diff --git a/cmd/crioctl/container.go b/cmd/crioctl/container.go
index 693804d0..7788d547 100644
--- a/cmd/crioctl/container.go
+++ b/cmd/crioctl/container.go
@@ -460,6 +460,13 @@ func ContainerStatus(client pb.RuntimeServiceClient, ID string) error {
 	ftm := time.Unix(0, r.Status.FinishedAt)
 	fmt.Printf("Finished: %v\n", ftm)
 	fmt.Printf("Exit Code: %v\n", r.Status.ExitCode)
+	if r.Status.Image != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Image: %v\n", r.Status.Image.Image)
+	}
+	//
+	// TODO: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/issues/531
+	//
+	//fmt.Printf("ImageRef: %v\n", r.Status.ImageRef)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/container_status.go b/server/container_status.go
index febe7060..d2a500d3 100644
--- a/server/container_status.go
+++ b/server/container_status.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/oci"
 	rspec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -24,14 +26,12 @@ func (s *Server) ContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ContainerStatusReq
 	s.containerStateToDisk(c)
 
 	containerID := c.ID()
-	image := c.Image()
 	resp := &pb.ContainerStatusResponse{
 		Status: &pb.ContainerStatus{
 			Id:          containerID,
 			Metadata:    c.Metadata(),
 			Labels:      c.Labels(),
 			Annotations: c.Annotations(),
-			Image:       image,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -41,12 +41,39 @@ func (s *Server) ContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ContainerStatusReq
 	}
 	resp.Status.Mounts = mounts
 
-	status, err := s.storageImageServer.ImageStatus(s.imageContext, image.Image)
+	imageName := c.Image().Image
+	status, err := s.storageImageServer.ImageStatus(s.imageContext, imageName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	resp.Status.ImageRef = status.ID
+	imageRef := status.ID
+	//
+	// TODO: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/issues/531
+	//
+	//for _, n := range status.Names {
+	//r, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(n)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to normalize image name for ImageRef: %v", err)
+	//}
+	//if digested, isDigested := r.(reference.Canonical); isDigested {
+	//imageRef = reference.FamiliarString(digested)
+	//break
+	//}
+	//}
+	resp.Status.ImageRef = imageRef
+
+	for _, n := range status.Names {
+		r, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(n)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to normalize image name for Image: %v", err)
+		}
+		if tagged, isTagged := r.(reference.Tagged); isTagged {
+			imageName = reference.FamiliarString(tagged)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	resp.Status.Image = &pb.ImageSpec{Image: imageName}
 
 	cState := s.runtime.ContainerStatus(c)
 	rStatus := pb.ContainerState_CONTAINER_UNKNOWN
diff --git a/server/image_status.go b/server/image_status.go
index d2cf9d4f..0841c702 100644
--- a/server/image_status.go
+++ b/server/image_status.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func (s *Server) ImageStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ImageStatusRequest) (*
 			Id:       status.ID,
 			RepoTags: status.Names,
 			Size_:    *status.Size,
+			// TODO: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/issues/531
 		},
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("ImageStatusResponse: %+v", resp)
diff --git a/server/sandbox_remove.go b/server/sandbox_remove.go
index b4a5b66e..6f23b9ed 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_remove.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_remove.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ func (s *Server) RemovePodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RemovePodSandboxR
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		// If the sandbox isn't found we just return an empty response to adhere
+		// the the CRI interface which expects to not error out in not found
+		// cases.
+
 		resp := &pb.RemovePodSandboxResponse{}
 		logrus.Warnf("could not get sandbox %s, it's probably been removed already: %v", req.PodSandboxId, err)
 		return resp, nil
diff --git a/server/sandbox_stop.go b/server/sandbox_stop.go
index d18cf51f..fb998b1d 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_stop.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_stop.go
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@ func (s *Server) StopPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.StopPodSandboxReque
 	logrus.Debugf("StopPodSandboxRequest %+v", req)
 	sb, err := s.getPodSandboxFromRequest(req.PodSandboxId)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		if err == errSandboxIDEmpty {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// If the sandbox isn't found we just return an empty response to adhere
+		// the the CRI interface which expects to not error out in not found
+		// cases.
+
+		resp := &pb.StopPodSandboxResponse{}
+		logrus.Warnf("could not get sandbox %s, it's probably been stopped already: %v", req.PodSandboxId, err)
+		return resp, nil
 	}
 
 	podInfraContainer := sb.infraContainer
diff --git a/test/helpers.bash b/test/helpers.bash
index 873c2f67..7658357a 100644
--- a/test/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/helpers.bash
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function start_crio() {
 	if ! [ "$3" = "--no-pause-image" ] ; then
 		"$BIN2IMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --source-binary "$PAUSE_BINARY"
 	fi
-	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=redis:alpine --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/redis-image --add-name=docker://docker.io/library/redis:alpine --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
+	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=redis:alpine --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/redis-image --add-name=docker.io/library/redis:alpine --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
 	"$CRIO_BINARY" --conmon "$CONMON_BINARY" --listen "$CRIO_SOCKET" --cgroup-manager "$CGROUP_MANAGER" --runtime "$RUNTIME_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" $STORAGE_OPTS --seccomp-profile "$seccomp" --apparmor-profile "$apparmor" --cni-config-dir "$CRIO_CNI_CONFIG" --signature-policy "$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json --config /dev/null config >$CRIO_CONFIG
 
 	# Prepare the CNI configuration files, we're running with non host networking by default
@@ -170,6 +170,24 @@ function start_crio() {
 	if [ "$status" -ne 0 ] ; then
 		crioctl image pull busybox:latest
 	fi
+	#
+	#
+	#
+	# TODO: remove the code below for redis digested image id when
+	#       https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/issues/531 is complete
+	#       as the digested reference will be auto-stored when pulling the tag
+	#       above
+	#
+	#
+	#
+	REDIS_IMAGEID_DIGESTED="redis@sha256:03789f402b2ecfb98184bf128d180f398f81c63364948ff1454583b02442f73b"
+	run crioctl image status --id $REDIS_IMAGEID_DIGESTED
+	if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
+		crioctl image pull $REDIS_IMAGEID_DIGESTED
+	fi
+	#
+	#
+	#
 	BUSYBOX_IMAGEID=$(crioctl image status --id=busybox | head -1 | sed -e "s/ID: //g")
 }
 
diff --git a/test/image.bats b/test/image.bats
index ebad58fc..cb2bc155 100644
--- a/test/image.bats
+++ b/test/image.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,58 @@ function teardown() {
 	stop_crio
 }
 
+@test "container status return image:tag if created by image ID" {
+	start_crio
+
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+
+	sed -e "s/%VALUE%/$REDIS_IMAGEID/g" "$TESTDATA"/container_config_by_imageid.json > "$TESTDIR"/ctr_by_imageid.json
+
+	run crioctl ctr create --config "$TESTDIR"/ctr_by_imageid.json --pod "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr_id="$output"
+
+	run crioctl ctr status --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "Image: redis:alpine" ]]
+
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_crio
+}
+
+@test "container status return image@digest if created by image ID and digest available" {
+	skip "depends on https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/issues/531"
+
+	start_crio
+
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+
+	sed -e "s/%VALUE%/$REDIS_IMAGEID_DIGESTED/g" "$TESTDATA"/container_config_by_imageid.json > "$TESTDIR"/ctr_by_imageid.json
+
+	run crioctl ctr create --config "$TESTDIR"/ctr_by_imageid.json --pod "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr_id="$output"
+
+	run crioctl ctr status --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "ImageRef: redis@sha256:03789f402b2ecfb98184bf128d180f398f81c63364948ff1454583b02442f73b" ]]
+
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_crio
+}
+
 @test "image pull" {
 	start_crio "" "" --no-pause-image
 	run crioctl image pull "$IMAGE"
diff --git a/test/pod.bats b/test/pod.bats
index 4a4ce3f4..0ab7fb77 100644
--- a/test/pod.bats
+++ b/test/pod.bats
@@ -56,6 +56,29 @@ function teardown() {
 	stop_crio
 }
 
+@test "pod stop ignores not found sandboxes" {
+	start_crio
+
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+	run crioctl pod stop --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run crioctl pod remove --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	run crioctl pod stop --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_crio
+}
+
 @test "pod list filtering" {
 	start_crio
 	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json -name pod1 --label "a=b" --label "c=d" --label "e=f"