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// * serverless/knative-serving/autoscaling/serverless-autoscaling-developer.adoc

:_mod-docs-content-type: REFERENCE
[id="serverless-autoscaling-developer-maxscale_{context}"]
= Maximum scale bounds

The maximum number of replicas that can serve an application is determined by the `max-scale` annotation. If the `max-scale` annotation is not set, there is no upper limit for the number of replicas created.

.Example service spec with `max-scale` annotation
[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: example-service
  namespace: default
spec:
  template:
    metadata:
      annotations:
        autoscaling.knative.dev/max-scale: "10"
...
----