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Configurable Scaling Delay with Pod Resource Exposure

implementablealphasig-nodelatest v1.37
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PRR approvers
@kannon92alpha
Tracking issue
#6122(opens GitHub in a new tab) opensig/nodestage/alphatracked/nolead-opted-in
Milestones
alpha v1.37beta v1.39stable v1.40
Participating SIGs
none
Feature gates
DownwardAPIAssignedResources, InPlacePodVerticalScalingExclusiveCPUS, CPUManagerPolicyAlphaOptions
Created / last updated
2026-05-28 / none
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