diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 67d1f5e..4f17959 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@
       tox_envlist: plugin-sanity-check
     voting: false
     timeout: 5000
+    irrelevant-files:
+      - ^.*\.rst$
+      - ^doc/.*$
+      - ^etc/.*$
+      - ^releasenotes/.*$
+      - ^tempest/hacking/.*$
+      - ^tempest/tests/.*$
     required-projects:
       - openstack/almanach
       - openstack/aodh
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 242f4d5..f8059ae 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Team and repository tags
 ========================
 
-.. image:: https://governance.openstack.org/badges/tempest.svg
+.. image:: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/badges/tempest.svg
     :target: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/tags/index.html
 
 .. Change things from this point on
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/12/12.2.0-service_client_config-8a1d7b4de769c633.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/12/12.2.0-service_client_config-8a1d7b4de769c633.yaml
index 3e43f9a..985acb0 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/12/12.2.0-service_client_config-8a1d7b4de769c633.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/12/12.2.0-service_client_config-8a1d7b4de769c633.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   - A new helper method `service_client_config` has been added
     to the stable module config.py that returns extracts from
     configuration into a dictionary the configuration settings
-    relevant for the initisialisation of a service client.
+    relevant for the initialization of a service client.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-add-content-type-without-spaces-b2c9b91b257814f3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-add-content-type-without-spaces-b2c9b91b257814f3.yaml
index 0075a36..fc061bc 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-add-content-type-without-spaces-b2c9b91b257814f3.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-add-content-type-without-spaces-b2c9b91b257814f3.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 upgrade:
   - The ``JSON_ENC`` and ``TXT_ENC`` option in the ``_error_checker``
     section have been added with additional content-type which are
-    defined in RFC7231 but missing in the currnt rest_client.py file.
+    defined in RFC7231 but missing in the current rest_client.py file.
     The lack of these additional content-type will cause defcore test
     to fail for OpenStack public cloud which uses tomcat module in the
     api gateway. The additions are ``application/json;charset=utf-8``,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-create-server-tags-client-8c0042a77e859af6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-create-server-tags-client-8c0042a77e859af6.yaml
index 9927971..18ad5b9 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-create-server-tags-client-8c0042a77e859af6.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-create-server-tags-client-8c0042a77e859af6.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 features:
   - |
     Add server tags APIs to the servers_client library.
-    This feature enables the possibility of upating, deleting
+    This feature enables the possibility of updating, deleting
     and checking existence of a tag on a server, as well
     as updating and deleting all tags on a server.
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-deprecate-resources-prefix-option-ad490c0a30a0266b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-deprecate-resources-prefix-option-ad490c0a30a0266b.yaml
index f679208..0b45d0d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-deprecate-resources-prefix-option-ad490c0a30a0266b.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/16/16.0.0-deprecate-resources-prefix-option-ad490c0a30a0266b.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 deprecations:
   - The resources_prefix is marked as deprecated because it is
     enough to set 'tempest' as the prefix on rand_name() to
-    ideintify resources which are created by Tempest and no
+    identify resources which are created by Tempest and no
     projects set this option on OpenStack dev community.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-support-args-kwargs-in-call-until-true-a91k592h5a64exf7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-support-args-kwargs-in-call-until-true-a91k592h5a64exf7.yaml
index e23abe3..9c30a0c 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/add-support-args-kwargs-in-call-until-true-a91k592h5a64exf7.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-support-args-kwargs-in-call-until-true-a91k592h5a64exf7.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 features:
   - Add support of args and kwargs when calling func in call_until_true,
     also to log the cost time when call_until_true returns True or False
-    for debuggin.
+    for debugging.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/compare-header-version-func-de5139b2161b3627.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/compare-header-version-func-de5139b2161b3627.yaml
index 305e756..cc6c51b 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/compare-header-version-func-de5139b2161b3627.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/compare-header-version-func-de5139b2161b3627.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   - |
     Add a new function called ``compare_version_header_to_response`` to
     ``tempest.lib.common.api_version_utils``, which compares the API
-    micoversion in the response header to another microversion using the
+    microversion in the response header to another microversion using the
     comparators defined in
     ``tempest.lib.common.api_version_request.APIVersionRequest``.
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/index.rst b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
index d968a44..2518703 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/index.rst
+++ b/releasenotes/source/index.rst
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
  Tempest Release Notes
 ===========================
 
- .. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 1
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
-    unreleased
-    v18.0.0
-    v17.0.0
-    v16.1.0
-    v16.0.0
-    v15.0.0
-    v14.0.0
-    v13.0.0
-    v12.0.0
-    v11.0.0
-    v10.0.0
+   unreleased
+   v18.0.0
+   v17.2.0
+   v17.1.0
+   v17.0.0
+   v16.1.0
+   v16.0.0
+   v15.0.0
+   v14.0.0
+   v13.0.0
+   v12.0.0
+   v11.0.0
+   v10.0.0
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/v17.1.0.rst b/releasenotes/source/v17.1.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8fd570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/v17.1.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=====================
+v17.1.0 Release Notes
+=====================
+
+.. release-notes:: 17.1.0 Release Notes
+   :version: 17.1.0
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/v17.2.0.rst b/releasenotes/source/v17.2.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8566ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/source/v17.2.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=====================
+v17.2.0 Release Notes
+=====================
+
+.. release-notes:: 17.2.0 Release Notes
+   :version: 17.2.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 76db574..a74042f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-PyYAML>=3.10 # MIT
+PyYAML>=3.12 # MIT
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.1 # BSD
diff --git a/roles/run-tempest/README.rst b/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
index 33dcce9..384ca38 100644
--- a/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
+++ b/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
                # Line with only a comment.
                (tempest\.(api|scenario|thirdparty)).*$    # Run only api scenario and third party
 
+.. zuul:rolevar:: tempest_test_blacklist
+
+   Specifies a blacklist file to skip tests that are not needed.
+
+   Pass a full path to the file.
+
 .. zuul:rolevar:: tox_envlist
    :default: smoke
 
diff --git a/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
index 87898db..b68507a 100644
--- a/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,22 @@
     default_concurrency: "{{ num_cores|int // 2 }}"
   when: num_cores|int > 3
 
+- when:
+    - tempest_test_blacklist is defined
+  block:
+    - name: Check for test blacklist file
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ tempest_test_blacklist }}"
+      register:
+        blacklist_stat
+
+    - name: Build blacklist option
+      set_fact:
+        blacklist_option: "--blacklist-file={{ tempest_test_blacklist|quote }}"
+      when: blacklist_stat.stat.exists
+
 - name: Run Tempest
-  command: tox -e {{tox_envlist}} -- {{tempest_test_regex|quote}} --concurrency={{tempest_concurrency|default(default_concurrency)}}
+  command: tox -e {{tox_envlist}} -- {{tempest_test_regex|quote}} {{blacklist_option|default('')}} --concurrency={{tempest_concurrency|default(default_concurrency)}}
   args:
     chdir: "{{devstack_base_dir}}/tempest"
   become: true
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
index c4d5768..e8011a6 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
@@ -148,9 +148,7 @@
     def test_server_create_no_allocate(self):
         """Tests that no networking is allocated for the server."""
         # create the server with no networking
-        server, _ = compute.create_test_server(
-            self.os_primary, networks='none', wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
+        server = self.create_test_server(networks='none', wait_until='ACTIVE')
         # get the server ips
         addresses = self.servers_client.list_addresses(
             server['id'])['addresses']
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
index 99bad8f..ed8cf20 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@
         self.assertIn(volume1['id'], vol_attachments[0]['volumeId'])
 
 
-class AttachVolumeMultiAttachTest(TestVolumeSwapBase):
+class TestMultiAttachVolumeSwap(TestVolumeSwapBase):
     min_microversion = '2.60'
     max_microversion = 'latest'
 
     @classmethod
     def skip_checks(cls):
-        super(AttachVolumeMultiAttachTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        super(TestMultiAttachVolumeSwap, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.volume_multiattach:
             raise cls.skipException('Volume multi-attach is not available.')
 
diff --git a/tempest/common/compute.py b/tempest/common/compute.py
index 638ad9b..68c4a10 100644
--- a/tempest/common/compute.py
+++ b/tempest/common/compute.py
@@ -289,7 +289,12 @@
 
 def create_websocket(url):
     url = urlparse.urlparse(url)
-    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(url.hostname, url.port,
+
+    # NOTE(mnaser): It is possible that there is no port specified, so fall
+    #               back to the default port based on the scheme.
+    port = url.port or (443 if url.scheme == 'https' else 80)
+
+    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(url.hostname, port,
                                   socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
         af, socktype, proto, _, sa = res
         client_socket = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
@@ -382,7 +387,12 @@
         """Upgrade the HTTP connection to a WebSocket and verify."""
         # The real request goes to the /websockify URI always
         reqdata = 'GET /websockify HTTP/1.1\r\n'
-        reqdata += 'Host: %s:%s\r\n' % (url.hostname, url.port)
+        reqdata += 'Host: %s' % url.hostname
+        # Add port only if we have one specified
+        if url.port:
+            reqdata += ':%s' % url.port
+        # Line-ending for Host header
+        reqdata += '\r\n'
         # Tell the HTTP Server to Upgrade the connection to a WebSocket
         reqdata += 'Upgrade: websocket\r\nConnection: Upgrade\r\n'
         # The token=xxx is sent as a Cookie not in the URI
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 8a6370a..5d27efd 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('security_compliance',
                 default=False,
                 help='Does the environment have the security compliance '
-                     'settings enabled?')
+                     'settings enabled?'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('project_tags',
+                default=False,
+                help='Is the project tags identity v3 API available?')
 ]
 
 compute_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='compute',
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index ef277fb..c78646f 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -141,13 +141,18 @@
         vnic_type = CONF.network.port_vnic_type
         profile = CONF.network.port_profile
 
-        # If vnic_type is configured create port for
+        # If vnic_type or profile are configured create port for
         # every network
-        if vnic_type:
+        if vnic_type or profile:
             ports = []
+            create_port_body = {}
 
-            create_port_body = {'binding:vnic_type': vnic_type,
-                                'binding:profile': profile}
+            if vnic_type:
+                create_port_body['binding:vnic_type'] = vnic_type
+
+            if profile:
+                create_port_body['binding:profile'] = profile
+
             if kwargs:
                 # Convert security group names to security group ids
                 # to pass to create_port
@@ -254,6 +259,8 @@
         self.addCleanup(self.snapshots_client.delete_snapshot, snapshot['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_volume_resource_status(self.snapshots_client,
                                                 snapshot['id'], 'available')
+        snapshot = self.snapshots_client.show_snapshot(
+            snapshot['id'])['snapshot']
         return snapshot
 
     def create_volume_type(self, client=None, name=None, backend_name=None):
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
index ff8837f..fd9c985 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
@@ -304,16 +304,19 @@
 
         - ping internal gateway and DHCP port, implying in-tenant connectivity
         pinging both, because L3 and DHCP agents might be on different nodes
+        - ping internal compute port, implying connectivity to other VMs on
+        this network
         """
         floating_ip, server = self.floating_ip_tuple
         # get internal ports' ips:
-        # get all network ports in the new network
+        # get all network and compute ports in the new network
         internal_ips = (
             p['fixed_ips'][0]['ip_address'] for p in
             self.os_admin.ports_client.list_ports(
                 tenant_id=server['tenant_id'],
                 network_id=network['id'])['ports']
-            if p['device_owner'].startswith('network')
+            if p['device_owner'].startswith('network') or
+            p['device_owner'].startswith('compute')
         )
 
         self._check_server_connectivity(floating_ip,