diff --git a/extras/generate_latest_map b/extras/generate_latest_map
index 3ae35b398..d41d07e23 100755
--- a/extras/generate_latest_map
+++ b/extras/generate_latest_map
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ function generate_latest_map() {
         return true
     }
 
+    // EqualIgnoringTimestamps returns true if all keys and values are the same.
+    func (m ${latest_map_type}) EqualIgnoringTimestamps(n ${latest_map_type}) bool {
+        if m.Size() != n.Size() {
+            return false
+        }
+        for i := range m {
+            if m[i].key != n[i].key || m[i].Value != n[i].Value {
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
     // CodecEncodeSelf implements codec.Selfer.
     // Duplicates the output for a built-in map without generating an
     // intermediate copy of the data structure, to save time.  Note this
diff --git a/probe/probe.go b/probe/probe.go
index c609f6319..4205bc9b8 100644
--- a/probe/probe.go
+++ b/probe/probe.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type Probe struct {
 	spyInterval, publishInterval time.Duration
 	publisher                    ReportPublisher
 	rateLimiter                  *rate.Limiter
+	ticksPerFullReport           int
 	noControls                   bool
 
 	tickers   []Ticker
@@ -77,17 +78,19 @@ type Ticker interface {
 func New(
 	spyInterval, publishInterval time.Duration,
 	publisher ReportPublisher,
+	ticksPerFullReport int,
 	noControls bool,
 ) *Probe {
 	result := &Probe{
-		spyInterval:     spyInterval,
-		publishInterval: publishInterval,
-		publisher:       publisher,
-		rateLimiter:     rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(publishInterval/100), 1),
-		noControls:      noControls,
-		quit:            make(chan struct{}),
-		spiedReports:    make(chan report.Report, spiedReportBufferSize),
-		shortcutReports: make(chan report.Report, shortcutReportBufferSize),
+		spyInterval:        spyInterval,
+		publishInterval:    publishInterval,
+		publisher:          publisher,
+		rateLimiter:        rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(publishInterval/100), 1),
+		ticksPerFullReport: ticksPerFullReport,
+		noControls:         noControls,
+		quit:               make(chan struct{}),
+		spiedReports:       make(chan report.Report, spiedReportBufferSize),
+		shortcutReports:    make(chan report.Report, shortcutReportBufferSize),
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ func (p *Probe) tag(r report.Report) report.Report {
 	return r
 }
 
-func (p *Probe) drainAndPublish(rpt report.Report, rs chan report.Report) {
+func (p *Probe) drainAndSanitise(rpt report.Report, rs chan report.Report) report.Report {
 	p.rateLimiter.Wait(context.Background())
 ForLoop:
 	for {
@@ -225,25 +228,44 @@ ForLoop:
 			t.Controls = report.Controls{}
 		})
 	}
-	if err := p.publisher.Publish(rpt); err != nil {
-		log.Infof("Publish: %v", err)
-	}
+	return rpt
 }
 
 func (p *Probe) publishLoop() {
 	defer p.done.Done()
 	pubTick := time.Tick(p.publishInterval)
+	publishCount := 0
+	var lastFullReport report.Report
 
 	for {
+		var err error
 		select {
 		case <-pubTick:
-			p.drainAndPublish(report.MakeReport(), p.spiedReports)
+			rpt := p.drainAndSanitise(report.MakeReport(), p.spiedReports)
+			fullReport := (publishCount % p.ticksPerFullReport) == 0
+			if !fullReport {
+				rpt.UnsafeUnMerge(lastFullReport)
+			}
+			err = p.publisher.Publish(rpt)
+			if err == nil {
+				if fullReport {
+					lastFullReport = rpt
+				}
+				publishCount++
+			} else {
+				// If we failed to send then drop back to full report next time
+				publishCount = 0
+			}
 
 		case rpt := <-p.shortcutReports:
-			p.drainAndPublish(rpt, p.shortcutReports)
+			rpt = p.drainAndSanitise(rpt, p.shortcutReports)
+			err = p.publisher.Publish(rpt)
 
 		case <-p.quit:
 			return
 		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Infof("Publish: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/probe/probe_internal_test.go b/probe/probe_internal_test.go
index 76e9502a4..97af02904 100644
--- a/probe/probe_internal_test.go
+++ b/probe/probe_internal_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestApply(t *testing.T) {
 		endpointNode   = report.MakeNodeWith(endpointNodeID, map[string]string{"5": "6"})
 	)
 
-	p := New(0, 0, nil, false)
+	p := New(0, 0, nil, 1, false)
 	p.AddTagger(NewTopologyTagger())
 
 	r := report.MakeReport()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestProbe(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pub := mockPublisher{make(chan report.Report, 10)}
 
-	p := New(10*time.Millisecond, 100*time.Millisecond, pub, false)
+	p := New(10*time.Millisecond, 100*time.Millisecond, pub, 1, false)
 	p.AddReporter(mockReporter{want})
 	p.Start()
 	defer p.Stop()
diff --git a/prog/main.go b/prog/main.go
index 781790857..bd4e488c0 100644
--- a/prog/main.go
+++ b/prog/main.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ type probeFlags struct {
 	token                  string
 	httpListen             string
 	publishInterval        time.Duration
+	ticksPerFullReport     int
 	spyInterval            time.Duration
 	pluginsRoot            string
 	insecure               bool
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ func setupFlags(flags *flags) {
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.probe.httpListen, "probe.http.listen", "", "listen address for HTTP profiling and instrumentation server")
 	flag.DurationVar(&flags.probe.publishInterval, "probe.publish.interval", 3*time.Second, "publish (output) interval")
 	flag.DurationVar(&flags.probe.spyInterval, "probe.spy.interval", time.Second, "spy (scan) interval")
+	flag.IntVar(&flags.probe.ticksPerFullReport, "probe.full-report-every", 3, "publish full report every N times, deltas in between. Make sure N < (app.window / probe.publish.interval)")
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.probe.pluginsRoot, "probe.plugins.root", "/var/run/scope/plugins", "Root directory to search for plugins")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flags.probe.noControls, "probe.no-controls", false, "Disable controls (e.g. start/stop containers, terminals, logs ...)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flags.probe.noCommandLineArguments, "probe.omit.cmd-args", false, "Disable collection of command-line arguments")
diff --git a/prog/probe.go b/prog/probe.go
index 9df88d22e..9814d76c9 100644
--- a/prog/probe.go
+++ b/prog/probe.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func probeMain(flags probeFlags, targets []appclient.Target) {
 		clients = multiClients
 	}
 
-	p := probe.New(flags.spyInterval, flags.publishInterval, clients, flags.noControls)
+	p := probe.New(flags.spyInterval, flags.publishInterval, clients, flags.ticksPerFullReport, flags.noControls)
 	p.AddTagger(probe.NewTopologyTagger())
 	var processCache *process.CachingWalker
 
diff --git a/report/id_list.go b/report/id_list.go
index e74901e7a..1b6f10477 100644
--- a/report/id_list.go
+++ b/report/id_list.go
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ func (a IDList) Merge(b IDList) IDList {
 	return IDList(merged)
 }
 
+// Equal returns true if a and b have the same contents
+func (a IDList) Equal(b IDList) bool {
+	return StringSet(a).Equal(StringSet(b))
+}
+
 // Contains returns true if id is in the list.
 func (a IDList) Contains(id string) bool {
 	return StringSet(a).Contains(id)
diff --git a/report/latest_map_generated.go b/report/latest_map_generated.go
index 97ce72382..c084cb92d 100644
--- a/report/latest_map_generated.go
+++ b/report/latest_map_generated.go
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ func (m StringLatestMap) DeepEqual(n StringLatestMap) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// EqualIgnoringTimestamps returns true if all keys and values are the same.
+func (m StringLatestMap) EqualIgnoringTimestamps(n StringLatestMap) bool {
+	if m.Size() != n.Size() {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range m {
+		if m[i].key != n[i].key || m[i].Value != n[i].Value {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // CodecEncodeSelf implements codec.Selfer.
 // Duplicates the output for a built-in map without generating an
 // intermediate copy of the data structure, to save time.  Note this
@@ -450,6 +463,19 @@ func (m NodeControlDataLatestMap) DeepEqual(n NodeControlDataLatestMap) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// EqualIgnoringTimestamps returns true if all keys and values are the same.
+func (m NodeControlDataLatestMap) EqualIgnoringTimestamps(n NodeControlDataLatestMap) bool {
+	if m.Size() != n.Size() {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range m {
+		if m[i].key != n[i].key || m[i].Value != n[i].Value {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // CodecEncodeSelf implements codec.Selfer.
 // Duplicates the output for a built-in map without generating an
 // intermediate copy of the data structure, to save time.  Note this
diff --git a/report/node.go b/report/node.go
index 3b68f43a4..c64d70687 100644
--- a/report/node.go
+++ b/report/node.go
@@ -198,3 +198,47 @@ func (n Node) Merge(other Node) Node {
 		Children:       n.Children.Merge(other.Children),
 	}
 }
+
+// UnsafeUnMerge removes data from n that would be added by merging other,
+// modifying the original.
+// returns true if n.Merge(other) is the same as n
+func (n *Node) UnsafeUnMerge(other Node) bool {
+	// If it's not the same ID and topology then just bail out
+	if n.ID != other.ID || n.Topology != other.Topology {
+		return false
+	}
+	n.ID = ""
+	n.Topology = ""
+	remove := true
+	// We either keep a whole section or drop it if anything changed
+	//  - a trade-off of some extra data size in favour of faster simpler code.
+	// (in practice, very few values reported by Scope probes do change over time)
+	if n.LatestControls.EqualIgnoringTimestamps(other.LatestControls) {
+		n.LatestControls = nil
+	} else {
+		remove = false
+	}
+	if n.Latest.EqualIgnoringTimestamps(other.Latest) {
+		n.Latest = nil
+	} else {
+		remove = false
+	}
+	if n.Sets.DeepEqual(other.Sets) {
+		n.Sets = MakeSets()
+	} else {
+		remove = false
+	}
+	if n.Parents.DeepEqual(other.Parents) {
+		n.Parents = MakeSets()
+	} else {
+		remove = false
+	}
+	if n.Adjacency.Equal(other.Adjacency) {
+		n.Adjacency = nil
+	} else {
+		remove = false
+	}
+	// counters and children are not created in the probe so we don't check those
+	// metrics don't overlap so just check if we have any
+	return remove && len(n.Metrics) == 0
+}
diff --git a/report/report.go b/report/report.go
index c7c1f0979..83a2c0a0f 100644
--- a/report/report.go
+++ b/report/report.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ type Report struct {
 	// Job represent all Kubernetes Job on hosts running probes.
 	Job Topology
 
-	DNS DNSRecords
+	DNS DNSRecords `json:"nodes,omitempty" deepequal:"nil==empty"`
 
 	// Sampling data for this report.
 	Sampling Sampling
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ func (r *Report) UnsafeMerge(other Report) {
 	})
 }
 
+// UnsafeUnMerge removes any information from r that would be added by merging other.
+// The original is modified.
+func (r *Report) UnsafeUnMerge(other Report) {
+	// TODO: DNS, Sampling, Plugins
+	r.Window = r.Window - other.Window
+	r.WalkPairedTopologies(&other, func(ourTopology, theirTopology *Topology) {
+		ourTopology.UnsafeUnMerge(*theirTopology)
+	})
+}
+
 // WalkTopologies iterates through the Topologies of the report,
 // potentially modifying them
 func (r *Report) WalkTopologies(f func(*Topology)) {
diff --git a/report/report_test.go b/report/report_test.go
index 6ecbc1c8d..80717e7f6 100644
--- a/report/report_test.go
+++ b/report/report_test.go
@@ -98,3 +98,41 @@ func TestReportUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(test.Diff(expected, got))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReportUnMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	n1 := report.MakeNodeWith("foo", map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	r1 := makeTestReport()
+	r2 := r1.Copy()
+	r2.Container.AddNode(n1)
+	// r2 should be the same as r1 with just the foo-bar node added
+	r2.UnsafeUnMerge(r1)
+	// Now r2 should have everything removed except that one node, and its ID
+	expected := report.Report{
+		ID: r2.ID,
+		Container: report.Topology{
+			Nodes: report.Nodes{
+				"foo": n1,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Now test report with two nodes unmerged on report with one
+	r1.Container.AddNode(n1)
+	r2 = r1.Copy()
+	n2 := report.MakeNodeWith("foo2", map[string]string{"ping": "pong"})
+	r2.Container.AddNode(n2)
+	// r2 should be the same as r1 with one extra node
+	r2.UnsafeUnMerge(r1)
+	expected = report.Report{
+		ID: r2.ID,
+		Container: report.Topology{
+			Nodes: report.Nodes{
+				"foo2": n2,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if !s_reflect.DeepEqual(expected, r2) {
+		t.Error(test.Diff(expected, r2))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/report/topology.go b/report/topology.go
index 3fd8b916c..15e91ac1c 100644
--- a/report/topology.go
+++ b/report/topology.go
@@ -208,6 +208,27 @@ func (t *Topology) UnsafeMerge(other Topology) {
 	t.TableTemplates = t.TableTemplates.Merge(other.TableTemplates)
 }
 
+// UnsafeUnMerge removes any information from t that would be added by merging other,
+// modifying the original.
+func (t *Topology) UnsafeUnMerge(other Topology) {
+	if t.Shape == other.Shape {
+		t.Shape = ""
+	}
+	if t.Label == other.Label && t.LabelPlural == other.LabelPlural {
+		t.Label, t.LabelPlural = "", ""
+	}
+	if t.Tag == other.Tag {
+		t.Tag = ""
+	}
+	t.Nodes.UnsafeUnMerge(other.Nodes)
+	// TODO Controls
+	// NOTE: taking a shortcut and assuming templates are static, which they have always been in Scope
+	// If you break that assumption please change this.
+	t.MetadataTemplates = nil
+	t.MetricTemplates = nil
+	t.TableTemplates = nil
+}
+
 // Nodes is a collection of nodes in a topology. Keys are node IDs.
 // TODO(pb): type Topology map[string]Node
 type Nodes map[string]Node
@@ -249,6 +270,21 @@ func (n *Nodes) UnsafeMerge(other Nodes) {
 	}
 }
 
+// UnsafeUnMerge removes nodes from n that would be added by merging other,
+// modifying the original.
+func (n *Nodes) UnsafeUnMerge(other Nodes) {
+	for k, node := range *n {
+		if otherNode, ok := (other)[k]; ok {
+			remove := node.UnsafeUnMerge(otherNode)
+			if remove {
+				delete(*n, k)
+			} else {
+				(*n)[k] = node
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Validate checks the topology for various inconsistencies.
 func (t Topology) Validate() error {
 	errs := []string{}