---
title: "Force Scale Up"
method: POST
path: "/admin/scaling/scale-up"
tags: ["admin-scaling"]
---

# Force Scale Up

`POST /admin/scaling/scale-up`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.oxlo.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.oxlo.ai/admin/scaling/scale-up`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Force scale up by creating a new pod for a specific GPU tier.

Args:
    tier: GPU tier to scale up - "l40s", "t4", "a100" (default: l40s)

Works in both normal mode (requires RUNPOD_API_KEY) and dry run mode.
Returns the created/simulated pod info for UI feedback.

## Query parameters

- `tier` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/oxlo/apis/oxlo-backend.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/oxlo/apis/oxlo-backend/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/oxlo/apis/oxlo-backend/revisions/bc2ecdc94f31?raw)