diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/auto_scale.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/auto_scale.py
index e69ec496b6e..a7c049162d3 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/auto_scale.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/auto_scale.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def create_auto_scale_profile(
                     # When there's more than 1 message in the pool queue
                     operator=ComparisonOperationType.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL,
                     threshold=1,
+                    divide_per_instance=False,
                 ),
                 scale_action=ScaleAction(
                     direction=ScaleDirection.INCREASE,
@@ -170,16 +171,17 @@ def create_auto_scale_profile(
                 metric_trigger=MetricTrigger(
                     metric_name="ApproximateMessageCount",
                     metric_resource_uri=queue_uri,
-                    # Check every 20 minutes
-                    time_grain=timedelta(minutes=20),
+                    # Check every 10 minutes
+                    time_grain=timedelta(minutes=10),
                     # The average amount of messages there are in the pool queue
                     time_aggregation=TimeAggregationType.AVERAGE,
                     statistic=MetricStatisticType.SUM,
-                    # Over the past 20 minutes
-                    time_window=timedelta(minutes=20),
+                    # Over the past 10 minutes
+                    time_window=timedelta(minutes=10),
                     # When there's no messages in the pool queue
                     operator=ComparisonOperationType.EQUALS,
                     threshold=0,
+                    divide_per_instance=False,
                 ),
                 scale_action=ScaleAction(
                     direction=ScaleDirection.DECREASE,
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ def create_auto_scale_profile(
 
 def default_auto_scale_profile(queue_uri: str, scaleset_size: int) -> AutoscaleProfile:
     return create_auto_scale_profile(
-        queue_uri, 1, scaleset_size, scaleset_size, 1, 10, 1, 15
+        queue_uri, 1, scaleset_size, scaleset_size, 1, 10, 1, 5
     )
 
 
diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/scalesets.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/scalesets.py
index f634d390cca..04181a962fe 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/scalesets.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/scalesets.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import logging
+import os
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from uuid import UUID
 
@@ -437,8 +438,13 @@ def cleanup_nodes(self) -> bool:
 
         # Perform operations until they fail due to scaleset getting locked
         try:
-            self.reimage_nodes(to_reimage, NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in)
-            self.delete_nodes(to_delete, NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in)
+            strategy_str = os.getenv("ONEFUZZ_NODE_DISPOSAL_STRATEGY", "scale_in")
+            if strategy_str == "decomission":
+                strategy = NodeDisaposalStrategy.decomission
+            else:
+                strategy = NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in
+            self.reimage_nodes(to_reimage, strategy)
+            self.delete_nodes(to_delete, strategy)
         except UnableToUpdate:
             logging.info(
                 SCALESET_LOG_PREFIX
@@ -598,17 +604,23 @@ def delete_nodes(
             else:
                 machine_ids.add(node.machine_id)
 
-        logging.info(
-            SCALESET_LOG_PREFIX + "deleting nodes scaleset_id:%s machine_id:%s",
-            self.scaleset_id,
-            machine_ids,
-        )
-        delete_vmss_nodes(self.scaleset_id, machine_ids)
-        for node in nodes:
-            if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
-                node.delete()
-                if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in:
+        if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.decomission:
+            logging.info(SCALESET_LOG_PREFIX + "decomissioning nodes")
+            for node in nodes:
+                if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
                     node.release_scale_in_protection()
+        else:
+            logging.info(
+                SCALESET_LOG_PREFIX + "deleting nodes scaleset_id:%s machine_id:%s",
+                self.scaleset_id,
+                machine_ids,
+            )
+            delete_vmss_nodes(self.scaleset_id, machine_ids)
+            for node in nodes:
+                if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
+                    node.delete()
+                    if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in:
+                        node.release_scale_in_protection()
 
     def reimage_nodes(
         self, nodes: List[Node], disposal_strategy: NodeDisaposalStrategy
@@ -659,18 +671,24 @@ def reimage_nodes(
             )
             return
 
-        result = reimage_vmss_nodes(self.scaleset_id, machine_ids)
-        if isinstance(result, Error):
-            raise Exception(
-                "unable to reimage nodes: %s:%s - %s"
-                % (self.scaleset_id, machine_ids, result)
-            )
-
-        for node in nodes:
-            if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
-                node.delete()
-                if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in:
+        if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.decomission:
+            logging.info(SCALESET_LOG_PREFIX + "decomissioning nodes")
+            for node in nodes:
+                if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
                     node.release_scale_in_protection()
+        else:
+            result = reimage_vmss_nodes(self.scaleset_id, machine_ids)
+            if isinstance(result, Error):
+                raise Exception(
+                    "unable to reimage nodes: %s:%s - %s"
+                    % (self.scaleset_id, machine_ids, result)
+                )
+
+            for node in nodes:
+                if node.machine_id in machine_ids:
+                    node.delete()
+                    if disposal_strategy == NodeDisaposalStrategy.scale_in:
+                        node.release_scale_in_protection()
 
     def set_shutdown(self, now: bool) -> None:
         if now:
diff --git a/src/pytypes/onefuzztypes/enums.py b/src/pytypes/onefuzztypes/enums.py
index a11a22f6471..016bd14ff24 100644
--- a/src/pytypes/onefuzztypes/enums.py
+++ b/src/pytypes/onefuzztypes/enums.py
@@ -417,3 +417,4 @@ class UserFieldType(Enum):
 
 class NodeDisaposalStrategy(Enum):
     scale_in = "scale_in"
+    decomission = "decomission"