diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index c29aa1d13..d196c71b6 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 // with care and wrapped with derivation functions from the
 // standard context package only if you don't need the Caddy
 // specific features. These contexts are cancelled when the
-// lifetime of the modules loaded from it are over.
+// lifetime of the modules loaded from it is over.
 //
 // Use NewContext() to get a valid value (but most modules will
 // not actually need to do this).
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
index 410b42c9a..191f803be 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (app *App) automaticHTTPS() error {
 				})
 
 			// manage their certificates
-			log.Printf("[INFO] Enabling automatic HTTPS certificates for %v", domainsForCerts)
+			log.Printf("[INFO] Enabling automatic TLS certificate management for %v", domainsForCerts)
 			err := tlsApp.Manage(domainsForCerts)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("%s: managing certificate for %s: %s", srvName, domains, err)
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
index d4baa3f0c..205e4ed5f 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/replacer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/textproto"
+	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ func addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl caddy.Replacer, req *http.Request, w http.Respon
 			}
 
 			switch key {
+			case "http.request.method":
+				return req.Method, true
+			case "http.request.scheme":
+				if req.TLS != nil {
+					return "https", true
+				}
+				return "http", true
+			case "http.request.proto":
+				return req.Proto, true
 			case "http.request.host":
 				host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.Host)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -81,13 +91,8 @@ func addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl caddy.Replacer, req *http.Request, w http.Respon
 			case "http.request.remote.port":
 				_, port, _ := net.SplitHostPort(req.RemoteAddr)
 				return port, true
-			case "http.request.method":
-				return req.Method, true
-			case "http.request.scheme":
-				if req.TLS != nil {
-					return "https", true
-				}
-				return "http", true
+
+			// current URI, including any internal rewrites
 			case "http.request.uri":
 				return req.URL.RequestURI(), true
 			case "http.request.uri.path":
@@ -106,6 +111,32 @@ func addHTTPVarsToReplacer(repl caddy.Replacer, req *http.Request, w http.Respon
 					qs = "?" + qs
 				}
 				return qs, true
+
+			// original URI, before any internal changes
+			case "http.request.orig_uri":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				return u.RequestURI(), true
+			case "http.request.orig_uri.path":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				return u.Path, true
+			case "http.request.orig_uri.path.file":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				_, file := path.Split(u.Path)
+				return file, true
+			case "http.request.orig_uri.path.dir":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				dir, _ := path.Split(u.Path)
+				return dir, true
+			case "http.request.orig_uri.query":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				return u.RawQuery, true
+			case "http.request.orig_uri.query_string":
+				u, _ := req.Context().Value(OriginalURLCtxKey).(url.URL)
+				qs := u.Query().Encode()
+				if qs != "" {
+					qs = "?" + qs
+				}
+				return qs, true
 			}
 
 			// hostname labels
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 9df6585ed..eaf1f8644 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (t Transport) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 
 	fcgiBackend, err := DialContext(ctx, network, address)
 	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: wrap in a special error type if the dial failed, so retries can happen if enabled
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dialing backend: %v", err)
 	}
 	// fcgiBackend gets closed when response body is closed (see clientCloser)
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index a733d681f..45c0690be 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ func (h *Handler) Cleanup() error {
 		close(h.HealthChecks.Active.stopChan)
 	}
 
+	// TODO: Close keepalive connections on reload? https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/pull/2507/files#diff-70219fd88fe3f36834f474ce6537ed26R762
+
 	// remove hosts from our config from the pool
 	for _, upstream := range h.Upstreams {
 		hosts.Delete(upstream.dialInfo.String())
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/routes.go b/modules/caddyhttp/routes.go
index 9dca1071c..550b14e50 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/routes.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/routes.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func (routes RouteList) BuildCompositeRoute(req *http.Request) Handler {
 func wrapMiddleware(mh MiddlewareHandler) Middleware {
 	return func(next HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc {
 		return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+			// TODO: We could wait to evaluate matchers here, just eval
+			// the next matcher and choose the next route...
+
 			// TODO: This is where request tracing could be implemented; also
 			// see below to trace the responder as well
 			// TODO: Trace a diff of the request, would be cool too! see what changed since the last middleware (host, headers, URI...)
diff --git a/replacer.go b/replacer.go
index d7beeab69..420259bb1 100644
--- a/replacer.go
+++ b/replacer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Replacer can replace values in strings.
@@ -156,11 +157,17 @@ func globalDefaultReplacements(key string) (string, bool) {
 		return runtime.GOOS, true
 	case "system.arch":
 		return runtime.GOARCH, true
+	case "time.now.common_log":
+		return nowFunc().Format("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700"), true
 	}
 
 	return "", false
 }
 
+// nowFunc is a variable so tests can change it
+// in order to obtain a deterministic time.
+var nowFunc = time.Now
+
 // ReplacerCtxKey is the context key for a replacer.
 const ReplacerCtxKey CtxKey = "replacer"
 
diff --git a/storage.go b/storage.go
index b325b7bb0..670a47163 100644
--- a/storage.go
+++ b/storage.go
@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ func dataDir() string {
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(baseDir, "caddy")
 }
+
+// TODO: Consider using Go 1.13's os.UserConfigDir() (https://golang.org/pkg/os/#UserConfigDir)
+// if we are going to store the last-loaded config anywhere