diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/fleet_executor_desc.proto b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/fleet_executor_desc.proto
index 766463eceae56c4cf8d098a84964fc2af8e90443..1b12f1239dcbd76c11016789bd8630d73a84c1bb 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/fleet_executor_desc.proto
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/fleet_executor_desc.proto
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ message FleetExecutorDesc {
   optional int32 dp_degree = 4 [ default = 1 ];
   optional int32 mp_degree = 5 [ default = 1 ];
   optional int32 pp_degree = 6 [ default = 1 ];
+  optional int64 num_micro_batches = 7 [ default = 1 ];
+  optional int64 num_slots = 8 [ default = 1 ];
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.cc b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.cc
index 52806da6ad0ffc1009108ffa13ad0dbeb8bfa551..3e9d6e484125b92d8d71ad4d55c9a30be959bae0 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/message_bus.h"
+#include "paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace distributed {
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ namespace distributed {
 Interceptor::Interceptor(int64_t interceptor_id, TaskNode* node)
     : interceptor_id_(interceptor_id), node_(node) {
   interceptor_thread_ = std::thread([this]() {
-    VLOG(3) << "Start pooling local mailbox's thread.";
+    VLOG(3) << "Interceptor " << interceptor_id_
+            << " starts the thread pooling it's local mailbox.";
     PoolTheMailbox();
   });
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.h b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.h
index 9497d7f3de0fa0ac99ea45ff04a90afe1653c11a..0b94318e18d070a2e1bd3a899660c10ac7a17e00 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/interceptor.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class Interceptor {
   // local mailbox, written by FetchRemoteMailbox()
   // read by PoolTheMailbox()
   std::queue<InterceptorMessage> local_mailbox_;
+
+  int64_t already_run_times_{0};
+  int64_t used_slot_nums_{0};
 };
 
 class InterceptorFactory {
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/runtime_graph.cc b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/runtime_graph.cc
index e0fbecf2ca995d8882dafcaf062c07b977a4a0ed..5a98704fe9c0155909170517241b37546fbdbace 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/runtime_graph.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/runtime_graph.cc
@@ -136,16 +136,31 @@ void RuntimeGraph::SplitProgramBasedFunctionality(const ProgramDesc& program) {
     role_to_ops.at(new_op_role_id).emplace_back(op.get());
   }
   int64_t cur_rank = exe_desc_.cur_rank();
+  DistCoordSys coord_sys(exe_desc_.dp_degree(), exe_desc_.pp_degree(),
+                         exe_desc_.mp_degree());
+  const auto& coord = coord_sys.RankToCoord(cur_rank);
+  int pipeline_stage = coord.pp_idx;
+  int64_t num_pipeline_stages = exe_desc_.pp_degree();
+  // TODO(fleet_executor dev): start up steps should be a config `num_slots`
+  int64_t start_up_steps = num_pipeline_stages - pipeline_stage - 1;
+  int64_t num_micro_batches = exe_desc_.num_micro_batches();
   int64_t task_id = cur_rank * functionality_order.size();
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functionality_order.size(); ++i) {
     OpRole role = functionality_order[i];
     int64_t role_id = static_cast<int64_t>(role);
+    int64_t max_run_times = num_micro_batches;
+    int64_t max_slot_nums = start_up_steps;
+    if (IsLRSched(role_id) || IsOptimize(role_id)) {
+      max_run_times = 1;
+      max_slot_nums = 1;
+    }
     if (role_to_ops.find(role_id) == role_to_ops.end()) {
-      task_nodes_.emplace_back(
-          TaskNode::CreateEmptyTaskNode(role_id, cur_rank, task_id));
+      task_nodes_.emplace_back(TaskNode::CreateEmptyTaskNode(
+          role_id, cur_rank, task_id, max_run_times, max_slot_nums));
     } else {
-      task_nodes_.emplace_back(TaskNode::CreateTaskNode(
-          role_id, role_to_ops.at(role_id), cur_rank, task_id));
+      task_nodes_.emplace_back(
+          TaskNode::CreateTaskNode(role_id, role_to_ops.at(role_id), cur_rank,
+                                   task_id, max_run_times, max_slot_nums));
     }
     ++task_id;
   }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.cc b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.cc
index de85871af518172dae07854efd8e802eb82c907e..1a20b4c32b5058fc63c51068f41297973b574fe7 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.cc
@@ -22,22 +22,37 @@ using OperatorBase = TaskNode::OperatorBase;
 }
 
 TaskNode::TaskNode(int64_t role, const std::vector<OperatorBase*>& ops,
-                   int64_t rank, int64_t task_id)
-    : ops_(ops), role_(role), rank_(rank), task_id_(task_id) {}
+                   int64_t rank, int64_t task_id, int64_t max_run_times,
+                   int64_t max_slot_nums)
+    : ops_(ops),
+      role_(role),
+      rank_(rank),
+      task_id_(task_id),
+      max_run_times_(max_run_times),
+      max_slot_nums_(max_slot_nums) {}
 
-TaskNode::TaskNode(int64_t role, int64_t rank, int64_t task_id)
-    : role_(role), rank_(rank), task_id_(task_id) {}
+TaskNode::TaskNode(int64_t role, int64_t rank, int64_t task_id,
+                   int64_t max_run_times, int64_t max_slot_nums)
+    : role_(role),
+      rank_(rank),
+      task_id_(task_id),
+      max_run_times_(max_run_times),
+      max_slot_nums_(max_slot_nums) {}
 
 std::unique_ptr<TaskNode> TaskNode::CreateEmptyTaskNode(int64_t role,
                                                         int64_t rank,
-                                                        int64_t task_id) {
-  return std::make_unique<TaskNode>(role, rank, task_id);
+                                                        int64_t task_id,
+                                                        int64_t max_run_times,
+                                                        int64_t max_slot_nums) {
+  return std::make_unique<TaskNode>(role, rank, task_id, max_run_times,
+                                    max_slot_nums);
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<TaskNode> TaskNode::CreateTaskNode(
     int64_t role, const std::vector<OperatorBase*>& ops, int64_t rank,
-    int64_t task_id) {
-  return std::make_unique<TaskNode>(role, ops, rank, task_id);
+    int64_t task_id, int64_t max_run_times, int64_t max_slot_nums) {
+  return std::make_unique<TaskNode>(role, ops, rank, task_id, max_run_times,
+                                    max_slot_nums);
 }
 
 void TaskNode::AddUpstreamTask(int64_t task_id) { upstream_.insert(task_id); }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.h b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.h
index e341f5250714446ca5496e8bb4fe7485d42bfc9e..a90106d01d26dc2087b14f3c06cc03ff43fddb42 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/distributed/fleet_executor/task_node.h
@@ -28,23 +28,28 @@ namespace distributed {
 class TaskNode final {
  public:
   using OperatorBase = paddle::framework::OperatorBase;
-  TaskNode(int64_t role, int64_t rank, int64_t task_id);
+  TaskNode(int64_t role, int64_t rank, int64_t task_id, int64_t max_run_times,
+           int64_t max_slot_nums);
   TaskNode(int64_t role, const std::vector<OperatorBase*>& ops, int64_t rank,
-           int64_t task_id);
+           int64_t task_id, int64_t max_run_times, int64_t max_slot_nums);
   ~TaskNode() = default;
   int64_t rank() const { return rank_; }
   int64_t task_id() const { return task_id_; }
   int64_t role() const { return role_; }
+  int64_t max_run_times() const { return max_run_times_; }
+  int64_t max_slot_nums() const { return max_slot_nums_; }
   const std::unordered_set<int64_t>& upstream() const { return upstream_; }
   const std::unordered_set<int64_t>& downstream() const { return downstream_; }
   void AddUpstreamTask(int64_t task_id);
   void AddDownstreamTask(int64_t task_id);
   static std::unique_ptr<TaskNode> CreateEmptyTaskNode(int64_t role,
                                                        int64_t rank,
-                                                       int64_t task_id);
+                                                       int64_t task_id,
+                                                       int64_t max_run_times,
+                                                       int64_t max_slot_nums);
   static std::unique_ptr<TaskNode> CreateTaskNode(
       int64_t role, const std::vector<OperatorBase*>& ops, int64_t rank,
-      int64_t task_id);
+      int64_t task_id, int64_t max_run_times, int64_t max_slot_nums);
 
  private:
   DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TaskNode);
@@ -55,6 +60,8 @@ class TaskNode final {
   int64_t role_;
   int64_t rank_;
   int64_t task_id_;
+  int64_t max_run_times_;
+  int64_t max_slot_nums_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace distributed
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
index 10c097701bc37ec0a7266cf454256ba9064dbb64..09279f1208dc32f53fc714a2a87d5bb448252b79 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/executor.py
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ class Executor(object):
             fleet_exe_desc.dp_degree = fleet_opt["dist_strategy"]["dp_degree"]
             fleet_exe_desc.mp_degree = fleet_opt["dist_strategy"]["mp_degree"]
             fleet_exe_desc.pp_degree = fleet_opt["dist_strategy"]["pp_degree"]
+        if "num_micro_batches" in fleet_opt:
+            fleet_exe_desc.num_micro_batches = fleet_opt["num_micro_batches"]
         num_of_gpu = fleet_exe_desc.dp_degree * fleet_exe_desc.mp_degree * fleet_exe_desc.pp_degree
         assert nrank == num_of_gpu, "The number of rank is not equal to the number of gpu."
         fleet_exe = core.FleetExecutor(fleet_exe_desc.SerializeToString())
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_executor_multi_devices.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_executor_multi_devices.py
index 473d49fea48788420e567192275e39c77d79eccd..adffd228591b9929115b83a6dcf3e42e23bdc5f7 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_executor_multi_devices.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_executor_multi_devices.py
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ class TestFleetExecutor(unittest.TestCase):
             "mp_degree": 2,
             "pp_degree": 2
         }
-        fleet_opt = {"dist_strategy": strategy.sharding_configs}
+        strategy.pipeline_configs = {"accumulate_steps": 8}
+        fleet_opt = {
+            "dist_strategy": strategy.sharding_configs,
+            "num_micro_batches": strategy.pipeline_configs["accumulate_steps"]
+        }
         if fluid.is_compiled_with_cuda():
             self.run_fleet_executor(fluid.CUDAPlace(0), fleet_opt)