k8s.io/kubernetes@v1.29.3/test/e2e/autoscaling/horizontal_pod_autoscaling_behavior.go

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package autoscaling

import (
	"context"
	"time"

	autoscalingv2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/feature"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
	e2eautoscaling "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/autoscaling"
	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"

	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
)

var _ = SIGDescribe(feature.HPA, framework.WithSerial(), framework.WithSlow(), "Horizontal pod autoscaling (non-default behavior)", func() {
	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("horizontal-pod-autoscaling")
	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged

	hpaName := "consumer"

	podCPURequest := 500
	targetCPUUtilizationPercent := 25

	// usageForReplicas returns usage for (n - 0.5) replicas as if they would consume all CPU
	// under the target. The 0.5 replica reduction is to accommodate for the deviation between
	// the actual consumed cpu and requested usage by the ResourceConsumer.
	// HPA rounds up the recommendations. So, if the usage is e.g. for 3.5 replicas,
	// the recommended replica number will be 4.
	usageForReplicas := func(replicas int) int {
		usagePerReplica := podCPURequest * targetCPUUtilizationPercent / 100
		return replicas*usagePerReplica - usagePerReplica/2
	}

	fullWindowOfNewUsage := 30 * time.Second
	windowWithOldUsagePasses := 30 * time.Second
	newPodMetricsDelay := 15 * time.Second
	metricsAvailableDelay := fullWindowOfNewUsage + windowWithOldUsagePasses + newPodMetricsDelay

	hpaReconciliationInterval := 15 * time.Second
	actuationDelay := 10 * time.Second
	maxHPAReactionTime := metricsAvailableDelay + hpaReconciliationInterval + actuationDelay

	maxConsumeCPUDelay := 30 * time.Second
	waitForReplicasPollInterval := 20 * time.Second
	maxResourceConsumerDelay := maxConsumeCPUDelay + waitForReplicasPollInterval

	waitBuffer := 1 * time.Minute

	ginkgo.Describe("with short downscale stabilization window", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should scale down soon after the stabilization period", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 1
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			upScaleStabilization := 0 * time.Minute
			downScaleStabilization := 1 * time.Minute

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 5,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithStabilizationWindows(upScaleStabilization, downScaleStabilization),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			// making sure HPA is ready, doing its job and already has a recommendation recorded
			// for stabilization logic before lowering the consumption
			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up to record a recommendation")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(3))
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+waitBuffer)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down by lowering consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(2))
			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 2, downScaleStabilization+maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+waitBuffer)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down")
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale down: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", downScaleStabilization), "waited %s, wanted more than %s", timeWaited, downScaleStabilization)
			deadline := downScaleStabilization + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, deadline)
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Describe("with long upscale stabilization window", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should scale up only after the stabilization period", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 2
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			upScaleStabilization := 3 * time.Minute
			downScaleStabilization := 0 * time.Minute

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithStabilizationWindows(upScaleStabilization, downScaleStabilization),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			// making sure HPA is ready, doing its job and already has a recommendation recorded
			// for stabilization logic before increasing the consumption
			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down to record a recommendation")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(1))
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 1, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+waitBuffer)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up by increasing consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(3))
			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, upScaleStabilization+maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+waitBuffer)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up")
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale up: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", upScaleStabilization), "waited %s, wanted more than %s", timeWaited, upScaleStabilization)
			deadline := upScaleStabilization + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, deadline)
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Describe("with autoscaling disabled", func() {
		ginkgo.It("shouldn't scale up", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 1
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10, e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleDisabled(e2eautoscaling.ScaleUpDirection),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			waitDeadline := maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + waitBuffer

			ginkgo.By("trying to trigger scale up")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(8))
			waitStart := time.Now()

			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, initPods, initPods, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up")
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale up: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted to wait more than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas")
			replicas := rc.GetReplicas(ctx)
			gomega.Expect(replicas).To(gomega.BeNumerically("==", initPods), "had %s replicas, still have %s replicas after time deadline", initPods, replicas)
		})

		ginkgo.It("shouldn't scale down", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 3
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10, e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleDisabled(e2eautoscaling.ScaleDownDirection),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			defaultDownscaleStabilisation := 5 * time.Minute
			waitDeadline := maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + defaultDownscaleStabilisation

			ginkgo.By("trying to trigger scale down")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(1))
			waitStart := time.Now()

			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, initPods, initPods, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down")
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale down: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted to wait more than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas")
			replicas := rc.GetReplicas(ctx)
			gomega.Expect(replicas).To(gomega.BeNumerically("==", initPods), "had %s replicas, still have %s replicas after time deadline", initPods, replicas)
		})

	})

	ginkgo.Describe("with scale limited by number of Pods rate", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should scale up no more than given number of Pods per minute", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 1
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			limitWindowLength := 1 * time.Minute
			podsLimitPerMinute := 1

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleLimitedByNumberOfPods(e2eautoscaling.ScaleUpDirection, int32(podsLimitPerMinute), int32(limitWindowLength.Seconds())),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up by increasing consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(3))

			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 2, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor2 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			waitStart = time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor3 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up to 2 replicas")
			deadline := limitWindowLength + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			// First scale event can happen right away, as there were no scale events in the past.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor2).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor2, deadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up to 3 replicas")
			// Second scale event needs to respect limit window.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor3).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", limitWindowLength), "waited %s, wanted to wait more than %s", timeWaitedFor3, limitWindowLength)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor3).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor3, deadline)
		})

		ginkgo.It("should scale down no more than given number of Pods per minute", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 3
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			limitWindowLength := 1 * time.Minute
			podsLimitPerMinute := 1

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleLimitedByNumberOfPods(e2eautoscaling.ScaleDownDirection, int32(podsLimitPerMinute), int32(limitWindowLength.Seconds())),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down by lowering consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(1))

			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 2, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor2 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			waitStart = time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 1, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor1 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down to 2 replicas")
			deadline := limitWindowLength + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			// First scale event can happen right away, as there were no scale events in the past.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor2).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor2, deadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down to 1 replicas")
			// Second scale event needs to respect limit window.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor1).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", limitWindowLength), "waited %s, wanted more than %s", timeWaitedFor1, limitWindowLength)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor1).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor1, deadline)
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Describe("with scale limited by percentage", func() {
		ginkgo.It("should scale up no more than given percentage of current Pods per minute", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 2
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			limitWindowLength := 1 * time.Minute
			percentageLimitPerMinute := 50

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleLimitedByPercentage(e2eautoscaling.ScaleUpDirection, int32(percentageLimitPerMinute), int32(limitWindowLength.Seconds())),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up by increasing consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(8))

			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor3 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			waitStart = time.Now()
			// Scale up limited by percentage takes ceiling, so new replicas number is ceil(3 * 1.5) = ceil(4.5) = 5
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 5, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor5 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up to 3 replicas")
			deadline := limitWindowLength + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			// First scale event can happen right away, as there were no scale events in the past.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor3).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor3, deadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale up to 5 replicas")
			// Second scale event needs to respect limit window.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor5).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", limitWindowLength), "waited %s, wanted to wait more than %s", timeWaitedFor5, limitWindowLength)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor5).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor5, deadline)
		})

		ginkgo.It("should scale down no more than given percentage of current Pods per minute", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 7
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			limitWindowLength := 1 * time.Minute
			percentageLimitPerMinute := 25

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 10,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleLimitedByPercentage(e2eautoscaling.ScaleDownDirection, int32(percentageLimitPerMinute), int32(limitWindowLength.Seconds())),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down by lowering consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(1))

			waitStart := time.Now()
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 5, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor5 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			waitStart = time.Now()
			// Scale down limited by percentage takes floor, so new replicas number is floor(5 * 0.75) = floor(3.75) = 3
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, maxHPAReactionTime+maxResourceConsumerDelay+limitWindowLength)
			timeWaitedFor3 := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down to 5 replicas")
			deadline := limitWindowLength + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay
			// First scale event can happen right away, as there were no scale events in the past.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor5).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor5, deadline)

			ginkgo.By("verifying time waited for a scale down to 3 replicas")
			// Second scale event needs to respect limit window.
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor3).To(gomega.BeNumerically(">", limitWindowLength), "waited %s, wanted more than %s", timeWaitedFor3, limitWindowLength)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaitedFor3).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", deadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaitedFor3, deadline)
		})
	})

	ginkgo.Describe("with both scale up and down controls configured", func() {
		waitBuffer := 2 * time.Minute

		ginkgo.It("should keep recommendation within the range over two stabilization windows", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 1
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			upScaleStabilization := 3 * time.Minute
			downScaleStabilization := 3 * time.Minute

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 1, 5,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithStabilizationWindows(upScaleStabilization, downScaleStabilization),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up by increasing consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(3))
			waitDeadline := upScaleStabilization

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas stay in desired range within stabilisation window")
			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, 1, 1, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("waiting for replicas to scale up after stabilisation window passed")
			waitStart := time.Now()
			waitDeadline = maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + waitBuffer
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 3, waitDeadline)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale up: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down by lowering consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(2))
			waitDeadline = downScaleStabilization

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas stay in desired range within stabilisation window")
			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, 3, 3, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("waiting for replicas to scale down after stabilisation window passed")
			waitStart = time.Now()
			waitDeadline = maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + waitBuffer
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 2, waitDeadline)
			timeWaited = time.Now().Sub(waitStart)
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale down: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)
		})

		ginkgo.It("should keep recommendation within the range with stabilization window and pod limit rate", func(ctx context.Context) {
			ginkgo.By("setting up resource consumer and HPA")
			initPods := 2
			initCPUUsageTotal := usageForReplicas(initPods)
			downScaleStabilization := 3 * time.Minute
			limitWindowLength := 2 * time.Minute
			podsLimitPerMinute := 1

			rc := e2eautoscaling.NewDynamicResourceConsumer(ctx,
				hpaName, f.Namespace.Name, e2eautoscaling.KindDeployment, initPods,
				initCPUUsageTotal, 0, 0, int64(podCPURequest), 200,
				f.ClientSet, f.ScalesGetter, e2eautoscaling.Disable, e2eautoscaling.Idle,
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(rc.CleanUp)

			scaleUpRule := e2eautoscaling.HPAScalingRuleWithScalingPolicy(autoscalingv2.PodsScalingPolicy, int32(podsLimitPerMinute), int32(limitWindowLength.Seconds()))
			scaleDownRule := e2eautoscaling.HPAScalingRuleWithStabilizationWindow(int32(downScaleStabilization.Seconds()))
			hpa := e2eautoscaling.CreateCPUHorizontalPodAutoscalerWithBehavior(ctx,
				rc, int32(targetCPUUtilizationPercent), 2, 5,
				e2eautoscaling.HPABehaviorWithScaleUpAndDownRules(scaleUpRule, scaleDownRule),
			)
			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(e2eautoscaling.DeleteHPAWithBehavior, rc, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale up by increasing consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(4))
			waitDeadline := limitWindowLength

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas stay in desired range with pod limit rate")
			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, 2, 3, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("waiting for replicas to scale up")
			waitStart := time.Now()
			waitDeadline = limitWindowLength + maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + waitBuffer
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 4, waitDeadline)
			timeWaited := time.Now().Sub(waitStart)
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale up: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Default.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)

			ginkgo.By("triggering scale down by lowering consumption")
			rc.ConsumeCPU(usageForReplicas(2))

			ginkgo.By("verifying number of replicas stay in desired range within stabilisation window")
			waitDeadline = downScaleStabilization
			rc.EnsureDesiredReplicasInRange(ctx, 4, 4, waitDeadline, hpa.Name)

			ginkgo.By("waiting for replicas to scale down after stabilisation window passed")
			waitStart = time.Now()
			waitDeadline = maxHPAReactionTime + maxResourceConsumerDelay + waitBuffer
			rc.WaitForReplicas(ctx, 2, waitDeadline)
			timeWaited = time.Now().Sub(waitStart)
			framework.Logf("time waited for scale down: %s", timeWaited)
			gomega.Expect(timeWaited).To(gomega.BeNumerically("<", waitDeadline), "waited %s, wanted less than %s", timeWaited, waitDeadline)
		})
	})
})