Scaling without operator

[tarunh9]

We have a ScaledObject that only uses CPU and memory triggers (no external scalers).

If we temporarily scale the keda-operator deployment down to 0, but keep the keda-operator-metrics-apiserver running, will the HPA created by this ScaledObject continue to scale based on CPU and memory?

My assumption is that it will still work, since those ContainerResource metrics come from the standard Kubernetes metrics-server and shouldn't have a runtime dependency on the KEDA operator pod.

Can anyone confirm if this understanding is correct?