diff --git a/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp b/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
index 89754cab18..e90c3eda29 100644
--- a/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp
@@ -779,7 +779,6 @@ const KeyRef exeRestore = LiteralStringRef("fdbrestore");
 const KeyRef exeDatabaseAgent = LiteralStringRef("dr_agent");
 const KeyRef exeDatabaseBackup = LiteralStringRef("fdbdr");
 
-extern void flushTraceFileVoid();
 extern const char* getHGVersion();
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/fdbclient/ClientWorkerInterface.h b/fdbclient/ClientWorkerInterface.h
index 4e3efde268..d5f83b86ec 100644
--- a/fdbclient/ClientWorkerInterface.h
+++ b/fdbclient/ClientWorkerInterface.h
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ struct RebootRequest {
 	constexpr static FileIdentifier file_identifier = 11913957;
 	bool deleteData;
 	bool checkData;
+	uint32_t waitForDuration;
 
-	explicit RebootRequest(bool deleteData = false, bool checkData = false) : deleteData(deleteData), checkData(checkData) {}
+	explicit RebootRequest(bool deleteData = false, bool checkData = false, uint32_t waitForDuration = 0)
+	  : deleteData(deleteData), checkData(checkData), waitForDuration(waitForDuration) {}
 
 	template <class Ar>
 	void serialize(Ar& ar) {
-		serializer(ar, deleteData, checkData);
+		serializer(ar, deleteData, checkData, waitForDuration);
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt b/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
index bf264c030c..bf61207a16 100644
--- a/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fdbserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ set(FDBSERVER_SRCS
   workloads/ChangeConfig.actor.cpp
   workloads/ClientTransactionProfileCorrectness.actor.cpp
   workloads/TriggerRecovery.actor.cpp
+  workloads/SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp
   workloads/CommitBugCheck.actor.cpp
   workloads/ConfigureDatabase.actor.cpp
   workloads/ConflictRange.actor.cpp
diff --git a/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj b/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj
index da4a62d62f..44e752cdb3 100644
--- a/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj
+++ b/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\AtomicOpsApiCorrectness.actor.cpp" />
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\ClientTransactionProfileCorrectness.actor.cpp" />
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\TriggerRecovery.actor.cpp" />
+    <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp" />
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\BackupToDBAbort.actor.cpp" />
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\BackupToDBCorrectness.actor.cpp" />
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\BackupToDBUpgrade.actor.cpp" />
diff --git a/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj.filters b/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj.filters
index 78e9d35e16..23b68d2c38 100644
--- a/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/fdbserver/fdbserver.vcxproj.filters
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\TriggerRecovery.actor.cpp">
       <Filter>workloads</Filter>
     </ActorCompiler>
+    <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp">
+      <Filter>workloads</Filter>
+    </ActorCompiler>
     <ActorCompiler Include="workloads\StatusWorkload.actor.cpp">
       <Filter>workloads</Filter>
     </ActorCompiler>
diff --git a/fdbserver/worker.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/worker.actor.cpp
index aa2b37b404..97428b9802 100644
--- a/fdbserver/worker.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/worker.actor.cpp
@@ -866,6 +866,13 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> workerServer(
 
 			when( RebootRequest req = waitNext( interf.clientInterface.reboot.getFuture() ) ) {
 				state RebootRequest rebootReq = req;
+				if(req.waitForDuration) {
+					TraceEvent("RebootRequestSuspendingProcess").detail("Duration", req.waitForDuration);
+					flushTraceFileVoid();
+					setProfilingEnabled(0);
+					g_network->stop();
+					threadSleep(req.waitForDuration);
+				}
 				if(rebootReq.checkData) {
 					Reference<IAsyncFile> checkFile = wait( IAsyncFileSystem::filesystem()->open( joinPath(folder, validationFilename), IAsyncFile::OPEN_CREATE | IAsyncFile::OPEN_READWRITE, 0600 ) );
 					wait( checkFile->sync() );
diff --git a/fdbserver/workloads/SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/workloads/SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4581f02fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fdbserver/workloads/SuspendProcesses.actor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
+
+#include "fdbserver/workloads/workloads.actor.h"
+#include "fdbserver/ServerDBInfo.h"
+#include "fdbclient/Status.h"
+#include "fdbclient/StatusClient.h"
+#include "fdbclient/ManagementAPI.actor.h"
+#include "fdbclient/RunTransaction.actor.h"
+#include "flow/actorcompiler.h" // has to be last include
+
+struct SuspendProcessesWorkload : TestWorkload {
+	std::vector<std::string> prefixSuspendProcesses;
+	double suspendTimeDuration;
+	double waitTimeDuration;
+
+	SuspendProcessesWorkload(WorkloadContext const& wcx) : TestWorkload(wcx) {
+		prefixSuspendProcesses = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("prefixesSuspendProcesses"), std::vector<std::string>());
+		waitTimeDuration = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("waitTimeDuration"), 0);
+		suspendTimeDuration = getOption(options, LiteralStringRef("suspendTimeDuration"), 0);
+	}
+
+	virtual std::string description() { return "SuspendProcesses"; }
+
+	virtual Future<Void> setup(Database const& cx) { return Void(); }
+
+	ACTOR Future<Void> _start(Database cx, SuspendProcessesWorkload* self) {
+		wait(delay(self->waitTimeDuration));
+		state ReadYourWritesTransaction tr(cx);
+		loop {
+			try {
+				tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::ACCESS_SYSTEM_KEYS);
+				tr.setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
+				Standalone<RangeResultRef> kvs = wait(tr.getRange(
+				    KeyRangeRef(LiteralStringRef("\xff\xff/worker_interfaces"), LiteralStringRef("\xff\xff\xff")), 1));
+				std::vector<Standalone<StringRef>> suspendProcessInterfaces;
+				for (auto it : kvs) {
+					auto ip_port = it.key.endsWith(LiteralStringRef(":tls"))
+					                   ? it.key.removeSuffix(LiteralStringRef(":tls"))
+					                   : it.key;
+					for (auto& killProcess : self->prefixSuspendProcesses) {
+						if (boost::starts_with(ip_port.toString().c_str(), killProcess.c_str())) {
+							suspendProcessInterfaces.push_back(it.value);
+							TraceEvent("SuspendProcessSelectedProcess").detail("IpPort", printable(ip_port));
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				for (auto& interf : suspendProcessInterfaces) {
+					BinaryReader::fromStringRef<ClientWorkerInterface>(interf, IncludeVersion())
+					    .reboot.send(RebootRequest(false, false, self->suspendTimeDuration));
+				}
+				return Void();
+			} catch (Error& e) {
+				wait(tr.onError(e));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	virtual Future<Void> start(Database const& cx) {
+		if (clientId != 0) return Void();
+		return _start(cx, this);
+	}
+
+	virtual Future<bool> check(Database const& cx) { return true; }
+
+	virtual void getMetrics(vector<PerfMetric>& m) {}
+};
+
+WorkloadFactory<SuspendProcessesWorkload> SuspendProcessesWorkloadFactory("SuspendProcesses");
diff --git a/flow/Error.cpp b/flow/Error.cpp
index e2d096b8dd..3edb81adf9 100644
--- a/flow/Error.cpp
+++ b/flow/Error.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ std::map<int, int>& Error::errorCounts() {
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-extern void flushTraceFileVoid();
-
 Error Error::fromUnvalidatedCode(int code) {
 	if (code < 0 || code > 30000) {
 		Error e = Error::fromCode(error_code_unknown_error);
diff --git a/flow/Trace.h b/flow/Trace.h
index 6ab4a857c6..6ba7e0e7db 100644
--- a/flow/Trace.h
+++ b/flow/Trace.h
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ void openTraceFile(const NetworkAddress& na, uint64_t rollsize, uint64_t maxLogs
 void initTraceEventMetrics();
 void closeTraceFile();
 bool traceFileIsOpen();
+void flushTraceFileVoid();
 
 // Changes the format of trace files. Returns false if the format is unrecognized. No longer safe to call after a call
 // to openTraceFile.