diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.cpp b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.cpp
index 8d03b87e1d04..b36fdb18584e 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.cpp
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ namespace NPQ {
 
 TPartitionScaleManager::TPartitionScaleManager(
     const TString& topicName,
+    const TString& topicPath,
     const TString& databasePath,
     ui64 pathId,
     int version,
     const NKikimrPQ::TPQTabletConfig& config
 )
     : TopicName(topicName)
+    , TopicPath(topicPath)
     , DatabasePath(databasePath)
     , BalancerConfig(pathId, version, config) {
     }
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ void TPartitionScaleManager::TrySendScaleRequest(const TActorContext& ctx) {
         << "send split request");
     CurrentScaleRequest = ctx.Register(new TPartitionScaleRequest(
         TopicName,
+        TopicPath,
         DatabasePath,
         BalancerConfig.PathId,
         BalancerConfig.PathVersion,
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.h b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.h
index dc46b38f0831..39251d5b0610 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.h
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_manager.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TPartitionScaleManager {
     };
 
 public:
-    TPartitionScaleManager(const TString& topicPath, const TString& databasePath, ui64 pathId, int version, const NKikimrPQ::TPQTabletConfig& config);
+    TPartitionScaleManager(const TString& topicName, const TString& topicPath, const TString& databasePath, ui64 pathId, int version, const NKikimrPQ::TPQTabletConfig& config);
 
 public:
     void HandleScaleStatusChange(const ui32 partition, NKikimrPQ::EScaleStatus scaleStatus, const TActorContext& ctx);
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class TPartitionScaleManager {
     static const ui32 MAX_SCALE_REQUEST_REPEAT_SECONDS_TIMEOUT = 1000;
 
     const TString TopicName;
+    const TString TopicPath;
     TString DatabasePath = "";
     TActorId CurrentScaleRequest;
     TDuration RequestTimeout = TDuration::MilliSeconds(0);
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.cpp b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.cpp
index 28e7d8f7a595..4697a57b14fc 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.cpp
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ namespace NKikimr {
 namespace NPQ {
 
 TPartitionScaleRequest::TPartitionScaleRequest(
-    TString topicName,
-    TString databasePath,
+    const TString& topicName,
+    const TString& topicPath,
+    const TString& databasePath,
     ui64 pathId,
     ui64 pathVersion,
-    std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionSplit> splits,
-    const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionMerge> merges,
-    NActors::TActorId parentActorId
+    const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionSplit>& splits,
+    const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionMerge>& merges,
+    const NActors::TActorId& parentActorId
 )
     : Topic(topicName)
+    , TopicPath(topicPath)
     , DatabasePath(databasePath)
     , PathId(pathId)
     , PathVersion(pathVersion)
@@ -30,14 +32,17 @@ void TPartitionScaleRequest::Bootstrap(const NActors::TActorContext &ctx) {
 void TPartitionScaleRequest::SendProposeRequest(const NActors::TActorContext &ctx) {
     auto proposal = std::make_unique<TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransaction>();
     proposal->Record.SetDatabaseName(CanonizePath(DatabasePath));
-    FillProposeRequest(*proposal, DatabasePath, Topic, ctx);
+    FillProposeRequest(*proposal, ctx);
     ctx.Send(MakeTxProxyID(), proposal.release());
 }
 
-void TPartitionScaleRequest::FillProposeRequest(TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransaction& proposal, const TString& workingDir, const TString& topicName, const NActors::TActorContext &ctx) {
+void TPartitionScaleRequest::FillProposeRequest(TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransaction& proposal, const NActors::TActorContext &ctx) {
+    auto workingDir = TopicPath.substr(0, TopicPath.size() - Topic.size());
+
     auto& modifyScheme = *proposal.Record.MutableTransaction()->MutableModifyScheme();
     modifyScheme.SetOperationType(NKikimrSchemeOp::ESchemeOpAlterPersQueueGroup);
     modifyScheme.SetWorkingDir(workingDir);
+    modifyScheme.SetInternal(true);
 
     auto applyIf = modifyScheme.AddApplyIf();
     applyIf->SetPathId(PathId);
@@ -45,9 +50,9 @@ void TPartitionScaleRequest::FillProposeRequest(TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransa
     applyIf->SetCheckEntityVersion(true);
 
     NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription groupDescription;
-    groupDescription.SetName(topicName);
+    groupDescription.SetName(Topic);
     TStringBuilder logMessage;
-    logMessage << "TPartitionScaleRequest::FillProposeRequest trying to scale partitions. Spilts: ";
+    logMessage << "TPartitionScaleRequest::FillProposeRequest trying to scale partitions of '" << workingDir << "/" << Topic << "'. Spilts: ";
     for(const auto& split: Splits) {
         auto* newSplit = groupDescription.AddSplit();
         logMessage << "partition: " << split.GetPartition() << " boundary: '" << split.GetSplitBoundary() << "' ";
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.h b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.h
index 017825e78d82..764c8f033eb0 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.h
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/partition_scale_request.h
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ class TPartitionScaleRequest: public NActors::TActorBootstrapped<TPartitionScale
     };
 
 public:
-    TPartitionScaleRequest(TString topicName, TString databasePath, ui64 pathId, ui64 pathVersion, std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionSplit> splits, const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionMerge> merges, NActors::TActorId parentActorId);
+    TPartitionScaleRequest(const TString& topicName, const TString& topicPath, const TString& databasePath, ui64 pathId, ui64 pathVersion,
+        const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionSplit>& splits,
+        const std::vector<NKikimrSchemeOp::TPersQueueGroupDescription_TPartitionMerge>& merges,
+        const NActors::TActorId& parentActorId);
 
 public:
     void Bootstrap(const NActors::TActorContext &ctx);
@@ -48,10 +51,11 @@ class TPartitionScaleRequest: public NActors::TActorBootstrapped<TPartitionScale
     }
     std::pair<TString, TString> SplitPath(const TString& path);
     void SendProposeRequest(const NActors::TActorContext &ctx);
-    void FillProposeRequest(TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransaction& proposal, const TString& workingDir, const TString& topicName, const NActors::TActorContext &ctx);
+    void FillProposeRequest(TEvTxUserProxy::TEvProposeTransaction& proposal, const NActors::TActorContext &ctx);
 
 private:
     const TString Topic;
+    const TString TopicPath;
     const TString DatabasePath;
     const ui64 PathId;
     const ui64 PathVersion;
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer.cpp b/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer.cpp
index 547acd21d706..5fc814b94bc0 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void TPersQueueReadBalancer::Handle(TEvPersQueue::TEvUpdateBalancerConfig::TPtr
 
     if (SplitMergeEnabled(TabletConfig)) {
         if (!PartitionsScaleManager) {
-            PartitionsScaleManager = std::make_unique<TPartitionScaleManager>(Topic, DatabasePath, PathId, Version, TabletConfig);
+            PartitionsScaleManager = std::make_unique<TPartitionScaleManager>(Topic, Path, DatabasePath, PathId, Version, TabletConfig);
         } else {
             PartitionsScaleManager->UpdateBalancerConfig(PathId, Version, TabletConfig);
         }
@@ -1266,16 +1266,20 @@ void TPersQueueReadBalancer::Handle(TEvPersQueue::TEvGetReadSessionsInfo::TPtr&
 
 void TPersQueueReadBalancer::Handle(TEvPQ::TEvPartitionScaleStatusChanged::TPtr& ev, const TActorContext& ctx) {
     if (!SplitMergeEnabled(TabletConfig)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG_S(ctx, NKikimrServices::PERSQUEUE_READ_BALANCER, "Skip TEvPartitionScaleStatusChanged: autopartitioning disabled.");
         return;
     }
     auto& record = ev->Get()->Record;
     auto* node = PartitionGraph.GetPartition(record.GetPartitionId());
     if (!node) {
+        LOG_DEBUG_S(ctx, NKikimrServices::PERSQUEUE_READ_BALANCER, "Skip TEvPartitionScaleStatusChanged: partition " << record.GetPartitionId() << " not found.");
         return;
     }
 
     if (PartitionsScaleManager) {
         PartitionsScaleManager->HandleScaleStatusChange(record.GetPartitionId(), record.GetScaleStatus(), ctx);
+    } else {
+        LOG_NOTICE_S(ctx, NKikimrServices::PERSQUEUE_READ_BALANCER, "Skip TEvPartitionScaleStatusChanged: scale manager isn`t initialized.");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer__txinit.h b/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer__txinit.h
index cc9a26ad4678..8b2367a15489 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer__txinit.h
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/read_balancer__txinit.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct TPersQueueReadBalancer::TTxInit : public ITransaction {
                     Self->PartitionGraph = MakePartitionGraph(Self->TabletConfig);
 
                     if (SplitMergeEnabled(Self->TabletConfig)) {
-                        Self->PartitionsScaleManager = std::make_unique<TPartitionScaleManager>(Self->Topic, Self->DatabasePath, Self->PathId, Self->Version, Self->TabletConfig);
+                        Self->PartitionsScaleManager = std::make_unique<TPartitionScaleManager>(Self->Topic, Self->Path, Self->DatabasePath, Self->PathId, Self->Version, Self->TabletConfig);
                     }
                     Self->UpdateConfigCounters();
                 }
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/common/autoscaling_ut_common.cpp b/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/common/autoscaling_ut_common.cpp
index 4f01439c8601..db447a2c5558 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/common/autoscaling_ut_common.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/common/autoscaling_ut_common.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ TTopicSdkTestSetup CreateSetup() {
     NKikimrConfig::TFeatureFlags ff;
     ff.SetEnableTopicSplitMerge(true);
     ff.SetEnablePQConfigTransactionsAtSchemeShard(true);
-    //ff.SetEnableTopicServiceTx(true);
+    ff.SetEnableTopicServiceTx(true);
 
     auto settings = TTopicSdkTestSetup::MakeServerSettings();
     settings.SetFeatureFlags(ff);
diff --git a/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/ut_with_sdk/autoscaling_ut.cpp b/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/ut_with_sdk/autoscaling_ut.cpp
index 0b955e0b4770..e8dc6c2a3de7 100644
--- a/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/ut_with_sdk/autoscaling_ut.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/persqueue/ut/ut_with_sdk/autoscaling_ut.cpp
@@ -894,6 +894,60 @@ Y_UNIT_TEST_SUITE(TopicAutoscaling) {
         }
     }
 
+    void ExecuteQuery(NYdb::NTable::TSession& session, const TString& query ) {
+        const auto result = session.ExecuteSchemeQuery(query).GetValueSync();
+        UNIT_ASSERT_VALUES_EQUAL_C(result.GetStatus(), NYdb::EStatus::SUCCESS, result.GetIssues().ToString());
+    }
+
+    Y_UNIT_TEST(WithDir_PartitionSplit_AutosplitByLoad) {
+        TTopicSdkTestSetup setup = CreateSetup();
+        auto client = setup.MakeClient();
+        auto tableClient = setup.MakeTableClient();
+        auto session = tableClient.CreateSession().GetValueSync().GetSession();
+
+        setup.GetServer().AnnoyingClient->MkDir("/Root", "dir");
+
+        ExecuteQuery(session, R"(
+            --!syntax_v1
+            CREATE TOPIC `/Root/dir/origin`
+                WITH (
+                    AUTO_PARTITIONING_STRATEGY = 'SCALE_UP',
+                    MAX_ACTIVE_PARTITIONS = 50
+                );
+        )");
+
+        {
+            auto describe = client.DescribeTopic("/Root/dir/origin").GetValueSync();
+            UNIT_ASSERT_VALUES_EQUAL(describe.GetTopicDescription().GetPartitions().size(), 1);
+        }
+
+        ui64 balancerTabletId;
+        {
+            auto pathDescr = setup.GetServer().AnnoyingClient->Ls("/Root/dir/origin")->Record.GetPathDescription().GetSelf();
+            balancerTabletId = pathDescr.GetBalancerTabletID();
+            Cerr << ">>>>> BalancerTabletID=" << balancerTabletId << Endl << Flush;
+            UNIT_ASSERT(balancerTabletId);
+        }
+
+        {
+            const auto edge = setup.GetRuntime().AllocateEdgeActor();
+            setup.GetRuntime().SendToPipe(balancerTabletId, edge, new TEvPQ::TEvPartitionScaleStatusChanged(0, NKikimrPQ::EScaleStatus::NEED_SPLIT));
+        }
+
+        {
+            size_t partitionCount = 0;
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+                Sleep(TDuration::Seconds(1));
+                auto describe = client.DescribeTopic("/Root/dir/origin").GetValueSync();
+                partitionCount = describe.GetTopicDescription().GetPartitions().size();
+                if (partitionCount == 3) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            UNIT_ASSERT_VALUES_EQUAL(partitionCount, 3);
+        }
+    }
+
     Y_UNIT_TEST(MidOfRange) {
         auto AsString = [](std::vector<ui16> vs) {
             TStringBuilder a;
diff --git a/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.cpp b/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.cpp
index c3acc4654003..5b9ed0d61c89 100644
--- a/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.cpp
+++ b/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.cpp
@@ -136,3 +136,9 @@ TTopicClient TTopicSdkTestSetup::MakeClient() const
 {
     return TTopicClient(MakeDriver());
 }
+
+NYdb::NTable::TTableClient TTopicSdkTestSetup::MakeTableClient() const
+{
+    return NYdb::NTable::TTableClient(MakeDriver(), NYdb::NTable::TClientSettings()
+            .UseQueryCache(false));
+}
diff --git a/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.h b/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.h
index 2bdae4489c50..2fdd0bc70327 100644
--- a/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.h
+++ b/ydb/public/sdk/cpp/client/ydb_topic/ut/ut_utils/topic_sdk_test_setup.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TTopicSdkTestSetup {
     TLog& GetLog();
 
     TTopicClient MakeClient() const;
+    NYdb::NTable::TTableClient MakeTableClient() const;
 
     TDriver MakeDriver() const;
     TDriver MakeDriver(const TDriverConfig& config) const;