diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index bcf288dfec..30e425dafd 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ akka {
     # how often should the node move nodes, marked as unreachable by the failure detector, out of the membership ring?
     unreachable-nodes-reaper-interval = 1s
 
-    # How often the current state (Gossip) should be published for reading from the outside.
-    # A value of 0 s can be used to always publish the state, when it happens.
-    publish-state-interval = 1s
+    # How often the current internal stats should be published.
+    # A value of 0 s can be used to always publish the stats, when it happens.
+    publish-stats-interval = 10s
 
     # A joining node stops sending heartbeats to the node to join if it hasn't become member
     # of the cluster within this deadline.
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
index ce5b345346..66a778af9d 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Cluster.scala
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   log.info("Cluster Node [{}] - is starting up...", selfAddress)
 
   /**
-   * Read only view of cluster state, updated periodically by
-   * ClusterCoreDaemon. Access with `latestGossip`.
+   * Read view of cluster state, updated via subscription of
+   * cluster events published on the event bus.
    */
   @volatile
-  private[cluster] var _latestGossip: Gossip = Gossip()
+  private var state: CurrentClusterState = CurrentClusterState()
 
   /**
    * INTERNAL API
    * Read only view of internal cluster stats, updated periodically by
-   * ClusterCoreDaemon. Access with `latestStats`.
+   * ClusterCoreDaemon via event bus. Access with `latestStats`.
    */
   @volatile
-  private[cluster] var _latestStats = ClusterStats()
+  private var _latestStats = ClusterStats()
 
   // ========================================================
   // ===================== WORK DAEMONS =====================
@@ -155,20 +155,6 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
     }
   }
 
-  // create actor that subscribes to the cluster eventBus to update current read view state
-  private val eventBusListener: ActorRef = {
-    val listener = system.asInstanceOf[ActorSystemImpl].systemActorOf(Props(new Actor {
-      def receive = {
-        case MembershipGossipChanged(gossip) ⇒ _latestGossip = gossip
-        case InternalStatsChanged(stats)     ⇒ _latestStats = stats
-        case _                               ⇒ // ignore, not interesting
-      }
-    }).withDispatcher(UseDispatcher), name = "clusterEventBusListener")
-
-    subscribe(listener, classOf[ClusterDomainEvent])
-    listener
-  }
-
   // create supervisor for daemons under path "/system/cluster"
   private val clusterDaemons: ActorRef = {
     system.asInstanceOf[ActorSystemImpl].systemActorOf(Props(new ClusterDaemon(this)).
@@ -183,6 +169,24 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
     Await.result((clusterDaemons ? InternalClusterAction.GetClusterCoreRef).mapTo[ActorRef], timeout.duration)
   }
 
+  // create actor that subscribes to the cluster eventBus to update current read view state
+  private val eventBusListener: ActorRef = {
+    system.asInstanceOf[ActorSystemImpl].systemActorOf(Props(new Actor {
+      override def preStart(): Unit = subscribe(self, classOf[ClusterDomainEvent])
+      override def postStop(): Unit = unsubscribe(self)
+
+      def receive = {
+        case s: CurrentClusterState                 ⇒ state = s
+        case MembersChanged(members)                ⇒ state = state.copy(members = members)
+        case UnreachableMembersChanged(unreachable) ⇒ state = state.copy(unreachable = unreachable)
+        case LeaderChanged(leader)                  ⇒ state = state.copy(leader = leader)
+        case SeenChanged(convergence, seenBy)       ⇒ state = state.copy(convergence = convergence, seenBy = seenBy)
+        case CurrentInternalStats(stats)            ⇒ _latestStats = stats
+        case _                                      ⇒ // ignore, not interesting
+      }
+    }).withDispatcher(UseDispatcher), name = "clusterEventBusListener")
+  }
+
   system.registerOnTermination(shutdown())
 
   private val clusterJmx = new ClusterJmx(this, log)
@@ -194,7 +198,10 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   // ===================== PUBLIC API =====================
   // ======================================================
 
-  def self: Member = latestGossip.member(selfAddress)
+  def self: Member = {
+    state.members.find(_.address == selfAddress).orElse(state.unreachable.find(_.address == selfAddress)).
+      getOrElse(Member(selfAddress, MemberStatus.Removed))
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns true if the cluster node is up and running, false if it is shut down.
@@ -202,9 +209,14 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   def isRunning: Boolean = _isRunning.get
 
   /**
-   * Latest gossip.
+   * Current cluster members, sorted with leader first.
    */
-  def latestGossip: Gossip = _latestGossip
+  def members: SortedSet[Member] = state.members
+
+  /**
+   * Members that has been detected as unreachable.
+   */
+  def unreachableMembers: Set[Member] = state.unreachable
 
   /**
    * Member status for this node ([[akka.cluster.MemberStatus]]).
@@ -218,35 +230,35 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   /**
    * Is this node the leader?
    */
-  def isLeader: Boolean = latestGossip.isLeader(selfAddress)
+  def isLeader: Boolean = leader == Some(selfAddress)
 
   /**
    * Get the address of the current leader.
    */
-  def leader: Address = latestGossip.leader match {
-    case Some(x) ⇒ x
-    case None    ⇒ throw new IllegalStateException("There is no leader in this cluster")
-  }
+  def leader: Option[Address] = state.leader
 
   /**
    * Is this node a singleton cluster?
    */
-  def isSingletonCluster: Boolean = latestGossip.isSingletonCluster
+  def isSingletonCluster: Boolean = members.size == 1
 
   /**
    * Checks if we have a cluster convergence.
-   *
-   * @return Some(convergedGossip) if convergence have been reached and None if not
    */
-  def convergence: Option[Gossip] = latestGossip match {
-    case gossip if gossip.convergence ⇒ Some(gossip)
-    case _                            ⇒ None
-  }
+  def convergence: Boolean = state.convergence
+
+  /**
+   * The nodes that has seen current version of the Gossip.
+   */
+  def seenBy: Set[Address] = state.seenBy
 
   /**
    * Returns true if the node is UP or JOINING.
    */
-  def isAvailable: Boolean = latestGossip.isAvailable(selfAddress)
+  def isAvailable: Boolean = {
+    val myself = self
+    !unreachableMembers.contains(myself) && !myself.status.isUnavailable
+  }
 
   /**
    * Make it possible to override/configure seedNodes from tests without
@@ -257,14 +269,17 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   /**
    * Subscribe to cluster domain events.
    * The `to` Class can be [[akka.cluster.ClusterEvent.ClusterDomainEvent]]
-   * or subclass.
+   * or subclass. A snapshot of [[akka.cluster.ClusterEvent.CurrentClusterState]]
+   * will also be sent to the subscriber.
    */
-  def subscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, to: Class[_]): Unit = system.eventStream.subscribe(subscriber, to)
+  def subscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, to: Class[_]): Unit =
+    clusterCore ! InternalClusterAction.Subscribe(subscriber, to)
 
   /**
-   * Subscribe to cluster domain events.
+   * Unsubscribe to cluster domain events.
    */
-  def unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef): Unit = system.eventStream.unsubscribe(subscriber)
+  def unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef): Unit =
+    clusterCore ! InternalClusterAction.Unsubscribe(subscriber)
 
   /**
    * Try to join this cluster node with the node specified by 'address'.
@@ -289,6 +304,11 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
   // ===================== INTERNAL API =====================
   // ========================================================
 
+  /**
+   * INTERNAL API
+   */
+  private[cluster] def latestStats: ClusterStats = _latestStats
+
   /**
    * INTERNAL API.
    *
@@ -301,9 +321,8 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
     if (_isRunning.compareAndSet(true, false)) {
       log.info("Cluster Node [{}] - Shutting down cluster Node and cluster daemons...", selfAddress)
 
-      system.stop(clusterDaemons)
-      unsubscribe(eventBusListener)
       system.stop(eventBusListener)
+      system.stop(clusterDaemons)
 
       scheduler.close()
 
@@ -313,32 +332,5 @@ class Cluster(system: ExtendedActorSystem, val failureDetector: FailureDetector)
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * INTERNAL API
-   */
-  private[cluster] def latestStats: ClusterStats = _latestStats
-
-}
-
-/**
- * Domain events published to the cluster event bus.
- */
-object ClusterEvent {
-  /**
-   * Marker interface for cluster domain events.
-   */
-  trait ClusterDomainEvent
-
-  /**
-   * Set of cluster members, or their status has changed.
-   */
-  case class MembersChanged(members: SortedSet[Member]) extends ClusterDomainEvent
-
-  case class MembershipGossipChanged(gossip: Gossip) extends ClusterDomainEvent
-  /**
-   * INTERNAL API
-   */
-  private[cluster] case class InternalStatsChanged(stats: ClusterStats) extends ClusterDomainEvent
-
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
index 9016349a84..1d7a2a7514 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
 import akka.pattern.{ AskTimeoutException, ask, pipe }
 import akka.cluster.MemberStatus._
 import akka.cluster.ClusterEvent._
+import language.existentials
 
 /**
  * Base trait for all cluster messages. All ClusterMessage's are serializable.
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ private[cluster] object InternalClusterAction {
 
   case object LeaderActionsTick
 
-  case object PublishStateTick
+  case object PublishStatsTick
 
   case class SendClusterMessage(to: Address, msg: ClusterMessage)
 
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ private[cluster] object InternalClusterAction {
 
   case object GetClusterCoreRef
 
+  case class Subscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, to: Class[_])
+  case class Unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef)
+
   case class Ping(timestamp: Long = System.currentTimeMillis) extends ClusterMessage
   case class Pong(ping: Ping, timestamp: Long = System.currentTimeMillis) extends ClusterMessage
 
@@ -205,9 +209,9 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterCoreDaemon(environment: ClusterEnvironment)
 
   // start periodic publish of current state
   private val publishStateTask: Option[Cancellable] =
-    if (PublishStateInterval == Duration.Zero) None
-    else Some(FixedRateTask(clusterScheduler, PeriodicTasksInitialDelay.max(PublishStateInterval), PublishStateInterval) {
-      self ! PublishStateTick
+    if (PublishStatsInterval == Duration.Zero) None
+    else Some(FixedRateTask(clusterScheduler, PeriodicTasksInitialDelay.max(PublishStatsInterval), PublishStatsInterval) {
+      self ! PublishStatsTick
     })
 
   override def preStart(): Unit = {
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterCoreDaemon(environment: ClusterEnvironment)
     case HeartbeatTick                    ⇒ heartbeat()
     case ReapUnreachableTick              ⇒ reapUnreachableMembers()
     case LeaderActionsTick                ⇒ leaderActions()
-    case PublishStateTick                 ⇒ publishState()
+    case PublishStatsTick                 ⇒ publishInternalStats()
     case JoinSeedNode                     ⇒ joinSeedNode()
     case InitJoin                         ⇒ initJoin()
     case InitJoinAck(address)             ⇒ join(address)
@@ -241,6 +245,8 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterCoreDaemon(environment: ClusterEnvironment)
     case Exit(address)                    ⇒ exiting(address)
     case Remove(address)                  ⇒ removing(address)
     case SendGossipTo(address)            ⇒ gossipTo(address)
+    case Subscribe(subscriber, to)        ⇒ subscribe(subscriber, to)
+    case Unsubscribe(subscriber)          ⇒ unsubscribe(subscriber)
     case p: Ping                          ⇒ ping(p)
 
   }
@@ -802,23 +808,63 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterCoreDaemon(environment: ClusterEnvironment)
   def gossipTo(address: Address, gossipMsg: GossipEnvelope): Unit = if (address != selfAddress)
     coreSender ! SendClusterMessage(address, gossipMsg)
 
+  def subscribe(subscriber: ActorRef, to: Class[_]): Unit = {
+    subscriber ! CurrentClusterState(
+      members = latestGossip.members,
+      unreachable = latestGossip.overview.unreachable,
+      convergence = latestGossip.convergence,
+      seenBy = latestGossip.seenBy,
+      leader = latestGossip.leader)
+    eventStream.subscribe(subscriber, to)
+  }
+
+  def unsubscribe(subscriber: ActorRef): Unit =
+    eventStream.unsubscribe(subscriber)
+
   def publish(oldGossip: Gossip): Unit = {
-    if (PublishStateInterval == Duration.Zero) publishState()
-    publishMembers(oldGossip.members)
+    publishMembers(oldGossip)
+    publishUnreachableMembers(oldGossip)
+    publishLeader(oldGossip)
+    publishSeen(oldGossip)
+    if (PublishStatsInterval == Duration.Zero) publishInternalStats()
   }
 
-  def publishState(): Unit = {
-    eventStream publish MembershipGossipChanged(latestGossip)
-    eventStream publish InternalStatsChanged(stats)
-  }
-
-  def publishMembers(oldMembers: SortedSet[Member]): Unit = {
-    val oldMembersStatus = oldMembers.map(m ⇒ (m.address, m.status))
-    val newMembersStatus = latestGossip.members.map(m ⇒ (m.address, m.status))
-    if (newMembersStatus != oldMembersStatus)
+  def publishMembers(oldGossip: Gossip): Unit = {
+    if (!isSame(oldGossip.members, latestGossip.members))
       eventStream publish MembersChanged(latestGossip.members)
   }
 
+  def publishUnreachableMembers(oldGossip: Gossip): Unit = {
+    if (!isSame(oldGossip.overview.unreachable, latestGossip.overview.unreachable))
+      eventStream publish UnreachableMembersChanged(latestGossip.overview.unreachable)
+  }
+
+  def isSame(oldMembers: Set[Member], newMembers: Set[Member]): Boolean = {
+    def oldMembersStatus = oldMembers.map(m ⇒ (m.address, m.status))
+    def newMembersStatus = newMembers.map(m ⇒ (m.address, m.status))
+    (newMembers eq oldMembers) || ((newMembers.size == oldMembers.size) && (newMembersStatus == oldMembersStatus))
+  }
+
+  def publishLeader(oldGossip: Gossip): Unit = {
+    if (latestGossip.leader != oldGossip.leader)
+      eventStream publish LeaderChanged(latestGossip.leader)
+  }
+
+  def publishSeen(oldGossip: Gossip): Unit = {
+    val oldConvergence = oldGossip.convergence
+    val newConvergence = latestGossip.convergence
+    val oldSeenBy = oldGossip.seenBy
+    val newSeenBy = latestGossip.seenBy
+
+    if (newConvergence != oldConvergence || newSeenBy != oldSeenBy) {
+      eventStream publish SeenChanged(newConvergence, newSeenBy)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def publishInternalStats(): Unit = {
+    eventStream publish CurrentInternalStats(stats)
+  }
+
   def eventStream: EventStream = context.system.eventStream
 
   def ping(p: Ping): Unit = sender ! Pong(p)
@@ -843,6 +889,49 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterCoreSender(selfAddress: Address) extends Act
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Domain events published to the event bus.
+ */
+object ClusterEvent {
+  /**
+   * Marker interface for cluster domain events.
+   */
+  trait ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  /**
+   * Current snapshot state of the cluster. Sent to new subscriber.
+   */
+  case class CurrentClusterState(
+    members: SortedSet[Member] = SortedSet.empty,
+    unreachable: Set[Member] = Set.empty,
+    convergence: Boolean = false,
+    seenBy: Set[Address] = Set.empty,
+    leader: Option[Address] = None) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  /**
+   * Set of cluster members or their status have changed.
+   */
+  case class MembersChanged(members: SortedSet[Member]) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  /**
+   * Set of unreachable cluster members or their status have changed.
+   */
+  case class UnreachableMembersChanged(unreachable: Set[Member]) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  /**
+   * The nodes that have seen current version of the Gossip.
+   */
+  case class SeenChanged(convergence: Boolean, seenBy: Set[Address]) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  case class LeaderChanged(leader: Option[Address]) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+  /**
+   * INTERNAL API
+   */
+  private[cluster] case class CurrentInternalStats(stats: ClusterStats) extends ClusterDomainEvent
+
+}
+
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
index 6a01057e7d..f0b77808f7 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ private[akka] class ClusterJmx(clusterNode: Cluster, log: LoggingAdapter) {
        * }}}
        */
       def getClusterStatus: String = {
-        val gossip = clusterNode.latestGossip
-        val unreachable = gossip.overview.unreachable
-        "\nMembers:\n\t" + gossip.members.mkString("\n\t") +
+        val unreachable = clusterNode.unreachableMembers
+        "\nMembers:\n\t" + clusterNode.members.mkString("\n\t") +
           { if (unreachable.nonEmpty) "\nUnreachable:\n\t" + unreachable.mkString("\n\t") else "" }
       }
 
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ private[akka] class ClusterJmx(clusterNode: Cluster, log: LoggingAdapter) {
 
       def isSingleton: Boolean = clusterNode.isSingletonCluster
 
-      def isConvergence: Boolean = clusterNode.convergence.isDefined
+      def isConvergence: Boolean = clusterNode.convergence
 
       def isAvailable: Boolean = clusterNode.isAvailable
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSettings.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSettings.scala
index b8f5463529..544b48870a 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSettings.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ClusterSettings(val config: Config, val systemName: String) {
   final val HeartbeatInterval: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.heartbeat-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
   final val LeaderActionsInterval: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.leader-actions-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
   final val UnreachableNodesReaperInterval: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.unreachable-nodes-reaper-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
-  final val PublishStateInterval: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.publish-state-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
+  final val PublishStatsInterval: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.publish-stats-interval"), MILLISECONDS)
   final val AutoJoin: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.cluster.auto-join")
   final val AutoDown: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.cluster.auto-down")
   final val JoinTimeout: Duration = Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.cluster.join-timeout"), MILLISECONDS)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Gossip.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Gossip.scala
index 800fa6b584..b975034c66 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Gossip.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Gossip.scala
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ import akka.actor.Address
 import scala.collection.immutable.SortedSet
 import MemberStatus._
 
-object Gossip {
+/**
+ * Internal API
+ */
+private[cluster] object Gossip {
   val emptyMembers: SortedSet[Member] = SortedSet.empty
 }
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL API
+ *
  * Represents the state of the cluster; cluster ring membership, ring convergence -
  * all versioned by a vector clock.
  *
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ object Gossip {
  * `Removed` by removing it from the `members` set and sending a `Removed` command to the
  * removed node telling it to shut itself down.
  */
-case class Gossip(
+private[cluster] case class Gossip(
   overview: GossipOverview = GossipOverview(),
   members: SortedSet[Member] = Gossip.emptyMembers, // sorted set of members with their status, sorted by address
   version: VectorClock = VectorClock()) // vector clock version
@@ -95,6 +100,15 @@ case class Gossip(
     else this copy (overview = overview copy (seen = overview.seen + (address -> version)))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The nodes that have seen current version of the Gossip.
+   */
+  def seenBy: Set[Address] = {
+    overview.seen.collect {
+      case (address, vclock) if vclock == version ⇒ address
+    }.toSet
+  }
+
   /**
    * Merges two Gossip instances including membership tables, and the VectorClock histories.
    */
@@ -147,8 +161,7 @@ case class Gossip(
     !hasUnreachable && allMembersInSeen && seenSame
   }
 
-  def isLeader(address: Address): Boolean =
-    members.nonEmpty && (address == members.head.address)
+  def isLeader(address: Address): Boolean = leader == Some(address)
 
   def leader: Option[Address] = members.headOption.map(_.address)
 
@@ -179,9 +192,10 @@ case class Gossip(
 }
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL API
  * Represents the overview of the cluster, holds the cluster convergence table and set with unreachable nodes.
  */
-case class GossipOverview(
+private[cluster] case class GossipOverview(
   seen: Map[Address, VectorClock] = Map.empty,
   unreachable: Set[Member] = Set.empty) {
 
@@ -195,13 +209,15 @@ case class GossipOverview(
 }
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL API
  * Envelope adding a sender address to the gossip.
  */
-case class GossipEnvelope(from: Address, gossip: Gossip, conversation: Boolean = true) extends ClusterMessage
+private[cluster] case class GossipEnvelope(from: Address, gossip: Gossip, conversation: Boolean = true) extends ClusterMessage
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL API
  * When conflicting versions of received and local [[akka.cluster.Gossip]] is detected
  * it's forwarded to the leader for conflict resolution.
  */
-case class GossipMergeConflict(a: GossipEnvelope, b: GossipEnvelope) extends ClusterMessage
+private[cluster] case class GossipMergeConflict(a: GossipEnvelope, b: GossipEnvelope) extends ClusterMessage
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUnreachableSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUnreachableSpec.scala
index 8112aeab25..d6ac36fd09 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUnreachableSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUnreachableSpec.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ abstract class ClientDowningNodeThatIsUnreachableSpec
         enterBarrier("down-third-node")
 
         awaitUpConvergence(numberOfMembers = 3, canNotBePartOfMemberRing = Seq(thirdAddress))
-        cluster.latestGossip.members.exists(_.address == thirdAddress) must be(false)
+        cluster.members.exists(_.address == thirdAddress) must be(false)
       }
 
       runOn(third) {
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUpSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUpSpec.scala
index 4c65e85054..910d8e25e4 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUpSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ClientDowningNodeThatIsUpSpec.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abstract class ClientDowningNodeThatIsUpSpec
         markNodeAsUnavailable(thirdAddress)
 
         awaitUpConvergence(numberOfMembers = 3, canNotBePartOfMemberRing = Seq(thirdAddress))
-        cluster.latestGossip.members.exists(_.address == thirdAddress) must be(false)
+        cluster.members.exists(_.address == thirdAddress) must be(false)
       }
 
       runOn(third) {
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
index f29bb97f49..aa55cd6162 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/ConvergenceSpec.scala
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ abstract class ConvergenceSpec
 
         within(28 seconds) {
           // third becomes unreachable
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.size == 1)
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.size == 2)
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
+          awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.size == 1)
+          awaitCond(cluster.members.size == 2)
+          awaitCond(cluster.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
           awaitSeenSameState(first, second)
           // still one unreachable
-          cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.size must be(1)
-          cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.head.address must be(thirdAddress)
+          cluster.unreachableMembers.size must be(1)
+          cluster.unreachableMembers.head.address must be(thirdAddress)
           // and therefore no convergence
-          cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+          cluster.convergence must be(false)
 
         }
       }
@@ -88,18 +88,18 @@ abstract class ConvergenceSpec
       }
 
       def memberStatus(address: Address): Option[MemberStatus] =
-        cluster.latestGossip.members.collectFirst { case m if m.address == address ⇒ m.status }
+        cluster.members.collectFirst { case m if m.address == address ⇒ m.status }
 
       def assertNotMovedUp: Unit = {
         within(20 seconds) {
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.size == 3)
+          awaitCond(cluster.members.size == 3)
           awaitSeenSameState(first, second, fourth)
           memberStatus(first) must be(Some(MemberStatus.Up))
           memberStatus(second) must be(Some(MemberStatus.Up))
           // leader is not allowed to move the new node to Up
           memberStatus(fourth) must be(Some(MemberStatus.Joining))
           // still no convergence
-          cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+          cluster.convergence must be(false)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LargeClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LargeClusterSpec.scala
index 6bc8ba0de8..aa8a45751c 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LargeClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LargeClusterSpec.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ object LargeClusterMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
       auto-join = off
       auto-down = on
       failure-detector.acceptable-heartbeat-pause = 10s
-      publish-state-interval = 0 s # always, when it happens
+      publish-stats-interval = 0 s # always, when it happens
     }
     akka.loglevel = INFO
     akka.actor.default-dispatcher.fork-join-executor {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ abstract class LargeClusterSpec
 
       Await.ready(latch, remaining)
 
-      awaitCond(clusterNodes.forall(_.convergence.isDefined))
+      awaitCond(clusterNodes.forall(_.convergence))
       val counts = clusterNodes.map(gossipCount(_))
       val formattedStats = "mean=%s min=%s max=%s".format(counts.sum / clusterNodes.size, counts.min, counts.max)
       log.info("Convergence of [{}] nodes reached, it took [{}], received [{}] gossip messages per node",
@@ -276,15 +276,23 @@ abstract class LargeClusterSpec
         val latch = TestLatch(nodesPerDatacenter)
         systems foreach { sys ⇒
           Cluster(sys).subscribe(sys.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+            var gotExpectedLiveNodes = false
+            var gotExpectedUnreachableNodes = false
             def receive = {
-              case MembersChanged(members) ⇒
-                if (!latch.isOpen && members.size == liveNodes && Cluster(sys).latestGossip.overview.unreachable.size == unreachableNodes) {
-                  log.info("Detected [{}] unreachable nodes in [{}], it took [{}], received [{}] gossip messages",
-                    unreachableNodes, Cluster(sys).selfAddress, tookMillis, gossipCount(Cluster(sys)))
-                  latch.countDown()
-                }
+              case MembersChanged(members) if !latch.isOpen ⇒
+                gotExpectedLiveNodes = members.size == liveNodes
+                checkDone()
+              case UnreachableMembersChanged(unreachable) if !latch.isOpen ⇒
+                gotExpectedUnreachableNodes = unreachable.size == unreachableNodes
+                checkDone()
+              case _ ⇒ // not interesting
             }
-          })), classOf[MembersChanged])
+            def checkDone(): Unit = if (gotExpectedLiveNodes && gotExpectedUnreachableNodes) {
+              log.info("Detected [{}] unreachable nodes in [{}], it took [{}], received [{}] gossip messages",
+                unreachableNodes, Cluster(sys).selfAddress, tookMillis, gossipCount(Cluster(sys)))
+              latch.countDown()
+            }
+          })), classOf[ClusterDomainEvent])
         }
 
         runOn(firstDatacenter) {
@@ -295,7 +303,7 @@ abstract class LargeClusterSpec
 
         runOn(firstDatacenter, thirdDatacenter, fourthDatacenter, fifthDatacenter) {
           Await.ready(latch, remaining)
-          awaitCond(systems.forall(Cluster(_).convergence.isDefined))
+          awaitCond(systems.forall(Cluster(_).convergence))
           val mergeCount = systems.map(sys ⇒ Cluster(sys).latestStats.mergeCount).sum
           val counts = systems.map(sys ⇒ gossipCount(Cluster(sys)))
           val formattedStats = "mean=%s min=%s max=%s".format(counts.sum / nodesPerDatacenter, counts.min, counts.max)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
index 844f1be226..a5cc5f3b4d 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/LeaderLeavingSpec.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ abstract class LeaderLeavingSpec
 
       awaitClusterUp(first, second, third)
 
-      val oldLeaderAddress = cluster.leader
+      val oldLeaderAddress = cluster.leader.get
 
       within(leaderHandoffWaitingTime) {
 
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ abstract class LeaderLeavingSpec
           exitingLatch.await
 
           // verify that the LEADER is no longer part of the 'members' set
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
+          awaitCond(cluster.members.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
 
           // verify that the LEADER is not part of the 'unreachable' set
-          awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
+          awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != oldLeaderAddress))
 
           // verify that we have a new LEADER
           awaitCond(cluster.leader != oldLeaderAddress)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
index 2362da8aef..91f0e82939 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MultiNodeClusterSpec.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ object MultiNodeClusterSpec {
       leader-actions-interval           = 200 ms
       unreachable-nodes-reaper-interval = 200 ms
       periodic-tasks-initial-delay      = 300 ms
-      publish-state-interval            = 0 s # always, when it happens
+      publish-stats-interval            = 0 s # always, when it happens
     }
     akka.test {
       single-expect-default = 5 s
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ trait MultiNodeClusterSpec extends FailureDetectorStrategy with Suite { self: Mu
    * Use this method for the initial startup of the cluster node.
    */
   def startClusterNode(): Unit = {
-    if (cluster.latestGossip.members.isEmpty) {
+    if (cluster.members.isEmpty) {
       cluster join myself
-      awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.exists(_.address == address(myself)))
+      awaitCond(cluster.members.exists(_.address == address(myself)))
     } else
       cluster.self
   }
@@ -181,25 +181,20 @@ trait MultiNodeClusterSpec extends FailureDetectorStrategy with Suite { self: Mu
     canNotBePartOfMemberRing: Seq[Address] = Seq.empty[Address],
     timeout: Duration = 20.seconds): Unit = {
     within(timeout) {
-      awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.size == numberOfMembers)
-      awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
-      awaitCond(cluster.convergence.isDefined)
+      awaitCond(cluster.members.size == numberOfMembers)
+      awaitCond(cluster.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up))
+      awaitCond(cluster.convergence)
       if (!canNotBePartOfMemberRing.isEmpty) // don't run this on an empty set
         awaitCond(
-          canNotBePartOfMemberRing forall (address ⇒ !(cluster.latestGossip.members exists (_.address == address))))
+          canNotBePartOfMemberRing forall (address ⇒ !(cluster.members exists (_.address == address))))
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Wait until the specified nodes have seen the same gossip overview.
    */
-  def awaitSeenSameState(addresses: Address*): Unit = {
-    awaitCond {
-      val seen = cluster.latestGossip.overview.seen
-      val seenVectorClocks = addresses.flatMap(seen.get(_))
-      seenVectorClocks.size == addresses.size && seenVectorClocks.toSet.size == 1
-    }
-  }
+  def awaitSeenSameState(addresses: Address*): Unit =
+    awaitCond((addresses.toSet -- cluster.seenBy).isEmpty)
 
   def roleOfLeader(nodesInCluster: Seq[RoleName] = roles): RoleName = {
     nodesInCluster.length must not be (0)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeJoinSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeJoinSpec.scala
index 1a35af6411..0476e52516 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeJoinSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeJoinSpec.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ abstract class NodeJoinSpec
         cluster.join(first)
       }
 
-      awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.exists { member ⇒ member.address == address(second) && member.status == MemberStatus.Joining })
+      awaitCond(cluster.members.exists { member ⇒ member.address == address(second) && member.status == MemberStatus.Joining })
 
       enterBarrier("after")
     }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
index d5c374ba64..e9730dee69 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec.scala
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ abstract class NodeLeavingAndExitingAndBeingRemovedSpec
 
       runOn(first, third) {
         // verify that the 'second' node is no longer part of the 'members' set
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
+        awaitCond(cluster.members.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
 
         // verify that the 'second' node is not part of the 'unreachable' set
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
+        awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.forall(_.address != address(second)), reaperWaitingTime)
       }
 
       runOn(second) {
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
index 364edca08b..9bb78e3539 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeMembershipSpec.scala
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ abstract class NodeMembershipSpec
 
       runOn(first, second) {
         cluster.join(first)
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.size == 2)
-        assertMembers(cluster.latestGossip.members, first, second)
+        awaitCond(cluster.members.size == 2)
+        assertMembers(cluster.members, first, second)
         awaitCond {
-          cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
+          cluster.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
         }
-        awaitCond(cluster.convergence.isDefined)
+        awaitCond(cluster.convergence)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-1")
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ abstract class NodeMembershipSpec
         cluster.join(first)
       }
 
-      awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.members.size == 3)
-      assertMembers(cluster.latestGossip.members, first, second, third)
+      awaitCond(cluster.members.size == 3)
+      assertMembers(cluster.members, first, second, third)
       awaitCond {
-        cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
+        cluster.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
       }
-      awaitCond(cluster.convergence.isDefined)
+      awaitCond(cluster.convergence)
 
       enterBarrier("after-2")
     }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeUpSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeUpSpec.scala
index 1510663784..a07d9059f0 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeUpSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/NodeUpSpec.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ abstract class NodeUpSpec
       for (n ← 1 to 20) {
         Thread.sleep(100.millis.dilated.toMillis)
         unexpected.get must be(SortedSet.empty)
-        cluster.latestGossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up) must be(true)
+        cluster.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up) must be(true)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-2")
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SplitBrainSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SplitBrainSpec.scala
index c2c517fd16..0a09db0546 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SplitBrainSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SplitBrainSpec.scala
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ abstract class SplitBrainSpec
       }
 
       runOn(side1: _*) {
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.map(_.address) == (side2.toSet map address), 20 seconds)
+        awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) == (side2.toSet map address), 20 seconds)
       }
       runOn(side2: _*) {
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.map(_.address) == (side1.toSet map address), 20 seconds)
+        awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) == (side1.toSet map address), 20 seconds)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-2")
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ abstract class SplitBrainSpec
 
       runOn(side1: _*) {
         // auto-down = on
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.forall(m ⇒ m.status == MemberStatus.Down), 15 seconds)
-        cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.map(_.address) must be(side2.toSet map address)
+        awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.forall(m ⇒ m.status == MemberStatus.Down), 15 seconds)
+        cluster.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must be(side2.toSet map address)
         awaitUpConvergence(side1.size, side2 map address)
         assertLeader(side1: _*)
       }
 
       runOn(side2: _*) {
         // auto-down = on
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.forall(m ⇒ m.status == MemberStatus.Down), 15 seconds)
-        cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.map(_.address) must be(side1.toSet map address)
+        awaitCond(cluster.unreachableMembers.forall(m ⇒ m.status == MemberStatus.Down), 15 seconds)
+        cluster.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must be(side1.toSet map address)
         awaitUpConvergence(side2.size, side1 map address)
         assertLeader(side2: _*)
       }
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
index c86622ce8b..5fac9f3f8f 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/TransitionSpec.scala
@@ -42,23 +42,18 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
   def nonLeader(roles: RoleName*) = roles.toSeq.sorted.tail
 
   def memberStatus(address: Address): MemberStatus = {
-    val statusOption = (cluster.latestGossip.members ++ cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable).collectFirst {
+    val statusOption = (cluster.members ++ cluster.unreachableMembers).collectFirst {
       case m if m.address == address ⇒ m.status
     }
     statusOption must not be (None)
     statusOption.get
   }
 
-  def memberAddresses: Set[Address] = cluster.latestGossip.members.map(_.address)
+  def memberAddresses: Set[Address] = cluster.members.map(_.address)
 
   def members: Set[RoleName] = memberAddresses.flatMap(roleName(_))
 
-  def seenLatestGossip: Set[RoleName] = {
-    val gossip = cluster.latestGossip
-    gossip.overview.seen.collect {
-      case (address, v) if v == gossip.version ⇒ roleName(address)
-    }.flatten.toSet
-  }
+  def seenLatestGossip: Set[RoleName] = cluster.seenBy flatMap roleName
 
   def awaitSeen(addresses: Address*): Unit = awaitCond {
     (seenLatestGossip map address) == addresses.toSet
@@ -95,9 +90,11 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
     def gossipTo(toRole: RoleName): Unit = {
       gossipBarrierCounter += 1
       runOn(toRole) {
-        val g = cluster.latestGossip
+        val oldCount = cluster.latestStats.receivedGossipCount
         enterBarrier("before-gossip-" + gossipBarrierCounter)
-        awaitCond(cluster.latestGossip != g) // received gossip
+        awaitCond {
+          cluster.latestStats.receivedGossipCount != oldCount // received gossip
+        }
         // gossip chat will synchronize the views
         awaitCond((Set(fromRole, toRole) -- seenLatestGossip).isEmpty)
         enterBarrier("after-gossip-" + gossipBarrierCounter)
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         startClusterNode()
         cluster.isSingletonCluster must be(true)
         cluster.status must be(Joining)
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
         leaderActions()
         cluster.status must be(Up)
       }
@@ -144,7 +141,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         memberStatus(first) must be(Up)
         memberStatus(second) must be(Joining)
         awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(first, second))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
       enterBarrier("convergence-joining-2")
 
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitCond(memberStatus(second) == Up)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second))
         memberStatus(first) must be(Up)
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-2")
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         awaitMembers(first, second, third)
         memberStatus(third) must be(Joining)
         awaitCond(seenLatestGossip == Set(second, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+        cluster.convergence must be(false)
       }
       enterBarrier("third-joined-second")
 
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         memberStatus(third) must be(Joining)
         awaitCond(memberStatus(second) == Up)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       first gossipTo third
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         memberStatus(second) must be(Up)
         memberStatus(third) must be(Joining)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("convergence-joining-3")
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       runOn(nonLeader(first, second, third).head) {
         memberStatus(third) must be(Up)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(leader(first, second, third), myself))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+        cluster.convergence must be(false)
       }
 
       // first non-leader gossipTo the other non-leader
@@ -228,7 +225,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       runOn(nonLeader(first, second, third).tail.head) {
         memberStatus(third) must be(Up)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       // first non-leader gossipTo the leader
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
         memberStatus(second) must be(Up)
         memberStatus(third) must be(Up)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, second, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-3")
@@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       runOn(third) {
         markNodeAsUnavailable(second)
         reapUnreachable()
-        cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable must contain(Member(second, Up))
+        cluster.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Up))
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(third))
       }
 
@@ -257,8 +254,8 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       third gossipTo first
 
       runOn(first, third) {
-        cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable must contain(Member(second, Up))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+        cluster.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Up))
+        cluster.convergence must be(false)
       }
 
       runOn(first) {
@@ -271,10 +268,10 @@ abstract class TransitionSpec
       first gossipTo third
 
       runOn(first, third) {
-        cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable must contain(Member(second, Down))
+        cluster.unreachableMembers must contain(Member(second, Down))
         memberStatus(second) must be(Down)
         seenLatestGossip must be(Set(first, third))
-        cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+        cluster.convergence must be(true)
       }
 
       enterBarrier("after-6")
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
index 0ef9dd603f..f20173bf4f 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec.scala
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ abstract class UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec
         within(30 seconds) {
           // victim becomes all alone
           awaitCond({
-            val gossip = cluster.latestGossip
-            gossip.overview.unreachable.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
-              gossip.members.size == 1 &&
-              gossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
+            val members = cluster.members
+            cluster.unreachableMembers.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
+              members.size == 1 &&
+              members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
           })
-          cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.map(_.address) must be((allButVictim map address).toSet)
-          cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+          cluster.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) must be((allButVictim map address).toSet)
+          cluster.convergence must be(false)
         }
       }
 
@@ -95,17 +95,17 @@ abstract class UnreachableNodeRejoinsClusterSpec
         within(30 seconds) {
           // victim becomes unreachable
           awaitCond({
-            val gossip = cluster.latestGossip
-            gossip.overview.unreachable.size == 1 &&
-              gossip.members.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
-              gossip.members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
+            val members = cluster.members
+            cluster.unreachableMembers.size == 1 &&
+              members.size == (roles.size - 1) &&
+              members.forall(_.status == MemberStatus.Up)
           })
           awaitSeenSameState(allButVictim map address: _*)
           // still one unreachable
-          cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.size must be(1)
-          cluster.latestGossip.overview.unreachable.head.address must be(node(victim).address)
+          cluster.unreachableMembers.size must be(1)
+          cluster.unreachableMembers.head.address must be(node(victim).address)
           // and therefore no convergence
-          cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(false)
+          cluster.convergence must be(false)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterConfigSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterConfigSpec.scala
index 8d420dc021..2d7565f5f5 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterConfigSpec.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ClusterConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       HeartbeatInterval must be(1 second)
       LeaderActionsInterval must be(1 second)
       UnreachableNodesReaperInterval must be(1 second)
-      PublishStateInterval must be(1 second)
+      PublishStatsInterval must be(10 second)
       JoinTimeout must be(60 seconds)
       AutoJoin must be(true)
       AutoDown must be(false)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
index dd3fe83de9..8e6035e6d1 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterSpec.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ object ClusterSpec {
       auto-join                    = off
       auto-down                    = off
       periodic-tasks-initial-delay = 120 seconds // turn off scheduled tasks
-      publish-state-interval = 0 s # always, when it happens
+      publish-stats-interval = 0 s # always, when it happens
     }
     akka.actor.provider = "akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider"
     akka.remote.netty.port = 0
@@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ class ClusterSpec extends AkkaSpec(ClusterSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
     }
 
     "initially become singleton cluster when joining itself and reach convergence" in {
-      cluster.isSingletonCluster must be(false) // auto-join = off
+      cluster.members.size must be(0) // auto-join = off
       cluster.join(selfAddress)
+      Thread.sleep(5000)
       awaitCond(cluster.isSingletonCluster)
       cluster.self.address must be(selfAddress)
-      cluster.latestGossip.members.map(_.address) must be(Set(selfAddress))
+      cluster.members.map(_.address) must be(Set(selfAddress))
       cluster.status must be(MemberStatus.Joining)
-      cluster.convergence.isDefined must be(true)
+      cluster.convergence must be(true)
       leaderActions()
       cluster.status must be(MemberStatus.Up)
     }