diff --git a/test/erasure_coding/admin_dockertest/ec_integration_test.go b/test/erasure_coding/admin_dockertest/ec_integration_test.go
index 21f872ea1..de6456c46 100644
--- a/test/erasure_coding/admin_dockertest/ec_integration_test.go
+++ b/test/erasure_coding/admin_dockertest/ec_integration_test.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func ensureEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 	// 6. Start Admin
 	os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join("tmp", "admin"))
 	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join("tmp", "admin"), 0755)
-	startWeed(t, "admin", "admin", "-master=localhost:9333", "-port=23646", "-dataDir=./tmp/admin")
+	startWeed(t, "admin", "admin", "-master=localhost:9333", "-port=23646", "-dataDir=./tmp/admin", "-scheduler.idleSleep=2")
 	waitForUrl(t, AdminUrl+"/health", 60)
 
 	t.Log("Environment started successfully")
diff --git a/weed/admin/dash/admin_server.go b/weed/admin/dash/admin_server.go
index 2bade9dec..1ac9f6df4 100644
--- a/weed/admin/dash/admin_server.go
+++ b/weed/admin/dash/admin_server.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ type AdminServer struct {
 
 // Type definitions moved to types.go
 
-func NewAdminServer(masters string, templateFS http.FileSystem, dataDir string, icebergPort int) *AdminServer {
+func NewAdminServer(masters string, templateFS http.FileSystem, dataDir string, icebergPort int, idleSleepDuration time.Duration) *AdminServer {
 	grpcDialOption := security.LoadClientTLS(util.GetViper(), "grpc.admin")
 
 	// Create master client with multiple master support
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ func NewAdminServer(masters string, templateFS http.FileSystem, dataDir string,
 	}
 
 	plugin, err := adminplugin.New(adminplugin.Options{
-		DataDir: dataDir,
+		DataDir:           dataDir,
+		IdleSleepDuration: idleSleepDuration,
 		ClusterContextProvider: func(_ context.Context) (*plugin_pb.ClusterContext, error) {
 			return server.buildDefaultPluginClusterContext(), nil
 		},
@@ -238,7 +239,8 @@ func NewAdminServer(masters string, templateFS http.FileSystem, dataDir string,
 	if err != nil && dataDir != "" {
 		glog.Warningf("Failed to initialize plugin with dataDir=%q: %v. Falling back to in-memory plugin state.", dataDir, err)
 		plugin, err = adminplugin.New(adminplugin.Options{
-			DataDir: "",
+			DataDir:           "",
+			IdleSleepDuration: idleSleepDuration,
 			ClusterContextProvider: func(_ context.Context) (*plugin_pb.ClusterContext, error) {
 				return server.buildDefaultPluginClusterContext(), nil
 			},
diff --git a/weed/command/admin.go b/weed/command/admin.go
index f843af39d..ebeb8f969 100644
--- a/weed/command/admin.go
+++ b/weed/command/admin.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type AdminOptions struct {
 	readOnlyPassword *string
 	dataDir          *string
 	icebergPort      *int
+	idleSleepSeconds *int
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func init() {
 	a.readOnlyUser = cmdAdmin.Flag.String("readOnlyUser", "", "read-only user username (optional, for view-only access)")
 	a.readOnlyPassword = cmdAdmin.Flag.String("readOnlyPassword", "", "read-only user password (optional, for view-only access; requires adminPassword to be set)")
 	a.icebergPort = cmdAdmin.Flag.Int("iceberg.port", 8181, "Iceberg REST Catalog port (0 to hide in UI)")
+	a.idleSleepSeconds = cmdAdmin.Flag.Int("scheduler.idleSleep", 0, "scheduler idle sleep in seconds between iterations when no work is found (0 = default 17 minutes)")
 }
 
 var cmdAdmin = &Command{
@@ -290,7 +292,11 @@ func startAdminServer(ctx context.Context, options AdminOptions, enableUI bool,
 	}
 
 	// Create admin server (plugin is always enabled)
-	adminServer := dash.NewAdminServer(*options.master, nil, dataDir, icebergPort)
+	var idleSleep time.Duration
+	if options.idleSleepSeconds != nil && *options.idleSleepSeconds > 0 {
+		idleSleep = time.Duration(*options.idleSleepSeconds) * time.Second
+	}
+	adminServer := dash.NewAdminServer(*options.master, nil, dataDir, icebergPort, idleSleep)
 
 	// Show discovered filers
 	filers := adminServer.GetAllFilers()