Abstract: Systems and methods herein are for seamless offload of a workload to data processing units (DPUs), where one or more processing unit receive a selection of a first one of the plurality of DPUs to perform the workload, and perform a background operation to select second ones of the plurality of DPUs based, at least in part, on capabilities associated with the first one of the plurality of DPUs being within a threshold, where the workload is to be performed in a load balancing arrangement of the first one and second ones of the plurality of DPUs.