diff --git a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 9144eca97f4ac..5076e4174f7a3 100644
--- a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ func StartControllers(s *options.CMServer, restClientCfg *restclient.Config) err
 		go serviceController.Run(s.ConcurrentServiceSyncs, wait.NeverStop)
 	}
 
+	adapterSpecificArgs := make(map[string]interface{})
+	adapterSpecificArgs[federatedtypes.HpaKind] = &s.HpaScaleForbiddenWindow
 	for kind, federatedType := range federatedtypes.FederatedTypes() {
 		if controllerEnabled(s.Controllers, serverResources, federatedType.ControllerName, federatedType.RequiredResources, true) {
-			synccontroller.StartFederationSyncController(kind, federatedType.AdapterFactory, restClientCfg, stopChan, minimizeLatency)
+			synccontroller.StartFederationSyncController(kind, federatedType.AdapterFactory, restClientCfg, stopChan, minimizeLatency, adapterSpecificArgs)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/options/options.go b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
index e6659c36977d2..069075aa771a1 100644
--- a/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
+++ b/federation/cmd/federation-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ type ControllerManagerConfiguration struct {
 	ContentType string `json:"contentType"`
 	// ConfigurationMap determining which controllers should be enabled or disabled
 	Controllers utilflag.ConfigurationMap `json:"controllers"`
+	// HpaScaleForbiddenWindow is the duration used by federation hpa controller to
+	// determine if it can move max and/or min replicas around (or not), of a cluster local
+	// hpa object, by comparing current time with the last scaled time of that cluster local hpa.
+	// Lower value will result in faster response to scalibility conditions achieved
+	// by cluster local hpas on local replicas, but too low a value can result in thrashing.
+	// Higher values will result in slower response to scalibility conditions on local replicas.
+	HpaScaleForbiddenWindow metav1.Duration `json:"HpaScaleForbiddenWindow"`
 }
 
 // CMServer is the main context object for the controller manager.
@@ -100,6 +107,7 @@ func NewCMServer() *CMServer {
 			APIServerBurst:            30,
 			LeaderElection:            leaderelectionconfig.DefaultLeaderElectionConfiguration(),
 			Controllers:               make(utilflag.ConfigurationMap),
+			HpaScaleForbiddenWindow:   metav1.Duration{Duration: 2 * time.Minute},
 		},
 	}
 	return &s
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ func (s *CMServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.IntVar(&s.APIServerBurst, "federated-api-burst", s.APIServerBurst, "Burst to use while talking with federation apiserver")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.DnsProvider, "dns-provider", s.DnsProvider, "DNS provider. Valid values are: "+fmt.Sprintf("%q", dnsprovider.RegisteredDnsProviders()))
 	fs.StringVar(&s.DnsConfigFile, "dns-provider-config", s.DnsConfigFile, "Path to config file for configuring DNS provider.")
+	fs.DurationVar(&s.HpaScaleForbiddenWindow.Duration, "hpa-scale-forbidden-window", s.HpaScaleForbiddenWindow.Duration, "The time window wrt cluster local hpa lastscale time, during which federated hpa would not move the hpa max/min replicas around")
 	fs.Var(&s.Controllers, "controllers", ""+
 		"A set of key=value pairs that describe controller configuration "+
 		"to enable/disable specific controllers. Key should be the resource name (like services) and value should be true or false. "+
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/adapter.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/adapter.go
index 3d26e63c4ca79..1dbda2a498e84 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/adapter.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/adapter.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type FederatedTypeAdapter interface {
 // that create instances of FederatedTypeAdapter.  Such methods should
 // be registered with RegisterAdapterFactory to ensure the type
 // adapter is discoverable.
-type AdapterFactory func(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter
+type AdapterFactory func(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter
 
 // SetAnnotation sets the given key and value in the given object's ObjectMeta.Annotations map
 func SetAnnotation(adapter FederatedTypeAdapter, obj pkgruntime.Object, key, value string) {
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/configmap.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/configmap.go
index 9108c78b9e2e4..79fdea2caf1c1 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/configmap.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/configmap.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type ConfigMapAdapter struct {
 	client federationclientset.Interface
 }
 
-func NewConfigMapAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewConfigMapAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	return &ConfigMapAdapter{client: client}
 }
 
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
index 3b581b6ddf6a1..6c5ba82050c7e 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type DaemonSetAdapter struct {
 	client federationclientset.Interface
 }
 
-func NewDaemonSetAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewDaemonSetAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	return &DaemonSetAdapter{client: client}
 }
 
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/deployment.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/deployment.go
index 230501db0ef3c..cc6eccbd70b13 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/deployment.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/deployment.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type DeploymentAdapter struct {
 	client federationclientset.Interface
 }
 
-func NewDeploymentAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewDeploymentAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	schedulingAdapter := replicaSchedulingAdapter{
 		preferencesAnnotationName: FedDeploymentPreferencesAnnotation,
 		updateStatusFunc: func(obj pkgruntime.Object, schedulingInfo interface{}) error {
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa.go
index 3479d7c4b3bd5..66806b35159e1 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa.go
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ import (
 const (
 	HpaKind           = "horizontalpodautoscaler"
 	HpaControllerName = "horizontalpodautoscalers"
-	// This is a tunable which does not change replica nums
-	// on an existing local hpa, before this timeout, if it
-	// did scale already (avoids thrashing of replicas around).
-	scaleForbiddenWindow = 5 * time.Minute
 	// This is used as the default min for hpa object submitted
 	// to federation, in a situation where the default is for
 	// some reason not present (Spec.MinReplicas == nil)
 	hpaMinReplicaDefault = int32(1)
+	// This is a tunable which does not change replica nums
+	// on an existing local hpa, before this timeout, if it
+	// did scale already (avoids thrashing of replicas around).
+	ScaleForbiddenWindow = 2 * time.Minute
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -51,11 +51,22 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type HpaAdapter struct {
-	client federationclientset.Interface
+	client               federationclientset.Interface
+	scaleForbiddenWindow time.Duration
 }
 
-func NewHpaAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
-	return &HpaAdapter{client: client}
+func NewHpaAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+	var scaleForbiddenWindow time.Duration
+	if adapterSpecificArgs != nil && adapterSpecificArgs[HpaKind] != nil {
+		scaleForbiddenWindow = adapterSpecificArgs[HpaKind].(*metav1.Duration).Duration
+	} else {
+		scaleForbiddenWindow = ScaleForbiddenWindow
+	}
+
+	return &HpaAdapter{
+		client:               client,
+		scaleForbiddenWindow: scaleForbiddenWindow,
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *HpaAdapter) Kind() string {
@@ -237,7 +248,7 @@ func (a *HpaAdapter) GetSchedule(obj pkgruntime.Object, key string, clusters []*
 	}
 
 	return &hpaSchedulingInfo{
-		scheduleState: getHpaScheduleState(obj, currentClusterObjs),
+		scheduleState: a.getHpaScheduleState(obj, currentClusterObjs),
 		fedStatus:     fedStatus,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -288,7 +299,7 @@ func getCurrentClusterObjs(informer fedutil.FederatedInformer, key string, clust
 //
 // The above algorithm is run to first distribute max and then distribute min to those clusters
 // which get max.
-func getHpaScheduleState(fedObj pkgruntime.Object, currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object) map[string]*replicaNums {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) getHpaScheduleState(fedObj pkgruntime.Object, currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object) map[string]*replicaNums {
 	fedHpa := fedObj.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
 	requestedMin := hpaMinReplicaDefault
 	if fedHpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil {
@@ -322,7 +333,7 @@ func getHpaScheduleState(fedObj pkgruntime.Object, currentObjs map[string]pkgrun
 	// beyond min/max limits.
 	// schedStatus currently have status of existing hpas.
 	// It will eventually have desired status for this reconcile.
-	clusterLists, currentReplicas, scheduleState := prepareForScheduling(currentObjs)
+	clusterLists, currentReplicas, scheduleState := a.prepareForScheduling(currentObjs)
 
 	remainingReplicas := replicaNums{
 		min: requestedReplicas.min - currentReplicas.min,
@@ -362,7 +373,7 @@ func getHpaScheduleState(fedObj pkgruntime.Object, currentObjs map[string]pkgrun
 	// We then go ahead to give the replicas to those which do not
 	// have any hpa. In this pass however we try to ensure that all
 	// our Max are consumed in this reconcile.
-	distributeMaxReplicas(toDistribute.max, clusterLists, rdc, currentObjs, scheduleState)
+	a.distributeMaxReplicas(toDistribute.max, clusterLists, rdc, currentObjs, scheduleState)
 
 	// We distribute min to those clusters which:
 	// 1 - can adjust min (our increase step would be only 1)
@@ -371,7 +382,7 @@ func getHpaScheduleState(fedObj pkgruntime.Object, currentObjs map[string]pkgrun
 	// some clusters still needing them. We adjust this in finalise by
 	// assigning min replicas to 1 into those clusters which got max
 	// but min remains 0.
-	distributeMinReplicas(toDistribute.min, clusterLists, rdc, currentObjs, scheduleState)
+	a.distributeMinReplicas(toDistribute.min, clusterLists, rdc, currentObjs, scheduleState)
 
 	return finaliseScheduleState(scheduleState)
 }
@@ -474,7 +485,7 @@ func updateStatus(fedHpa *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, newStatus hpaFe
 // existing objs.
 // currentObjs has the list of all clusters, with obj as nil
 // for those clusters which do not have hpa yet.
-func prepareForScheduling(currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object) (hpaLists, replicaNums, map[string]*replicaNums) {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) prepareForScheduling(currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object) (hpaLists, replicaNums, map[string]*replicaNums) {
 	lists := hpaLists{
 		availableMax: sets.NewString(),
 		availableMin: sets.NewString(),
@@ -493,10 +504,10 @@ func prepareForScheduling(currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object) (hpaLists, r
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if maxReplicasReducible(obj) {
+		if a.maxReplicasReducible(obj) {
 			lists.availableMax.Insert(cluster)
 		}
-		if minReplicasReducible(obj) {
+		if a.minReplicasReducible(obj) {
 			lists.availableMin.Insert(cluster)
 		}
 
@@ -609,7 +620,7 @@ func reduceMaxReplicas(excessMax int32, availableMaxList sets.String, scheduled
 // rdc: replicadistributioncount for max and min.
 // currentObjs: list of current cluster hpas.
 // scheduled: schedule state which will be updated in place.
-func distributeMaxReplicas(toDistributeMax int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNums,
+func (a *HpaAdapter) distributeMaxReplicas(toDistributeMax int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNums,
 	currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object, scheduled map[string]*replicaNums) int32 {
 	for cluster, replicas := range scheduled {
 		if toDistributeMax == 0 {
@@ -618,7 +629,7 @@ func distributeMaxReplicas(toDistributeMax int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNum
 		if replicas == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if maxReplicasNeeded(currentObjs[cluster]) {
+		if a.maxReplicasNeeded(currentObjs[cluster]) {
 			replicas.max++
 			if lists.availableMax.Len() > 0 {
 				popped, notEmpty := lists.availableMax.PopAny()
@@ -708,7 +719,7 @@ func distributeMaxReplicas(toDistributeMax int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNum
 // rdc: replicadistributioncount for max and min.
 // currentObjs: list of current cluster hpas.
 // scheduled: schedule state which will be updated in place.
-func distributeMinReplicas(toDistributeMin int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNums,
+func (a *HpaAdapter) distributeMinReplicas(toDistributeMin int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNums,
 	currentObjs map[string]pkgruntime.Object, scheduled map[string]*replicaNums) int32 {
 	for cluster, replicas := range scheduled {
 		if toDistributeMin == 0 {
@@ -719,7 +730,7 @@ func distributeMinReplicas(toDistributeMin int32, lists hpaLists, rdc replicaNum
 		if replicas == nil || currentObjs[cluster] == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if minReplicasIncreasable(currentObjs[cluster]) {
+		if a.minReplicasIncreasable(currentObjs[cluster]) {
 			if lists.availableMin.Len() > 0 {
 				popped, notEmpty := lists.availableMin.PopAny()
 				if notEmpty {
@@ -842,18 +853,18 @@ func isPristine(hpa *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) bool {
 
 // isScaleable tells if it already has been a reasonable amount of
 // time since this hpa scaled. Its used to avoid fast thrashing.
-func isScaleable(hpa *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) bool {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) isScaleable(hpa *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) bool {
 	if hpa.Status.LastScaleTime == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	t := hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(scaleForbiddenWindow)
+	t := hpa.Status.LastScaleTime.Add(a.scaleForbiddenWindow)
 	if t.After(time.Now()) {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
 }
 
-func maxReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) maxReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	hpa := obj.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
 	if (hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil) &&
 		(((hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas - 1) - *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas) < 0) {
@@ -862,7 +873,7 @@ func maxReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	if isPristine(hpa) {
 		return true
 	}
-	if !isScaleable(hpa) {
+	if !a.isScaleable(hpa) {
 		return false
 	}
 	if (hpa.Status.DesiredReplicas < hpa.Status.CurrentReplicas) ||
@@ -879,14 +890,14 @@ func maxReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 // are not being used here, the max adjustment will lead it to become equal to min,
 // but will not be able to scale down further and offer max to some other cluster
 // which needs replicas.
-func minReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) minReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	hpa := obj.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
 	if isPristine(hpa) && (hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil) &&
 		(*hpa.Spec.MinReplicas > 1) &&
 		(*hpa.Spec.MinReplicas <= hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas) {
 		return true
 	}
-	if !isScaleable(hpa) {
+	if !a.isScaleable(hpa) {
 		return false
 	}
 	if (hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil) &&
@@ -898,9 +909,9 @@ func minReplicasReducible(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func maxReplicasNeeded(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) maxReplicasNeeded(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	hpa := obj.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
-	if !isScaleable(hpa) {
+	if !a.isScaleable(hpa) {
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -911,9 +922,9 @@ func maxReplicasNeeded(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func minReplicasIncreasable(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
+func (a *HpaAdapter) minReplicasIncreasable(obj pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	hpa := obj.(*autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler)
-	if !isScaleable(hpa) ||
+	if !a.isScaleable(hpa) ||
 		((hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil) &&
 			(*hpa.Spec.MinReplicas) >= hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas) {
 		return false
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa_test.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa_test.go
index 2168fb894f649..95447b18d54b5 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa_test.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/hpa_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package federatedtypes
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -191,12 +190,15 @@ func TestGetHpaScheduleState(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	adapter := &HpaAdapter{
+		scaleForbiddenWindow: ScaleForbiddenWindow,
+	}
 	for testName, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if testCase.fedHpa == nil {
 				testCase.fedHpa = defaultFedHpa
 			}
-			scheduledState := getHpaScheduleState(testCase.fedHpa, testCase.localHpas)
+			scheduledState := adapter.getHpaScheduleState(testCase.fedHpa, testCase.localHpas)
 			checkClusterConditions(t, testCase.fedHpa, scheduledState)
 			if testCase.expectedReplicas != nil {
 				for cluster, replicas := range testCase.expectedReplicas {
@@ -216,8 +218,8 @@ func updateHpaStatus(hpa *autoscalingv1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentUtilisat
 	now := metav1.Now()
 	scaledTime := now
 	if scaleable {
-		// definitely more then 5 minutes ago
-		scaledTime = metav1.NewTime(now.Time.Add(-6 * time.Minute))
+		// definitely more then ScaleForbiddenWindow time ago
+		scaledTime = metav1.NewTime(now.Time.Add(-2 * ScaleForbiddenWindow))
 	}
 	hpa.Status.LastScaleTime = &scaledTime
 	return hpa
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/namespace.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/namespace.go
index 210338872cc86..3caf1a2f679b8 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/namespace.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/namespace.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type NamespaceAdapter struct {
 	deleter deletion.NamespacedResourcesDeleterInterface
 }
 
-func NewNamespaceAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewNamespaceAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	dynamicClientPool := dynamic.NewDynamicClientPool(config)
 	discoverResourcesFunc := client.Discovery().ServerPreferredNamespacedResources
 	deleter := deletion.NewNamespacedResourcesDeleter(
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/replicaset.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/replicaset.go
index 909b12b7d0ad2..f854679bb0675 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/replicaset.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/replicaset.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type ReplicaSetAdapter struct {
 	client federationclientset.Interface
 }
 
-func NewReplicaSetAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewReplicaSetAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	replicaSchedulingAdapter := replicaSchedulingAdapter{
 		preferencesAnnotationName: FedReplicaSetPreferencesAnnotation,
 		updateStatusFunc: func(obj pkgruntime.Object, schedulingInfo interface{}) error {
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/secret.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/secret.go
index 535e9faffec84..09548ca62a13b 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/secret.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/secret.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type SecretAdapter struct {
 	client federationclientset.Interface
 }
 
-func NewSecretAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config) FederatedTypeAdapter {
+func NewSecretAdapter(client federationclientset.Interface, config *restclient.Config, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) FederatedTypeAdapter {
 	return &SecretAdapter{client: client}
 }
 
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/sync/controller.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/sync/controller.go
index 41cee680fd36b..649d3b236219c 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/sync/controller.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/sync/controller.go
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ type FederationSyncController struct {
 }
 
 // StartFederationSyncController starts a new sync controller for a type adapter
-func StartFederationSyncController(kind string, adapterFactory federatedtypes.AdapterFactory, config *restclient.Config, stopChan <-chan struct{}, minimizeLatency bool) {
+func StartFederationSyncController(kind string, adapterFactory federatedtypes.AdapterFactory, config *restclient.Config, stopChan <-chan struct{}, minimizeLatency bool, adapterSpecificArgs map[string]interface{}) {
 	restclient.AddUserAgent(config, fmt.Sprintf("federation-%s-controller", kind))
 	client := federationclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
-	adapter := adapterFactory(client, config)
+	adapter := adapterFactory(client, config, adapterSpecificArgs)
 	controller := newFederationSyncController(client, adapter)
 	if minimizeLatency {
 		controller.minimizeLatency()
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index 3d29834e7f27e..645614555036d 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ host-network-sources
 host-pid-sources
 host-port-endpoints
 host-system-namespace
+hpa-scale-forbidden-window
 http-check-frequency
 http-port
 ignore-daemonsets
diff --git a/test/e2e_federation/crud.go b/test/e2e_federation/crud.go
index ba8c850b00df5..91d534a227b9d 100644
--- a/test/e2e_federation/crud.go
+++ b/test/e2e_federation/crud.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Federated types [Feature:Federation][Experimenta
 				if clusterClients == nil {
 					clusterClients = f.GetClusterClients()
 				}
-				adapter := fedType.AdapterFactory(f.FederationClientset, f.FederationConfig)
+				adapter := fedType.AdapterFactory(f.FederationClientset, f.FederationConfig, nil)
 				crudTester := fedframework.NewFederatedTypeCRUDTester(adapter, clusterClients)
 				obj := adapter.NewTestObject(f.FederationNamespace.Name)
 				crudTester.CheckLifecycle(obj)
diff --git a/test/e2e_federation/upgrades/simple.go b/test/e2e_federation/upgrades/simple.go
index 75854ed297dbf..6516ecd204f6e 100644
--- a/test/e2e_federation/upgrades/simple.go
+++ b/test/e2e_federation/upgrades/simple.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type SimpleUpgradeTest struct {
 
 // Setup creates a resource and validates its propagation to member clusters
 func (ut *SimpleUpgradeTest) Setup(f *fedframework.Framework) {
-	adapter := ut.adapterFactory(f.FederationClientset, f.FederationConfig)
+	adapter := ut.adapterFactory(f.FederationClientset, f.FederationConfig, nil)
 	clients := f.GetClusterClients()
 	ut.crudTester = fedframework.NewFederatedTypeCRUDTester(adapter, clients)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/federation/crud_test.go b/test/integration/federation/crud_test.go
index 703eac9dd8567..5c3fa8b0b2416 100644
--- a/test/integration/federation/crud_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/federation/crud_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func initCRUDTest(t *testing.T, fedFixture *framework.FederationFixture, adapter
 	fixture := framework.NewControllerFixture(t, kind, adapterFactory, config)
 
 	client := fedFixture.APIFixture.NewClient(fmt.Sprintf("crud-test-%s", kind))
-	adapter := adapterFactory(client, config)
+	adapter := adapterFactory(client, config, nil)
 
 	crudTester := framework.NewFederatedTypeCRUDTester(t, adapter, fedFixture.ClusterClients)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/federation/framework/controller.go b/test/integration/federation/framework/controller.go
index 4cfaa1ff9da67..2c5e925b1dd76 100644
--- a/test/integration/federation/framework/controller.go
+++ b/test/integration/federation/framework/controller.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func NewControllerFixture(t *testing.T, kind string, adapterFactory federatedtyp
 	f := &ControllerFixture{
 		stopChan: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	synccontroller.StartFederationSyncController(kind, adapterFactory, config, f.stopChan, true)
+	synccontroller.StartFederationSyncController(kind, adapterFactory, config, f.stopChan, true, nil)
 	return f
 }