diff --git a/server/events.go b/server/events.go
index 90522c14..9eba3c75 100644
--- a/server/events.go
+++ b/server/events.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2020 The NATS Authors
+// Copyright 2018-2021 The NATS Authors
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ type internal struct {
 	orphMax  time.Duration
 	chkOrph  time.Duration
 	statsz   time.Duration
+	cstatsz  time.Duration
 	shash    string
 	inboxPre string
 }
@@ -560,14 +561,22 @@ func (s *Server) sendStatsz(subj string) {
 // This should be wrapChk() to setup common locking.
 func (s *Server) heartbeatStatsz() {
 	if s.sys.stmr != nil {
-		s.sys.stmr.Reset(s.sys.statsz)
+		// Increase after startup to our max.
+		s.sys.cstatsz *= 4
+		if s.sys.cstatsz > s.sys.statsz {
+			s.sys.cstatsz = s.sys.statsz
+		}
+		s.sys.stmr.Reset(s.sys.cstatsz)
 	}
 	s.sendStatsz(fmt.Sprintf(serverStatsSubj, s.info.ID))
 }
 
 // This should be wrapChk() to setup common locking.
 func (s *Server) startStatszTimer() {
-	s.sys.stmr = time.AfterFunc(s.sys.statsz, s.wrapChk(s.heartbeatStatsz))
+	// We will start by sending out more of these and trail off to the statsz being the max.
+	s.sys.cstatsz = time.Second
+	// Send out the first one only after a second.
+	s.sys.stmr = time.AfterFunc(s.sys.cstatsz, s.wrapChk(s.heartbeatStatsz))
 }
 
 // Start a ticker that will fire periodically and check for orphaned servers.
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster.go b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
index 091399f8..821ad0ca 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
@@ -539,7 +539,14 @@ func (js *jetStream) isGroupLeaderless(rg *raftGroup) bool {
 	if rg.node == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return rg.node.GroupLeader() == _EMPTY_
+	// If we don't have a leader.
+	if rg.node.GroupLeader() == _EMPTY_ {
+		// Make sure we have been running for enough time.
+		if time.Since(rg.node.Created()) > lostQuorumInterval {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func (s *Server) JetStreamIsStreamAssigned(account, stream string) bool {
@@ -603,6 +610,10 @@ func (cc *jetStreamCluster) isStreamLeader(account, stream string) bool {
 	if cc == nil {
 		return true
 	}
+	if cc.meta == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	var sa *streamAssignment
 	if as := cc.streams[account]; as != nil {
 		sa = as[stream]
@@ -632,6 +643,10 @@ func (cc *jetStreamCluster) isConsumerLeader(account, stream, consumer string) b
 	if cc == nil {
 		return true
 	}
+	if cc.meta == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	var sa *streamAssignment
 	if as := cc.streams[account]; as != nil {
 		sa = as[stream]
@@ -747,6 +762,7 @@ type writeableStreamAssignment struct {
 
 func (js *jetStream) metaSnapshot() []byte {
 	var streams []writeableStreamAssignment
+
 	js.mu.RLock()
 	cc := js.cluster
 	for _, asa := range cc.streams {
@@ -764,13 +780,15 @@ func (js *jetStream) metaSnapshot() []byte {
 			streams = append(streams, wsa)
 		}
 	}
-	js.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if len(streams) == 0 {
+		js.mu.RUnlock()
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	b, _ := json.Marshal(streams)
+	js.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return s2.EncodeBetter(nil, b)
 }
 
@@ -1918,7 +1936,7 @@ func (js *jetStream) processClusterDeleteStream(sa *streamAssignment, isMember,
 func (js *jetStream) processConsumerAssignment(ca *consumerAssignment) {
 	js.mu.Lock()
 	s, cc := js.srv, js.cluster
-	if s == nil || cc == nil {
+	if s == nil || cc == nil || cc.meta == nil {
 		// TODO(dlc) - debug at least
 		js.mu.Unlock()
 		return
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
index 4f80abd3..3bc3f1ce 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterNoQuorumStepdown(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Consumer too. Since we do not know if the consumer leader was not the one shutdown
 	// we should wait for a bit for the system to detect.
-	adv, _ = csub.NextMsg(time.Second)
+	adv, _ = csub.NextMsg(5 * time.Second)
 	if adv == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected to receive a consumer quorum lost advisory")
 	}
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterRemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Now check consumer info as well.
 	checkFor(t, 2*time.Second, 50*time.Millisecond, func() error {
-		ci, err := sub.ConsumerInfo()
+		ci, err := js.ConsumerInfo("TEST", "cat")
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Could not fetch consumer info: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -3097,7 +3097,7 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterStepDown(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	checkFor(t, 2*time.Second, 50*time.Millisecond, func() error {
-		ci, err := sub.ConsumerInfo()
+		ci, err := js.ConsumerInfo("TEST", "cat")
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Could not fetch consumer info: %v", err)
 		}