Autoscaler Allows Scale to Zero
The workload can be scaled to no pods at all, so the first request after a quiet period fails or waits on a cold start.
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Exposure and fragility, security posture and single points of failure.
Detect
ZopNight checks this automatically across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, with read-only access to the account.
Explain
Every finding says exactly what to change: Raise the autoscaler minimum above zero.
Fix
The finding opens with the change already spelled out, so the fix is one ticket, not an investigation.
- Applies to
- EKS Horizontal Pod Autoscalers on AWS, AKS Horizontal Pod Autoscalers on Azure, GKE Horizontal Pod Autoscalers on Google Cloud
- Category
- Reliability. Production-shape issues that cause incidents and rework: single replicas, missing requests and limits, missing probes.
- Where it appears
- The Risk tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.
- Rule IDs
RC-1745RC-1845RC-1945
Related checks
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