diff --git a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManager.java b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManager.java
index acccfe5c0aa..a2357f14596 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManager.java
+++ b/jetty-deploy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/deploy/DeploymentManager.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardDeployer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter;
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ public class DeploymentManager extends ContainerLifeCycle
      */
     public Collection<App> getApps(Node node)
     {
-        List<App> ret = new ArrayList<App>();
+        List<App> ret = new ArrayList<>();
         for (AppEntry entry : _apps)
         {
             if (entry.lifecyleNode == node)
@@ -592,13 +593,40 @@ public class DeploymentManager extends ContainerLifeCycle
     {
         return _lifecycle.getNodes();
     }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    @ManagedOperation(value="list nodes that are tracked by DeploymentManager", impact="INFO")
+    public Collection<String> getNodeNames()
+    {
+        return _lifecycle.getNodes().stream().map(Node::getName).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
     
-    @ManagedOperation(value="list apps that are located at specified App LifeCycle nodes", impact="ACTION")
     public Collection<App> getApps(@Name("nodeName") String nodeName)
     {
         return getApps(_lifecycle.getNodeByName(nodeName));
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    @ManagedOperation(value="list apps that are located at specified App LifeCycle nodes", impact="ACTION")
+    public Collection<String> getAppNames(@Name("nodeName") String nodeName)
+    {
+        Node node = _lifecycle.getNodeByName(nodeName);
+        if(node == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to find node [" + nodeName + "]");
+        }
+
+        List<String> ret = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (AppEntry entry : _apps)
+        {
+            if (entry.lifecyleNode == node)
+            {
+                ret.add(String.format("contextPath=%s,originId=%s,appProvider=%s", entry.app.getContextPath(), entry.app.getOriginId(), entry.app.getAppProvider().getClass().getName()));
+            }
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     public void scope(XmlConfiguration xmlc, Resource webapp)
         throws IOException
     {
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-forked-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-forked-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
index 31a195c1407..286dcccae2c 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-forked-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-forked-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ public class TestHelloServlet
 
             String response = httpClient.GET( "http://localhost:" + port + "/hello?name=beer" ).getContentAsString();
 
-            System.out.println( "httpResponse:" + response );
+            System.out.println( "httpResponse hello annotation servlet:" + response );
 
             Assert.assertEquals( "hello beer", response.trim() );
 
             response = httpClient.GET( "http://localhost:" + port + "/ping?name=beer" ).getContentAsString();
 
-            System.out.println( "httpResponse:" + response );
+            System.out.println( "httpResponse ping fragment servlet:" + response );
 
             Assert.assertEquals( "pong beer", response.trim() );
         }
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
index 7fb521911d7..a7e8ccdba9b 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-simple-base</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
index 5d700a60525..6fc5cb06e25 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ public class TestHelloServlet
 
             String response = httpClient.GET( "http://localhost:" + port + "/hello?name=beer" ).getContentAsString();
 
-            System.out.println( "httpResponse:" + response );
+            System.out.println( "httpResponse hello annotation servlet:" + response );
 
             Assert.assertEquals( "hello beer", response.trim() );
 
             response = httpClient.GET( "http://localhost:" + port + "/ping?name=beer" ).getContentAsString();
 
-            System.out.println( "httpResponse:" + response );
+            System.out.println( "httpResponse ping fragment servlet:" + response );
 
             Assert.assertEquals( "pong beer", response.trim() );
         }
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/pom.xml
index 213a79af16b..313904bfff4 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-run-mojo-it/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 				<version>1.7.21</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+				<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+				<version>1.7.21</version>
+			</dependency>
+
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyEffectiveWebXml.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyEffectiveWebXml.java
index 30785b43419..8e85e8cbc3c 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyEffectiveWebXml.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyEffectiveWebXml.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class JettyEffectiveWebXml extends JettyRunMojo
                 //just show the result in the log
                 getLog().info(IO.toString(webApp.getQuickStartWebDescriptor().getInputStream()));
             }
-            catch (IOException e)
+            catch (Exception e)
             {
                throw new MojoExecutionException("Unable to output effective web.xml", e);
             }
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunForkedMojo.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunForkedMojo.java
index 4de7f20ae53..d7ddbd1aafd 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunForkedMojo.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunForkedMojo.java
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
             //leave everything unpacked for the forked process to use
             webApp.setPersistTempDirectory(true);
             
-            webApp.start(); //just enough to generate the quickstart           
+            webApp.start(); //just enough to generate the quickstart
            
             //save config of the webapp BEFORE we stop
             File props = prepareConfiguration();
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
         {
             if (forkedProcess != null && waitForChild)
                 forkedProcess.destroy();
-            
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to create Jetty process", ex);
         }
     }
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
     public File prepareConfiguration() throws MojoExecutionException
     {
         try
-        {   
+        {
             //work out the configuration based on what is configured in the pom
             File propsFile = new File (target, "fork.props");
             if (propsFile.exists())
@@ -468,8 +467,6 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
             //propsFile.deleteOnExit();
 
             Properties props = new Properties();
-
-
             //web.xml
             if (webApp.getDescriptor() != null)
             {
@@ -484,7 +481,7 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
             //sort out the context path
             if (webApp.getContextPath() != null)
             {
-                props.put("context.path", webApp.getContextPath());       
+                props.put("context.path", webApp.getContextPath());
             }
 
             //tmp dir
@@ -504,7 +501,6 @@ public class JettyRunForkedMojo extends JettyRunMojo
                 props.put("base.dirs", toCSV(((ResourceCollection)postOverlayResources).getResources()));
             else
                 props.put("base.dirs", postOverlayResources.toString());
-        
             
             //web-inf classes
             if (webApp.getClasses() != null)
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunMojo.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunMojo.java
index 922ac79f5a5..719caada0a4 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunMojo.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyRunMojo.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.maven.plugin;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -281,14 +282,13 @@ public class JettyRunMojo extends AbstractJettyMojo
        if (useTestScope && (testClassesDirectory != null))
            webApp.setTestClasses (testClassesDirectory);
 
-       webApp.getClassPathFiles().addAll( getDependencyProjects() );
-       webApp.setWebInfLib (getDependencyFiles());
+       webApp.setWebInfLib(getDependencyFiles());
 
        //get copy of a list of war artifacts
        Set<Artifact> matchedWarArtifacts = new HashSet<Artifact>();
 
        //process any overlays and the war type artifacts
-       List<Overlay> overlays = new ArrayList<Overlay>();
+       List<Overlay> overlays = new ArrayList<>();
        for (OverlayConfig config:warPluginInfo.getMavenWarOverlayConfigs())
        {
            //overlays can be individually skipped
@@ -584,8 +584,12 @@ public class JettyRunMojo extends AbstractJettyMojo
             {
                 continue;
             }
-            if (getProjectReferences( artifact, project )!=null)
+            MavenProject mavenProject = getProjectReferences( artifact, project );
+            if (mavenProject != null)
             {
+                File projectPath = Paths.get(mavenProject.getBuild().getOutputDirectory()).toFile();
+                getLog().debug( "Adding project directory " + projectPath.toString() );
+                dependencyFiles.add( projectPath );
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -602,38 +606,6 @@ public class JettyRunMojo extends AbstractJettyMojo
         return dependencyFiles; 
     }
 
-    private List<File> getDependencyProjects()
-    {
-        List<File> dependencyFiles = new ArrayList<>();
-        for ( Iterator<Artifact> iter = projectArtifacts.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); )
-        {
-            Artifact artifact = iter.next();
-
-            // Include runtime and compile time libraries, and possibly test libs too
-            if(artifact.getType().equals("war"))
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED.equals(artifact.getScope()))
-                continue; //never add dependencies of scope=provided to the webapp's classpath (see also <useProvidedScope> param)
-
-            if (Artifact.SCOPE_TEST.equals(artifact.getScope()) && !useTestScope)
-                continue; //only add dependencies of scope=test if explicitly required
-
-            MavenProject mavenProject = getProjectReferences( artifact, project );
-            if (mavenProject != null)
-            {
-                dependencyFiles.add( Paths.get(mavenProject.getBuild().getOutputDirectory()).toFile() );
-                getLog().debug( "Adding project reference " + mavenProject.getBuild().getOutputDirectory()
-                                    + " for WEB-INF/classes " );
-            }
-        }
-
-        return dependencyFiles;
-    }
-
-
     protected MavenProject getProjectReferences( Artifact artifact, MavenProject project )
     {
         if ( project.getProjectReferences() == null || project.getProjectReferences().isEmpty() )
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyWebAppContext.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyWebAppContext.java
index c26cca9922f..b4317c503cf 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyWebAppContext.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/JettyWebAppContext.java
@@ -266,8 +266,15 @@ public class JettyWebAppContext extends WebAppContext
     
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     public Resource getQuickStartWebDescriptor ()
+    throws Exception
     {
-        return (Resource)getAttribute(QuickStartConfiguration.QUICKSTART_WEB_XML);
+        Object o = getAttribute(QuickStartConfiguration.QUICKSTART_WEB_XML);
+        if (o == null)
+            return null;
+        else if (o instanceof Resource)
+            return (Resource)o;
+        else
+            return Resource.newResource((String)o);
     }
     
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -295,6 +302,12 @@ public class JettyWebAppContext extends WebAppContext
         return _webInfJars;
     }
 
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public List<File> getWebInfClasses()
+    {
+        return _webInfClasses;
+    }
+
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     public void setGenerateQuickStart (boolean quickStart)
     {
@@ -306,7 +319,7 @@ public class JettyWebAppContext extends WebAppContext
     {
         return _isGenerateQuickStart;
     }
-    
+
 
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -385,6 +398,8 @@ public class JettyWebAppContext extends WebAppContext
             {
                 if (c instanceof EnvConfiguration && getJettyEnvXml() != null)
                     ((EnvConfiguration)c).setJettyEnvXml(Resource.toURL(new File(getJettyEnvXml())));
+                else if (c instanceof MavenQuickStartConfiguration && getQuickStartWebDescriptor() != null)
+                    ((MavenQuickStartConfiguration)c).setQuickStartWebXml(getQuickStartWebDescriptor());
             }
         }
         catch(Exception e)
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenMetaInfConfiguration.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenMetaInfConfiguration.java
index 82b4119d896..236ab09e1a9 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenMetaInfConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenMetaInfConfiguration.java
@@ -61,62 +61,64 @@ public class MavenMetaInfConfiguration extends MetaInfConfiguration
     protected List<Resource> findJars (WebAppContext context)
     throws Exception
     {
-        List<Resource> list = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+        List<Resource> list = new ArrayList<>();
         JettyWebAppContext jwac = (JettyWebAppContext)context;
-        if (jwac.getClassPathFiles() != null)
+        List<File> files = jwac.getWebInfLib();
+        if (files != null)
         {
-            for (File f: jwac.getClassPathFiles())
-            {
-                if (f.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).endsWith(".jar"))
+            files.forEach( file -> {
+                if (file.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).endsWith(".jar")
+                    || file.isDirectory())
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        list.add(Resource.newResource(f.toURI()));
+                        LOG.debug( " add  resource to resources to examine {}", file );
+                        list.add(Resource.newResource(file.toURI()));
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
                         LOG.warn("Bad url ", e);
                     }
                 }
-            }
+            } );
         }
 
         List<Resource> superList = super.findJars(context);
         if (superList != null)
             list.addAll(superList);
-        return list;
+        return list; 
     }
     
     
-    
-    
 
+        
     /** 
      * Add in the classes dirs from test/classes and target/classes
      * @see org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.MetaInfConfiguration#findClassDirs(org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext)
      */
     @Override
     protected List<Resource> findClassDirs(WebAppContext context) throws Exception
-    {
-        List<Resource> list = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+    {        
+        List<Resource> list = new ArrayList<>();
         
         JettyWebAppContext jwac = (JettyWebAppContext)context;
-        if (jwac.getClassPathFiles() != null)
+        List<File> files = jwac.getWebInfClasses();
+        if (files != null)
         {
-            for (File f: jwac.getClassPathFiles())
-            {
-                if (f.exists() && f.isDirectory())
+            files.forEach( file -> {
+                if (file.exists() && file.isDirectory())
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        list.add(Resource.newResource(f.toURI()));
+                        list.add(Resource.newResource(file.toURI()));
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
                         LOG.warn("Bad url ", e);
                     }
                 }
-            }
+            } );
+
         }
         
         List<Resource> classesDirs = super.findClassDirs(context);
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenQuickStartConfiguration.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenQuickStartConfiguration.java
index 5313c0bebe9..637dfea1836 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenQuickStartConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenQuickStartConfiguration.java
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
 public class MavenQuickStartConfiguration extends QuickStartConfiguration
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(QuickStartConfiguration.class);
+    
+    private Resource _quickStartWebXml; //the descriptor to use for starting/generating quickstart
+
+    public void setQuickStartWebXml(Resource quickStartWebXml)
+    {
+        _quickStartWebXml = quickStartWebXml;
+    }
+    
+    
+    @Override
+    public Resource getQuickStartWebXml(WebAppContext context) throws Exception
+    {
+        if (_quickStartWebXml == null)
+            return super.getQuickStartWebXml(context);
+        
+        return _quickStartWebXml;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void preConfigure(WebAppContext context) throws Exception
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenWebInfConfiguration.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenWebInfConfiguration.java
index 24d993130a9..356f4af2b6e 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenWebInfConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/plugin/MavenWebInfConfiguration.java
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ public class MavenWebInfConfiguration extends WebInfConfiguration
 
 
 
-    
-    
-    
-
 
     
     
@@ -165,6 +161,7 @@ public class MavenWebInfConfiguration extends WebInfConfiguration
     }
 
 
+
     protected  Resource unpackOverlay (WebAppContext context, Overlay overlay)
     throws IOException
     {
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/RuleContainer.java b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/RuleContainer.java
index afaac89d4e9..3f2395c9c02 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/RuleContainer.java
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/rewrite/handler/RuleContainer.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class RuleContainer extends Rule
         
         if (_rules==null)
             return target;
-        
+
         for (Rule rule : _rules)
         {
             String applied=rule.matchAndApply(target,request, response);
@@ -179,26 +179,29 @@ public class RuleContainer extends Rule
                     String query = request.getQueryString();
                     if (query != null)
                         request.setAttribute(_originalQueryStringAttribute,query);
-                }     
+                }
+
+                // Ugly hack, we should just pass baseRequest into the API from RewriteHandler itself.
+                Request baseRequest = Request.getBaseRequest(request);
 
                 if (_rewriteRequestURI)
                 {
                     String encoded=URIUtil.encodePath(applied);
                     if (rule instanceof Rule.ApplyURI)
-                        ((Rule.ApplyURI)rule).applyURI((Request)request,((Request)request).getRequestURI(), encoded);
+                        ((Rule.ApplyURI)rule).applyURI(baseRequest, baseRequest.getRequestURI(), encoded);
                     else
-                        ((Request)request).setURIPathQuery(encoded);
+                        baseRequest.setURIPathQuery(encoded);
                 }
 
                 if (_rewritePathInfo)
-                    ((Request)request).setPathInfo(applied);
+                    baseRequest.setPathInfo(applied);
 
                 target=applied;
                 
                 if (rule.isHandling())
                 {
                     LOG.debug("handling {}",rule);
-                    Request.getBaseRequest(request).setHandled(true);
+                    baseRequest.setHandled(true);
                 }
 
                 if (rule.isTerminating())