The Invisible Load Spike: Why Your Autoscaler Fails When It Matters Most (And How to Fix It)
Nov 29, 2025 路 14 min read 路 Your autoscaler is a liar. It promises to scale your workloads when demand spikes, but in production, when revenue is on the line, it chokes. The HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) controller loop runs every 15 seconds, metrics-server takes another 30 sec...
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