diff --git a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
index bf73bec..7c7f492 100644
--- a/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/aptly-promote-pipeline.groovy
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@
         try {
             stage("promote") {
                 // promote is restricted to users in aptly-promote-users LDAP group
-                lock("aptly-api") {
-                    for (storage in storages) {
-                        if (storage == "local") {
-                            storage = ""
-                        }
-                        retry(2) {
-                            aptly.promotePublish(APTLY_URL, SOURCE, TARGET, RECREATE, components, packages, DIFF_ONLY, '-d --timeout 600', DUMP_PUBLISH.toBoolean(), storage)
-                        }
-                    }
+                if(jenkinsUtils.currentUserInGroups(["mcp-cicd-admins", "release-engineering", "opencontrail-all"])){
+                  lock("aptly-api") {
+                      for (storage in storages) {
+                          if (storage == "local") {
+                              storage = ""
+                          }
+                          retry(2) {
+                              aptly.promotePublish(APTLY_URL, SOURCE, TARGET, RECREATE, components, packages, DIFF_ONLY, '-d --timeout 600', DUMP_PUBLISH.toBoolean(), storage)
+                          }
+                      }
+                  }
+                }else{
+                  throw new Exception(String.format("You don't have permissions to make aptly promote from source:%s to target:%s! Only CI/CD and QA team can perform aptly promote.", SOURCE, TARGET))
                 }
             }
         } catch (Throwable e) {
@@ -60,4 +64,3 @@
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/generate-repo-snapshot-context.groovy b/generate-repo-snapshot-context.groovy
index e51dbc4..c36aeae 100644
--- a/generate-repo-snapshot-context.groovy
+++ b/generate-repo-snapshot-context.groovy
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // remove file if exists
+        sh "rm -rf ${fileName}"
         writeYaml file: fileName, data: ['parameters': meta ]
         archiveArtifacts artifacts: fileName
     }
diff --git a/openstack-compute-install.groovy b/openstack-compute-install.groovy
index 2b37fba..581168a 100644
--- a/openstack-compute-install.groovy
+++ b/openstack-compute-install.groovy
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
                 salt.runSaltProcessStep(pepperEnv, targetLiveAll, 'pkg.upgrade', [], null, true)
             }
 
+            stage("Update Hosts file") {
+                salt.enforceState(pepperEnv, "I@linux:system", 'linux.network.host', true)
+            }
+
             stage("Setup networking") {
                 // Sync all of the modules from the salt master.
                 salt.syncAll(pepperEnv, targetLiveAll)
diff --git a/release-mcp-version.groovy b/release-mcp-version.groovy
index 665a170..bd19b02 100644
--- a/release-mcp-version.groovy
+++ b/release-mcp-version.groovy
@@ -88,6 +88,31 @@
     ]
 }
 
+def triggerPkgPromoteJob(PkgRepoList, PromoteFrom, PromoteTo) {
+    def repos = PkgRepoList.trim().tokenize()
+    def RepoName, RepoDist, PackagesToPromote
+    for (repo in repos) {
+        if(repo.startsWith('#')){
+            common.warningMsg("Skipping repo ${repo}")
+            continue
+        }
+        if(repo.trim().indexOf(' ') == -1){
+             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong format of repository and commit input")
+        }
+        repoArray = repo.trim().tokenize(' ')
+        RepoName = repoArray[0]
+        RepoDist = repoArray[1]
+        PackagesToPromote = repoArray[2]
+        build job: "pkg-promote", parameters: [
+            [$class: 'ChoiceParameterValue', name: 'repoName', value: RepoName],
+            [$class: 'ChoiceParameterValue', name: 'repoDist', value: RepoDist],
+            [$class: 'ChoiceParameterValue', name: 'promoteFrom', value: PromoteFrom],
+            [$class: 'ChoiceParameterValue', name: 'promoteTo', value: PromoteTo],
+            [$class: 'TextParameterValue', name: 'packagesToPromote', value: PackagesToPromote],
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
 def triggerSyncVCPJob(VcpImageList, targetTag) {
     // Operation must be synced with triggerPromoteVCPJob procedure!
     def images = VcpImageList.trim().tokenize()
@@ -117,6 +142,11 @@
                     triggerAptlyPromoteJob(APTLY_URL, 'all', false, true, 'all', false, "(.*)/${SOURCE_REVISION}", APTLY_STORAGES, "{0}/${TARGET_REVISION}")
                 }
 
+                if (PKG_PROMOTE.toBoolean() && SOURCE_REVISION == 'testing') {
+                    common.infoMsg("Promoting Extra and Ceph packages")
+                    triggerPkgPromoteJob(PKG_REPO_LIST, SOURCE_REVISION, TARGET_REVISION)
+                }
+
                 if (RELEASE_DEB_MIRRORS.toBoolean()) {
                     common.infoMsg("Promoting Debmirrors")
                     triggerMirrorRepoJob(SOURCE_REVISION, TARGET_REVISION)
diff --git a/test-salt-formulas-pipeline.groovy b/test-salt-formulas-pipeline.groovy
index 404c0d0..e537ee1 100644
--- a/test-salt-formulas-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/test-salt-formulas-pipeline.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 def slaveNode = env.SLAVE_NODE ?: 'python&&docker'
 def saltVersion = env.SALT_VERSION ?: ""
 def dockerLib = new com.mirantis.mk.Docker()
-def img = dockerLib.getImage(env.SMOKE_TEST_DOCKER_IMG, "ubuntu:16.04")
 
 def checkouted = false
 
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@
 
 timeout(time: 4, unit: 'HOURS') {
   node(slaveNode) {
+    def img = dockerLib.getImage(env.SMOKE_TEST_DOCKER_IMG, "ubuntu:16.04")
     try {
       if (fileExists("tests/build")) {
         common.infoMsg('Cleaning test env')
diff --git a/test-salt-model-wrapper.groovy b/test-salt-model-wrapper.groovy
index f49b7fc..cb16cf3 100644
--- a/test-salt-model-wrapper.groovy
+++ b/test-salt-model-wrapper.groovy
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
             }
 
             def branches = [:]
-            branches.failFast = true
+            branches.failFast = false
             String branchJobName = ''
 
             if (gerritProject == reclassSystemRepo && gerritBranch == 'master') {
diff --git a/upgrade-mcp-release.groovy b/upgrade-mcp-release.groovy
index 5bc0ab2..aa8b076 100644
--- a/upgrade-mcp-release.groovy
+++ b/upgrade-mcp-release.groovy
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@
     }
 }
 
-if (common.validInputParam('PIPELINE_TIMEOUT') && env.PIPELINE_TIMEOUT.isInteger()) {
-    pipelineTimeout = env.PIPELINE_TIMEOUT.toInteger()
+if (common.validInputParam('PIPELINE_TIMEOUT')) {
+    try {
+        pipelineTimeout = env.PIPELINE_TIMEOUT.toInteger()
+    } catch(Exception e) {
+        common.warningMsg("Provided PIPELINE_TIMEOUT parameter has invalid value: ${env.PIPELINE_TIMEOUT} - should be interger")
+    }
 }
 
 timeout(time: pipelineTimeout, unit: 'HOURS') {
@@ -139,10 +143,10 @@
                 // backward compatibility for 2018.11.0
                 saltMastURL = env.getProperty('SALT_MASTER_URL')
                 saltMastCreds = env.getProperty('SALT_MASTER_CREDENTIALS')
-                upgradeSaltStack = env.getProperty('UPGRADE_SALTSTACK', false).toBoolean()
-                updateClusterModel = env.getProperty('UPDATE_CLUSTER_MODEL', false).toBoolean()
-                updatePipelines = env.getProperty('UPDATE_PIPELINES', false).toBoolean()
-                updateLocalRepos = env.getProperty('UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOS', false).toBoolean()
+                upgradeSaltStack = env.getProperty('UPGRADE_SALTSTACK').toBoolean()
+                updateClusterModel = env.getProperty('UPDATE_CLUSTER_MODEL').toBoolean()
+                updatePipelines = env.getProperty('UPDATE_PIPELINES').toBoolean()
+                updateLocalRepos = env.getProperty('UPDATE_LOCAL_REPOS').toBoolean()
                 reclassSystemBranch = gitTargetMcpVersion
             }