diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index a546f8c..eafa81b 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,19 @@
                              kwarg2=dict_of_numbers)
 
 
+Test Skips
+----------
+If a test is broken because of a bug it is appropriate to skip the test until
+bug has been fixed. However, the skip message should be formatted so that
+Tempest's skip tracking tool can watch the bug status. The skip message should
+contain the string 'Bug' immediately followed by a space. Then the bug number
+should be included in the message '#' in front of the number.
+
+Example::
+
+  @testtools.skip("Skipped until the Bug #980688 is resolved")
+
+
 openstack-common
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/cli/__init__.py b/cli/__init__.py
index 6ffe229..5d986c0 100644
--- a/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/cli/__init__.py
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@
         return self.cmd_with_auth(
             'nova', action, flags, params, admin, fail_ok)
 
-    def nova_manage(self, action, flags='', params='', fail_ok=False):
+    def nova_manage(self, action, flags='', params='', fail_ok=False,
+                    merge_stderr=False):
         """Executes nova-manage command for the given action."""
         return self.cmd(
-            'nova-manage', action, flags, params, fail_ok)
+            'nova-manage', action, flags, params, fail_ok, merge_stderr)
 
     def keystone(self, action, flags='', params='', admin=True, fail_ok=False):
         """Executes keystone command for the given action."""
@@ -81,14 +82,19 @@
         flags = creds + ' ' + flags
         return self.cmd(cmd, action, flags, params, fail_ok)
 
-    def cmd(self, cmd, action, flags='', params='', fail_ok=False):
+    def cmd(self, cmd, action, flags='', params='', fail_ok=False,
+            merge_stderr=False):
         """Executes specified command for the given action."""
         cmd = ' '.join([CONF.cli.cli_dir + cmd,
                         flags, action, params])
         LOG.info("running: '%s'" % cmd)
         cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
         try:
-            result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            if merge_stderr:
+                result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            else:
+                devnull = open('/dev/null', 'w')
+                result = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=devnull)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
             LOG.error("command output:\n%s" % e.output)
             raise
diff --git a/cli/simple_read_only/test_compute_manage.py b/cli/simple_read_only/test_compute_manage.py
index f1fb739..bbcc5b1 100644
--- a/cli/simple_read_only/test_compute_manage.py
+++ b/cli/simple_read_only/test_compute_manage.py
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@
         self.nova_manage('', '-h')
 
     def test_version_flag(self):
-        self.assertNotEqual("", self.nova_manage('', '--version'))
+        # Bug 1159957: nova-manage --version writes to stderr
+        self.assertNotEqual("", self.nova_manage('', '--version',
+                                                 merge_stderr=True))
         self.assertEqual(self.nova_manage('version'),
-                         self.nova_manage('', '--version'))
+                         self.nova_manage('', '--version', merge_stderr=True))
 
     def test_debug_flag(self):
         self.assertNotEqual("", self.nova_manage('instance_type list',
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@
 
     def test_flavor_list(self):
         self.assertNotEqual("", self.nova_manage('flavor list'))
-        self.assertNotEqual(self.nova_manage('instance_type list'),
-                            self.nova_manage('flavor list'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.nova_manage('instance_type list'),
+                         self.nova_manage('flavor list'))
 
     def test_db_archive_deleted_rows(self):
         # make sure command doesn't error out
diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_list_server_filters.py b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_list_server_filters.py
index ff599fe..4d2b99f 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_list_server_filters.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_list_server_filters.py
@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@
         self.assertIn(self.s3['id'], map(lambda x: x['id'], servers))
 
     @attr(type='positive')
-    def test_list_servers_detailed_filter_by_limit(self):
+    def test_list_servers_filter_by_limit(self):
         # Verify only the expected number of servers are returned
         params = {'limit': 1}
-        resp, servers = self.client.list_servers_with_detail(params)
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(servers['servers']))
+        resp, servers = self.client.list_servers(params)
+        #when _interface='xml', one element for servers_links in servers
+        self.assertEqual(1, len([x for x in servers['servers'] if 'id' in x]))
 
     @utils.skip_unless_attr('multiple_images', 'Only one image found')
     @attr(type='positive')
diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
index 186e399..61ba384 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@
     def _delete(self, volume_id):
         self.volumes_extensions_client.delete_volume(volume_id)
 
+    def _unrescue(self, server_id):
+        resp, body = self.servers_client.unrescue_server(server_id)
+        self.assertEqual(202, resp.status)
+        self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(server_id, 'ACTIVE')
+
     @attr(type='smoke')
     def test_rescue_unrescue_instance(self):
         resp, body = self.servers_client.rescue_server(
@@ -118,9 +123,8 @@
         self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(self.server_id, 'ACTIVE')
 
     @attr(type='negative')
-    @testtools.skip("Skipped until Bug #1126163 is resolved")
     def test_rescued_vm_reboot(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest, self.servers_client.reboot,
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Duplicate, self.servers_client.reboot,
                           self.rescue_id, 'HARD')
 
     @attr(type='negative')
@@ -130,37 +134,23 @@
                           self.rescue_id,
                           self.image_ref_alt)
 
-    @attr(type='positive')
-    @testtools.skip("Skipped due to Bug #1126187")
+    @attr(type='negative')
     def test_rescued_vm_attach_volume(self):
         client = self.volumes_extensions_client
 
         # Rescue the server
         self.servers_client.rescue_server(self.server_id, self.password)
         self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(self.server_id, 'RESCUE')
+        self.addCleanup(self._unrescue, self.server_id)
 
         # Attach the volume to the server
-        resp, body = \
-        self.servers_client.attach_volume(self.server_id,
-                                          self.volume_to_attach['id'],
-                                          device='/dev/%s' % self.device)
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
-        client.wait_for_volume_status(self.volume_to_attach['id'], 'in-use')
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Duplicate,
+                          self.servers_client.attach_volume,
+                          self.server_id,
+                          self.volume_to_attach['id'],
+                          device='/dev/%s' % self.device)
 
-        # Detach the volume to the server
-        resp, body = \
-        self.servers_client.detach_volume(self.server_id,
-                                          self.volume_to_attach['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(202, resp.status)
-        client.wait_for_volume_status(self.volume_to_attach['id'], 'available')
-
-        # Unrescue the server
-        resp, body = self.servers_client.unrescue_server(self.server_id)
-        self.assertEqual(202, resp.status)
-        self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(self.server_id, 'ACTIVE')
-
-    @attr(type='positive')
-    @testtools.skip("Skipped until Bug #1126187 is resolved")
+    @attr(type='negative')
     def test_rescued_vm_detach_volume(self):
         # Attach the volume to the server
         self.servers_client.attach_volume(self.server_id,
@@ -172,19 +162,13 @@
         # Rescue the server
         self.servers_client.rescue_server(self.server_id, self.password)
         self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(self.server_id, 'RESCUE')
+        self.addCleanup(self._unrescue, self.server_id)
 
-        # Detach the volume to the server
-        resp, body = \
-        self.servers_client.detach_volume(self.server_id,
-                                          self.volume_to_detach['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(202, resp.status)
-        client = self.volumes_extensions_client
-        client.wait_for_volume_status(self.volume_to_detach['id'], 'available')
-
-        # Unrescue the server
-        resp, body = self.servers_client.unrescue_server(self.server_id)
-        self.assertEqual(202, resp.status)
-        self.servers_client.wait_for_server_status(self.server_id, 'ACTIVE')
+        # Detach the volume from the server expecting failure
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.Duplicate,
+                          self.servers_client.detach_volume,
+                          self.server_id,
+                          self.volume_to_detach['id'])
 
     @attr(type='positive')
     def test_rescued_vm_associate_dissociate_floating_ip(self):
diff --git a/tools/hacking.py b/tools/hacking.py
index 44039be..7e46b74 100755
--- a/tools/hacking.py
+++ b/tools/hacking.py
@@ -322,6 +322,30 @@
                 return (pos, "T404: test functions must "
                         "not have doc strings")
 
+SKIP_DECORATOR = '@testtools.skip('
+
+
+def tempest_skip_bugs(physical_line):
+    """Check skip lines for proper bug entries
+
+    T601: Bug not in skip line
+    T602: Bug in message formatted incorrectly
+    """
+
+    pos = physical_line.find(SKIP_DECORATOR)
+
+    skip_re = re.compile(r'^\s*@testtools.skip.*')
+
+    if pos != -1 and skip_re.match(physical_line):
+        bug = re.compile(r'^.*\bbug\b.*', re.IGNORECASE)
+        if bug.match(physical_line) is None:
+            return (pos, 'T601: skips must have an associated bug')
+
+        bug_re = re.compile(r'.*skip\(.*Bug\s\#\d+', re.IGNORECASE)
+
+        if bug_re.match(physical_line) is None:
+            return (pos, 'T602: Bug number formatted incorrectly')
+
 
 FORMAT_RE = re.compile("%(?:"
                        "%|"           # Ignore plain percents