diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
index 25ece1ca5d..b16a03e0a0 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/pools.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 from .extension import fuzz_extensions
 from .orm import MappingIntStrAny, ORMMixin, QueryFilter
 
+NODE_EXPIRATION_TIME: datetime.timedelta = datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
+
 # Future work:
 #
 # Enabling autoscaling for the scalesets based on the pool work queues.
@@ -278,6 +280,18 @@ def set_halt(self) -> None:
         self.set_shutdown()
         self.stop()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_dead_nodes(
+        cls, scaleset_id: UUID, expiration_period: datetime.timedelta
+    ) -> List["Node"]:
+        time_filter = "heartbeat lt datetime'%s'" % (
+            (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - expiration_period).isoformat()
+        )
+        return cls.search(
+            query={"scaleset_id": [scaleset_id]},
+            raw_unchecked_filter=time_filter,
+        )
+
 
 class NodeTasks(BASE_NODE_TASK, ORMMixin):
     @classmethod
@@ -743,6 +757,11 @@ def cleanup_nodes(self) -> bool:
                     # only add nodes that are not already set to reschedule
                     to_reimage.append(node)
 
+        dead_nodes = Node.get_dead_nodes(self.scaleset_id, NODE_EXPIRATION_TIME)
+        for node in dead_nodes:
+            node.set_halt()
+            to_reimage.append(node)
+
         # Perform operations until they fail due to scaleset getting locked
         try:
             if to_delete: