Proxy Service and Deployment are not getting created in app namespace

[noor-muradi]

Steps followed to install Kedacore and Keda HTTP addon,

1. both kedacore and keda http addons are installed in same namespace called "keda" using helm chart.
2. created a httpScaledObject using below yaml.

kind: HTTPScaledObject
apiVersion: http.keda.sh/v1alpha1
metadata:
    name: jenkins
spec:
    hosts:
        - ci.example.com
    pathPrefixes:
        - /login
    scaleTargetRef:
        name: jenkins
        kind: Deployment
        apiVersion: apps/v1
        service: jenkins-svc
        port: 80
    replicas:
        min: 1
        max: 3
    scaledownPeriod: 60
    scalingMetric:
        requestRate:
            granularity: 1s
            targetValue: 100
            window: 1m

Issue I am facing:

The httpScaledObject is supposed to create a proxy deployment and service inside my app namespace, httpScaledObject gets created successfully, but not the proxy service and deployment.

http-controller-manager logs:

025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Creating App ScaledObject {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "reconciler.appObjects": "addObjects", "HTTPScaledObject.name": "jenkins", "HTTPScaledObject.namespace": "jenkins", "ScaledObject": {"kind":"ScaledObject","apiVersion":"keda.sh/v1alpha1","metadata":{"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins","creationTimestamp":null,"annotations":{"kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration":"{\"apiVersion\":\"http.keda.sh/v1alpha1\",\"kind\":\"HTTPScaledObject\",\"metadata\":{\"annotations\":{},\"name\":\"jenkins\",\"namespace\":\"jenkins\"},\"spec\":{\"hosts\":[\"ci.example.com\"],\"pathPrefixes\":[\"/login\"],\"replicas\":{\"max\":3,\"min\":1},\"scaleTargetRef\":{\"apiVersion\":\"apps/v1\",\"kind\":\"Deployment\",\"name\":\"jenkins\",\"port\":80,\"service\":\"jenkins-svc\"},\"scaledownPeriod\":60,\"scalingMetric\":{\"requestRate\":{\"granularity\":\"1s\",\"targetValue\":100,\"window\":\"1m\"}}}}\n"},"ownerReferences":[{"apiVersion":"http.keda.sh/v1alpha1","kind":"HTTPScaledObject","name":"jenkins","uid":"60804316-9d71-402b-9c24-154f39ac3a87","controller":true,"blockOwnerDeletion":true}]},"spec":{"scaleTargetRef":{"name":"jenkins","apiVersion":"apps/v1","kind":"Deployment"},"pollingInterval":15,"cooldownPeriod":60,"minReplicaCount":1,"maxReplicaCount":3,"advanced":{"restoreToOriginalReplicaCount":true,"scalingModifiers":{}},"triggers":[{"type":"external-push","metadata":{"httpScaledObject":"jenkins","scalerAddress":"keda-add-ons-http-external-scaler.keda:9090"}}]},"status":{}}} 2025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Updating status on HTTPScaledObject {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "resource version": "352368023"} 2025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Updated status on HTTPScaledObject {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "resource version": "352368036"} 2025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Updating status on HTTPScaledObject {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "resource version": "352368036"} 2025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Updated status on HTTPScaledObject {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "resource version": "352368038"} 2025-08-28T08:09:08Z INFO Reconcile success {"controller": "httpscaledobject", "controllerGroup": "http.keda.sh", "controllerKind": "HTTPScaledObject", "HTTPScaledObject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}, "namespace": "jenkins", "name": "jenkins", "reconcileID": "622b3384-8411-49c1-a5a5-6863c956355f", "httpscaledobject": {"name":"jenkins","namespace":"jenkins"}}

[noor-muradi]

I was misunderstanding, the Keda HTTP addon does not install any service or deployment proxy in target namespace, we need to use the keda-add-ons-http-interceptor-proxy service created in the namespace where the Keda HTTP addon is installed for referring it in ingress object (in my case it was Keda namespace), the workaround is to create an external DNS service in the target namespace, or install the addon in target namespace.