diff --git a/test/stress_tests/run_stress_tests.sh b/test/stress_tests/run_stress_tests.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Cause the script to exit if a single command fails.
+set -e
+
+# Show explicitly which commands are currently running.
+set -x
+
+ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")"; pwd)
+
+# Start a large cluster using the autoscaler.
+ray up -y $ROOT_DIR/stress_testing_config.yaml
+
+# Run a bunch of stress tests.
+ray submit $ROOT_DIR/stress_testing_config.yaml test_many_tasks_and_transfers.py
+ray submit $ROOT_DIR/stress_testing_config.yaml test_dead_actors.py
+
+# Tear down the cluster.
+ray down -y $ROOT_DIR/stress_testing_config.yaml
diff --git a/test/stress_tests/stress_testing_config.yaml b/test/stress_tests/stress_testing_config.yaml
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+# An unique identifier for the head node and workers of this cluster.
+cluster_name: stress-testing
+
+# The minimum number of workers nodes to launch in addition to the head
+# node. This number should be >= 0.
+min_workers: 100
+
+# The maximum number of workers nodes to launch in addition to the head
+# node. This takes precedence over min_workers.
+max_workers: 100
+
+# The autoscaler will scale up the cluster to this target fraction of resource
+# usage. For example, if a cluster of 10 nodes is 100% busy and
+# target_utilization is 0.8, it would resize the cluster to 13. This fraction
+# can be decreased to increase the aggressiveness of upscaling.
+# This value must be less than 1.0 for scaling to happen.
+target_utilization_fraction: 0.8
+
+# If a node is idle for this many minutes, it will be removed.
+idle_timeout_minutes: 5
+
+# Cloud-provider specific configuration.
+provider:
+    type: aws
+    region: us-west-2
+    availability_zone: us-west-2a
+
+# How Ray will authenticate with newly launched nodes.
+auth:
+    ssh_user: ubuntu
+# By default Ray creates a new private keypair, but you can also use your own.
+# If you do so, make sure to also set "KeyName" in the head and worker node
+# configurations below.
+#    ssh_private_key: /path/to/your/key.pem
+
+# Provider-specific config for the head node, e.g. instance type. By default
+# Ray will auto-configure unspecified fields such as SubnetId and KeyName.
+# For more documentation on available fields, see:
+# http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/ec2.html#EC2.ServiceResource.create_instances
+head_node:
+    InstanceType: m5.12xlarge
+    ImageId: ami-0def3275  # Default Ubuntu 16.04 AMI.
+
+    # Set primary volume to 25 GiB
+    BlockDeviceMappings:
+        - DeviceName: /dev/sda1
+          Ebs:
+              VolumeSize: 50
+
+    # Additional options in the boto docs.
+
+# Provider-specific config for worker nodes, e.g. instance type. By default
+# Ray will auto-configure unspecified fields such as SubnetId and KeyName.
+# For more documentation on available fields, see:
+# http://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/ec2.html#EC2.ServiceResource.create_instances
+worker_nodes:
+    InstanceType: m5.large
+    ImageId: ami-0def3275  # Default Ubuntu 16.04 AMI.
+
+    # Set primary volume to 25 GiB
+    BlockDeviceMappings:
+        - DeviceName: /dev/sda1
+          Ebs:
+              VolumeSize: 50
+
+    # Run workers on spot by default. Comment this out to use on-demand.
+    InstanceMarketOptions:
+        MarketType: spot
+        # Additional options can be found in the boto docs, e.g.
+        #   SpotOptions:
+        #       MaxPrice: MAX_HOURLY_PRICE
+
+    # Additional options in the boto docs.
+
+# Files or directories to copy to the head and worker nodes. The format is a
+# dictionary from REMOTE_PATH: LOCAL_PATH, e.g.
+file_mounts: {
+#    "/path1/on/remote/machine": "/path1/on/local/machine",
+#    "/path2/on/remote/machine": "/path2/on/local/machine",
+}
+
+# List of shell commands to run to set up nodes.
+setup_commands:
+    # Consider uncommenting these if you run into dpkg locking issues
+    # - sudo pkill -9 apt-get || true
+    # - sudo pkill -9 dpkg || true
+    # - sudo dpkg --configure -a
+    # Install basics.
+    - sudo apt-get update
+    - sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool unzip flex bison python
+    # Install Anaconda.
+    - wget https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-5.0.1-Linux-x86_64.sh || true
+    - bash Anaconda3-5.0.1-Linux-x86_64.sh -b -p $HOME/anaconda3 || true
+    - echo 'export PATH="$HOME/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
+    # # Build Ray.
+    # - git clone https://github.com/ray-project/ray || true
+    - pip install boto3==1.4.8 cython==0.27.3
+    # - cd ray/python; git checkout master; git pull; pip install -e . --verbose
+    - pip install https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ray-wheels/latest/ray-0.5.3-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
+
+# Custom commands that will be run on the head node after common setup.
+head_setup_commands: []
+
+# Custom commands that will be run on worker nodes after common setup.
+worker_setup_commands: []
+
+# Command to start ray on the head node. You don't need to change this.
+head_start_ray_commands:
+    - ray stop
+    - ulimit -n 65536; ray start --head --num-redis-shards=5 --redis-port=6379 --autoscaling-config=~/ray_bootstrap_config.yaml
+
+# Command to start ray on worker nodes. You don't need to change this.
+worker_start_ray_commands:
+    - ray stop
+    - ulimit -n 65536; ray start --redis-address=$RAY_HEAD_IP:6379 --num-gpus=100
diff --git a/test/stress_tests/test_dead_actors.py b/test/stress_tests/test_dead_actors.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import logging
+import numpy as np
+import sys
+
+import ray
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ray.init(redis_address="localhost:6379")
+
+
+@ray.remote
+class Child(object):
+    def __init__(self, death_probability):
+        self.death_probability = death_probability
+
+    def ping(self):
+        # Exit process with some probability.
+        exit_chance = np.random.rand()
+        if exit_chance > self.death_probability:
+            sys.exit(-1)
+
+
+@ray.remote
+class Parent(object):
+    def __init__(self, num_children, death_probability):
+        self.death_probability = death_probability
+        self.children = [
+            Child.remote(death_probability) for _ in range(num_children)
+        ]
+
+    def ping(self, num_pings):
+        children_outputs = []
+        for _ in range(num_pings):
+            children_outputs += [
+                child.ping.remote() for child in self.children
+            ]
+        try:
+            ray.get(children_outputs)
+        except Exception:
+            # Replace the children if one of them died.
+            self.__init__(len(self.children), self.death_probability)
+
+    def kill(self):
+        # Clean up children.
+        ray.get([child.__ray_terminate__.remote() for child in self.children])
+
+
+num_parents = 10
+num_children = 10
+death_probability = 0.95
+
+parents = [
+    Parent.remote(num_children, death_probability) for _ in range(num_parents)
+]
+for i in range(100):
+    ray.get([parent.ping.remote(10) for parent in parents])
+
+    # Kill a parent actor with some probability.
+    exit_chance = np.random.rand()
+    if exit_chance > death_probability:
+        parent_index = np.random.randint(len(parents))
+        parents[parent_index].kill.remote()
+        parents[parent_index] = Parent.remote(num_children, death_probability)
+
+    logger.info("Finished trial", i)
diff --git a/test/stress_tests/test_many_tasks_and_transfers.py b/test/stress_tests/test_many_tasks_and_transfers.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import numpy as np
+import logging
+import time
+
+import ray
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ray.init(redis_address="localhost:6379")
+
+# These numbers need to match the values in the autoscaler config file.
+num_remote_nodes = 100
+head_node_cpus = 2
+num_remote_cpus = num_remote_nodes * head_node_cpus
+
+# Wait until the expected number of nodes have joined the cluster.
+while True:
+    if len(ray.global_state.client_table()) >= num_remote_nodes + 1:
+        break
+logger.info("Nodes have all joined. There are {} resources."
+            .format(ray.global_state.cluster_resources()))
+
+
+# Require 1 GPU to force the tasks to be on remote machines.
+@ray.remote(num_gpus=1)
+def f(size, *xs):
+    return np.ones(size, dtype=np.uint8)
+
+
+# Require 1 GPU to force the actors to be on remote machines.
+@ray.remote(num_cpus=1, num_gpus=1)
+class Actor(object):
+    def method(self, size, *xs):
+        return np.ones(size, dtype=np.uint8)
+
+
+# Launch a bunch of tasks.
+start_time = time.time()
+logger.info("Submitting many tasks.")
+for i in range(10):
+    logger.info("Iteration {}".format(i))
+    ray.get([f.remote(0) for _ in range(100000)])
+logger.info("Finished after {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))
+
+# Launch a bunch of tasks, each with a bunch of dependencies.
+start_time = time.time()
+logger.info("Submitting tasks with many dependencies.")
+x_ids = []
+for i in range(5):
+    logger.info("Iteration {}".format(i))
+    x_ids = [f.remote(0, *x_ids) for _ in range(10000)]
+ray.get(x_ids)
+logger.info("Finished after {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))
+
+# Create a bunch of actors.
+start_time = time.time()
+logger.info("Creating {} actors.".format(num_remote_cpus))
+actors = [Actor.remote() for _ in range(num_remote_cpus)]
+logger.info("Finished after {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))
+
+# Submit a bunch of small tasks to each actor.
+start_time = time.time()
+logger.info("Submitting many small actor tasks.")
+x_ids = []
+for _ in range(100000):
+    x_ids = [a.method.remote(0) for a in actors]
+ray.get(x_ids)
+logger.info("Finished after {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))
+
+# Submit a bunch of actor tasks with all-to-all communication.
+start_time = time.time()
+logger.info("Submitting actor tasks with all-to-all communication.")
+x_ids = []
+for _ in range(50):
+    for size_exponent in [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:
+        x_ids = [a.method.remote(10**size_exponent, *x_ids) for a in actors]
+ray.get(x_ids)
+logger.info("Finished after {} seconds.".format(time.time() - start_time))