diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
index 1fa13d27b..fe793ef02 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/Settings/__snapshots__/SettingsComponent.test.tsx.snap
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 },
                 "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
                 "isAccountReady": [Function],
-                "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
                 "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                 "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
                 "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
@@ -1727,7 +1726,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
               },
               "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
               "isAccountReady": [Function],
-              "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
               "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
               "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
               "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
@@ -2636,7 +2634,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
                 },
                 "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
                 "isAccountReady": [Function],
-                "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
                 "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
                 "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
                 "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
@@ -3532,7 +3529,6 @@ exports[`SettingsComponent renders 1`] = `
               },
               "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
               "isAccountReady": [Function],
-              "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
               "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
               "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
               "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
index eba6ee305..49c4c334d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
   public isHostedDataExplorerEnabled: ko.Computed<boolean>;
   public isMongoIndexingEnabled: ko.Observable<boolean>;
   public canExceedMaximumValue: ko.Computed<boolean>;
-  public isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled: ko.Observable<boolean>;
   public isSchemaEnabled: ko.Computed<boolean>;
 
   // Notebooks
@@ -313,8 +312,6 @@ export default class Explorer {
 
     this.isSchemaEnabled = ko.computed<boolean>(() => userContext.features.enableSchema);
 
-    this.isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled = ko.observable<boolean>(false);
-
     this.databases = ko.observableArray<ViewModels.Database>();
     this.canSaveQueries = ko.computed<boolean>(() => {
       const savedQueriesDatabase: ViewModels.Database = _.find(
@@ -1026,26 +1023,10 @@ export default class Explorer {
       if (inputs.defaultCollectionThroughput) {
         this.collectionCreationDefaults = inputs.defaultCollectionThroughput;
       }
-      this.setFeatureFlagsFromFlights(inputs.flights);
       this.isAccountReady(true);
     }
   }
 
-  public setFeatureFlagsFromFlights(flights: readonly string[]): void {
-    if (!flights) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (flights.indexOf(Constants.Flights.AutoscaleTest) !== -1) {
-      this.isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled(true);
-    }
-    if (flights.indexOf(Constants.Flights.MongoIndexing) !== -1) {
-      this.isMongoIndexingEnabled(true);
-    }
-    if (flights.indexOf(Constants.Flights.SchemaAnalyzer) !== -1) {
-      userContext.features.enableSchemaAnalyzer = true;
-    }
-  }
-
   public findSelectedCollection(): ViewModels.Collection {
     return (this.selectedNode().nodeKind === "Collection"
       ? this.selectedNode()
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/CassandraAddCollectionPane/CassandraAddCollectionPane.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/CassandraAddCollectionPane/CassandraAddCollectionPane.tsx
index d7b587d95..7fcb77f7d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/CassandraAddCollectionPane/CassandraAddCollectionPane.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/CassandraAddCollectionPane/CassandraAddCollectionPane.tsx
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ export const CassandraAddCollectionPane: FunctionComponent<CassandraAddCollectio
     AddCollectionUtility.getMaxThroughput(container.collectionCreationDefaults, container)
   );
 
-  const [isAutoPilotSelected, setIsAutoPilotSelected] = useState<boolean>(container.isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled());
+  const [isAutoPilotSelected, setIsAutoPilotSelected] = useState<boolean>(userContext.features.autoscaleDefault);
 
   const [isSharedAutoPilotSelected, setIsSharedAutoPilotSelected] = useState<boolean>(
-    container.isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled()
+    userContext.features.autoscaleDefault
   );
 
   const [userTableQuery, setUserTableQuery] = useState<string>(
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const CassandraAddCollectionPane: FunctionComponent<CassandraAddCollectio
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!container.isServerlessEnabled()) {
-      setIsAutoPilotSelected(container.isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled());
+      setIsAutoPilotSelected(userContext.features.autoscaleDefault);
     }
 
     TelemetryProcessor.trace(Action.CreateCollection, ActionModifiers.Open, addCollectionPaneOpenMessage);
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
index 571e69152..005c20c0e 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/GitHubReposPanel/__snapshots__/GitHubReposPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ exports[`GitHub Repos Panel should render Default properly 1`] = `
             },
             "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
             "isAccountReady": [Function],
-            "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
             "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
             "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
             "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
index b12f75260..699bdea86 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/StringInputPane/__snapshots__/StringInputPane.test.tsx.snap
@@ -810,7 +810,6 @@ exports[`StringInput Pane should render Create new directory properly 1`] = `
       },
       "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
       "isAccountReady": [Function],
-      "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
       "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
       "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
       "isLeftPaneExpanded": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
index afd2bc908..eb89ccf5d 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/__snapshots__/DeleteDatabaseConfirmationPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ exports[`Delete Database Confirmation Pane submit() Should call delete database
       },
       "hasStorageAnalyticsAfecFeature": [Function],
       "isAccountReady": [Function],
-      "isAutoscaleDefaultEnabled": [Function],
       "isFixedCollectionWithSharedThroughputSupported": [Function],
       "isHostedDataExplorerEnabled": [Function],
       "isLastCollection": [Function],
diff --git a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
index 9b0805515..95e3695df 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/Platform/Hosted/extractFeatures.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type Features = {
   readonly enableRightPanelV2: boolean;
   readonly enableSchema: boolean;
   enableSchemaAnalyzer: boolean;
+  autoscaleDefault: boolean;
   readonly enableSDKoperations: boolean;
   readonly enableSpark: boolean;
   readonly enableTtl: boolean;
@@ -68,5 +69,6 @@ export function extractFeatures(given = new URLSearchParams(window.location.sear
     pr: get("pr"),
     showMinRUSurvey: "true" === get("showminrusurvey"),
     ttl90Days: "true" === get("ttl90days"),
+    autoscaleDefault: "true" === get("autoscaledefault"),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
index d73c0572a..bea73afc5 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useKnockoutExplorer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { applyExplorerBindings } from "../applyExplorerBindings";
 import { AuthType } from "../AuthType";
-import { AccountKind } from "../Common/Constants";
+import { AccountKind, Flights } from "../Common/Constants";
 import { normalizeArmEndpoint } from "../Common/EnvironmentUtility";
 import { sendMessage, sendReadyMessage } from "../Common/MessageHandler";
 import { configContext, Platform, updateConfigContext } from "../ConfigContext";
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ function updateContextsFromPortalMessage(inputs: DataExplorerInputsFrame) {
   if (inputs.features) {
     Object.assign(userContext.features, extractFeatures(new URLSearchParams(inputs.features)));
   }
+  if (inputs.flights) {
+    if (inputs.flights.indexOf(Flights.AutoscaleTest) !== -1) {
+      userContext.features.autoscaleDefault;
+    }
+    if (inputs.flights.indexOf(Flights.SchemaAnalyzer) !== -1) {
+      userContext.features.enableSchemaAnalyzer = true;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 interface PortalMessage {