diff --git a/doc/source/microversion_testing.rst b/doc/source/microversion_testing.rst
index c1981f9..06062c2 100644
--- a/doc/source/microversion_testing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/microversion_testing.rst
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@
 
   .. _2.2: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/reference/api-microversion-history.html#id2
 
+  * `2.3`_
+
+  .. _2.3: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/api_microversion_history.html#maximum-in-kilo
+
   * `2.6`_
 
   .. _2.6: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/reference/api-microversion-history.html#id5
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..822df7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    In this release tempest/manager.py is removed after more than 4 years
+    of deprecation.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/create_loginable_secgroup_rule-73722fd4b4eb12d0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/create_loginable_secgroup_rule-73722fd4b4eb12d0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e53411d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/create_loginable_secgroup_rule-73722fd4b4eb12d0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added public interface create_loginable_secgroup_rule().
+    Since this interface is meant to be used by tempest plugins,
+    It doesn't neccessarily require to be private api.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/create_security_group_rule-16d58a8f0f0ff262.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/create_security_group_rule-16d58a8f0f0ff262.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3354f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/create_security_group_rule-16d58a8f0f0ff262.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added public interface create_security_group_rule().
+    Since this interface is meant to be used by tempest plugins,
+    It doesn't neccessarily require to be private api.
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 956b593..31d9b1b 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -1207,6 +1207,39 @@
                 help="Whether or not horizon is expected to be available"),
 ]
 
+enforce_scope_group = cfg.OptGroup(name="enforce_scope",
+                                   title="OpenStack Services with "
+                                         "enforce scope")
+
+
+EnforceScopeGroup = [
+    cfg.BoolOpt('nova',
+                default=False,
+                help='Does the compute service API policies enforce scope? '
+                     'This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'nova.conf: [oslo_policy].enforce_scope option.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('neutron',
+                default=False,
+                help='Does the network service API policies enforce scope? '
+                     'This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'neutron.conf: [oslo_policy].enforce_scope option.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('glance',
+                default=False,
+                help='Does the Image service API policies enforce scope? '
+                     'This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'glance.conf: [oslo_policy].enforce_scope option.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('cinder',
+                default=False,
+                help='Does the Volume service API policies enforce scope? '
+                     'This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'cinder.conf: [oslo_policy].enforce_scope option.'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('keystone',
+                default=False,
+                help='Does the Identity service API policies enforce scope? '
+                     'This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'keystone.conf: [oslo_policy].enforce_scope option.'),
+]
+
 debug_group = cfg.OptGroup(name="debug",
                            title="Debug System")
 
@@ -1276,6 +1309,7 @@
     (object_storage_feature_group, ObjectStoreFeaturesGroup),
     (scenario_group, ScenarioGroup),
     (service_available_group, ServiceAvailableGroup),
+    (enforce_scope_group, EnforceScopeGroup),
     (debug_group, DebugGroup),
     (placement_group, PlacementGroup),
     (profiler_group, ProfilerGroup),
@@ -1345,6 +1379,7 @@
             'object-storage-feature-enabled']
         self.scenario = _CONF.scenario
         self.service_available = _CONF.service_available
+        self.enforce_scope = _CONF.enforce_scope
         self.debug = _CONF.debug
         logging.tempest_set_log_file('tempest.log')
         # Setting attributes for plugins
diff --git a/tempest/manager.py b/tempest/manager.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b485ef2..0000000
--- a/tempest/manager.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from oslo_log import log as logging
-
-from tempest import clients as tempest_clients
-from tempest import config
-from tempest.lib.services import clients
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class Manager(clients.ServiceClients):
-    """Service client manager class for backward compatibility
-
-    The former manager.Manager is not a stable interface in Tempest,
-    nonetheless it is consumed by a number of plugins already. This class
-    exists to provide some grace time for the move to tempest.lib.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, credentials, scope='project'):
-        msg = ("tempest.manager.Manager is not a stable interface and as such "
-               "it should not be imported directly. It will be removed as "
-               "soon as the client manager becomes available in tempest.lib.")
-        LOG.warning(msg)
-        dscv = CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
-        _, uri = tempest_clients.get_auth_provider_class(credentials)
-        super(Manager, self).__init__(
-            credentials=credentials, scope=scope,
-            identity_uri=uri,
-            disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv,
-            ca_certs=CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
-            trace_requests=CONF.debug.trace_requests)
-
-
-def get_auth_provider(credentials, pre_auth=False, scope='project'):
-    """Shim to get_auth_provider in clients.py
-
-    get_auth_provider used to be hosted in this module, but it has been
-    moved to clients.py now as a more permanent location.
-    This module will be removed eventually, and this shim is only
-    maintained for the benefit of plugins already consuming this interface.
-    """
-    msg = ("tempest.manager.get_auth_provider is not a stable interface and "
-           "as such it should not imported directly. It will be removed as "
-           "the client manager becomes available in tempest.lib.")
-    LOG.warning(msg)
-    return tempest_clients.get_auth_provider(credentials=credentials,
-                                             pre_auth=pre_auth, scope=scope)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index 8866a22..f725b3f 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -375,21 +375,35 @@
 
     def create_backup(self, volume_id, name=None, description=None,
                       force=False, snapshot_id=None, incremental=False,
-                      container=None):
-        """Creates backup
+                      container=None, **kwargs):
+        """Creates a backup of the given volume_id or snapshot_id
 
-        This wrapper utility creates backup and waits for backup to be
-        in 'available' state.
+        This wrapper utility creates a backup and waits until it is in
+       'available' state.
+
+        :param volume_id: UUID of the volume to back up
+        :param name: backup name, '$classname-backup' by default
+        :param description: Description of the backup, None by default
+        :param force: boolean whether to backup even if the volume is attached
+            False by default
+        :param snapshot_id: UUID of the source snapshot to back up
+            None by default
+        :param incremental: boolean, False by default
+        :param container: a container name, None by default
+        :param **kwargs: additional parameters per the documentation:
+            https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/v3/
+            #create-a-backup
         """
 
         name = name or data_utils.rand_name(
             self.__class__.__name__ + "-backup")
-        kwargs = {'name': name,
-                  'description': description,
-                  'force': force,
-                  'snapshot_id': snapshot_id,
-                  'incremental': incremental,
-                  'container': container}
+        args = {'name': name,
+                'description': description,
+                'force': force,
+                'snapshot_id': snapshot_id,
+                'incremental': incremental,
+                'container': container}
+        args.update(kwargs)
         backup = self.backups_client.create_backup(volume_id=volume_id,
                                                    **kwargs)['backup']
         self.addCleanup(self.backups_client.delete_backup, backup['id'])
@@ -397,14 +411,20 @@
                                                 backup['id'], 'available')
         return backup
 
-    def restore_backup(self, backup_id):
-        """Restore backup
+    def restore_backup(self, backup_id, **kwargs):
+        """Restores a backup given by the backup_id
 
-        This wrapper utility restores backup and waits for backup to be
-        in 'available' state.
+        This wrapper utility restores a backup and waits until it is in
+        'available' state.
+
+        :param backup_id: UUID of a backup to restore
+        :param **kwargs: additional parameters per the documentation:
+            https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/v3/
+            #restore-a-backup
         """
 
-        restore = self.backups_client.restore_backup(backup_id)['restore']
+        body = self.backups_client.restore_backup(backup_id, **kwargs)
+        restore = body['restore']
         self.addCleanup(self.volumes_client.delete_volume,
                         restore['volume_id'])
         waiters.wait_for_volume_resource_status(self.backups_client,
@@ -515,7 +535,7 @@
         self.addCleanup(self._cleanup_volume_type, volume_type)
         return volume_type
 
-    def _create_loginable_secgroup_rule(self, secgroup_id=None, rulesets=None):
+    def create_loginable_secgroup_rule(self, secgroup_id=None, rulesets=None):
         """Create loginable security group rule by compute clients.
 
         This function will create by default the following rules:
@@ -575,7 +595,7 @@
             secgroup['id'])
 
         # Add rules to the security group
-        self._create_loginable_secgroup_rule(secgroup['id'])
+        self.create_loginable_secgroup_rule(secgroup['id'])
         return secgroup
 
     def get_remote_client(self, ip_address, username=None, private_key=None,
@@ -1346,7 +1366,7 @@
             project_id=project_id)
 
         # Add rules to the security group
-        rules = self._create_loginable_secgroup_rule(
+        rules = self.create_loginable_secgroup_rule(
             security_group_rules_client=security_group_rules_client,
             secgroup=secgroup,
             security_groups_client=security_groups_client)
@@ -1387,10 +1407,10 @@
                         client.delete_security_group, secgroup['id'])
         return secgroup
 
-    def _create_security_group_rule(self, secgroup=None,
-                                    sec_group_rules_client=None,
-                                    project_id=None,
-                                    security_groups_client=None, **kwargs):
+    def create_security_group_rule(self, secgroup=None,
+                                   sec_group_rules_client=None,
+                                   project_id=None,
+                                   security_groups_client=None, **kwargs):
         """Create a rule from a dictionary of rule parameters.
 
         Create a rule in a secgroup. if secgroup not defined will search for
@@ -1435,9 +1455,9 @@
 
         return sg_rule
 
-    def _create_loginable_secgroup_rule(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
-                                        secgroup=None,
-                                        security_groups_client=None):
+    def create_loginable_secgroup_rule(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
+                                       secgroup=None,
+                                       security_groups_client=None):
         """Create loginable security group rule by neutron clients by default.
 
         This function will create:
@@ -1474,7 +1494,7 @@
             for r_direction in ['ingress', 'egress']:
                 ruleset['direction'] = r_direction
                 try:
-                    sg_rule = self._create_security_group_rule(
+                    sg_rule = self.create_security_group_rule(
                         sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
                         secgroup=secgroup,
                         security_groups_client=security_groups_client,
@@ -1490,7 +1510,7 @@
 
         return rules
 
-    def _get_router(self, client=None, project_id=None):
+    def _get_router(self, client=None, project_id=None, **kwargs):
         """Retrieve a router for the given tenant id.
 
         If a public router has been configured, it will be returned.
@@ -1510,11 +1530,20 @@
             body = client.show_router(router_id)
             return body['router']
         elif network_id:
+            name = kwargs.pop('name', None)
+            if not name:
+                namestart = self.__class__.__name__ + '-router'
+                name = data_utils.rand_name(namestart)
+
+            ext_gw_info = kwargs.pop('external_gateway_info', None)
+            if not ext_gw_info:
+                ext_gw_info = dict(network_id=network_id)
             router = client.create_router(
-                name=data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + '-router'),
-                admin_state_up=True,
+                name=name,
+                admin_state_up=kwargs.get('admin_state_up', True),
                 project_id=project_id,
-                external_gateway_info=dict(network_id=network_id))['router']
+                external_gateway_info=ext_gw_info,
+                **kwargs)['router']
             self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
                             client.delete_router, router['id'])
             return router
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
index 03a4a39..496a371 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
             direction='ingress',
         )
         sec_group_rules_client = tenant.manager.security_group_rules_client
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=access_sg,
             sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
             **ssh_rule)
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
             remote_group_id=tenant.security_groups['default']['id'],
             direction='ingress'
         )
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=tenant.security_groups['default'],
             security_groups_client=tenant.manager.security_groups_client,
             **ruleset
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
         protocol = ruleset['protocol']
         sec_group_rules_client = (
             dest_tenant.manager.security_group_rules_client)
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=dest_tenant.security_groups['default'],
             sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
             **ruleset
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
         # allow reverse traffic and check
         sec_group_rules_client = (
             source_tenant.manager.security_group_rules_client)
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=source_tenant.security_groups['default'],
             sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
             **ruleset
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
             direction='ingress',
         )
         sec_group_rules_client = new_tenant.manager.security_group_rules_client
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=new_sg,
             sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
             **icmp_rule)
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
             protocol='icmp',
             direction='ingress'
         )
-        self._create_security_group_rule(
+        self.create_security_group_rule(
             secgroup=tenant.security_groups['default'],
             **ruleset
         )
diff --git a/tempest/test.py b/tempest/test.py
index f383bc1..68602d6 100644
--- a/tempest/test.py
+++ b/tempest/test.py
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
-# TODO(oomichi): This test.idempotent_id should be removed after all projects
-# switch to use decorators.idempotent_id.
-idempotent_id = debtcollector.moves.moved_function(
-    decorators.idempotent_id, 'idempotent_id', __name__,
-    version='Mitaka', removal_version='?')
-
 
 attr = debtcollector.moves.moved_function(
     decorators.attr, 'attr', __name__,
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
index 6018441..1889420 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from tempest.common import utils
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
-from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import test
 from tempest.tests import base
 from tempest.tests import fake_config
@@ -33,47 +32,6 @@
                          fake_config.FakePrivate)
 
 
-# NOTE: The test module is for tempest.test.idempotent_id.
-# After all projects switch to use decorators.idempotent_id,
-# we can remove tempest.test.idempotent_id as well as this
-# test module
-class TestIdempotentIdDecorator(BaseDecoratorsTest):
-
-    def _test_helper(self, _id, **decorator_args):
-        @test.idempotent_id(_id)
-        def foo():
-            """Docstring"""
-            pass
-
-        return foo
-
-    def _test_helper_without_doc(self, _id, **decorator_args):
-        @test.idempotent_id(_id)
-        def foo():
-            pass
-
-        return foo
-
-    def test_positive(self):
-        _id = data_utils.rand_uuid()
-        foo = self._test_helper(_id)
-        self.assertIn('id-%s' % _id, getattr(foo, '__testtools_attrs'))
-        self.assertTrue(foo.__doc__.startswith('Test idempotent id: %s' % _id))
-
-    def test_positive_without_doc(self):
-        _id = data_utils.rand_uuid()
-        foo = self._test_helper_without_doc(_id)
-        self.assertTrue(foo.__doc__.startswith('Test idempotent id: %s' % _id))
-
-    def test_idempotent_id_not_str(self):
-        _id = 42
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self._test_helper, _id)
-
-    def test_idempotent_id_not_valid_uuid(self):
-        _id = '42'
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self._test_helper, _id)
-
-
 class TestServicesDecorator(BaseDecoratorsTest):
     def _test_services_helper(self, *decorator_args):
         class TestFoo(test.BaseTestCase):
diff --git a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
index 415ad05..1b5b369 100644
--- a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
+++ b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
     'x/kingbird',  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/kingbird/+bug/1869722
     # vmware-nsx is excluded since https://review.opendev.org/#/c/736952
     'x/vmware-nsx-tempest-plugin',
+    # mogan is unmaintained now, remove from the list when this is merged:
+    # https://review.opendev.org/c/x/mogan/+/767718
+    'x/mogan',
 ]
 
 url = 'https://review.opendev.org/projects/'