diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 74d81bd5f..e4105369a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 ### FEATURES:
 
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
+- [rpc] Add `UnconfirmedTxs(limit)` and `NumUnconfirmedTxs()` methods to HTTP/Local clients (@danil-lashin)
 
 ### BUG FIXES:
-- [kv indexer] \#2912 don't ignore key when executing CONTAINS
\ No newline at end of file
+- [kv indexer] \#2912 don't ignore key when executing CONTAINS
+- [p2p] \#2715 fix a bug where seeds don't disconnect from a peer after 3h
diff --git a/libs/log/testing_logger.go b/libs/log/testing_logger.go
index 81482bef5..8914bd81f 100644
--- a/libs/log/testing_logger.go
+++ b/libs/log/testing_logger.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package log
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -19,12 +20,22 @@ var (
 // inside a test (not in the init func) because
 // verbose flag only set at the time of testing.
 func TestingLogger() Logger {
+	return TestingLoggerWithOutput(os.Stdout)
+}
+
+// TestingLoggerWOutput returns a TMLogger which writes to (w io.Writer) if testing being run
+// with the verbose (-v) flag, NopLogger otherwise.
+//
+// Note that the call to TestingLoggerWithOutput(w io.Writer) must be made
+// inside a test (not in the init func) because
+// verbose flag only set at the time of testing.
+func TestingLoggerWithOutput(w io.Writer) Logger {
 	if _testingLogger != nil {
 		return _testingLogger
 	}
 
 	if testing.Verbose() {
-		_testingLogger = NewTMLogger(NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
+		_testingLogger = NewTMLogger(NewSyncWriter(w))
 	} else {
 		_testingLogger = NewNopLogger()
 	}
diff --git a/mempool/mempool.go b/mempool/mempool.go
index 8f70ec6c8..a64ce9188 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ func PostCheckMaxGas(maxGas int64) PostCheckFunc {
 		if maxGas == -1 {
 			return nil
 		}
+		if res.GasWanted < 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("gas wanted %d is negative",
+				res.GasWanted)
+		}
 		if res.GasWanted > maxGas {
 			return fmt.Errorf("gas wanted %d is greater than max gas %d",
 				res.GasWanted, maxGas)
diff --git a/p2p/conn/connection.go b/p2p/conn/connection.go
index c6aad038b..fb20c4775 100644
--- a/p2p/conn/connection.go
+++ b/p2p/conn/connection.go
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ func NewMConnectionWithConfig(conn net.Conn, chDescs []*ChannelDescriptor, onRec
 		onReceive:     onReceive,
 		onError:       onError,
 		config:        config,
+		created:       time.Now(),
 	}
 
 	// Create channels
diff --git a/rpc/client/httpclient.go b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
index a1b59ffa0..1a1d88c47 100644
--- a/rpc/client/httpclient.go
+++ b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
@@ -109,6 +109,24 @@ func (c *HTTP) broadcastTX(route string, tx types.Tx) (*ctypes.ResultBroadcastTx
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func (c *HTTP) UnconfirmedTxs(limit int) (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
+	result := new(ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs)
+	_, err := c.rpc.Call("unconfirmed_txs", map[string]interface{}{"limit": limit}, result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unconfirmed_txs")
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *HTTP) NumUnconfirmedTxs() (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
+	result := new(ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs)
+	_, err := c.rpc.Call("num_unconfirmed_txs", map[string]interface{}{}, result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "num_unconfirmed_txs")
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func (c *HTTP) NetInfo() (*ctypes.ResultNetInfo, error) {
 	result := new(ctypes.ResultNetInfo)
 	_, err := c.rpc.Call("net_info", map[string]interface{}{}, result)
diff --git a/rpc/client/interface.go b/rpc/client/interface.go
index f34410c5b..7477225e9 100644
--- a/rpc/client/interface.go
+++ b/rpc/client/interface.go
@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@ type NetworkClient interface {
 type EventsClient interface {
 	types.EventBusSubscriber
 }
+
+// MempoolClient shows us data about current mempool state.
+type MempoolClient interface {
+	UnconfirmedTxs(limit int) (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error)
+	NumUnconfirmedTxs() (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error)
+}
diff --git a/rpc/client/localclient.go b/rpc/client/localclient.go
index 8d89b7150..ba8fb3f17 100644
--- a/rpc/client/localclient.go
+++ b/rpc/client/localclient.go
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ func (Local) BroadcastTxSync(tx types.Tx) (*ctypes.ResultBroadcastTx, error) {
 	return core.BroadcastTxSync(tx)
 }
 
+func (Local) UnconfirmedTxs(limit int) (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
+	return core.UnconfirmedTxs(limit)
+}
+
+func (Local) NumUnconfirmedTxs() (*ctypes.ResultUnconfirmedTxs, error) {
+	return core.NumUnconfirmedTxs()
+}
+
 func (Local) NetInfo() (*ctypes.ResultNetInfo, error) {
 	return core.NetInfo()
 }
diff --git a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
index b07b74a39..fa5080f90 100644
--- a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,42 @@ func TestBroadcastTxCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnconfirmedTxs(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, tx := MakeTxKV()
+
+	mempool := node.MempoolReactor().Mempool
+	_ = mempool.CheckTx(tx, nil)
+
+	for i, c := range GetClients() {
+		mc, ok := c.(client.MempoolClient)
+		require.True(t, ok, "%d", i)
+		txs, err := mc.UnconfirmedTxs(1)
+		require.Nil(t, err, "%d: %+v", i, err)
+		assert.Exactly(t, types.Txs{tx}, types.Txs(txs.Txs))
+	}
+
+	mempool.Flush()
+}
+
+func TestNumUnconfirmedTxs(t *testing.T) {
+	_, _, tx := MakeTxKV()
+
+	mempool := node.MempoolReactor().Mempool
+	_ = mempool.CheckTx(tx, nil)
+	mempoolSize := mempool.Size()
+
+	for i, c := range GetClients() {
+		mc, ok := c.(client.MempoolClient)
+		require.True(t, ok, "%d", i)
+		res, err := mc.NumUnconfirmedTxs()
+		require.Nil(t, err, "%d: %+v", i, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, mempoolSize, res.N)
+	}
+
+	mempool.Flush()
+}
+
 func TestTx(t *testing.T) {
 	// first we broadcast a tx
 	c := getHTTPClient()