diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
index 5d80771..6bccc44 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/nc/NCAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
@@ -469,17 +470,10 @@
         MetadataNode.INSTANCE.initialize(this, ncExtensionManager.getMetadataTupleTranslatorProvider(),
                 ncExtensionManager.getMetadataExtensions(), partitionId);
 
-        //noinspection unchecked
-        ConcurrentHashMap<CcId, IAsterixStateProxy> proxyMap =
-                (ConcurrentHashMap<CcId, IAsterixStateProxy>) getServiceContext().getDistributedState();
-        if (proxyMap == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Metadata node cannot access distributed state");
-        }
-
         // This is a special case, we just give the metadataNode directly.
         // This way we can delay the registration of the metadataNode until
         // it is completely initialized.
-        MetadataManager.initialize(proxyMap.values(), MetadataNode.INSTANCE);
+        MetadataManager.initialize(getAsterixStateProxies(), MetadataNode.INSTANCE);
         MetadataBootstrap.startUniverse(getServiceContext(), newUniverse);
         MetadataBootstrap.startDDLRecovery();
         ncExtensionManager.initializeMetadata(getServiceContext());
@@ -507,6 +501,17 @@
         metadataNodeStub = null;
     }
 
+    protected Collection<IAsterixStateProxy> getAsterixStateProxies() {
+        //noinspection unchecked
+        ConcurrentHashMap<CcId, IAsterixStateProxy> proxyMap =
+                (ConcurrentHashMap<CcId, IAsterixStateProxy>) getServiceContext().getDistributedState();
+        if (proxyMap == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Metadata node cannot access distributed state");
+        }
+
+        return proxyMap.values();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public synchronized void bindMetadataNodeStub(CcId ccId) throws RemoteException {
         if (metadataNodeStub == null) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
index e64b72f..38bf230 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/CCApplication.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@
 public class CCApplication extends BaseCCApplication {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
-    private static IAsterixStateProxy proxy;
+    private IAsterixStateProxy proxy;
     protected CCExtensionManager ccExtensionManager;
     protected IStorageComponentProvider componentProvider;
     protected WebManager webManager;
@@ -185,8 +186,7 @@
         }
         MetadataProperties metadataProperties = appCtx.getMetadataProperties();
 
-        setAsterixStateProxy(AsterixStateProxy.registerRemoteObject(controllerService.getNetworkSecurityManager(),
-                metadataProperties.getMetadataCallbackPort()));
+        proxy = getAsterixStateProxy(controllerService, metadataProperties);
         ccServiceCtx.setDistributedState(proxy);
         MetadataManager.initialize(proxy, metadataProperties, appCtx);
         ccServiceCtx.addJobLifecycleListener(appCtx.getActiveNotificationHandler());
@@ -387,8 +387,10 @@
         ApplicationConfigurator.registerConfigOptions(configManager);
     }
 
-    public static synchronized void setAsterixStateProxy(IAsterixStateProxy proxy) {
-        CCApplication.proxy = proxy;
+    protected IAsterixStateProxy getAsterixStateProxy(ClusterControllerService controllerService,
+            MetadataProperties metadataProperties) throws RemoteException {
+        return AsterixStateProxy.registerRemoteObject(controllerService.getNetworkSecurityManager(),
+                metadataProperties.getMetadataCallbackPort());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
index f60349f..a223e0d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/hyracks/bootstrap/NCApplication.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVParser;
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVRecord;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.IServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.NodeStatus;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IConfigManager;
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@
         MetadataBuiltinFunctions.init();
 
         ncExtensionManager = new NCExtensionManager(new ArrayList<>(getExtensions()));
-        runtimeContext = new NCAppRuntimeContext(ncServiceCtx, ncExtensionManager, getPropertiesFactory());
+        runtimeContext = createNCApplicationContext(ncServiceCtx, ncExtensionManager, getPropertiesFactory());
         MetadataProperties metadataProperties = runtimeContext.getMetadataProperties();
         if (!metadataProperties.getNodeNames().contains(this.ncServiceCtx.getNodeId())) {
             if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
@@ -186,6 +187,12 @@
         performLocalCleanUp();
     }
 
+    protected INcApplicationContext createNCApplicationContext(INCServiceContext ncServiceCtx,
+            NCExtensionManager ncExtensionManager, IPropertiesFactory propertiesFactory)
+            throws IOException, AsterixException {
+        return new NCAppRuntimeContext(ncServiceCtx, ncExtensionManager, propertiesFactory);
+    }
+
     protected IRecoveryManagerFactory getRecoveryManagerFactory() {
         return RecoveryManager::new;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index c2b5236..506e82a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineException;
 
 @SuppressWarnings({ "squid:ClassVariableVisibilityCheck", "squid:S00112" })
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@
         configManager.processConfig();
         ccConfig.setKeyStorePath(joinPath(RESOURCES_PATH, ccConfig.getKeyStorePath()));
         ccConfig.setTrustStorePath(joinPath(RESOURCES_PATH, ccConfig.getTrustStorePath()));
-        cc = new ClusterControllerService(ccConfig, ccApplication);
+        cc = createCC(ccApplication, ccConfig);
 
         nodeNames = ccConfig.getConfigManager().getNodeNames();
         if (deleteOldInstanceData && nodeNames != null) {
@@ -150,8 +151,7 @@
             }
             ncApplication.registerConfig(ncConfigManager);
             opts.forEach(opt -> ncConfigManager.set(nodeId, opt.getLeft(), opt.getRight()));
-            nodeControllers
-                    .add(new NodeControllerService(fixupPaths(createNCConfig(nodeId, ncConfigManager)), ncApplication));
+            nodeControllers.add(createNC(fixupPaths(createNCConfig(nodeId, ncConfigManager)), ncApplication));
         }
 
         opts.forEach(opt -> configManager.set(opt.getLeft(), opt.getRight()));
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
         this.ncs = nodeControllers.toArray(new NodeControllerService[nodeControllers.size()]);
     }
 
+    @NotNull
     private void configureExternalLibDir() {
         // hack to ensure we have a unique location for external libraries in our tests (asterix cluster has a shared
         // home directory)-- TODO: rework this once the external lib dir can be configured explicitly
@@ -223,10 +224,20 @@
         return ccConfig;
     }
 
+    protected ClusterControllerService createCC(ICCApplication ccApplication, CCConfig ccConfig) throws Exception {
+        return new ClusterControllerService(ccConfig, ccApplication);
+    }
+
     protected ICCApplication createCCApplication() {
         return new CCApplication();
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    protected NodeControllerService createNC(NCConfig config, INCApplication ncApplication)
+            throws IOException, CmdLineException, AsterixException {
+        return new NodeControllerService(config, ncApplication);
+    }
+
     protected NCConfig createNCConfig(String ncName, ConfigManager configManager) {
         NCConfig ncConfig = new NCConfig(ncName, configManager);
         ncConfig.setClusterAddress("localhost");
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/profiled.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/profiled.xml
index f3209a1..a404639 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/profiled.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/profiled.xml
@@ -38,5 +38,11 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">full-scan-3</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="profile">
+      <compilation-unit name="sleep">
+        <parameter name="profile" value="timings" type="string"/>
+        <output-dir compare="Text">sleep</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
 </test-suite>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aedce7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description  : Testing that "off" is supplied in request parameter "profile".
+ * Expected Res : Success with expected result not having "profile" field.
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+create type test.AddressType as
+{
+  number : bigint,
+  street : string,
+  city : string
+};
+
+create type test.CustomerType as
+ closed {
+  cid : bigint,
+  name : string,
+  age : bigint?,
+  address : AddressType?,
+  lastorder : {
+      oid : bigint,
+      total : float
+  }
+};
+
+create type test.OrderType as
+{
+  oid : bigint,
+  cid : bigint,
+  orderstatus : string,
+  orderpriority : string,
+  clerk : string,
+  total : float
+};
+
+create dataset Customers(CustomerType) primary key cid;
+
+create  dataset Orders(OrderType) primary key oid;
+
+create dataset Customers2(CustomerType) primary key cid;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07af22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+load dataset Customers using localfs
+  ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/custord-tiny/customer-tiny-neg.adm`),
+  (`format`=`adm`));
+
+load dataset Orders using localfs
+  ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/custord-tiny/order-tiny.adm`),
+  (`format`=`adm`));
+
+load dataset Customers2 using localfs
+  ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/custord-tiny/customer-tiny.adm`),
+  (`format`=`adm`));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.3.profile.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.3.profile.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43f8e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.3.profile.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+-- compareunorderedarray=true
+use test;
+
+select sleep(c.cid,500) from Customers c;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.4.profile.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.4.profile.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea35b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.4.profile.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+-- compareunorderedarray=true
+USE test;
+
+SELECT count(*) AS customers, city
+FROM Customers c
+WHERE c.age < 65
+GROUP BY sleep(c.address.city, 1000) AS city;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.5.profile.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.5.profile.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1358a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.5.profile.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+-- compareunorderedarray=true
+USE test;
+
+SELECT count(*) AS customers, city
+FROM Customers c
+WHERE c.age <65
+GROUP BY c.address.city
+ORDER BY sleep(city,1666);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.90.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.90.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f12a2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/profile/sleep/sleep.90.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.3.regexjson b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.3.regexjson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb8c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.3.regexjson
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+    "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+    "create-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "start-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "queued-time": "R{.+}",
+    "end-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "counters": [],
+    "joblets": [
+        {
+            "node-id": "R{.+}",
+            "counters": [],
+            "tasks": [
+                {
+                    "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                    "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "partition-send-profile": [],
+                    "counters": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                            "pages-read": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "pages-read-cold": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                            "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "name": "R{.+}",
+                          "run-time": "R{5.+}",
+                          "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                          "cardinality-out": 10,
+                          "avg-tuple-size": 25,
+                          "min-tuple-size": 25,
+                          "max-tuple-size": 25
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ]
+    }]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.4.regexjson b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.4.regexjson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..012133e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.4.regexjson
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+{
+    "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+    "create-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "start-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "queued-time": "R{.+}",
+    "end-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "counters": [],
+    "joblets": [
+        {
+            "node-id": "R{.+}",
+            "counters": [],
+            "tasks": [
+                {
+                    "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                    "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "partition-send-profile": [
+                        {
+                            "partition-id": {
+                                "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "connector-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "sender-index": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                                "receiver-index": "R{[0-9]+}"
+                            },
+                            "open-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "close-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "offset": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "frame-times": [
+                                0
+                            ],
+                            "resolution": 1
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "counters": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "pages-read": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "pages-read-cold": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{5.+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+            ]
+    }]
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.5.regexjson b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.5.regexjson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b024312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/profile/sleep/sleep.5.regexjson
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+{
+    "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+    "create-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "start-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "queued-time": "R{.+}",
+    "end-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+    "counters": [],
+    "joblets": [
+        {
+            "node-id": "R{.+}",
+            "counters": [],
+            "tasks": [
+                {
+                    "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                    "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "partition-send-profile": [
+                        {
+                            "partition-id": {
+                                "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "connector-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "sender-index": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                                "receiver-index": "R{[0-9]+}"
+                            },
+                            "open-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "close-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "offset": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "frame-times": [
+                                0
+                            ],
+                            "resolution": 1
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "counters": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                  {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{5.+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                    "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                    "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                    "partition-send-profile": [
+                        {
+                            "partition-id": {
+                                "job-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "connector-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                                "sender-index": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                                "receiver-index": "R{[0-9]+}"
+                            },
+                            "open-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "close-time": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "offset": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                            "frame-times": [
+                                0
+                            ],
+                            "resolution": 1
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "counters": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "R{.+}",
+                            "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                            "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "activity-id": "R{[A-Z0-9.:]+}",
+                  "partition": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "attempt": "R{[0-9]+}",
+                  "partition-send-profile": [],
+                  "counters": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "pages-read": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "pages-read-cold": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9].+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}",
+                        "cardinality-out": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "avg-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "min-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "max-tuple-size": "R{[0-9.]+}"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "R{.+}",
+                        "run-time": "R{[0-9.]+}",
+                        "runtime-id": "R{.+}"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+            ]
+    }]
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
index cedcccf..b4aeaf1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/AsterixStateProxy.java
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
 
     private IMetadataNode metadataNode;
-    private static final IAsterixStateProxy cc = new AsterixStateProxy();
+    private static IAsterixStateProxy cc;
 
     public static IAsterixStateProxy registerRemoteObject(INetworkSecurityManager networkSecurityManager,
             int metadataCallbackPort) throws RemoteException {
+        cc = new AsterixStateProxy();
         IAsterixStateProxy stub = (IAsterixStateProxy) UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(cc, metadataCallbackPort,
                 RMIClientFactory.getSocketFactory(networkSecurityManager),
                 RMIServerFactory.getSocketFactory(networkSecurityManager));
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@
     }
 
     public static void unregisterRemoteObject() throws RemoteException {
-        UnicastRemoteObject.unexportObject(cc, true);
-        LOGGER.info("Asterix Distributed State Proxy Unbound");
+        if (cc != null) {
+            UnicastRemoteObject.unexportObject(cc, true);
+            LOGGER.info("Asterix Distributed State Proxy Unbound");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override