDelivered,
-                msg_on_disk   = false,
+                msg_in_store  = false,
                 index_on_disk = false,
+                persist_to    = determine_persist_to(Msg, MsgProps),
                 msg_props     = MsgProps}.
 
+beta_msg_status({Msg = #basic_message{id = MsgId},
+                 SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered}) ->
+    MS0 = beta_msg_status0(SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered),
+    MS0#msg_status{msg_id       = MsgId,
+                   msg          = Msg,
+                   persist_to   = queue_index,
+                   msg_in_store = false};
+
 beta_msg_status({MsgId, SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered}) ->
+    MS0 = beta_msg_status0(SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered),
+    MS0#msg_status{msg_id       = MsgId,
+                   msg          = undefined,
+                   persist_to   = msg_store,
+                   msg_in_store = true}.
+
+beta_msg_status0(SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered) ->
   #msg_status{seq_id        = SeqId,
-              msg_id        = MsgId,
               msg           = undefined,
               is_persistent = IsPersistent,
               is_delivered  = IsDelivered,
-              msg_on_disk   = true,
               index_on_disk = true,
               msg_props     = MsgProps}.
 
-trim_msg_status(MsgStatus) -> MsgStatus #msg_status { msg = undefined }.
+trim_msg_status(MsgStatus) ->
+    case persist_to(MsgStatus) of
+        msg_store   -> MsgStatus#msg_status{msg = undefined};
+        queue_index -> MsgStatus
+    end.
 
 with_msg_store_state({MSCStateP, MSCStateT},  true, Fun) ->
     {Result, MSCStateP1} = Fun(MSCStateP),
@@ -1035,26 +1068,36 @@ maybe_write_delivered(false, _SeqId, IndexState) ->
 maybe_write_delivered(true, SeqId, IndexState) ->
     rabbit_queue_index:deliver([SeqId], IndexState).
 
-betas_from_index_entries(List, TransientThreshold, RPA, DPA, IndexState) ->
-    {Filtered, Delivers, Acks} =
+betas_from_index_entries(List, TransientThreshold, RPA, DPA, QPA, IndexState) ->
+    {Filtered, Delivers, Acks, RamReadyCount, RamBytes} =
         lists:foldr(
-          fun ({_MsgId, SeqId, _MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered} = M,
-               {Filtered1, Delivers1, Acks1} = Acc) ->
+          fun ({_MsgOrId, SeqId, _MsgProps, IsPersistent, IsDelivered} = M,
+               {Filtered1, Delivers1, Acks1, RRC, RB} = Acc) ->
                   case SeqId < TransientThreshold andalso not IsPersistent of
                       true  -> {Filtered1,
                                 cons_if(not IsDelivered, SeqId, Delivers1),
-                                [SeqId | Acks1]};
-                      false -> case (gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, RPA) orelse
-                                     gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, DPA)) of
-                                   false -> {?QUEUE:in_r(m(beta_msg_status(M)),
-                                                         Filtered1),
-                                             Delivers1, Acks1};
-                                   true  -> Acc
-                           end
+                                [SeqId | Acks1], RRC, RB};
+                      false -> MsgStatus = m(beta_msg_status(M)),
+                               HaveMsg = msg_in_ram(MsgStatus),
+                               Size = msg_size(MsgStatus),
+                               case (gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, RPA) orelse
+                                     gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, DPA) orelse
+                                     gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, QPA)) of
+                                   false -> {?QUEUE:in_r(MsgStatus, Filtered1),
+                                             Delivers1, Acks1,
+                                             RRC + one_if(HaveMsg),
+                                             RB + one_if(HaveMsg) * Size};
+                                   true  -> Acc %% [0]
+                               end
                   end
-          end, {?QUEUE:new(), [], []}, List),
-    {Filtered, rabbit_queue_index:ack(
-                 Acks, rabbit_queue_index:deliver(Delivers, IndexState))}.
+          end, {?QUEUE:new(), [], [], 0, 0}, List),
+    {Filtered, RamReadyCount, RamBytes,
+     rabbit_queue_index:ack(
+       Acks, rabbit_queue_index:deliver(Delivers, IndexState))}.
+%% [0] We don't increase RamBytes here, even though it pertains to
+%% unacked messages too, since if HaveMsg then the message must have
+%% been stored in the QI, thus the message must have been in
+%% qi_pending_ack, thus it must already have been in RAM.
 
 expand_delta(SeqId, ?BLANK_DELTA_PATTERN(X)) ->
     d(#delta { start_seq_id = SeqId, count = 1, end_seq_id = SeqId + 1 });
@@ -1101,6 +1144,7 @@ init(IsDurable, IndexState, DeltaCount, DeltaBytes, Terms,
       next_seq_id         = NextSeqId,
       ram_pending_ack     = gb_trees:empty(),
       disk_pending_ack    = gb_trees:empty(),
+      qi_pending_ack      = gb_trees:empty(),
       index_state         = IndexState1,
       msg_store_clients   = {PersistentClient, TransientClient},
       durable             = IsDurable,
@@ -1125,7 +1169,9 @@ init(IsDurable, IndexState, DeltaCount, DeltaBytes, Terms,
       unconfirmed         = gb_sets:new(),
       confirmed           = gb_sets:new(),
       ack_out_counter     = 0,
-      ack_in_counter      = 0 },
+      ack_in_counter      = 0,
+      disk_read_count     = 0,
+      disk_write_count    = 0 },
     a(maybe_deltas_to_betas(State)).
 
 blank_rates(Now) ->
@@ -1141,11 +1187,9 @@ in_r(MsgStatus = #msg_status { msg = undefined },
         true  -> State #vqstate { q3 = ?QUEUE:in_r(MsgStatus, Q3) };
         false -> {Msg, State1 = #vqstate { q4 = Q4a }} =
                      read_msg(MsgStatus, State),
-                 upd_ram_bytes(
-                   1, MsgStatus,
-                   inc_ram_msg_count(
-                     State1 #vqstate { q4 = ?QUEUE:in_r(MsgStatus#msg_status {
-                                                          msg = Msg }, Q4a) }))
+                 MsgStatus1 = MsgStatus#msg_status{msg = Msg},
+                 stats(ready0, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus1},
+                       State1 #vqstate { q4 = ?QUEUE:in_r(MsgStatus1, Q4a) })
     end;
 in_r(MsgStatus, State = #vqstate { q4 = Q4 }) ->
     State #vqstate { q4 = ?QUEUE:in_r(MsgStatus, Q4) }.
@@ -1168,33 +1212,57 @@ read_msg(#msg_status{msg           = undefined,
 read_msg(#msg_status{msg = Msg}, State) ->
     {Msg, State}.
 
-read_msg(MsgId, IsPersistent, State = #vqstate{msg_store_clients = MSCState}) ->
+read_msg(MsgId, IsPersistent, State = #vqstate{msg_store_clients = MSCState,
+                                               disk_read_count   = Count}) ->
     {{ok, Msg = #basic_message {}}, MSCState1} =
         msg_store_read(MSCState, IsPersistent, MsgId),
-    {Msg, State #vqstate {msg_store_clients = MSCState1}}.
-
-inc_ram_msg_count(State = #vqstate{ram_msg_count = RamMsgCount}) ->
-    State#vqstate{ram_msg_count = RamMsgCount + 1}.
-
-upd_bytes(SignReady, SignUnacked,
-          MsgStatus = #msg_status{msg = undefined}, State) ->
-    upd_bytes0(SignReady, SignUnacked, MsgStatus, State);
-upd_bytes(SignReady, SignUnacked, MsgStatus = #msg_status{msg = _}, State) ->
-    upd_ram_bytes(SignReady + SignUnacked, MsgStatus,
-                  upd_bytes0(SignReady, SignUnacked, MsgStatus, State)).
-
-upd_bytes0(SignReady, SignUnacked, MsgStatus = #msg_status{is_persistent = IsP},
-           State = #vqstate{bytes            = Bytes,
-                            unacked_bytes    = UBytes,
-                            persistent_bytes = PBytes}) ->
+    {Msg, State #vqstate {msg_store_clients = MSCState1,
+                          disk_read_count   = Count + 1}}.
+
+stats(Signs, Statuses, State) ->
+    stats0(expand_signs(Signs), expand_statuses(Statuses), State).
+
+expand_signs(ready0)   -> {0, 0, true};
+expand_signs({A, B})   -> {A, B, false}.
+
+expand_statuses({none, A})    -> {false,         msg_in_ram(A), A};
+expand_statuses({B,    none}) -> {msg_in_ram(B), false,         B};
+expand_statuses({B,    A})    -> {msg_in_ram(B), msg_in_ram(A), B}.
+
+%% In this function at least, we are religious: the variable name
+%% contains "Ready" or "Unacked" iff that is what it counts. If
+%% neither is present it counts both.
+stats0({DeltaReady, DeltaUnacked, ReadyMsgPaged},
+       {InRamBefore, InRamAfter, MsgStatus},
+       State = #vqstate{len              = ReadyCount,
+                        bytes            = ReadyBytes,
+                        ram_msg_count    = RamReadyCount,
+                        persistent_count = PersistentCount,
+                        unacked_bytes    = UnackedBytes,
+                        ram_bytes        = RamBytes,
+                        persistent_bytes = PersistentBytes}) ->
     S = msg_size(MsgStatus),
-    SignTotal = SignReady + SignUnacked,
-    State#vqstate{bytes             = Bytes  + SignReady * S,
-                  unacked_bytes     = UBytes + SignUnacked * S,
-                  persistent_bytes  = PBytes + one_if(IsP) * S * SignTotal}.
-
-upd_ram_bytes(Sign, MsgStatus, State = #vqstate{ram_bytes = RamBytes}) ->
-    State#vqstate{ram_bytes = RamBytes + Sign * msg_size(MsgStatus)}.
+    DeltaTotal = DeltaReady + DeltaUnacked,
+    DeltaRam = case {InRamBefore, InRamAfter} of
+                   {false, false} ->  0;
+                   {false, true}  ->  1;
+                   {true,  false} -> -1;
+                   {true,  true}  ->  0
+               end,
+    DeltaRamReady = case DeltaReady of
+                        1                    -> one_if(InRamAfter);
+                        -1                   -> -one_if(InRamBefore);
+                        0 when ReadyMsgPaged -> DeltaRam;
+                        0                    -> 0
+                    end,
+    DeltaPersistent = DeltaTotal * one_if(MsgStatus#msg_status.is_persistent),
+    State#vqstate{len               = ReadyCount      + DeltaReady,
+                  ram_msg_count     = RamReadyCount   + DeltaRamReady,
+                  persistent_count  = PersistentCount + DeltaPersistent,
+                  bytes             = ReadyBytes      + DeltaReady       * S,
+                  unacked_bytes     = UnackedBytes    + DeltaUnacked     * S,
+                  ram_bytes         = RamBytes        + DeltaRam         * S,
+                  persistent_bytes  = PersistentBytes + DeltaPersistent  * S}.
 
 msg_size(#msg_status{msg_props = #message_properties{size = Size}}) -> Size.
 
@@ -1203,17 +1271,13 @@ msg_in_ram(#msg_status{msg = Msg}) -> Msg =/= undefined.
 remove(AckRequired, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
                       seq_id        = SeqId,
                       msg_id        = MsgId,
-                      msg           = Msg,
                       is_persistent = IsPersistent,
                       is_delivered  = IsDelivered,
-                      msg_on_disk   = MsgOnDisk,
+                      msg_in_store  = MsgInStore,
                       index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk },
-       State = #vqstate {ram_msg_count     = RamMsgCount,
-                         out_counter       = OutCount,
+       State = #vqstate {out_counter       = OutCount,
                          index_state       = IndexState,
-                         msg_store_clients = MSCState,
-                         len               = Len,
-                         persistent_count  = PCount}) ->
+                         msg_store_clients = MSCState}) ->
     %% 1. Mark it delivered if necessary
     IndexState1 = maybe_write_delivered(
                     IndexOnDisk andalso not IsDelivered,
@@ -1224,10 +1288,11 @@ remove(AckRequired, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
                   ok = msg_store_remove(MSCState, IsPersistent, [MsgId])
           end,
     Ack = fun () -> rabbit_queue_index:ack([SeqId], IndexState1) end,
-    IndexState2 = case {AckRequired, MsgOnDisk, IndexOnDisk} of
-                      {false, true, false} -> Rem(), IndexState1;
-                      {false, true,  true} -> Rem(), Ack();
-                      _                    -> IndexState1
+    IndexState2 = case {AckRequired, MsgInStore, IndexOnDisk} of
+                      {false, true,  false} -> Rem(), IndexState1;
+                      {false, true,   true} -> Rem(), Ack();
+                      {false, false,  true} -> Ack();
+                      _                     -> IndexState1
                   end,
 
     %% 3. If an ack is required, add something sensible to PA
@@ -1238,166 +1303,215 @@ remove(AckRequired, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
                                     {SeqId, StateN};
                            false -> {undefined, State}
                        end,
-
-    PCount1      = PCount      - one_if(IsPersistent andalso not AckRequired),
-    RamMsgCount1 = RamMsgCount - one_if(Msg =/= undefined),
     State2       = case AckRequired of
-                       false -> upd_bytes(-1, 0, MsgStatus, State1);
-                       true  -> upd_bytes(-1, 1, MsgStatus, State1)
+                       false -> stats({-1, 0}, {MsgStatus, none},     State1);
+                       true  -> stats({-1, 1}, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus}, State1)
                    end,
     {AckTag, maybe_update_rates(
-               State2 #vqstate {ram_msg_count    = RamMsgCount1,
-                                out_counter      = OutCount + 1,
-                                index_state      = IndexState2,
-                                len              = Len - 1,
-                                persistent_count = PCount1})}.
-
-purge_betas_and_deltas(Stats,
-                       State = #vqstate { q3                = Q3,
-                                          index_state       = IndexState,
-                                          msg_store_clients = MSCState }) ->
+               State2 #vqstate {out_counter = OutCount + 1,
+                                index_state = IndexState2})}.
+
+purge_betas_and_deltas(State = #vqstate { q3 = Q3 }) ->
     case ?QUEUE:is_empty(Q3) of
-        true  -> {Stats, State};
-        false -> {Stats1, IndexState1} = remove_queue_entries(
-                                           Q3, Stats, IndexState, MSCState),
-                 purge_betas_and_deltas(Stats1,
-                                        maybe_deltas_to_betas(
-                                          State #vqstate {
-                                            q3          = ?QUEUE:new(),
-                                            index_state = IndexState1 }))
+        true  -> State;
+        false -> State1 = remove_queue_entries(Q3, State),
+                 purge_betas_and_deltas(maybe_deltas_to_betas(
+                                          State1#vqstate{q3 = ?QUEUE:new()}))
     end.
 
-remove_queue_entries(Q, {RamBytes, PCount, PBytes},
-                     IndexState, MSCState) ->
-    {MsgIdsByStore, RamBytes1, PBytes1, Delivers, Acks} =
+remove_queue_entries(Q, State = #vqstate{index_state       = IndexState,
+                                         msg_store_clients = MSCState}) ->
+    {MsgIdsByStore, Delivers, Acks, State1} =
         ?QUEUE:foldl(fun remove_queue_entries1/2,
-                     {orddict:new(), RamBytes, PBytes, [], []}, Q),
+                     {orddict:new(), [], [], State}, Q),
     ok = orddict:fold(fun (IsPersistent, MsgIds, ok) ->
                               msg_store_remove(MSCState, IsPersistent, MsgIds)
                       end, ok, MsgIdsByStore),
-    {{RamBytes1,
-      PCount - case orddict:find(true, MsgIdsByStore) of
-                   error     -> 0;
-                   {ok, Ids} -> length(Ids)
-               end,
-      PBytes1},
-     rabbit_queue_index:ack(Acks,
-                            rabbit_queue_index:deliver(Delivers, IndexState))}.
+    IndexState1 = rabbit_queue_index:ack(
+                    Acks, rabbit_queue_index:deliver(Delivers, IndexState)),
+    State1#vqstate{index_state = IndexState1}.
 
 remove_queue_entries1(
-  #msg_status { msg_id = MsgId, seq_id = SeqId, msg = Msg,
-                is_delivered = IsDelivered, msg_on_disk = MsgOnDisk,
-                index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk, is_persistent = IsPersistent,
-                msg_props = #message_properties { size = Size } },
-  {MsgIdsByStore, RamBytes, PBytes, Delivers, Acks}) ->
-    {case MsgOnDisk of
+  #msg_status { msg_id = MsgId, seq_id = SeqId, is_delivered = IsDelivered,
+                msg_in_store = MsgInStore, index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk,
+                is_persistent = IsPersistent} = MsgStatus,
+  {MsgIdsByStore, Delivers, Acks, State}) ->
+    {case MsgInStore of
          true  -> rabbit_misc:orddict_cons(IsPersistent, MsgId, MsgIdsByStore);
          false -> MsgIdsByStore
      end,
-     RamBytes - Size * one_if(Msg =/= undefined),
-     PBytes   - Size * one_if(IsPersistent),
      cons_if(IndexOnDisk andalso not IsDelivered, SeqId, Delivers),
-     cons_if(IndexOnDisk, SeqId, Acks)}.
+     cons_if(IndexOnDisk, SeqId, Acks),
+     stats({-1, 0}, {MsgStatus, none}, State)}.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal gubbins for publishing
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 maybe_write_msg_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
-                                  msg_on_disk = true }, _MSCState) ->
-    MsgStatus;
+                                  msg_in_store = true }, State) ->
+    {MsgStatus, State};
 maybe_write_msg_to_disk(Force, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
                                  msg = Msg, msg_id = MsgId,
-                                 is_persistent = IsPersistent }, MSCState)
+                                 is_persistent = IsPersistent },
+                        State = #vqstate{ msg_store_clients = MSCState,
+                                          disk_write_count  = Count})
   when Force orelse IsPersistent ->
-    Msg1 = Msg #basic_message {
-             %% don't persist any recoverable decoded properties
-             content = rabbit_binary_parser:clear_decoded_content(
-                         Msg #basic_message.content)},
-    ok = msg_store_write(MSCState, IsPersistent, MsgId, Msg1),
-    MsgStatus #msg_status { msg_on_disk = true };
-maybe_write_msg_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus, _MSCState) ->
-    MsgStatus.
+    case persist_to(MsgStatus) of
+        msg_store   -> ok = msg_store_write(MSCState, IsPersistent, MsgId,
+                                            prepare_to_store(Msg)),
+                       {MsgStatus#msg_status{msg_in_store = true},
+                        State#vqstate{disk_write_count = Count + 1}};
+        queue_index -> {MsgStatus, State}
+    end;
+maybe_write_msg_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus, State) ->
+    {MsgStatus, State}.
 
 maybe_write_index_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
-                                    index_on_disk = true }, IndexState) ->
-    true = MsgStatus #msg_status.msg_on_disk, %% ASSERTION
-    {MsgStatus, IndexState};
+                                    index_on_disk = true }, State) ->
+    {MsgStatus, State};
 maybe_write_index_to_disk(Force, MsgStatus = #msg_status {
+                                   msg           = Msg,
                                    msg_id        = MsgId,
                                    seq_id        = SeqId,
                                    is_persistent = IsPersistent,
                                    is_delivered  = IsDelivered,
-                                   msg_props     = MsgProps}, IndexState)
+                                   msg_props     = MsgProps},
+                          State = #vqstate{target_ram_count = TargetRamCount,
+                                           disk_write_count = DiskWriteCount,
+                                           index_state      = IndexState})
   when Force orelse IsPersistent ->
-    true = MsgStatus #msg_status.msg_on_disk, %% ASSERTION
+    {MsgOrId, DiskWriteCount1} =
+        case persist_to(MsgStatus) of
+            msg_store   -> {MsgId, DiskWriteCount};
+            queue_index -> {prepare_to_store(Msg), DiskWriteCount + 1}
+        end,
     IndexState1 = rabbit_queue_index:publish(
-                    MsgId, SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, IndexState),
-    {MsgStatus #msg_status { index_on_disk = true },
-     maybe_write_delivered(IsDelivered, SeqId, IndexState1)};
-maybe_write_index_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus, IndexState) ->
-    {MsgStatus, IndexState}.
-
-maybe_write_to_disk(ForceMsg, ForceIndex, MsgStatus,
-                    State = #vqstate { index_state       = IndexState,
-                                       msg_store_clients = MSCState }) ->
-    MsgStatus1 = maybe_write_msg_to_disk(ForceMsg, MsgStatus, MSCState),
-    {MsgStatus2, IndexState1} =
-        maybe_write_index_to_disk(ForceIndex, MsgStatus1, IndexState),
-    {MsgStatus2, State #vqstate { index_state = IndexState1 }}.
+                    MsgOrId, SeqId, MsgProps, IsPersistent, TargetRamCount,
+                    IndexState),
+    IndexState2 = maybe_write_delivered(IsDelivered, SeqId, IndexState1),
+    {MsgStatus#msg_status{index_on_disk = true},
+     State#vqstate{index_state      = IndexState2,
+                   disk_write_count = DiskWriteCount1}};
+
+maybe_write_index_to_disk(_Force, MsgStatus, State) ->
+    {MsgStatus, State}.
+
+maybe_write_to_disk(ForceMsg, ForceIndex, MsgStatus, State) ->
+    {MsgStatus1, State1} = maybe_write_msg_to_disk(ForceMsg, MsgStatus, State),
+    maybe_write_index_to_disk(ForceIndex, MsgStatus1, State1).
+
+determine_persist_to(#basic_message{
+                        content = #content{properties     = Props,
+                                           properties_bin = PropsBin}},
+                     #message_properties{size = BodySize}) ->
+    {ok, IndexMaxSize} = application:get_env(
+                           rabbit, queue_index_embed_msgs_below),
+    %% The >= is so that you can set the env to 0 and never persist
+    %% to the index.
+    %%
+    %% We want this to be fast, so we avoid size(term_to_binary())
+    %% here, or using the term size estimation from truncate.erl, both
+    %% of which are too slow. So instead, if the message body size
+    %% goes over the limit then we avoid any other checks.
+    %%
+    %% If it doesn't we need to decide if the properties will push
+    %% it past the limit. If we have the encoded properties (usual
+    %% case) we can just check their size. If we don't (message came
+    %% via the direct client), we make a guess based on the number of
+    %% headers.
+    case BodySize >= IndexMaxSize of
+        true  -> msg_store;
+        false -> Est = case is_binary(PropsBin) of
+                           true  -> BodySize + size(PropsBin);
+                           false -> #'P_basic'{headers = Hs} = Props,
+                                    case Hs of
+                                        undefined -> 0;
+                                        _         -> length(Hs)
+                                    end * ?HEADER_GUESS_SIZE + BodySize
+                       end,
+                 case Est >= IndexMaxSize of
+                     true  -> msg_store;
+                     false -> queue_index
+                 end
+    end.
+
+persist_to(#msg_status{persist_to = To}) -> To.
+
+prepare_to_store(Msg) ->
+    Msg#basic_message{
+      %% don't persist any recoverable decoded properties
+      content = rabbit_binary_parser:clear_decoded_content(
+                  Msg #basic_message.content)}.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal gubbins for acks
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-record_pending_ack(#msg_status { seq_id = SeqId, msg = Msg } = MsgStatus,
+record_pending_ack(#msg_status { seq_id = SeqId } = MsgStatus,
                    State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
                                       disk_pending_ack = DPA,
+                                      qi_pending_ack   = QPA,
                                       ack_in_counter   = AckInCount}) ->
-    {RPA1, DPA1} =
-        case Msg of
-            undefined -> {RPA, gb_trees:insert(SeqId, MsgStatus, DPA)};
-            _         -> {gb_trees:insert(SeqId, MsgStatus, RPA), DPA}
+    Insert = fun (Tree) -> gb_trees:insert(SeqId, MsgStatus, Tree) end,
+    {RPA1, DPA1, QPA1} =
+        case {msg_in_ram(MsgStatus), persist_to(MsgStatus)} of
+            {false, _}           -> {RPA, Insert(DPA), QPA};
+            {_,     queue_index} -> {RPA, DPA, Insert(QPA)};
+            {_,     msg_store}   -> {Insert(RPA), DPA, QPA}
         end,
     State #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA1,
                      disk_pending_ack = DPA1,
+                     qi_pending_ack   = QPA1,
                      ack_in_counter   = AckInCount + 1}.
 
 lookup_pending_ack(SeqId, #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
-                                     disk_pending_ack = DPA }) ->
+                                     disk_pending_ack = DPA,
+                                     qi_pending_ack   = QPA}) ->
     case gb_trees:lookup(SeqId, RPA) of
         {value, V} -> V;
-        none       -> gb_trees:get(SeqId, DPA)
+        none       -> case gb_trees:lookup(SeqId, DPA) of
+                          {value, V} -> V;
+                          none       -> gb_trees:get(SeqId, QPA)
+                      end
     end.
 
-%% First parameter = UpdatePersistentCount
+%% First parameter = UpdateStats
 remove_pending_ack(true, SeqId, State) ->
-    {MsgStatus, State1 = #vqstate { persistent_count = PCount }} =
-        remove_pending_ack(false, SeqId, State),
-    PCount1 = PCount - one_if(MsgStatus#msg_status.is_persistent),
-    {MsgStatus, upd_bytes(0, -1, MsgStatus,
-                          State1 # vqstate{ persistent_count = PCount1 })};
-remove_pending_ack(false, SeqId, State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
-                                                    disk_pending_ack = DPA }) ->
+    {MsgStatus, State1} = remove_pending_ack(false, SeqId, State),
+    {MsgStatus, stats({0, -1}, {MsgStatus, none}, State1)};
+remove_pending_ack(false, SeqId, State = #vqstate{ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
+                                                  disk_pending_ack = DPA,
+                                                  qi_pending_ack   = QPA}) ->
     case gb_trees:lookup(SeqId, RPA) of
         {value, V} -> RPA1 = gb_trees:delete(SeqId, RPA),
                       {V, State #vqstate { ram_pending_ack = RPA1 }};
-        none       -> DPA1 = gb_trees:delete(SeqId, DPA),
-                      {gb_trees:get(SeqId, DPA),
-                       State #vqstate { disk_pending_ack = DPA1 }}
+        none       -> case gb_trees:lookup(SeqId, DPA) of
+                          {value, V} ->
+                              DPA1 = gb_trees:delete(SeqId, DPA),
+                              {V, State#vqstate{disk_pending_ack = DPA1}};
+                          none ->
+                              QPA1 = gb_trees:delete(SeqId, QPA),
+                              {gb_trees:get(SeqId, QPA),
+                               State#vqstate{qi_pending_ack = QPA1}}
+                      end
     end.
 
 purge_pending_ack(KeepPersistent,
                   State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack   = RPA,
                                      disk_pending_ack  = DPA,
+                                     qi_pending_ack    = QPA,
                                      index_state       = IndexState,
                                      msg_store_clients = MSCState }) ->
     F = fun (_SeqId, MsgStatus, Acc) -> accumulate_ack(MsgStatus, Acc) end,
     {IndexOnDiskSeqIds, MsgIdsByStore, _AllMsgIds} =
         rabbit_misc:gb_trees_fold(
-          F, rabbit_misc:gb_trees_fold(F, accumulate_ack_init(), RPA), DPA),
+          F, rabbit_misc:gb_trees_fold(
+               F,  rabbit_misc:gb_trees_fold(
+                     F, accumulate_ack_init(), RPA), DPA), QPA),
     State1 = State #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = gb_trees:empty(),
-                              disk_pending_ack = gb_trees:empty() },
+                              disk_pending_ack = gb_trees:empty(),
+                              qi_pending_ack   = gb_trees:empty()},
 
     case KeepPersistent of
         true  -> case orddict:find(false, MsgIdsByStore) of
@@ -1418,11 +1532,11 @@ accumulate_ack_init() -> {[], orddict:new(), []}.
 accumulate_ack(#msg_status { seq_id        = SeqId,
                              msg_id        = MsgId,
                              is_persistent = IsPersistent,
-                             msg_on_disk   = MsgOnDisk,
+                             msg_in_store  = MsgInStore,
                              index_on_disk = IndexOnDisk },
                {IndexOnDiskSeqIdsAcc, MsgIdsByStore, AllMsgIds}) ->
     {cons_if(IndexOnDisk, SeqId, IndexOnDiskSeqIdsAcc),
-     case MsgOnDisk of
+     case MsgInStore of
          true  -> rabbit_misc:orddict_cons(IsPersistent, MsgId, MsgIdsByStore);
          false -> MsgIdsByStore
      end,
@@ -1469,29 +1583,25 @@ msg_indices_written_to_disk(Callback, MsgIdSet) ->
                                            gb_sets:union(MIOD, Confirmed) })
              end).
 
+msgs_and_indices_written_to_disk(Callback, MsgIdSet) ->
+    Callback(?MODULE,
+             fun (?MODULE, State) -> record_confirms(MsgIdSet, State) end).
+
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal plumbing for requeue
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 publish_alpha(#msg_status { msg = undefined } = MsgStatus, State) ->
     {Msg, State1} = read_msg(MsgStatus, State),
-    {MsgStatus#msg_status { msg = Msg },
-     upd_ram_bytes(1, MsgStatus, inc_ram_msg_count(State1))}; %% [1]
+    MsgStatus1 = MsgStatus#msg_status { msg = Msg },
+    {MsgStatus1, stats({1, -1}, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus1}, State1)};
 publish_alpha(MsgStatus, State) ->
-    {MsgStatus, inc_ram_msg_count(State)}.
-%% [1] We increase the ram_bytes here because we paged the message in
-%% to requeue it, not purely because we requeued it. Hence in the
-%% second head it's already accounted for as already in memory. OTOH
-%% ram_msg_count does not include unacked messages, so it needs
-%% incrementing in both heads.
+    {MsgStatus, stats({1, -1}, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus}, State)}.
 
 publish_beta(MsgStatus, State) ->
     {MsgStatus1, State1} = maybe_write_to_disk(true, false, MsgStatus, State),
     MsgStatus2 = m(trim_msg_status(MsgStatus1)),
-    case msg_in_ram(MsgStatus1) andalso not msg_in_ram(MsgStatus2) of
-        true -> {MsgStatus2, upd_ram_bytes(-1, MsgStatus, State1)};
-        _    -> {MsgStatus2, State1}
-    end.
+    {MsgStatus2, stats({1, -1}, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus2}, State1)}.
 
 %% Rebuild queue, inserting sequence ids to maintain ordering
 queue_merge(SeqIds, Q, MsgIds, Limit, PubFun, State) ->
@@ -1513,7 +1623,7 @@ queue_merge([SeqId | Rest] = SeqIds, Q, Front, MsgIds,
             {#msg_status { msg_id = MsgId } = MsgStatus1, State2} =
                 PubFun(MsgStatus, State1),
             queue_merge(Rest, Q, ?QUEUE:in(MsgStatus1, Front), [MsgId | MsgIds],
-                        Limit, PubFun, upd_bytes(1, -1, MsgStatus, State2))
+                        Limit, PubFun, State2)
     end;
 queue_merge(SeqIds, Q, Front, MsgIds,
             _Limit, _PubFun, State) ->
@@ -1527,13 +1637,8 @@ delta_merge(SeqIds, Delta, MsgIds, State) ->
                             msg_from_pending_ack(SeqId, State0),
                         {_MsgStatus, State2} =
                             maybe_write_to_disk(true, true, MsgStatus, State1),
-                        State3 =
-                            case msg_in_ram(MsgStatus) of
-                                false -> State2;
-                                true  -> upd_ram_bytes(-1, MsgStatus, State2)
-                            end,
                         {expand_delta(SeqId, Delta0), [MsgId | MsgIds0],
-                         upd_bytes(1, -1, MsgStatus, State3)}
+                         stats({1, -1}, {MsgStatus, none}, State2)}
                 end, {Delta, MsgIds, State}, SeqIds).
 
 %% Mostly opposite of record_pending_ack/2
@@ -1563,6 +1668,9 @@ ram_ack_iterator(State) ->
 disk_ack_iterator(State) ->
     {ack, gb_trees:iterator(State#vqstate.disk_pending_ack)}.
 
+qi_ack_iterator(State) ->
+    {ack, gb_trees:iterator(State#vqstate.qi_pending_ack)}.
+
 msg_iterator(State) -> istate(start, State).
 
 istate(start, State) -> {q4,    State#vqstate.q4,    State};
@@ -1592,7 +1700,8 @@ next({delta, Delta, [], State}, IndexState) ->
     next({delta, Delta, State}, IndexState);
 next({delta, Delta, [{_, SeqId, _, _, _} = M | Rest], State}, IndexState) ->
     case (gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, State#vqstate.ram_pending_ack) orelse
-          gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, State#vqstate.disk_pending_ack)) of
+          gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, State#vqstate.disk_pending_ack) orelse
+          gb_trees:is_defined(SeqId, State#vqstate.qi_pending_ack)) of
         false -> Next = {delta, Delta, Rest, State},
                  {value, beta_msg_status(M), false, Next, IndexState};
         true  -> next({delta, Delta, Rest, State}, IndexState)
@@ -1689,12 +1798,12 @@ limit_ram_acks(Quota, State = #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA,
             {SeqId, MsgStatus, RPA1} = gb_trees:take_largest(RPA),
             {MsgStatus1, State1} =
                 maybe_write_to_disk(true, false, MsgStatus, State),
-            DPA1 = gb_trees:insert(SeqId, m(trim_msg_status(MsgStatus1)), DPA),
+            MsgStatus2 = m(trim_msg_status(MsgStatus1)),
+            DPA1 = gb_trees:insert(SeqId, MsgStatus2, DPA),
             limit_ram_acks(Quota - 1,
-                           upd_ram_bytes(
-                             -1, MsgStatus1,
-                             State1 #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA1,
-                                               disk_pending_ack = DPA1 }))
+                           stats({0, 0}, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus2},
+                                 State1 #vqstate { ram_pending_ack  = RPA1,
+                                                   disk_pending_ack = DPA1 }))
     end.
 
 permitted_beta_count(#vqstate { len = 0 }) ->
@@ -1755,8 +1864,12 @@ maybe_deltas_to_betas(State = #vqstate {
                         delta                = Delta,
                         q3                   = Q3,
                         index_state          = IndexState,
+                        ram_msg_count        = RamMsgCount,
+                        ram_bytes            = RamBytes,
                         ram_pending_ack      = RPA,
                         disk_pending_ack     = DPA,
+                        qi_pending_ack       = QPA,
+                        disk_read_count      = DiskReadCount,
                         transient_threshold  = TransientThreshold }) ->
     #delta { start_seq_id = DeltaSeqId,
              count        = DeltaCount,
@@ -1766,9 +1879,13 @@ maybe_deltas_to_betas(State = #vqstate {
                    DeltaSeqIdEnd]),
     {List, IndexState1} = rabbit_queue_index:read(DeltaSeqId, DeltaSeqId1,
                                                   IndexState),
-    {Q3a, IndexState2} = betas_from_index_entries(List, TransientThreshold,
-                                                  RPA, DPA, IndexState1),
-    State1 = State #vqstate { index_state = IndexState2 },
+    {Q3a, RamCountsInc, RamBytesInc, IndexState2} =
+        betas_from_index_entries(List, TransientThreshold,
+                                 RPA, DPA, QPA, IndexState1),
+    State1 = State #vqstate { index_state       = IndexState2,
+                              ram_msg_count     = RamMsgCount   + RamCountsInc,
+                              ram_bytes         = RamBytes      + RamBytesInc,
+                              disk_read_count   = DiskReadCount + RamCountsInc},
     case ?QUEUE:len(Q3a) of
         0 ->
             %% we ignored every message in the segment due to it being
@@ -1826,26 +1943,21 @@ push_alphas_to_betas(Generator, Consumer, Quota, Q, State) ->
                      {empty, _Q} ->
                          {Quota, State};
                      {{value, MsgStatus}, Qa} ->
-                         {MsgStatus1 = #msg_status { msg_on_disk = true },
-                          State1 = #vqstate { ram_msg_count = RamMsgCount }} =
+                         {MsgStatus1, State1} =
                              maybe_write_to_disk(true, false, MsgStatus, State),
                          MsgStatus2 = m(trim_msg_status(MsgStatus1)),
-                         State2 = Consumer(
-                                    MsgStatus2, Qa,
-                                    upd_ram_bytes(
-                                      -1, MsgStatus2,
-                                      State1 #vqstate {
-                                        ram_msg_count = RamMsgCount - 1})),
+                         State2 = stats(
+                                    ready0, {MsgStatus, MsgStatus2}, State1),
+                         State3 = Consumer(MsgStatus2, Qa, State2),
                          push_alphas_to_betas(Generator, Consumer, Quota - 1,
-                                              Qa, State2)
+                                              Qa, State3)
                  end
     end.
 
-push_betas_to_deltas(Quota, State = #vqstate { q2          = Q2,
-                                               delta       = Delta,
-                                               q3          = Q3,
-                                               index_state = IndexState }) ->
-    PushState = {Quota, Delta, IndexState},
+push_betas_to_deltas(Quota, State = #vqstate { q2    = Q2,
+                                               delta = Delta,
+                                               q3    = Q3}) ->
+    PushState = {Quota, Delta, State},
     {Q3a, PushState1} = push_betas_to_deltas(
                           fun ?QUEUE:out_r/1,
                           fun rabbit_queue_index:next_segment_boundary/1,
@@ -1854,11 +1966,10 @@ push_betas_to_deltas(Quota, State = #vqstate { q2          = Q2,
                           fun ?QUEUE:out/1,
                           fun (Q2MinSeqId) -> Q2MinSeqId end,
                           Q2, PushState1),
-    {_, Delta1, IndexState1} = PushState2,
-    State #vqstate { q2          = Q2a,
-                     delta       = Delta1,
-                     q3          = Q3a,
-                     index_state = IndexState1 }.
+    {_, Delta1, State1} = PushState2,
+    State1 #vqstate { q2    = Q2a,
+                      delta = Delta1,
+                      q3    = Q3a }.
 
 push_betas_to_deltas(Generator, LimitFun, Q, PushState) ->
     case ?QUEUE:is_empty(Q) of
@@ -1874,11 +1985,9 @@ push_betas_to_deltas(Generator, LimitFun, Q, PushState) ->
             end
     end.
 
-push_betas_to_deltas1(_Generator, _Limit, Q,
-                      {0, _Delta, _IndexState} = PushState) ->
+push_betas_to_deltas1(_Generator, _Limit, Q, {0, _Delta, _State} = PushState) ->
     {Q, PushState};
-push_betas_to_deltas1(Generator, Limit, Q,
-                      {Quota, Delta, IndexState} = PushState) ->
+push_betas_to_deltas1(Generator, Limit, Q, {Quota, Delta, State} = PushState) ->
     case Generator(Q) of
         {empty, _Q} ->
             {Q, PushState};
@@ -1886,11 +1995,12 @@ push_betas_to_deltas1(Generator, Limit, Q,
           when SeqId < Limit ->
             {Q, PushState};
         {{value, MsgStatus = #msg_status { seq_id = SeqId }}, Qa} ->
-            {#msg_status { index_on_disk = true }, IndexState1} =
-                maybe_write_index_to_disk(true, MsgStatus, IndexState),
+            {#msg_status { index_on_disk = true }, State1} =
+                maybe_write_index_to_disk(true, MsgStatus, State),
+            State2 = stats(ready0, {MsgStatus, none}, State1),
             Delta1 = expand_delta(SeqId, Delta),
             push_betas_to_deltas1(Generator, Limit, Qa,
-                                  {Quota - 1, Delta1, IndexState1})
+                                  {Quota - 1, Delta1, State2})
     end.
 
 %%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/truncate.erl b/src/truncate.erl
index 820af1bf86..1b4d957d0b 100644
--- a/src/truncate.erl
+++ b/src/truncate.erl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ report(List, Params) when is_list(List) -> [case Item of
 report(Other, Params)                   -> term(Other, Params).
 
 term(Thing, {Max, {Content, Struct, ContentDec, StructDec}}) ->
-    case term_limit(Thing, Max) of
+    case exceeds_size(Thing, Max) of
         true  -> term(Thing, true, #params{content     = Content,
                                            struct      = Struct,
                                            content_dec = ContentDec,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ shrink_list([H|T], #params{content     = Content,
 %% sizes. This is all going to be rather approximate though, these
 %% sizes are probably not very "fair" but we are just trying to see if
 %% we reach a fairly arbitrary limit anyway though.
-term_limit(Thing, Max) ->
+exceeds_size(Thing, Max) ->
     case term_size(Thing, Max, erlang:system_info(wordsize)) of
         limit_exceeded -> true;
         _              -> false
diff --git a/src/worker_pool.erl b/src/worker_pool.erl
index 608cea9166..71359aa5ed 100644
--- a/src/worker_pool.erl
+++ b/src/worker_pool.erl
@@ -18,13 +18,34 @@
 
 %% Generic worker pool manager.
 %%
-%% Supports nested submission of jobs (nested jobs always run
-%% immediately in current worker process).
+%% Submitted jobs are functions. They can be executed asynchronously
+%% (using worker_pool:submit/1, worker_pool:submit/2) or synchronously
+%% (using worker_pool:submit_async/1).
 %%
-%% Possible future enhancements:
+%% We typically use the worker pool if we want to limit the maximum
+%% parallelism of some job. We are not trying to dodge the cost of
+%% creating Erlang processes.
 %%
-%% 1. Allow priorities (basically, change the pending queue to a
-%% priority_queue).
+%% Supports nested submission of jobs and two execution modes:
+%% 'single' and 'reuse'. Jobs executed in 'single' mode are invoked in
+%% a one-off process. Those executed in 'reuse' mode are invoked in a
+%% worker process out of the pool. Nested jobs are always executed
+%% immediately in current worker process.
+%%
+%% 'single' mode is offered to work around a bug in Mnesia: after
+%% network partitions reply messages for prior failed requests can be
+%% sent to Mnesia clients - a reused worker pool process can crash on
+%% receiving one.
+%%
+%% Caller submissions are enqueued internally. When the next worker
+%% process is available, it communicates it to the pool and is
+%% assigned a job to execute. If job execution fails with an error, no
+%% response is returned to the caller.
+%%
+%% Worker processes prioritise certain command-and-control messages
+%% from the pool.
+%%
+%% Future improvement points: job prioritisation.
 
 -behaviour(gen_server2).
 
diff --git a/src/worker_pool_worker.erl b/src/worker_pool_worker.erl
index 819a6ae8ce..c2d058923d 100644
--- a/src/worker_pool_worker.erl
+++ b/src/worker_pool_worker.erl
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 -module(worker_pool_worker).
 
+%% Executes jobs (functions) submitted to a worker pool with worker_pool:submit/1,
+%% worker_pool:submit/2 or worker_pool:submit_async/1.
+%%
+%% See worker_pool for an overview.
+
 -behaviour(gen_server2).
 
 -export([start_link/0, next_job_from/2, submit/3, submit_async/2, run/1]).
diff --git a/test/src/rabbit_tests.erl b/test/src/rabbit_tests.erl
index f54a486058..0774dd9ab5 100644
--- a/test/src/rabbit_tests.erl
+++ b/test/src/rabbit_tests.erl
@@ -1290,11 +1290,9 @@ test_spawn_remote() ->
     end.
 
 user(Username) ->
-    #user{username     = Username,
-          tags         = [administrator],
-          auth_backend = rabbit_auth_backend_internal,
-          impl         = #internal_user{username = Username,
-                                        tags     = [administrator]}}.
+    #user{username       = Username,
+          tags           = [administrator],
+          authz_backends = [{rabbit_auth_backend_internal, none}]}.
 
 test_confirms() ->
     {_Writer, Ch} = test_spawn(),
@@ -1888,11 +1886,15 @@ test_backing_queue() ->
             passed = test_msg_store(),
             application:set_env(rabbit, msg_store_file_size_limit,
                                 FileSizeLimit),
-            passed = test_queue_index(),
-            passed = test_queue_index_props(),
-            passed = test_variable_queue(),
-            passed = test_variable_queue_delete_msg_store_files_callback(),
-            passed = test_queue_recover(),
+            [begin
+                 application:set_env(
+                   rabbit, queue_index_embed_msgs_below, Bytes),
+                 passed = test_queue_index(),
+                 passed = test_queue_index_props(),
+                 passed = test_variable_queue(),
+                 passed = test_variable_queue_delete_msg_store_files_callback(),
+                 passed = test_queue_recover()
+             end || Bytes <- [0, 1024]],
             application:set_env(rabbit, queue_index_max_journal_entries,
                                 MaxJournal),
             %% We will have restarted the message store, and thus changed
@@ -2219,7 +2221,7 @@ init_test_queue() ->
             fun (MsgId) ->
                     rabbit_msg_store:contains(MsgId, PersistentClient)
             end,
-            fun nop/1),
+            fun nop/1, fun nop/1),
     ok = rabbit_msg_store:client_delete_and_terminate(PersistentClient),
     Res.
 
@@ -2258,7 +2260,7 @@ queue_index_publish(SeqIds, Persistent, Qi) ->
                   MsgId = rabbit_guid:gen(),
                   QiM = rabbit_queue_index:publish(
                           MsgId, SeqId, #message_properties{size = 10},
-                          Persistent, QiN),
+                          Persistent, infinity, QiN),
                   ok = rabbit_msg_store:write(MsgId, MsgId, MSCState),
                   {QiM, [{SeqId, MsgId} | SeqIdsMsgIdsAcc]}
           end, {Qi, []}, SeqIds),
@@ -2281,7 +2283,8 @@ test_queue_index_props() ->
       fun(Qi0) ->
               MsgId = rabbit_guid:gen(),
               Props = #message_properties{expiry=12345, size = 10},
-              Qi1 = rabbit_queue_index:publish(MsgId, 1, Props, true, Qi0),
+              Qi1 = rabbit_queue_index:publish(
+                      MsgId, 1, Props, true, infinity, Qi0),
               {[{MsgId, 1, Props, _, _}], Qi2} =
                   rabbit_queue_index:read(1, 2, Qi1),
               Qi2
@@ -2422,7 +2425,7 @@ variable_queue_init(Q, Recover) ->
       Q, case Recover of
              true  -> non_clean_shutdown;
              false -> new
-         end, fun nop/2, fun nop/2, fun nop/1).
+         end, fun nop/2, fun nop/2, fun nop/1, fun nop/1).
 
 variable_queue_publish(IsPersistent, Count, VQ) ->
     variable_queue_publish(IsPersistent, Count, fun (_N, P) -> P end, VQ).
@@ -2444,7 +2447,7 @@ variable_queue_publish(IsPersistent, Start, Count, PropFun, PayloadFun, VQ) ->
                                                      end},
                     PayloadFun(N)),
                   PropFun(N, #message_properties{size = 10}),
-                  false, self(), VQN)
+                  false, self(), noflow, VQN)
         end, VQ, lists:seq(Start, Start + Count - 1))).
 
 variable_queue_fetch(Count, IsPersistent, IsDelivered, Len, VQ) ->
@@ -2462,7 +2465,10 @@ variable_queue_set_ram_duration_target(Duration, VQ) ->
       rabbit_variable_queue:set_ram_duration_target(Duration, VQ)).
 
 assert_prop(List, Prop, Value) ->
-    Value = proplists:get_value(Prop, List).
+    case proplists:get_value(Prop, List)of
+        Value -> ok;
+        _     -> {exit, Prop, exp, Value, List}
+    end.
 
 assert_props(List, PropVals) ->
     [assert_prop(List, Prop, Value) || {Prop, Value} <- PropVals].
@@ -2485,12 +2491,18 @@ with_fresh_variable_queue(Fun) ->
                                           {delta, undefined, 0, undefined}},
                                          {q3, 0}, {q4, 0},
                                          {len, 0}]),
-                       _ = rabbit_variable_queue:delete_and_terminate(
-                        shutdown, Fun(VQ)),
-                       Me ! Ref
+                       try
+                           _ = rabbit_variable_queue:delete_and_terminate(
+                                 shutdown, Fun(VQ)),
+                           Me ! Ref
+                       catch
+                           Type:Error ->
+                               Me ! {Ref, Type, Error, erlang:get_stacktrace()}
+                       end
                end),
     receive
-        Ref -> ok
+        Ref                    -> ok;
+        {Ref, Type, Error, ST} -> exit({Type, Error, ST})
     end,
     passed.
 
@@ -2501,7 +2513,8 @@ publish_and_confirm(Q, Payload, Count) ->
                                     <<>>, #'P_basic'{delivery_mode = 2},
                                     Payload),
          Delivery = #delivery{mandatory = false, sender = self(),
-                              confirm = true, message = Msg, msg_seq_no = Seq},
+                              confirm = true, message = Msg, msg_seq_no = Seq,
+                              flow = noflow},
           _QPids = rabbit_amqqueue:deliver([Q], Delivery)
      end || Seq <- Seqs],
     wait_for_confirms(gb_sets:from_list(Seqs)).
@@ -2787,8 +2800,6 @@ test_variable_queue_dynamic_duration_change(VQ0) ->
     VQ7 = lists:foldl(
             fun (Duration1, VQ4) ->
                     {_Duration, VQ5} = rabbit_variable_queue:ram_duration(VQ4),
-                    io:format("~p:~n~p~n",
-                              [Duration1, variable_queue_status(VQ5)]),
                     VQ6 = variable_queue_set_ram_duration_target(
                             Duration1, VQ5),
                     publish_fetch_and_ack(Churn, Len, VQ6)
@@ -2849,7 +2860,6 @@ test_variable_queue_partial_segments_delta_thing(VQ0) ->
 check_variable_queue_status(VQ0, Props) ->
     VQ1 = variable_queue_wait_for_shuffling_end(VQ0),
     S = variable_queue_status(VQ1),
-    io:format("~p~n", [S]),
     assert_props(S, Props),
     VQ1.