diff --git a/cli/scaletest.go b/cli/scaletest.go
index 6330ca6600813..e18f281ea7f9c 100644
--- a/cli/scaletest.go
+++ b/cli/scaletest.go
@@ -902,10 +902,10 @@ func (r *RootCmd) scaletestWorkspaceTraffic() *clibase.Cmd {
 				_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(inv.Stderr, "\nUploading traces...")
 				if err := closeTracing(ctx); err != nil {
 					_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(inv.Stderr, "\nError uploading traces: %+v\n", err)
-					// Wait for prometheus metrics to be scraped
-					_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(inv.Stderr, "Waiting %s for prometheus metrics to be scraped\n", scaletestPrometheusWait)
-					<-time.After(scaletestPrometheusWait)
 				}
+				// Wait for prometheus metrics to be scraped
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(inv.Stderr, "Waiting %s for prometheus metrics to be scraped\n", scaletestPrometheusWait)
+				<-time.After(scaletestPrometheusWait)
 			}()
 			tracer := tracerProvider.Tracer(scaletestTracerName)
 
diff --git a/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh b/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh
index 4be16a39fa998..9c53db2a53163 100755
--- a/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh
+++ b/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh
@@ -2,29 +2,68 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
-	echo "Usage: $0 <loadtest name>"
-	exit 1
-fi
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/lib.sh
+source "${PROJECT_ROOT}/scripts/lib.sh"
 
 # Allow toggling verbose output
 [[ -n ${VERBOSE:-} ]] && set -x
 
-LOADTEST_NAME="$1"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+SCALETEST_NAME="${SCALETEST_NAME:-}"
+SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK="${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK:-1024}"
+SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL="${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL:-100ms}"
+
+script_name=$(basename "$0")
+args="$(getopt -o "" -l help,name:,traffic-bytes-per-tick:,traffic-tick-interval:, -- "$@")"
+eval set -- "$args"
+while true; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--help)
+		echo "Usage: $script_name --name <name> [--traffic-bytes-per-tick <bytes_per-tick>] [--traffic-tick-interval <ticks_per_second]"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	--name)
+		SCALETEST_NAME="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--traffic-bytes-per-tick)
+		SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--traffic-tick-interval)
+		SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--)
+		shift
+		break
+		;;
+	*)
+		error "Unrecognized option: $1"
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+dependencies kubectl
+
+if [[ -z "${SCALETEST_NAME}" ]]; then
+	echo "Must specify --name"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 CODER_TOKEN=$("${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/lib/coder_shim.sh" tokens create)
-CODER_URL="http://coder.coder-${LOADTEST_NAME}.svc.cluster.local"
-export KUBECONFIG="${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/.coderv2/${LOADTEST_NAME}-cluster.kubeconfig"
+CODER_URL="http://coder.coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}.svc.cluster.local"
+export KUBECONFIG="${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/.coderv2/${SCALETEST_NAME}-cluster.kubeconfig"
 
 # Clean up any pre-existing pods
-kubectl -n "coder-${LOADTEST_NAME}" delete pod coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic --force || true
+kubectl -n "coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}" delete pod coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic --force || true
 
 cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
   name: coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic
-  namespace: coder-${LOADTEST_NAME}
+  namespace: coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic
 spec:
@@ -36,12 +75,12 @@ spec:
           - key: cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool
             operator: In
             values:
-            - ${LOADTEST_NAME}-misc
+            - ${SCALETEST_NAME}-misc
   containers:
   - command:
     - sh
     - -c
-    - "curl -fsSL $CODER_URL/bin/coder-linux-amd64 -o /tmp/coder && chmod +x /tmp/coder && /tmp/coder --verbose --url=$CODER_URL --token=$CODER_TOKEN scaletest workspace-traffic --concurrency=0 --bytes-per-tick=4096 --tick-interval=100ms"
+    - "curl -fsSL $CODER_URL/bin/coder-linux-amd64 -o /tmp/coder && chmod +x /tmp/coder && /tmp/coder --verbose --url=$CODER_URL --token=$CODER_TOKEN scaletest workspace-traffic --concurrency=0 --bytes-per-tick=${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK} --tick-interval=${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL} --scaletest-prometheus-wait=60s"
     env:
     - name: CODER_URL
       value: $CODER_URL
@@ -51,21 +90,18 @@ spec:
       value: "0.0.0.0:21112"
     - name: CODER_SCALETEST_JOB_TIMEOUT
       value: "30m"
-    - name: CODER_SCALETEST_CONCURRENCY
-      value: "0"
-    - name: CODER_SCALETEST_WORKSPACE_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK
-      value: "2048"
     ports:
     - containerPort: 21112
       name: prometheus-http
       protocol: TCP
     name: cli
     image: docker.io/codercom/enterprise-minimal:ubuntu
+  restartPolicy: Never
 ---
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: PodMonitor
 metadata:
-  namespace: coder-${LOADTEST_NAME}
+  namespace: coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}
   name: coder-workspacetraffic-monitoring
 spec:
   selector:
diff --git a/scaletest/scaletest.sh b/scaletest/scaletest.sh
index 9677df05c99c4..83111a3a11425 100755
--- a/scaletest/scaletest.sh
+++ b/scaletest/scaletest.sh
@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@ SCALETEST_PROJECT="${SCALETEST_PROJECT:-}"
 SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_USER="${SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_USER:-}"
 SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_PASSWORD="${SCALETEST_PROMETHEUS_REMOTE_WRITE_PASSWORD:-}"
 SCALETEST_SKIP_CLEANUP="${SCALETEST_SKIP_CLEANUP:-0}"
+SCALETEST_CREATE_CONCURRENCY="${SCALETEST_CREATE_CONCURRENCY:-10}"
+SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK="${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK:-1024}"
+SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL="${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL:-10}"
 
 script_name=$(basename "$0")
-args="$(getopt -o "" -l dry-run,help,name:,num-workspaces:,project:,scenario:,skip-cleanup -- "$@")"
+args="$(getopt -o "" -l create-concurrency:,dry-run,help,name:,num-workspaces:,project:,scenario:,skip-cleanup,traffic-bytes-per-tick:,traffic-tick-interval:, -- "$@")"
 eval set -- "$args"
 while true; do
 	case "$1" in
+	--create-concurrency)
+		SCALETEST_CREATE_CONCURRENCY="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
 	--dry-run)
 		DRY_RUN=1
 		shift
 		;;
 	--help)
-		echo "Usage: $script_name --name <name> --project <project> --num-workspaces <num-workspaces> --scenario <scenario> [--dry-run] [--skip-cleanup]"
+		echo "Usage: $script_name --name <name> --project <project> --num-workspaces <num-workspaces> --scenario <scenario> [--dry-run] [--skip-cleanup] [--create-concurrency=<create-concurrency>]"
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	--name)
@@ -49,6 +56,14 @@ while true; do
 		SCALETEST_SKIP_CLEANUP=1
 		shift
 		;;
+	--traffic-bytes-per-tick)
+		SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--traffic-tick-interval)
+		SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL="$2"
+		shift 2
+		;;
 	--)
 		shift
 		break
@@ -144,16 +159,21 @@ echo "Creating ${SCALETEST_NUM_WORKSPACES} workspaces."
 DRY_RUN="$DRY_RUN" "${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/lib/coder_shim.sh" scaletest create-workspaces \
 	--count "${SCALETEST_NUM_WORKSPACES}" \
 	--template=kubernetes \
-	--concurrency 10 \
+	--concurrency "${SCALETEST_CREATE_CONCURRENCY}" \
 	--no-cleanup
 
 echo "Sleeping 10 minutes to establish a baseline measurement."
 maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" sleep 600
 
 echo "Sending traffic to workspaces"
-maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" "${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh" "${SCALETEST_NAME}"
+maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" "${PROJECT_ROOT}/scaletest/lib/coder_workspacetraffic.sh" \
+	--name "${SCALETEST_NAME}" \
+	--traffic-bytes-per-tick "${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_BYTES_PER_TICK}" \
+	--traffic-tick-interval "${SCALETEST_TRAFFIC_TICK_INTERVAL}"
 maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" kubectl --kubeconfig="${KUBECONFIG}" -n "coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}" wait pods coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic --for condition=Ready
-maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" kubectl --kubeconfig="${KUBECONFIG}" -n "coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}" logs -f pod/coder-scaletest-workspace-traffic
+
+echo "Sleeping 15 minutes for traffic generation"
+maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" sleep 900
 
 echo "Starting pprof"
 maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" kubectl -n "coder-${SCALETEST_NAME}" port-forward deployment/coder 6061:6060 &
@@ -168,6 +188,7 @@ while ! maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" timeout 1 bash -c "echo > /dev/tcp/localhost/6061
 		echo "pprof failed to become ready in time!"
 		exit 1
 	fi
+	pprof_attempt_counter+=1
 	maybedryrun "$DRY_RUN" sleep 3
 done
 
diff --git a/scaletest/terraform/main.tf b/scaletest/terraform/main.tf
index 280420cecf267..c80478f513b64 100644
--- a/scaletest/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/scaletest/terraform/main.tf
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ terraform {
     }
   }
 
-  required_version = "~> 1.4.0"
+  required_version = "~> 1.5.0"
 }