Merging the 1.6 branch back into master.

19 files changed, 160 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index af6440acef..0fad3b5d41 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,11 +1,43 @@
-# Release 1.5.0
+# Release 1.6.0
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 * Prebuilt binaries are now built against CUDA 9.0 and cuDNN 7.
-* Our Linux binaries are built using ubuntu 16 containers, potentially
-  introducing glibc incompatibility issues with ubuntu 14.
-* Starting from 1.6 release, our prebuilt binaries will use AVX instructions.
-  This may break TF on older CPUs.
+* Prebuilt binaries will use AVX instructions. This may break TF on older CPUs.
+
+## Major Features And Improvements
+* New Optimizer internal API for non-slot variables. Descendants of AdamOptimizer that access _beta[12]_power will need to be updated.
+* `tf.estimator.{FinalExporter,LatestExporter}` now export stripped SavedModels. This improves forward compatibility of the SavedModel.
+* FFT support added to XLA CPU/GPU.
+
+## Bug Fixes and Other Changes
+* Documentation updates:
+  * Added a second version of Getting Started, which is aimed at ML
+newcomers.
+  * Clarified documentation on `resize_images.align_corners` parameter.
+  * Additional documentation for TPUs.
+* Google Cloud Storage (GCS):
+  * Add client-side throttle.
+  * Add a `FlushCaches()` method to the FileSystem interface, with an implementation for GcsFileSystem.
+* Other:
+  * Add `tf.contrib.distributions.Kumaraswamy`.
+  * `RetryingFileSystem::FlushCaches()` calls the base FileSystem's `FlushCaches()`.
+  * Add auto_correlation to distributions.
+  * Add `tf.contrib.distributions.Autoregressive`.
+  * Add SeparableConv1D layer.
+  * Add convolutional Flipout layers.
+  * When both inputs of `tf.matmul` are bfloat16, it returns bfloat16, instead of float32.
+  * Added `tf.contrib.image.connected_components`.
+  * Add `tf.contrib.framework.CriticalSection` that allows atomic variable access.
+  * Output variance over trees predictions for classifications tasks.
+  * For `pt` and `eval` commands, allow writing tensor values to filesystem as numpy files.
+  * gRPC: Propagate truncated errors (instead of returning gRPC internal error).
+  * Augment parallel_interleave to support 2 kinds of prefetching.
+  * Improved XLA support for C64-related ops log, pow, atan2, tanh.
+  * Add probabilistic convolutional layers.
+
+## API Changes
+* Introducing prepare_variance boolean with default setting to False for backward compatibility.
+* Move `layers_dense_variational_impl.py` to `layers_dense_variational.py`.
 
 ## Known Bugs
 * Using XLA:GPU with CUDA 9 and CUDA 9.1 results in garbage results and/or
@@ -28,6 +60,42 @@
   TensorFlow will print a warning if you use XLA:GPU with a known-bad version of
   CUDA; see e00ba24c4038e7644da417ddc639169b6ea59122.
 
+## Thanks to our Contributors
+
+This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as:
+
+4d55397500, Ag Ramesh, Aiden Scandella, Akimasa Kimura, Alex Rothberg, Allen Goodman,
+amilioto, Andrei Costinescu, Andrei Nigmatulin, Anjum Sayed, Anthony Platanios,
+Anush Elangovan, Armando Fandango, Ashish Kumar Ram, Ashwini Shukla, Ben, Bhavani Subramanian,
+Brett Koonce, Carl Thomé, cclauss, Cesc, Changming Sun, Christoph Boeddeker, Clayne Robison,
+Clemens Schulz, Clint (Woonhyuk Baek), codrut3, Cole Gerdemann, Colin Raffel, Daniel Trebbien,
+Daniel Ylitalo, Daniel Zhang, Daniyar, Darjan Salaj, Dave Maclachlan, David Norman, Dong--Jian,
+dongsamb, dssgsra, Edward H, eladweiss, elilienstein, Eric Lilienstein, error.d, Eunji Jeong, fanlu,
+Florian Courtial, fo40225, Fred, Gregg Helt, Guozhong Zhuang, Hanchen Li, hsm207, hyunyoung2,
+ImSheridan, Ishant Mrinal Haloi, Jacky Ko, Jay Young, Jean Flaherty, Jerome, JerrikEph, Jesse
+Kinkead, jfaath, Jian Lin, jinghuangintel, Jiongyan Zhang, Joel Hestness, Joel Shor, Johnny Chan,
+Julian Niedermeier, Julian Wolff, JxKing, K-W-W, Karl Lessard, Kasper Marstal, Keiji Ariyama,
+Koan-Sin Tan, Loki Der Quaeler, Loo Rong Jie, Luke Schaefer, Lynn Jackson, ManHyuk, Matt Basta,
+Matt Smith, Matthew Schulkind, Michael, michaelkhan3, Miguel Piedrafita, Mikalai Drabovich,
+Mike Knapp, mjwen, mktozk, Mohamed Aly, Mohammad Ashraf Bhuiyan, Myungjoo Ham, Naman Bhalla,
+Namrata-Ibm, Nathan Luehr, nathansilberman, Netzeband, Niranjan Hasabnis, Omar Aflak, Ozge
+Yalcinkaya, Parth P Panchal, patrickzzy, Patryk Chrabaszcz, Paul Van Eck, Paweł Kapica, Peng Yu,
+Philip Yang, Pierre Blondeau, Po-Hsien Chu, powderluv, Puyu Wang, Rajendra Arora, Rasmus, Renat
+Idrisov, resec, Robin Richtsfeld, Ronald Eddy Jr, Sahil Singh, Sam Matzek, Sami Kama, sandipmgiri,
+Santiago Castro, Sayed Hadi Hashemi, Scott Tseng, Sergii Khomenko, Shahid, Shengpeng Liu, Shreyash
+Sharma, Shrinidhi Kl, Simone Cirillo, simsicon, Stanislav Levental, starsblinking, Stephen Lumenta,
+Steven Hickson, Su Tang, Taehoon Lee, Takuya Wakisaka, Ted Chang, Ted Ying, Tijmen Verhulsdonck,
+Timofey Kondrashov, vade, vaibhav, Valentin Khrulkov, vchigrin, Victor Costan, Viraj Navkal,
+Vivek Rane, wagonhelm, Yan Facai (颜发才), Yanbo Liang, Yaroslav Bulatov, yegord, Yong Tang,
+Yoni Tsafir, yordun, Yuan (Terry) Tang, Yuxin Wu, zhengdi, Zhengsheng Wei, 田传武
+
+# Release 1.5.0
+
+## Breaking Changes
+* Prebuilt binaries are now built against CUDA 9.0 and cuDNN 7.
+* Starting from 1.6 release, our prebuilt binaries will use AVX instructions.
+  This may break TF on older CPUs.
+
 ## Major Features And Improvements
 * [Eager execution](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/r1.5/tensorflow/contrib/eager)
   preview version is now available.
@@ -146,6 +214,27 @@
 * Minor refactor: move stats files from `stochastic` to `common` and remove
   `stochastic`.
 
+## Known Bugs
+* Using XLA:GPU with CUDA 9 and CUDA 9.1 results in garbage results and/or
+  `CUDA_ILLEGAL_ADDRESS` failures.
+
+  Google discovered in mid-December 2017 that the PTX-to-SASS compiler in CUDA 9
+  and CUDA 9.1 sometimes does not properly compute the carry bit when
+  decomposing 64-bit address calculations with large offsets (e.g. `load [x +
+  large_constant]`) into 32-bit arithmetic in SASS.
+
+  As a result, these versions of `ptxas` miscompile most XLA programs which use
+  more than 4GB of temp memory.  This results in garbage results and/or
+  `CUDA_ERROR_ILLEGAL_ADDRESS` failures.
+
+  A fix in CUDA 9.1.121 is expected in late February 2018.  We do not expect a
+  fix for CUDA 9.0.x.  Until the fix is available, the only workaround is to
+  [downgrade](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive) to CUDA 8.0.x
+  or disable XLA:GPU.
+
+  TensorFlow will print a warning if you use XLA:GPU with a known-bad version of
+  CUDA; see e00ba24c4038e7644da417ddc639169b6ea59122.
+
 ## Thanks to our Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as:
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/cmake/tf_tests.cmake b/tensorflow/contrib/cmake/tf_tests.cmake
index 2e79eadf7f..73edd616ea 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/cmake/tf_tests.cmake
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/cmake/tf_tests.cmake
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ if (tensorflow_BUILD_PYTHON_TESTS)
       "${tensorflow_source_dir}/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/control_flow_util_test.py"
       # Flaky replicate_model_fn_test
       "${tensorflow_source_dir}/tensorflow/contrib/estimator/python/estimator/replicate_model_fn_test.py"  # b/71901810
+      # Broken io_utils_test
+      "${tensorflow_source_dir}/tensorflow/python/keras/_impl/keras/utils/io_utils_test.py"  # b/72894325
   )
   endif()
   list(REMOVE_ITEM tf_test_src_py ${tf_test_src_py_exclude})
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/examples/mnist/mnist.py b/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/examples/mnist/mnist.py
index ed7dbc8904..772f59562b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/examples/mnist/mnist.py
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/eager/python/examples/mnist/mnist.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MNISTModel(tfe.Network):
   """MNIST Network.
 
   Network structure is equivalent to:
-  https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/r1.5/tensorflow/examples/tutorials/mnist/mnist_deep.py
+  https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/r1.6/tensorflow/examples/tutorials/mnist/mnist_deep.py
   and
   https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/tutorials/image/mnist/convolutional.py
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD b/tensorflow/contrib/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
index 404c7d3718..adedd58ff4 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/lite/kernels/internal/BUILD
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ cc_library(
         ":x86": [
             ":neon_tensor_utils",
         ],
+        ":k8": [
+            ":neon_tensor_utils",
+        ],
         ":darwin": [
             ":neon_tensor_utils",
         ],
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/py2tf/converters/BUILD b/tensorflow/contrib/py2tf/converters/BUILD
index 03ded49022..fc6781d50e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/py2tf/converters/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/py2tf/converters/BUILD
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ py_test(
     name = "for_canonicalization_test",
     srcs = ["for_canonicalization_test.py"],
     srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
-    tags = ["nomac"],
     deps = [
         ":test_lib",
         "//tensorflow/contrib/py2tf/pyct",
diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/tpu/profiler/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/contrib/tpu/profiler/pip_package/setup.py
index 3dffebe668..cb61984799 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/tpu/profiler/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/tpu/profiler/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-_VERSION = '1.5.0-rc1'
+_VERSION = '1.6.0-rc0'
 
 CONSOLE_SCRIPTS = [
     'capture_tpu_profile=cloud_tpu_profiler.main:run_main',
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
index b02f899b87..50bfa91267 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 // TensorFlow uses semantic versioning, see http://semver.org/.
 
 #define TF_MAJOR_VERSION 1
-#define TF_MINOR_VERSION 5
+#define TF_MINOR_VERSION 6
 #define TF_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 // TF_VERSION_SUFFIX is non-empty for pre-releases (e.g. "-alpha", "-alpha.1",
 // "-beta", "-rc", "-rc.1")
-#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX ""
+#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc0"
 
 #define TF_STR_HELPER(x) #x
 #define TF_STR(x) TF_STR_HELPER(x)
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_c.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_c.md
index 14add7c77e..a783205b4a 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_c.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_c.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ enable TensorFlow for C:
          OS="linux" # Change to "darwin" for macOS
          TARGET_DIRECTORY="/usr/local"
          curl -L \
-           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-${TF_TYPE}-${OS}-x86_64-1.5.0.tar.gz" |
+           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-${TF_TYPE}-${OS}-x86_64-1.6.0-rc0.tar.gz" |
            sudo tar -C $TARGET_DIRECTORY -xz
 
      The `tar` command extracts the TensorFlow C library into the `lib`
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_go.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_go.md
index d2af9d9843..5249e04615 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_go.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_go.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ steps to install this library and enable TensorFlow for Go:
          TF_TYPE="cpu" # Change to "gpu" for GPU support
          TARGET_DIRECTORY='/usr/local'
          curl -L \
-           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-${TF_TYPE}-$(go env GOOS)-x86_64-1.5.0.tar.gz" |
+           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-${TF_TYPE}-$(go env GOOS)-x86_64-1.6.0-rc0.tar.gz" |
          sudo tar -C $TARGET_DIRECTORY -xz
 
      The `tar` command extracts the TensorFlow C library into the `lib`
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_java.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_java.md
index e5388c4b1e..0c6c773e62 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_java.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_java.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ following to the project's `pom.xml` to use the TensorFlow Java APIs:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.tensorflow</groupId>
   <artifactId>tensorflow</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-rc0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ As an example, these steps will create a Maven project that uses TensorFlow:
                <dependency>
                  <groupId>org.tensorflow</groupId>
                  <artifactId>tensorflow</artifactId>
-                 <version>1.5.0</version>
+                 <version>1.6.0-rc0</version>
                </dependency>
              </dependencies>
          </project>
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ instead:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.tensorflow</groupId>
   <artifactId>libtensorflow</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-rc0</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.tensorflow</groupId>
   <artifactId>libtensorflow_jni_gpu</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-rc0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ refer to the simpler instructions above instead.
 Take the following steps to install TensorFlow for Java on Linux or macOS:
 
   1. Download
-     [libtensorflow.jar](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-1.5.0.jar),
+     [libtensorflow.jar](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-1.6.0-rc0.jar),
      which is the TensorFlow Java Archive (JAR).
 
   2. Decide whether you will run TensorFlow for Java on CPU(s) only or with
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow for Java on Linux or macOS:
          OS=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
          mkdir -p ./jni
          curl -L \
-           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow_jni-${TF_TYPE}-${OS}-x86_64-1.5.0.tar.gz" |
+           "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow_jni-${TF_TYPE}-${OS}-x86_64-1.6.0-rc0.tar.gz" |
            tar -xz -C ./jni
 
 ### Install on Windows
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow for Java on Linux or macOS:
 Take the following steps to install TensorFlow for Java on Windows:
 
   1. Download
-     [libtensorflow.jar](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-1.5.0.jar),
+     [libtensorflow.jar](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-1.6.0-rc0.jar),
      which is the TensorFlow Java Archive (JAR).
   2. Download the following Java Native Interface (JNI) file appropriate for
-     [TensorFlow for Java on Windows](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow_jni-cpu-windows-x86_64-1.5.0.zip).
+     [TensorFlow for Java on Windows](https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow_jni-cpu-windows-x86_64-1.6.0-rc0.zip).
   3. Extract this .zip file.
 
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ must be part of your `classpath`. For example, you can include the
 downloaded `.jar` in your `classpath` by using the `-cp` compilation flag
 as follows:
 
-<pre><b>javac -cp libtensorflow-1.5.0.jar HelloTF.java</b></pre>
+<pre><b>javac -cp libtensorflow-1.6.0-rc0.jar HelloTF.java</b></pre>
 
 
 ### Running
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ two files are available to the JVM:
 For example, the following command line executes the `HelloTF` program on Linux
 and macOS X:
 
-<pre><b>java -cp libtensorflow-1.5.0.jar:. -Djava.library.path=./jni HelloTF</b></pre>
+<pre><b>java -cp libtensorflow-1.6.0-rc0.jar:. -Djava.library.path=./jni HelloTF</b></pre>
 
 And the following command line executes the `HelloTF` program on Windows:
 
-<pre><b>java -cp libtensorflow-1.5.0.jar;. -Djava.library.path=jni HelloTF</b></pre>
+<pre><b>java -cp libtensorflow-1.6.0-rc0.jar;. -Djava.library.path=jni HelloTF</b></pre>
 
 If the program prints <tt>Hello from <i>version</i></tt>, you've successfully
 installed TensorFlow for Java and are ready to use the API.  If the program
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_linux.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_linux.md
index cd8c14599f..105b225177 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_linux.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_linux.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow with Virtualenv:
      Virtualenv environment:
 
      <pre>(tensorflow)$ <b>pip3 install --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b></pre>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b></pre>
 
 If you encounter installation problems, see
 [Common Installation Problems](#common_installation_problems).
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ take the following steps:
 
      <pre>
      $ <b>sudo pip3 install --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b>
      </pre>
 
      If this step fails, see
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow in an Anaconda environment:
 
      <pre>
      (tensorflow)$ <b>pip install --ignore-installed --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b></pre>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl</b></pre>
 
 
 <a name="ValidateYourInstallation"></a>
@@ -648,14 +648,14 @@ This section documents the relevant values for Linux installations.
 CPU only:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
 GPU support:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 Note that GPU support requires the NVIDIA hardware and software described in
@@ -667,14 +667,14 @@ Note that GPU support requires the NVIDIA hardware and software described in
 CPU only:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
 GPU support:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0-cp34-cp34m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 Note that GPU support requires the NVIDIA hardware and software described in
@@ -686,14 +686,14 @@ Note that GPU support requires the NVIDIA hardware and software described in
 CPU only:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
 GPU support:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -705,14 +705,14 @@ Note that GPU support requires the NVIDIA hardware and software described in
 CPU only:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
 GPU support:
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
 </pre>
 
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_mac.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_mac.md
index f49d3a2f08..a6ea548cfb 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_mac.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_mac.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow with Virtualenv:
      TensorFlow in the active Virtualenv is as follows:
 
      <pre> $ <b>pip3 install --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl</b></pre>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py3-none-any.whl</b></pre>
 
 If you encounter installation problems, see
 [Common Installation Problems](#common-installation-problems).
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ take the following steps:
      issue the following command:
 
      <pre> $ <b>sudo pip3 install --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl</b> </pre>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py3-none-any.whl</b> </pre>
 
      If the preceding command fails, see
      [installation problems](#common-installation-problems).
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Take the following steps to install TensorFlow in an Anaconda environment:
      TensorFlow for Python 2.7:
 
      <pre> (<i>targetDirectory</i>)$ <b>pip install --ignore-installed --upgrade \
-     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.whl</b></pre>
+     https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py2-none-any.whl</b></pre>
 
 
 <a name="ValidateYourInstallation"></a>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ This section documents the relevant values for Mac OS installations.
 
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py2-none-any.whl
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -528,5 +528,5 @@ https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.
 
 
 <pre>
-https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
+https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py3-none-any.whl
 </pre>
diff --git a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_sources.md b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_sources.md
index ccf62a169f..0dbb15188e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_sources.md
+++ b/tensorflow/docs_src/install/install_sources.md
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ Invoke `pip install` to install that pip package.
 The filename of the `.whl` file depends on your platform.
 For example, the following command will install the pip package
 
-for TensorFlow 1.5.0 on Linux:
+for TensorFlow 1.6.0rc0 on Linux:
 
 <pre>
-$ <b>sudo pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.whl</b>
+$ <b>sudo pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-1.6.0rc0-py2-none-any.whl</b>
 </pre>
 
 ## Validate your installation
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ Stack Overflow and specify the `tensorflow` tag.
 **Linux**
 <table>
 <tr><th>Version:</th><th>CPU/GPU:</th><th>Python Version:</th><th>Compiler:</th><th>Build Tools:</th><th>cuDNN:</th><th>CUDA:</th></tr>
-
+<tr><td>tensorflow-1.6.0rc0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>GCC 4.8</td><td>Bazel 0.9.0</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
+<tr><td>tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0</td><td>GPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>GCC 4.8</td><td>Bazel 0.9.0</td><td>7</td><td>9</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.5.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>GCC 4.8</td><td>Bazel 0.8.0</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0</td><td>GPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>GCC 4.8</td><td>Bazel 0.8.0</td><td>7</td><td>9</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.4.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>GCC 4.8</td><td>Bazel 0.5.4</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ Stack Overflow and specify the `tensorflow` tag.
 **Mac**
 <table>
 <tr><th>Version:</th><th>CPU/GPU:</th><th>Python Version:</th><th>Compiler:</th><th>Build Tools:</th><th>cuDNN:</th><th>CUDA:</th></tr>
+<tr><td>tensorflow-1.6.0rc0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>Clang from xcode</td><td>Bazel 0.8.1</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.5.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>Clang from xcode</td><td>Bazel 0.8.1</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.4.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>Clang from xcode</td><td>Bazel 0.5.4</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.3.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>2.7, 3.3-3.6</td><td>Clang from xcode</td><td>Bazel 0.4.5</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
@@ -491,6 +493,8 @@ Stack Overflow and specify the `tensorflow` tag.
 **Windows**
 <table>
 <tr><th>Version:</th><th>CPU/GPU:</th><th>Python Version:</th><th>Compiler:</th><th>Build Tools:</th><th>cuDNN:</th><th>CUDA:</th></tr>
+<tr><td>tensorflow-1.6.0rc0</td><td>CPU</td><td>3.5-3.6</td><td>MSVC 2015 update 3</td><td>Cmake v3.6.3</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
+<tr><td>tensorflow_gpu-1.6.0rc0</td><td>GPU</td><td>3.5-3.6</td><td>MSVC 2015 update 3</td><td>Cmake v3.6.3</td><td>7</td><td>9</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.5.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>3.5-3.6</td><td>MSVC 2015 update 3</td><td>Cmake v3.6.3</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow_gpu-1.5.0</td><td>GPU</td><td>3.5-3.6</td><td>MSVC 2015 update 3</td><td>Cmake v3.6.3</td><td>7</td><td>9</td></tr>
 <tr><td>tensorflow-1.4.0</td><td>CPU</td><td>3.5-3.6</td><td>MSVC 2015 update 3</td><td>Cmake v3.6.3</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr>
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/client/session.py b/tensorflow/python/client/session.py
index 6befeb846d..f3c4fecdc0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/client/session.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/client/session.py
@@ -1539,8 +1539,22 @@ class Session(BaseSession):
   def __exit__(self, exec_type, exec_value, exec_tb):
     if exec_type is errors.OpError:
       logging.error('Session closing due to OpError: %s', (exec_value,))
-    self._default_session_context_manager.__exit__(exec_type, exec_value,
-                                                   exec_tb)
+    try:
+      self._default_session_context_manager.__exit__(exec_type, exec_value,
+                                                     exec_tb)
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+      if error == exec_value:
+        # NOTE(skyewm): for some reason, in Python3,
+        # _default_session_context_manager.__exit__ will re-raise the "not
+        # re-entrant" exception raised in __enter__ above (note that if we're
+        # here, we're in the outer session context manager, since __exit__ is
+        # not called when __enter__ raises an exception). We still want to
+        # continue cleaning up this context manager before the exception is
+        # further propagated, so we ignore it here (note that it'll continue
+        # being propagated after this method completes).
+        pass
+      else:
+        raise
     self._default_graph_context_manager.__exit__(exec_type, exec_value, exec_tb)
 
     self._default_session_context_manager = None
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/ci_sanity.sh b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/ci_sanity.sh
index b3a8ff2ac7..fd5d005844 100755
--- a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/ci_sanity.sh
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/ci_sanity.sh
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ do_external_licenses_check(){
 
   # Whitelist
   echo ${EXTRA_LICENSE_FILE}
-  grep -e "@bazel_tools//src/" -e "@bazel_tools//tools/" -e "@com_google_absl//" -e "//external" -e "@local" -v ${EXTRA_LICENSES_FILE} > temp.txt
+  grep -e "@bazel_tools//src" -e "@bazel_tools//tools/" -e "@com_google_absl//" -e "//external" -e "@local" -v ${EXTRA_LICENSES_FILE} > temp.txt
   mv temp.txt ${EXTRA_LICENSES_FILE}
 
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel
index 5dc4a053fd..d16761c367 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN mkdir /bazel && \
 
 # Download and build TensorFlow.
 WORKDIR /tensorflow
-RUN git clone --branch=r1.5 --depth=1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git .
+RUN git clone --branch=r1.6 --depth=1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git .
 
 # TODO(craigcitro): Don't install the pip package, since it makes it
 # more difficult to experiment with local changes. Instead, just add
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-cpu-mkl b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-cpu-mkl
index 96b260ad3a..3690e7dfe5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-cpu-mkl
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-cpu-mkl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM tensorflow/tensorflow:latest-devel
 LABEL maintainer="Clayne Robison<clayne.b.robison@intel.com>"
 
 # These arguments are parameterized. Use --build-args to override.
-ARG TF_BRANCH=r1.5
+ARG TF_BRANCH=r1.6
 ARG WHL_DIR=/whl
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-gpu b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-gpu
index 07ffd3839a..4ef37881bc 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-gpu
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/docker/Dockerfile.devel-gpu
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ RUN mkdir /bazel && \
 
 # Download and build TensorFlow.
 WORKDIR /tensorflow
-RUN git clone --branch=r1.5 --depth=1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git .
+RUN git clone --branch=r1.6 --depth=1 https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git .
 
 # Configure the build for our CUDA configuration.
 ENV CI_BUILD_PYTHON python
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index d7fab2b93a..2002786999 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from setuptools.dist import Distribution
 # This version string is semver compatible, but incompatible with pip.
 # For pip, we will remove all '-' characters from this string, and use the
 # result for pip.
-_VERSION = '1.5.0'
+_VERSION = '1.6.0-rc0'
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
     'absl-py >= 0.1.6',