diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/config-template/etc/sessions/gcloud/session-store.xml b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/config-template/etc/sessions/gcloud/session-store.xml
index f04a90aee519..e40ae5b989a7 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/config-template/etc/sessions/gcloud/session-store.xml
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/config-template/etc/sessions/gcloud/session-store.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   <Call name="addBean">
    <Arg>
     <New id="sessionDataStoreFactory" class="org.eclipse.jetty.gcloud.session.GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory">
-       <Set name="gracePeriodSec"><Property name="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds" default="3600" /></Set>
+       <Set name="gracePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds"/>
        <Set name="savePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds"/>
        <Set name="maxRetries"><Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.maxRetries" default="5"/></Set>
-       <Set name="backoffMs" property="jetty.session.gcloud.backoffMs"/>
-       <Set name="namespace" property="jetty.session.gcloud.namespace"/>
+       <Set name="backoffMs"><Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.backoffMs" default="1000"/></Set>
+       <Set name="namespace"><Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.namespace" default=""/></Set>  
        <Set name="entityDataModel">
           <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.gcloud.session.GCloudSessionDataStore$EntityDataModel">
               <Set name="kind">
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
               <Set name="lastNode">
                 <Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.model.lastNode" default="lastNode" />
               </Set>
+              <Set name="lastSaved">
+                <Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.model.lastSaved" default="lastSaved" />
+              </Set>
               <Set name="expiry">
                 <Property name="jetty.session.gcloud.model.expiry" default="expiry" />
               </Set>
diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStore.java b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStore.java
index 541116e1c126..d120ff593ac1 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStore.java
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStore.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class GCloudSessionDataStore extends AbstractSessionDataStore
     public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_QUERY_RESULTS = 100;
     public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 5;
     public static final int DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MS = 1000;
+    public static final String DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "";
 
     protected Datastore _datastore;
     protected KeyFactory _keyFactory;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class GCloudSessionDataStore extends AbstractSessionDataStore
     protected boolean _indexesPresent = false;
     protected EntityDataModel _model;
     protected boolean _modelProvided;
-    private String _namespace;
+    private String _namespace = DEFAULT_NAMESPACE;
 
     /**
      * EntityDataModel
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ public void setNamespace(String namespace)
         _namespace = namespace;
     }
 
-    @ManagedAttribute(value = "gclound namespace", readonly = true)
+    @ManagedAttribute(value = "gcloud namespace", readonly = true)
     public String getNamespace()
     {
         return _namespace;
diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory.java b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory.java
index e35014296fd7..716e18f91028 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory.java
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/session/GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory.java
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
  */
 public class GCloudSessionDataStoreFactory extends AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory
 {
-    private String _namespace;
-    private int _maxRetries;
-    private int _backoffMs;
+    private String _namespace = GCloudSessionDataStore.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE;
+    private int _maxRetries = GCloudSessionDataStore.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES;
+    private int _backoffMs = GCloudSessionDataStore.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MS;
     private GCloudSessionDataStore.EntityDataModel _model;
 
     public GCloudSessionDataStore.EntityDataModel getEntityDataModel()
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public SessionDataStore getSessionDataStore(SessionHandler handler) throws Excep
         ds.setBackoffMs(getBackoffMs());
         ds.setMaxRetries(getMaxRetries());
         ds.setGracePeriodSec(getGracePeriodSec());
-        ds.setNamespace(_namespace);
+        ds.setNamespace(getNamespace());
         ds.setSavePeriodSec(getSavePeriodSec());
+        ds.setEntityDataModel(getEntityDataModel());
         return ds;
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/default.xml b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/default.xml
index 2da04b6b2c9d..07b47ee84b38 100644
--- a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/default.xml
+++ b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/default.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
         <Set name="mapName" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName"/>
         <Set name="hazelcastInstanceName" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.hazelcastInstanceName"/>
         <Set name="useQueries" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.useQueries"/>
-        <Set name="gracePeriodSec"><Property name="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds" default="3600" /></Set>
-        <Set name="savePeriodSec"><Property name="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds" default="0" /></Set>
+        <Set name="gracePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds"/>
+        <Set name="savePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds"/>
         <Set name="configurationLocation"><Property name="jetty.session.hazelcast.configurationLocation" default="" /></Set>
       </New>
     </Arg>
diff --git a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/remote.xml b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/remote.xml
index 43675650e40a..377706a27c55 100644
--- a/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/remote.xml
+++ b/jetty-hazelcast/src/main/config/etc/sessions/hazelcast/remote.xml
@@ -10,21 +10,11 @@
   <Call name="addBean">
     <Arg>
       <New id="sessionDataStoreFactory" class="org.eclipse.jetty.hazelcast.session.HazelcastSessionDataStoreFactory">
-        <Set name="mapName">
-          <Property name="jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName" default="jetty-distributed-session-map" />
-        </Set>
-        <Set name="hazelcastInstanceName">
-          <Property name="jetty.session.hazelcast.hazelcastInstanceName" default="JETTY_DISTRIBUTED_SESSION_INSTANCE" />
-        </Set>
-        <Set name="useQueries">
-          <Property name="jetty.session.hazelcast.useQueries" default="false" />
-        </Set>
-        <Set name="gracePeriodSec">
-          <Property name="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds" default="3600" />
-        </Set>
-        <Set name="savePeriodSec">
-          <Property name="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds" default="0" />
-        </Set>
+        <Set name="mapName" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName"/>
+        <Set name="hazelcastInstanceName" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.hazelcastInstanceName"/>
+        <Set name="useQueries" property="jetty.session.hazelcast.useQueries"/>
+        <Set name="gracePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds"/>
+        <Set name="savePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds"/>
         <Set name="onlyClient">
           <Property name="jetty.session.hazelcast.onlyClient" default="true" />
         </Set>
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-http2c.xml b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-http2c.xml
index 3f77565aeecc..1cd68372f548 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-http2c.xml
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-http2c.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <Arg>
       <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.http2.server.HTTP2CServerConnectionFactory">
         <Arg name="config"><Ref refid="httpConfig"/></Arg>
-        <Set name="maxConcurrentStreams" property="jetty.http2c.maxConcurrentStreams"/>
-        <Set name="initialStreamRecvWindow" property="jetty.http2c.initialStreamRecvWindow"/>
+        <Set name="maxConcurrentStreams"><Property name="jetty.http2c.maxConcurrentStreams" default="1024"/></Set>
+        <Set name="initialStreamRecvWindow"><Property name="jetty.http2c.initialStreamRecvWindow" default="65535"/></Set>
         <Set name="initialSessionRecvWindow" property="jetty.http2.initialSessionRecvWindow"/>
         <Set name="maxSettingsKeys"><Property name="jetty.http2.maxSettingsKeys" default="64"/></Set>
         <Set name="rateControlFactory">
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite-customizer.xml b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite-customizer.xml
index a60f80555b78..6a9bf7999c28 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite-customizer.xml
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite-customizer.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       <New id="Rewrite" class="org.eclipse.jetty.rewrite.RewriteCustomizer">
         <Set name="rewriteRequestURI" property="jetty.rewrite.rewriteRequestURI"/>
         <Set name="rewritePathInfo" property="jetty.rewrite.rewritePathInfo"/>
-        <Set name="originalPathAttribute" property="jetty.rewrite.originalPathAttribute"/>
+        <Set name="originalPathAttribute"><Property name="jetty.rewrite.originalPathAttribute" default="requestedPath"/></Set>
       </New>
     </Arg>
   </Call>  
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite.xml b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite.xml
index e123113c5c22..c78237e0c036 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite.xml
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/etc/jetty-rewrite.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.rewrite.handler.RewriteHandler">
         <Set name="rewriteRequestURI" property="jetty.rewrite.rewriteRequestURI" />
         <Set name="rewritePathInfo" property="jetty.rewrite.rewritePathInfo" />
-        <Set name="originalPathAttribute" property="jetty.rewrite.originalPathAttribute" />
+        <Set name="originalPathAttribute"><Property name="jetty.rewrite.originalPathAttribute" default="requestedPath"/></Set>
 
         <!-- Set DispatcherTypes  -->
         <Set name="dispatcherTypes">
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-gzip.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-gzip.xml
index 16f60c923549..96116cdc9df4 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-gzip.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-gzip.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@
     <Arg>
       <New id="GzipHandler" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.gzip.GzipHandler">
         <Set name="minGzipSize" property="jetty.gzip.minGzipSize"/>
-        <Set name="checkGzExists" property="jetty.gzip.checkGzExists"/>
-        <Set name="compressionLevel" property="jetty.gzip.compressionLevel"/>
         <Set name="inflateBufferSize" property="jetty.gzip.inflateBufferSize"/>
-        <Set name="inflaterPoolCapacity" property="jetty.gzip.inflaterPoolCapacity"/>
-        <Set name="deflaterPoolCapacity" property="jetty.gzip.deflaterPoolCapacity"/>
         <Set name="syncFlush" property="jetty.gzip.syncFlush"/>
         <Set name="dispatcherTypes" property="jetty.gzip.dispatcherTypes"/>
         <Set name="includedMethodList" property="jetty.gzip.includedMethodList"/>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-threadlimit.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-threadlimit.xml
index d2300d5562c3..3d0c7e5626d6 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-threadlimit.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-threadlimit.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <Arg>
       <New id="ThreadLimitHandler" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ThreadLimitHandler">
         <Arg name="forwardedHeader"><Property name="jetty.threadlimit.forwardedHeader"/></Arg> 
-        <Set name="enabled" property="jetty.threadlimit.enabled"/> 
+        <Set name="enabled"><Property name="jetty.threadlimit.enabled" default="true"/></Set>
         <Set name="threadLimit" property="jetty.threadlimit.threadLimit"/> 
       </New>
     </Arg>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
index 7a3f85cf65bd..93fa0d250836 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       <Set name="requestHeaderSize" property="jetty.httpConfig.requestHeaderSize"/>
       <Set name="responseHeaderSize" property="jetty.httpConfig.responseHeaderSize"/>
       <Set name="sendServerVersion" property="jetty.httpConfig.sendServerVersion"/>
-      <Set name="sendDateHeader" property="jetty.httpConfig.sendDateHeader"/>
-      <Set name="headerCacheSize" property="jetty.httpConfig.headerCacheSize"/>
+      <Set name="sendDateHeader"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.sendDateHeader" default="false"/></Set>
+      <Set name="headerCacheSize"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.headerCacheSize" default="4096"/></Set>
       <Set name="delayDispatchUntilContent" property="jetty.httpConfig.delayDispatchUntilContent"/>
       <Set name="maxErrorDispatches" property="jetty.httpConfig.maxErrorDispatches"/>
       <Set name="persistentConnectionsEnabled" property="jetty.httpConfig.persistentConnectionsEnabled"/>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/sessions/jdbc/session-store.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/sessions/jdbc/session-store.xml
index 7c565b318ce5..963c5252b09a 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/sessions/jdbc/session-store.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/sessions/jdbc/session-store.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   <Call name="addBean">
     <Arg>
       <New id="sessionDataStoreFactory" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.JDBCSessionDataStoreFactory">
-        <Set name="gracePeriodSec"><Property name="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds" default="3600" /></Set>
-        <Set name="savePeriodSec"><Property name="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds" default="0" /></Set>
+        <Set name="gracePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds"/>
+        <Set name="savePeriodSec" property="jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds"/>
         <Set name="databaseAdaptor">
           <Ref refid="databaseAdaptor" />
         </Set>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java
index d95a8406ce41..350d75d92705 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class Server extends HandlerWrapper implements Attributes
     private final ThreadPool _threadPool;
     private final List<Connector> _connectors = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
     private SessionIdManager _sessionIdManager;
-    private boolean _stopAtShutdown;
+    private boolean _stopAtShutdown = true;
     private boolean _dumpAfterStart;
     private boolean _dumpBeforeStop;
     private ErrorHandler _errorHandler;
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStore.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStore.java
index 47d46564b819..49ee9690f160 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStore.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStore.java
@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@
 public abstract class AbstractSessionDataStore extends ContainerLifeCycle implements SessionDataStore
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractSessionDataStore.class);
+    
+    public static final int DEFAULT_GRACE_PERIOD_SEC = 60 * 60; //default of 1hr
+    public static final int DEFAULT_SAVE_PERIOD_SEC = 0;
 
     protected SessionContext _context; //context associated with this session data store
-    protected int _gracePeriodSec = 60 * 60; //default of 1hr 
+    protected int _gracePeriodSec = DEFAULT_GRACE_PERIOD_SEC;
     protected long _lastExpiryCheckTime = 0; //last time in ms that getExpired was called
     protected long _lastOrphanSweepTime = 0; //last time in ms that we deleted orphaned sessions
-    protected int _savePeriodSec = 0; //time in sec between saves
+    protected int _savePeriodSec = DEFAULT_SAVE_PERIOD_SEC; //time in sec between saves
     
     /**
      * Small utility class to allow us to
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory.java
index 823502dc633b..d6b47dd328b0 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 public abstract class AbstractSessionDataStoreFactory implements SessionDataStoreFactory
 {
 
-    int _gracePeriodSec;
-    int _savePeriodSec;
+    int _gracePeriodSec = AbstractSessionDataStore.DEFAULT_GRACE_PERIOD_SEC;
+    int _savePeriodSec = AbstractSessionDataStore.DEFAULT_SAVE_PERIOD_SEC;
 
     /**
      * @return the gracePeriodSec
diff --git a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/config-template/etc/jetty-unixsocket-http2c.xml b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/config-template/etc/jetty-unixsocket-http2c.xml
index 3871d02981a9..75cb2a487a29 100644
--- a/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/config-template/etc/jetty-unixsocket-http2c.xml
+++ b/jetty-unixsocket/jetty-unixsocket-server/src/main/config-template/etc/jetty-unixsocket-http2c.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <Arg>
       <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.http2.server.HTTP2CServerConnectionFactory">
         <Arg name="config"><Ref refid="unixSocketHttpConfig"/></Arg>
-        <Set name="maxConcurrentStreams" property="jetty.http2c.maxConcurrentStreams"/>
-        <Set name="initialStreamRecvWindow" property="jetty.http2c.initialStreamRecvWindow"/>
+        <Set name="maxConcurrentStreams"><Property name="jetty.http2c.maxConcurrentStreams" default="1024"/></Set>
+        <Set name="initialStreamRecvWindow"><Property name="jetty.http2c.initialStreamRecvWindow" default="65535"/></Set>
       </New>
     </Arg>
   </Call>