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      "text": "THE FIX — Two changes required:",
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      "text": "① Scale on RPS, not CPU\n   HPA metric: http_requests_per_second\n   RPS is unaffected by GC CPU spikes\n   Use KEDA or Prometheus Adapter",
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      "text": "Reference: SRE with Java Microservices — \"Autoscale on throughput metrics, not CPU — GC pauses create false CPU spikes that mislead HPA\"",
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