diff --git a/Cargo.Bazel.lock b/Cargo.Bazel.lock
index fc6dccc3a..c13ad5118 100644
--- a/Cargo.Bazel.lock
+++ b/Cargo.Bazel.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "checksum": "93eb173474b738829386a93aa1c4fe928fa11cc79c0e225995cf6a3c621f2f5c",
+  "checksum": "5a594c10fdeada9c26d1d74018cd82f7bf918f006aa356d441cb390d5e5192f2",
   "crates": {
     "actix-codec 0.5.2": {
       "name": "actix-codec",
diff --git a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/BUILD.bazel b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/BUILD.bazel
index 2acad63b9..f066e405b 100644
--- a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/BUILD.bazel
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ rust_library(
        ) + [":build_script"],
 )
 
+rust_library(
+    name = "node_provider_rewards_canister_instant_sync",
+    srcs = glob(["src/**/*.rs"]),
+    aliases = ALIASES,
+    crate_name = "node_provider_rewards_canister",
+    crate_features = [
+        "instant-sync"
+    ],
+    proc_macro_deps = all_crate_deps(
+           proc_macro = True,
+       ),
+    version = "0.9.0",
+    deps = DEPS + all_crate_deps(
+           normal = True,
+       ) + [":build_script"],
+)
+
 rust_test(
     name = "npr_test",
     crate = ":node_provider_rewards_canister",
diff --git a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/Cargo.toml b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/Cargo.toml
index c6e8269a4..e85278c2e 100644
--- a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ description.workspace = true
 documentation.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 
+[features]
+instant-sync = []
+
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
diff --git a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/src/lib.rs b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/src/lib.rs
index 7ac1d742d..89f4a7134 100644
--- a/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rs/dre-canisters/node-provider-rewards/canister/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use crate::storage::{METRICS_MANAGER, REGISTRY_STORE};
 use candid::candid_method;
 use chrono::Months;
-use chrono::{DateTime, Days, Duration, Timelike, Utc};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Timelike, Utc};
+#[cfg(not(feature = "instant-sync"))]
+use chrono::{Days, Duration};
 use ic_canisters_http_types::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBuilder};
 use ic_cdk_macros::*;
 use ic_nervous_system_common::serve_metrics;
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ use rewards_calculation::rewards_calculator::builder::RewardsCalculatorBuilder;
 use rewards_calculation::rewards_calculator::RewardsCalculator;
 use rewards_calculation::types::RewardPeriod;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "instant-sync"))]
 use std::ops::Add;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ fn get_n_months_rewards_period(now: Option<DateTime<Utc>>, months: u32) -> Rewar
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "instant-sync"))]
 /// Compute the duration left until either today or tomorrow at 1AM (whichever is earliest).
 fn time_left_for_next_1am(now: Option<DateTime<Utc>>) -> std::time::Duration {
     let really_now = now.unwrap_or(DateTime::from_timestamp_nanos(ic_cdk::api::time().try_into().unwrap()));
@@ -157,14 +161,29 @@ fn setup_timers() {
     // I had to rewrite this to compute the correct remaining time until next 1AM.
     // It is simply not true that one can get a midnight from the modulo of seconds since
     // the UNIX epoch (as it was being done before).  Leap seconds are a thing.
-    ic_cdk_timers::set_timer(time_left_for_next_1am(None), || {
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "instant-sync"))]
+    let next_1am = time_left_for_next_1am(None);
+    #[cfg(feature = "instant-sync")]
+    let next_1am = std::time::Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+    ic_cdk_timers::set_timer(next_1am, || {
         // It's 1AM since the canister was installed or upgraded.
         // Schedule a repeat timer to run sync_all() every 24 hours.
         // Sadly we ignore leap seconds here.
         ic_cdk_timers::set_timer_interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(DAY_IN_SECONDS), || ic_cdk::futures::spawn(sync_all()));
 
         // Spawn a sync_all() right now.
-        ic_cdk::futures::spawn(sync_all());
+        ic_cdk::futures::spawn(async {
+            sync_all().await;
+            #[cfg(feature = "instant-sync")]
+            {
+                let in_1_second = std::time::Duration::from_secs(1);
+                ic_cdk_timers::set_timer(in_1_second, measure_get_node_providers_rewards_query);
+                for np in NODE_PROVIDERS_USED_DURING_CALCULATION_MEASUREMENT {
+                    ic_cdk_timers::set_timer(in_1_second, || measure_get_node_provider_rewards_calculation_query(np));
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
         // Hourly timers after first sync.  One for rewards query, and N for rewards calculation query.
         ic_cdk_timers::set_timer_interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(HOUR_IN_SECONDS), measure_get_node_providers_rewards_query);