diff --git a/src/api-service/tests/__init__.py b/src/api-service/tests/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..5c0f53d94 100644
--- a/src/api-service/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/src/api-service/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
diff --git a/src/api-service/tests/test_autoscale.py b/src/api-service/tests/test_autoscale.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..506b8fb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api-service/tests/test_autoscale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from onefuzztypes.enums import OS, Architecture, ContainerType, TaskType
+from onefuzztypes.models import TaskConfig, TaskContainers, TaskDetails, TaskPool
+from onefuzztypes.primitives import Container, PoolName
+
+from __app__.onefuzzlib.autoscale import autoscale_pool, get_vm_count
+from __app__.onefuzzlib.pools import Pool
+from __app__.onefuzzlib.tasks.main import Task
+
+
+class TestAutoscale(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch("__app__.onefuzzlib.tasks.main.Task.get_tasks_by_pool_name")
+    def test_autoscale_pool(self, mock_get_tasks_by_pool_name: MagicMock) -> None:
+        pool = Pool(
+            name=PoolName("test-pool"),
+            pool_id=UUID("6b049d51-23e9-4f5c-a5af-ff1f73d0d9e9"),
+            os=OS.linux,
+            managed=False,
+            arch=Architecture.x86_64,
+        )
+        autoscale_pool(pool=pool)
+        mock_get_tasks_by_pool_name.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch("__app__.onefuzzlib.tasks.main.Task.get_pool")
+    def test_get_vm_count(self, mock_get_pool: MagicMock) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(get_vm_count([]), 0)
+
+        task_config = TaskConfig(
+            job_id=UUID("6b049d51-23e9-4f5c-a5af-ff1f73d0d9e9"),
+            containers=[
+                TaskContainers(
+                    type=ContainerType.inputs, name=Container("test-container")
+                )
+            ],
+            tags={},
+            task=TaskDetails(
+                type=TaskType.libfuzzer_fuzz,
+                duration=12,
+                target_exe="fuzz.exe",
+                target_env={},
+                target_options=[],
+            ),
+            pool=TaskPool(count=2, pool_name=PoolName("test-pool")),
+        )
+        task = Task(
+            job_id=UUID("6b049d51-23e9-4f5c-a5af-ff1f73d0d9e9"),
+            os=OS.linux,
+            config=task_config,
+        )
+        mock_get_pool.return_value = Pool(
+            name=PoolName("test-pool"),
+            pool_id=UUID("6b049d51-23e9-4f5c-a5af-ff1f73d0d9e9"),
+            os=OS.linux,
+            managed=False,
+            arch=Architecture.x86_64,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(get_vm_count([task]), 2)