When combining Cluster, you could incur a 7 minutes delay before new pods are createdMetric Server Architecting Kubernetes clusters - choosing the best autoscaling strategyPublished in June 2021 TL;DR: Scaling pods and nodes in a Kubernetes cluster could take several minutes with the default settings. Learn how to size your cluster nodes, configure the Horizontal and Cluster Autoscaler, and overprovision your cluster for faster scaling.https://learnk8s.io/kubernetes-autoscaling-strategies