diff --git a/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.cc b/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.cc
index 5643384fd..da6f1e4e4 100644
--- a/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.cc
+++ b/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.cc
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ bool MatchHttp11Line(string_view line) {
 constexpr size_t kMinReadSize = 256;
 constexpr size_t kMaxReadSize = 32_KB;
 
-struct PubMsgRecord {
-  Connection::PubMessage pub_msg;
-
-  PubMsgRecord(Connection::PubMessage pmsg) : pub_msg(move(pmsg)) {
-  }
-};
-
 #ifdef ABSL_HAVE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER
 constexpr size_t kReqStorageSize = 88;
 #else
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ thread_local uint32_t free_req_release_weight = 0;
 
 }  // namespace
 
-thread_local vector<Connection::RequestPtr> Connection::free_req_pool_;
+thread_local vector<Connection::RequestPtr> Connection::pipeline_req_pool_;
 
 struct Connection::Shutdown {
   absl::flat_hash_map<ShutdownHandle, ShutdownCb> map;
@@ -116,19 +109,19 @@ struct Connection::RequestDeleter {
   void operator()(Request* req) const;
 };
 
+using PubMessage = Connection::PubMessage;
+using MonitorMessage = std::string;
+
 // Please note: The call to the Dtor is mandatory for this!!
 // This class contain types that don't have trivial destructed objects
 class Connection::Request {
  public:
-  using MonitorMessage = std::string;
-
-  struct PipelineMsg {
-    // I do not use mi_heap_t explicitly but mi_stl_allocator at the end does the same job
-    // of using the thread's heap.
+  struct PipelineMessage {
+    // mi_stl_allocator uses mi heap internally.
     // The capacity is chosen so that we allocate a fully utilized (256 bytes) block.
     using StorageType = absl::InlinedVector<char, kReqStorageSize, mi_stl_allocator<char>>;
 
-    PipelineMsg(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) : args(nargs), storage(capacity) {
+    PipelineMessage(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) : args(nargs), storage(capacity) {
     }
 
     void Reset(size_t nargs, size_t capacity);
@@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ class Connection::Request {
     StorageType storage;
   };
 
-  using MessagePayload = std::variant<PipelineMsg, PubMsgRecord, MonitorMessage>;
+  using MessagePayload = std::variant<PipelineMessage, PubMessage, MonitorMessage>;
 
   // Overload to create the a new pipeline message
   static RequestPtr New(mi_heap_t* heap, const RespVec& args, size_t capacity);
@@ -150,26 +143,29 @@ class Connection::Request {
 
   void Emplace(const RespVec& args, size_t capacity);
 
-  MessagePayload payload;
-
   size_t StorageCapacity() const;
 
   bool IsPipelineMsg() const;
 
  private:
-  static constexpr size_t kSizeOfPipelineMsg = sizeof(PipelineMsg);
+  static constexpr size_t kSizeOfPipelineMsg = sizeof(PipelineMessage);
 
-  Request(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) : payload(PipelineMsg{nargs, capacity}) {
+  Request(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) : payload(PipelineMessage{nargs, capacity}) {
   }
 
-  Request(PubMsgRecord msg) : payload(std::move(msg)) {
+  Request(PubMessage msg) : payload(move(msg)) {
   }
 
-  Request(MonitorMessage msg) : payload(std::move(msg)) {
+  Request(MonitorMessage msg) : payload(move(msg)) {
   }
 
   Request(const Request&) = delete;
+
+  // Store arguments for pipeline message.
   void SetArgs(const RespVec& args);
+
+ public:
+  MessagePayload payload;
 };
 
 Connection::PubMessage::PubMessage(string pattern, shared_ptr<string> channel,
@@ -186,18 +182,18 @@ struct Connection::DispatchOperations {
       : stats{me->service_->GetThreadLocalConnectionStats()}, builder{b}, self(me) {
   }
 
-  void operator()(const PubMsgRecord& msg);
-  void operator()(Request::PipelineMsg& msg);
-  void operator()(const Request::MonitorMessage& msg);
+  void operator()(const PubMessage& msg);
+  void operator()(Request::PipelineMessage& msg);
+  void operator()(const MonitorMessage& msg);
 
   ConnectionStats* stats = nullptr;
   SinkReplyBuilder* builder = nullptr;
   Connection* self = nullptr;
 };
 
-Connection::RequestPtr Connection::Request::New(std::string msg) {
+Connection::RequestPtr Connection::Request::New(MonitorMessage msg) {
   void* ptr = mi_malloc(sizeof(Request));
-  Request* req = new (ptr) Request(std::move(msg));
+  Request* req = new (ptr) Request(move(msg));
   return Connection::RequestPtr{req, Connection::RequestDeleter{}};
 }
 
@@ -213,9 +209,20 @@ Connection::RequestPtr Connection::Request::New(mi_heap_t* heap, const RespVec&
   return Connection::RequestPtr{req, Connection::RequestDeleter{}};
 }
 
+Connection::RequestPtr Connection::Request::New(PubMessage pub_msg) {
+  // This will generate a new request for pubsub message
+  // Please note that unlike the above case, we don't need to "protect", the internals here
+  // since we are currently using a borrow token for it - i.e. the BlockingCounter will
+  // ensure that the message is not deleted until we are finish sending it at the other
+  // side of the queue
+  void* ptr = mi_malloc(sizeof(Request));
+  Request* req = new (ptr) Request(move(pub_msg));
+  return Connection::RequestPtr{req, Connection::RequestDeleter{}};
+}
+
 void Connection::Request::SetArgs(const RespVec& args) {
-  // At this point we know that we have PipelineMsg in Request so next op is safe.
-  PipelineMsg& pipeline_msg = std::get<PipelineMsg>(payload);
+  // At this point we know that we have PipelineMessage in Request so next op is safe.
+  PipelineMessage& pipeline_msg = std::get<PipelineMessage>(payload);
   auto* next = pipeline_msg.storage.data();
   for (size_t i = 0; i < args.size(); ++i) {
     auto buf = args[i].GetBuf();
@@ -226,34 +233,22 @@ void Connection::Request::SetArgs(const RespVec& args) {
   }
 }
 
-Connection::RequestPtr Connection::Request::New(PubMessage pub_msg) {
-  // This will generate a new request for pubsub message
-  // Please note that unlike the above case, we don't need to "protect", the internals here
-  // since we are currently using a borrow token for it - i.e. the BlockingCounter will
-  // ensure that the message is not deleted until we are finish sending it at the other
-  // side of the queue
-  PubMsgRecord new_msg{move(pub_msg)};
-  void* ptr = mi_malloc(sizeof(Request));
-  Request* req = new (ptr) Request(std::move(new_msg));
-  return Connection::RequestPtr{req, Connection::RequestDeleter{}};
-}
-
 void Connection::RequestDeleter::operator()(Request* req) const {
   req->~Request();
   mi_free(req);
 }
 
 void Connection::Request::Emplace(const RespVec& args, size_t capacity) {
-  PipelineMsg* msg = get_if<PipelineMsg>(&payload);
+  PipelineMessage* msg = get_if<PipelineMessage>(&payload);
   if (msg) {
     msg->Reset(args.size(), capacity);
   } else {
-    payload = PipelineMsg{args.size(), capacity};
+    payload = PipelineMessage{args.size(), capacity};
   }
   SetArgs(args);
 }
 
-void Connection::Request::PipelineMsg::Reset(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) {
+void Connection::Request::PipelineMessage::Reset(size_t nargs, size_t capacity) {
   storage.resize(capacity);
   args.resize(nargs);
 }
@@ -262,8 +257,8 @@ template <class... Ts> struct Overloaded : Ts... { using Ts::operator()...; };
 template <class... Ts> Overloaded(Ts...) -> Overloaded<Ts...>;
 
 size_t Connection::Request::StorageCapacity() const {
-  return std::visit(Overloaded{[](const PubMsgRecord& msg) -> size_t { return 0; },
-                               [](const PipelineMsg& arg) -> size_t {
+  return std::visit(Overloaded{[](const PubMessage& msg) -> size_t { return 0; },
+                               [](const PipelineMessage& arg) -> size_t {
                                  return arg.storage.capacity() + arg.args.capacity();
                                },
                                [](const MonitorMessage& arg) -> size_t { return arg.capacity(); }},
@@ -271,18 +266,17 @@ size_t Connection::Request::StorageCapacity() const {
 }
 
 bool Connection::Request::IsPipelineMsg() const {
-  return std::get_if<PipelineMsg>(&payload) != nullptr;
+  return std::get_if<PipelineMessage>(&payload) != nullptr;
 }
 
-void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(const Request::MonitorMessage& msg) {
+void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(const MonitorMessage& msg) {
   RedisReplyBuilder* rbuilder = (RedisReplyBuilder*)builder;
   rbuilder->SendSimpleString(msg);
 }
 
-void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(const PubMsgRecord& msg) {
+void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(const PubMessage& pub_msg) {
   RedisReplyBuilder* rbuilder = (RedisReplyBuilder*)builder;
   ++stats->async_writes_cnt;
-  const PubMessage& pub_msg = msg.pub_msg;
   string_view arr[4];
   if (pub_msg.type == PubMessage::kPublish) {
     if (pub_msg.pattern.empty()) {
@@ -309,7 +303,7 @@ void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(const PubMsgRecord& msg) {
   }
 }
 
-void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(Request::PipelineMsg& msg) {
+void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(Request::PipelineMessage& msg) {
   ++stats->pipelined_cmd_cnt;
   self->pipeline_msg_cnt_--;
 
@@ -325,7 +319,7 @@ void Connection::DispatchOperations::operator()(Request::PipelineMsg& msg) {
 
 Connection::Connection(Protocol protocol, util::HttpListenerBase* http_listener, SSL_CTX* ctx,
                        ServiceInterface* service)
-    : io_buf_(kMinReadSize), http_listener_(http_listener), ctx_(ctx), service_(service) {
+    : io_buf_(kMinReadSize), http_listener_(http_listener), ctx_(ctx), service_(service), name_{} {
   static atomic_uint32_t next_id{1};
 
   protocol_ = protocol;
@@ -344,8 +338,6 @@ Connection::Connection(Protocol protocol, util::HttpListenerBase* http_listener,
 
   creation_time_ = time(nullptr);
   last_interaction_ = creation_time_;
-  memset(name_, 0, sizeof(name_));
-  memset(phase_, 0, sizeof(phase_));
   id_ = next_id.fetch_add(1, memory_order_relaxed);
 }
 
@@ -356,8 +348,8 @@ Connection::~Connection() {
 void Connection::OnShutdown() {
   VLOG(1) << "Connection::OnShutdown";
 
-  if (shutdown_) {
-    for (const auto& k_v : shutdown_->map) {
+  if (shutdown_cb_) {
+    for (const auto& k_v : shutdown_cb_->map) {
       k_v.second();
     }
   }
@@ -384,17 +376,17 @@ void Connection::OnPostMigrateThread() {
 }
 
 auto Connection::RegisterShutdownHook(ShutdownCb cb) -> ShutdownHandle {
-  if (!shutdown_) {
-    shutdown_ = make_unique<Shutdown>();
+  if (!shutdown_cb_) {
+    shutdown_cb_ = make_unique<Shutdown>();
   }
-  return shutdown_->Add(std::move(cb));
+  return shutdown_cb_->Add(std::move(cb));
 }
 
 void Connection::UnregisterShutdownHook(ShutdownHandle id) {
-  if (shutdown_) {
-    shutdown_->Remove(id);
-    if (shutdown_->map.empty())
-      shutdown_.reset();
+  if (shutdown_cb_) {
+    shutdown_cb_->Remove(id);
+    if (shutdown_cb_->map.empty())
+      shutdown_cb_.reset();
   }
 }
 
@@ -465,11 +457,11 @@ void Connection::HandleRequests() {
   VLOG(1) << "Closed connection for peer " << remote_ep;
 }
 
-void Connection::RegisterOnBreak(BreakerCb breaker_cb) {
+void Connection::RegisterBreakHook(BreakerCb breaker_cb) {
   breaker_cb_ = breaker_cb;
 }
 
-void Connection::SendMsgVecAsync(PubMessage pub_msg) {
+void Connection::SendPubMessageAsync(PubMessage pub_msg) {
   DCHECK(cc_);
 
   if (cc_->conn_closing) {
@@ -502,12 +494,15 @@ string Connection::GetClientInfo(unsigned thread_id) const {
   getsockopt(lsb->native_handle(), SOL_SOCKET, SO_INCOMING_CPU, &cpu, &len);
   int my_cpu_id = sched_getcpu();
 
+  static constexpr string_view PHASE_NAMES[] = {"readsock", "process"};
+  static_assert(PHASE_NAMES[PROCESS] == "process");
+
   absl::StrAppend(&res, "id=", id_, " addr=", re.address().to_string(), ":", re.port());
   absl::StrAppend(&res, " laddr=", le.address().to_string(), ":", le.port());
   absl::StrAppend(&res, " fd=", lsb->native_handle(), " name=", name_);
   absl::StrAppend(&res, " tid=", thread_id, " irqmatch=", int(cpu == my_cpu_id));
   absl::StrAppend(&res, " age=", now - creation_time_, " idle=", now - last_interaction_);
-  absl::StrAppend(&res, " phase=", phase_);
+  absl::StrAppend(&res, " phase=", PHASE_NAMES[phase_]);
 
   if (cc_) {
     string cc_info = service_->GetContextInfo(cc_.get());
@@ -575,7 +570,7 @@ void Connection::ConnectionFlow(FiberSocketBase* peer) {
   // At the start we read from the socket to determine the HTTP/Memstore protocol.
   // Therefore we may already have some data in the buffer.
   if (io_buf_.InputLen() > 0) {
-    SetPhase("process");
+    phase_ = PROCESS;
     if (redis_parser_) {
       parse_status = ParseRedis();
     } else {
@@ -647,10 +642,10 @@ auto Connection::ParseRedis() -> ParserStatus {
   mi_heap_t* tlh = mi_heap_get_backing();
 
   do {
-    result = redis_parser_->Parse(io_buf_.InputBuffer(), &consumed, &parse_args_);
+    result = redis_parser_->Parse(io_buf_.InputBuffer(), &consumed, &tmp_parse_args_);
 
-    if (result == RedisParser::OK && !parse_args_.empty()) {
-      RespExpr& first = parse_args_.front();
+    if (result == RedisParser::OK && !tmp_parse_args_.empty()) {
+      RespExpr& first = tmp_parse_args_.front();
       if (first.type == RespExpr::STRING) {
         DVLOG(2) << "Got Args with first token " << ToSV(first.GetBuf());
       }
@@ -662,28 +657,18 @@ auto Connection::ParseRedis() -> ParserStatus {
       bool is_sync_dispatch = !cc_->async_dispatch && !cc_->force_dispatch;
       if (dispatch_q_.empty() && is_sync_dispatch && consumed >= io_buf_.InputLen()) {
         // Gradually release the request pool.
-        // The request pool is shared by all the connections in the thread so we do not want
-        // to release it aggressively just because some connection is running in
-        // non-pipelined mode. So we wait at least N times,
-        // where N is the number of connections in the thread.
-        if (!free_req_pool_.empty()) {
-          ++free_req_release_weight;
-          if (free_req_release_weight > stats_->num_conns) {
-            free_req_release_weight = 0;
-            stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity -= free_req_pool_.back()->StorageCapacity();
-            free_req_pool_.pop_back();
-          }
-        }
-        RespToArgList(parse_args_, &cmd_vec_);
+        ShrinkPipelinePool();
 
-        DVLOG(2) << "Sync dispatch " << ToSV(cmd_vec_.front());
+        RespToArgList(tmp_parse_args_, &tmp_cmd_vec_);
 
-        CmdArgList cmd_list{cmd_vec_.data(), cmd_vec_.size()};
+        DVLOG(2) << "Sync dispatch " << ToSV(tmp_cmd_vec_.front());
+
+        CmdArgList cmd_list{tmp_cmd_vec_.data(), tmp_cmd_vec_.size()};
         service_->DispatchCommand(cmd_list, cc_.get());
         last_interaction_ = time(nullptr);
       } else {
         // Dispatch via queue to speedup input reading.
-        RequestPtr req = FromArgs(std::move(parse_args_), tlh);
+        RequestPtr req = FromArgs(std::move(tmp_parse_args_), tlh);
         ++pipeline_msg_cnt_;
         dispatch_q_.push_back(std::move(req));
         if (dispatch_q_.size() == 1) {
@@ -783,7 +768,7 @@ auto Connection::IoLoop(util::FiberSocketBase* peer) -> variant<error_code, Pars
     FetchBuilderStats(stats_, builder);
 
     io::MutableBytes append_buf = io_buf_.AppendBuffer();
-    SetPhase("readsock");
+    phase_ = READ_SOCKET;
 
     ::io::Result<size_t> recv_sz = peer->Recv(append_buf);
     last_interaction_ = time(nullptr);
@@ -797,7 +782,7 @@ auto Connection::IoLoop(util::FiberSocketBase* peer) -> variant<error_code, Pars
     io_buf_.CommitWrite(*recv_sz);
     stats_->io_read_bytes += *recv_sz;
     ++stats_->io_read_cnt;
-    SetPhase("process");
+    phase_ = PROCESS;
 
     if (redis_parser_) {
       parse_status = ParseRedis();
@@ -864,7 +849,7 @@ void Connection::DispatchFiber(util::FiberSocketBase* peer) {
 
     if (req->IsPipelineMsg() && stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity < request_cache_limit) {
       stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity += req->StorageCapacity();
-      free_req_pool_.push_back(std::move(req));
+      pipeline_req_pool_.push_back(std::move(req));
     }
   }
 
@@ -889,25 +874,48 @@ auto Connection::FromArgs(RespVec args, mi_heap_t* heap) -> RequestPtr {
 
   RequestPtr req;
 
-  if (free_req_pool_.empty()) {
-    req = Request::New(heap, args, backed_sz);
-  } else {
-    free_req_release_weight = 0;  // Reset the release weight.
-    req = move(free_req_pool_.back());
-    stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity -= req->StorageCapacity();
-
-    free_req_pool_.pop_back();
+  if (req = GetFromPipelinePool(); req) {
     req->Emplace(move(args), backed_sz);
+  } else {
+    req = Request::New(heap, args, backed_sz);
   }
   return req;
 }
 
+void Connection::ShrinkPipelinePool() {
+  if (pipeline_req_pool_.empty())
+    return;
+
+  // The request pool is shared by all the connections in the thread so we do not want
+  // to release it aggressively just because some connection is running in
+  // non-pipelined mode. So by using free_req_release_weight we wait at least N times,
+  // where N is the number of connections in the thread.
+  ++free_req_release_weight;
+
+  if (free_req_release_weight > stats_->num_conns) {
+    free_req_release_weight = 0;
+    stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity -= pipeline_req_pool_.back()->StorageCapacity();
+    pipeline_req_pool_.pop_back();
+  }
+}
+
+Connection::RequestPtr Connection::GetFromPipelinePool() {
+  if (pipeline_req_pool_.empty())
+    return {};
+
+  free_req_release_weight = 0;  // Reset the release weight.
+  RequestPtr req = move(pipeline_req_pool_.back());
+  stats_->pipeline_cache_capacity -= req->StorageCapacity();
+  pipeline_req_pool_.pop_back();
+  return req;
+}
+
 void Connection::ShutdownSelf() {
   util::Connection::Shutdown();
 }
 
 void Connection::ShutdownThreadLocal() {
-  free_req_pool_.clear();
+  pipeline_req_pool_.clear();
 }
 
 void RespToArgList(const RespVec& src, CmdArgVec* dest) {
@@ -919,7 +927,7 @@ void RespToArgList(const RespVec& src, CmdArgVec* dest) {
   }
 }
 
-void Connection::SendMonitorMsg(std::string monitor_msg) {
+void Connection::SendMonitorMessageAsync(std::string monitor_msg) {
   DCHECK(cc_);
 
   if (!cc_->conn_closing) {
diff --git a/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.h b/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.h
index 0ff26f465..d7e783d60 100644
--- a/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.h
+++ b/src/facade/dragonfly_connection.h
@@ -38,40 +38,30 @@ class RedisParser;
 class ServiceInterface;
 class MemcacheParser;
 
+// Connection represents an active connection for a client.
+//
+// It directly dispatches regular commands from the io-loop.
+// For pipelined requests, monitor and pubsub messages it uses
+// a separate dispatch queue that is processed on a separate fiber.
 class Connection : public util::Connection {
  public:
   Connection(Protocol protocol, util::HttpListenerBase* http_listener, SSL_CTX* ctx,
              ServiceInterface* service);
   ~Connection();
 
-  using error_code = std::error_code;
+  using BreakerCb = std::function<void(uint32_t)>;
   using ShutdownCb = std::function<void()>;
   using ShutdownHandle = unsigned;
 
-  ShutdownHandle RegisterShutdownHook(ShutdownCb cb);
-  void UnregisterShutdownHook(ShutdownHandle id);
-
-  Protocol protocol() const {
-    return protocol_;
-  }
-
-  using BreakerCb = std::function<void(uint32_t)>;
-  void RegisterOnBreak(BreakerCb breaker_cb);
-
-  // This interface is used to pass a published message directly to the socket without
-  // copying strings.
-  // Once the msg is sent "bc" will be decreased so that caller could release the underlying
-  // storage for the message.
-  // virtual - to allow the testing code to override it.
-
+  // PubSub message, either incoming message for active subscription or reply for new subscription.
   struct PubMessage {
     enum Type { kSubscribe, kUnsubscribe, kPublish } type;
 
-    std::string pattern{};  // if empty - means its a regular message, otherwise it's pmessage.
+    std::string pattern{};  // non-empty for pattern subscriber
     std::shared_ptr<std::string> channel{};
-    std::shared_ptr<std::string> message{};  // ensure that this message would out live passing
-                                             // between different threads/fibers
-    uint32_t channel_cnt = 0;                // relevant only for kSubscribe and kUnsubscribe
+    std::shared_ptr<std::string> message{};
+
+    uint32_t channel_cnt = 0;
 
     PubMessage(bool add, std::shared_ptr<std::string> channel, uint32_t channel_cnt);
     PubMessage(std::string pattern, std::shared_ptr<std::string> channel,
@@ -82,23 +72,28 @@ class Connection : public util::Connection {
     PubMessage(PubMessage&&) = default;
   };
 
-  // this function is overriden at test_utils TestConnection
-  virtual void SendMsgVecAsync(PubMessage pub_msg);
+  enum Phase { READ_SOCKET, PROCESS };
 
-  // Note that this is accepted by value because the message is processed asynchronously.
-  void SendMonitorMsg(std::string monitor_msg);
+ public:
+  // Add PubMessage to dispatch queue.
+  // Virtual because behaviour is overwritten in test_utils.
+  virtual void SendPubMessageAsync(PubMessage pub_msg);
 
-  void SetName(std::string_view name) {
-    CopyCharBuf(name, sizeof(name_), name_);
-  }
+  // Add monitor message to dispatch queue.
+  void SendMonitorMessageAsync(std::string monitor_msg);
 
-  const char* GetName() const {
-    return name_;
-  }
+  // Register hook that is executed on connection shutdown.
+  ShutdownHandle RegisterShutdownHook(ShutdownCb cb);
 
-  void SetPhase(std::string_view phase) {
-    CopyCharBuf(phase, sizeof(phase_), phase_);
-  }
+  void UnregisterShutdownHook(ShutdownHandle id);
+
+  // Register hook that is executen when the connection breaks.
+  void RegisterBreakHook(BreakerCb breaker_cb);
+
+  // Manually shutdown self.
+  void ShutdownSelf();
+
+  static void ShutdownThreadLocal();
 
   std::string GetClientInfo(unsigned thread_id) const;
   std::string RemoteEndpointStr() const;
@@ -106,9 +101,17 @@ class Connection : public util::Connection {
   std::string LocalBindAddress() const;
   uint32_t GetClientId() const;
 
-  void ShutdownSelf();
+  Protocol protocol() const {
+    return protocol_;
+  }
 
-  static void ShutdownThreadLocal();
+  void SetName(std::string name) {
+    name_ = name;
+  }
+
+  std::string_view GetName() const {
+    return name_;
+  }
 
  protected:
   void OnShutdown() override;
@@ -118,68 +121,84 @@ class Connection : public util::Connection {
  private:
   enum ParserStatus { OK, NEED_MORE, ERROR };
 
-  void HandleRequests() final;
-
-  static void CopyCharBuf(std::string_view src, unsigned dest_len, char* dest) {
-    src = src.substr(0, dest_len - 1);
-    if (!src.empty())
-      memcpy(dest, src.data(), src.size());
-    dest[src.size()] = '\0';
-  }
-
-  //
-  io::Result<bool> CheckForHttpProto(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
-
-  void ConnectionFlow(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
-  std::variant<std::error_code, ParserStatus> IoLoop(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
-
-  void DispatchFiber(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
-
-  ParserStatus ParseRedis();
-  ParserStatus ParseMemcache();
-  void OnBreakCb(int32_t mask);
-
-  base::IoBuf io_buf_;
-  std::unique_ptr<RedisParser> redis_parser_;
-  std::unique_ptr<MemcacheParser> memcache_parser_;
-  util::HttpListenerBase* http_listener_;
-  SSL_CTX* ctx_;
-  ServiceInterface* service_;
-  time_t creation_time_, last_interaction_;
-  char name_[16];
-  char phase_[16];
-
-  std::unique_ptr<ConnectionContext> cc_;
-
   class Request;
   struct DispatchOperations;
   struct DispatchCleanup;
   struct RequestDeleter;
+  struct Shutdown;
 
+  // Requests are allocated on the mimalloc heap and thus require a custom deleter.
   using RequestPtr = std::unique_ptr<Request, RequestDeleter>;
 
-  // args are passed deliberately by value - to pass the ownership.
+ private:
+  // Check protocol and handle connection.
+  void HandleRequests() final;
+
+  // Start dispatch fiber and run IoLoop.
+  void ConnectionFlow(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
+
+  // Main loop reading client messages and passing requests to dispatch queue.
+  std::variant<std::error_code, ParserStatus> IoLoop(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
+
+  // Returns true if HTTP header is detected.
+  io::Result<bool> CheckForHttpProto(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
+
+  // Handles events from dispatch queue.
+  void DispatchFiber(util::FiberSocketBase* peer);
+
+  // Create new pipeline request, re-use from pool when possible.
   RequestPtr FromArgs(RespVec args, mi_heap_t* heap);
 
-  std::deque<RequestPtr> dispatch_q_;  // coordinated via evc_.
-  uint32_t pipeline_msg_cnt_ = 0;
+  ParserStatus ParseRedis();
+  ParserStatus ParseMemcache();
 
-  static thread_local std::vector<RequestPtr> free_req_pool_;
-  dfly::EventCount evc_;
+  void OnBreakCb(int32_t mask);
 
-  RespVec parse_args_;
-  CmdArgVec cmd_vec_;
+  // Shrink pipeline pool by a little while handling regular commands.
+  void ShrinkPipelinePool();
+
+  // Returns non-null request ptr if pool has vacant entries.
+  RequestPtr GetFromPipelinePool();
+
+ private:
+  std::deque<RequestPtr> dispatch_q_;  // dispatch queue
+  dfly::EventCount evc_;               // dispatch queue waker
+
+  base::IoBuf io_buf_;  // used in io loop and parsers
+  std::unique_ptr<RedisParser> redis_parser_;
+  std::unique_ptr<MemcacheParser> memcache_parser_;
 
-  unsigned parser_error_ = 0;
   uint32_t id_;
-  uint32_t break_poll_id_ = UINT32_MAX;
+  Protocol protocol_;
   ConnectionStats* stats_ = nullptr;
 
-  Protocol protocol_;
+  util::HttpListenerBase* http_listener_;
+  SSL_CTX* ctx_;
+
+  ServiceInterface* service_;
+
+  time_t creation_time_, last_interaction_;
+
+  Phase phase_;
+  std::string name_;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<ConnectionContext> cc_;
+
+  unsigned parser_error_ = 0;
+  uint32_t pipeline_msg_cnt_ = 0;
+
+  uint32_t break_poll_id_ = UINT32_MAX;
 
-  struct Shutdown;
-  std::unique_ptr<Shutdown> shutdown_;
   BreakerCb breaker_cb_;
+  std::unique_ptr<Shutdown> shutdown_cb_;
+
+  RespVec tmp_parse_args_;
+  CmdArgVec tmp_cmd_vec_;
+
+  // Pooled pipieline messages per-thread.
+  // Aggregated while handling pipelines,
+  // graudally released while handling regular commands.
+  static thread_local std::vector<RequestPtr> pipeline_req_pool_;
 };
 
 void RespToArgList(const RespVec& src, CmdArgVec* dest);
diff --git a/src/server/conn_context.cc b/src/server/conn_context.cc
index 17daa81f9..90b1fe766 100644
--- a/src/server/conn_context.cc
+++ b/src/server/conn_context.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void ConnectionContext::ChangeSubscription(bool to_add, bool to_reply, CmdArgLis
 
   if (to_reply) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < result.size(); ++i) {
-      owner()->SendMsgVecAsync({to_add, make_shared<string>(ArgS(args, i)), result[i]});
+      owner()->SendPubMessageAsync({to_add, make_shared<string>(ArgS(args, i)), result[i]});
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/server/main_service.cc b/src/server/main_service.cc
index 486c91d05..6e2bbfc9e 100644
--- a/src/server/main_service.cc
+++ b/src/server/main_service.cc
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void SendMonitor(const std::string& msg) {
 
     for (auto monitor_conn : monitors) {
       // never preempts, so we can iterate safely.
-      monitor_conn->SendMonitorMsg(msg);
+      monitor_conn->SendMonitorMessageAsync(msg);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ facade::ConnectionContext* Service::CreateContext(util::FiberSocketBase* peer,
 
   // a bit of a hack. I set up breaker callback here for the owner.
   // Should work though it's confusing to have it here.
-  owner->RegisterOnBreak([res, this](uint32_t) {
+  owner->RegisterBreakHook([res, this](uint32_t) {
     if (res->transaction) {
       res->transaction->BreakOnShutdown();
     }
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ void Service::Publish(CmdArgList args, ConnectionContext* cntx) {
       while (it != subscribers_ptr->end() && it->thread_id == idx) {
         facade::Connection* conn = it->conn_cntx->owner();
         DCHECK(conn);
-        conn->SendMsgVecAsync({move(it->pattern), move(channel_ptr), move(msg_ptr)});
+        conn->SendPubMessageAsync({move(it->pattern), move(channel_ptr), move(msg_ptr)});
         it->borrow_token.Dec();
         it++;
       }
diff --git a/src/server/server_family.cc b/src/server/server_family.cc
index 2f63aef40..5d55fd825 100644
--- a/src/server/server_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/server_family.cc
@@ -1176,13 +1176,13 @@ void ServerFamily::Client(CmdArgList args, ConnectionContext* cntx) {
   string_view sub_cmd = ArgS(args, 0);
 
   if (sub_cmd == "SETNAME" && args.size() == 2) {
-    cntx->owner()->SetName(ArgS(args, 1));
+    cntx->owner()->SetName(string{ArgS(args, 1)});
     return (*cntx)->SendOk();
   }
 
   if (sub_cmd == "GETNAME") {
-    const char* name = cntx->owner()->GetName();
-    if (*name != 0) {
+    auto name = cntx->owner()->GetName();
+    if (!name.empty()) {
       return (*cntx)->SendBulkString(name);
     } else {
       return (*cntx)->SendNull();
diff --git a/src/server/test_utils.cc b/src/server/test_utils.cc
index 815dc7e70..4805f2cb5 100644
--- a/src/server/test_utils.cc
+++ b/src/server/test_utils.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ TestConnection::TestConnection(Protocol protocol, io::StringSink* sink)
     : facade::Connection(protocol, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr), sink_(sink) {
 }
 
-void TestConnection::SendMsgVecAsync(PubMessage pmsg) {
+void TestConnection::SendPubMessageAsync(PubMessage pmsg) {
   if (pmsg.type == PubMessage::kPublish) {
     messages.push_back(move(pmsg));
   } else {
diff --git a/src/server/test_utils.h b/src/server/test_utils.h
index ea89c986d..e36a8ab71 100644
--- a/src/server/test_utils.h
+++ b/src/server/test_utils.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TestConnection : public facade::Connection {
  public:
   TestConnection(Protocol protocol, io::StringSink* sink);
 
-  void SendMsgVecAsync(PubMessage pmsg) final;
+  void SendPubMessageAsync(PubMessage pmsg) final;
 
   std::vector<PubMessage> messages;