diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
index d11d8a2da5..a7593b8f3e 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/api.zeek
@@ -39,25 +39,25 @@ export {
 		nodes: table[string] of NodeStatus;
 	};
 
-	global status: function(nodes: string &default="all"): Status;
 	global create: function(node: NodeConfig): string;
-	global destroy: function(nodes: string): bool;
-	global restart: function(nodes: string &default="all"): bool;
+	global status: function(node: string &default=""): Status;
+	global restart: function(node: string &default=""): bool;
+	global destroy: function(node: string &default=""): bool;
 
 	global is_supervisor: function(): bool;
 	global is_supervised: function(): bool;
 
-	global Supervisor::stop_request: event();
-
-	global Supervisor::status_request: event(reqid: string, nodes: string);
-	global Supervisor::status_response: event(reqid: string, result: Status);
-
 	global Supervisor::create_request: event(reqid: string, node: NodeConfig);
 	global Supervisor::create_response: event(reqid: string, result: string);
 
-	global Supervisor::destroy_request: event(reqid: string, nodes: string);
+	global Supervisor::status_request: event(reqid: string, node: string);
+	global Supervisor::status_response: event(reqid: string, result: Status);
+
+	global Supervisor::restart_request: event(reqid: string, node: string);
+	global Supervisor::restart_response: event(reqid: string, result: bool);
+
+	global Supervisor::destroy_request: event(reqid: string, node: string);
 	global Supervisor::destroy_response: event(reqid: string, result: bool);
 
-	global Supervisor::restart_request: event(reqid: string, nodes: string);
-	global Supervisor::restart_response: event(reqid: string, result: bool);
+	global Supervisor::stop_request: event();
 }
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/main.zeek b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/main.zeek
index 0dc93a64bc..3e42331b71 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/main.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/supervisor/main.zeek
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ event Supervisor::stop_request()
 	terminate();
 	}
 
-event Supervisor::status_request(reqid: string, nodes: string)
+event Supervisor::status_request(reqid: string, node: string)
 	{
-	local res = Supervisor::status(nodes);
+	local res = Supervisor::status(node);
 	local topic = Supervisor::topic_prefix + fmt("/status_response/%s", reqid);
 	Broker::publish(topic, Supervisor::status_response, reqid, res);
 	}
@@ -35,23 +35,23 @@ event Supervisor::create_request(reqid: string, node: NodeConfig)
 	Broker::publish(topic, Supervisor::create_response, reqid, res);
 	}
 
-event Supervisor::destroy_request(reqid: string, nodes: string)
+event Supervisor::destroy_request(reqid: string, node: string)
 	{
-	local res = Supervisor::destroy(nodes);
+	local res = Supervisor::destroy(node);
 	local topic = Supervisor::topic_prefix + fmt("/destroy_response/%s", reqid);
 	Broker::publish(topic, Supervisor::destroy_response, reqid, res);
 	}
 
-event Supervisor::restart_request(reqid: string, nodes: string)
+event Supervisor::restart_request(reqid: string, node: string)
 	{
-	local res = Supervisor::restart(nodes);
+	local res = Supervisor::restart(node);
 	local topic = Supervisor::topic_prefix + fmt("/restart_response/%s", reqid);
 	Broker::publish(topic, Supervisor::restart_response, reqid, res);
 	}
 
-function Supervisor::status(nodes: string): Status
+function Supervisor::status(node: string): Status
 	{
-	return Supervisor::__status(nodes);
+	return Supervisor::__status(node);
 	}
 
 function Supervisor::create(node: NodeConfig): string
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ function Supervisor::create(node: NodeConfig): string
 	return Supervisor::__create(node);
 	}
 
-function Supervisor::destroy(nodes: string): bool
+function Supervisor::destroy(node: string): bool
 	{
-	return Supervisor::__destroy(nodes);
+	return Supervisor::__destroy(node);
 	}
 
-function Supervisor::restart(nodes: string): bool
+function Supervisor::restart(node: string): bool
 	{
-	return Supervisor::__restart(nodes);
+	return Supervisor::__restart(node);
 	}
 
 function is_supervisor(): bool
diff --git a/src/Supervisor.cc b/src/Supervisor.cc
index 4d9f163ccb..755e6e8032 100644
--- a/src/Supervisor.cc
+++ b/src/Supervisor.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ Supervisor::~Supervisor()
 
 	DBG_LOG(DBG_SUPERVISOR, "shutdown, killing stem process %d", stem_pid);
 
-	// TODO: is signal the best way to trigger shutdown of decendent processes?
 	auto kill_res = kill(stem_pid, SIGTERM);
 
 	if ( kill_res == -1 )
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ void Supervisor::HandleChildSignal()
 		return;
 
 	// Revive the Stem process
-	// TODO: Stem process needs a way to inform Supervisor not to revive
 	stem_pid = fork();
 
 	if ( stem_pid == -1 )
@@ -280,10 +278,13 @@ void Supervisor::HandleChildSignal()
 	DBG_LOG(DBG_SUPERVISOR, "stem process revived, new pid: %d", stem_pid);
 
 	// Parent supervisor process resends node configurations to recreate
-	// the desired process hierarchy
+	// the desired process hierarchy.
 
-	// TODO: probably a preferred order in which to create nodes
-	// e.g. logger, manager, proxy, worker
+	// Note: there's probably a preferred order in which to create nodes.
+	// E.g. logger, manager, proxy, worker.  However, fully synchronizing
+	// a startup order like that is slow and complicated: essentially have
+	// to wait for each process to start up and reach the point just after
+	// it starts listening (and maybe that never happens for some error case).
 	for ( const auto& n : nodes )
 		{
 		const auto& node = n.second;
@@ -355,14 +356,16 @@ Stem::Stem(std::unique_ptr<bro::PipePair> p)
 	setsignal(SIGCHLD, stem_sig_handler);
 	setsignal(SIGTERM, stem_sig_handler);
 
-	// TODO: changing the process group here so that SIGINT to the
-	// supervisor doesn't also get passed to the children.  i.e. supervisor
-	// should be in charge of initiating orderly shutdown.  But calling
-	// just setpgid() like this is technically a race-condition -- need
-	// to do more work of blocking SIGINT before fork(), unblocking after,
-	// then also calling setpgid() from parent.  And just not doing that
-	// until more is known whether that's the right SIGINT behavior in
-	// the first place.
+	// Note: changing the process group here so that SIGINT to the supervisor
+	// doesn't also get passed to the children.  I.e. the supervisor should be
+	// in charge of initiating orderly shutdown of the process tree.
+	// Technically calling setpgid() like this is a race-condition (if we get a
+	// SIGINT in between the fork() and setpgid() calls), but can treat that as
+	// mostly be harmless since the only affected node in the process tree at
+	// the point will be this Stem process and the Supervisor *should* do the
+	// right thing if it also sees SIGINT with the Stem already having exited
+	// (since that same type of situation with the Stem dying prematurely can
+	// happen for any arbitrary reason, not just for SIGINT).
 	auto res = setpgid(0, 0);
 
 	if ( res == -1 )
@@ -407,7 +410,6 @@ bool Stem::Wait(Supervisor::Node* node, int options) const
 	if ( WIFEXITED(status) )
 		{
 		node->exit_status = WEXITSTATUS(status);
-		// TODO: may be some cases where the node is intended to exit
 		DBG_STEM("node '%s' exited with status %d",
 		         node->Name().data(), node->exit_status);
 		}
@@ -709,7 +711,6 @@ std::optional<Supervisor::NodeConfig> Stem::Poll()
 
 	for ( auto& msg : msgs )
 		{
-		// TODO: improve message format ...
 		std::vector<std::string> msg_tokens;
 		tokenize_string(std::move(msg), " ", &msg_tokens, 2);
 		const auto& cmd = msg_tokens[0];
@@ -1035,16 +1036,31 @@ void Supervisor::NodeConfig::InitCluster()
 
 RecordVal* Supervisor::Status(std::string_view node_name)
 	{
-	// TODO: handle node classes
 	auto rval = new RecordVal(BifType::Record::Supervisor::Status);
 	auto tt = BifType::Record::Supervisor::Status->FieldType("nodes");
 	auto node_table_val = new TableVal(tt->AsTableType());
 	rval->Assign(0, node_table_val);
 
-	for ( const auto& n : nodes )
+	if ( node_name.empty() )
 		{
-		const auto& name = n.first;
-		const auto& node = n.second;
+		for ( const auto& n : nodes )
+			{
+			const auto& name = n.first;
+			const auto& node = n.second;
+			auto key = make_intrusive<StringVal>(name);
+			auto val = node.ToRecord();
+			node_table_val->Assign(key.get(), val.detach());
+			}
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		auto it = nodes.find(node_name);
+
+		if ( it == nodes.end() )
+			return rval;
+
+		const auto& name = it->first;
+		const auto& node = it->second;
 		auto key = make_intrusive<StringVal>(name);
 		auto val = node.ToRecord();
 		node_table_val->Assign(key.get(), val.detach());
@@ -1061,6 +1077,9 @@ std::string Supervisor::Create(const RecordVal* node_val)
 
 std::string Supervisor::Create(const Supervisor::NodeConfig& node)
 	{
+	if ( node.name.empty() )
+		return "node names must not be an empty string";
+
 	if ( node.name.find(' ') != std::string::npos )
 		return fmt("node names must not contain spaces: '%s'",
 		           node.name.data());
@@ -1085,7 +1104,22 @@ std::string Supervisor::Create(const Supervisor::NodeConfig& node)
 
 bool Supervisor::Destroy(std::string_view node_name)
 	{
-	// TODO: handle node classes
+	auto send_destroy_msg = [this](std::string_view name)
+		{
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		ss << "destroy " << name;
+		std::string msg = ss.str();
+		safe_write(stem_pipe->OutFD(), msg.data(), msg.size() + 1);
+		};
+
+	if ( node_name.empty() )
+		{
+		for ( const auto& n : nodes )
+			send_destroy_msg(n.first);
+
+		nodes.clear();
+		return true;
+		}
 
 	auto it = nodes.find(node_name);
 
@@ -1093,24 +1127,31 @@ bool Supervisor::Destroy(std::string_view node_name)
 		return false;
 
 	nodes.erase(it);
-
-	std::stringstream ss;
-	ss << "destroy " << node_name;
-	std::string msg = ss.str();
-	safe_write(stem_pipe->OutFD(), msg.data(), msg.size() + 1);
+	send_destroy_msg(node_name);
 	return true;
 	}
 
 bool Supervisor::Restart(std::string_view node_name)
 	{
-	// TODO: handle node classes
+	auto send_restart_msg = [this](std::string_view name)
+		{
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		ss << "restart " << name;
+		std::string msg = ss.str();
+		safe_write(stem_pipe->OutFD(), msg.data(), msg.size() + 1);
+		};
+
+	if ( node_name.empty() )
+		{
+		for ( const auto& n : nodes )
+			send_restart_msg(n.first);
+
+		return true;
+		}
 
 	if ( nodes.find(node_name) == nodes.end() )
 		return false;
 
-	std::stringstream ss;
-	ss << "restart " << node_name;
-	std::string msg = ss.str();
-	safe_write(stem_pipe->OutFD(), msg.data(), msg.size() + 1);
+	send_restart_msg(node_name);
 	return true;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 6e8a34fec4..6929067975 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -284,9 +284,8 @@ struct zeek_options {
 	/**
 	 * Inherit certain options set in the original supervisor parent process
 	 * and discard the rest.
-	 * @param node  the supervised-node whose Zeek options are to be modified.
 	 */
-	void filter_supervised_node_options(const zeek::Supervisor::NodeConfig& node)
+	void filter_supervised_node_options()
 		{
 		auto og = *this;
 		*this = {};
@@ -327,6 +326,82 @@ struct zeek_options {
 		}
 };
 
+static void init_supervised_node(zeek_options* options)
+	{
+	const auto& node_name = zeek::supervised_node->name;
+
+	if ( zeek::supervised_node->directory )
+		{
+		if ( chdir(zeek::supervised_node->directory->data()) )
+			{
+			fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to chdir to %s: %s\n",
+			        node_name.data(),
+			        zeek::supervised_node->directory->data(),
+			        strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+	if ( zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file )
+		{
+		auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
+			           O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
+			           0600);
+
+		if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1 )
+			{
+			fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stderr file %s: %s\n",
+			        node_name.data(),
+			        zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
+			        strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+	if ( zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file )
+		{
+		auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
+		               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
+		               0600);
+
+		if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 )
+			{
+			fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stdout file %s: %s\n",
+			        node_name.data(),
+			        zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
+			        strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+	if ( zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity )
+		{
+		auto res = zeek::set_affinity(*zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity);
+
+		if ( ! res )
+			fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to set CPU affinity: %s\n",
+			        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
+		}
+
+	options->filter_supervised_node_options();
+
+	if ( zeek::supervised_node->interface )
+		options->interfaces.emplace_back(*zeek::supervised_node->interface);
+
+	if ( ! zeek::supervised_node->cluster.empty() )
+		{
+		if ( setenv("CLUSTER_NODE", node_name.data(), true) == -1 )
+			{
+			fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to setenv: %s\n",
+			        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+	for ( const auto& s : zeek::supervised_node->scripts )
+		options->scripts_to_load.emplace_back(s);
+	}
+
 static std::vector<const char*> to_cargs(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
 	{
 	std::vector<const char*> rval;
@@ -933,82 +1008,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		}
 
 	if ( zeek::supervised_node )
-		{
-		// TODO: probably all of this block could move to a new
-		// zeek::supervised_node->Init(options) method
-		const auto& node_name = zeek::supervised_node->name;
-
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->directory )
-			{
-			if ( chdir(zeek::supervised_node->directory->data()) )
-				{
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to chdir to %s: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(),
-				        zeek::supervised_node->directory->data(),
-				        strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file )
-			{
-			auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
-			               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
-			               0600);
-
-			if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1 )
-				{
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stderr file %s: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(),
-				        zeek::supervised_node->stderr_file->data(),
-				        strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file )
-			{
-			auto fd = open(zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
-			               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_CLOEXEC,
-			               0600);
-
-			if ( fd == -1 || dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 )
-				{
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to create stdout file %s: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(),
-				        zeek::supervised_node->stdout_file->data(),
-				        strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity )
-			{
-			auto res = zeek::set_affinity(*zeek::supervised_node->cpu_affinity);
-
-			if ( ! res )
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to set CPU affinity: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
-			}
-
-		options.filter_supervised_node_options(*zeek::supervised_node);
-
-		if ( zeek::supervised_node->interface )
-			options.interfaces.emplace_back(*zeek::supervised_node->interface);
-
-		if ( ! zeek::supervised_node->cluster.empty() )
-			{
-			if ( setenv("CLUSTER_NODE", node_name.data(), true) == -1 )
-				{
-				fprintf(stderr, "node '%s' failed to setenv: %s\n",
-				        node_name.data(), strerror(errno));
-				exit(1);
-				}
-			}
-
-		for ( const auto& s : zeek::supervised_node->scripts )
-			options.scripts_to_load.emplace_back(s);
-		}
+		init_supervised_node(&options);
 
 	double time_start = current_time(true);
 
diff --git a/src/supervisor.bif b/src/supervisor.bif
index 41f99c6e73..6990bf8385 100644
--- a/src/supervisor.bif
+++ b/src/supervisor.bif
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Supervisor::Status: record;
 type Supervisor::NodeConfig: record;
 type Supervisor::NodeStatus: record;
 
-function Supervisor::__status%(nodes: string%): Supervisor::Status
+function Supervisor::__status%(node: string%): Supervisor::Status
 	%{
 	if ( ! zeek::supervisor )
 		{
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function Supervisor::__status%(nodes: string%): Supervisor::Status
 		return new RecordVal(BifType::Record::Supervisor::Status);
 		}
 
-	return zeek::supervisor->Status(nodes->CheckString());
+	return zeek::supervisor->Status(node->CheckString());
 	%}
 
 function Supervisor::__create%(node: Supervisor::NodeConfig%): string
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function Supervisor::__create%(node: Supervisor::NodeConfig%): string
 	return new StringVal(rval);
 	%}
 
-function Supervisor::__destroy%(nodes: string%): bool
+function Supervisor::__destroy%(node: string%): bool
 	%{
 	if ( ! zeek::supervisor )
 		{
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ function Supervisor::__destroy%(nodes: string%): bool
 		return val_mgr->GetBool(false);
 		}
 
-	auto rval = zeek::supervisor->Destroy(nodes->CheckString());
+	auto rval = zeek::supervisor->Destroy(node->CheckString());
 	return val_mgr->GetBool(rval);
 	%}
 
-function Supervisor::__restart%(nodes: string%): bool
+function Supervisor::__restart%(node: string%): bool
 	%{
 	if ( ! zeek::supervisor )
 		{
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function Supervisor::__restart%(nodes: string%): bool
 		return val_mgr->GetBool(false);
 		}
 
-	auto rval = zeek::supervisor->Restart(nodes->CheckString());
+	auto rval = zeek::supervisor->Restart(node->CheckString());
 	return val_mgr->GetBool(rval);
 	%}