diff --git a/api/next.pb.txt b/api/next.pb.txt
index 9cfb64d64..760354b20 100755
--- a/api/next.pb.txt
+++ b/api/next.pb.txt
@@ -2884,10 +2884,66 @@ file {
   }
   syntax: "proto3"
 }
+file {
+  name: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto"
+  package: "containerd.types"
+  dependency: "gogoproto/gogo.proto"
+  dependency: "google/protobuf/any.proto"
+  dependency: "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"
+  message_type {
+    name: "MetricsRequest"
+    field {
+      name: "filters"
+      number: 1
+      label: LABEL_REPEATED
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "filters"
+    }
+  }
+  message_type {
+    name: "MetricsResponse"
+    field {
+      name: "metrics"
+      number: 1
+      label: LABEL_REPEATED
+      type: TYPE_MESSAGE
+      type_name: ".containerd.types.Metric"
+      json_name: "metrics"
+    }
+  }
+  message_type {
+    name: "Metric"
+    field {
+      name: "timestamp"
+      number: 1
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_MESSAGE
+      type_name: ".google.protobuf.Timestamp"
+      options {
+        65010: 1
+        65001: 0
+      }
+      json_name: "timestamp"
+    }
+    field {
+      name: "data"
+      number: 2
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_MESSAGE
+      type_name: ".google.protobuf.Any"
+      json_name: "data"
+    }
+  }
+  options {
+    go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types;types"
+  }
+  syntax: "proto3"
+}
 file {
   name: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task/task.proto"
   package: "containerd.v1.types"
   dependency: "gogoproto/gogo.proto"
+  dependency: "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"
   message_type {
     name: "Process"
     field {
@@ -2954,6 +3010,18 @@ file {
       type: TYPE_UINT32
       json_name: "exitStatus"
     }
+    field {
+      name: "exited_at"
+      number: 10
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_MESSAGE
+      type_name: ".google.protobuf.Timestamp"
+      options {
+        65010: 1
+        65001: 0
+      }
+      json_name: "exitedAt"
+    }
   }
   enum_type {
     name: "Status"
@@ -3013,6 +3081,7 @@ file {
   dependency: "google/protobuf/any.proto"
   dependency: "gogoproto/gogo.proto"
   dependency: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/mount.proto"
+  dependency: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto"
   dependency: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/descriptor.proto"
   dependency: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task/task.proto"
   dependency: "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"
@@ -3551,6 +3620,11 @@ file {
       input_type: ".containerd.services.tasks.v1.UpdateTaskRequest"
       output_type: ".google.protobuf.Empty"
     }
+    method {
+      name: "Metrics"
+      input_type: ".containerd.types.MetricsRequest"
+      output_type: ".containerd.types.MetricsResponse"
+    }
   }
   options {
     go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1;tasks"
diff --git a/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.pb.go b/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.pb.go
index 1b38aaa25..dfa43addc 100644
--- a/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.pb.go
+++ b/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.pb.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import google_protobuf1 "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto"
 import containerd_types "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
 import containerd_types1 "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
+import containerd_types2 "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types"
 import containerd_v1_types "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ type CreateTaskRequest struct {
 	Stdout     string                        `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=stdout,proto3" json:"stdout,omitempty"`
 	Stderr     string                        `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=stderr,proto3" json:"stderr,omitempty"`
 	Terminal   bool                          `protobuf:"varint,7,opt,name=terminal,proto3" json:"terminal,omitempty"`
-	Checkpoint *containerd_types1.Descriptor `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=checkpoint" json:"checkpoint,omitempty"`
+	Checkpoint *containerd_types2.Descriptor `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=checkpoint" json:"checkpoint,omitempty"`
 	Options    *google_protobuf1.Any         `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=options" json:"options,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ func (*CheckpointTaskRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
 func (*CheckpointTaskRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorTasks, []int{20} }
 
 type CheckpointTaskResponse struct {
-	Descriptors []*containerd_types1.Descriptor `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=descriptors" json:"descriptors,omitempty"`
+	Descriptors []*containerd_types2.Descriptor `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=descriptors" json:"descriptors,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *CheckpointTaskResponse) Reset()                    { *m = CheckpointTaskResponse{} }
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ type TasksClient interface {
 	ListPids(ctx context.Context, in *ListPidsRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*ListPidsResponse, error)
 	Checkpoint(ctx context.Context, in *CheckpointTaskRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*CheckpointTaskResponse, error)
 	Update(ctx context.Context, in *UpdateTaskRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
+	Metrics(ctx context.Context, in *containerd_types1.MetricsRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*containerd_types1.MetricsResponse, error)
 }
 
 type tasksClient struct {
@@ -498,6 +500,15 @@ func (c *tasksClient) Update(ctx context.Context, in *UpdateTaskRequest, opts ..
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (c *tasksClient) Metrics(ctx context.Context, in *containerd_types1.MetricsRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*containerd_types1.MetricsResponse, error) {
+	out := new(containerd_types1.MetricsResponse)
+	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/containerd.services.tasks.v1.Tasks/Metrics", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 // Server API for Tasks service
 
 type TasksServer interface {
@@ -520,6 +531,7 @@ type TasksServer interface {
 	ListPids(context.Context, *ListPidsRequest) (*ListPidsResponse, error)
 	Checkpoint(context.Context, *CheckpointTaskRequest) (*CheckpointTaskResponse, error)
 	Update(context.Context, *UpdateTaskRequest) (*google_protobuf.Empty, error)
+	Metrics(context.Context, *containerd_types1.MetricsRequest) (*containerd_types1.MetricsResponse, error)
 }
 
 func RegisterTasksServer(s *grpc.Server, srv TasksServer) {
@@ -796,6 +808,24 @@ func _Tasks_Update_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interf
 	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
 }
 
+func _Tasks_Metrics_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
+	in := new(containerd_types1.MetricsRequest)
+	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if interceptor == nil {
+		return srv.(TasksServer).Metrics(ctx, in)
+	}
+	info := &grpc.UnaryServerInfo{
+		Server:     srv,
+		FullMethod: "/containerd.services.tasks.v1.Tasks/Metrics",
+	}
+	handler := func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return srv.(TasksServer).Metrics(ctx, req.(*containerd_types1.MetricsRequest))
+	}
+	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
+}
+
 var _Tasks_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 	ServiceName: "containerd.services.tasks.v1.Tasks",
 	HandlerType: (*TasksServer)(nil),
@@ -860,6 +890,10 @@ var _Tasks_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 			MethodName: "Update",
 			Handler:    _Tasks_Update_Handler,
 		},
+		{
+			MethodName: "Metrics",
+			Handler:    _Tasks_Metrics_Handler,
+		},
 	},
 	Streams:  []grpc.StreamDesc{},
 	Metadata: "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.proto",
@@ -2058,7 +2092,7 @@ func (this *CreateTaskRequest) String() string {
 		`Stdout:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Stdout) + `,`,
 		`Stderr:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Stderr) + `,`,
 		`Terminal:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Terminal) + `,`,
-		`Checkpoint:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Checkpoint), "Descriptor", "containerd_types1.Descriptor", 1) + `,`,
+		`Checkpoint:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Checkpoint), "Descriptor", "containerd_types2.Descriptor", 1) + `,`,
 		`Options:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Options), "Any", "google_protobuf1.Any", 1) + `,`,
 		`}`,
 	}, "")
@@ -2291,7 +2325,7 @@ func (this *CheckpointTaskResponse) String() string {
 		return "nil"
 	}
 	s := strings.Join([]string{`&CheckpointTaskResponse{`,
-		`Descriptors:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Descriptors), "Descriptor", "containerd_types1.Descriptor", 1) + `,`,
+		`Descriptors:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Descriptors), "Descriptor", "containerd_types2.Descriptor", 1) + `,`,
 		`}`,
 	}, "")
 	return s
@@ -2538,7 +2572,7 @@ func (m *CreateTaskRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
 			if m.Checkpoint == nil {
-				m.Checkpoint = &containerd_types1.Descriptor{}
+				m.Checkpoint = &containerd_types2.Descriptor{}
 			}
 			if err := m.Checkpoint.Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -4822,7 +4856,7 @@ func (m *CheckpointTaskResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			if postIndex > l {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
-			m.Descriptors = append(m.Descriptors, &containerd_types1.Descriptor{})
+			m.Descriptors = append(m.Descriptors, &containerd_types2.Descriptor{})
 			if err := m.Descriptors[len(m.Descriptors)-1].Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -5070,81 +5104,83 @@ func init() {
 }
 
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diff --git a/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.proto b/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.proto
index d0778ba94..c9bc4b490 100644
--- a/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.proto
+++ b/api/services/tasks/v1/tasks.proto
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "google/protobuf/empty.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/any.proto";
 import "gogoproto/gogo.proto";
 import "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/mount.proto";
+import "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto";
 import "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/descriptor.proto";
 import "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task/task.proto";
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ service Tasks {
 	rpc Checkpoint(CheckpointTaskRequest) returns (CheckpointTaskResponse);
 
 	rpc Update(UpdateTaskRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
+
+	rpc Metrics(types.MetricsRequest) returns (types.MetricsResponse);
 }
 
 message CreateTaskRequest {
diff --git a/api/types/descriptor.pb.go b/api/types/descriptor.pb.go
index 2f1575b00..025aef77c 100644
--- a/api/types/descriptor.pb.go
+++ b/api/types/descriptor.pb.go
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
 
 	It is generated from these files:
 		github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/descriptor.proto
+		github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto
 		github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/mount.proto
 
 	It has these top-level messages:
 		Descriptor
+		MetricsRequest
+		MetricsResponse
+		Metric
 		Mount
 */
 package types
diff --git a/api/types/metrics.pb.go b/api/types/metrics.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8033bb206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/types/metrics.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,676 @@
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-gogo.
+// source: github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto
+// DO NOT EDIT!
+
+package types
+
+import proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+import fmt "fmt"
+import math "math"
+import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto"
+import google_protobuf1 "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+import _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+
+import time "time"
+
+import github_com_gogo_protobuf_types "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+
+import strings "strings"
+import reflect "reflect"
+
+import io "io"
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ = proto.Marshal
+var _ = fmt.Errorf
+var _ = math.Inf
+var _ = time.Kitchen
+
+type MetricsRequest struct {
+	Filters []string `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=filters" json:"filters,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsRequest) Reset()                    { *m = MetricsRequest{} }
+func (*MetricsRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*MetricsRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorMetrics, []int{0} }
+
+type MetricsResponse struct {
+	Metrics []*Metric `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=metrics" json:"metrics,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsResponse) Reset()                    { *m = MetricsResponse{} }
+func (*MetricsResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*MetricsResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorMetrics, []int{1} }
+
+type Metric struct {
+	Timestamp time.Time             `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=timestamp,stdtime" json:"timestamp"`
+	Data      *google_protobuf1.Any `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=data" json:"data,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Metric) Reset()                    { *m = Metric{} }
+func (*Metric) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Metric) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorMetrics, []int{2} }
+
+func init() {
+	proto.RegisterType((*MetricsRequest)(nil), "containerd.types.MetricsRequest")
+	proto.RegisterType((*MetricsResponse)(nil), "containerd.types.MetricsResponse")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Metric)(nil), "containerd.types.Metric")
+}
+func (m *MetricsRequest) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsRequest) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Filters) > 0 {
+		for _, s := range m.Filters {
+			dAtA[i] = 0xa
+			i++
+			l = len(s)
+			for l >= 1<<7 {
+				dAtA[i] = uint8(uint64(l)&0x7f | 0x80)
+				l >>= 7
+				i++
+			}
+			dAtA[i] = uint8(l)
+			i++
+			i += copy(dAtA[i:], s)
+		}
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsResponse) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsResponse) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Metrics) > 0 {
+		for _, msg := range m.Metrics {
+			dAtA[i] = 0xa
+			i++
+			i = encodeVarintMetrics(dAtA, i, uint64(msg.Size()))
+			n, err := msg.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			i += n
+		}
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
+func (m *Metric) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *Metric) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	dAtA[i] = 0xa
+	i++
+	i = encodeVarintMetrics(dAtA, i, uint64(github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp)))
+	n1, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeMarshalTo(m.Timestamp, dAtA[i:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	i += n1
+	if m.Data != nil {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x12
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintMetrics(dAtA, i, uint64(m.Data.Size()))
+		n2, err := m.Data.MarshalTo(dAtA[i:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		i += n2
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
+func encodeFixed64Metrics(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
+	dAtA[offset] = uint8(v)
+	dAtA[offset+1] = uint8(v >> 8)
+	dAtA[offset+2] = uint8(v >> 16)
+	dAtA[offset+3] = uint8(v >> 24)
+	dAtA[offset+4] = uint8(v >> 32)
+	dAtA[offset+5] = uint8(v >> 40)
+	dAtA[offset+6] = uint8(v >> 48)
+	dAtA[offset+7] = uint8(v >> 56)
+	return offset + 8
+}
+func encodeFixed32Metrics(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint32) int {
+	dAtA[offset] = uint8(v)
+	dAtA[offset+1] = uint8(v >> 8)
+	dAtA[offset+2] = uint8(v >> 16)
+	dAtA[offset+3] = uint8(v >> 24)
+	return offset + 4
+}
+func encodeVarintMetrics(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
+	for v >= 1<<7 {
+		dAtA[offset] = uint8(v&0x7f | 0x80)
+		v >>= 7
+		offset++
+	}
+	dAtA[offset] = uint8(v)
+	return offset + 1
+}
+func (m *MetricsRequest) Size() (n int) {
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Filters) > 0 {
+		for _, s := range m.Filters {
+			l = len(s)
+			n += 1 + l + sovMetrics(uint64(l))
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (m *MetricsResponse) Size() (n int) {
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.Metrics) > 0 {
+		for _, e := range m.Metrics {
+			l = e.Size()
+			n += 1 + l + sovMetrics(uint64(l))
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (m *Metric) Size() (n int) {
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	l = github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.SizeOfStdTime(m.Timestamp)
+	n += 1 + l + sovMetrics(uint64(l))
+	if m.Data != nil {
+		l = m.Data.Size()
+		n += 1 + l + sovMetrics(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func sovMetrics(x uint64) (n int) {
+	for {
+		n++
+		x >>= 7
+		if x == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+func sozMetrics(x uint64) (n int) {
+	return sovMetrics(uint64((x << 1) ^ uint64((int64(x) >> 63))))
+}
+func (this *MetricsRequest) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&MetricsRequest{`,
+		`Filters:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Filters) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
+func (this *MetricsResponse) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&MetricsResponse{`,
+		`Metrics:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Metrics), "Metric", "Metric", 1) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
+func (this *Metric) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&Metric{`,
+		`Timestamp:` + strings.Replace(strings.Replace(this.Timestamp.String(), "Timestamp", "google_protobuf2.Timestamp", 1), `&`, ``, 1) + `,`,
+		`Data:` + strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Data), "Any", "google_protobuf1.Any", 1) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
+func valueToStringMetrics(v interface{}) string {
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	if rv.IsNil() {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	pv := reflect.Indirect(rv).Interface()
+	return fmt.Sprintf("*%v", pv)
+}
+func (m *MetricsRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MetricsRequest: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MetricsRequest: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Filters", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Filters = append(m.Filters, string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]))
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipMetrics(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+func (m *MetricsResponse) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MetricsResponse: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: MetricsResponse: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Metrics", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= (int(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Metrics = append(m.Metrics, &Metric{})
+			if err := m.Metrics[len(m.Metrics)-1].Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipMetrics(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+func (m *Metric) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: Metric: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: Metric: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Timestamp", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= (int(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_types.StdTimeUnmarshal(&m.Timestamp, dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 2:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Data", wireType)
+			}
+			var msglen int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				msglen |= (int(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if msglen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + msglen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			if m.Data == nil {
+				m.Data = &google_protobuf1.Any{}
+			}
+			if err := m.Data.Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipMetrics(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+func skipMetrics(dAtA []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return 0, ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return 0, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		switch wireType {
+		case 0:
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return 0, ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return 0, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				iNdEx++
+				if dAtA[iNdEx-1] < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		case 1:
+			iNdEx += 8
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		case 2:
+			var length int
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return 0, ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return 0, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				length |= (int(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			iNdEx += length
+			if length < 0 {
+				return 0, ErrInvalidLengthMetrics
+			}
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		case 3:
+			for {
+				var innerWire uint64
+				var start int = iNdEx
+				for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+					if shift >= 64 {
+						return 0, ErrIntOverflowMetrics
+					}
+					if iNdEx >= l {
+						return 0, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+					}
+					b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+					iNdEx++
+					innerWire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+					if b < 0x80 {
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				innerWireType := int(innerWire & 0x7)
+				if innerWireType == 4 {
+					break
+				}
+				next, err := skipMetrics(dAtA[start:])
+				if err != nil {
+					return 0, err
+				}
+				iNdEx = start + next
+			}
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		case 4:
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		case 5:
+			iNdEx += 4
+			return iNdEx, nil
+		default:
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("proto: illegal wireType %d", wireType)
+		}
+	}
+	panic("unreachable")
+}
+
+var (
+	ErrInvalidLengthMetrics = fmt.Errorf("proto: negative length found during unmarshaling")
+	ErrIntOverflowMetrics   = fmt.Errorf("proto: integer overflow")
+)
+
+func init() {
+	proto.RegisterFile("github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/metrics.proto", fileDescriptorMetrics)
+}
+
+var fileDescriptorMetrics = []byte{
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+}
diff --git a/api/types/metrics.proto b/api/types/metrics.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..444bd5038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/types/metrics.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package containerd.types;
+
+import "gogoproto/gogo.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/any.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+
+option go_package = "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types;types";
+
+message MetricsRequest {
+	repeated string filters = 1;
+}
+
+message MetricsResponse {
+	repeated Metric metrics = 1;
+}
+
+message Metric {
+	google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 1 [(gogoproto.stdtime) = true, (gogoproto.nullable) = false];
+	google.protobuf.Any data = 2;
+}
diff --git a/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt b/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
index 76fb011d3..142ea3b95 100755
--- a/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
+++ b/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
@@ -5,17 +5,31 @@ file {
   message_type {
     name: "RuncOptions"
     field {
-      name: "criu_path"
+      name: "runtime"
       number: 1
       label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
       type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "runtime"
+    }
+    field {
+      name: "runtime_root"
+      number: 2
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "runtimeRoot"
+    }
+    field {
+      name: "criu_path"
+      number: 3
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
       json_name: "criuPath"
     }
     field {
       name: "systemd_cgroup"
-      number: 2
+      number: 4
       label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
-      type: TYPE_STRING
+      type: TYPE_BOOL
       json_name: "systemdCgroup"
     }
   }
diff --git a/linux/runtime.go b/linux/runtime.go
index 3e3d540a3..9b852d970 100644
--- a/linux/runtime.go
+++ b/linux/runtime.go
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ func (r *Runtime) Create(ctx context.Context, id string, opts runtime.CreateOpts
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errdefs.FromGRPC(err)
 	}
-	t := newTask(id, namespace, int(cr.Pid), s)
+	t, err := newTask(id, namespace, int(cr.Pid), s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if err := r.tasks.Add(ctx, t); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/linux/task.go b/linux/task.go
index ebc1da318..a4b46c9b6 100644
--- a/linux/task.go
+++ b/linux/task.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package linux
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/containerd/cgroups"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	client "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim"
@@ -18,15 +19,21 @@ type Task struct {
 	pid       int
 	shim      *client.Client
 	namespace string
+	cg        *cgroups.Cgroup
 }
 
-func newTask(id, namespace string, pid int, shim *client.Client) *Task {
+func newTask(id, namespace string, pid int, shim *client.Client) (*Task, error) {
+	cg, err := cgroups.Load(cgroups.V1, cgroups.PidPath(pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return &Task{
 		id:        id,
 		pid:       pid,
 		shim:      shim,
 		namespace: namespace,
-	}
+		cg:        cg,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (t *Task) ID() string {
@@ -201,3 +208,7 @@ func (t *Task) Process(ctx context.Context, id string) (runtime.Process, error)
 		t:  t,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+func (t *Task) Metrics(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go b/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
index 2803c1303..e2cfb9746 100644
--- a/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
+++ b/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
 	metrics "github.com/docker/go-metrics"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
@@ -50,15 +49,7 @@ type cgroupsMonitor struct {
 
 func (m *cgroupsMonitor) Monitor(c runtime.Task) error {
 	info := c.Info()
-	state, err := c.State(m.context)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	cg, err := cgroups.Load(cgroups.V1, cgroups.PidPath(int(state.Pid)))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "load cgroup for %d", state.Pid)
-	}
-	if err := m.collector.Add(info.ID, info.Namespace, cg); err != nil {
+	if err := m.collector.Add(info.ID, info.Namespace, c); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return m.oom.Add(info.ID, info.Namespace, cg, m.trigger)
diff --git a/runtime/task.go b/runtime/task.go
index fdef8d125..4f5032237 100644
--- a/runtime/task.go
+++ b/runtime/task.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ type Task interface {
 	Update(context.Context, *types.Any) error
 	// Process returns a process within the task for the provided id
 	Process(context.Context, string) (Process, error)
+	// Metrics returns runtime specific metrics for a task
+	Metrics(context.Context) (interface{}, error)
 }
 
 type ExecOpts struct {
diff --git a/services/tasks/service.go b/services/tasks/service.go
index 0d51cd5b6..9015fda9b 100644
--- a/services/tasks/service.go
+++ b/services/tasks/service.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/boltdb/bolt"
 	api "github.com/containerd/containerd/api/services/tasks/v1"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/mount"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/typeurl"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -454,6 +456,34 @@ func (s *Service) Update(ctx context.Context, r *api.UpdateTaskRequest) (*google
 	return empty, nil
 }
 
+func (s *Service) Metrics(ctx context.Context, r *types.MetricsRequest) (*types.MetricsResponse, error) {
+	var resp types.MetricsResponse
+	for _, r := range s.runtimes {
+		tasks, err := r.Tasks(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, t := range tasks {
+			collected := time.Now()
+			metrics, err := t.Metrics(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("collecting metrics for %s", t.ID())
+				continue
+			}
+			data, err := typeurl.MarshalAny(metrics)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("marshal metrics for %s", t.ID())
+				continue
+			}
+			resp.Metrics = append(resp.Metrics, &types.Metric{
+				Timestamp: collected,
+				Data:      data,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return &resp, nil
+}
+
 func (s *Service) writeContent(ctx context.Context, mediaType, ref string, r io.Reader) (*types.Descriptor, error) {
 	writer, err := s.store.Writer(ctx, ref, 0, "")
 	if err != nil {