diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
index a4caf858ea..91a7370b79 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/env.server.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ const EnvironmentSchema = z.object({
     .int()
     .default(60 * 1000 * 15),
   MARQS_SHARED_QUEUE_LIMIT: z.coerce.number().int().default(1000),
+  MARQS_MAXIMUM_QUEUE_PER_ENV_COUNT: z.coerce.number().int().default(50),
   MARQS_DEV_QUEUE_LIMIT: z.coerce.number().int().default(1000),
   MARQS_MAXIMUM_NACK_COUNT: z.coerce.number().int().default(64),
   MARQS_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT_BIAS: z.coerce.number().default(0.75),
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/fairDequeuingStrategy.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/fairDequeuingStrategy.server.ts
index 617e5e391d..b0b3fe89db 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/fairDequeuingStrategy.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/fairDequeuingStrategy.server.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export type FairDequeuingStrategyOptions = {
   biases?: FairDequeuingStrategyBiases;
   reuseSnapshotCount?: number;
   maximumEnvCount?: number;
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of queues to process per environment
+   * If not provided, all queues in an environment will be processed
+   */
+  maximumQueuePerEnvCount?: number;
 };
 
 type FairQueueConcurrency = {
@@ -216,8 +221,6 @@ export class FairDequeuingStrategy implements MarQSFairDequeueStrategy {
     return result;
   }
 
-  // Helper method to maintain DRY principle
-  // Update return type
   #orderQueuesByEnvs(envs: string[], snapshot: FairQueueSnapshot): Array<EnvQueues> {
     const queuesByEnv = snapshot.queues.reduce((acc, queue) => {
       if (!acc[queue.env]) {
@@ -231,11 +234,17 @@ export class FairDequeuingStrategy implements MarQSFairDequeueStrategy {
       if (queuesByEnv[envId]) {
         // Get ordered queues for this env
         const orderedQueues = this.#weightedRandomQueueOrder(queuesByEnv[envId]);
+
+        // Apply queue limit if maximumQueuePerEnvCount is set
+        const limitedQueues = this.options.maximumQueuePerEnvCount
+          ? orderedQueues.slice(0, this.options.maximumQueuePerEnvCount)
+          : orderedQueues;
+
         // Only add the env if it has queues
-        if (orderedQueues.length > 0) {
+        if (limitedQueues.length > 0) {
           acc.push({
             envId,
-            queues: orderedQueues.map((queue) => queue.id),
+            queues: limitedQueues.map((queue) => queue.id),
           });
         }
       }
@@ -512,6 +521,10 @@ export class FairDequeuingStrategy implements MarQSFairDequeueStrategy {
 
       span.setAttribute("queue_count", result.length);
 
+      if (result.length === this.options.parentQueueLimit) {
+        span.setAttribute("parent_queue_limit_reached", true);
+      }
+
       return result;
     });
   }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/index.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/index.server.ts
index 98e1996484..1636dba5f0 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/index.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/marqs/index.server.ts
@@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ function getMarQSClient() {
       },
       reuseSnapshotCount: env.MARQS_REUSE_SNAPSHOT_COUNT,
       maximumEnvCount: env.MARQS_MAXIMUM_ENV_COUNT,
+      maximumQueuePerEnvCount: env.MARQS_MAXIMUM_QUEUE_PER_ENV_COUNT,
     }),
     envQueuePriorityStrategy: new FairDequeuingStrategy({
       tracer: tracer,
diff --git a/apps/webapp/test/fairDequeuingStrategy.test.ts b/apps/webapp/test/fairDequeuingStrategy.test.ts
index 349ad2201b..63ccf3fc16 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/test/fairDequeuingStrategy.test.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/test/fairDequeuingStrategy.test.ts
@@ -1032,6 +1032,431 @@ describe("FairDequeuingStrategy", () => {
       expect(selectionPercentages["env-4"] || 0).toBeLessThan(20);
     }
   );
+
+  redisTest(
+    "should respect maximumQueuePerEnvCount when distributing queues",
+    async ({ redisOptions }) => {
+      const redis = createRedisClient(redisOptions);
+
+      const keyProducer = createKeyProducer("test");
+      const strategy = new FairDequeuingStrategy({
+        tracer,
+        redis,
+        keys: keyProducer,
+        defaultEnvConcurrency: 5,
+        parentQueueLimit: 100,
+        seed: "test-seed-max-queues",
+        maximumQueuePerEnvCount: 2, // Only take 2 queues per env
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      // Setup two environments with different numbers of queues
+      const envSetups = [
+        {
+          envId: "env-1",
+          queues: [
+            { age: 5000 }, // Oldest
+            { age: 4000 },
+            { age: 3000 }, // This should be excluded due to maximumQueuePerEnvCount
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          envId: "env-2",
+          queues: [
+            { age: 2000 },
+            { age: 1000 }, // Newest
+          ],
+        },
+      ];
+
+      // Setup queues and concurrency for each env
+      for (const setup of envSetups) {
+        await setupConcurrency({
+          redis,
+          keyProducer,
+          env: { id: setup.envId, currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+        });
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < setup.queues.length; i++) {
+          await setupQueue({
+            redis,
+            keyProducer,
+            parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+            score: now - setup.queues[i].age,
+            queueId: `queue-${setup.envId}-${i}`,
+            orgId: `org-${setup.envId}`,
+            envId: setup.envId,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      const result = await strategy.distributeFairQueuesFromParentQueue(
+        "parent-queue",
+        "consumer-1"
+      );
+
+      // Verify that each environment has at most 2 queues
+      for (const envQueues of result) {
+        expect(envQueues.queues.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2);
+      }
+
+      // Get queues for env-1 (which had 3 queues originally)
+      const env1Queues = result.find((eq) => eq.envId === "env-1")?.queues ?? [];
+
+      // Should have exactly 2 queues
+      expect(env1Queues.length).toBe(2);
+
+      // The queues should be the two oldest ones (queue-env-1-0 and queue-env-1-1)
+      expect(env1Queues).toContain(keyProducer.queueKey("org-env-1", "env-1", "queue-env-1-0"));
+      expect(env1Queues).toContain(keyProducer.queueKey("org-env-1", "env-1", "queue-env-1-1"));
+      expect(env1Queues).not.toContain(keyProducer.queueKey("org-env-1", "env-1", "queue-env-1-2"));
+
+      // Get queues for env-2 (which had 2 queues originally)
+      const env2Queues = result.find((eq) => eq.envId === "env-2")?.queues ?? [];
+
+      // Should still have both queues since it was within the limit
+      expect(env2Queues.length).toBe(2);
+    }
+  );
+
+  redisTest(
+    "should fairly distribute queues when using maximumQueuePerEnvCount over time",
+    async ({ redisOptions }) => {
+      const redis = createRedisClient(redisOptions);
+
+      const keyProducer = createKeyProducer("test");
+      const strategy = new FairDequeuingStrategy({
+        tracer,
+        redis,
+        keys: keyProducer,
+        defaultEnvConcurrency: 5,
+        parentQueueLimit: 100,
+        seed: "test-seed-fair-distribution",
+        maximumQueuePerEnvCount: 2, // Only take 2 queues at a time
+        biases: {
+          concurrencyLimitBias: 0,
+          availableCapacityBias: 0,
+          queueAgeRandomization: 0.3, // Add some randomization to allow newer queues a chance
+        },
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      // Setup one environment with 5 queues of different ages
+      const queues = [
+        { age: 5000, id: "queue-0" }, // Oldest
+        { age: 4000, id: "queue-1" },
+        { age: 3000, id: "queue-2" },
+        { age: 2000, id: "queue-3" },
+        { age: 1000, id: "queue-4" }, // Newest
+      ];
+
+      // Setup the environment and its queues
+      await setupConcurrency({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        env: { id: "env-1", currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+      });
+
+      for (const queue of queues) {
+        await setupQueue({
+          redis,
+          keyProducer,
+          parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+          score: now - queue.age,
+          queueId: queue.id,
+          orgId: "org-1",
+          envId: "env-1",
+        });
+      }
+
+      // Run multiple iterations and track which queues are selected
+      const iterations = 1000;
+      const queueSelectionCounts: Record<string, number> = {};
+      const queuePairings: Record<string, number> = {};
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+        const result = await strategy.distributeFairQueuesFromParentQueue(
+          "parent-queue",
+          `consumer-${i}`
+        );
+
+        // There should be exactly one environment
+        expect(result.length).toBe(1);
+        const selectedQueues = result[0].queues;
+
+        // Should always get exactly 2 queues due to maximumQueuePerEnvCount
+        expect(selectedQueues.length).toBe(2);
+
+        // Track individual queue selections
+        for (const queueId of selectedQueues) {
+          const baseQueueId = queueId.split(":").pop()!;
+          queueSelectionCounts[baseQueueId] = (queueSelectionCounts[baseQueueId] || 0) + 1;
+        }
+
+        // Track queue pairings to ensure variety
+        const [first, second] = selectedQueues.map((qId) => qId.split(":").pop()!).sort();
+        const pairingKey = `${first}-${second}`;
+        queuePairings[pairingKey] = (queuePairings[pairingKey] || 0) + 1;
+      }
+
+      console.log("\nQueue Selection Statistics:");
+      for (const [queueId, count] of Object.entries(queueSelectionCounts)) {
+        const percentage = (count / (iterations * 2)) * 100; // Times 2 because we select 2 queues each time
+        console.log(`${queueId}: ${percentage.toFixed(2)}% (${count} times)`);
+      }
+
+      console.log("\nQueue Pairing Statistics:");
+      for (const [pair, count] of Object.entries(queuePairings)) {
+        const percentage = (count / iterations) * 100;
+        console.log(`${pair}: ${percentage.toFixed(2)}% (${count} times)`);
+      }
+
+      // Verify that all queues were selected at least once
+      for (const queue of queues) {
+        expect(queueSelectionCounts[queue.id]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      }
+
+      // Calculate standard deviation of selection percentages
+      const selectionPercentages = Object.values(queueSelectionCounts).map(
+        (count) => (count / (iterations * 2)) * 100
+      );
+      const stdDev = calculateStandardDeviation(selectionPercentages);
+
+      // The standard deviation should be reasonable given our age bias
+      // Higher stdDev means more bias towards older queues
+      // We expect some bias due to queueAgeRandomization being 0.3
+      expect(stdDev).toBeLessThan(15); // Allow for age-based bias but not extreme
+
+      // Verify we get different pairings of queues
+      const uniquePairings = Object.keys(queuePairings).length;
+      // With 5 queues, we can have 10 possible unique pairs
+      expect(uniquePairings).toBeGreaterThan(5); // Should see at least half of possible combinations
+    }
+  );
+
+  redisTest(
+    "should handle maximumQueuePerEnvCount larger than available queues",
+    async ({ redisOptions }) => {
+      const redis = createRedisClient(redisOptions);
+
+      const keyProducer = createKeyProducer("test");
+      const strategy = new FairDequeuingStrategy({
+        tracer,
+        redis,
+        keys: keyProducer,
+        defaultEnvConcurrency: 5,
+        parentQueueLimit: 100,
+        seed: "test-seed-max-larger",
+        maximumQueuePerEnvCount: 5, // Larger than the number of queues we'll create
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      // Setup two environments with different numbers of queues
+      const envSetups = [
+        {
+          envId: "env-1",
+          queues: [{ age: 5000 }, { age: 4000 }],
+        },
+        {
+          envId: "env-2",
+          queues: [{ age: 3000 }],
+        },
+      ];
+
+      // Setup queues and concurrency for each env
+      for (const setup of envSetups) {
+        await setupConcurrency({
+          redis,
+          keyProducer,
+          env: { id: setup.envId, currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+        });
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < setup.queues.length; i++) {
+          await setupQueue({
+            redis,
+            keyProducer,
+            parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+            score: now - setup.queues[i].age,
+            queueId: `queue-${setup.envId}-${i}`,
+            orgId: `org-${setup.envId}`,
+            envId: setup.envId,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      const result = await strategy.distributeFairQueuesFromParentQueue(
+        "parent-queue",
+        "consumer-1"
+      );
+
+      // Should get all queues from both environments
+      const env1Queues = result.find((eq) => eq.envId === "env-1")?.queues ?? [];
+      const env2Queues = result.find((eq) => eq.envId === "env-2")?.queues ?? [];
+
+      // env-1 should have both its queues
+      expect(env1Queues.length).toBe(2);
+      // env-2 should have its single queue
+      expect(env2Queues.length).toBe(1);
+    }
+  );
+
+  redisTest(
+    "should handle empty environments with maximumQueuePerEnvCount",
+    async ({ redisOptions }) => {
+      const redis = createRedisClient(redisOptions);
+
+      const keyProducer = createKeyProducer("test");
+      const strategy = new FairDequeuingStrategy({
+        tracer,
+        redis,
+        keys: keyProducer,
+        defaultEnvConcurrency: 5,
+        parentQueueLimit: 100,
+        seed: "test-seed-empty-env",
+        maximumQueuePerEnvCount: 2,
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      // Setup two environments, one with queues, one without
+      await setupConcurrency({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        env: { id: "env-1", currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+      });
+
+      await setupConcurrency({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        env: { id: "env-2", currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+      });
+
+      // Only add queues to env-1
+      await setupQueue({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+        score: now - 5000,
+        queueId: "queue-1",
+        orgId: "org-1",
+        envId: "env-1",
+      });
+
+      await setupQueue({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+        score: now - 4000,
+        queueId: "queue-2",
+        orgId: "org-1",
+        envId: "env-1",
+      });
+
+      const result = await strategy.distributeFairQueuesFromParentQueue(
+        "parent-queue",
+        "consumer-1"
+      );
+
+      // Should only get one environment in the result
+      expect(result.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(result[0].envId).toBe("env-1");
+      expect(result[0].queues.length).toBe(2);
+    }
+  );
+
+  redisTest(
+    "should respect maximumQueuePerEnvCount with priority offset queues",
+    async ({ redisOptions }) => {
+      const redis = createRedisClient(redisOptions);
+
+      const keyProducer = createKeyProducer("test");
+      const strategy = new FairDequeuingStrategy({
+        tracer,
+        redis,
+        keys: keyProducer,
+        defaultEnvConcurrency: 5,
+        parentQueueLimit: 100,
+        seed: "test-seed-priority",
+        maximumQueuePerEnvCount: 2,
+        biases: {
+          concurrencyLimitBias: 0,
+          availableCapacityBias: 0,
+          queueAgeRandomization: 0.3,
+        },
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+
+      // Setup queues with a mix of normal and priority offset ages
+      const queues = [
+        { age: 5000, id: "queue-0" }, // Normal age
+        { age: 4000 + MARQS_RESUME_PRIORITY_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET, id: "queue-1" }, // Priority
+        { age: 3000, id: "queue-2" }, // Normal age
+        { age: 2000 + MARQS_RESUME_PRIORITY_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET, id: "queue-3" }, // Priority
+        { age: 1000, id: "queue-4" }, // Normal age
+      ];
+
+      await setupConcurrency({
+        redis,
+        keyProducer,
+        env: { id: "env-1", currentConcurrency: 0, limit: 5 },
+      });
+
+      for (const queue of queues) {
+        await setupQueue({
+          redis,
+          keyProducer,
+          parentQueue: "parent-queue",
+          score: now - queue.age,
+          queueId: queue.id,
+          orgId: "org-1",
+          envId: "env-1",
+        });
+      }
+
+      // Run multiple iterations to check distribution
+      const iterations = 1000;
+      const queueSelectionCounts: Record<string, number> = {};
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+        const result = await strategy.distributeFairQueuesFromParentQueue(
+          "parent-queue",
+          `consumer-${i}`
+        );
+
+        const selectedQueues = result[0].queues;
+        for (const queueId of selectedQueues) {
+          const baseQueueId = queueId.split(":").pop()!;
+          queueSelectionCounts[baseQueueId] = (queueSelectionCounts[baseQueueId] || 0) + 1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      console.log("\nPriority Queue Selection Statistics:");
+      for (const [queueId, count] of Object.entries(queueSelectionCounts)) {
+        const percentage = (count / (iterations * 2)) * 100;
+        const isPriority =
+          queues.find((q) => q.id === queueId)?.age! > MARQS_RESUME_PRIORITY_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET;
+        console.log(
+          `${queueId}${isPriority ? " (priority)" : ""}: ${percentage.toFixed(2)}% (${count} times)`
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Verify all queues get selected
+      for (const queue of queues) {
+        expect(queueSelectionCounts[queue.id]).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      }
+
+      // Even with priority queues, we should still see a reasonable distribution
+      const selectionPercentages = Object.values(queueSelectionCounts).map(
+        (count) => (count / (iterations * 2)) * 100
+      );
+      const stdDev = calculateStandardDeviation(selectionPercentages);
+      expect(stdDev).toBeLessThan(20); // Allow for slightly more variance due to priority queues
+    }
+  );
 });
 
 // Helper function to flatten results for counting