HPA update its status even if getting metrics failed

pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal.go

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileAutoscaler(hpa extensions.HorizontalPodA
 		if hpa.Spec.CPUUtilization != nil {
 			cpuDesiredReplicas, cpuCurrentUtilization, cpuTimestamp, err = a.computeReplicasForCPUUtilization(hpa, scale)
 			if err != nil {
+				a.updateCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
 				a.eventRecorder.Event(&hpa, api.EventTypeWarning, "FailedComputeReplicas", err.Error())
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to compute desired number of replicas based on CPU utilization for %s: %v", reference, err)
 			}
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ func (a *HorizontalController) reconcileAutoscaler(hpa extensions.HorizontalPodA
 		if cmAnnotation, cmAnnotationFound := hpa.Annotations[HpaCustomMetricsTargetAnnotationName]; cmAnnotationFound {
 			cmDesiredReplicas, cmStatus, cmTimestamp, err = a.computeReplicasForCustomMetrics(hpa, scale, cmAnnotation)
 			if err != nil {
+				a.updateCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa, currentReplicas)
 				a.eventRecorder.Event(&hpa, api.EventTypeWarning, "FailedComputeCMReplicas", err.Error())
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to compute desired number of replicas based on Custom Metrics for %s: %v", reference, err)
 			}
@@ -271,6 +273,13 @@ func shouldScale(hpa extensions.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas, desire
 	return false
 }
 
+func (a *HorizontalController) updateCurrentReplicasInStatus(hpa extensions.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas int) {
+	err := a.updateStatus(hpa, currentReplicas, hpa.Status.DesiredReplicas, hpa.Status.CurrentCPUUtilizationPercentage, hpa.Annotations[HpaCustomMetricsStatusAnnotationName], false)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("%v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (a *HorizontalController) updateStatus(hpa extensions.HorizontalPodAutoscaler, currentReplicas, desiredReplicas int, cpuCurrentUtilization *int, cmStatus string, rescale bool) error {
 	hpa.Status = extensions.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus{
 		CurrentReplicas:                 currentReplicas,

pkg/controller/podautoscaler/horizontal_test.go

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type testCase struct {
 	reportedCPURequests []resource.Quantity
 	cmTarget            *extensions.CustomMetricTargetList
 	scaleUpdated        bool
+	statusUpdated       bool
 	eventCreated        bool
 	verifyEvents        bool
 }
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 	podNamePrefix := "test-pod"
 
 	tc.scaleUpdated = false
+	tc.statusUpdated = false
 	tc.eventCreated = false
 
 	fakeClient := &fake.Clientset{}
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 						MinReplicas: &tc.minReplicas,
 						MaxReplicas: tc.maxReplicas,
 					},
+					Status: extensions.HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus{
+						CurrentReplicas: tc.initialReplicas,
+						DesiredReplicas: tc.initialReplicas,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		}
@@ -191,6 +197,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 		assert.Equal(t, namespace, obj.Namespace)
 		assert.Equal(t, hpaName, obj.Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.desiredReplicas, obj.Status.DesiredReplicas)
+		tc.statusUpdated = true
 		return true, obj, nil
 	})
 
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ func (tc *testCase) prepareTestClient(t *testing.T) *fake.Clientset {
 
 func (tc *testCase) verifyResults(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, tc.initialReplicas != tc.desiredReplicas, tc.scaleUpdated)
+	assert.True(t, tc.statusUpdated)
 	if tc.verifyEvents {
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.initialReplicas != tc.desiredReplicas, tc.eventCreated)
 	}