diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index f7f57ac825c..00a5be419ef 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static enum e_op_result execute_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                                 &cronet_callbacks);
     CRONET_LOG(GPR_DEBUG, "%p = cronet_bidirectional_stream_create()", s->cbs);
     char *url = NULL;
-    const char *method = NULL;
+    const char *method = "POST";
     s->header_array.headers = NULL;
     convert_metadata_to_cronet_headers(
         stream_op->send_initial_metadata->list.head, s->curr_ct.host, &url,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h
index 7e2fd7a3bd6..00ace8a7a91 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #include <grpc/status.h>
 #include <grpc/support/time.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /// Opaque representation of an error.
 /// Errors are refcounted objects that represent the result of an operation.
 /// Ownership laws:
@@ -204,4 +208,8 @@ bool grpc_log_if_error(const char *what, grpc_error *error, const char *file,
 #define GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR(what, error) \
   grpc_log_if_error((what), (error), __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_ERROR_H */
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
index 6f5af3dec31..ae32e02f699 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
+++ b/src/cpp/common/channel_filter.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/metadata_batch.h"
 
@@ -54,11 +55,6 @@
 ///       "name-of-filter", GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, INT_MAX, nullptr);
 /// \endcode
 
-/// Forward declaration to avoid including the file
-/// "src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.h"
-struct grpc_client_security_context;
-struct grpc_server_security_context;
-
 namespace grpc {
 
 /// A C++ wrapper for the \c grpc_metadata_batch struct.
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc b/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
index 5d9cb4bd0cf..081114859ce 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ class AsyncClient : public ClientImpl<StubType, RequestType> {
         // this thread isn't supposed to shut down
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(shutdown_state_[thread_idx]->mutex);
         if (shutdown_state_[thread_idx]->shutdown) {
+          delete ctx;
           return true;
         } else if (!ctx->RunNextState(ok, entry)) {
           // The RPC and callback are done, so clone the ctx
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/dockerize/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh b/tools/run_tests/dockerize/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
index b4b172ddef6..c3219c533d5 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/dockerize/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/dockerize/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CONTAINER_NAME="run_tests_$(uuidgen)"
 docker_instance_git_root=/var/local/jenkins/grpc
 
 # Run tests inside docker
+DOCKER_EXIT_CODE=0
 docker run \
   -e "RUN_TESTS_COMMAND=$RUN_TESTS_COMMAND" \
   -e "config=$config" \
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ docker run \
   -w /var/local/git/grpc \
   --name=$CONTAINER_NAME \
   $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME \
-  bash -l "/var/local/jenkins/grpc/$DOCKER_RUN_SCRIPT" || DOCKER_FAILED="true"
+  bash -l "/var/local/jenkins/grpc/$DOCKER_RUN_SCRIPT" || DOCKER_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 # use unique name for reports.zip to prevent clash between concurrent
 # run_tests.py runs 
@@ -93,7 +94,4 @@ rm -f ${TEMP_REPORTS_ZIP}
 # remove the container, possibly killing it first
 docker rm -f $CONTAINER_NAME || true
 
-if [ "$DOCKER_FAILED" != "" ] && [ "$XML_REPORT" == "" ]
-then
-  exit 1
-fi
+exit $DOCKER_EXIT_CODE
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index 168331602ca..a6f3d405dc2 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ else:
   exit_code = 0
   if BuildAndRunError.BUILD in errors:
     exit_code |= 1
-  if BuildAndRunError.TEST in errors and not args.travis:
+  if BuildAndRunError.TEST in errors:
     exit_code |= 2
   if BuildAndRunError.POST_TEST in errors:
     exit_code |= 4