diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementDebugWorkflow.php
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
             'help' => 'Run the daemon as the current user '.
               'instead of the configured phd.user',
           ),
+          array(
+            'name' => 'autoscale',
+            'help' => pht('Put the daemon in an autoscale group.'),
+          ),
         ));
   }
 
@@ -38,10 +42,20 @@
         pht('You must specify which daemon to debug.'));
     }
 
-    $daemon_class = array_shift($argv);
+    $config = array();
+
+    $config['class'] = array_shift($argv);
+    $config['argv'] = $argv;
+
+    if ($args->getArg('autoscale')) {
+      $config['autoscale'] = array(
+        'group' => 'debug',
+      );
+    }
+
     return $this->launchDaemons(
       array(
-        array($daemon_class, $argv),
+        $config,
       ),
       $is_debug = true,
       $run_as_current_user);
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLaunchWorkflow.php
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
         pht('You must specify which daemon to launch.'));
     }
 
-    $daemon = array(array_shift($argv), $argv);
+    $daemon = array();
+    $daemon['class'] = array_shift($argv);
+    $daemon['argv'] = $argv;
+
     $daemons = array_fill(0, $daemon_count, $daemon);
 
     $this->launchDaemons($daemons, $is_debug = false);
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
     // Convert any shorthand classnames like "taskmaster" into proper class
     // names.
     foreach ($daemons as $key => $daemon) {
-      $class = $this->findDaemonClass($daemon[0]);
-      $daemons[$key][0] = $class;
+      $class = $this->findDaemonClass($daemon['class']);
+      $daemons[$key]['class'] = $class;
     }
 
     $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();
@@ -176,15 +176,7 @@
     Filesystem::assertWritable($pid_dir);
 
     $config['piddir'] = $pid_dir;
-
-    $config['daemons'] = array();
-    foreach ($daemons as $daemon) {
-      list($class, $argv) = $daemon;
-      $config['daemons'][] = array(
-        'class' => $class,
-        'argv' => $argv,
-      );
-    }
+    $config['daemons'] = $daemons;
 
     $command = csprintf('./phd-daemon %Ls', $flags);
 
@@ -327,14 +319,22 @@
     }
 
     $daemons = array(
-      array('PhabricatorRepositoryPullLocalDaemon', array()),
-      array('PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon', array()),
-      array('PhabricatorTriggerDaemon', array()),
+      array(
+        'class' => 'PhabricatorRepositoryPullLocalDaemon',
+      ),
+      array(
+        'class' => 'PhabricatorGarbageCollectorDaemon',
+      ),
+      array(
+        'class' => 'PhabricatorTriggerDaemon',
+      ),
     );
 
     $taskmasters = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phd.start-taskmasters');
     for ($ii = 0; $ii < $taskmasters; $ii++) {
-      $daemons[] = array('PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon', array());
+      $daemons[] = array(
+        'class' => 'PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon',
+      );
     }
 
     $this->launchDaemons($daemons, $is_debug = false);
@@ -568,8 +568,18 @@
       pht('(Logs will appear in "%s".)', $log_dir));
 
     foreach ($daemons as $daemon) {
-      list($class, $argv) = $daemon;
-      $console->writeOut("    %s %s\n", $class, implode(' ', $argv));
+      $is_autoscale = isset($daemon['autoscale']['group']);
+      if ($is_autoscale) {
+        $autoscale = pht('(Autoscaling)');
+      } else {
+        $autoscale = pht('(Static)');
+      }
+
+      $console->writeOut(
+        "    %s %s\n",
+        $daemon['class'],
+        $autoscale,
+        implode(' ', idx($daemon, 'argv', array())));
     }
     $console->writeOut("\n");
   }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/workers/PhabricatorTaskmasterDaemon.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         ->execute();
 
       if ($tasks) {
+        $this->willBeginWork();
+
         foreach ($tasks as $task) {
           $id = $task->getID();
           $class = $task->getTaskClass();
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
 
         // The first time we sleep, we add a random offset to try to spread
         // the sleep times out somewhat evenly.
+        $this->willBeginIdle();
         $sleep = $taskmaster_count + $offset;
         $offset = 0;
       }