diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e42d0ffd3..77d8cad3e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ check-style:
 
 # depend on install-all so that downgrade scripts are installed as well
 check: all install-all
-	$(MAKE) -C src/test/regress check-full
+	# explicetely does not use $(MAKE) to avoid parallelism
+	make -C src/test/regress check
 
 .PHONY: all check clean install install-downgrades install-all
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
index a81f23ad6..030dbbe78 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/alter_table.c
@@ -209,12 +209,9 @@ static void ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommand
 static bool HasAnyGeneratedStoredColumns(Oid relationId);
 static List * GetNonGeneratedStoredColumnNameList(Oid relationId);
 static void CheckAlterDistributedTableConversionParameters(TableConversionState *con);
-static char * CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(char *sequenceSchemaName,
-														  char *sequenceName,
-														  char *sourceSchemaName,
-														  char *sourceName,
-														  char *targetSchemaName,
-														  char *targetName);
+static char * CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(char *qualifiedSequeceName,
+														  char *qualifiedSourceName,
+														  char *qualifiedTargetName);
 static void ErrorIfMatViewSizeExceedsTheLimit(Oid matViewOid);
 static char * CreateMaterializedViewDDLCommand(Oid matViewOid);
 static char * GetAccessMethodForMatViewIfExists(Oid viewOid);
@@ -791,13 +788,15 @@ ConvertTableInternal(TableConversionState *con)
 		justBeforeDropCommands = lappend(justBeforeDropCommands, detachFromParentCommand);
 	}
 
+	char *qualifiedRelationName = quote_qualified_identifier(con->schemaName,
+															 con->relationName);
+
 	if (PartitionedTable(con->relationId))
 	{
 		if (!con->suppressNoticeMessages)
 		{
 			ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("converting the partitions of %s",
-									quote_qualified_identifier(con->schemaName,
-															   con->relationName))));
+									qualifiedRelationName)));
 		}
 
 		List *partitionList = PartitionList(con->relationId);
@@ -870,9 +869,7 @@ ConvertTableInternal(TableConversionState *con)
 
 	if (!con->suppressNoticeMessages)
 	{
-		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("creating a new table for %s",
-								quote_qualified_identifier(con->schemaName,
-														   con->relationName))));
+		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("creating a new table for %s", qualifiedRelationName)));
 	}
 
 	TableDDLCommand *tableCreationCommand = NULL;
@@ -999,8 +996,6 @@ ConvertTableInternal(TableConversionState *con)
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
-			char *qualifiedRelationName = quote_qualified_identifier(con->schemaName,
-																	 con->relationName);
 
 			TableConversionParameters cascadeParam = {
 				.relationId = colocatedTableId,
@@ -1750,9 +1745,7 @@ CreateMaterializedViewDDLCommand(Oid matViewOid)
 {
 	StringInfo query = makeStringInfo();
 
-	char *viewName = get_rel_name(matViewOid);
-	char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(get_rel_namespace(matViewOid));
-	char *qualifiedViewName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, viewName);
+	char *qualifiedViewName = generate_qualified_relation_name(matViewOid);
 
 	/* here we need to get the access method of the view to recreate it */
 	char *accessMethodName = GetAccessMethodForMatViewIfExists(matViewOid);
@@ -1801,9 +1794,8 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 			 bool suppressNoticeMessages)
 {
 	char *sourceName = get_rel_name(sourceId);
-	char *targetName = get_rel_name(targetId);
-	Oid schemaId = get_rel_namespace(sourceId);
-	char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(schemaId);
+	char *qualifiedSourceName = generate_qualified_relation_name(sourceId);
+	char *qualifiedTargetName = generate_qualified_relation_name(targetId);
 
 	StringInfo query = makeStringInfo();
 
@@ -1811,8 +1803,7 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 	{
 		if (!suppressNoticeMessages)
 		{
-			ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("moving the data of %s",
-									quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName))));
+			ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("moving the data of %s", qualifiedSourceName)));
 		}
 
 		if (!HasAnyGeneratedStoredColumns(sourceId))
@@ -1822,8 +1813,7 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 			 * "INSERT INTO .. SELECT *"".
 			 */
 			appendStringInfo(query, "INSERT INTO %s SELECT * FROM %s",
-							 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, targetName),
-							 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName));
+							 qualifiedTargetName, qualifiedSourceName);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -1838,9 +1828,8 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 			char *insertColumnString = StringJoin(nonStoredColumnNameList, ',');
 			appendStringInfo(query,
 							 "INSERT INTO %s (%s) OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE SELECT %s FROM %s",
-							 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, targetName),
-							 insertColumnString, insertColumnString,
-							 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName));
+							 qualifiedTargetName, insertColumnString,
+							 insertColumnString, qualifiedSourceName);
 		}
 
 		ExecuteQueryViaSPI(query->data, SPI_OK_INSERT);
@@ -1864,14 +1853,11 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 		 */
 		if (ShouldSyncTableMetadata(targetId))
 		{
-			Oid sequenceSchemaOid = get_rel_namespace(sequenceOid);
-			char *sequenceSchemaName = get_namespace_name(sequenceSchemaOid);
-			char *sequenceName = get_rel_name(sequenceOid);
+			char *qualifiedSequenceName = generate_qualified_relation_name(sequenceOid);
 			char *workerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand =
-				CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(sequenceSchemaName,
-															sequenceName,
-															schemaName, sourceName,
-															schemaName, targetName);
+				CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(qualifiedSequenceName,
+															qualifiedSourceName,
+															qualifiedTargetName);
 			SendCommandToWorkersWithMetadata(workerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand);
 		}
 		else if (ShouldSyncTableMetadata(sourceId))
@@ -1894,25 +1880,23 @@ ReplaceTable(Oid sourceId, Oid targetId, List *justBeforeDropCommands,
 
 	if (!suppressNoticeMessages)
 	{
-		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("dropping the old %s",
-								quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName))));
+		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("dropping the old %s", qualifiedSourceName)));
 	}
 
 	resetStringInfo(query);
 	appendStringInfo(query, "DROP %sTABLE %s CASCADE",
 					 IsForeignTable(sourceId) ? "FOREIGN " : "",
-					 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName));
+					 qualifiedSourceName);
 	ExecuteQueryViaSPI(query->data, SPI_OK_UTILITY);
 
 	if (!suppressNoticeMessages)
 	{
-		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("renaming the new table to %s",
-								quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, sourceName))));
+		ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("renaming the new table to %s", qualifiedSourceName)));
 	}
 
 	resetStringInfo(query);
 	appendStringInfo(query, "ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s",
-					 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, targetName),
+					 qualifiedTargetName,
 					 quote_identifier(sourceName));
 	ExecuteQueryViaSPI(query->data, SPI_OK_UTILITY);
 }
@@ -2172,18 +2156,13 @@ CheckAlterDistributedTableConversionParameters(TableConversionState *con)
  * worker_change_sequence_dependency query with the parameters.
  */
 static char *
-CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(char *sequenceSchemaName, char *sequenceName,
-											char *sourceSchemaName, char *sourceName,
-											char *targetSchemaName, char *targetName)
+CreateWorkerChangeSequenceDependencyCommand(char *qualifiedSequeceName,
+											char *qualifiedSourceName,
+											char *qualifiedTargetName)
 {
-	char *qualifiedSchemaName = quote_qualified_identifier(sequenceSchemaName,
-														   sequenceName);
-	char *qualifiedSourceName = quote_qualified_identifier(sourceSchemaName, sourceName);
-	char *qualifiedTargetName = quote_qualified_identifier(targetSchemaName, targetName);
-
 	StringInfo query = makeStringInfo();
 	appendStringInfo(query, "SELECT worker_change_sequence_dependency(%s, %s, %s)",
-					 quote_literal_cstr(qualifiedSchemaName),
+					 quote_literal_cstr(qualifiedSequeceName),
 					 quote_literal_cstr(qualifiedSourceName),
 					 quote_literal_cstr(qualifiedTargetName));
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
index d95cdd353..93f1e7d28 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
@@ -1160,9 +1160,7 @@ DropIdentitiesOnTable(Oid relationId)
 
 		if (attributeForm->attidentity)
 		{
-			char *tableName = get_rel_name(relationId);
-			char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(get_rel_namespace(relationId));
-			char *qualifiedTableName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, tableName);
+			char *qualifiedTableName = generate_qualified_relation_name(relationId);
 
 			StringInfo dropCommand = makeStringInfo();
 
@@ -1222,9 +1220,7 @@ DropViewsOnTable(Oid relationId)
 	Oid viewId = InvalidOid;
 	foreach_oid(viewId, reverseOrderedViews)
 	{
-		char *viewName = get_rel_name(viewId);
-		char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(get_rel_namespace(viewId));
-		char *qualifiedViewName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, viewName);
+		char *qualifiedViewName = generate_qualified_relation_name(viewId);
 
 		StringInfo dropCommand = makeStringInfo();
 		appendStringInfo(dropCommand, "DROP %sVIEW IF EXISTS %s",
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18a5c5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/comment.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * comment.c
+ *    Commands to interact with the comments for all database
+ *    object types.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "access/genam.h"
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
+#include "access/table.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_shdescription.h"
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
+#include "utils/rel.h"
+
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
+
+static char * GetCommentForObject(Oid classOid, Oid objectOid);
+
+
+List *
+GetCommentPropagationCommands(Oid classOid, Oid objOoid, char *objectName, ObjectType
+							  objectType)
+{
+	List *commands = NIL;
+
+	StringInfo commentStmt = makeStringInfo();
+
+	/* Get the comment for the database */
+	char *comment = GetCommentForObject(classOid, objOoid);
+	char const *commentObjectType = ObjectTypeNames[objectType];
+
+	/* Create the SQL command to propagate the comment to other nodes */
+	if (comment != NULL)
+	{
+		appendStringInfo(commentStmt, "COMMENT ON %s %s IS %s;", commentObjectType,
+						 quote_identifier(objectName),
+						 quote_literal_cstr(comment));
+	}
+
+
+	/* Add the command to the list */
+	if (commentStmt->len > 0)
+	{
+		commands = list_make1(commentStmt->data);
+	}
+
+	return commands;
+}
+
+
+static char *
+GetCommentForObject(Oid classOid, Oid objectOid)
+{
+	HeapTuple tuple;
+	char *comment = NULL;
+
+	/* Open pg_shdescription catalog */
+	Relation shdescRelation = table_open(SharedDescriptionRelationId, AccessShareLock);
+
+	/* Scan the table */
+	ScanKeyData scanKey[2];
+
+	ScanKeyInit(&scanKey[0],
+				Anum_pg_shdescription_objoid,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
+				ObjectIdGetDatum(objectOid));
+	ScanKeyInit(&scanKey[1],
+				Anum_pg_shdescription_classoid,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
+				ObjectIdGetDatum(classOid));
+	bool indexOk = true;
+	int scanKeyCount = 2;
+	SysScanDesc scan = systable_beginscan(shdescRelation, SharedDescriptionObjIndexId,
+										  indexOk, NULL, scanKeyCount,
+										  scanKey);
+	if ((tuple = systable_getnext(scan)) != NULL)
+	{
+		bool isNull = false;
+
+		TupleDesc tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(shdescRelation);
+
+		Datum descDatum = heap_getattr(tuple, Anum_pg_shdescription_description, tupdesc,
+									   &isNull);
+
+
+		/* Add the command to the list */
+		if (!isNull)
+		{
+			comment = TextDatumGetCString(descDatum);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			comment = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* End the scan and close the catalog */
+	systable_endscan(scan);
+	table_close(shdescRelation, AccessShareLock);
+
+	return comment;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * CommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the object
+ * on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the object does not
+ * exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
+ */
+List *
+CommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess)
+{
+	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
+	Relation relation;
+
+	ObjectAddress objectAddress = get_object_address(stmt->objtype, stmt->object,
+													 &relation, AccessExclusiveLock,
+													 missing_ok);
+
+	ObjectAddress *objectAddressCopy = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
+	*objectAddressCopy = objectAddress;
+	return list_make1(objectAddressCopy);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
index 9f3975a1e..5ec6d6dd7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
@@ -1323,10 +1323,7 @@ CreateCitusTable(Oid relationId, CitusTableType tableType,
 	{
 		List *partitionList = PartitionList(relationId);
 		Oid partitionRelationId = InvalidOid;
-		Oid namespaceId = get_rel_namespace(relationId);
-		char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(namespaceId);
-		char *relationName = get_rel_name(relationId);
-		char *parentRelationName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, relationName);
+		char *parentRelationName = generate_qualified_relation_name(relationId);
 
 		/*
 		 * when there are many partitions, each call to CreateDistributedTable
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
index 049af3a64..0eb87ec19 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/database.c
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 
+#include "access/genam.h"
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
+#include "access/table.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/objectaddress.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/relcache.h"
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "distributed/adaptive_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/deparse_shard_query.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
@@ -45,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_transaction.h"
 
-
 /*
  * DatabaseCollationInfo is used to store collation related information of a database.
  */
@@ -672,6 +675,31 @@ GetTablespaceName(Oid tablespaceOid)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands returns a list of sql statements
+ * for the given database id. The list contains the database ddl command,
+ * grant commands and comment propagation commands.
+ */
+List *
+GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(Oid dbOid)
+{
+	char *databaseName = get_database_name(dbOid);
+	char *databaseDDLCommand = CreateDatabaseDDLCommand(dbOid);
+
+	List *ddlCommands = list_make1(databaseDDLCommand);
+
+	List *grantDDLCommands = GrantOnDatabaseDDLCommands(dbOid);
+	List *commentDDLCommands = GetCommentPropagationCommands(DatabaseRelationId, dbOid,
+															 databaseName,
+															 OBJECT_DATABASE);
+
+	ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, grantDDLCommands);
+	ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, commentDDLCommands);
+
+	return ddlCommands;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * GetDatabaseCollation gets oid of a database and returns all the collation related information
  * We need this method since collation related info in Form_pg_database is not accessible.
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
index 3b3b3cfd6..c7de5d874 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
@@ -584,15 +584,7 @@ GetDependencyCreateDDLCommands(const ObjectAddress *dependency)
 			 */
 			if (dependency->objectId != MyDatabaseId && EnableCreateDatabasePropagation)
 			{
-				char *databaseDDLCommand = CreateDatabaseDDLCommand(dependency->objectId);
-
-				List *ddlCommands = list_make1(databaseDDLCommand);
-
-				List *grantDDLCommands = GrantOnDatabaseDDLCommands(dependency->objectId);
-
-				ddlCommands = list_concat(ddlCommands, grantDDLCommands);
-
-				return ddlCommands;
+				return GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(dependency->objectId);
 			}
 
 			return NIL;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
index 485ab4470..985d0d773 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 
@@ -304,6 +305,17 @@ static DistributeObjectOps Any_DropRole = {
 	.address = NULL,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
+
+static DistributeObjectOps Role_Comment = {
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+	.qualify = NULL,
+	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
+	.postprocess = NULL,
+	.objectType = OBJECT_DATABASE,
+	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
+	.markDistributed = false,
+};
 static DistributeObjectOps Any_CreateForeignServer = {
 	.deparse = DeparseCreateForeignServerStmt,
 	.qualify = NULL,
@@ -533,6 +545,17 @@ static DistributeObjectOps Database_Set = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 
+static DistributeObjectOps Database_Comment = {
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+	.qualify = NULL,
+	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
+	.postprocess = NULL,
+	.objectType = OBJECT_DATABASE,
+	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
+	.markDistributed = false,
+};
+
 static DistributeObjectOps Database_Rename = {
 	.deparse = DeparseAlterDatabaseRenameStmt,
 	.qualify = NULL,
@@ -986,13 +1009,18 @@ static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_AlterOwner = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_Comment = {
-	.deparse = DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt,
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
+
+	/* TODO: When adding new comment types we should create an abstracted
+	 * qualify function, just like we have an abstract deparse
+	 * and adress function
+	 */
 	.qualify = QualifyTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt,
 	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
 	.postprocess = NULL,
 	.objectType = OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION,
 	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
-	.address = TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchConfig_Define = {
@@ -1055,13 +1083,13 @@ static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_AlterOwner = {
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_Comment = {
-	.deparse = DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt,
+	.deparse = DeparseCommentStmt,
 	.qualify = QualifyTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt,
 	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterDistributedObjectStmt,
 	.postprocess = NULL,
 	.objectType = OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY,
 	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
-	.address = TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress,
+	.address = CommentObjectAddress,
 	.markDistributed = false,
 };
 static DistributeObjectOps TextSearchDict_Define = {
@@ -1794,6 +1822,16 @@ GetDistributeObjectOps(Node *node)
 					return &TextSearchDict_Comment;
 				}
 
+				case OBJECT_DATABASE:
+				{
+					return &Database_Comment;
+				}
+
+				case OBJECT_ROLE:
+				{
+					return &Role_Comment;
+				}
+
 				default:
 				{
 					return &NoDistributeOps;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index c69e33f94..0284ea64d 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -2547,12 +2547,8 @@ ShardIdForTuple(CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, Datum *columnValues, bool *colu
 
 		if (columnNulls[partitionColumnIndex])
 		{
-			Oid relationId = copyDest->distributedRelationId;
-			char *relationName = get_rel_name(relationId);
-			Oid schemaOid = get_rel_namespace(relationId);
-			char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(schemaOid);
-			char *qualifiedTableName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName,
-																  relationName);
+			char *qualifiedTableName = generate_qualified_relation_name(
+				copyDest->distributedRelationId);
 
 			ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_NULL_VALUE_NOT_ALLOWED),
 							errmsg("the partition column of table %s cannot be NULL",
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
index e6cd1d112..d0b33ccb9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "distributed/citus_safe_lib.h"
 #include "distributed/commands.h"
 #include "distributed/commands/utility_hook.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
 #include "distributed/coordinator_protocol.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
@@ -582,6 +583,17 @@ GenerateCreateOrAlterRoleCommand(Oid roleOid)
 		{
 			completeRoleList = lappend(completeRoleList, DeparseTreeNode(stmt));
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * append COMMENT ON ROLE commands for this specific user
+		 * When we propagate user creation, we also want to make sure that we propagate
+		 * all the comments it has been given. For this, we check pg_shdescription
+		 * for the ROLE entry corresponding to roleOid, and generate the relevant
+		 * Comment stmts to be run in the new node.
+		 */
+		List *commentStmts = GetCommentPropagationCommands(AuthIdRelationId, roleOid,
+														   rolename, OBJECT_ROLE);
+		completeRoleList = list_concat(completeRoleList, commentStmts);
 	}
 
 	return completeRoleList;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
index 4a386e321..cce246a73 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/text_search.c
@@ -790,45 +790,6 @@ AlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bo
 }
 
 
-/*
- * TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT
- * SEARCH CONFIGURATION on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the
- * configuration does not exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
- */
-List *
-TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool
-											isPostprocess)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION);
-
-	Oid objid = get_ts_config_oid(castNode(List, stmt->object), missing_ok);
-
-	ObjectAddress *address = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
-	ObjectAddressSet(*address, TSConfigRelationId, objid);
-	return list_make1(address);
-}
-
-
-/*
- * TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT SEARCH
- * DICTIONARY on which the comment is placed. Optionally errors if the dictionary does not
- * exist based on the missing_ok flag passed in by the caller.
- */
-List *
-TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY);
-
-	Oid objid = get_ts_dict_oid(castNode(List, stmt->object), missing_ok);
-
-	ObjectAddress *address = palloc0(sizeof(ObjectAddress));
-	ObjectAddressSet(*address, TSDictionaryRelationId, objid);
-	return list_make1(address);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * AlterTextSearchConfigurationOwnerObjectAddress resolves the ObjectAddress for the TEXT
  * SEARCH CONFIGURATION for which the owner is changed. Optionally errors if the
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/view.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/view.c
index 0c39be4ca..9689b9267 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/view.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/view.c
@@ -392,9 +392,7 @@ CreateViewDDLCommand(Oid viewOid)
 static void
 AppendQualifiedViewNameToCreateViewCommand(StringInfo buf, Oid viewOid)
 {
-	char *viewName = get_rel_name(viewOid);
-	char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(get_rel_namespace(viewOid));
-	char *qualifiedViewName = quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, viewName);
+	char *qualifiedViewName = generate_qualified_relation_name(viewOid);
 
 	appendStringInfo(buf, "%s ", qualifiedViewName);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36a63c97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_comment_stmts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * deparse_coment_stmts.c
+ *
+ *	  All routines to deparse comment statements.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c), Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "catalog/namespace.h"
+#include "commands/defrem.h"
+#include "lib/stringinfo.h"
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "parser/parse_type.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/elog.h"
+
+#include "pg_version_compat.h"
+
+#include "distributed/citus_ruleutils.h"
+#include "distributed/commands.h"
+#include "distributed/comment.h"
+#include "distributed/deparser.h"
+#include "distributed/listutils.h"
+#include "distributed/log_utils.h"
+
+
+const char *ObjectTypeNames[] =
+{
+	[OBJECT_DATABASE] = "DATABASE",
+	[OBJECT_ROLE] = "ROLE",
+	[OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION] = "TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION",
+	[OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY] = "TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY",
+
+	/* When support for propagating comments to new objects is introduced, an entry for each
+	 * statement type should be added to this list. The first element in each entry is the 'object_type' keyword
+	 * that will be included in the 'COMMENT ON <object_type> ..' statement (i.e. DATABASE,). The second element is the type of
+	 * stmt->object, which represents the name of the propagated object.
+	 */
+};
+
+char *
+DeparseCommentStmt(Node *node)
+{
+	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
+	StringInfoData str = { 0 };
+	initStringInfo(&str);
+
+	const char *objectName = NULL;
+	if (IsA(stmt->object, String))
+	{
+		objectName = quote_identifier(strVal(stmt->object));
+	}
+	else if (IsA(stmt->object, List))
+	{
+		objectName = NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object));
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("unknown object type")));
+	}
+
+	const char *objectType = ObjectTypeNames[stmt->objtype];
+
+	char *comment = stmt->comment != NULL ? quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment) : "NULL";
+
+
+	appendStringInfo(&str, "COMMENT ON %s %s IS %s;", objectType, objectName, comment);
+
+	return str.data;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
index e0c750d0d..ab5498ad8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_text_search.c
@@ -395,68 +395,6 @@ DeparseAlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmt(Node *node)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt returns the sql statement representing
- * COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION ... IS ...
- */
-char *
-DeparseTextSearchConfigurationCommentStmt(Node *node)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSCONFIGURATION);
-
-	StringInfoData buf = { 0 };
-	initStringInfo(&buf);
-
-	appendStringInfo(&buf, "COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION %s IS ",
-					 NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object)));
-
-	if (stmt->comment == NULL)
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, "NULL");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment));
-	}
-
-	appendStringInfoString(&buf, ";");
-
-	return buf.data;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt returns the sql statement representing
- * COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY ... IS ...
- */
-char *
-DeparseTextSearchDictionaryCommentStmt(Node *node)
-{
-	CommentStmt *stmt = castNode(CommentStmt, node);
-	Assert(stmt->objtype == OBJECT_TSDICTIONARY);
-
-	StringInfoData buf = { 0 };
-	initStringInfo(&buf);
-
-	appendStringInfo(&buf, "COMMENT ON TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY %s IS ",
-					 NameListToQuotedString(castNode(List, stmt->object)));
-
-	if (stmt->comment == NULL)
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, "NULL");
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		appendStringInfoString(&buf, quote_literal_cstr(stmt->comment));
-	}
-
-	appendStringInfoString(&buf, ";");
-
-	return buf.data;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * AppendStringInfoTokentypeList specializes in adding a comma separated list of
  * token_tyoe's to TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION commands
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
index b5566985a..1b0277f2e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ typedef struct WorkerPool
 
 	/*
 	 * Placement executions destined for worker node, but not assigned to any
-	 * connection and not ready to start.
+	 * connection and ready to start.
 	 */
 	dlist_head readyTaskQueue;
 	int readyTaskCount;
@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@ typedef struct WorkerSession
 } WorkerSession;
 
 
-struct TaskPlacementExecution;
-
 /* GUC, determining whether Citus opens 1 connection per task */
 bool ForceMaxQueryParallelization = false;
 int MaxAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize = 16;
@@ -585,7 +583,7 @@ typedef enum TaskPlacementExecutionState
 } TaskPlacementExecutionState;
 
 /*
- * TaskPlacementExecution represents the an execution of a command
+ * TaskPlacementExecution represents the execution of a command
  * on a shard placement.
  */
 typedef struct TaskPlacementExecution
@@ -1908,7 +1906,7 @@ RunDistributedExecution(DistributedExecution *execution)
 
 		/*
 		 * Iterate until all the tasks are finished. Once all the tasks
-		 * are finished, ensure that that all the connection initializations
+		 * are finished, ensure that all the connection initializations
 		 * are also finished. Otherwise, those connections are terminated
 		 * abruptly before they are established (or failed). Instead, we let
 		 * the ConnectionStateMachine() to properly handle them.
@@ -3118,7 +3116,7 @@ ConnectionStateMachine(WorkerSession *session)
 				 *
 				 * We can only retry connection when the remote transaction has
 				 * not started over the connection. Otherwise, we'd have to deal
-				 * with restoring the transaction state, which iis beyond our
+				 * with restoring the transaction state, which is beyond our
 				 * purpose at this time.
 				 */
 				RemoteTransaction *transaction = &connection->remoteTransaction;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
index f5fbb3f78..a8dc1fa5a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
@@ -143,15 +143,10 @@ NonPushableInsertSelectExecScan(CustomScanState *node)
 										targetRelation->partitionColumn);
 			if (distributionColumnIndex == -1)
 			{
-				char *relationName = get_rel_name(targetRelationId);
-				Oid schemaOid = get_rel_namespace(targetRelationId);
-				char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(schemaOid);
-
 				ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_NULL_VALUE_NOT_ALLOWED),
 								errmsg(
 									"the partition column of table %s should have a value",
-									quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName,
-															   relationName))));
+									generate_qualified_relation_name(targetRelationId))));
 			}
 
 			TargetEntry *selectPartitionTE = list_nth(selectQuery->targetList,
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_executor.c
index 45a791af4..386a278b4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_executor.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ CitusExecutorRun(QueryDesc *queryDesc,
 	executorBoundParams = queryDesc->params;
 
 	/*
-	 * We do some potentially time consuming operations our self now before we hand of
+	 * We do some potentially time consuming operations ourself now before we hand off
 	 * control to postgres' executor. To make sure that time spent is accurately measured
 	 * we remove the totaltime instrumentation from the queryDesc. Instead we will start
 	 * and stop the instrumentation of the total time and put it back on the queryDesc
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_transfer.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_transfer.c
index 7d6747caf..805ef39d7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_transfer.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/shard_transfer.c
@@ -1945,11 +1945,7 @@ ConstructQualifiedShardName(ShardInterval *shardInterval)
 static List *
 RecreateTableDDLCommandList(Oid relationId)
 {
-	const char *relationName = get_rel_name(relationId);
-	Oid relationSchemaId = get_rel_namespace(relationId);
-	const char *relationSchemaName = get_namespace_name(relationSchemaId);
-	const char *qualifiedRelationName = quote_qualified_identifier(relationSchemaName,
-																   relationName);
+	const char *qualifiedRelationName = generate_qualified_relation_name(relationId);
 
 	StringInfo dropCommand = makeStringInfo();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/fast_path_router_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/fast_path_router_planner.c
index 531075f9e..59f80bb40 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/fast_path_router_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/fast_path_router_planner.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ FastPathRouterQuery(Query *query, Node **distributionKeyValue)
 
 	/*
 	 * Distribution column must be used in a simple equality match check and it must be
-	 * place at top level conjustion operator. In simple words, we should have
+	 * place at top level conjunction operator. In simple words, we should have
 	 *	    WHERE dist_key = VALUE [AND  ....];
 	 *
 	 *	We're also not allowing any other appearances of the distribution key in the quals.
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
index 1d6a88934..4584e7740 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_explain.c
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ CitusExplainScan(CustomScanState *node, List *ancestors, struct ExplainState *es
 
 	if (!ExplainDistributedQueries)
 	{
-		appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "explain statements for distributed queries ");
-		appendStringInfo(es->str, "are not enabled\n");
+		ExplainPropertyBool("citus.explain_distributed_queries", false, es);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
index f62e309f2..5201195c7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ MultiNodeTree(Query *queryTree)
 
 
 /*
- * ContainsReadIntermediateResultFunction determines whether an expresion tree contains
- * a call to the read_intermediate_result function.
+ * ContainsReadIntermediateResultFunction determines whether an expression tree
+ * contains a call to the read_intermediate_result function.
  */
 bool
 ContainsReadIntermediateResultFunction(Node *node)
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ ContainsReadIntermediateResultFunction(Node *node)
 
 
 /*
- * ContainsReadIntermediateResultArrayFunction determines whether an expresion
+ * ContainsReadIntermediateResultArrayFunction determines whether an expression
  * tree contains a call to the read_intermediate_results(result_ids, format)
  * function.
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
index 620d506a0..44f955a32 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ ExtractSelectRangeTableEntry(Query *query)
  * for the given modification query.
  *
  * The function errors out if the input query is not a
- * modify query (e.g., INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE). So, this
+ * modify query (e.g., INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or MERGE). So, this
  * function is not expected to be called on SELECT queries.
  */
 Oid
@@ -2271,13 +2271,13 @@ SelectsFromDistributedTable(List *rangeTableList, Query *query)
 
 
 /*
- * RouterQuery runs router pruning logic for SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE queries.
- * If there are shards present and query is routable, all RTEs have been updated
- * to point to the relevant shards in the originalQuery. Also, placementList is
- * filled with the list of worker nodes that has all the required shard placements
- * for the query execution. anchorShardId is set to the first pruned shardId of
- * the given query. Finally, relationShardList is filled with the list of
- * relation-to-shard mappings for the query.
+ * PlanRouterQuery runs router pruning logic for SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, and
+ * MERGE queries. If there are shards present and query is routable, all RTEs
+ * have been updated to point to the relevant shards in the originalQuery. Also,
+ * placementList is filled with the list of worker nodes that has all the
+ * required shard placements for the query execution. anchorShardId is set to
+ * the first pruned shardId of the given query. Finally, relationShardList is
+ * filled with the list of relation-to-shard mappings for the query.
  *
  * If the given query is not routable, it fills planningError with the related
  * DeferredErrorMessage. The caller can check this error message to see if query
@@ -2510,7 +2510,7 @@ AllShardsColocated(List *relationShardList)
 			if (currentTableType == RANGE_DISTRIBUTED ||
 				currentTableType == APPEND_DISTRIBUTED)
 			{
-				/* we do not have further strict colocation chceks */
+				/* we do not have further strict colocation checks */
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ TargetShardIntervalsForRestrictInfo(RelationRestrictionContext *restrictionConte
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Different resrictions might have different partition columns.
+	 * Different restrictions might have different partition columns.
 	 * We report partition column value if there is only one.
 	 */
 	if (multiplePartitionValuesExist)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_drop_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_drop_protocol.c
index 6d7b5326a..280de4493 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_drop_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/worker/worker_drop_protocol.c
@@ -170,14 +170,10 @@ WorkerDropDistributedTable(Oid relationId)
 	 */
 	if (!IsAnyObjectAddressOwnedByExtension(list_make1(distributedTableObject), NULL))
 	{
-		char *relName = get_rel_name(relationId);
-		Oid schemaId = get_rel_namespace(relationId);
-		char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(schemaId);
-
 		StringInfo dropCommand = makeStringInfo();
 		appendStringInfo(dropCommand, "DROP%sTABLE %s CASCADE",
 						 IsForeignTable(relationId) ? " FOREIGN " : " ",
-						 quote_qualified_identifier(schemaName, relName));
+						 generate_qualified_relation_name(relationId));
 
 		Node *dropCommandNode = ParseTreeNode(dropCommand->data);
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/citus_nodes.h b/src/include/distributed/citus_nodes.h
index 888133a89..16df367aa 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/citus_nodes.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/citus_nodes.h
@@ -92,38 +92,21 @@ CitusNodeTagI(Node *node)
 	return ((CitusNode*)(node))->citus_tag;
 }
 
-/*
- * Postgres's nodes/nodes.h has more information on why we do this.
- */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
 
 /* Citus variant of newNode(), don't use directly. */
-#define CitusNewNode(size, tag) \
-({	CitusNode   *_result; \
-	AssertMacro((size) >= sizeof(CitusNode));		/* need the tag, at least */ \
-	_result = (CitusNode *) palloc0fast(size); \
-	_result->extensible.type = T_ExtensibleNode; \
-	_result->extensible.extnodename = CitusNodeTagNames[tag - CITUS_NODE_TAG_START]; \
-	_result->citus_tag =(int) (tag); \
-	_result; \
-})
+static inline CitusNode *
+CitusNewNode(size_t size, CitusNodeTag tag)
+{
+	CitusNode	   *result;
 
-#else
-
-extern CitusNode *newCitusNodeMacroHolder;
-
-#define CitusNewNode(size, tag) \
-( \
-	AssertMacro((size) >= sizeof(CitusNode)),		/* need the tag, at least */ \
-	newCitusNodeMacroHolder = (CitusNode *) palloc0fast(size), \
-	newCitusNodeMacroHolder->extensible.type = T_ExtensibleNode, \
-	newCitusNodeMacroHolder->extensible.extnodename = CitusNodeTagNames[tag - CITUS_NODE_TAG_START], \
-	newCitusNodeMacroHolder->citus_tag =(int) (tag), \
-	newCitusNodeMacroHolder \
-)
-
-#endif
+	Assert(size >= sizeof(CitusNode));		/* need the ExtensibleNode and the tag, at least */
+	result = (CitusNode *) palloc0(size);
+	result->extensible.type = T_ExtensibleNode;
+	result->extensible.extnodename = CitusNodeTagNames[tag - CITUS_NODE_TAG_START];
+	result->citus_tag = (int) (tag);
 
+	return result;
+}
 
 /*
  * IsA equivalent that compares node tags, including Citus-specific nodes.
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands.h b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
index c989d1b81..d5cb16928 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseRefreshCollStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 													 ProcessUtilityContext
 													 processUtilityContext);
+extern List * GetDatabaseMetadataSyncCommands(Oid dbOid);
 
 
 extern List * PreprocessAlterDatabaseSetStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
@@ -699,11 +700,6 @@ extern List * AlterTextSearchConfigurationSchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node,
 extern List * AlterTextSearchDictionarySchemaStmtObjectAddress(Node *node,
 															   bool missing_ok, bool
 															   isPostprocess);
-extern List * TextSearchConfigurationCommentObjectAddress(Node *node,
-														  bool missing_ok, bool
-														  isPostprocess);
-extern List * TextSearchDictCommentObjectAddress(Node *node,
-												 bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess);
 extern List * AlterTextSearchConfigurationOwnerObjectAddress(Node *node,
 															 bool missing_ok, bool
 															 isPostprocess);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/comment.h b/src/include/distributed/comment.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bef216ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/distributed/comment.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * comment.h
+ *    Declarations for comment related operations.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMENT_H
+#define COMMENT_H
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+
+
+extern const char *ObjectTypeNames[];
+
+
+extern List * GetCommentPropagationCommands(Oid classOid, Oid oid, char *objectName,
+											ObjectType objectType);
+extern List * CommentObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missing_ok, bool isPostprocess);
+
+# endif /* COMMENT_H */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/deparser.h b/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
index 69e2f8cf9..bf2c344a9 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/deparser.h
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ extern void DefElemOptionToStatement(StringInfo buf, DefElem *option,
 									 const DefElemOptionFormat *opt_formats,
 									 int opt_formats_len);
 
+/* forward declarations for deparse_comment_stmts.c */
+extern char * DeparseCommentStmt(Node *node);
+
 
 /* forward declarations for deparse_statistics_stmts.c */
 extern char * DeparseCreateStatisticsStmt(Node *node);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/distributed_planner.h b/src/include/distributed/distributed_planner.h
index d7234e4bc..23540f6f6 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/distributed_planner.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/distributed_planner.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ typedef struct FastPathRestrictionContext
 	 * Set to true when distKey = Param; in the queryTree
 	 */
 	bool distributionKeyHasParam;
-}FastPathRestrictionContext;
+} FastPathRestrictionContext;
 
 typedef struct PlannerRestrictionContext
 {
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
index 60c5c9783..475a41b37 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_physical_planner.h
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ typedef struct Task
 	TaskQuery taskQuery;
 
 	/*
-	 * A task can have multiple queries, in which case queryCount will be > 1. If
-	 * a task has more one query, then taskQuery->queryType == TASK_QUERY_TEXT_LIST.
+	 * A task can have multiple queries, in which case queryCount will be > 1, and
+	 * taskQuery->queryType == TASK_QUERY_TEXT_LIST.
 	 */
 	int queryCount;
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ typedef struct Task
 
 	/*
 	 * When we evaluate functions and parameters in the query string then
-	 * we should no longer send the list of parameters long with the
+	 * we should no longer send the list of parameters along with the
 	 * query.
 	 */
 	bool parametersInQueryStringResolved;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/bin/normalize.sed b/src/test/regress/bin/normalize.sed
index 1d293e964..fb51bdc33 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/bin/normalize.sed
+++ b/src/test/regress/bin/normalize.sed
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ s/^(ERROR:  The index name \(test_index_creation1_p2020_09_26)_([0-9])+_(tenant_
 s/^(DEBUG:  the index name on the shards of the partition is too long, switching to sequential and local execution mode to prevent self deadlocks: test_index_creation1_p2020_09_26)_([0-9])+_(tenant_id_timeperiod_idx)/\1_xxxxxx_\3/g
 
 # normalize errors for not being able to connect to a non-existing host
-s/could not translate host name "foobar" to address: .*$/could not translate host name "foobar" to address: <system specific error>/g
+s/could not translate host name "([A-Za-z0-9\.\-]+)" to address: .*$/could not translate host name "\1" to address: <system specific error>/g
 
 # ignore PL/pgSQL line numbers that differ on Mac builds
 s/(CONTEXT:  PL\/pgSQL function .* line )([0-9]+)/\1XX/g
diff --git a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/run_test.py b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/run_test.py
index b30d3edfa..d84462221 100755
--- a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/run_test.py
+++ b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/run_test.py
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ DEPS = {
     "isolation_extension_commands": TestDeps(
         None, ["isolation_setup", "isolation_add_remove_node"]
     ),
+    "isolation_update_node": TestDeps(
+        None, ["isolation_setup", "isolation_add_remove_node"]
+    ),
     "schema_based_sharding": TestDeps("minimal_schedule"),
     "multi_sequence_default": TestDeps(
         None, ["multi_test_helpers", "multi_cluster_management", "multi_table_ddl"]
diff --git a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/test/README.md b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/test/README.md
index 6aac98e49..73435ecf6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/citus_tests/test/README.md
+++ b/src/test/regress/citus_tests/test/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ the name of the fixture. For example:
 ```python
 def test_some_query(cluster):
     cluster.coordinator.sql("SELECT 1")
+	assert cluster.workers[0].sql_value('SELECT 2') == 2
 ```
 
 If you need a cluster of a specific size you can use the `cluster_factory`
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a56fe8e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_database.out
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+set citus.enable_create_database_propagation to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON DATABASE';
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+        result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is null;
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+ result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+(3 rows)
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(2 rows)
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+reset citus.enable_create_database_propagation;
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2981195f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/comment_on_role.out
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON ROLE';
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+        result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+ comment-needs\!escape
+(3 rows)
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is NULL;
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+ result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+(3 rows)
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(2 rows)
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+    result
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+ test-comment
+(3 rows)
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_update_node.out b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_update_node.out
index 1a1c65ec8..53d792e61 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_update_node.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_update_node.out
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ nodeid|nodename|nodeport
 starting permutation: s1-begin s1-update-node-1 s2-begin s2-update-node-1 s1-commit s2-abort s1-show-nodes s3-update-node-1-back s3-manually-fix-metadata
 nodeid|nodename |nodeport
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    25|localhost|   57638
-    24|localhost|   57637
+    23|localhost|   57638
+    22|localhost|   57637
 (2 rows)
 
 step s1-begin:
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ step s1-show-nodes:
 
 nodeid|nodename |nodeport|isactive
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    25|localhost|   57638|t
-    24|localhost|   58637|t
+    23|localhost|   57638|t
+    22|localhost|   58637|t
 (2 rows)
 
 step s3-update-node-1-back:
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ nodeid|nodename|nodeport
 starting permutation: s2-create-table s1-begin s1-update-node-nonexistent s1-prepare-transaction s2-cache-prepared-statement s1-commit-prepared s2-execute-prepared s1-update-node-existent s3-manually-fix-metadata
 nodeid|nodename |nodeport
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-    27|localhost|   57638
-    26|localhost|   57637
+    23|localhost|   57638
+    22|localhost|   57637
 (2 rows)
 
 step s2-create-table:
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ count
 step s1-commit-prepared:
     COMMIT prepared 'label';
 
-s2: WARNING:  connection to the remote node non-existent:57637 failed with the following error: could not translate host name "non-existent" to address: Name or service not known
+s2: WARNING:  connection to the remote node non-existent:57637 failed with the following error: could not translate host name "non-existent" to address: <system specific error>
 step s2-execute-prepared:
     EXECUTE foo;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_additional.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_additional.out
index 405962dbc..6fde7da13 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_additional.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_additional.out
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ DEBUG:  Router planner cannot handle multi-shard select queries
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ][ local partition join "lineitem" ]
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [-2147483648,-1] and [0,2147483647]
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [0,2147483647] and [-2147483648,-1]
-                          QUERY PLAN
+                 QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-   explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+   citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (2 rows)
 
 SET client_min_messages TO LOG;
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM lineitem, orders
 	WHERE (l_orderkey = o_orderkey AND l_quantity > 5)
 	OR (l_orderkey = o_orderkey AND l_quantity < 10);
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ][ local partition join "orders" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM orders, lineitem_hash
 	WHERE o_orderkey = l_orderkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ dual partition join "lineitem_hash" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Verify we handle local joins between two hash-partitioned tables.
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM orders_hash, lineitem_hash
 	WHERE o_orderkey = l_orderkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders_hash" ][ local partition join "lineitem_hash" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Validate that we can handle broadcast joins with hash-partitioned tables.
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM customer_hash, nation
 	WHERE c_nationkey = n_nationkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "customer_hash" ][ reference join "nation" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Validate that we don't use a single-partition join method for a hash
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM orders, lineitem, customer_append
 	WHERE o_custkey = l_partkey AND o_custkey = c_nationkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ dual partition join "lineitem" ][ dual partition join "customer_append" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Validate that we don't chose a single-partition join method with a
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM orders, customer_hash
 	WHERE c_custkey = o_custkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ dual partition join "customer_hash" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Validate that we can re-partition a hash partitioned table to join with a
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
 SELECT count(*) FROM orders_hash, customer_append
 	WHERE c_custkey = o_custkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders_hash" ][ dual partition join "customer_append" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Validate a 4 way join that could be done locally is planned as such by the logical
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ JOIN (
      WHERE event_type = 5
 ) AS some_users ON (some_users.user_id = bar.user_id);
 LOG:  join order: [ "users_table" ][ local partition join "events_table" ][ local partition join "users_table" ][ local partition join "events_table" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Reset client logging level to its previous value
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_repartition.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_repartition.out
index e26a4bfec..736bfa2b4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_repartition.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_repartition.out
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ WHERE
 	and l_discount between 0.06 - 0.01 and 0.06 + 0.01
 	and l_quantity < 24;
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Query #3 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ local partition join "lineitem" ][ dual partitio
    ->  HashAggregate
          Group Key: remote_scan.l_orderkey, remote_scan.o_orderdate, remote_scan.o_shippriority
          ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-               explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+               citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (6 rows)
 
 -- Query #10 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ GROUP BY
 ORDER BY
 	revenue DESC;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ local partition join "lineitem" ][ dual partition join "customer_append" ][ reference join "nation" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sort
    Sort Key: remote_scan.revenue DESC
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (4 rows)
 
 -- Query #19 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark (modified)
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ WHERE
 		AND l_shipinstruct = 'DELIVER IN PERSON'
 	);
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ][ dual partition join "part_append" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Query to test multiple re-partition jobs in a single query
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ WHERE
 GROUP BY
       l_partkey;
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ][ local partition join "orders" ][ dual partition join "part_append" ][ dual partition join "customer_append" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  HashAggregate
    Group Key: remote_scan.l_partkey
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (4 rows)
 
 -- Reset client logging level to its previous value
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_small.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_small.out
index b0b32bb1d..a2e86ce23 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_small.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_order_tpch_small.out
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ WHERE
 	and l_discount between 0.06 - 0.01 and 0.06 + 0.01
 	and l_quantity < 24;
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Query #3 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ ORDER BY
 	revenue DESC,
 	o_orderdate;
 LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ reference join "customer" ][ local partition join "lineitem" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                          QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sort
    Sort Key: remote_scan.revenue DESC, remote_scan.o_orderdate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (4 rows)
 
 -- Query #10 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ LOG:  join order: [ "orders" ][ reference join "customer" ][ reference join "nat
    ->  HashAggregate
          Group Key: remote_scan.c_custkey, remote_scan.c_name, remote_scan.c_acctbal, remote_scan.c_phone, remote_scan.n_name, remote_scan.c_address, remote_scan.c_comment
          ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-               explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+               citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (6 rows)
 
 -- Query #19 from the TPC-H decision support benchmark (modified)
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ WHERE
 		AND l_shipinstruct = 'DELIVER IN PERSON'
 	);
 LOG:  join order: [ "lineitem" ][ reference join "part" ]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Reset client logging level to its previous value
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_pruning.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_pruning.out
index 27fdc3980..59c12de0a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_pruning.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_join_pruning.out
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ SELECT count(*)
 DEBUG:  Router planner cannot handle multi-shard select queries
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [{},{AZZXSP27F21T6,AZZXSP27F21T6}] and [{BA1000U2AMO4ZGX,BZZXSP27F21T6},{CA1000U2AMO4ZGX,CZZXSP27F21T6}]
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [{BA1000U2AMO4ZGX,BZZXSP27F21T6},{CA1000U2AMO4ZGX,CZZXSP27F21T6}] and [{},{AZZXSP27F21T6,AZZXSP27F21T6}]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF)
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ SELECT count(*)
 DEBUG:  Router planner cannot handle multi-shard select queries
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [(a,3,b),(b,4,c)] and [(c,5,d),(d,6,e)]
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [(c,5,d),(d,6,e)] and [(a,3,b),(b,4,c)]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Test that large table joins on partition varchar columns work
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ SELECT count(*)
 DEBUG:  Router planner cannot handle multi-shard select queries
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [AA1000U2AMO4ZGX,AZZXSP27F21T6] and [BA1000U2AMO4ZGX,BZZXSP27F21T6]
 DEBUG:  join prunable for intervals [BA1000U2AMO4ZGX,BZZXSP27F21T6] and [AA1000U2AMO4ZGX,AZZXSP27F21T6]
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
-SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;	
+SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 DROP TABLE varchar_partitioned_table;
 DROP TABLE array_partitioned_table;
 DROP TABLE composite_partitioned_table;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_task_assignment_policy.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_task_assignment_policy.out
index 7a58103fa..0ac51027c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_task_assignment_policy.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_task_assignment_policy.out
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ DEBUG:  shard count after pruning for task_assignment_test_table: 3
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*) FROM task_assignment_test_table;
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ DEBUG:  shard count after pruning for task_assignment_test_table: 3
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 -- Next test the first-replica task assignment policy
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ DEBUG:  shard count after pruning for task_assignment_test_table: 3
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT count(*) FROM task_assignment_test_table;
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ DEBUG:  shard count after pruning for task_assignment_test_table: 3
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  assigned task to node localhost:xxxxx
-                             QUERY PLAN
+                    QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Aggregate
    ->  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-         explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+         citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (3 rows)
 
 COMMIT;
@@ -142,38 +142,38 @@ SET LOCAL citus.task_assignment_policy TO 'greedy';
 EXPLAIN (COSTS FALSE) SELECT * FROM task_assignment_reference_table;
 DEBUG:  Distributed planning for a fast-path router query
 DEBUG:  Creating router plan
-                          QUERY PLAN
+                 QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-   explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+   citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (2 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS FALSE) SELECT * FROM task_assignment_reference_table;
 DEBUG:  Distributed planning for a fast-path router query
 DEBUG:  Creating router plan
-                          QUERY PLAN
+                 QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-   explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+   citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (2 rows)
 
 SET LOCAL citus.task_assignment_policy TO 'first-replica';
 EXPLAIN (COSTS FALSE) SELECT * FROM task_assignment_reference_table;
 DEBUG:  Distributed planning for a fast-path router query
 DEBUG:  Creating router plan
-                          QUERY PLAN
+                 QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-   explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+   citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (2 rows)
 
 EXPLAIN (COSTS FALSE) SELECT * FROM task_assignment_reference_table;
 DEBUG:  Distributed planning for a fast-path router query
 DEBUG:  Creating router plan
-                          QUERY PLAN
+                 QUERY PLAN
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  Custom Scan (Citus Adaptive)
-   explain statements for distributed queries are not enabled
+   citus.explain_distributed_queries: false
 (2 rows)
 
 ROLLBACK;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index b98207b20..5d3cebc1d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ test: create_drop_database_propagation
 test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg15
 test: create_drop_database_propagation_pg16
 test: grant_on_parameter_propagation
+test: comment_on_database
+test: comment_on_role
+
 # don't parallelize single_shard_table_udfs to make sure colocation ids are sequential
 test: single_shard_table_udfs
 test: schema_based_sharding
diff --git a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_update_node.spec b/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_update_node.spec
index d6be6bfdc..ccbbbec1b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_update_node.spec
+++ b/src/test/regress/spec/isolation_update_node.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ setup
     -- revert back to pg_isolation_test_session_is_blocked until the tests are fixed
     SELECT citus_internal.restore_isolation_tester_func();
 
+    ALTER SEQUENCE pg_dist_node_nodeid_seq RESTART 22;
+
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57637);
     SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', 57638);
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c5ced81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_database.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+
+set citus.enable_create_database_propagation to on;
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON DATABASE';
+
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is null;
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+
+--test metadata sync
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+create database "test1-\!escape";
+comment on DATABASE "test1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS database_comment
+    FROM pg_database d
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON d.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE d.datname = 'test1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop DATABASE "test1-\!escape";
+
+
+reset citus.enable_create_database_propagation;
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d65d57cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/comment_on_role.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+set citus.log_remote_commands to on;
+
+set citus.grep_remote_commands to 'COMMENT ON ROLE';
+
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is 'comment-needs\!escape';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+comment on role "role1-\!escape" is NULL;
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+
+
+--test metadata sync
+
+select 1 from citus_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+create role "role1-\!escape";
+comment on ROLE "role1-\!escape" is 'test-comment';
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+select 1 from citus_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
+
+SELECT result FROM run_command_on_all_nodes(
+  $$
+    SELECT ds.description AS role_comment
+    FROM pg_roles r
+    LEFT JOIN pg_shdescription ds ON r.oid = ds.objoid
+    WHERE r.rolname = 'role1-\!escape';
+  $$
+);
+
+drop role "role1-\!escape";
+
+reset citus.grep_remote_commands;
+reset citus.log_remote_commands;