diff --git a/ydb/tests/stress/topic/workload/__init__.py b/ydb/tests/stress/topic/workload/__init__.py
index 2118188e89e4..0ef9c245a1d4 100644
--- a/ydb/tests/stress/topic/workload/__init__.py
+++ b/ydb/tests/stress/topic/workload/__init__.py
@@ -40,14 +40,23 @@ def _unpack_resource(self, name):
         os.chmod(path_to_unpack, st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
         self.cli_path = path_to_unpack
 
-    def get_command_prefix(self, subcmds: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    def _get_cli_common_args(self) -> list[str]:
         return [
             self.cli_path,
             '--verbose',
             '--endpoint', self.endpoint,
             '--database={}'.format(self.database),
+        ]
+
+    @property
+    def workload_topic_name(self) -> str:
+        return f'{self.table_prefix}'
+
+    def get_command_prefix(self, subcmds: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+        return [
+            *self._get_cli_common_args(),
             'workload', 'topic'
-        ] + subcmds + ['--topic', f'{self.table_prefix}']
+        ] + subcmds + ['--topic', self.workload_topic_name]
 
     def cmd_run(self, cmd):
         logger.debug(f"Running cmd {cmd}")
@@ -60,6 +69,20 @@ def __loop(self):
         self.cmd_run(
             self.get_command_prefix(subcmds=['init', '-c', self.consumers, '-p', self.producers])
         )
+        # adjust
+        self.cmd_run([
+            *self._get_cli_common_args(),
+            'topic', 'alter',
+            '--retention-period=2s',
+            self.workload_topic_name,
+        ])
+        self.cmd_run([
+            *self._get_cli_common_args(),
+            'topic', 'consumer', 'add',
+            f'--availability-period={int(self.duration) * 9 // 10}s',
+            '--consumer', 'data_holder',
+            self.workload_topic_name,
+        ])
         # run
         run_cmd_args = ['run', 'full', '-s', self.duration, '--byte-rate', '100M', '--use-tx', '--tx-commit-interval', '2000', '-p', self.producers, '-c', self.consumers]
         if self.limit_memory_usage: