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add metric for skipped scaling events #5059

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@elmiko elmiko commented Jul 28, 2022

Which component this PR applies to?

cluster-autoscaler

What type of PR is this?

/kind feature

What this PR does / why we need it:

This change adds a new metric, skipped_scale_events_count, which will
record the number of times that the CA has chosen to skip a scaling
event. The metric contains a label for the scaling direction (up or down)
and the reason.

This patch includes usages for the new metric based on CPU or Memory
limits being reached in eiter a scale up or down.

User Story

As a cluster autoscaler user, I would like to create alerts to inform me when my cluster is exceeding its resource limits. Having a Prometheus metric to measure this would allow me to create automated alerting.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

n/a

Special notes for your reviewer:

none

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?

A new metric ("cluster_autoscaler_skipped_scale_events_count") has been added to monitor when CPU and memory resource limits have been exceeded.

Additional documentation e.g., KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals), usage docs, etc.:


This change adds a new metric, skipped_scale_events_count, which will
record the number of times that the CA has chosen to skip a scaling
event. The metric contains a label for the scaling direction (up or down)
and the reason.

This patch includes usages for the new metric based on CPU or Memory
limits being reached in eiter a scale up or down.
@k8s-ci-robot k8s-ci-robot added kind/feature Categorizes issue or PR as related to a new feature. cncf-cla: yes Indicates the PR's author has signed the CNCF CLA. size/M Denotes a PR that changes 30-99 lines, ignoring generated files. labels Jul 28, 2022
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/lgtm
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@k8s-ci-robot k8s-ci-robot added the lgtm "Looks good to me", indicates that a PR is ready to be merged. label Aug 8, 2022
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@k8s-ci-robot k8s-ci-robot added the approved Indicates a PR has been approved by an approver from all required OWNERS files. label Aug 8, 2022
@k8s-ci-robot k8s-ci-robot merged commit 3e25023 into kubernetes:master Aug 8, 2022
@elmiko elmiko deleted the skipped-scale-metric branch August 9, 2022 18:45
elmiko added a commit to elmiko/cluster-autoscaler-operator that referenced this pull request Sep 14, 2022
this change updates the resource limit alerts to use the new metric
introduced in kubernetes/autoscaler#5059.
elmiko added a commit to elmiko/cluster-autoscaler-operator that referenced this pull request Sep 14, 2022
this change updates the resource limit alerts to use the new metric
introduced in kubernetes/autoscaler#5059.
navinjoy pushed a commit to navinjoy/autoscaler that referenced this pull request Oct 26, 2022
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