# Horizontal Pod Autoscaler Metrics

| Metric name                                          | Metric type | Description                                                                                                               | Labels/tags                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Status       |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_info                    | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt; <br> `scaletargetref_api_version`=&lt;hpa-target-api-version&gt; <br> `scaletargetref_kind`=&lt;hpa-target-kind&gt; <br> `scaletargetref_name`=&lt;hpa-target-name&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_annotations             | Gauge       | Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels controlled via [--metric-annotations-allowlist](../../developer/cli-arguments.md) | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | EXPERIMENTAL |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_labels                  | Gauge       | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels controlled via [--metric-labels-allowlist](../../developer/cli-arguments.md)           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_metadata_generation     | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_spec_max_replicas       | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_spec_min_replicas       | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_spec_target_metric      | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt; <br> `metric_name`=&lt;metric-name&gt; <br> `metric_target_type`=&lt;value\|utilization\|average&gt;                                                                   | EXPERIMENTAL |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_status_target_metric    | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt; <br> `metric_name`=&lt;metric-name&gt; <br> `metric_target_type`=&lt;value\|utilization\|average&gt;                                                                   | EXPERIMENTAL |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_status_condition        | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt; <br> `condition`=&lt;hpa-condition&gt; <br> `status`=&lt;true\|false\|unknown&gt;                                                                                      | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_status_current_replicas | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |
| kube_horizontalpodautoscaler_status_desired_replicas | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `horizontalpodautoscaler`=&lt;hpa-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;hpa-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                                        | STABLE       |