horizontal.go

/*
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package podautoscaler

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"math"
	"time"

	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
	autoscalingv2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"
	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	autoscalinginformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/autoscaling/v2"
	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
	autoscalingclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/autoscaling/v2"
	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
	autoscalinglisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/autoscaling/v2"
	corelisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
	scaleclient "k8s.io/client-go/scale"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
	metricsclient "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/metrics"
)

var (
	scaleUpLimitFactor  = 2.0
	scaleUpLimitMinimum = 4.0
)

type timestampedRecommendation struct {
	recommendation int32
	timestamp      time.Time
}

type timestampedScaleEvent struct {
	replicaChange int32 // positive for scaleUp, negative for scaleDown
	timestamp     time.Time
	outdated      bool
}

// HorizontalController is responsible for the synchronizing HPA objects stored
// in the system with the actual deployments/replication controllers they
// control.
type HorizontalController struct {
	scaleNamespacer scaleclient.ScalesGetter
	hpaNamespacer   autoscalingclient.HorizontalPodAutoscalersGetter
	mapper          apimeta.RESTMapper

	replicaCalc   *ReplicaCalculator
	eventRecorder record.EventRecorder

	downscaleStabilisationWindow time.Duration

	// hpaLister is able to list/get HPAs from the shared cache from the informer passed in to
	// NewHorizontalController.
	hpaLister       autoscalinglisters.HorizontalPodAutoscalerLister
	hpaListerSynced cache.InformerSynced

	// podLister is able to list/get Pods from the shared cache from the informer passed in to
	// NewHorizontalController.
	podLister       corelisters.PodLister
	podListerSynced cache.InformerSynced

	// Controllers that need to be synced
	queue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface

	// Latest unstabilized recommendations for each autoscaler.
	recommendations map[string][]timestampedRecommendation

	// Latest autoscaler events
	scaleUpEvents   map[string][]timestampedScaleEvent
	scaleDownEvents map[string][]timestampedScaleEvent
}

// NewHorizontalController creates a new HorizontalController.
func NewHorizontalController(
	evtNamespacer v1core.EventsGetter,
	scaleNamespacer scaleclient.ScalesGetter,
	hpaNamespacer autoscalingclient.HorizontalPodAutoscalersGetter,
	mapper apimeta.RESTMapper,
	metricsClient metricsclient.MetricsClient,
	hpaInformer autoscalinginformers.HorizontalPodAutoscalerInformer,
	podInformer coreinformers.PodInformer,
	resyncPeriod time.Duration,
	downscaleStabilisationWindow time.Duration,
	tolerance float64,
	cpuInitializationPeriod,
	delayOfInitialReadinessStatus time.Duration,

) *HorizontalController {
	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
	broadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: evtNamespacer.Events("")})
	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "horizontal-pod-autoscaler"})

	hpaController := &HorizontalController{
		eventRecorder:                recorder,
		scaleNamespacer:              scaleNamespacer,
		hpaNamespacer:                hpaNamespacer,
		downscaleStabilisationWindow: downscaleStabilisationWindow,
		queue:                        workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(NewDefaultHPARateLimiter(resyncPeriod), "horizontalpodautoscaler"),
		mapper:                       mapper,
		recommendations:              map[string][]timestampedRecommendation{},
		scaleUpEvents:                map[string][]timestampedScaleEvent{},
		scaleDownEvents:              map[string][]timestampedScaleEvent{},
	}

	hpaInformer.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(
		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
			AddFunc:    hpaController.enqueueHPA,
			UpdateFunc: hpaController.updateHPA,
			DeleteFunc: hpaController.deleteHPA,
		},
		resyncPeriod,
	)
	hpaController.hpaLister = hpaInformer.Lister()
	hpaController.hpaListerSynced = hpaInformer.Informer().HasSynced

	hpaController.podLister = podInformer.Lister()
	hpaController.podListerSynced = podInformer.Informer().HasSynced

	replicaCalc := NewReplicaCalculator(
		metricsClient,
		hpaController.podLister,
		tolerance,
		cpuInitializationPeriod,
		delayOfInitialReadinessStatus,
	)
	hpaController.replicaCalc = replicaCalc

	return hpaController
}

// Run begins watching and syncing.
func (a *HorizontalController) Run(ctx context.Context) {
	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()
	defer a.queue.ShutDown()

	klog.Infof("Starting HPA controller")
	defer klog.Infof("Shutting down HPA controller")

	if !cache.WaitForNamedCacheSync("HPA", ctx.Done(), a.hpaListerSynced, a.podListerSynced) {
		return
	}

	// start a single worker (we may wish to start more in the future)
	go wait.UntilWithContext(ctx, a.worker, time.Second)

	<-ctx.Done()
}

// obj could be an *v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
func (a *HorizontalController) updateHPA(old, cur interface{}) {
	a.enqueueHPA(cur)
}

// obj could be an *v1.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, or a DeletionFinalStateUnknown marker item.
func (a *HorizontalController) enqueueHPA(obj interface{}) {
	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(obj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %+v: %v", obj, err))
		return
	}

	// Requests are always added to queue with resyncPeriod delay.  If there's already
	// request for the HPA in the queue then a new request is always dropped. Requests spend resync
	// interval in queue so HPAs are processed every resync interval.
	a.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) deleteHPA(obj interface{}) {
	key, err := controller.KeyFunc(obj)
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %+v: %v", obj, err))
		return
	}

	// TODO: could we leak if we fail to get the key?
	a.queue.Forget(key)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) worker(ctx context.Context) {
	for a.processNextWorkItem(ctx) {
	}
	klog.Infof("horizontal pod autoscaler controller worker shutting down")
}

func (a *HorizontalController) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
	key, quit := a.queue.Get()
	if quit {
		return false
	}
	defer a.queue.Done(key)

	deleted, err := a.reconcileKey(ctx, key.(string))
	if err != nil {
		utilruntime.HandleError(err)
	}
	// Add request processing HPA to queue with resyncPeriod delay.
	// Requests are always added to queue with resyncPeriod delay. If there's already request
	// for the HPA in the queue then a new request is always dropped. Requests spend resyncPeriod
	// in queue so HPAs are processed every resyncPeriod.
	// Request is added here just in case last resync didn't insert request into the queue. This
	// happens quite often because there is race condition between adding request after resyncPeriod
	// and removing them from queue. Request can be added by resync before previous request is
	// removed from queue. If we didn't add request here then in this case one request would be dropped
	// and HPA would processed after 2 x resyncPeriod.
	if !deleted {
		a.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
	}

	return true
}

// computeReplicasForMetrics computes the desired number of replicas for the metric specifications listed in the HPA,
// returning the maximum  of the computed replica counts, a description of the associated metric, and the statuses of
// all metrics computed.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeReplicasForMetrics(ctx context.Context, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, scale *autoscalingv1.Scale,
	metricSpecs []autoscalingv2.MetricSpec) (replicas int32, metric string, statuses []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, timestamp time.Time, err error) {

	if scale.Status.Selector == "" {
		errMsg := "selector is required"
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "SelectorRequired", errMsg)
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "InvalidSelector", "the HPA target's scale is missing a selector")
		return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
	}

	selector, err := labels.Parse(scale.Status.Selector)
	if err != nil {
		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("couldn't convert selector into a corresponding internal selector object: %v", err)
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "InvalidSelector", errMsg)
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "InvalidSelector", errMsg)
		return 0, "", nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
	}

	specReplicas := scale.Spec.Replicas
	statusReplicas := scale.Status.Replicas
	statuses = make([]autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, len(metricSpecs))

	invalidMetricsCount := 0
	var invalidMetricError error
	var invalidMetricCondition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition

	for i, metricSpec := range metricSpecs {
		replicaCountProposal, metricNameProposal, timestampProposal, condition, err := a.computeReplicasForMetric(ctx, hpa, metricSpec, specReplicas, statusReplicas, selector, &statuses[i])

		if err != nil {
			if invalidMetricsCount <= 0 {
				invalidMetricCondition = condition
				invalidMetricError = err
			}
			invalidMetricsCount++
		}
		if err == nil && (replicas == 0 || replicaCountProposal > replicas) {
			timestamp = timestampProposal
			replicas = replicaCountProposal
			metric = metricNameProposal
		}
	}

	// If all metrics are invalid or some are invalid and we would scale down,
	// return an error and set the condition of the hpa based on the first invalid metric.
	// Otherwise set the condition as scaling active as we're going to scale
	if invalidMetricsCount >= len(metricSpecs) || (invalidMetricsCount > 0 && replicas < specReplicas) {
		setCondition(hpa, invalidMetricCondition.Type, invalidMetricCondition.Status, invalidMetricCondition.Reason, invalidMetricCondition.Message)
		return 0, "", statuses, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid metrics (%v invalid out of %v), first error is: %v", invalidMetricsCount, len(metricSpecs), invalidMetricError)
	}
	setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionTrue, "ValidMetricFound", "the HPA was able to successfully calculate a replica count from %s", metric)
	return replicas, metric, statuses, timestamp, nil
}

// Computes the desired number of replicas for a specific hpa and metric specification,
// returning the metric status and a proposed condition to be set on the HPA object.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeReplicasForMetric(ctx context.Context, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, spec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec,
	specReplicas, statusReplicas int32, selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus) (replicaCountProposal int32, metricNameProposal string,
	timestampProposal time.Time, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {

	switch spec.Type {
	case autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricSourceType:
		metricSelector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(spec.Object.Metric.Selector)
		if err != nil {
			condition := a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetObjectMetric", err)
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get object metric value: %v", err)
		}
		replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err = a.computeStatusForObjectMetric(specReplicas, statusReplicas, spec, hpa, selector, status, metricSelector)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get object metric value: %v", err)
		}
	case autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType:
		metricSelector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(spec.Pods.Metric.Selector)
		if err != nil {
			condition := a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetPodsMetric", err)
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pods metric value: %v", err)
		}
		replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err = a.computeStatusForPodsMetric(specReplicas, spec, hpa, selector, status, metricSelector)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get pods metric value: %v", err)
		}
	case autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType:
		replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err = a.computeStatusForResourceMetric(ctx, specReplicas, spec, hpa, selector, status)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, err
		}
	case autoscalingv2.ContainerResourceMetricSourceType:
		replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err = a.computeStatusForContainerResourceMetric(ctx, specReplicas, spec, hpa, selector, status)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, err
		}
	case autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType:
		replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err = a.computeStatusForExternalMetric(specReplicas, statusReplicas, spec, hpa, selector, status)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, err
		}
	default:
		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("unknown metric source type %q", string(spec.Type))
		err = fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
		condition := a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "InvalidMetricSourceType", err)
		return 0, "", time.Time{}, condition, err
	}
	return replicaCountProposal, metricNameProposal, timestampProposal, autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
}

func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileKey(ctx context.Context, key string) (deleted bool, err error) {
	namespace, name, err := cache.SplitMetaNamespaceKey(key)
	if err != nil {
		return true, err
	}

	hpa, err := a.hpaLister.HorizontalPodAutoscalers(namespace).Get(name)
	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
		klog.Infof("Horizontal Pod Autoscaler %s has been deleted in %s", name, namespace)
		delete(a.recommendations, key)
		delete(a.scaleUpEvents, key)
		delete(a.scaleDownEvents, key)
		return true, nil
	}
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	return false, a.reconcileAutoscaler(ctx, hpa, key)
}

// computeStatusForObjectMetric computes the desired number of replicas for the specified metric of type ObjectMetricSourceType.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForObjectMetric(specReplicas, statusReplicas int32, metricSpec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, metricSelector labels.Selector) (replicas int32, timestamp time.Time, metricName string, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	if metricSpec.Object.Target.Type == autoscalingv2.ValueMetricType {
		replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetObjectMetricReplicas(specReplicas, metricSpec.Object.Target.Value.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name, hpa.Namespace, &metricSpec.Object.DescribedObject, selector, metricSelector)
		if err != nil {
			condition := a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetObjectMetric", err)
			return 0, timestampProposal, "", condition, err
		}
		*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
			Type: autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricSourceType,
			Object: &autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricStatus{
				DescribedObject: metricSpec.Object.DescribedObject,
				Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
					Name:     metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name,
					Selector: metricSpec.Object.Metric.Selector,
				},
				Current: autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
					Value: resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			},
		}
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, fmt.Sprintf("%s metric %s", metricSpec.Object.DescribedObject.Kind, metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name), autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
	} else if metricSpec.Object.Target.Type == autoscalingv2.AverageValueMetricType {
		replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetObjectPerPodMetricReplicas(statusReplicas, metricSpec.Object.Target.AverageValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name, hpa.Namespace, &metricSpec.Object.DescribedObject, metricSelector)
		if err != nil {
			condition := a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetObjectMetric", err)
			return 0, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s object metric: %v", metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name, err)
		}
		*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
			Type: autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricSourceType,
			Object: &autoscalingv2.ObjectMetricStatus{
				Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
					Name:     metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name,
					Selector: metricSpec.Object.Metric.Selector,
				},
				Current: autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
					AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			},
		}
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, fmt.Sprintf("external metric %s(%+v)", metricSpec.Object.Metric.Name, metricSpec.Object.Metric.Selector), autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
	}
	errMsg := "invalid object metric source: neither a value target nor an average value target was set"
	err = fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
	condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetObjectMetric", err)
	return 0, time.Time{}, "", condition, err
}

// computeStatusForPodsMetric computes the desired number of replicas for the specified metric of type PodsMetricSourceType.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForPodsMetric(currentReplicas int32, metricSpec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, metricSelector labels.Selector) (replicaCountProposal int32, timestampProposal time.Time, metricNameProposal string, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetMetricReplicas(currentReplicas, metricSpec.Pods.Target.AverageValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.Pods.Metric.Name, hpa.Namespace, selector, metricSelector)
	if err != nil {
		condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetPodsMetric", err)
		return 0, timestampProposal, "", condition, err
	}
	*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
		Type: autoscalingv2.PodsMetricSourceType,
		Pods: &autoscalingv2.PodsMetricStatus{
			Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
				Name:     metricSpec.Pods.Metric.Name,
				Selector: metricSpec.Pods.Metric.Selector,
			},
			Current: autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
				AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
			},
		},
	}

	return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, fmt.Sprintf("pods metric %s", metricSpec.Pods.Metric.Name), autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
}

func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForResourceMetricGeneric(ctx context.Context, currentReplicas int32, target autoscalingv2.MetricTarget,
	resourceName v1.ResourceName, namespace string, container string, selector labels.Selector) (replicaCountProposal int32,
	metricStatus *autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus, timestampProposal time.Time, metricNameProposal string,
	condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	if target.AverageValue != nil {
		var rawProposal int64
		replicaCountProposal, rawProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetRawResourceReplicas(ctx, currentReplicas, target.AverageValue.MilliValue(), resourceName, namespace, selector, container)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, nil, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s utilization: %v", resourceName, err)
		}
		metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("%s resource", resourceName.String())
		status := autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
			AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(rawProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
		}
		return replicaCountProposal, &status, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
	}

	if target.AverageUtilization == nil {
		errMsg := "invalid resource metric source: neither a utilization target nor a value target was set"
		return 0, nil, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
	}

	targetUtilization := *target.AverageUtilization
	replicaCountProposal, percentageProposal, rawProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetResourceReplicas(ctx, currentReplicas, targetUtilization, resourceName, namespace, selector, container)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, nil, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s utilization: %v", resourceName, err)
	}

	metricNameProposal = fmt.Sprintf("%s resource utilization (percentage of request)", resourceName)
	status := autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
		AverageUtilization: &percentageProposal,
		AverageValue:       resource.NewMilliQuantity(rawProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
	}
	return replicaCountProposal, &status, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
}

// computeStatusForResourceMetric computes the desired number of replicas for the specified metric of type ResourceMetricSourceType.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForResourceMetric(ctx context.Context, currentReplicas int32, metricSpec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
	selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus) (replicaCountProposal int32, timestampProposal time.Time,
	metricNameProposal string, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	replicaCountProposal, metricValueStatus, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err := a.computeStatusForResourceMetricGeneric(ctx, currentReplicas, metricSpec.Resource.Target, metricSpec.Resource.Name, hpa.Namespace, "", selector)
	if err != nil {
		condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetResourceMetric", err)
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err
	}
	*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
		Type: autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricSourceType,
		Resource: &autoscalingv2.ResourceMetricStatus{
			Name:    metricSpec.Resource.Name,
			Current: *metricValueStatus,
		},
	}
	return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, nil
}

// computeStatusForContainerResourceMetric computes the desired number of replicas for the specified metric of type ResourceMetricSourceType.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForContainerResourceMetric(ctx context.Context, currentReplicas int32, metricSpec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
	selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus) (replicaCountProposal int32, timestampProposal time.Time,
	metricNameProposal string, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	replicaCountProposal, metricValueStatus, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err := a.computeStatusForResourceMetricGeneric(ctx, currentReplicas, metricSpec.ContainerResource.Target, metricSpec.ContainerResource.Name, hpa.Namespace, metricSpec.ContainerResource.Container, selector)
	if err != nil {
		condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetContainerResourceMetric", err)
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, err
	}
	*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
		Type: autoscalingv2.ContainerResourceMetricSourceType,
		ContainerResource: &autoscalingv2.ContainerResourceMetricStatus{
			Name:      metricSpec.ContainerResource.Name,
			Container: metricSpec.ContainerResource.Container,
			Current:   *metricValueStatus,
		},
	}
	return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, metricNameProposal, condition, nil
}

// computeStatusForExternalMetric computes the desired number of replicas for the specified metric of type ExternalMetricSourceType.
func (a *HorizontalController) computeStatusForExternalMetric(specReplicas, statusReplicas int32, metricSpec autoscalingv2.MetricSpec, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, selector labels.Selector, status *autoscalingv2.MetricStatus) (replicaCountProposal int32, timestampProposal time.Time, metricNameProposal string, condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, err error) {
	if metricSpec.External.Target.AverageValue != nil {
		replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetExternalPerPodMetricReplicas(statusReplicas, metricSpec.External.Target.AverageValue.MilliValue(), metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, hpa.Namespace, metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector)
		if err != nil {
			condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetExternalMetric", err)
			return 0, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get %s external metric: %v", metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, err)
		}
		*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
			Type: autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType,
			External: &autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricStatus{
				Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
					Name:     metricSpec.External.Metric.Name,
					Selector: metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector,
				},
				Current: autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
					AverageValue: resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			},
		}
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, fmt.Sprintf("external metric %s(%+v)", metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector), autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
	}
	if metricSpec.External.Target.Value != nil {
		replicaCountProposal, utilizationProposal, timestampProposal, err := a.replicaCalc.GetExternalMetricReplicas(specReplicas, metricSpec.External.Target.Value.MilliValue(), metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, hpa.Namespace, metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector, selector)
		if err != nil {
			condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetExternalMetric", err)
			return 0, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf("failed to get external metric %s: %v", metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, err)
		}
		*status = autoscalingv2.MetricStatus{
			Type: autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricSourceType,
			External: &autoscalingv2.ExternalMetricStatus{
				Metric: autoscalingv2.MetricIdentifier{
					Name:     metricSpec.External.Metric.Name,
					Selector: metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector,
				},
				Current: autoscalingv2.MetricValueStatus{
					Value: resource.NewMilliQuantity(utilizationProposal, resource.DecimalSI),
				},
			},
		}
		return replicaCountProposal, timestampProposal, fmt.Sprintf("external metric %s(%+v)", metricSpec.External.Metric.Name, metricSpec.External.Metric.Selector), autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{}, nil
	}
	errMsg := "invalid external metric source: neither a value target nor an average value target was set"
	err = fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
	condition = a.getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa, "FailedGetExternalMetric", err)
	return 0, time.Time{}, "", condition, fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
}

func (a *HorizontalController) recordInitialRecommendation(currentReplicas int32, key string) {
	if a.recommendations[key] == nil {
		a.recommendations[key] = []timestampedRecommendation{{currentReplicas, time.Now()}}
	}
}

func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileAutoscaler(ctx context.Context, hpaShared *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, key string) error {
	// make a copy so that we never mutate the shared informer cache (conversion can mutate the object)
	hpa := hpaShared.DeepCopy()
	hpaStatusOriginal := hpa.Status.DeepCopy()

	reference := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind, hpa.Namespace, hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Name)

	targetGV, err := schema.ParseGroupVersion(hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.APIVersion)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetScale", err.Error())
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetScale", "the HPA controller was unable to get the target's current scale: %v", err)
		a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid API version in scale target reference: %v", err)
	}

	targetGK := schema.GroupKind{
		Group: targetGV.Group,
		Kind:  hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Kind,
	}

	mappings, err := a.mapper.RESTMappings(targetGK)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetScale", err.Error())
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetScale", "the HPA controller was unable to get the target's current scale: %v", err)
		a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to determine resource for scale target reference: %v", err)
	}

	scale, targetGR, err := a.scaleForResourceMappings(ctx, hpa.Namespace, hpa.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Name, mappings)
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGetScale", err.Error())
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedGetScale", "the HPA controller was unable to get the target's current scale: %v", err)
		a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to query scale subresource for %s: %v", reference, err)
	}
	setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "SucceededGetScale", "the HPA controller was able to get the target's current scale")
	currentReplicas := scale.Spec.Replicas
	a.recordInitialRecommendation(currentReplicas, key)

	var (
		metricStatuses        []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus
		metricDesiredReplicas int32
		metricName            string
	)

	desiredReplicas := int32(0)
	rescaleReason := ""

	var minReplicas int32

	if hpa.Spec.MinReplicas != nil {
		minReplicas = *hpa.Spec.MinReplicas
	} else {
		// Default value
		minReplicas = 1
	}

	rescale := true

	if scale.Spec.Replicas == 0 && minReplicas != 0 {
		// Autoscaling is disabled for this resource
		desiredReplicas = 0
		rescale = false
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingActive, v1.ConditionFalse, "ScalingDisabled", "scaling is disabled since the replica count of the target is zero")
	} else if currentReplicas > hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas {
		rescaleReason = "Current number of replicas above Spec.MaxReplicas"
		desiredReplicas = hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas
	} else if currentReplicas < minReplicas {
		rescaleReason = "Current number of replicas below Spec.MinReplicas"
		desiredReplicas = minReplicas
	} else {
		var metricTimestamp time.Time
		metricDesiredReplicas, metricName, metricStatuses, metricTimestamp, err = a.computeReplicasForMetrics(ctx, hpa, scale, hpa.Spec.Metrics)
		if err != nil {
			a.setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
			if err := a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa); err != nil {
				utilruntime.HandleError(err)
			}
			a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedComputeMetricsReplicas", err.Error())
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to compute desired number of replicas based on listed metrics for %s: %v", reference, err)
		}

		klog.V(4).Infof("proposing %v desired replicas (based on %s from %s) for %s", metricDesiredReplicas, metricName, metricTimestamp, reference)

		rescaleMetric := ""
		if metricDesiredReplicas > desiredReplicas {
			desiredReplicas = metricDesiredReplicas
			rescaleMetric = metricName
		}
		if desiredReplicas > currentReplicas {
			rescaleReason = fmt.Sprintf("%s above target", rescaleMetric)
		}
		if desiredReplicas < currentReplicas {
			rescaleReason = "All metrics below target"
		}
		if hpa.Spec.Behavior == nil {
			desiredReplicas = a.normalizeDesiredReplicas(hpa, key, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, minReplicas)
		} else {
			desiredReplicas = a.normalizeDesiredReplicasWithBehaviors(hpa, key, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, minReplicas)
		}
		rescale = desiredReplicas != currentReplicas
	}

	if rescale {
		scale.Spec.Replicas = desiredReplicas
		_, err = a.scaleNamespacer.Scales(hpa.Namespace).Update(ctx, targetGR, scale, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
		if err != nil {
			a.eventRecorder.Eventf(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedRescale", "New size: %d; reason: %s; error: %v", desiredReplicas, rescaleReason, err.Error())
			setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionFalse, "FailedUpdateScale", "the HPA controller was unable to update the target scale: %v", err)
			a.setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
			if err := a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa); err != nil {
				utilruntime.HandleError(err)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to rescale %s: %v", reference, err)
		}
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "SucceededRescale", "the HPA controller was able to update the target scale to %d", desiredReplicas)
		a.eventRecorder.Eventf(hpa, v1.EventTypeNormal, "SuccessfulRescale", "New size: %d; reason: %s", desiredReplicas, rescaleReason)
		a.storeScaleEvent(hpa.Spec.Behavior, key, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas)
		klog.Infof("Successful rescale of %s, old size: %d, new size: %d, reason: %s",
			hpa.Name, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, rescaleReason)
	} else {
		klog.V(4).Infof("decided not to scale %s to %v (last scale time was %s)", reference, desiredReplicas, hpa.Status.LastScaleTime)
		desiredReplicas = currentReplicas
	}

	a.setStatus(hpa, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, metricStatuses, rescale)
	return a.updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx, hpaStatusOriginal, hpa)
}

// stabilizeRecommendation:
// - replaces old recommendation with the newest recommendation,
// - returns max of recommendations that are not older than downscaleStabilisationWindow.
func (a *HorizontalController) stabilizeRecommendation(key string, prenormalizedDesiredReplicas int32) int32 {
	maxRecommendation := prenormalizedDesiredReplicas
	foundOldSample := false
	oldSampleIndex := 0
	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-a.downscaleStabilisationWindow)
	for i, rec := range a.recommendations[key] {
		if rec.timestamp.Before(cutoff) {
			foundOldSample = true
			oldSampleIndex = i
		} else if rec.recommendation > maxRecommendation {
			maxRecommendation = rec.recommendation
		}
	}
	if foundOldSample {
		a.recommendations[key][oldSampleIndex] = timestampedRecommendation{prenormalizedDesiredReplicas, time.Now()}
	} else {
		a.recommendations[key] = append(a.recommendations[key], timestampedRecommendation{prenormalizedDesiredReplicas, time.Now()})
	}
	return maxRecommendation
}

// normalizeDesiredReplicas takes the metrics desired replicas value and normalizes it based on the appropriate conditions (i.e. < maxReplicas, >
// minReplicas, etc...)
func (a *HorizontalController) normalizeDesiredReplicas(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, key string, currentReplicas int32, prenormalizedDesiredReplicas int32, minReplicas int32) int32 {
	stabilizedRecommendation := a.stabilizeRecommendation(key, prenormalizedDesiredReplicas)
	if stabilizedRecommendation != prenormalizedDesiredReplicas {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "ScaleDownStabilized", "recent recommendations were higher than current one, applying the highest recent recommendation")
	} else {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "ReadyForNewScale", "recommended size matches current size")
	}

	desiredReplicas, condition, reason := convertDesiredReplicasWithRules(currentReplicas, stabilizedRecommendation, minReplicas, hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas)

	if desiredReplicas == stabilizedRecommendation {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionFalse, condition, reason)
	} else {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, condition, reason)
	}

	return desiredReplicas
}

// NormalizationArg is used to pass all needed information between functions as one structure
type NormalizationArg struct {
	Key               string
	ScaleUpBehavior   *autoscalingv2.HPAScalingRules
	ScaleDownBehavior *autoscalingv2.HPAScalingRules
	MinReplicas       int32
	MaxReplicas       int32
	CurrentReplicas   int32
	DesiredReplicas   int32
}

// normalizeDesiredReplicasWithBehaviors takes the metrics desired replicas value and normalizes it:
// 1. Apply the basic conditions (i.e. < maxReplicas, > minReplicas, etc...)
// 2. Apply the scale up/down limits from the hpaSpec.Behaviors (i.e. add no more than 4 pods)
// 3. Apply the constraints period (i.e. add no more than 4 pods per minute)
// 4. Apply the stabilization (i.e. add no more than 4 pods per minute, and pick the smallest recommendation during last 5 minutes)
func (a *HorizontalController) normalizeDesiredReplicasWithBehaviors(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, key string, currentReplicas, prenormalizedDesiredReplicas, minReplicas int32) int32 {
	a.maybeInitScaleDownStabilizationWindow(hpa)
	normalizationArg := NormalizationArg{
		Key:               key,
		ScaleUpBehavior:   hpa.Spec.Behavior.ScaleUp,
		ScaleDownBehavior: hpa.Spec.Behavior.ScaleDown,
		MinReplicas:       minReplicas,
		MaxReplicas:       hpa.Spec.MaxReplicas,
		CurrentReplicas:   currentReplicas,
		DesiredReplicas:   prenormalizedDesiredReplicas}
	stabilizedRecommendation, reason, message := a.stabilizeRecommendationWithBehaviors(normalizationArg)
	normalizationArg.DesiredReplicas = stabilizedRecommendation
	if stabilizedRecommendation != prenormalizedDesiredReplicas {
		// "ScaleUpStabilized" || "ScaleDownStabilized"
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, reason, message)
	} else {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.AbleToScale, v1.ConditionTrue, "ReadyForNewScale", "recommended size matches current size")
	}
	desiredReplicas, reason, message := a.convertDesiredReplicasWithBehaviorRate(normalizationArg)
	if desiredReplicas == stabilizedRecommendation {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionFalse, reason, message)
	} else {
		setCondition(hpa, autoscalingv2.ScalingLimited, v1.ConditionTrue, reason, message)
	}

	return desiredReplicas
}

func (a *HorizontalController) maybeInitScaleDownStabilizationWindow(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) {
	behavior := hpa.Spec.Behavior
	if behavior != nil && behavior.ScaleDown != nil && behavior.ScaleDown.StabilizationWindowSeconds == nil {
		stabilizationWindowSeconds := (int32)(a.downscaleStabilisationWindow.Seconds())
		hpa.Spec.Behavior.ScaleDown.StabilizationWindowSeconds = &stabilizationWindowSeconds
	}
}

// getReplicasChangePerPeriod function find all the replica changes per period
func getReplicasChangePerPeriod(periodSeconds int32, scaleEvents []timestampedScaleEvent) int32 {
	period := time.Second * time.Duration(periodSeconds)
	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-period)
	var replicas int32
	for _, rec := range scaleEvents {
		if rec.timestamp.After(cutoff) {
			replicas += rec.replicaChange
		}
	}
	return replicas

}

func (a *HorizontalController) getUnableComputeReplicaCountCondition(hpa runtime.Object, reason string, err error) (condition autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition) {
	a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, reason, err.Error())
	return autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{
		Type:    autoscalingv2.ScalingActive,
		Status:  v1.ConditionFalse,
		Reason:  reason,
		Message: fmt.Sprintf("the HPA was unable to compute the replica count: %v", err),
	}
}

// storeScaleEvent stores (adds or replaces outdated) scale event.
// outdated events to be replaced were marked as outdated in the `markScaleEventsOutdated` function
func (a *HorizontalController) storeScaleEvent(behavior *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerBehavior, key string, prevReplicas, newReplicas int32) {
	if behavior == nil {
		return // we should not store any event as they will not be used
	}
	var oldSampleIndex int
	var longestPolicyPeriod int32
	foundOldSample := false
	if newReplicas > prevReplicas {
		longestPolicyPeriod = getLongestPolicyPeriod(behavior.ScaleUp)
		markScaleEventsOutdated(a.scaleUpEvents[key], longestPolicyPeriod)
		replicaChange := newReplicas - prevReplicas
		for i, event := range a.scaleUpEvents[key] {
			if event.outdated {
				foundOldSample = true
				oldSampleIndex = i
			}
		}
		newEvent := timestampedScaleEvent{replicaChange, time.Now(), false}
		if foundOldSample {
			a.scaleUpEvents[key][oldSampleIndex] = newEvent
		} else {
			a.scaleUpEvents[key] = append(a.scaleUpEvents[key], newEvent)
		}
	} else {
		longestPolicyPeriod = getLongestPolicyPeriod(behavior.ScaleDown)
		markScaleEventsOutdated(a.scaleDownEvents[key], longestPolicyPeriod)
		replicaChange := prevReplicas - newReplicas
		for i, event := range a.scaleDownEvents[key] {
			if event.outdated {
				foundOldSample = true
				oldSampleIndex = i
			}
		}
		newEvent := timestampedScaleEvent{replicaChange, time.Now(), false}
		if foundOldSample {
			a.scaleDownEvents[key][oldSampleIndex] = newEvent
		} else {
			a.scaleDownEvents[key] = append(a.scaleDownEvents[key], newEvent)
		}
	}
}

// stabilizeRecommendationWithBehaviors:
// - replaces old recommendation with the newest recommendation,
// - returns {max,min} of recommendations that are not older than constraints.Scale{Up,Down}.DelaySeconds
func (a *HorizontalController) stabilizeRecommendationWithBehaviors(args NormalizationArg) (int32, string, string) {
	now := time.Now()

	foundOldSample := false
	oldSampleIndex := 0

	upRecommendation := args.DesiredReplicas
	upDelaySeconds := *args.ScaleUpBehavior.StabilizationWindowSeconds
	upCutoff := now.Add(-time.Second * time.Duration(upDelaySeconds))

	downRecommendation := args.DesiredReplicas
	downDelaySeconds := *args.ScaleDownBehavior.StabilizationWindowSeconds
	downCutoff := now.Add(-time.Second * time.Duration(downDelaySeconds))

	// Calculate the upper and lower stabilization limits.
	for i, rec := range a.recommendations[args.Key] {
		if rec.timestamp.After(upCutoff) {
			upRecommendation = min(rec.recommendation, upRecommendation)
		}
		if rec.timestamp.After(downCutoff) {
			downRecommendation = max(rec.recommendation, downRecommendation)
		}
		if rec.timestamp.Before(upCutoff) && rec.timestamp.Before(downCutoff) {
			foundOldSample = true
			oldSampleIndex = i
		}
	}

	// Bring the recommendation to within the upper and lower limits (stabilize).
	recommendation := args.CurrentReplicas
	if recommendation < upRecommendation {
		recommendation = upRecommendation
	}
	if recommendation > downRecommendation {
		recommendation = downRecommendation
	}

	// Record the unstabilized recommendation.
	if foundOldSample {
		a.recommendations[args.Key][oldSampleIndex] = timestampedRecommendation{args.DesiredReplicas, time.Now()}
	} else {
		a.recommendations[args.Key] = append(a.recommendations[args.Key], timestampedRecommendation{args.DesiredReplicas, time.Now()})
	}

	// Determine a human-friendly message.
	var reason, message string
	if args.DesiredReplicas >= args.CurrentReplicas {
		reason = "ScaleUpStabilized"
		message = "recent recommendations were lower than current one, applying the lowest recent recommendation"
	} else {
		reason = "ScaleDownStabilized"
		message = "recent recommendations were higher than current one, applying the highest recent recommendation"
	}
	return recommendation, reason, message
}

// convertDesiredReplicasWithBehaviorRate performs the actual normalization, given the constraint rate
// It doesn't consider the stabilizationWindow, it is done separately
func (a *HorizontalController) convertDesiredReplicasWithBehaviorRate(args NormalizationArg) (int32, string, string) {
	var possibleLimitingReason, possibleLimitingMessage string

	if args.DesiredReplicas > args.CurrentReplicas {
		scaleUpLimit := calculateScaleUpLimitWithScalingRules(args.CurrentReplicas, a.scaleUpEvents[args.Key], args.ScaleUpBehavior)
		if scaleUpLimit < args.CurrentReplicas {
			// We shouldn't scale up further until the scaleUpEvents will be cleaned up
			scaleUpLimit = args.CurrentReplicas
		}
		maximumAllowedReplicas := args.MaxReplicas
		if maximumAllowedReplicas > scaleUpLimit {
			maximumAllowedReplicas = scaleUpLimit
			possibleLimitingReason = "ScaleUpLimit"
			possibleLimitingMessage = "the desired replica count is increasing faster than the maximum scale rate"
		} else {
			possibleLimitingReason = "TooManyReplicas"
			possibleLimitingMessage = "the desired replica count is more than the maximum replica count"
		}
		if args.DesiredReplicas > maximumAllowedReplicas {
			return maximumAllowedReplicas, possibleLimitingReason, possibleLimitingMessage
		}
	} else if args.DesiredReplicas < args.CurrentReplicas {
		scaleDownLimit := calculateScaleDownLimitWithBehaviors(args.CurrentReplicas, a.scaleDownEvents[args.Key], args.ScaleDownBehavior)
		if scaleDownLimit > args.CurrentReplicas {
			// We shouldn't scale down further until the scaleDownEvents will be cleaned up
			scaleDownLimit = args.CurrentReplicas
		}
		minimumAllowedReplicas := args.MinReplicas
		if minimumAllowedReplicas < scaleDownLimit {
			minimumAllowedReplicas = scaleDownLimit
			possibleLimitingReason = "ScaleDownLimit"
			possibleLimitingMessage = "the desired replica count is decreasing faster than the maximum scale rate"
		} else {
			possibleLimitingMessage = "the desired replica count is less than the minimum replica count"
			possibleLimitingReason = "TooFewReplicas"
		}
		if args.DesiredReplicas < minimumAllowedReplicas {
			return minimumAllowedReplicas, possibleLimitingReason, possibleLimitingMessage
		}
	}
	return args.DesiredReplicas, "DesiredWithinRange", "the desired count is within the acceptable range"
}

// convertDesiredReplicas performs the actual normalization, without depending on `HorizontalController` or `HorizontalPodAutoscaler`
func convertDesiredReplicasWithRules(currentReplicas, desiredReplicas, hpaMinReplicas, hpaMaxReplicas int32) (int32, string, string) {

	var minimumAllowedReplicas int32
	var maximumAllowedReplicas int32

	var possibleLimitingCondition string
	var possibleLimitingReason string

	minimumAllowedReplicas = hpaMinReplicas

	// Do not upscale too much to prevent incorrect rapid increase of the number of master replicas caused by
	// bogus CPU usage report from heapster/kubelet (like in issue #32304).
	scaleUpLimit := calculateScaleUpLimit(currentReplicas)

	if hpaMaxReplicas > scaleUpLimit {
		maximumAllowedReplicas = scaleUpLimit
		possibleLimitingCondition = "ScaleUpLimit"
		possibleLimitingReason = "the desired replica count is increasing faster than the maximum scale rate"
	} else {
		maximumAllowedReplicas = hpaMaxReplicas
		possibleLimitingCondition = "TooManyReplicas"
		possibleLimitingReason = "the desired replica count is more than the maximum replica count"
	}

	if desiredReplicas < minimumAllowedReplicas {
		possibleLimitingCondition = "TooFewReplicas"
		possibleLimitingReason = "the desired replica count is less than the minimum replica count"

		return minimumAllowedReplicas, possibleLimitingCondition, possibleLimitingReason
	} else if desiredReplicas > maximumAllowedReplicas {
		return maximumAllowedReplicas, possibleLimitingCondition, possibleLimitingReason
	}

	return desiredReplicas, "DesiredWithinRange", "the desired count is within the acceptable range"
}

func calculateScaleUpLimit(currentReplicas int32) int32 {
	return int32(math.Max(scaleUpLimitFactor*float64(currentReplicas), scaleUpLimitMinimum))
}

// markScaleEventsOutdated set 'outdated=true' flag for all scale events that are not used by any HPA object
func markScaleEventsOutdated(scaleEvents []timestampedScaleEvent, longestPolicyPeriod int32) {
	period := time.Second * time.Duration(longestPolicyPeriod)
	cutoff := time.Now().Add(-period)
	for i, event := range scaleEvents {
		if event.timestamp.Before(cutoff) {
			// outdated scale event are marked for later reuse
			scaleEvents[i].outdated = true
		}
	}
}

func getLongestPolicyPeriod(scalingRules *autoscalingv2.HPAScalingRules) int32 {
	var longestPolicyPeriod int32
	for _, policy := range scalingRules.Policies {
		if policy.PeriodSeconds > longestPolicyPeriod {
			longestPolicyPeriod = policy.PeriodSeconds
		}
	}
	return longestPolicyPeriod
}

// calculateScaleUpLimitWithScalingRules returns the maximum number of pods that could be added for the given HPAScalingRules
func calculateScaleUpLimitWithScalingRules(currentReplicas int32, scaleEvents []timestampedScaleEvent, scalingRules *autoscalingv2.HPAScalingRules) int32 {
	var result int32
	var proposed int32
	var selectPolicyFn func(int32, int32) int32
	if *scalingRules.SelectPolicy == autoscalingv2.DisabledPolicySelect {
		return currentReplicas // Scaling is disabled
	} else if *scalingRules.SelectPolicy == autoscalingv2.MinChangePolicySelect {
		result = math.MaxInt32
		selectPolicyFn = min // For scaling up, the lowest change ('min' policy) produces a minimum value
	} else {
		result = math.MinInt32
		selectPolicyFn = max // Use the default policy otherwise to produce a highest possible change
	}
	for _, policy := range scalingRules.Policies {
		replicasAddedInCurrentPeriod := getReplicasChangePerPeriod(policy.PeriodSeconds, scaleEvents)
		periodStartReplicas := currentReplicas - replicasAddedInCurrentPeriod
		if policy.Type == autoscalingv2.PodsScalingPolicy {
			proposed = periodStartReplicas + policy.Value
		} else if policy.Type == autoscalingv2.PercentScalingPolicy {
			// the proposal has to be rounded up because the proposed change might not increase the replica count causing the target to never scale up
			proposed = int32(math.Ceil(float64(periodStartReplicas) * (1 + float64(policy.Value)/100)))
		}
		result = selectPolicyFn(result, proposed)
	}
	return result
}

// calculateScaleDownLimitWithBehavior returns the maximum number of pods that could be deleted for the given HPAScalingRules
func calculateScaleDownLimitWithBehaviors(currentReplicas int32, scaleEvents []timestampedScaleEvent, scalingRules *autoscalingv2.HPAScalingRules) int32 {
	var result int32
	var proposed int32
	var selectPolicyFn func(int32, int32) int32
	if *scalingRules.SelectPolicy == autoscalingv2.DisabledPolicySelect {
		return currentReplicas // Scaling is disabled
	} else if *scalingRules.SelectPolicy == autoscalingv2.MinChangePolicySelect {
		result = math.MinInt32
		selectPolicyFn = max // For scaling down, the lowest change ('min' policy) produces a maximum value
	} else {
		result = math.MaxInt32
		selectPolicyFn = min // Use the default policy otherwise to produce a highest possible change
	}
	for _, policy := range scalingRules.Policies {
		replicasDeletedInCurrentPeriod := getReplicasChangePerPeriod(policy.PeriodSeconds, scaleEvents)
		periodStartReplicas := currentReplicas + replicasDeletedInCurrentPeriod
		if policy.Type == autoscalingv2.PodsScalingPolicy {
			proposed = periodStartReplicas - policy.Value
		} else if policy.Type == autoscalingv2.PercentScalingPolicy {
			proposed = int32(float64(periodStartReplicas) * (1 - float64(policy.Value)/100))
		}
		result = selectPolicyFn(result, proposed)
	}
	return result
}

// scaleForResourceMappings attempts to fetch the scale for the
// resource with the given name and namespace, trying each RESTMapping
// in turn until a working one is found.  If none work, the first error
// is returned.  It returns both the scale, as well as the group-resource from
// the working mapping.
func (a *HorizontalController) scaleForResourceMappings(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string, mappings []*apimeta.RESTMapping) (*autoscalingv1.Scale, schema.GroupResource, error) {
	var firstErr error
	for i, mapping := range mappings {
		targetGR := mapping.Resource.GroupResource()
		scale, err := a.scaleNamespacer.Scales(namespace).Get(ctx, targetGR, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
		if err == nil {
			return scale, targetGR, nil
		}

		// if this is the first error, remember it,
		// then go on and try other mappings until we find a good one
		if i == 0 {
			firstErr = err
		}
	}

	// make sure we handle an empty set of mappings
	if firstErr == nil {
		firstErr = fmt.Errorf("unrecognized resource")
	}

	return nil, schema.GroupResource{}, firstErr
}

// setCurrentReplicasInStatus sets the current replica count in the status of the HPA.
func (a *HorizontalController) setCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas int32) {
	a.setStatus(hpa, currentReplicas, hpa.Status.DesiredReplicas, hpa.Status.CurrentMetrics, false)
}

// setStatus recreates the status of the given HPA, updating the current and
// desired replicas, as well as the metric statuses
func (a *HorizontalController) setStatus(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas int32, metricStatuses []autoscalingv2.MetricStatus, rescale bool) {
	hpa.Status = autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus{
		CurrentReplicas: currentReplicas,
		DesiredReplicas: desiredReplicas,
		LastScaleTime:   hpa.Status.LastScaleTime,
		CurrentMetrics:  metricStatuses,
		Conditions:      hpa.Status.Conditions,
	}

	if rescale {
		now := metav1.NewTime(time.Now())
		hpa.Status.LastScaleTime = &now
	}
}

// updateStatusIfNeeded calls updateStatus only if the status of the new HPA is not the same as the old status
func (a *HorizontalController) updateStatusIfNeeded(ctx context.Context, oldStatus *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus, newHPA *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) error {
	// skip a write if we wouldn't need to update
	if apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(oldStatus, &newHPA.Status) {
		return nil
	}
	return a.updateStatus(ctx, newHPA)
}

// updateStatus actually does the update request for the status of the given HPA
func (a *HorizontalController) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler) error {
	_, err := a.hpaNamespacer.HorizontalPodAutoscalers(hpa.Namespace).UpdateStatus(ctx, hpa, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		a.eventRecorder.Event(hpa, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedUpdateStatus", err.Error())
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update status for %s: %v", hpa.Name, err)
	}
	klog.V(2).Infof("Successfully updated status for %s", hpa.Name)
	return nil
}

// setCondition sets the specific condition type on the given HPA to the specified value with the given reason
// and message.  The message and args are treated like a format string.  The condition will be added if it is
// not present.
func setCondition(hpa *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, conditionType autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerConditionType, status v1.ConditionStatus, reason, message string, args ...interface{}) {
	hpa.Status.Conditions = setConditionInList(hpa.Status.Conditions, conditionType, status, reason, message, args...)
}

// setConditionInList sets the specific condition type on the given HPA to the specified value with the given
// reason and message.  The message and args are treated like a format string.  The condition will be added if
// it is not present.  The new list will be returned.
func setConditionInList(inputList []autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition, conditionType autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerConditionType, status v1.ConditionStatus, reason, message string, args ...interface{}) []autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition {
	resList := inputList
	var existingCond *autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition
	for i, condition := range resList {
		if condition.Type == conditionType {
			// can't take a pointer to an iteration variable
			existingCond = &resList[i]
			break
		}
	}

	if existingCond == nil {
		resList = append(resList, autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition{
			Type: conditionType,
		})
		existingCond = &resList[len(resList)-1]
	}

	if existingCond.Status != status {
		existingCond.LastTransitionTime = metav1.Now()
	}

	existingCond.Status = status
	existingCond.Reason = reason
	existingCond.Message = fmt.Sprintf(message, args...)

	return resList
}

func max(a, b int32) int32 {
	if a >= b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func min(a, b int32) int32 {
	if a <= b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}