diff --git a/cmd/yurthub/app/config/config.go b/cmd/yurthub/app/config/config.go
index 82db73f8489..dbb426c5db5 100644
--- a/cmd/yurthub/app/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/yurthub/app/config/config.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type YurtHubConfiguration struct {
 	FilterManager                     *manager.Manager
 	CertIPs                           []net.IP
 	CoordinatorServer                 *url.URL
+	MinRequestTimeout                 time.Duration
 }
 
 // Complete converts *options.YurtHubOptions to *YurtHubConfiguration
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ func Complete(options *options.YurtHubOptions) (*YurtHubConfiguration, error) {
 		KubeletHealthGracePeriod:          options.KubeletHealthGracePeriod,
 		FilterManager:                     filterManager,
 		CertIPs:                           certIPs,
+		MinRequestTimeout:                 options.MinRequestTimeout,
 	}
 
 	return cfg, nil
diff --git a/cmd/yurthub/app/options/options.go b/cmd/yurthub/app/options/options.go
index 7670f77c1c2..171989c91f9 100644
--- a/cmd/yurthub/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/yurthub/app/options/options.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type YurtHubOptions struct {
 	WorkingMode               string
 	KubeletHealthGracePeriod  time.Duration
 	EnableNodePool            bool
+	MinRequestTimeout         time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewYurtHubOptions creates a new YurtHubOptions with a default config.
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ func NewYurtHubOptions() *YurtHubOptions {
 		WorkingMode:               string(util.WorkingModeEdge),
 		KubeletHealthGracePeriod:  time.Second * 40,
 		EnableNodePool:            true,
+		MinRequestTimeout:         time.Second * 1800,
 	}
 	return o
 }
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ func (o *YurtHubOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&o.WorkingMode, "working-mode", o.WorkingMode, "the working mode of yurthub(edge, cloud).")
 	fs.DurationVar(&o.KubeletHealthGracePeriod, "kubelet-health-grace-period", o.KubeletHealthGracePeriod, "the amount of time which we allow kubelet to be unresponsive before stop renew node lease")
 	fs.BoolVar(&o.EnableNodePool, "enable-node-pool", o.EnableNodePool, "enable list/watch nodepools resource or not for filters(only used for testing)")
+	fs.DurationVar(&o.MinRequestTimeout, "min-request-timeout", o.MinRequestTimeout, "An optional field indicating at least how long a proxy handler must keep a request open before timing it out. Currently only honored by the local watch request handler(use request parameter timeoutSeconds firstly), which picks a randomized value above this number as the connection timeout, to spread out load.")
 }
 
 // verifyDummyIP verify the specified ip is valid or not and set the default ip if empty
diff --git a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local.go b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local.go
index ebb82be7789..b322150b034 100644
--- a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local.go
+++ b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -48,15 +49,17 @@ type IsHealthy func() bool
 
 // LocalProxy is responsible for handling requests when remote servers are unhealthy
 type LocalProxy struct {
-	cacheMgr  manager.CacheManager
-	isHealthy IsHealthy
+	cacheMgr          manager.CacheManager
+	isHealthy         IsHealthy
+	minRequestTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewLocalProxy creates a *LocalProxy
-func NewLocalProxy(cacheMgr manager.CacheManager, isHealthy IsHealthy) *LocalProxy {
+func NewLocalProxy(cacheMgr manager.CacheManager, isHealthy IsHealthy, minRequestTimeout time.Duration) *LocalProxy {
 	return &LocalProxy{
-		cacheMgr:  cacheMgr,
-		isHealthy: isHealthy,
+		cacheMgr:          cacheMgr,
+		isHealthy:         isHealthy,
+		minRequestTimeout: minRequestTimeout,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -173,8 +176,9 @@ func (lp *LocalProxy) localWatch(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error
 	timeout := time.Duration(0)
 	if opts.TimeoutSeconds != nil {
 		timeout = time.Duration(*opts.TimeoutSeconds) * time.Second
-	} else {
-		return nil
+	}
+	if timeout == 0 && lp.minRequestTimeout > 0 {
+		timeout = time.Duration(float64(lp.minRequestTimeout) * (rand.Float64() + 1.0))
 	}
 
 	watchTimer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
diff --git a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local_test.go b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local_test.go
index 6d08ce372e6..a1274de6a4a 100644
--- a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/local/local_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForWatch(t *testing.T) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent string
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForWatchWithHealthyChange(t *testing.T) {
 		return cnt > 2 // after 6 seconds, become healthy
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent string
@@ -230,7 +230,98 @@ func TestServeHTTPForWatchWithHealthyChange(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Got error %v, unable to remove path %s", err, rootDir)
 	}
 }
+func TestServeHTTPForWatchWithMinRequestTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	dStorage, err := disk.NewDiskStorage(rootDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to create disk storage, %v", err)
+	}
+	sWrapper := cachemanager.NewStorageWrapper(dStorage)
+	serializerM := serializer.NewSerializerManager()
+	cacheM, _ := cachemanager.NewCacheManager(sWrapper, serializerM, nil, nil)
+
+	fn := func() bool {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 10*time.Second)
+
+	testcases := map[string]struct {
+		userAgent string
+		accept    string
+		verb      string
+		path      string
+		code      int
+		floor     time.Duration
+		ceil      time.Duration
+	}{
+		"watch request": {
+			userAgent: "kubelet",
+			accept:    "application/json",
+			verb:      "GET",
+			path:      "/api/v1/nodes?watch=true&timeoutSeconds=5",
+			code:      http.StatusOK,
+			floor:     5 * time.Second,
+			ceil:      6 * time.Second,
+		},
+		"watch request without timeout": {
+			userAgent: "kubelet",
+			accept:    "application/json",
+			verb:      "GET",
+			path:      "/api/v1/nodes?watch=true",
+			code:      http.StatusOK,
+			floor:     10 * time.Second,
+			ceil:      20 * time.Second,
+		},
+	}
 
+	resolver := newTestRequestInfoResolver()
+
+	for k, tt := range testcases {
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req, _ := http.NewRequest(tt.verb, tt.path, nil)
+			if len(tt.accept) != 0 {
+				req.Header.Set("Accept", tt.accept)
+			}
+
+			if len(tt.userAgent) != 0 {
+				req.Header.Set("User-Agent", tt.userAgent)
+			}
+			req.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.1"
+
+			var start, end time.Time
+			var handler http.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+				start = time.Now()
+				lp.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+				end = time.Now()
+			})
+
+			handler = proxyutil.WithRequestClientComponent(handler)
+			handler = proxyutil.WithRequestContentType(handler)
+			handler = filters.WithRequestInfo(handler, resolver)
+
+			resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			handler.ServeHTTP(resp, req)
+			result := resp.Result()
+			if result.StatusCode != tt.code {
+				t.Errorf("got status code %d, but expect %d", result.StatusCode, tt.code)
+			}
+
+			if tt.floor.Seconds() != 0 {
+				if start.Add(tt.floor).After(end) {
+					t.Errorf("exec time is less than floor time %v", tt.floor)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if start.Add(tt.ceil).Before(end) {
+				t.Errorf("exec time is more than ceil time %v", tt.ceil)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	if err = os.RemoveAll(rootDir); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Got error %v, unable to remove path %s", err, rootDir)
+	}
+}
 func TestServeHTTPForPost(t *testing.T) {
 	dStorage, err := disk.NewDiskStorage(rootDir)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -244,7 +335,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForPost(t *testing.T) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent string
@@ -324,7 +415,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent string
@@ -391,7 +482,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForGetReqCache(t *testing.T) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent string
@@ -531,7 +622,7 @@ func TestServeHTTPForListReqCache(t *testing.T) {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn)
+	lp := NewLocalProxy(cacheM, fn, 0)
 
 	testcases := map[string]struct {
 		userAgent    string
diff --git a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/proxy.go b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/proxy.go
index 203bffd7024..7c75115fef1 100644
--- a/pkg/yurthub/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/yurthub/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func NewYurtReverseProxyHandler(
 	// When yurthub is working in cloud mode, cacheMgr will be set to nil which means the local cache is disabled,
 	// so we don't need to create a LocalProxy.
 	if cacheMgr != nil {
-		localProxy = local.NewLocalProxy(cacheMgr, healthChecker.IsHealthy)
+		localProxy = local.NewLocalProxy(cacheMgr, healthChecker.IsHealthy, yurtHubCfg.MinRequestTimeout)
 		localProxy = local.WithFakeTokenInject(localProxy, yurtHubCfg.SerializerManager)
 	}