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\\033[31m' # errors\nC_YELLOW=

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\\033[33m' # stalls (noScaleUp / noScaleDown)\nC_GREEN=

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\\033[32m' # successful scale-up\nC_CYAN=

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\\033[36m' # node-pool created (node pool auto-creation)\nC_BLUE=

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\\033[34m' # scale-down\nC_RESET=

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\\033[0m'\n\nemit() {\n # $1 = color, $2 = line\n printf '%s%s%s\\n' \"$1\" \"$2\" \"$C_RESET\"\n [[ -n \"$LOG_FILE\" ]] && echo \"$2\" >>\"$LOG_FILE\"\n}\n\n# Initial cursor: 1 minute ago. Portable across GNU date (Linux) and BSD date (macOS).\nLAST_TIMESTAMP=$(date -u -d '1 minute ago' +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ' 2>/dev/null \\\n || date -u -v-1M +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')\n\necho \"=========================================================================\"\necho \" GKE cluster autoscaler event monitor\"\necho \" cluster: $CLUSTER\"\n[[ -n \"$PROJECT\" ]] && echo \" project: $PROJECT\"\nif (( ERRORS_ONLY )); then\n echo \" mode: errors-only (suppressing successful scale events)\"\nelse\n echo \" mode: all events\"\nfi\nif [[ -n \"$LOG_FILE\" ]]; then\n echo \" output: terminal + $LOG_FILE\"\nelse\n echo \" output: terminal only (use --log-file PATH to also append to a file)\"\nfi\necho \" start: $LAST_TIMESTAMP\"\necho \" press Ctrl-C to stop\"\necho \"=========================================================================\"\n\nwhile true; do\n # Visibility log shapes (per docs):\n # decision.scaleUp successful scale-up of existing MIGs\n # decision.nodePoolCreated node pool auto-creation created a new node pool\n # decision.scaleDown scale-down (node removal)\n # noDecisionStatus.noScaleUp pending pods nothing could host\n # noDecisionStatus.noScaleDown scale-down blocked (per-node reasons)\n # resultInfo.results[].errorMsg per-MIG scale-up failure (quota/stockout/IP/…)\n #\n # The existence-tests (`:*`) keep the filter tight; substring fallbacks would\n # match unrelated lines and inflate the response. In errors-only mode we\n # exclude the success shapes server-side to cut bandwidth and quota.\n if (( ERRORS_ONLY )); then\n QUERY=\"log_id(\\\"container.googleapis.com/cluster-autoscaler-visibility\\\")\n AND resource.labels.cluster_name = \\\"$CLUSTER\\\"\n AND timestamp > \\\"$LAST_TIMESTAMP\\\"\n AND ( jsonPayload.resultInfo.results.errorMsg.messageId:*\n OR jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleUp:*\n OR jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleDown:* )\"\n else\n QUERY=\"log_id(\\\"container.googleapis.com/cluster-autoscaler-visibility\\\")\n AND resource.labels.cluster_name = \\\"$CLUSTER\\\"\n AND timestamp > \\\"$LAST_TIMESTAMP\\\"\n AND ( jsonPayload.decision.scaleUp:*\n OR jsonPayload.decision.scaleDown:*\n OR jsonPayload.decision.nodePoolCreated:*\n OR jsonPayload.resultInfo.results.errorMsg.messageId:*\n OR jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleUp:*\n OR jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleDown:* )\"\n fi\n\n LOGS_JSON=$(gcloud \"${GCLOUD_OPTS[@]}\" logging read \"$QUERY\" --order=asc --format=json 2>/dev/null)\n if [[ -z \"$LOGS_JSON\" || \"$LOGS_JSON\" == \"[]\" ]]; then\n sleep \"$POLL_INTERVAL_SECS\"\n continue\n fi\n\n # Advance the cursor BEFORE the per-line loop. The pipeline below runs the\n # loop body in a subshell, so any LAST_TIMESTAMP update inside it would not\n # survive to the next iteration — replaying the same window every tick.\n NEW_TIMESTAMP=$(echo \"$LOGS_JSON\" | jq -r '[.[].timestamp] | max // empty')\n [[ -n \"$NEW_TIMESTAMP\" ]] && LAST_TIMESTAMP=\"$NEW_TIMESTAMP\"\n\n echo \"$LOGS_JSON\" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r entry; do\n ts=$(echo \"$entry\" | jq -r '.timestamp')\n\n # ---- Successes -------------------------------------------------------\n if (( ! ERRORS_ONLY )); then\n # 1. Successful scale-up of one or more existing MIGs\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '.jsonPayload.decision.scaleUp.increasedMigs[]?' \\\n | while read -r mig; do\n pool=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.mig.nodepool // \"unknown\"')\n name=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.mig.name // \"unknown\"')\n zone=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.mig.zone // \"unknown\"')\n count=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.requestedNodes // 0')\n line=\"[$ts] SCALE_UP: pool=$pool mig=$name zone=$zone +$count nodes\"\n emit \"$C_GREEN\" \"$line\"\n done\n\n # 2. node pool auto-creation created a new node pool\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '.jsonPayload.decision.nodePoolCreated.nodePools[]?' \\\n | while read -r np; do\n name=$(echo \"$np\" | jq -r '.name // \"unknown\"')\n migs=$(echo \"$np\" | jq -r '[.migs[]?.name] | join(\",\")')\n line=\"[$ts] POOL_CREATED: $name migs=[$migs]\"\n emit \"$C_CYAN\" \"$line\"\n done\n\n # 3. Scale-down (node removal)\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '.jsonPayload.decision.scaleDown.nodesToBeRemoved[]?' \\\n | while read -r n; do\n node=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.node.name // \"unknown\"')\n cpu=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.node.cpuRatio // \"?\"')\n mem=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.node.memRatio // \"?\"')\n evicted=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.evictedPodsTotalCount // 0')\n line=\"[$ts] SCALE_DOWN: node=$node cpuRatio=$cpu memRatio=$mem evicted=$evicted pods\"\n emit \"$C_BLUE\" \"$line\"\n done\n fi\n\n # ---- Failures and stalls --------------------------------------------\n # 4. Per-MIG scale-up errors\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '.jsonPayload.resultInfo.results[]? | select(.errorMsg)' \\\n | while read -r res; do\n mid=$(echo \"$res\" | jq -r '.errorMsg.messageId // \"UNKNOWN\"')\n params=$(echo \"$res\" | jq -r '[.errorMsg.parameters[]?] | join(\", \")')\n line=\"[$ts] SCALE_UP_ERROR: $mid | $params\"\n emit \"$C_RED\" \"$line\"\n done\n\n # 5. noScaleUp per-pod-group rejections (each rejected MIG has its own reason)\n # Path migrated to noDecisionStatus.noScaleUp; fall back to legacy noScaleUp\n # for older log entries.\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '\n ( .jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleUp.unhandledPodGroups[]?,\n .jsonPayload.noScaleUp.unhandledPodGroups[]? )' \\\n | while read -r grp; do\n ns=$(echo \"$grp\" | jq -r '.podGroup.samplePod.namespace // \"default\"')\n pod=$(echo \"$grp\" | jq -r '.podGroup.samplePod.name // \"unknown\"')\n echo \"$grp\" | jq -c '.rejectedMigs[]?' | while read -r mig; do\n mig_name=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.mig.name // \"unknown\"')\n reason=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '.reason.messageId // \"no-reason\"')\n params=$(echo \"$mig\" | jq -r '[.reason.parameters[]?] | join(\", \")')\n line=\"[$ts] NOSCALEUP: $ns/$pod | MIG: $mig_name | $reason | $params\"\n emit \"$C_YELLOW\" \"$line\"\n done\n done\n\n # 6. noScaleDown per-node reasons\n echo \"$entry\" | jq -c '.jsonPayload.noDecisionStatus.noScaleDown.nodes[]?' \\\n | while read -r n; do\n node=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.node.name // \"unknown\"')\n reason=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '.reason.messageId // \"no-reason\"')\n params=$(echo \"$n\" | jq -r '[.reason.parameters[]?] | join(\", \")')\n line=\"[$ts] NOSCALEDOWN: node=$node | $reason | $params\"\n emit \"$C_YELLOW\" \"$line\"\n done\n done\n\n sleep \"$POLL_INTERVAL_SECS\"\ndone\n","content_type":"application/x-sh; charset=utf-8","language":"bash","size":11571,"content_sha256":"c337893cf2d80908368fa26b9b53de98edc74396e7f712a19c2d62b6b2f7a169"},{"filename":"assets/manual-pool-tiebreak-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: pinned-pools-tiebreak\nspec:\n # Standard-cluster ComputeClass pinned to pre-created manual node pools. Multiple equal pools per priority — autoscaler picks among them by lowest unit cost. node pool auto-creation fallback at the bottom for obtainability when all pinned pools are exhausted.\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n # Each manual pool below must carry the binding label/taint:\n # cloud.google.com/compute-class=pinned-pools-tiebreak (label AND taint)\n # See gke-compute-classes-create.md → \"Binding a manual node pool to a ComputeClass\".\n # Standard cluster only — Autopilot does not support nodepools: references.\n priorities:\n # 1. Pinned: any of three pre-created On-Demand n4 pools (one per zone).\n # All listed pools are equal candidates; autoscaler picks by unit cost / availability.\n - nodepools:\n - n4-pool-usc1a\n - n4-pool-usc1b\n - n4-pool-usc1c\n\n # 2. Pinned fallback: two pre-created Spot pools, same shape across two zones.\n - nodepools:\n - n4-spot-usc1a\n - n4-spot-usc1b\n\n # 3. node pool auto-creation fallback — intent-based only (node pool auto-creation pools have no stable names to reference).\n - machineFamily: n4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 8\n spot: false\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c']\n locationPolicy: ANY\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":1502,"content_sha256":"33d5297363d872d286a28430a91e53404c4ade35a779120ff14affc49e74187f"},{"filename":"assets/postgres-primary-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: postgres-primary\nspec:\n # Primary Postgres node, zone-pinned for PV affinity. Reservation-first, On-Demand fallback, all-Gen-4 (Hyperdisk), no Spot.\n # DATA PVs: use the built-in `dynamic-rwo` StorageClass (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+,\n # use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\") — see assets/dynamic-rwo-storageclass.yaml. It makes\n # the Cluster Autoscaler scale up only disk-compatible nodes, so you can safely widen the\n # priorities[] below across machine families/generations without PV attach failures.\n # (bootDiskType below is the NODE boot disk, a separate concern from the data PV StorageClass.)\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n # NOTE: priorityDefaults.location omitted — it would conflict with the\n # Specific reservation on priority 1. Reservation zone scope lives in\n # reservations.specific[].zones; non-reservation priorities set\n # location.zones explicitly.\n priorityDefaults:\n nodeSystemConfig:\n linuxNodeConfig:\n sysctls:\n net.core.somaxconn: 1024\n vm.overcommit_memory: 2 # strict — prevents OOM-killer surprises on large queries\n priorities:\n # 1. Specific reservation — pre-paid, highest obtainability. C4D (AMD Turin)\n # offers top-tier price-performance for Postgres.\n - machineFamily: c4d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 16\n minMemoryGb: 128 # High-memory profile (8GB/vCPU) recommended for primary DB\n spot: false\n reservations:\n affinity: Specific\n specific:\n - name: postgres-primary-reservation\n zones: ['us-central1-a'] # zonal scope lives here for the reservation entry\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 100\n\n # 2. On-Demand N4D (AMD Turin) fallback in same zone (PV affinity)\n - machineFamily: n4d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 16\n minMemoryGb: 128\n spot: false\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a']\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 100\n\n # 3. C4 (Intel) fallback in same zone\n - machineFamily: c4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 16\n minMemoryGb: 128\n spot: false\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a']\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 100\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":2476,"content_sha256":"9c7c6207f49bffa4033da218501e984d9e694a9e3ae20b3b640990af97f0858b"},{"filename":"assets/redis-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: redis-memory-optimized\nspec:\n # Memory-tuned class for Redis. AMD c4d preferred, all-Gen-4 (Hyperdisk), On-Demand only, THP off.\n # DATA PVs (e.g. AOF/RDB persistence): use the built-in `dynamic-rwo` StorageClass\n # (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+, use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\") — see\n # assets/dynamic-rwo-storageclass.yaml. The Cluster Autoscaler then scales up only\n # disk-compatible nodes, so priorities[] can safely span machine families/generations.\n # (bootDiskType below is the NODE boot disk, separate from the data PV StorageClass.)\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n priorityDefaults:\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c']\n nodeSystemConfig:\n linuxNodeConfig:\n sysctls:\n net.core.somaxconn: 1024\n priorities:\n # 1. c4d — Gen 4 AMD Turin, strongest price/perf for Redis (memory-intensive)\n - machineFamily: c4d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 8\n minMemoryGb: 64\n spot: false\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 50\n\n # 2. n4d — Gen 4 AMD Turin fallback, strong price/perf\n - machineFamily: n4d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 8\n minMemoryGb: 64\n spot: false\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 50\n\n # 3. c4 — Gen 4 Intel fallback\n - machineFamily: c4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 8\n minMemoryGb: 64\n spot: false\n storage:\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced\n bootDiskSize: 50\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":1746,"content_sha256":"e328858f548e7ef112a52bdd58063cd6c658a59c4c9cd7a9628f3c8b92d4994b"},{"filename":"assets/restrict-computeclass-usage-vap.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\n# Consumption safeguard: stop workloads in a namespace from REQUESTING a ComputeClass.\n# RBAC cannot express this (consumption is not a CRUD verb on the CC object; it is a field\n# in the Pod/Deployment spec) -> use a native ValidatingAdmissionPolicy (in-process CEL,\n# no webhook). Pairs with the CRUD safeguard in computeclass-rbac-editor.yaml.\n#\n# A workload can reach a ComputeClass via THREE paths — the policy must close ALL of them:\n# 1. nodeSelector cloud.google.com/compute-class: \u003cNAME>\n# 2. nodeAffinity matchExpressions key cloud.google.com/compute-class In [\u003cNAME>]\n# 3. tolerations tolerating the CC's NoSchedule taint, INCLUDING the wildcard\n# (operator: Exists with no key) which tolerates EVERY taint.\n# Missing any one path leaves a bypass.\n---\napiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1\nkind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy\nmetadata:\n name: restrict-computeclass-usage\nspec:\n failurePolicy: Fail\n matchConstraints:\n resourceRules:\n # Match Pods AND every pod-CONTROLLER. The tutorial covers only pods + deployments;\n # that leaves StatefulSet/DaemonSet/ReplicaSet/Job/CronJob as bypasses. Add them.\n - apiGroups: [\"\"]\n apiVersions: [\"v1\"]\n operations: [\"CREATE\", \"UPDATE\"]\n resources: [\"pods\"]\n - apiGroups: [\"apps\"]\n apiVersions: [\"v1\"]\n operations: [\"CREATE\", \"UPDATE\"]\n resources: [\"deployments\", \"statefulsets\", \"daemonsets\", \"replicasets\"]\n - apiGroups: [\"batch\"]\n apiVersions: [\"v1\"]\n operations: [\"CREATE\", \"UPDATE\"]\n resources: [\"jobs\", \"cronjobs\"]\n variables:\n - name: podSpec\n # Pods carry spec; controllers carry spec.template.spec (CronJob nests one level deeper).\n expression: >-\n has(object.spec.template) ?\n (has(object.spec.template.spec) ? object.spec.template.spec :\n object.spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.spec) :\n object.spec\n - name: hasForbiddenNodeSelectorOrAffinity\n expression: >-\n (has(variables.podSpec.nodeSelector) &&\n variables.podSpec.nodeSelector['cloud.google.com/compute-class'] == '\u003cCOMPUTECLASS_NAME>') ||\n (has(variables.podSpec.affinity) && has(variables.podSpec.affinity.nodeAffinity) &&\n has(variables.podSpec.affinity.nodeAffinity.requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution) &&\n variables.podSpec.affinity.nodeAffinity.requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.nodeSelectorTerms.exists(term,\n has(term.matchExpressions) && term.matchExpressions.exists(exp,\n exp.key == 'cloud.google.com/compute-class' && exp.operator == 'In' &&\n exp.values.exists(v, v == '\u003cCOMPUTECLASS_NAME>'))))\n - name: hasForbiddenComputeClassToleration\n expression: >-\n has(variables.podSpec.tolerations) && variables.podSpec.tolerations.exists(t,\n t.key == 'cloud.google.com/compute-class' &&\n (t.operator == 'Exists' || (t.operator == 'Equal' && t.value == '\u003cCOMPUTECLASS_NAME>')) &&\n has(t.effect) && t.effect == 'NoSchedule')\n - name: hasWildcardToleration\n # operator: Exists with no key tolerates ALL taints -> would land on the restricted CC.\n expression: >-\n has(variables.podSpec.tolerations) && variables.podSpec.tolerations.exists(t,\n t.operator == 'Exists' && !(has(t.key) && t.key != ''))\n validations:\n - expression: >-\n !(variables.hasForbiddenNodeSelectorOrAffinity ||\n variables.hasForbiddenComputeClassToleration ||\n variables.hasWildcardToleration)\n message: \"This namespace cannot request ComputeClass \u003cCOMPUTECLASS_NAME> or use wildcard tolerations.\"\n---\napiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1\nkind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding\nmetadata:\n name: restrict-computeclass-usage-binding\nspec:\n policyName: restrict-computeclass-usage\n # Deny rejects violations; Audit also logs them to the K8s audit log (run Audit first to\n # find existing violators before flipping to Deny).\n validationActions: [\"Deny\", \"Audit\"]\n matchResources:\n namespaceSelector:\n matchLabels:\n kubernetes.io/metadata.name: \u003cTARGET_NAMESPACE>\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":4138,"content_sha256":"d29d462fd9fdb35e81ab3069a99e965d1f066c74a3a23529da9ddbe35087ab6c"},{"filename":"assets/shared-l4-inference-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: shared-l4-inference\nspec:\n # Shared L4 GPU class for multi-tenant low-utilization inference (dev/staging, batch eval, small-model APIs). MPS sharing with up to 4 clients/GPU.\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n priorityDefaults:\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c']\n priorities:\n # 1. On-Demand floor with sharing — preferred for latency-sensitive multi-tenancy\n - gpu:\n count: 1\n type: nvidia-l4\n driverVersion: default\n gpuSharing:\n sharingStrategy: MPS\n maxSharedClientsPerGPU: 4\n machineType: g2-standard-8\n spot: false\n\n # 2. Spot, single L4 with MPS — cost fallback\n - gpu:\n count: 1\n type: nvidia-l4\n driverVersion: default\n gpuSharing:\n sharingStrategy: MPS\n maxSharedClientsPerGPU: 4\n machineType: g2-standard-8\n spot: true\n\n # 3. Spot, 2× L4 — larger cost fallback (packs 8 clients/node)\n - gpu:\n count: 2\n type: nvidia-l4\n driverVersion: default\n gpuSharing:\n sharingStrategy: MPS\n maxSharedClientsPerGPU: 4\n machineType: g2-standard-24\n spot: true\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":1249,"content_sha256":"eeada64427a76b84cf2f54711cc7e0d0fdb0168c5cc25999be8779ede2693392"},{"filename":"assets/spark-proximal-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: spark-zonal-class\nspec:\n # Optimized for Apache Spark on GKE: \n # - Tier 1: C4D (Intel Granite Rapids) - Best price-performance with Titanium Local SSDs.\n # - Tier 2: C4 fallback - High-performance Intel family with Titanium Local SSDs.\n # - Tier 3: C3D fallback - High-performance AMD Genoa family with Titanium Local SSDs.\n #\n # PROXIMITY GUIDANCE:\n # To minimize cross-zonal shuffle costs and latency, executors should be \n # co-located in the same zone as the driver using Pod Affinity.\n #\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n\n nodePoolConfig:\n imageType: cos_containerd\n\n # Disable activeMigration for batch stability. \n # Mid-job preemption of an executor forces expensive re-computation of the RDD lineage.\n activeMigration:\n optimizeRulePriority: false\n\n autoscalingPolicy:\n consolidationDelayMinutes: 5\n consolidationThreshold: 50\n\n priorityDefaults:\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c'] \n locationPolicy: ANY\n \n nodeSystemConfig:\n linuxNodeConfig:\n sysctls:\n net.core.somaxconn: 2048\n net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse: 1\n vm.max_map_count: 262144\n vm.swappiness: 1\n \n kubeletConfig:\n cpuManagerPolicy: static\n\n priorities:\n - machineFamily: c4d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n # C4D provides the absolute best price-performance for Spark per user analysis.\n # Uses Titanium I/O offload for ultra-low latency shuffles.\n storage:\n bootDiskSize: 100\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced \n localSSDCount: 2 \n spot: false\n priorityScore: 100\n\n - machineFamily: c4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n # C4 fallback maintaining Titanium Local SSD and 200Gbps+ networking.\n storage:\n bootDiskSize: 100\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced \n localSSDCount: 2 \n spot: false\n priorityScore: 80\n\n - machineFamily: c3d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n # C3D (AMD) high-performance fallback with Local SSDs.\n storage:\n bootDiskSize: 100\n bootDiskType: hyperdisk-balanced \n localSSDCount: 2 \n spot: false\n priorityScore: 60\n\n whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotScaleUp # Strictly enforce high-performance tiers for Spark.\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":2448,"content_sha256":"f1bfe985727d7eae42ace29ab47d4070e11ef6b147d3362d3763aaaa692834c9"},{"filename":"assets/spot-cost-tiebreak-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: spot-cost-tiebreak-usc1\nspec:\n # Spot-first cost tie-break for stateless, disruption-tolerant workloads in us-central1 — web serving, batch jobs, async processors. Three equal-score Spot families let ComputeClass pick lowest-cost-available rather than baking a family ordering into YAML that would rot as Spot pricing shifts. On-Demand floor guarantees execution. Tune activeMigration and consolidation per workload type — see comments. Requires GKE 1.35.2-gke.1842000+.\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n # activeMigration is a serving-tier setting: drifts replicas back from the OD\n # floor to Spot when capacity returns. Good for stateless serving (set a PDB\n # on the workload to bound concurrent disruption).\n # **Remove this block for long-running batch** — drift would force mid-job restarts.\n activeMigration:\n optimizeRulePriority: true\n autoscalingPolicy:\n consolidationDelayMinutes: 2\n consolidationThreshold: 50\n priorityDefaults:\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c', 'us-central1-f']\n locationPolicy: ANY\n # priorityScore: integer 1-1000, higher = preferred. Max 3 rules per score.\n # If priorityScore is set on any rule, ALL priorities must have one.\n # Same-score rules are evaluated together; tie-break is by lowest unit cost,\n # so ComputeClass picks whichever of the three is cheapest *and* available right now.\n priorities:\n # Score 100 — top tier: three interchangeable Spot families. Vendor and\n # generation spread (Intel Gen 1 / AMD Gen 2 / Intel Gen 4) for obtainability;\n # ComputeClass's cost tie-break does the price selection, so the order here doesn't matter.\n - machineFamily: e2 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 4\n spot: true\n priorityScore: 100\n - machineFamily: n2d # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 4\n spot: true\n priorityScore: 100\n - machineFamily: n4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 4\n spot: true\n priorityScore: 100\n\n # Score 10 — On-Demand floor — guarantees execution if all Spot is exhausted\n - machineFamily: e2 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 4\n spot: false\n priorityScore: 10\n\n whenUnsatisfiable: ScaleUpAnyway\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":2490,"content_sha256":"7fd731ca05417b9b4d158b28f243af1ca5ef78d4c64de2ff1ae4e52a37455baf"},{"filename":"assets/system-pool-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\n# Dedicated ComputeClass for non-DaemonSet kube-system pods.\n#\n# Problem this solves: kube-system pods (metrics-server, coredns,\n# konnectivity-agent, custom operators in kube-system) often have no PDB and\n# may carry safe-to-evict: \"false\" defensively. They land on whichever node\n# the scheduler picks first — frequently a large/expensive GPU/TPU host —\n# and then pin that node forever. Visibility logs show\n# noScaleDown.nodes[].reason.messageId = \"no.scale.down.node.pod.kube.system.unmovable\".\n#\n# Fix: route non-DaemonSet system pods to a dedicated, cheap class. Expensive\n# nodes only host actual workloads, and consolidation can drain them freely.\n#\n# After kubectl apply, label the namespace (the -non-daemonset variant leaves\n# DaemonSets alone — they need to run everywhere anyway, and CA already\n# ignores DaemonSet-only nodes for scale-down):\n#\n# kubectl label namespace kube-system \\\n# cloud.google.com/default-compute-class-non-daemonset=system-pool\n#\n# Existing system pods don't reschedule on their own — wait for natural\n# restarts or `kubectl rollout restart deployment -n kube-system \u003cname>`.\n#\n# whenUnsatisfiable: ScaleUpAnyway is intentional — never let priority\n# exhaustion block a kube-system pod (would cascade into a wider outage).\n#\n# See gke-cluster-autoscaling-debug.md → \"System pods blocking consolidation\".\n\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: system-pool\nspec:\n # Dedicated cheap class for non-DaemonSet kube-system pods. Prevents singleton system pods from pinning expensive GPU/TPU/large-shape nodes.\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n whenUnsatisfiable: ScaleUpAnyway # never block a kube-system pod\n priorities:\n - machineFamily: n4 # IMPORTANT: Align machineFamily with your existing CUDs/Reservations\n minCores: 4\n spot: false\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a', 'us-central1-b', 'us-central1-c']\n locationPolicy: BALANCED # singleton system pods — even spread for HA\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":2049,"content_sha256":"b0f143c50631a3b2e35bb6d153d789176fbf498d28d2f9cfacfc49344876301d"},{"filename":"assets/tpu-v5e-training-compute-class.yaml","content":"# EXAMPLE TEMPLATE - DO NOT DEPLOY\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata:\n name: tpu-v5e-training\nspec:\n # TPU v5e training class. Reservation → On-Demand → Spot. Spot sits *below* On-Demand because mid-step preemption forces a checkpoint restart, which is more disruptive for training than a slightly longer wait. Topology pinned to 2x4 (8 chips). Single-zone — TPU reservations are zonal.\n nodePoolAutoCreation:\n enabled: true\n # NOTE: no priorityDefaults.location — would conflict with the Specific\n # reservation on priority 1. Reservation zone scope lives in\n # reservations.specific[].zones; non-reservation priorities set\n # location.zones explicitly.\n priorities:\n # 1. Specific reservation — pre-paid TPU capacity, no queue, no preemption\n - tpu:\n type: tpu-v5-lite-podslice\n count: 8\n topology: 2x4\n spot: false\n reservations:\n affinity: Specific\n specific:\n - name: tpu-v5e-training-reservation\n zones: ['us-central1-a'] # TPU reservations are zonal — pin explicitly\n\n # 2. On-Demand — guarantees forward progress when reservation is exhausted\n - tpu:\n type: tpu-v5-lite-podslice\n count: 8\n topology: 2x4\n spot: false\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a']\n\n # 3. Spot — cheapest path; only safe with frequent checkpointing\n # (mid-step preemption requires restart from last checkpoint)\n - tpu:\n type: tpu-v5-lite-podslice\n count: 8\n topology: 2x4\n spot: true\n location:\n zones: ['us-central1-a']\n","content_type":"application/yaml; charset=utf-8","language":"yaml","size":1563,"content_sha256":"73b1779871bbb5cee2a4f28edaa34a3988e59069f287edd3e480826b4a0daa76"},{"filename":"references/attribution.md","content":"# Usage Attribution\n\n**MUST READ**: Before executing any `gcloud`, REST API, or MCP command with\nthis skill, follow these usage attribution instructions. Tag every command you\nexecute directly in the terminal so usage can be attributed. The tag identifies\nonly the skill and its version; it carries no user data.\n\n- **`gcloud` CLI Commands**: Prefix every `gcloud` invocation, whatever the\n subcommand, with the metrics environment variable. Set it inline on each\n command because shell state may not persist between commands:\n\n ```bash\n CLOUDSDK_METRICS_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTION=\"agent-skills/1.0 (skill:gke-compute-classes)\" \\\n gcloud \u003ccommand> [flags]\n ```\n\n Do not use `gcloud config set` for this: it would persist beyond the current\n task and mislabel unrelated usage.\n\n- **Direct HTTP, REST, and MCP Requests**: On direct HTTP calls to Google\n Cloud APIs (for example with `curl`) or HTTP requests to a remote MCP\n server, include `agent-skills/1.0 (skill:gke-compute-classes)` in the `User-Agent`\n header. If a `User-Agent` header is already specified, append this string to\n the end of it rather than overwriting existing `User-Agent` data — the\n collection pipeline parses the `agent-skills/\u003cversion>` and `skill:\u003cname>`\n tokens, so any rewording breaks attribution:\n\n ```\n User-Agent: \u003cexisting_user_agent> agent-skills/1.0 (skill:gke-compute-classes)\n ```\n\n- **Constraint for Generated Code**: The tracking prefix is strictly for\n commands you execute directly in the terminal. Do NOT include this tracking\n prefix in generated scripts, Terraform templates, or code provided to the\n user for their own repositories.\n\n- **User Opt-Out**: If the user asks to disable or remove tracking or\n attribution tags, omit the `CLOUDSDK_METRICS_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTION` variable\n and custom `User-Agent` suffix from all commands.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":1897,"content_sha256":"a63806af7381d4a87eb24efd946b41e50a184b12846f0cbaba5504a71d482ec6"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-autopilot-mode.md","content":"# Autopilot Mode on Standard Clusters\n\nRun **Autopilot-mode** workloads (Google-managed nodes, pod-based billing,\nAutopilot security defaults) on a **Standard** cluster — per-workload, without\nconverting the cluster. Selection is by ComputeClass.\n\n## Built-in `autopilot` classes\n\n- **Classes:** `autopilot` and `autopilot-spot` — **pre-installed** on\n qualifying clusters. Reference by name; do **not** author them.\n- **Requirements:** GKE **1.33.1-gke.1107000+**, **Rapid** channel initially\n (rolling to other channels). **Excluded:** Extended channel and\n routes-based-networking clusters.\n- **Availability lag:** preinstalled classes may take up to ~1h to appear\n after cluster creation (CRD installed by the autoscaler component). See\n debug ref / `gke_ccc_preinstalled_delay`.\n\n## Opting a workload in\n\n- **Per-Pod:** `nodeSelector: { cloud.google.com/compute-class: autopilot }`\n (or a node-affinity rule on that label).\n- **Namespace default:** `kubectl label ns $NS\n cloud.google.com/default-compute-class=autopilot` — all Pods in the\n namespace run Autopilot mode unless they select another class.\n- **Existing Pods:** Pods already running on Standard nodes switch to\n Autopilot mode **only when recreated** (rollout/restart), not in place.\n\n## Billing — driven by the priority-rule type, NOT pod size\n\nBilling is **not** tied to a vCPU threshold. It's the kind of priority rule GKE\nuses:\n\n- **Built-in `autopilot`/`autopilot-spot` = always pod-based:** pay for Pod\n **requests** only (no system overhead, no empty nodes). Built-in pod size\n **50m–28 vCPU**; can still burst.\n- **Custom class with `spec.autopilot.enabled` — billing follows the rule:**\n - **`podFamily` rule → pod-based** (GKE 1.35.2-gke.1485000+). Same\n pay-per-request model as the built-in class, but in a class you author.\n - **Hardware rule (`machineFamily`, `machineType`, `gpus`) → node-based.**\n You pay for the node because you pinned the shape/accelerator.\n- A custom Autopilot class is therefore **not automatically node-based** —\n it's node-based only when its selected priority requests specific hardware.\n\n## Custom ComputeClass in Autopilot mode (`spec.autopilot`)\n\nAdd the **`spec.autopilot.enabled: true`** field to any custom ComputeClass;\nPods that select it then run in Autopilot mode on Google-managed nodes. The\n**priority-rule type** sets the billing model (see above):\n\n```yaml\nspec:\n autopilot:\n enabled: true\n priorities:\n - podFamily: general-purpose # pod-based billing (GKE 1.35.2-gke.1485000+)\n - machineFamily: n4 # node-based billing (pinned hardware)\n minCores: 64\n```\n\n- **Reach for a custom class when** you need a specific\n `machineFamily`/`machineType`, **GPU/TPU**, or a Pod the built-in\n `autopilot` class won't take (e.g. **>28 vCPU**) — billing then follows the\n rule type (hardware rule → node-based). For the same managed,\n pay-per-request model in your own class, use a **`podFamily`** rule instead.\n- Combine rules in one `priorities[]` to keep Autopilot management while\n controlling machine selection.\n\n## Caveats (cite when relevant)\n\n- **Privileged restriction:** Autopilot enforces user-space /\n privileged-admission controls — `privileged`, `hostNetwork`, `hostPID/IPC`,\n `hostPath`, and arbitrary host access are **rejected**. A workload needing\n those **cannot** use Autopilot mode; keep it on a standard (node-based)\n ComputeClass. (See CRITICAL POD-PRIVILEGE RULE in SKILL.md.)\n- **Managed nodes:** no node-pool ops, no manual node config — Google manages\n shapes/sizes, upgrades, security (Shielded VM, etc.).\n- **Pod requests required:** billing and bin-packing are driven by Pod\n *requests* (not limits); unset requests get defaults.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":3840,"content_sha256":"d5125e51a831123d6cfd6c1659bd035e92bbb4cd7c75de84afd48f8214d267d2"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-code-index.md","content":"# ComputeClass authoritative code index\n\nThis reference maps GKE ComputeClasses behaviors, lifecycle events, and priority rules directly to source files and key function symbols in the open-source repository: [https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cluster-autoscaler](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cluster-autoscaler).\n\nWhen verifying behavior or investigating edge cases, clone the repository or fetch raw source files directly from GitHub.\n\n---\n\n## Code mapping by behavioral domain\n\n### 1. Prioritization, fallback ladders, and cooldowns\n\n| Behavior / Feature | Source File Path | Key Structs & Functions | Behavioral Notes |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Priority rule evaluation & grouping** | `pkg/computeclass/organizer.go` | `organizer.organizeByRules`, `groupRulesByScore` | Sorts and evaluates `priorities[]` top-to-bottom. Rules sharing `priorityScore` evaluate as a single tier. |\n| **5-minute fixed cooldown** | `pkg/backoff/gke_mig_backoff.go` | `NpcBackoffDuration = 5 * time.Minute` | Fixed non-exponential cooldown applied to failing declarative priority rungs upon stockout. |\n| **Cumulative cooldown prolongation** | `pkg/backoff/npc_backoff.go` | `npcCrdBackoff.Backoff`, `npcCrdBackoff.BackoffStatus` | Reset and prolonged to `currentTime + 5m` across all previously failing rungs when a lower priority fails sequentially. |\n| **Fallback floor safety guarantee** | `pkg/backoff/npc_backoff.go` | `getRuleCount`, line check `ruleIdx >= getRuleCount(npcCrd)-1` | The final priority rule (and implicit `ScaleUpAnyway` fallback tier) is never backed off by `npcCrdBackoff`. |\n| **Manual `priorities[].nodepools` bypass** | `pkg/backoff/npc_backoff.go` | `len(rule.NodePoolNames()) > 0` | Manual node pool rules bypass `npcCrdBackoff` and rely strictly on standard GCE MIG backoffs. |\n| **Zonal stockout backoff tracking** | `pkg/backoff/npc_backoff.go` | `rules map[int]map[string]bool` | GKE 1.36.3-gke.1244000+ tracks stockouts per zone (`ruleIdx -> zone -> isBackedOff`). |\n| **Regional quota backoff handling** | `pkg/backoff/npc_backoff.go` | `if strings.Contains(errorInfo.ErrorCode, \"QUOTA\") { zone = \"\" }` | Quota errors apply rule-wide / regionally across all zones. |\n| **DWS Flex Start queuing delay** | `pkg/cloudprovider/gke/gke_cloud_provider_impl.go` | `DefaultFlexStartCapacityCheckWaitTime = 15 * time.Minute` | Queued capacity waits up to 15m for capacity checks (max 30m provisioning wait). |\n\n---\n\n### 2. Active migration, evictions, and defragmentation\n\n| Behavior / Feature | Source File Path | Key Structs & Functions | Behavioral Notes |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Active migration drift controller** | `pkg/defrag/plugins/highprioritymigration/high_priority_migration.go` | `NewCandidate`, `IsExpansionOptionValid` | Discovers nodes on lower priority rungs (`priorityGroupIndex > 0`) and triggers scale-up of preferred tier. |\n| **Voluntary eviction execution** | `pkg/defrag/processor/actuation.go` | `ScaleDownActuator.StartDeletion` | Issues graceful drain and calls Kubernetes Eviction API for candidate pods once new nodes are ready. |\n| **PodDisruptionBudget (PDB) enforcement** | `pkg/defrag/processor/node_filter.go` | `nodeFilter.hasBlockingPods`, `RemainingPdbTracker` | Checks remaining disruptions; `maxUnavailable: 0` blocks active migration and scale-down node deletion. |\n| **`safe-to-evict: \"on-completion\"` handling** | `pkg/defrag/processor/node_filter.go` | `nodeFilter.hasBlockingPods` | Workloads annotated with `\"on-completion\"` defer defragmentation/active migration until the pod finishes. |\n| **DaemonSet exclusion during drain** | `pkg/defrag/processor/simulation.go` | `podutils.FilterRecreatablePods` | DaemonSets are stripped during simulation and do not block node drain or consolidation. |\n\n---\n\n### 3. Machine selection, storage, and taints\n\n| Behavior / Feature | Source File Path | Key Structs & Functions | Behavioral Notes |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Machine family selection (NAP)** | `pkg/autoprovisioning/machineselection/machine_selection.go` | `Selector.selectMachineGroup`, `podFamily.go` | Evaluates ComputeClass priorities, pod family fallbacks, accelerator inference, and default families. |\n| **Default disk type assignment** | `pkg/cloudprovider/gke/machinetypes/machine_family.go` | `family.DefaultDiskType()` | C3, C4, N4 default to `hyperdisk-balanced`; E2, N1, N2 default to `pd-balanced` / `pd-standard`. |\n| **`dynamic-rwo` CSI StorageClass bypass** | `pkg/processors/storage_node_affinity_processor.go` | `StorageNodeAffinityPodListProcessor.Process` | `type: dynamic` skips `disk-type.gke.io/*` nodeSelector injection, allowing pods to span C4 (Hyperdisk) and N2 (PD). |\n| **ComputeClass taint inheritance** | `pkg/autoprovisioning/injection.go` | `appendTaintsWithOverride`, `IsCustomComputeClass` | Custom ComputeClasses do not receive automatic `cloud.google.com/compute-class` taints; user taints are appended. |\n| **GPU taints vs selector labels** | `pkg/autoprovisioning/injection.go` | `nvidia.com/gpu:NoSchedule` | Accelerator label is `cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator`; node taint is `nvidia.com/gpu:NoSchedule`. |\n| **Native minimumCapacity injection** | `pkg/computeclass/processors/min_capacity_pod_list_processor.go` | `minCapacityPodListProcessor.Process` | Simulates node floors using synthetic fake pods with `FakePodAntiAffinityHostPort = 10250`. |\n\n---\n\n## Code verification instructions\n\nWhen troubleshooting or investigating behavioral changes:\n1. **Search Git Log by Symbol**:\n ```bash\n git log -S \"\u003cfunction_or_const_name>\" -p -- \u003cfilepath>\n ```\n2. **Inspect Blame on Target File**:\n ```bash\n git blame -L \u003cstart_line>,\u003cend_line> \u003cfilepath>\n ```\n3. **Trace Behavioral Evolution**:\n - Determine the commit date and message when a logic branch was altered.\n - If the exact GKE patch version is unreleased or not yet documented, communicate the commit hash, upstream PR, and date range to the user.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":5925,"content_sha256":"53c1d6c36a5b8bef771c66a7dad0bc71c926b19d0f87f89453330343959e71d1"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-cost-optimization.md","content":"# ComputeClass: Cost Optimization & FlexCUDs\n\n## Aligning with Committed Use Discounts (CUDs)\n\nBefore selecting machine families for your `priorities[]` list, you **must**\nidentify your existing Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) and Reservations.\n\n**Key Strategy:** The On-Demand \"floor\" of your ComputeClass should heavily bias\ntoward machine families covered by your CUDs (Resource-based or Flexible).\n\n### FlexCUD Coverage\n\n- **Eligible:** Most general-purpose and compute-optimized families (e.g.,\n `N2`, `N4`, `C3`, `C4`, `E2`, `N2D`).\n- **Ineligible / Excluded:**\n - GPUs\n - TPUs\n - Local SSDs\n - Memory-optimized families (`M` series) (typically require resource-based\n CUDs)\n - Preemptible / Spot VMs\n - Sole-tenant nodes\n\n### Priority List Design\n\nWhen designing the `priorities[]` array for workloads that don't strictly\nrequire specialized hardware:\n\n1. **Spot Tier (Highest Priority):** Attempt to provision Spot VMs first. Spot\n is cheaper than FlexCUD On-Demand but is not covered by CUDs. Use\n `priorityScore` to tie-break across multiple Spot families based on unit\n cost. (Note: You can assign the same score to a maximum of 3 rules).\n2. **FlexCUD Tier (Middle Priority / Floor):** If Spot is unavailable, fall\n back to On-Demand families that are explicitly covered by your active\n FlexCUDs.\n3. **General On-Demand Tier (Lowest Priority - Optional):** If FlexCUD families\n are exhausted, fall back to other general-purpose On-Demand families (e.g.,\n `E2`) to ensure obtainability.\n\n### Example: Balancing Spot and FlexCUDs\n\n```yaml\n priorities:\n # 1. Try Spot first across modern families\n - machineFamily: n4\n spot: true\n priorityScore: 100\n - machineFamily: c4\n spot: true\n priorityScore: 90\n # 2. Fallback to On-Demand covered by FlexCUD\n - machineFamily: n4\n spot: false\n # Assume N4 is covered by our regional FlexCUD commit\n```\n\n## Active Migration for Cost\n\nEnable `activeMigration` to allow GKE to continuously move workloads to more\ncost-effective nodes as capacity becomes available.\n\n```yaml\n activeMigration:\n optimizeRulePriority: true\n```\n\n- If a workload falls back to an On-Demand node (because Spot was\n unavailable), active migration will automatically evict the pod and move it\n to a Spot node when Spot capacity returns.\n- **Throttling Vol. Disruptions:** Active migration honors Pod Disruption\n Budgets (PDBs). Use PDBs to throttle eviction rates. To stop active\n migration for specific pods, add the\n `cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: \"false\"` annotation.\n- **WARNING:** PDBs and `safe-to-evict` only block *voluntary* scaler actions.\n They **cannot** block *involuntary* Spot VM preemptions.\n\n## Balanced HA Scale-Up Across Zones\n\n\"Balanced\" spans **two independent layers** — clarify which the user wants:\n\n- **Infrastructure (nodes):** `locationPolicy: BALANCED` spreads node scale-up\n roughly evenly across zones (best-effort; **still scales up** if a zone is\n short; `ANY` packs one zone).\n- **Workload (pods):** BALANCED does **not** balance pods. Add pod\n `topologySpreadConstraints` (`maxSkew:1`, `topologyKey:\n topology.kubernetes.io/zone`, `whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotSchedule` — default\n `ScheduleAnyway` won't enforce it) on the **workload** (see\n `gke-cluster-autoscaler`).\n\n**Trap:** one priority *per zone* does NOT balance — priorities are sequential,\nso zone-a drains fully before zone-b is tried.\n\n**Method A — `locationPolicy: BALANCED` (no `priorityScore`, works\npre-1.35.2):**\n\n- Use **ONE** `priorities[]` entry per machine size (not one priority *per\n zone*). Inside it, set `reservations.affinity: Specific`; the\n `reservations.specific[]` list holds **one entry per zone** (3 zones → 3\n named `specific[]` entries with their own `name` + `zones`). Don't make a\n separate priority per reservation, and don't collapse all zones into a\n single entry.\n- Set `location.locationPolicy: BALANCED`. **Schema:** do **not** put\n `location.zones` on a `Specific`-reservation priority (error: *location\n config with specific reservations enabled*) — zones come from the\n reservations; the `location` block keeps `locationPolicy` only.\n- Asset: `balanced-reserved-zonal-compute-class.yaml`.\n\n**Method B — equal `priorityScore` round-robin (GKE 1.35.2-gke.1842000+):**\n\n- Define separate per-zone priority rules and assign them an **equal\n `priorityScore`** (max 3 rules/score).\n- GKE evaluates them together and round-robins for rough balance.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":4598,"content_sha256":"71637733f0ee4535d26f1f8abeddb56236349d1c65c18e16ec13676e3f069f13"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-crd-fields.md","content":"# ComputeClass: CRD Fields & Spec Reference\n\nFull CRD: `kubectl describe crd computeclasses.cloud.google.com`.\n\n## Minimal Shape\n\n```yaml\napiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1\nkind: ComputeClass\nmetadata: { name: my-class }\nspec:\n nodePoolAutoCreation: { enabled: true }\n priorities:\n - machineFamily: n4\n minCores: 16\n```\n\n## Top-Level Spec Fields\n\n| Field | Purpose | Default / Note |\n| ------------------------------ | -------------------- | -------------------- |\n| `nodePoolAutoCreation.enabled` | Enable node pool | `false` |\n: : auto-creation for : :\n: : this ComputeClass. : :\n: : **Does NOT require : :\n: : cluster-level Node : :\n: : Auto Provisioning.** : :\n| `nodePoolAutoCreation.shieldedInstanceConfig` | Shielded GKE Nodes | Optional. Toggles |\n: : settings for auto- : `enableSecureBoot` :\n: : created pools. : and `enableIntegrity-:\n: : : Monitoring` (GKE :\n: : : 1.36.3-gke.1244000+).:\n| `nodePoolConfig` | Defaults for node | See below. |\n: : pool auto-creation : :\n: : pools (image, SA, : :\n: : labels, taints). : :\n| `priorityDefaults` | Defaults applied to | e.g. `zones`, |\n: : all `priorities[]` : `sysctls`. :\n: : entries. : :\n| `priorities[]` | Ordered list of | Tried top-to-bottom. |\n: : provisioning : :\n: : attempts. : :\n| `autoscalingPolicy` | Consolidation | `1` min floor. |\n: : thresholds and : :\n: : delay. : :\n| `activeMigration` | Drift logic to | Honors PDBs. |\n: : higher priorities. : :\n| `whenUnsatisfiable` | Fallback behavior | `DoNotScaleUp` |\n: : when priorities : (Default). :\n: : exhaust. : :\n\n## `nodePoolConfig` (node pool auto-creation Only)\n\nApplied to pools created by the autoscaler.\n\n- `imageType`: `cos_containerd`, `ubuntu_containerd` (must be **lowercase**).\n- `nodeLabels`: Key-value pairs.\n- `taints`: List of `{ key, value, effect }`. Valid for an intentional\n dedication taint; keys **cannot contain `kubernetes.io`** (GKE Warden\n rejects it). **DO NOT re-add `cloud.google.com/compute-class` on\n auto-created pools — GKE applies and auto-tolerates it. (Manual pools, by\n contrast, REQUIRE it as label + taint to bind.)**\n- `serviceAccount`: Identity for nodes (use custom SA with least privilege,\n not default).\n\n## `priorities[]` Fields\n\n- `machineFamily` / `machineType`: Intent vs. strict. Prefer family.\n- `minCores`, `minMemoryGb`: Lower bounds for intent-based matching.\n- `spot`: `true` for Spot, `false` for On-Demand.\n- `location.zones`: List of zones to attempt. **Cannot combine with\n `reservations.affinity: Specific`** (error: *location config with specific\n reservations enabled*) — with Specific reservations, zones come from\n `reservations.specific[].zones` and you keep only a policy-only\n `location.locationPolicy`.\n- `location.locationPolicy`: `ANY` (default; packs for utilization, tends to\n fill one zone) or `BALANCED` (best-effort even **node** spread across zones\n at scale-up — *infrastructure* layer; still scales up if a zone is short).\n Balances nodes, **not** pods — for even *pod* distribution add pod\n `topologySpreadConstraints`/`DoNotSchedule` (*workload* layer).\n- `reservations`: `affinity: Specific` or `None`.\n- `flexStart`: `{ enabled: true }` for DWS queued provisioning.\n- `gpu` / `tpu`: Accelerator requests (count, type, topology).\n- `nodepools`: (Standard Only) List of manual pool names to target.\n- `nodeSystemConfig`:\n - `linuxNodeConfig`: `sysctls` (e.g., `net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse: true`,\n `net.core.somaxconn: 4096`). **Never quote integer or boolean values.**\n - `kubeletConfig`: `cpuCfsQuota`, `podPidsLimit`, etc.\n- `secondaryBootDisks`: Attach secondary boot disks (e.g. pre-warmed container image disks) to auto-provisioned nodes for zero-delay container startup.\n- `bootDiskProfile`: Performance profile for boot disks (e.g. `BALANCED`).\n- `ephemeralLocalSsdProfile` / `dedicatedLocalSsdProfile`: Intent-based NVMe scratch space profiles.\n- `storage`: Set `bootDiskType`, `bootDiskSize`, and `localSSDCount`\n specifically for this priority. Overrides cluster/nodePoolConfig defaults.\n **This is the NODE boot disk, NOT the workload's data PV** — for attached\n PVs use a Kubernetes `StorageClass` (recommend the built-in `dynamic-rwo`\n with `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"` on GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+; see\n [provisioning methods](./compute-class-provisioning-methods.md)).\n\n## Important Schema Constraints\n\n- **Case Sensitivity**: `imageType` must be lowercase (e.g.,\n `cos_containerd`).\n- **Field Hallucinations**: NEVER use `spec.description`,\n `transparentHugepageEnabled`, or `shutdownGracePeriodSeconds`. They do not\n exist in the CRD.\n- **YAML Formatting**: ALWAYS use literal integers for fields like\n `bootDiskSize`, `minCores`, and `somaxconn`. **DO NOT wrap them in quotes.**\n - **Correct**: `bootDiskSize: 50`\n - **Incorrect**: `bootDiskSize: \"50\"`\n- **Storage**: Use `bootDiskSize`, NOT `bootDiskSizeGb`.\n\n## `whenUnsatisfiable`\n\n- `DoNotScaleUp` (Default): Pods stay `Pending`. Best for specific hardware\n needs.\n- `ScaleUpAnyway`: Provisions **E2** nodes on Standard with node pool\n auto-creation. Avoid for specialized workloads.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":6614,"content_sha256":"1eb9a0e6b87813751c73cb950ce0443c8be036e058a5503e75f7edd6f4d949a7"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-debug.md","content":"# GKE ComputeClasses: Debugging\n\n## First Check: GKE Version\n\nIf fields are ignored or fail with \"not supported,\" the control plane is likely\ntoo old.\n\n- **Verify CRD:** `kubectl describe crd computeclasses.cloud.google.com`\n- **Check Versions:** `gcloud container clusters describe \u003cCLUSTER>\n --format=\"value(currentMasterVersion,currentNodeVersion)\"`\n\n## Symptom 1: ComputeClass Config Error\n\nCheck `status.conditions` on the ComputeClass object via `kubectl describe\nComputeClass \u003cNAME>`.\n\n- **Common Error:** `location config with specific reservations enabled`.\n- **Fix:** Remove `location.zones` from the reservation priority — zones come\n from `reservations.specific[].zones` instead. Only `location.zones`\n collides; a policy-only `location.locationPolicy` (e.g. `BALANCED`) may\n remain.\n\n## Symptom 2: Scale-Up Failure (Pods Pending)\n\nCheck **Autoscaler Visibility logs**\n([docs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/cluster-autoscaler-visibility)).\n\n- **Log Filter:**\n `log_id(\"container.googleapis.com/cluster-autoscaler-visibility\")`\n- **Asset:** `assets/log-autoscaler-events.sh \u003ccluster-name>` (Live tail).\n\n| `messageId` | Meaning | Fix |\n| ----------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------ |\n| `scale.up.error.out.of.resources` | GCE stockout | Add zone/family |\n: : : fallbacks. :\n| `scale.up.error.quota.exceeded` | Project quota cap | Raise quota in |\n: : : target region. :\n| `scale.up.error.ip.space.exhausted` | Subnet full | Expand subnet |\n: : : ranges. :\n| `scale.up.no.scale.up` | No priority | Check Pod requests |\n: : matched : vs shapes. :\n\n## Symptom 3: Trapped in Pending (GPU Tolerations Missing)\n\n- **Symptom:** Pod requesting a GPU ComputeClass is stuck in `Pending` with\n `noScaleUp` logs.\n- **Cause:** GKE auto-taints GPU nodes (`nvidia.com/gpu:NoSchedule`).\n Scheduler refuses placement without a toleration.\n- **Fix:** Add toleration to pod spec:\n\n ```yaml\n tolerations:\n - key: \"nvidia.com/gpu\"\n operator: \"Exists\"\n effect: \"NoSchedule\"\n ```\n\n## Symptom 4: Wrong Nodes Provisioned (E2 Fallback Trap)\n\n- **Symptom:** Requested specific nodes (e.g., `C3` or `N4`), but GKE\n provisions default `E2` nodes.\n- **Cause:** `whenUnsatisfiable: ScaleUpAnyway` provisions generic E2 nodes to\n start the pod if preferred hardware fails.\n- **Fix:** Set `whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotScaleUp` to strictly enforce hardware\n list.\n\n## Symptom 5: Active Migration Blocked\n\n- **Symptom:** Spot capacity returned, but pods stuck on On-Demand nodes.\n- **Cause:** Pod Disruption Budgets (PDBs) block eviction. Active migration\n strictly honors PDBs.\n- **Fix:** Ensure PDBs allow at least 1 disruption. `maxUnavailable: 0` blocks\n migration.\n- **Common GKE blocker — system-managed pods:** Non-DaemonSet pods in system\n namespaces (`kube-system`, `gke-managed-*`, `gmp-system`) often carry tight\n PDBs + low replicas, so the source node cannot drain (also blocks ordinary\n scale-down). Check `kubectl get pdb -A` and the autoscaler `noScaleDown`\n reason; raise replicas to add PDB headroom or isolate them onto a separate\n ComputeClass.\n- **Note:** PDBs / `safe-to-evict` only gate *voluntary* disruption; Spot\n preemption is involuntary and ignores both.\n\n## Symptom 6: ImageType Fragmentation Bug (Pre-1.33.5)\n\n- **Symptom:** Autoscaler creates hundreds of tiny, fragmented node pools.\n- **Cause:** Explicitly defining `imageType: UBUNTU_CONTAINERD` (or COS) on\n versions older than 1.33.5-gke.1862000 (and 1.34.1-gke.2541000).\n- **Fix:** Upgrade cluster or temporarily remove `imageType`.\n\n## Symptom 7: Pods Ignoring ComputeClass\n\n- **Fixes:** Ensure pod has `nodeSelector: cloud.google.com/compute-class:\n \u003cNAME>`. **Translate non-GKE node selectors** — a generic/AWS-style\n `machine-family: c4` won't match; use GKE-native\n `cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4` (family) or\n `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type` (shape), or better, move the constraint\n into the ComputeClass `priorities[]`. Verify manual pools have correct\n label/taint. Check if Pod requests exceed priority bounds.\n\n## Symptom 8: \"ANY\" Reservation Bypasses Fallbacks\n\n- **Cause:** `reservations.affinity: AnyBestEffort` consumes On-Demand capacity at\n the GCE layer before evaluating your remaining ComputeClass priorities, preventing your intended fallback.\n- **Fix:** Use `affinity: AnyThenFail` (GKE 1.36.0-gke.3204000+) or `affinity: Specific` with named reservations.\n\n## Symptom 9: Disk/PV Attachment Fail\n\n- **Cause:** Mixing Gen 4 VMs (Hyperdisk) and Gen 2 (PD) in the same priority\n list.\n- **Fix:** Do not mix generations for workloads with attached PVs. **Or (GKE\n 1.35.3-gke.1290000+):** back the data PVs with the built-in `dynamic-rwo`\n StorageClass (`type: dynamic` + `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`) — the\n autoscaler becomes disk-topology-aware and scales up only compatible nodes,\n so a mixed-generation `priorities[]` no longer attach-fails.\n\n## Symptom 10: Zonal PV Deadlock (Pending Pods)\n\n- **Symptom:** StatefulSet pod is Pending because disk is in zone B but node\n is in zone A.\n- **Fix:** Do **not** hardcode `location` in priorities. Use a `StorageClass`\n with `volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer` so the disk provisions in the\n chosen node's zone — the built-in `dynamic-rwo` (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+)\n already sets this plus `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`.\n\n## Symptom 11: List Loops / Backoff\n\n- **Cause:** >10 priorities. Unobtainable shapes enter a 5-minute cooldown.\n Long lists expire upper-tier cooldowns before reaching the bottom, causing\n an infinite loop.\n- **Fix:** Trim list; remove redundant rules.\n\n## Symptom 12: Pods on Low-Priority Nodes\n\n- **Symptom:** Pods land on existing low-priority nodes (e.g., On-Demand)\n instead of triggering scale-up for available high-priority nodes (e.g.,\n Spot).\n- **Cause:** ComputeClass controls *node provisioning*, not *pod scheduling*.\n K8s schedules pods on any existing node with capacity before scaling up.\n- **Fix:**\n 1. **ActiveMigration:** Set `optimizeRulePriority: true` to eventually move\n workloads to higher-priority nodes.\n 2. **PriorityClass:** Use native K8s PriorityClass for pod-level\n preemption.\n 3. **Kueue:** Use Kueue for complex batch/AI/ML fair-sharing and queueing.\n\n## Useful Commands\n\n```bash\nkubectl get nodes -L cloud.google.com/compute-class\nkubectl get pods -A -o json | jq -r '.items[] | select(.spec.nodeSelector[\"cloud.google.com/compute-class\"]==\"\u003cname>\") | .metadata.name'\ngcloud logging read 'log_id(\"container.googleapis.com/cluster-autoscaler-visibility\")' --freshness=1h --limit=50\n```\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":7134,"content_sha256":"f408caf96260a18974254bc168a65261bab51f2858c37ffe4275b49e3818707c"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-gotchas-and-cuds.md","content":"\u003c!-- disableFinding(LINK_RELATIVE_G3DOC) -->\n\n# ComputeClass: Gotchas, CUDs & Constraints\n\n## Common Traps\n\n- **`AnyBestEffort` Reservation:** Consumes On-Demand capacity at the GCE level before evaluating your remaining ComputeClass priorities. Avoid if you want to fall back to Spot or cheaper families; use `AnyThenFail` (GKE 1.36.0-gke.3204000+) or `Specific` affinity.\n- **Reservations are Zonal:** Pin zones via `reservations.specific[].zones`.\n `location.zones` (per-priority or `priorityDefaults.location`) collides with\n `Specific` — omit it; a policy-only `location.locationPolicy: BALANCED` is\n fine.\n- **Disk Generation:**\n - **Gen 4** (`n4`, `c4`): Requires **Hyperdisk**.\n - **Gen 2** (`n2`, `c2`): Requires **Persistent Disk**.\n - *Rule:* For stateful PV workloads, do NOT mix Gen 2 and Gen 4 priorities\n (fallback attach fails -> `ContainerCreating` trap).\n - *Exception (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+):* back data PVs with the built-in\n `dynamic-rwo` StorageClass (`type: dynamic` +\n `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`). The autoscaler reads disk\n requirements and scales up only compatible nodes, so mixing generations\n in `priorities[]` becomes safe. See\n [Asset: dynamic-rwo-storageclass.yaml](../assets/dynamic-rwo-storageclass.yaml).\n - *Caveat:* `dynamic-rwo` only governs **newly provisioned** PVs. An\n **existing** PV already created as a fixed PD or Hyperdisk does **not**\n retroactively become flexible — migrate its data onto a\n `dynamic-rwo`-backed volume (snapshot/restore or app/DB-level copy;\n PD↔Hyperdisk is not an in-place conversion).\n - *Reference:*\n [Asset: postgres-primary-compute-class.yaml](../assets/postgres-primary-compute-class.yaml)\n\n## Provisioning Nuance\n\n- **DWS FlexStart:** Queued (~3 min). `maxRunDurationSeconds` doesn't help\n obtainability.\n- **ComputeClass ≠ Full Node API:** node pool auto-creation doesn't support\n every `gcloud node-pools create` flag. If missing, use a **Manual Pool**\n bound to the ComputeClass.\n\n## CUDs vs. Reservations\n\n- **Committed Use Discounts (CUDs):**\n - **Automatic Consumption:** GKE cluster autoscaler automatically consumes\n CUDs based on the machine family of the node provisioned. If you have an\n `n4` CUD, provisioning an `n4` VM automatically consumes the discount up\n to exhaustion.\n - **No Configuration Required:** A ComputeClass does **not** need to be\n specifically configured to consume CUDs. Consumption is implicit.\n - **Flexible CUDs (FlexCUDs):** Portable across most families (C3, N2,\n N4). The discount follows whichever family the ComputeClass provisions\n for the On-Demand floor.\n- **Reservations:**\n - **Explicit Configuration Required:** Unlike CUDs, capacity reservations\n are **not** automatically consumed. They must be explicitly configured\n and targeted via the Node Pool API (for manual pools) or within the\n ComputeClass `reservations` block (for node pool auto-creation).\n\n## System Configuration Allowlist\n\nGKE allows only specific `sysctls` and `kubeletConfig` fields.\n\n- **Check CRD:** `kubectl describe crd computeclasses.cloud.google.com` for\n the authoritative allowlist.\n- **Symptoms:** Unsupported keys show up in `status.conditions`.\n- **Version Gating:** Many fields (e.g. `singleProcessOOMKill`) require 1.33+\n or 1.34+.\n\n## Service Mesh / Networking Nuances\n\n- Nodes provisioned by ComputeClasses (especially via node pool auto-creation)\n must be compatible with existing network policies or service mesh (e.g.,\n Anthos/Istio) sidecar requirements.\n- Ensure any required taints or labels for mesh injection or network traffic\n routing are included in the `nodePoolConfig`. An intentional **dedication**\n taint is valid here; the only redundant one is\n `cloud.google.com/compute-class` — node pool auto-creation applies and\n auto-tolerates it, so don't re-add it. **Manual pools, by contrast, DO\n require it as label + taint to bind to the ComputeClass.** Note: a\n `nodePoolConfig.taints` key cannot contain the reserved `kubernetes.io`\n substring (GKE Warden rejects it).\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":4273,"content_sha256":"f7f7d1c64706ec7ba4fc4cf4bcc59cf62cf6e19d4863e5c7d6e95a1faadf7eb5"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-governance.md","content":"# Restricting ComputeClass Access (Governance)\n\nThree **independent** layers — each protects something the other can't. Use all\nthree for full governance.\n\nLayer | Protects | Mechanism | Asset\n--------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | -----\n**CRUD** | who can create/modify the CC **object** | RBAC `ClusterRole` | `computeclass-rbac-editor.yaml`\n**Consumption** | who can **request** a CC from a workload | `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` | `restrict-computeclass-usage-vap.yaml`\n**Scale-Up Cap**| **how much** capacity the CC can autoscale | `CapacityQuota` CRD | `capacity-quota-spillover.yaml`\n\n**Key point:** RBAC cannot restrict consumption. Referencing a CC from a Pod\nisn't a CRUD verb on the CC object — it's a field in the Pod/Deployment spec.\nRBAC governs the object; admission validation governs the spec; CapacityQuota\ngoverns the physical autoscaler footprint.\n\n**No native consumption field — don't hallucinate one.** The ComputeClass spec\nhas **no** `namespacePolicy`/`allowedNamespaces`/`allowedNamespacesPolicy` field\n(or any field) that restricts which namespaces may *consume* the class.\nConsumption control is **admission-only** (the VAP below).\n\n## 1. CRUD safeguard — RBAC\n\n- ComputeClass is a **cluster-scoped CRD** → use `ClusterRole` +\n `ClusterRoleBinding`, **not** a namespaced `Role`.\n- `apiGroups: [\"cloud.google.com\"]`, `resources: [\"computeclasses\"]`.\n- Tutorial verbs: `create`, `update`. **For a full lockdown also grant `patch`\n and `delete`** — otherwise a non-creator can still patch/delete an existing\n CC.\n- Bind to a **Google Group** (`kind: Group`, `name: ...@\u003cGROUP_DOMAIN>`) for\n centralized membership over per-user bindings.\n- Verify: `kubectl auth can-i create computeclasses.cloud.google.com\n --as=\u003cUSER>` (run for a member and a non-member).\n\n## 2. Consumption safeguard — ValidatingAdmissionPolicy (VAP)\n\nNative K8s admission (in-process CEL, **no webhook**). Policy = the CEL rules;\nBinding = scope + actions.\n\n**Three access paths — the CEL must close ALL of them, or it leaks:**\n\n1. `nodeSelector` → `cloud.google.com/compute-class: \u003cNAME>`.\n2. `nodeAffinity` → `matchExpressions` key `cloud.google.com/compute-class`,\n `In [\u003cNAME>]`.\n3. `tolerations` → tolerating the CC's `NoSchedule` taint, **including the\n wildcard** (`operator: Exists` with **no key**) which tolerates *every*\n taint and thus the restricted CC. A nodeSelector-only policy is the classic\n bypass.\n\n**Match every workload kind, not just Pods+Deployments.** The tutorial's\n`matchConstraints` lists only `pods` (core/v1) and `deployments` (apps/v1) —\nleaving `statefulsets`/`daemonsets`/`replicasets` (apps), `jobs`/`cronjobs`\n(batch) as bypasses. Controllers carry the spec at `spec.template.spec`\n(CronJob: `spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.spec`); bare Pods at `spec`.\n\n**Binding:**\n\n- `validationActions: [\"Deny\",\"Audit\"]` — Deny rejects; Audit logs to the K8s\n audit log. Run **Audit-only first** to find existing violators, then add\n Deny.\n- `failurePolicy: Fail` — fail closed.\n- Scope with `namespaceSelector.matchLabels` (e.g.\n `kubernetes.io/metadata.name: \u003cNS>`).\n- Apply: `kubectl apply -f restrict-computeclass-usage-vap.yaml`.\n\nDenial surfaces as: `admission webhook ... denied the request: This namespace\ncannot request ComputeClass \u003cNAME> ...`.\n\n## 3. Scale-up Safeguard — CapacityQuota (GKE 1.36.2+)\n\nA **CapacityQuota** (`autoscaling.x-k8s.io/v1beta1`) restricts the physical\ninfrastructure footprint (CPU, memory, GPUs, node count) that workloads consuming\na ComputeClass can provision via the Cluster Autoscaler.\n\n- **Class-wide Capping:** Target a class via `selector.matchLabels`:\n ```yaml\n selector:\n matchLabels:\n cloud.google.com/compute-class: \u003cCC_NAME>\n limits:\n resources:\n cpu: 32\n ```\n- **Priority Fallback / CUD Exhaustion Spillover Pattern:** Combine\n `compute-class` with `cloud.google.com/machine-family: \u003cPRIMARY_FAMILY>` in\n `matchLabels`. This caps the primary preferred machine family (e.g., `n4`\n capped at 100 CPU for a 100-core Committed Use Discount) without restricting\n secondary fallback priorities in the class (`n4d`, `c4`). When the primary\n family hits the CUD/quota limit, the Cluster Autoscaler rejects further\n scale-up of that family (`noScaleUp` event:\n `exceeded quota: \"CapacityQuota/\u003cNAME>\", resources: cpu`) and automatically\n spills over excess demand to the uncapped fallback families.\n\n- **Observability:**\n - Check validity: `status.conditions[type=\"cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/valid\"]` (`True` means valid and enforced).\n - Track capacity: `status.used.resources.\u003cresource>` shows physical usage on matched nodes after successful scale-up.\n- **Limitations:**\n - Do **not** specify `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type` in a CapacityQuota\n selector (GKE rejects it; use `ComputeClass.spec.priorities[].machineType` rules instead).\n - Enforced only by Cluster Autoscaler (manual cluster scaling can exceed limits).\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":5209,"content_sha256":"3a4fcdd127c1e2d4f4a6a6f5962ac25e7d3fa183023b80cc85bb3af3b081f0bb"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-karpenter-migration.md","content":"# ComputeClass: Migrating from Karpenter\n\n## Concept Mapping\n\n| Karpenter | GKE ComputeClass | Note |\n| --------------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------- |\n| `NodePool` | `ComputeClass` | Collapse multiple |\n: : : NodePools into :\n: : : `priorities[]`. :\n| `spec.weight` | **Order in `priorities[]`** | Top wins. Strictly |\n: : : ordered traversal. :\n| `instance-family In | `machineFamily: n4` | GCP equivalents: `m6i` |\n: [m6i]` : : -> `n4`, `c6i` -> :\n: : : `c4`. :\n| `capacity-type: spot` | `spot: true` | Declare per priority. |\n| `consolidateAfter: | `consolidationDelayMinutes: | Floor is 1 minute. |\n: 30s` : 1` : :\n| `drift` | `activeMigration: { | Honors PDBs. |\n: : optimizeRulePriority\\: true : :\n: : }` : :\n| `disruption.budgets` | **PodDisruptionBudget | Standard K8s resource. |\n: : (PDB)** : :\n\n## Family Translation (AWS -> GCP)\n\n- **General Purpose:** `m5/m6i` -> `n2 / n4`.\n- **Compute Optimized:** `c5/c6i` -> `c2 / c4`.\n- **AMD:** `m5a/m6a` -> `n2d / n4d`.\n- **ARM:** `c7g/m7g` -> `c4a / n4a`.\n- **Memory Optimized:** `r5/r6i` -> `n2-highmem / n4-highmem`.\n\n## Key Behavioral Differences\n\n- **Fast-fail Traversal:** ComputeClass falls through to next priority\n immediately on failure. No probabilistic selection.\n- **Spec Changes:** Updating ComputeClass doesn't drift nodes automatically\n unless `activeMigration` is enabled.\n- **Drift Throttling:** GKE does not have a global drift delay (like\n 'consolidateAfter'). You must use PDBs on your deployments to throttle\n activeMigration (drift) rates.\n- **Spot vs OD:** On GCP, Spot/OD often share capacity for CPU. Always include\n an OD floor.\n- **No Topology in ComputeClass:** Set `topologySpreadConstraints` on the Pod,\n not the ComputeClass.\n- **`whenUnsatisfiable`:** Karpenter's \"any VM\" doesn't match GKE's\n `ScaleUpAnyway` (which picks E2). Use `DoNotScaleUp` and accept `Pending`.\n\n## Sharp Edge: translate Pod selectors to GKE-native labels\n\nThe #1 post-migration trap. Karpenter/EKS Pod `nodeSelector`/affinity uses\nAWS-style or generic keys that GKE's autoscaler does **not** recognize — the Pod\nstays `Pending` with `noScaleUp` (no priority matches).\n\n- **Machine family:** generic `machine-family: c4` → GKE\n `cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4`.\n- **Machine shape/type:** AWS `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type: m6i.4xlarge`\n → GKE shape `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type: n4-standard-16` (both keys\n are real: `cloud.google.com/machine-family` = family,\n `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type` = shape).\n- **Better:** drop the node-label selector entirely and select the\n ComputeClass — `nodeSelector: { cloud.google.com/compute-class: \u003cNAME> }` —\n letting `priorities[]` choose the family/shape.\n- **GPU Pods:** also add the GPU toleration (`nvidia.com/gpu: Exists`) — GKE\n auto-taints GPU nodes; missing it is another common `noScaleUp` cause (see\n SKILL CRITICAL GPU-TAINT RULE).\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":3662,"content_sha256":"58b7c1f8cead54c8988493b93081c0f9792f805c988ff6465ebf545451078d08"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-lifecycle.md","content":"# ComputeClass: Lifecycle, Drift & Updates\n\n## Consolidation (Scale-down)\n\nControlled via `spec.autoscalingPolicy`.\n\n- `consolidationDelayMinutes`: Floor is **1 minute**.\n- `consolidationThreshold`: CPU utilization % (0 = always candidate).\n- `gpuConsolidationThreshold`: Accelerator utilization %.\n- *Note:* Maintenance windows do **not** block consolidation. Use PDBs to\n suppress disruption.\n- *Blockers:* Local storage, 'safe-to-evict: false', and bare pods block\n scale-down. **DaemonSets do NOT block scale-down by default.** If empty\n nodes aren't scaling down, look for other blocking system pods.\n- **System Pod Segregation**: Since non-DaemonSet system pods (e.g., in\n `kube-system` namespace) often have tight PDBs or single replicas that block\n scale-down, **always recommend segregating system pods into a dedicated\n system ComputeClass/node pool** (using `system-pool-compute-class.yaml`).\n This isolates the system pods and keeps them from blocking the consolidation\n of Spot/workload nodes.\n\n## ActiveMigration (Drift Reconciliation)\n\nReconciles pods back to higher-priority rules (e.g. moving from fallback On-Demand back to preferred Spot or C3) when capacity becomes obtainable again.\n\n- `optimizeRulePriority: true`: Enables the drift controller.\n- **Drift Reconciliation Loop**: Periodically evaluates running pods against the ComputeClass `priorities[]` ladder. When higher-priority capacity becomes available (e.g. 5-minute stockout cooldown expires or new Spot capacity is energized), the controller provisions preferred nodes and initiates voluntary evictions to pull workloads up the ladder.\n- **Voluntary Disruption Contract**: Active Migration calls the Kubernetes Eviction API and strictly respects `PodDisruptionBudgets` (PDBs). Without a PDB, evictions occur as fast as new nodes become ready.\n- **Blockers to Active Migration**:\n - Tight PDBs (`maxUnavailable: 0` or `minAvailable: 100%`) block eviction entirely.\n - Non-DaemonSet system pods in `kube-system` without PDBs (DaemonSets are stripped via `podutils.FilterRecreatablePods` and do NOT block drain).\n - `cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: \"false\"` annotation blocks node removal.\n - `cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: \"on-completion\"` defers active migration until the pod terminates naturally.\n\n### Blue-Green & Canary Rollout Protection Against Active Migration Churn\n\nDuring phased blue-green or canary deployments (e.g., 10% -> 30% -> 60% -> 100% traffic shifts), `activeMigration` can cause severe rollout churn by voluntarily evicting newly scheduled Green pods to optimize node placement while the pods are warming up or receiving test traffic.\n\n#### Why PDBs are Superior to Pod Template Annotations\n\n- **Pod Template Annotations (`safe-to-evict: false`)**: Adding or modifying `cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: \"false\"` inside `spec.template.metadata.annotations` mutates the `PodTemplateSpec` hash. This triggers an **immediate rolling restart** of the entire Deployment, causing unwanted downtime.\n- **Rollout-Scoped PodDisruptionBudgets (`maxUnavailable: 0`)**: Managing a standalone PDB scoped specifically to the Green version (`matchLabels: version: green`) operates completely out-of-band via admission control in memory:\n - Causes **zero pod restarts** (no modification to Deployment or ReplicaSet spec).\n - Blocks voluntary `activeMigration` and node consolidation during the release window.\n - Can be dynamically relaxed to standard production budgets (e.g., `maxUnavailable: 25%`) via `kubectl patch` once cutover reaches 100%.\n\n#### 3-Stage Rollout Lifecycle Pattern\n\n1. **Stage 1: Deploy Green + Guard PDB**\n - Apply Green rollout PDB with `maxUnavailable: 0` targeting `version: green`.\n - Deploy `my-service-green` Deployment.\n - Green pods schedule and initialize; `activeMigration` is blocked from evicting them.\n2. **Stage 2: Phased Traffic Shift (10% -> 30% -> 60% -> 100%)**\n - Shift traffic incrementally across validation windows.\n - Green pods remain stable on their provisioned nodes without eviction churn.\n3. **Stage 3: Cutover & Relax PDB**\n - 100% traffic routed to Green; Blue Deployment and Blue PDB decommissioned.\n - Patch Green PDB to operational budget (`maxUnavailable: 25%`) to re-enable background `activeMigration` node shape optimization.\n\n#### PDB Safety and Edge Cases\n\n| Scenario | Behavior Under `maxUnavailable: 0` | Impact / Safety Mechanism |\n|---|---|---|\n| **Pod creation & scale-up** | ReplicaSet creates pods via the direct Pod Create API. | **No impact**: PDBs are not consulted during pod creation. |\n| **ActiveMigration / Consolidation** | Cluster Autoscaler queries Eviction API; eviction rejected (`disruptionsAllowed: 0`). | **Desired**: Pods remain stable on nodes during rollout. |\n| **Involuntary node loss (Spot preemption / host failure)** | Hypervisor reclaims VM (involuntary disruption, bypasses Eviction API). | **Self-healing**: ReplicaSet detects missing ready replicas and spawns replacements via Pod Create API immediately. |\n| **Rollout abort / rollback** | CI/CD scales replicas to 0 or deletes Green Deployment. | **Safe**: Pod Delete API bypasses PDBs; pods terminate immediately. |\n| **Node auto-upgrades** | GKE node drain queries Eviction API and pauses until drain timeout. | **Low risk**: Node upgrades wait for rollout completion. |\n\n```yaml\n# 1. Rollout Guard PDB (Stage 1)\napiVersion: policy/v1\nkind: PodDisruptionBudget\nmetadata:\n name: my-service-green-pdb\n namespace: default\nspec:\n maxUnavailable: 0\n selector:\n matchLabels:\n app: my-service\n version: green\n---\n# 2. Green Deployment\napiVersion: apps/v1\nkind: Deployment\nmetadata:\n name: my-service-green\n namespace: default\nspec:\n replicas: 10\n selector:\n matchLabels:\n app: my-service\n version: green\n template:\n metadata:\n labels:\n app: my-service\n version: green\n spec:\n nodeSelector:\n cloud.google.com/compute-class: \"general-workloads\"\n containers:\n - name: app\n image: gcr.io/my-project/my-service:v2.0.0\n resources:\n requests:\n cpu: \"2\"\n memory: \"4Gi\"\n```\n\n> **CRITICAL K8S DISTINCTION:** PDBs and `safe-to-evict: false` ONLY protect against *voluntary* disruptions (ActiveMigration, scale-down, upgrades). They **DO NOT** prevent *involuntary* Spot VM preemptions. Spot nodes can be reclaimed at any time, regardless of PDBs.\n\n## Updating a ComputeClass\n\n- **No Retroactive Change:** Updating a ComputeClass does **not** change existing nodes.\n- **New Nodes Only:** Only nodes created after the update use the new spec.\n- **Drift Behavior:**\n - *Without ActiveMigration:* Old-spec nodes persist until rescheduled (rollout, drain, preemption).\n - *With ActiveMigration:* Controller drifts pods toward nodes matching the updated (higher-priority) spec.\n- **Disruption-Sensitive:** For training/stateful roles, schedule updates for maintenance windows or drain manually.\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":7121,"content_sha256":"2acf72976a772282126534d9c107b014ff61be8305da81daeb814f5f99d02e0e"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-prioritization.md","content":"# ComputeClass: Prioritization, Logic & Fallbacks\n\n## Traversal & Tie-Breaking\n\n- **Sequential:** Evaluated top-to-bottom. Unobtainable shapes enter a **5-minute cooldown**. Keep priority lists compact (aim for ≤6–8 rungs).\n- **Tie-break (No Score):** Top entry wins. If multiple shapes match one rule, lowest unit cost wins.\n- **Tie-break (`priorityScore`):** Int 1–1000 (Higher = Preferred). If one rule has a score, **all** must. Max **3 rules per score**. Tied rules evaluated together; lowest cost wins. (GKE 1.35.2+).\n- **Equal-Score Zonal Balancing (Round-Robin)**: Since GKE reservations are zonal, to achieve balanced scale-up across multiple zones (e.g., `us-central1-a`, `b`, and `c`), you can define separate priority rules for each zone and assign them the **exact same `priorityScore`**. GKE will evaluate these tied zonal rules together, performing a round-robin selection to achieve roughly equal zonal distribution of nodes. Note that this requires using specific reservation names per zone.\n\n## Cooldown & Fallback Mechanics in Practice\n\n- **5-Minute Fixed Cooldown**: When a scale-up fails due to stockout (`scale.up.error.out.of.resources` / `ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED`), Cluster Autoscaler applies a 5-minute cooldown to that priority rule. Unlike standard node pool MIG backoffs, this cooldown is fixed (not exponential).\n- **Cooldown Prolongation Across Rungs**: When sequential stockouts occur down the priority ladder, each failure resets the 5-minute cooldown timer for all previously failing rungs in that ComputeClass. This pushes Cluster Autoscaler forward toward the first obtainable priority rather than immediately restarting from the top after individual MIG backoffs expire.\n- **Fallback Floor Safety Guarantee**: The final priority rule in `priorities[]` (and implicit `ScaleUpAnyway` rule) is **never backed off** by the ComputeClass cooldown, guaranteeing an active fallback floor.\n- **Zonal vs Regional Cooldown Scope**:\n - *Legacy GKE Behavior (\u003c 1.36.3-gke.1244000)*: In GKE versions prior to `1.36.3-gke.1244000`, a single-zone stockout on a declarative rule triggers a **regional** ~5-minute cooldown across all zones for that priority tier.\n - *Modern GKE Behavior (≥ 1.36.3-gke.1244000)*: Starting in GKE `1.36.3-gke.1244000+`, stockout cooldowns are strictly **zonal** (failing zone enters cooldown, while healthy zones continue provisioning the preferred tier). Quota errors (`QUOTA_EXCEEDED`) remain regional across all zones.\n- **Zonal Cooldown Cascades & Mitigations**:\n - *Root Cause*: Unconstrained pods with `locationPolicy: BALANCED` do not trigger cascades on their own (the autoscaler skews provisioning to healthy zones). Cascades to the bottom tier occur when **zonally constrained workloads** (pods bound to a zonal PersistentVolume or rigid zonal `nodeSelector`/affinity) demand capacity in a stocked-out zone, forcing evaluation of subsequent fallback rungs.\n - *Mitigation 1 (Intermediate Rungs)*: Insert intermediate machine family rungs (e.g. `c4` -> `c3` -> `n4` -> `n2d`) instead of a steep drop from scarce hardware directly to baseline `e2`/`n2d`.\n - *Mitigation 2 (Stateful Workload Isolation)*: Isolate stateful and zonally constrained workloads into a dedicated ComputeClass separate from the stateless fleet.\n - *Mitigation 3 (`dynamic-rwo` StorageClass)*: Back stateful workloads with `dynamic-rwo` (`type: dynamic`, `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`), enabling disk-topology-aware scaling.\n- **Manual `nodepools` Priority Traps**:\n - Rules referencing existing manual node pools via `priorities[].nodepools` do **not** use ComputeClass cooldown prolongation; they rely solely on standard 5-minute GCE MIG backoffs.\n - With sprawling manual pool lists (e.g. 10+ pools across multiple zones), early MIG backoffs expire before lower tiers are evaluated, causing Cluster Autoscaler to bounce back to the top of the priority list and loop indefinitely without reaching lower tiers.\n - *Best Practice*: Prefer declarative `machineFamily` rules with `nodePoolAutoCreation.enabled: true`. If manual pools must be used, cap total manual pools at **6–8 node pools**.\n- **`flexStart` Ordering Rule**:\n - DWS Flex Start priorities use queued capacity provisioning, which takes 3–15+ minutes to return a stockout signal.\n - If placed high or middle in `priorities[]`, higher-tier backoffs expire during the queue wait, resetting Cluster Autoscaler to the top of the ladder.\n - *Best Practice*: Always place `flexStart: true` at the **very end** of `priorities[]`.\n- **`min-nodes` Interaction with Scheduler**:\n - `kube-scheduler` places incoming pods on existing idle capacity (held warm by `min-nodes`) *before* Cluster Autoscaler evaluates ComputeClass priorities.\n - If lower-priority manual pools have idle capacity due to high `min-nodes`, pods immediately schedule onto those lower-priority nodes, bypassing preferred ComputeClass tiers entirely.\n - *Best Practice*: Set `min-nodes` to 0 on manual pools and use `CapacityBuffer` (or upcoming `spec.minimumCapacity.targetNodeCount`) for warm headroom.\n- **GKE 1.36+ Synchronous Obtainability**:\n - Starting in GKE 1.36, Cluster Autoscaler queries an internal capacity obtainability service synchronously in memory before issuing VM creation calls.\n - It skips currently exhausted machine families in memory without generating GCE API errors or tripping 5-minute cooldowns.\n- **Coarse Heuristics of `advice.capacity`**:\n - The `gcloud beta compute advice capacity` CLI returns discrete Spot/Flex probability buckets (`0.1`, `0.5`, `0.9`). Google does not expose public real-time on-demand obtainability APIs.\n - Declare preferred ordering in ComputeClasses; Cluster Autoscaler arbitrates obtainability at runtime.\n\n## Fallback Patterns\n\nPattern | Priority Order | Rationale | Asset\n-------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----\nInference | Res -> OD -> DWS -> Spot | Accelerator node startup is slow. Avoid Spot preemption risk for latency-sensitive serving. | `genai-inference-g4-compute-class.yaml`\nProd Training | Res -> DWS -> OD -> Spot | DWS wait acceptable. Spot preemption disruptive. Put DWS before Spot; Flex at bottom of non-preemptible tiers. | `tpu-v5e-training-compute-class.yaml`\nDev Training | Spot -> OD | Spot for cost; OD floor unblocks dev. |\nCost Batch | Spot -> OD | Use `priorityScore` to pick cheapest Spot family. | `spot-cost-tiebreak-compute-class.yaml`\nLatency Hybrid | Manual -> Auto-creation | Skip auto-creation delay by hitting warm pools (limit manual pools to ≤6–8). | `manual-pool-tiebreak-compute-class.yaml`\n\n## Key Rules\n\n- **No repetition:** Doesn't improve obtainability.\n- **Vary dimensions:** Zone, Family, Capacity (Spot/OD), **machine size (cores)**.\n- **Size obtainability (large shapes are scarce):** Shapes **>32 vCPU** draw from thinner capacity pools and hit `out.of.resources` stockouts far more than ≤32-core shapes. A ComputeClass pinned to large machines **only** has no escape hatch → `Pending`. Add **smaller-core fallback priorities** *if the workload allows it*. **Gate on Pod requests:** node auto-creation sizes nodes to Pod *requests*, so a single pod requesting >32 vCPU **cannot** land on a smaller node — only horizontally-scalable workloads (many small pods that bin-pack) benefit. For a genuinely large single pod, vary **zone/family** instead, not cores.\n- **Always include a floor:** End with high-availability OD (e.g., N4/E2) to prevent `Pending`.\n- **Stateful Gen Isolation:** For PV workloads, do NOT mix hardware generations (e.g., all Gen 4 OR all Gen 2) in `priorities[]`. Mixing causes Hyperdisk vs PD attachment failures. **Exception (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+):** with the built-in `dynamic-rwo` StorageClass (`type: dynamic` + `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`) the autoscaler scales up only disk-compatible nodes, so it skips the incompatible-generation priority instead of attach-failing — mixing generations is then safe.\n- **Mixed Architectures:** Mix ARM (`n4a`) and x86 (`n4`) in `priorities[]`. Autoscaler skips incompatible shapes based on Pod constraints. **Must use multi-platform image builds.**\n- **Spot Availability:** For CPU, if OD is out, Spot usually is too. For Accelerators, Spot often has capacity when OD doesn't.\n\n","content_type":"text/markdown; charset=utf-8","language":"markdown","size":8743,"content_sha256":"6ba89d31a1c684f60f6db66069872f920cccff4b56a5fa542bd834d036972a8e"},{"filename":"references/compute-class-provisioning-methods.md","content":"# ComputeClass: Provisioning Methods & Binding\n\n## node pool auto-creation vs. Manual Node Pools\n\n| Method | Description | Pinning via `nodepools` |\n| --------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------- |\n| **node pool | Autoscaler creates/deletes pools | ❌ (Ephemeral names) |\n: auto-creation** : dynamically at the ComputeClass : :\n: : level. **Does NOT require : :\n: : cluster-level Node Auto : :\n: : Provisioning.** : :\n| **Manual** | Pre-provisioned by admin. Faster | ✅ (Stable names) |\n: : scheduling. : :\n\n1. Node pool is a GKE API resource, not a Kubernetes CRD.\n2. On regional clusters, auto-created node pools are regional by default\n3. No way to set a prefix or custom name for auto-created node pools\n\n### Custom Node Initialization\n\nComputeClass node pool auto-creation dynamically manages nodes and **does not\nnatively support custom UserData or startup scripts** via the `nodePoolConfig`.\nTo initialize nodes:\n\n1. **Privileged DaemonSets (Recommended):** Deploy a DaemonSet with an\n `initContainer` to perform host-level setup or install proprietary\n monitoring agents.\n2. **Custom OS Images:** GKE supports custom OS images via the\n [gke-custom-image-builder](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gke-custom-image-builder-cos)\n (Private preview; contact account team), though DaemonSets are the primary\n K8s-native workaround.\n\n### Hybrid Strategy\n\nPut manual pools at the top for zero-latency scheduling; use node pool\nauto-creation fallbacks below for infinite scale.\n\n## Stateful Workloads & Storage\n\nFor Zonal PVs, use `volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer` in the\n`StorageClass` to avoid cross-zone deadlocks between disks and autoscaled nodes.\n\n**Recommended (GKE 1.35.3-gke.1290000+): the built-in `dynamic-rwo`\nStorageClass** (`type: dynamic`, `pd-type: pd-balanced`, `hyperdisk-type:\nhyperdisk-balanced`, `use-allowed-disk-topology: \"true\"`).\n`use-allowed-disk-topology` makes the **Cluster Autoscaler disk-topology-aware**\n— it reads the workload's disk requirements and scales up **only disk-compatible\nnode options** (\"machine serenity\"), skipping incompatible-generation priorities\ninstead of provisioning a node that then fails PV attach. This is what lets a\nstateful ComputeClass keep a broad `priorities[]` fallback list across machine\nfamilies/generations safely (see\n[Gen Isolation exception](./compute-class-prioritization.md)). Built-in on\nsupported clusters (reference by name; no need to create); asset\n`dynamic-rwo-storageclass.yaml` documents its contents. NOTE: this is the\n**data-PV StorageClass**, distinct from `priorities[].storage.bootDiskType` (the\nnode boot disk).\n\n## Intent-based vs. Strict Configuration\n\n- **Intent-based (Preferred):** `machineFamily: n4`, `minCores: 16`. Allows\n GKE to find best-fit shape or substitute families.\n- **Strict:** `machineType: n4-standard-16`. Pins to exact SKU.\n\n## Binding Manual Pools to ComputeClass\n\nManual pools must be labeled/tainted to be eligible for a ComputeClass (unless\nit's the cluster default).\n\n```bash\ngcloud container node-pools update \u003cPOOL> \\\n --node-labels=\"cloud.google.com/compute-class=\u003cCLASS-NAME>\" \\\n --node-taints=\"cloud.google.com/compute-class=\u003cCLASS-NAME>:NoSchedule\"\n```\n\nWhen using node pool auto-creation, ComputeClasses auto-tolerate these taints;\nworkloads do **not** need matching tolerations.\n\n## Default Class Selection\n\n- **Cluster Default:** Create ComputeClass named `default` + enable feature on\n cluster.\n- **Namespace Default:** Label NS\n `cloud.google.com/default-compute-class=\u003cname>`.\n- **Workload Selection:** `nodeSelector: cloud.google.com/compute-class:\n \u003cname>`.\n\n## Integration with Kueue (Batch/Job Queuing)\n\nFor AI/ML batch workloads, use **Kueue** to manage quotas and job admission,\nwhile relying on **ComputeClasses** to handle hardware provisioning (fallback\nrouting between Spot, DWS, and On-Demand).\n\nTo map a Kueue `ResourceFlavor` to a ComputeClass, use the node label in the\nflavor definition:\n\n```yaml\napiVersion: kueue.x-k8s.io/v1beta1\nkind: ResourceFlavor\nmetadata:\n name: \"ccc-flavor\"\nspec:\n nodeLabels:\n cloud.google.com/compute-class: \"your-compute-class-name\"\n```\n\nWhen Kueue admits the job, it automatically injects this `nodeSelector` into the\nPod. The GKE Autoscaler will then provision hardware according to the\nComputeClass's prioritized fallback list.\n\n## Standby & Headroom Patterns: `min-nodes` vs `CapacityBuffer` vs `minimumCapacity`\n\n| Mechanism | Scope / Type | Interaction with ComputeClass Priorities | Recommendation |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| **Manual `--min-nodes`** | Static floor on individual manual node pool | **Anti-pattern**: `kube-scheduler` assigns incoming pods to idle nodes held by `min-nodes` *before* Cluster Autoscaler evaluates ComputeClass priorities. If configured on fallback pools, workloads permanently schedule on fallback hardware, completely bypassing preferred tiers. | **Avoid on fallback pools**. Set `min-nodes: 0` when using ComputeClasses. |\n| **`CapacityBuffer` CRD (`autoscaling.x-k8s.io`)** | Dynamic or fixed balloon placeholder pods | **Recommended Golden Path**: Uses low/negative `PriorityClass` balloon pods to pre-warm nodes dynamically or by fixed count. Real workloads preempt balloon pods instantly without waiting 60–120s for node auto-creation, while Cluster Autoscaler continues evaluating ComputeClass priority tiers. | **Current Golden Path** for fast startup / bursty serving without priority bypass. |\n| **`spec.minimumCapacity.targetNodeCount`** | Native ComputeClass CRD field (In-tree GKE) | **In-Tree Native Mechanism**: Reconciled directly by Cluster Autoscaler using synthetic in-memory fake pods (`pkg/computeclass/processors/min_capacity_pod_list_processor.go`) against the ComputeClass priority ladder. | Planned native replacement for balloon pods once enabled/released in GKE. |\n\n### Why Manual `min-nodes` Bypasses ComputeClass Fallbacks\n\n```\nIncoming Pod (Selects ComputeClass: Preferred C4 -> Fallback N2)\n |\n v\n+---------------------------------------------------------+\n| Kubernetes kube-scheduler (Evaluates existing capacity) |\n+---------------------------------------------------------+\n |\n +---> Are there existing nodes with free capacity?\n |\n +--[YES, idle N2 nodes held by min-nodes: 20]---> Pod scheduled on N2 immediately!\n | (ComputeClass C4 evaluation BYPASSED)\n |\n +--[NO, cluster is fully utilized]--------------> Pod stays Pending\n |\n v\n +--------------------------------------------+\n | Cluster Autoscaler evaluates ComputeClass: |\n | 1. Try C4 (Scale-up) |\n | 2. 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