diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
index 441f1515be..5cd9075e38 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/IOActor.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.MessageDispatcher
 import akka.pattern.ask
 import java.net.{ Socket, InetSocketAddress, InetAddress, SocketAddress }
 import scala.util.Failure
-import annotation.tailrec
+import scala.annotation.tailrec
 
 object IOActorSpec {
 
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ object IOActorSpec {
 
     def receive = {
 
+      case _: IO.Connected ⇒ //don't care
+
       case bytes: ByteString ⇒
         val source = sender
         socket write bytes
@@ -65,9 +67,9 @@ object IOActorSpec {
 
       case IO.Closed(`socket`, cause) ⇒
         state(cause)
-        throw cause match {
-          case IO.Error(e) ⇒ e
-          case _           ⇒ new RuntimeException("Socket closed")
+        cause match {
+          case IO.Error(e) ⇒ throw e
+          case _           ⇒ throw new RuntimeException("Socket closed")
         }
     }
 
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ object IOActorSpec {
       case IO.Read(socket, bytes) ⇒
         state(socket)(IO Chunk bytes)
 
+      case _: IO.Connected ⇒ //don't care
+
       case IO.Closed(socket, cause) ⇒
         state -= socket
 
@@ -181,6 +185,8 @@ object IOActorSpec {
           readResult map (source !)
         }
 
+      case _: IO.Connected ⇒ //don't care
+
       case IO.Read(`socket`, bytes) ⇒
         state(IO Chunk bytes)
 
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ class IOActorSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
   }
 
   "an IO Actor" must {
-    implicit val ec = system.dispatcher
+    import system.dispatcher
     "run echo server" in {
       filterException[java.net.ConnectException] {
         val addressPromise = Promise[SocketAddress]()
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
index a34d220cc5..eb30bb182b 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorHierarchySpec.scala
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ object SupervisorHierarchySpec {
       case x ⇒ (x, x)
     }
     override val supervisorStrategy = OneForOneStrategy()(unwrap andThen {
-      case _: Failure if pongsToGo > 0 ⇒
+      case (_: Failure, _) if pongsToGo > 0 ⇒
         log :+= Event("pongOfDeath resuming " + sender, identityHashCode(this))
         Resume
       case (f: Failure, orig) ⇒
@@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ object SupervisorHierarchySpec {
 
     // don’t escalate from this one!
     override val supervisorStrategy = OneForOneStrategy() {
-      case f: Failure                               ⇒ f.directive
-      case OriginalRestartException(f: Failure)     ⇒ f.directive
-      case ActorInitializationException(f: Failure) ⇒ f.directive
-      case _                                        ⇒ Stop
+      case f: Failure ⇒ f.directive
+      case OriginalRestartException(f: Failure) ⇒ f.directive
+      case ActorInitializationException(_, _, f: Failure) ⇒ f.directive
+      case _ ⇒ Stop
     }
 
     var children = Vector.empty[ActorRef]
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/config/ConfigSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/config/ConfigSpec.scala
index 1aa168b924..9a43631894 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/config/ConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/config/ConfigSpec.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class ConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.defaultReference(ActorSystem.fin
 
         getInt("akka.actor.deployment.default.virtual-nodes-factor") must be(10)
         settings.DefaultVirtualNodesFactor must be(10)
+
+        getMilliseconds("akka.actor.unstarted-push-timeout") must be(10.seconds.toMillis)
+        settings.UnstartedPushTimeout.duration must be(10.seconds)
       }
 
       {
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
index 94a650e8c7..22a5e66971 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package akka.routing
 
 import language.postfixOps
 
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 import akka.actor._
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import akka.testkit._
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import akka.dispatch.Dispatchers
 import akka.util.Collections.EmptyImmutableSeq
+import akka.util.Timeout
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 object RoutingSpec {
 
@@ -100,33 +101,34 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec(RoutingSpec.config) with DefaultTimeout with
     }
 
     "be able to send their routees" in {
-      class TheActor extends Actor {
-        val routee1 = context.actorOf(Props[TestActor], "routee1")
-        val routee2 = context.actorOf(Props[TestActor], "routee2")
-        val routee3 = context.actorOf(Props[TestActor], "routee3")
-        val router = context.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(
-          ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(
-            routees = List(routee1, routee2, routee3),
-            within = 5 seconds)))
-
+      case class TestRun(id: String, names: immutable.Iterable[String], actors: Int)
+      val actor = system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
         def receive = {
-          case "doIt"                 ⇒ router ! CurrentRoutees
-          case routees: RouterRoutees ⇒ testActor forward routees
+          case TestRun(id, names, actors) ⇒
+            val routerProps = Props[TestActor].withRouter(
+              ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(
+                routees = names map { context.actorOf(Props(new TestActor), _) },
+                within = 5 seconds))
+
+            1 to actors foreach { i ⇒ context.actorOf(routerProps, id + i).tell(CurrentRoutees, testActor) }
         }
-      }
+      }))
 
-      val theActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TheActor), "theActor")
-      theActor ! "doIt"
-      val routees = expectMsgPF() {
-        case RouterRoutees(routees) ⇒ routees.toSet
-      }
+      val actors = 15
+      val names = 1 to 20 map { "routee" + _ } toList
 
-      routees.map(_.path.name) must be(Set("routee1", "routee2", "routee3"))
+      actor ! TestRun("test", names, actors)
+      1 to actors foreach { _ ⇒
+        val routees = expectMsgType[RouterRoutees].routees
+        routees.map(_.path.name) must be === names
+      }
+      expectNoMsg(500.millis)
     }
 
     "use configured nr-of-instances when FromConfig" in {
       val router = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(FromConfig), "router1")
-      Await.result(router ? CurrentRoutees, remaining).asInstanceOf[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
+      router ! CurrentRoutees
+      expectMsgType[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
       watch(router)
       system.stop(router)
       expectMsgType[Terminated]
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec(RoutingSpec.config) with DefaultTimeout with
 
     "use configured nr-of-instances when router is specified" in {
       val router = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(nrOfInstances = 2)), "router2")
-      Await.result(router ? CurrentRoutees, remaining).asInstanceOf[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
+      router ! CurrentRoutees
+      expectMsgType[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
       system.stop(router)
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +152,8 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec(RoutingSpec.config) with DefaultTimeout with
       }
       val router = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(resizer = Some(resizer))), "router3")
       Await.ready(latch, remaining)
-      Await.result(router ? CurrentRoutees, remaining).asInstanceOf[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
+      router ! CurrentRoutees
+      expectMsgType[RouterRoutees].routees.size must be(3)
       system.stop(router)
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 75dbd3fefa..9cf2b5b3df 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -259,12 +259,12 @@ private[akka] trait Cell {
    */
   def isLocal: Boolean
   /**
-   * If the actor isLocal, returns whether messages are currently queued,
+   * If the actor isLocal, returns whether "user messages" are currently queued,
    * “false” otherwise.
    */
   def hasMessages: Boolean
   /**
-   * If the actor isLocal, returns the number of messages currently queued,
+   * If the actor isLocal, returns the number of "user messages" currently queued,
    * which may be a costly operation, 0 otherwise.
    */
   def numberOfMessages: Int
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
index 6bf3b3bf7c..a6685ae549 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ private[akka] class VirtualPathContainer(
 
   def hasChildren: Boolean = !children.isEmpty
 
-  def foreachChild(f: ActorRef ⇒ Unit) = {
+  def foreachChild(f: ActorRef ⇒ Unit): Unit = {
     val iter = children.values.iterator
     while (iter.hasNext) f(iter.next)
   }