diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/cluster/IClusterStateManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/cluster/IClusterStateManager.java
index 41f786a..76802d9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/cluster/IClusterStateManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/cluster/IClusterStateManager.java
@@ -272,4 +272,12 @@
      * @return the cluster partitions map
      */
     Map<Integer, ClusterPartition> getClusterPartitions();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if any of the nodes in {@code nodesId} is currently inactive
+     *
+     * @param nodeIds
+     * @return true if any of the nodes is currently inactive, otherwise false
+     */
+    boolean nodesFailed(Set<String> nodeIds);
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/api/PartitionReplica.java b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/api/PartitionReplica.java
index c49bb7b..e1f99f4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/api/PartitionReplica.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/replication/api/PartitionReplica.java
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
         ObjectNode json = OBJECT_MAPPER.createObjectNode();
         json.put("id", id.toString());
         json.put("status", status.name());
+        json.put("syncProgress", syncProgress);
         return json;
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/utils/ClusterStateManager.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/utils/ClusterStateManager.java
index c5398e1..6de1dda 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/utils/ClusterStateManager.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/utils/ClusterStateManager.java
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@
         return Collections.unmodifiableMap(clusterPartitions);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public synchronized boolean nodesFailed(Set<String> nodeIds) {
+        return nodeIds.stream().anyMatch(failedNodes::contains);
+    }
+
     private void updateClusterCounters(String nodeId, NcLocalCounters localCounters) {
         final IResourceIdManager resourceIdManager = appCtx.getResourceIdManager();
         resourceIdManager.report(nodeId, localCounters.getMaxResourceId());