#9698·autoscaler

Flake: full-vpa - CPUStartupBoost

Author: omerap12Created May 27, 2026Updated Sep 7, 2026
Labelsarea/vertical-pod-autoscalerkind/flaketriage/accepted

#9508 have introduced a flaky failure in the VPA e2e suite:

bash
 failed [FAILED] Unexpected error:
    <*errors.errorString | 0x213619691eb0>: 
    error waiting for resource requests in range [{Index:0 ResourceName:cpu LowerBound:{i:{value:180 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:180m Format:DecimalSI} UpperBound:{i:{value:220 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:220m Format:DecimalSI}} {Index:1 ResourceName:cpu LowerBound:{i:{value:350 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:350m Format:DecimalSI} UpperBound:{i:{value:450 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:450m Format:DecimalSI}}] for pods: {TypeMeta:{Kind: APIVersion:} LabelSelector:name=hamster FieldSelector: Watch:false AllowWatchBookmarks:false ResourceVersion: ResourceVersionMatch: TimeoutSeconds:<nil> Limit:0 Continue: SendInitialEvents:<nil> ShardSelector:}
    {
        s: "error waiting for resource requests in range [{Index:0 ResourceName:cpu LowerBound:{i:{value:180 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:180m Format:DecimalSI} UpperBound:{i:{value:220 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:220m Format:DecimalSI}} {Index:1 ResourceName:cpu LowerBound:{i:{value:350 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:350m Format:DecimalSI} UpperBound:{i:{value:450 scale:-3} d:{Dec:<nil>} s:450m Format:DecimalSI}}] for pods: {TypeMeta:{Kind: APIVersion:} LabelSelector:name=hamster FieldSelector: Watch:false AllowWatchBookmarks:false ResourceVersion: ResourceVersionMatch: TimeoutSeconds:<nil> Limit:0 Continue: SendInitialEvents:<nil> ShardSelector:}",
    }
occurred
In [It] at: /home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/test/e2e/v1/full_vpa.go:563 @ 05/27/26 07:29:01.238
}

This has happened multiple times since #9508 merged. Most recent occurrence: https://prow.k8s.io/view/gs/kubernetes-ci-logs/pr-logs/pull/autoscaler/9697/pull-autoscaling-e2e-vpa-full-alpha-beta/2059530513588162560

/cc @kamarabbas99 @adrianmoisey /triage accepted /area vertical-pod-autoscaler /kind flake