diff --git a/keyserver/src/cron/cron.js b/keyserver/src/cron/cron.js
index df7e633a2..e27227595 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/cron/cron.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/cron/cron.js
@@ -1,163 +1,166 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { Account as OlmAccount } from '@commapp/olm';
 import cluster from 'cluster';
 import schedule from 'node-schedule';
 
 import { backupDB } from './backups.js';
 import { createDailyUpdatesThread } from './daily-updates.js';
 import { postLeaderboard } from './phab-leaderboard.js';
 import { updateAndReloadGeoipDB } from './update-geoip-db.js';
 import { updateIdentityReservedUsernames } from './update-identity-reserved-usernames.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedActivity } from '../deleters/activity-deleters.js';
 import { deleteExpiredCookies } from '../deleters/cookie-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedDays } from '../deleters/day-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedEntries } from '../deleters/entry-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedMemberships } from '../deleters/membership-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedMessages } from '../deleters/message-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedNotifs } from '../deleters/notif-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedRevisions } from '../deleters/revision-deleters.js';
 import { deleteOrphanedRoles } from '../deleters/role-deleters.js';
 import {
   deleteOrphanedSessions,
   deleteOldWebSessions,
 } from '../deleters/session-deleters.js';
 import { deleteStaleSIWENonceEntries } from '../deleters/siwe-nonce-deleters.js';
 import { deleteInaccessibleThreads } from '../deleters/thread-deleters.js';
 import { deleteExpiredUpdates } from '../deleters/update-deleters.js';
 import { deleteUnassignedUploads } from '../deleters/upload-deleters.js';
 import { fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount } from '../updaters/olm-account-updater.js';
 import { validateAndUploadAccountPrekeys } from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
-import { isPrimaryNode } from '../utils/primary-secondary-utils.js';
+import {
+  isPrimaryNode,
+  isAuxiliaryNode,
+} from '../utils/primary-secondary-utils.js';
 import { synchronizeInviteLinksWithBlobs } from '../utils/synchronize-invite-links-with-blobs.js';
 
+const { RUN_COMM_TEAM_DEV_SCRIPTS } = process.env;
+
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
   schedule.scheduleJob(
     '0 3 ? * 0', // every Sunday at 3:00 AM in the keyserver's timezone
     async () => {
       try {
         await updateAndReloadGeoipDB();
       } catch (e) {
         console.warn(
           'encountered error while trying to update GeoIP database',
           e,
         );
       }
     },
   );
   if (isPrimaryNode) {
     schedule.scheduleJob(
       '30 3 * * *', // every day at 3:30 AM in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
           // Do everything one at a time to reduce load since we're in no hurry,
           // and since some queries depend on previous ones.
           await deleteExpiredCookies();
           await deleteInaccessibleThreads();
           await deleteOrphanedMemberships();
           await deleteOrphanedDays();
           await deleteOrphanedEntries();
           await deleteOrphanedRevisions();
           await deleteOrphanedRoles();
           await deleteOrphanedMessages();
           await deleteOrphanedActivity();
           await deleteOrphanedNotifs();
           await deleteOrphanedSessions();
           await deleteOldWebSessions();
           await deleteExpiredUpdates();
           await deleteUnassignedUploads();
           await deleteStaleSIWENonceEntries();
         } catch (e) {
           console.warn('encountered error while trying to clean database', e);
         }
       },
     );
     schedule.scheduleJob(
-      '0 */4 * * *', // every four hours
+      '0 5 * * *', // every day at 5:00 AM in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
-          await backupDB();
+          await updateIdentityReservedUsernames();
         } catch (e) {
-          console.warn('encountered error while trying to backup database', e);
+          console.warn(
+            'encountered error while trying to update reserved usernames on ' +
+              'identity service',
+            e,
+          );
         }
       },
     );
     schedule.scheduleJob(
       '0 0 * * *', // every day at midnight in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
-          if (process.env.RUN_COMM_TEAM_DEV_SCRIPTS) {
-            // This is a job that the Comm internal team uses
-            await createDailyUpdatesThread();
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.warn(
-            'encountered error while trying to create daily updates thread',
-            e,
+          await fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
+            'content',
+            (contentAccount: OlmAccount) =>
+              fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
+                'notifications',
+                (notifAccount: OlmAccount) =>
+                  validateAndUploadAccountPrekeys(contentAccount, notifAccount),
+              ),
           );
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.warn('encountered error while trying to validate prekeys', e);
         }
       },
     );
     schedule.scheduleJob(
-      '0 0 8 * *', // 8th of every month at midnight in the keyserver's timezone
+      '0 2 * * *', // every day at 2:00 AM in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
-          if (process.env.RUN_COMM_TEAM_DEV_SCRIPTS) {
-            // This is a job that the Comm internal team uses
-            await postLeaderboard();
-          }
+          await synchronizeInviteLinksWithBlobs();
         } catch (e) {
           console.warn(
-            'encountered error while trying to post Phabricator leaderboard',
+            'encountered an error while trying to synchronize invite links with blobs',
             e,
           );
         }
       },
     );
+  }
+  if (isPrimaryNode || isAuxiliaryNode) {
     schedule.scheduleJob(
-      '0 5 * * *', // every day at 5:00 AM in the keyserver's timezone
+      '0 */4 * * *', // every four hours
       async () => {
         try {
-          await updateIdentityReservedUsernames();
+          await backupDB();
         } catch (e) {
-          console.warn(
-            'encountered error while trying to update reserved usernames on ' +
-              'identity service',
-            e,
-          );
+          console.warn('encountered error while trying to backup database', e);
         }
       },
     );
+  }
+  if (RUN_COMM_TEAM_DEV_SCRIPTS && (isPrimaryNode || isAuxiliaryNode)) {
     schedule.scheduleJob(
       '0 0 * * *', // every day at midnight in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
-          await fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
-            'content',
-            (contentAccount: OlmAccount) =>
-              fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
-                'notifications',
-                (notifAccount: OlmAccount) =>
-                  validateAndUploadAccountPrekeys(contentAccount, notifAccount),
-              ),
-          );
+          await createDailyUpdatesThread();
         } catch (e) {
-          console.warn('encountered error while trying to validate prekeys', e);
+          console.warn(
+            'encountered error while trying to create daily updates thread',
+            e,
+          );
         }
       },
     );
     schedule.scheduleJob(
-      '0 2 * * *', // every day at 2:00 AM in the keyserver's timezone
+      '0 0 8 * *', // 8th of every month at midnight in the keyserver's timezone
       async () => {
         try {
-          await synchronizeInviteLinksWithBlobs();
+          await postLeaderboard();
         } catch (e) {
           console.warn(
-            'encountered an error while trying to synchronize invite links with blobs',
+            'encountered error while trying to post Phabricator leaderboard',
             e,
           );
         }
       },
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js b/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js
index 320f2825b..bc22c4469 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/utils/primary-secondary-utils.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 
 export const isPrimaryNode: boolean = process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE
   ? process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE === 'primary'
   : true;
 
 export const isSecondaryNode: boolean = process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE
   ? process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE === 'secondary'
   : false;
+
+export const isAuxiliaryNode: boolean = process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE
+  ? process.env.COMM_NODE_ROLE === 'auxiliary'
+  : false;