Comment Comment by hckr1292 > Basically, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler but with sensors which are not just "CPU"Since Kubernetes 1.23, there's support for using "custom metrics" to control HPAs: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporte...Is it somewhat convoluted to setup? Absolutely! But it's possible to use relatively robust and well supported built in controllers with custom metrics. parent hckr1292 14 days ago
Since Kubernetes 1.23, there's support for using "custom metrics" to control HPAs: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporte...
Is it somewhat convoluted to setup? Absolutely! But it's possible to use relatively robust and well supported built in controllers with custom metrics.