diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/types.go
index c5ae1dbf..38a4b265 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/types.go
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ type (
 		// RequestsPerPod indicates the maximum number of concurrent requests that can be served by a specialized pod
 		// This is optional. If not specified default value will be taken as 1
 		RequestsPerPod int `json:"requestsPerPod,omitempty"`
+
+		// OnceOnly specifies if specialized pod will serve exactly one request in its lifetime and would be garbage collected after serving that one request
+		// This is optional. If not specified default value will be taken as false
+		OnceOnly bool `json:"onceOnly,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	// InvokeStrategy is a set of controls over how the function executes.
diff --git a/pkg/crd/crdvalidations.go b/pkg/crd/crdvalidations.go
index c1dd072e..a080b898 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/crdvalidations.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/crdvalidations.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ var (
 					Type:        "integer",
 					Description: "RequestsPerPod indicates the maximum number of concurrent requests that can be served by a specialized pod.\n This is optional. If not specified default value will be taken as 1",
 				},
+				"onceOnly": {
+					Type:        "boolean",
+					Description: "OnceOnly specifies if specialized pod will serve exactly one request in its lifetime and would be garbage collected after serving that one request.\nThis is optional. If not specified default value will be taken as false",
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/executor/api.go b/pkg/executor/api.go
index 979ea316..72c92b80 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/api.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/api.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (executor *Executor) getServiceForFunctionAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 	executor.logger.Debug("checking for cached function service",
 		zap.String("function_name", fn.ObjectMeta.Name),
 		zap.String("function_namespace", fn.ObjectMeta.Namespace))
-	if t == fv1.ExecutorTypePoolmgr {
+	if t == fv1.ExecutorTypePoolmgr && !fn.Spec.OnceOnly {
 		concurrency := fn.Spec.Concurrency
 		if concurrency == 0 {
 			concurrency = 500
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (executor *Executor) getServiceForFunctionAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 			http.Error(w, errMsg, http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 			return
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else if t == fv1.ExecutorTypeNewdeploy {
 		fsvc, err := et.GetFuncSvcFromCache(fn)
 		if err == nil {
 			if et.IsValid(fsvc) {
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/command.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/command.go
index 2e1d3a5f..1f665d87 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/command.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/command.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func Commands() *cobra.Command {
 			flag.FnExecutorType, flag.FnCfgMap, flag.FnSecret,
 			flag.FnSpecializationTimeout, flag.FnExecutionTimeout,
 			flag.FnIdleTimeout, flag.FnConcurrency, flag.FnRequestsPerPod,
+			flag.FnOnceOnly,
 
 			// TODO retired pkg & trigger related flags from function cmd
 			flag.PkgCode, flag.PkgSrcArchive, flag.PkgDeployArchive,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func Commands() *cobra.Command {
 			flag.FnExecutorType, flag.FnSecret, flag.FnCfgMap,
 			flag.FnSpecializationTimeout, flag.FnExecutionTimeout,
 			flag.FnIdleTimeout, flag.FnConcurrency, flag.FnRequestsPerPod,
+			flag.FnOnceOnly,
 
 			flag.PkgCode, flag.PkgSrcArchive, flag.PkgDeployArchive,
 			flag.PkgSrcChecksum, flag.PkgDeployChecksum, flag.PkgInsecure,
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/create.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/create.go
index 58ffa0db..79bc25be 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/create.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/create.go
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ func (opts *CreateSubCommand) complete(input cli.Input) error {
 
 	requestsPerPod := input.Int(flagkey.FnRequestsPerPod)
 
+	fnOnceOnly := input.Bool(flagkey.FnOnceOnly)
+
 	pkgName := input.String(flagkey.FnPackageName)
 
 	secretNames := input.StringSlice(flagkey.FnSecret)
@@ -304,6 +306,7 @@ func (opts *CreateSubCommand) complete(input cli.Input) error {
 			IdleTimeout:     &fnIdleTimeout,
 			Concurrency:     fnConcurrency,
 			RequestsPerPod:  requestsPerPod,
+			OnceOnly:        fnOnceOnly,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/update.go b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/update.go
index 37714a23..c8ef7f49 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/update.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/cmd/function/update.go
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ func (opts *UpdateSubCommand) complete(input cli.Input) error {
 		function.Spec.RequestsPerPod = input.Int(flagkey.FnRequestsPerPod)
 	}
 
+	if input.IsSet(flagkey.FnOnceOnly) {
+		function.Spec.OnceOnly = input.Bool(flagkey.FnOnceOnly)
+	}
 	if len(pkgName) == 0 {
 		pkgName = function.Spec.Package.PackageRef.Name
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/flag/flag.go b/pkg/fission-cli/flag/flag.go
index 65351491..e809417d 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/flag/flag.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/flag/flag.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ var (
 	FnIdleTimeout           = Flag{Type: Int, Name: flagkey.FnIdleTimeout, Usage: "The length of time (in seconds) that a function is idle before pod(s) are eligible for recycling", DefaultValue: 120}
 	FnConcurrency           = Flag{Type: Int, Name: flagkey.FnConcurrency, Aliases: []string{"con"}, Usage: "Maximum number of pods specialized concurrently to serve requests", DefaultValue: 500}
 	FnRequestsPerPod        = Flag{Type: Int, Name: flagkey.FnRequestsPerPod, Aliases: []string{"rpp"}, Usage: "Maximum number of concurrent requests that can be served by a specialized pod", DefaultValue: 1}
+	FnOnceOnly              = Flag{Type: Bool, Name: flagkey.FnOnceOnly, Aliases: []string{"yolo"}, Usage: "Specifies if specialized pod will serve exactly one request in its lifetime"}
 
 	HtName              = Flag{Type: String, Name: flagkey.HtName, Usage: "HTTP trigger name"}
 	HtMethod            = Flag{Type: String, Name: flagkey.HtMethod, Usage: "HTTP Method: GET|POST|PUT|DELETE|HEAD", DefaultValue: http.MethodGet}
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/flag/key/key.go b/pkg/fission-cli/flag/key/key.go
index dfd8e5f7..8d4caaab 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/flag/key/key.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/flag/key/key.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const (
 	FnIdleTimeout           = "idletimeout"
 	FnConcurrency           = "concurrency"
 	FnRequestsPerPod        = "requestsperpod"
+	FnOnceOnly              = "onceonly"
 
 	HtName              = resourceName
 	HtMethod            = "method"