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HPA not scaling despite high CPU -- stuck at current replica count

Check: (1) Is Metrics Server installed and running? (2) Does kubectl top pods show data? (3) Are resource requests set on the Pods (required for HPA percentage calculation)? (4) Is current replica count at maxReplicas?

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HPA not scaling despite high CPU -- stuck at current replica count

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