diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d280fda2c..9e1ee91e0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ job_defaults: &job_defaults
 integration_environment: &integration_environment
   NODE_ENV: test
   CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS: /tmp/circleci-test-results
+  E2E_MAX_RETRIES: 3
 
 # integration_job runs the integration tests and saves the test results.
 integration_job: &integration_job
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ integration_job: &integration_job
         name: Run the integration tests
         command: bash .circleci/e2e.sh
     - store_test_results:
+        when: always
         path: /tmp/circleci-test-results
 
 version: 2
@@ -104,13 +106,19 @@ jobs:
           name: Setup the test results directory
           command: mkdir -p /tmp/circleci-test-results
       - run:
-          name: Run the unit tests
-          command: yarn test
+          name: Run the client unit tests
+          command: yarn test:client --ci
           environment:
-            MOCHA_FILE: /tmp/circleci-test-results/junit/test-results.xml
+            JEST_JUNIT_OUTPUT: /tmp/circleci-test-results/jest/test-results.xml
+            JEST_REPORTER: jest-junit
+      - run:
+          name: Run the server unit tests
+          command: yarn test:server
+          environment:
+            MOCHA_FILE: /tmp/circleci-test-results/mocha/test-results.xml
             MOCHA_REPORTER: mocha-junit-reporter
-            NODE_ENV: test
       - store_test_results:
+          when: always
           path: /tmp/circleci-test-results
   
   # test_integration_chrome_local will run the integration tests locally with
@@ -164,6 +172,8 @@ jobs:
       <<: *integration_environment
       BROWSERSTACK: true
       E2E_BROWSERS: ie
+      # TODO: remove when more reliable
+      E2E_MAX_RETRIES: 1
   
   # test_integration_safari will run the integration tests with safari in
   # browserstack.
@@ -173,6 +183,8 @@ jobs:
       <<: *integration_environment
       BROWSERSTACK: true
       E2E_BROWSERS: safari
+      # TODO: remove when more reliable
+      E2E_MAX_RETRIES: 1
   
   # deploy will deploy the application as a docker image.
   deploy:
@@ -182,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
       - setup_remote_docker
       - run:
           name: Deploy the code
-          command: bash ./scripts/docker.sh
+          command: bash ./scripts/docker.sh deploy
 
 # filter_deploy will add the filters for a deploy job in a workflow to make it
 # only execute on a deploy related job.
@@ -274,4 +286,7 @@ workflows:
             - test_unit
             - test_integration_chrome
             - test_integration_firefox
-            - test_integration_edge
\ No newline at end of file
+            - test_integration_edge
+            # TODO: uncomment when more reliable
+            # - test_integration_ie
+            # - test_integration_safari
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84d6850ad..4004a5ede 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ plugins/*
 !plugins/talk-plugin-mod
 !plugins/talk-plugin-moderation-actions
 !plugins/talk-plugin-notifications
+!plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured
 !plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-reply
 !plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-staff
 !plugins/talk-plugin-offtopic
diff --git a/bin/cli-plugins b/bin/cli-plugins
index ee331bff2..f2e76de21 100755
--- a/bin/cli-plugins
+++ b/bin/cli-plugins
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async function reconcileRemotePlugins({ dryRun, upgradeRemote }) {
 
   if (fetchable.length > 0) {
     console.log(
-      `$ yarn add --ignore-scripts ${fetchable.map(
+      `$ yarn add --ignore-scripts --ignore-workspace-root-check ${fetchable.map(
         ({ name, version }) => `${name}@${version}`.cyan
       )}`
     );
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ async function reconcileRemotePlugins({ dryRun, upgradeRemote }) {
       let args = [
         'add',
         '--ignore-scripts',
+        '--ignore-workspace-root-check',
         ...fetchable.map(({ name, version }) => `${name}@${version}`),
       ];
 
diff --git a/docs/_docs/04-03-additional-plugins.md b/docs/_docs/04-03-additional-plugins.md
index 4f1654a4f..b88d8437c 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/04-03-additional-plugins.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/04-03-additional-plugins.md
@@ -149,3 +149,11 @@ Source: [plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-reply](https://github.com/co
 
 Replies made to each user will trigger an email to be sent with the notification
 details if enabled.
+
+### talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured
+{:.param}
+
+Source: [plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured](https://github.com/coralproject/talk/tree/master/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured){:target="_blank"}
+
+When a comment is featured (via the `talk-plugin-featured-comments` plugin), the
+user will receive a notification email.
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 654b72cd0..7150d1066 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ module.exports = {
     '\\.ya?ml$': '<rootDir>/test/client/yamlTransformer.js',
   },
 
+  testResultsProcessor: process.env.JEST_REPORTER,
+
   moduleNameMapper: {
     '^plugin-api\\/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/plugin-api/$1',
     '^plugins\\/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/plugins/$1',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c5f58ff5..e54ad11d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
     "identity-obj-proxy": "^3.0.0",
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
     "jest": "^21.2.1",
+    "jest-junit": "^3.6.0",
     "lint-staged": "^7.0.0",
     "mocha": "^3.1.2",
     "mocha-junit-reporter": "^1.12.1",
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/.eslintrc.json b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8a6db18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@coralproject/eslint-config-talk/client"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/containers/Toggle.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/containers/Toggle.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec7586b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/containers/Toggle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { compose, gql } from 'react-apollo';
+import Toggle from 'talk-plugin-notifications/client/components/Toggle';
+import { t } from 'plugin-api/beta/client/services';
+import { withFragments } from 'plugin-api/beta/client/hocs';
+
+class ToggleContainer extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    props.setTurnOffInputFragment({ onFeatured: false });
+
+    if (this.getOnFeaturedSetting()) {
+      props.indicateOn();
+    }
+  }
+
+  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
+    const prevSetting = this.getOnFeaturedSetting(this.props);
+    const nextSetting = this.getOnFeaturedSetting(nextProps);
+    if (prevSetting && !nextSetting) {
+      nextProps.indicateOff();
+    } else if (!prevSetting && nextSetting) {
+      nextProps.indicateOn();
+    }
+  }
+
+  getOnFeaturedSetting = (props = this.props) =>
+    props.root.me.notificationSettings.onFeatured;
+
+  toggle = () => {
+    this.props.updateNotificationSettings({
+      onFeatured: !this.getOnFeaturedSetting(),
+    });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Toggle checked={this.getOnFeaturedSetting()} onChange={this.toggle}>
+        {t('talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured.toggle_description')}
+      </Toggle>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ToggleContainer.propTypes = {
+  data: PropTypes.object,
+  root: PropTypes.object,
+  indicateOn: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  indicateOff: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  setTurnOffInputFragment: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  updateNotificationSettings: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
+
+const enhance = compose(
+  withFragments({
+    root: gql`
+      fragment TalkNotificationsCategoryFeatured_Toggle_root on RootQuery {
+        me {
+          notificationSettings {
+            onFeatured
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `,
+  })
+);
+
+export default enhance(ToggleContainer);
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/graphql.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/graphql.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..440a6f7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/graphql.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { gql } from 'react-apollo';
+
+export default {
+  mutations: {
+    UpdateNotificationSettings: ({
+      variables: { input },
+      state: { auth: { user: { id } } },
+    }) => ({
+      update: proxy => {
+        if (input.onFeatured === undefined) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const fragment = gql`
+          fragment TalkNotificationsCategoryFeatured_User_Fragment on User {
+            notificationSettings {
+              onFeatured
+            }
+          }
+        `;
+        const fragmentId = `User_${id}`;
+        const data = {
+          __typename: 'User',
+          notificationSettings: {
+            __typename: 'NotificationSettings',
+            onFeatured: input.onFeatured,
+          },
+        };
+        proxy.writeFragment({ fragment, id: fragmentId, data });
+      },
+    }),
+  },
+};
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/index.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e22c3a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Toggle from './containers/Toggle';
+import translations from './translations.yml';
+import graphql from './graphql';
+
+export default {
+  slots: {
+    notificationSettings: [Toggle],
+  },
+  translations,
+  ...graphql,
+};
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/translations.yml b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/translations.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7077943ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/client/translations.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+en:
+  talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured:
+    toggle_description: My comment is featured
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/index.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802c37a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+const { graphql } = require('graphql');
+const { get } = require('lodash');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const handle = async (ctx, { comment }) => {
+  const { connectors: { graph: { schema } } } = ctx;
+
+  // Check to see if this is a reply to an existing comment.
+  const commentID = get(comment, 'id', null);
+  if (commentID === null) {
+    ctx.log.debug('could not get comment id');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Execute the graph request.
+  const reply = await graphql(
+    schema,
+    `
+      query GetAuthorUserMetadata($comment_id: ID!) {
+        comment(id: $comment_id) {
+          id
+          user {
+            id
+            notificationSettings {
+              onFeatured
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `,
+    {},
+    ctx,
+    { comment_id: commentID }
+  );
+  if (reply.errors) {
+    ctx.log.error({ err: reply.errors }, 'could not query for author metadata');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check if the user has notifications enabled.
+  const enabled = get(
+    reply,
+    'data.comment.user.notificationSettings.onFeatured',
+    false
+  );
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const userID = get(reply, 'data.comment.user.id', null);
+  if (!userID) {
+    ctx.log.debug('could not get comment user id');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The user does have notifications for featured comments enabled, queue the
+  // notification to be sent.
+  return { userID, date: comment.created_at, context: comment.id };
+};
+
+const hydrate = async (ctx, category, context) => {
+  const { connectors: { graph: { schema } } } = ctx;
+
+  const reply = await graphql(
+    schema,
+    `
+      query GetNotificationData($context: ID!) {
+        comment(id: $context) {
+          id
+          asset {
+            title
+            url
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `,
+    {},
+    ctx,
+    { context }
+  );
+  if (reply.errors) {
+    throw reply.errors;
+  }
+
+  const comment = get(reply, 'data.comment');
+  const headline = get(comment, 'asset.title', null);
+  const assetURL = get(comment, 'asset.url', null);
+  const permalink = `${assetURL}?commentId=${comment.id}`;
+
+  return [headline, permalink];
+};
+
+const handler = {
+  handle,
+  category: 'featured',
+  event: 'commentFeatured',
+  hydrate,
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  typeDefs: `
+    type NotificationSettings {
+      onFeatured: Boolean!
+    }
+
+    input NotificationSettingsInput {
+      onFeatured: Boolean
+    }
+  `,
+  resolvers: {
+    NotificationSettings: {
+      // onFeatured returns false by default if not specified.
+      onFeatured: settings => get(settings, 'onFeatured', false),
+    },
+  },
+  translations: path.join(__dirname, 'translations.yml'),
+  notifications: [handler],
+};
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/translations.yml b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/translations.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd0d7412f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-featured/translations.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+en:
+  talk-plugin-notifications:
+    categories:
+      featured:
+        subject: "One of your comments was featured on [{0}]"
+        body: "{0}\nA member of our team has selected this comment to be featured for other readers: {1}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-reply/.eslintrc.json b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-reply/.eslintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 78f7c2397..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications-category-reply/.eslintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@coralproject/eslint-config-talk"
-}
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/.eslintrc.json b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/.eslintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 78f7c2397..000000000
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/.eslintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@coralproject/eslint-config-talk"
-}
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/client/containers/Settings.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/client/containers/Settings.js
index ff07c6433..e987bafa2 100644
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/client/containers/Settings.js
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-notifications/client/containers/Settings.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class SettingsContainer extends React.Component {
       hasNotifications: this.state.hasNotifications.filter(i => i !== plugin),
     });
   setTurnOffInputFragment = fragment =>
-    this.setState({
-      turnOffInput: { ...this.state.turnOffInput, ...fragment },
-    });
+    this.setState(state => ({
+      turnOffInput: { ...state.turnOffInput, ...fragment },
+    }));
 
   turnOffAll = () => {
     this.props.updateNotificationSettings(this.state.turnOffInput);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 62eb054fb..5153185a3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5399,6 +5399,14 @@ jest-jasmine2@^22.4.2:
     jest-util "^22.4.1"
     source-map-support "^0.5.0"
 
+jest-junit@^3.6.0:
+  version "3.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-junit/-/jest-junit-3.6.0.tgz#f4c4358e5286364a4324dc14abddd526aadfbd38"
+  dependencies:
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    xml "^1.0.1"
+
 jest-matcher-utils@^21.2.1:
   version "21.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-matcher-utils/-/jest-matcher-utils-21.2.1.tgz#72c826eaba41a093ac2b4565f865eb8475de0f64"
@@ -10987,7 +10995,7 @@ xml-name-validator@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml-name-validator/-/xml-name-validator-3.0.0.tgz#6ae73e06de4d8c6e47f9fb181f78d648ad457c6a"
 
-xml@^1.0.0:
+xml@^1.0.0, xml@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xml/-/xml-1.0.1.tgz#78ba72020029c5bc87b8a81a3cfcd74b4a2fc1e5"