diff --git a/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.test.ts b/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.test.ts
index e8dcb89..bab4d3f 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import type { ObjectResult, Plan, ReleaseStatus, Run } from "@swiss/lib/api";
+import type { LLMScalerStatus, ObjectResult, Plan, ReleaseStatus, Run } from "@swiss/lib/api";
 import {
   age,
   defaultContainer,
@@ -191,6 +191,31 @@ describe("installSteps", () => {
   it("calls a deleted ModelRoute bad", () => {
     expect(installSteps(status(), route({ missing: true }) as never, {})[2]!.state).toBe("bad");
   });
+
+  const scaler = (s: LLMScalerStatus) => ({
+    result: { ref: { apiVersion: "v1", kind: "LLMScaler", name: "s" } } as ObjectResult,
+    status: s,
+  });
+
+  it("treats ScalingDeferred NotDeferred as steady", () => {
+    expect(installSteps(status(), {}, scaler({
+      currentReplicas: 2,
+      desiredReplicas: 2,
+      conditions: [{ type: "ScalingDeferred", status: "False", reason: "NotDeferred" }],
+    }))[3]).toEqual({ key: "scaler", state: "ok", detail: "steady", params: { n: 2 } });
+  });
+  it("reports Ready False as failing", () => {
+    expect(installSteps(status(), {}, scaler({
+      conditions: [{ type: "Ready", status: "False", reason: "MetricsUnavailable" }],
+    }))[3]).toEqual({ key: "scaler", state: "bad", detail: "failing", params: { reason: "MetricsUnavailable" } });
+  });
+  it("waits while ScalingDeferred is true", () => {
+    expect(installSteps(status(), {}, scaler({
+      currentReplicas: 2,
+      desiredReplicas: 3,
+      conditions: [{ type: "ScalingDeferred", status: "True", reason: "RolloutInProgress" }],
+    }))[3]).toEqual({ key: "scaler", state: "wait", detail: "deferred", params: { reason: "RolloutInProgress" } });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("age", () => {
diff --git a/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.ts b/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.ts
index a123e95..75beb8d 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.ts
+++ b/web/src/modules/inferences/lib.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
   Run,
 } from "@swiss/lib/api";
 import { isUninstalling } from "@swiss/lib/phase";
+import { scalerHealth } from "@swiss/lib/scaler";
 
 export type Tone = "success" | "info" | "warning" | "error" | "muted";
 
@@ -164,8 +165,9 @@ function scalerStep({ result, status }: Picked<LLMScalerSpec, LLMScalerStatus>):
   if (!result) return { key, state: "off", detail: "none" };
   if (result.error) return { key, state: "wait", detail: "unreadable" };
   if (result.missing) return { key, state: "bad", detail: "deleted" };
-  const failing = status?.conditions?.find((c) => c.status === "False");
-  if (failing) return { key, state: "bad", detail: "failing", params: { reason: failing.reason || failing.type } };
+  const health = scalerHealth(status);
+  if (health.kind === "failing") return { key, state: "bad", detail: "failing", params: { reason: health.reason } };
+  if (health.kind === "deferred") return { key, state: "wait", detail: "deferred", params: { reason: health.reason } };
   const cur = status?.currentReplicas;
   const want = status?.desiredReplicas;
   if (cur === undefined) return { key, state: "wait", detail: "noDecision" };
diff --git a/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/en-US.json b/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/en-US.json
index 6cac5b3..1fa75a6 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/en-US.json
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
       "unreadable": "Unreadable",
       "deleted": "LLMScaler deleted",
       "failing": "{reason}",
+      "deferred": "Deferred: {reason}",
       "noDecision": "No decision yet",
       "scaling": "{cur} → {want} replicas",
       "steady": "{n} replicas, steady"
diff --git a/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/zh-CN.json b/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/zh-CN.json
index 70d5854..67cee16 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/zh-CN.json
+++ b/web/src/modules/inferences/locales/zh-CN.json
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
       "unreadable": "读取失败",
       "deleted": "LLMScaler 已被删除",
       "failing": "{reason}",
+      "deferred": "暂缓伸缩：{reason}",
       "noDecision": "还没有伸缩决策",
       "scaling": "{cur} → {want} 副本",
       "steady": "{n} 副本，稳定"
diff --git a/web/src/modules/swiss/components/ReleaseObjects.tsx b/web/src/modules/swiss/components/ReleaseObjects.tsx
index 6bfa9e2..6dd1e09 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/swiss/components/ReleaseObjects.tsx
+++ b/web/src/modules/swiss/components/ReleaseObjects.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { HoverHint } from "@swiss/components/ui/hint";
 import { Button } from "@swiss/components/ui/button";
 import { Card } from "@swiss/components/ui/card";
 import { ErrorState } from "@swiss/components/States";
+import { scalerHealth } from "@swiss/lib/scaler";
 import { cn, timeAgo } from "@swiss/lib/utils";
 
 // Unpolled, it loads once per visit and then moves only when the page's own
@@ -246,12 +247,14 @@ function ScalerPanel({
   );
   const current = status?.currentReplicas;
   const desired = status?.desiredReplicas;
-  const failing = status?.conditions?.find((c) => c.status === "False");
+  const health = scalerHealth(status);
   const custom = spec?.metricProvider === "Custom";
 
   let state: React.ReactNode = null;
-  if (failing)
-    state = <Badge variant="warning">{failing.reason || failing.type}</Badge>;
+  if (health.kind === "failing")
+    state = <Badge variant="warning">{health.reason}</Badge>;
+  else if (health.kind === "deferred")
+    state = <Badge variant="warning">deferred: {health.reason}</Badge>;
   else if (current !== undefined && desired !== undefined) {
     if (desired > current) state = <Badge variant="warning">scaling up</Badge>;
     else if (desired < current)
@@ -324,6 +327,9 @@ function ScalerPanel({
             {spec.syncPeriodSeconds !== undefined && (
               <Fact label="Sync every">{spec.syncPeriodSeconds}s</Fact>
             )}
+            {status?.lastScaleTime && (
+              <Fact label="Last scaled">{timeAgo(status.lastScaleTime)}</Fact>
+            )}
           </Facts>
 
           {!custom && !!spec.metrics?.length && (
@@ -349,6 +355,10 @@ function ScalerPanel({
             </div>
           )}
 
+          <Stale
+            generation={result?.live?.generation}
+            observed={status?.observedGeneration}
+          />
           <Conditions conditions={status?.conditions} />
         </>
       )}
diff --git a/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/api.ts b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/api.ts
index b5bcf73..9b920b3 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/api.ts
+++ b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/api.ts
@@ -759,6 +759,10 @@ export interface LLMScalerSpec {
 export interface LLMScalerStatus {
   currentReplicas?: number;
   desiredReplicas?: number;
+  appliedReplicas?: number;
+  observedGeneration?: number;
+  lastScaleTime?: string;
+  deferredSince?: string;
   conditions?: Condition[];
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.test.ts b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..027630e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { Condition } from "@swiss/lib/api";
+import { scalerHealth, type ScalerHealth } from "@swiss/lib/scaler";
+
+const c = (type: string, status: Condition["status"], reason?: string): Condition => ({ type, status, reason });
+
+describe("scalerHealth", () => {
+  it.each<{ name: string; conditions?: Condition[]; want: ScalerHealth }>([
+    {
+      name: "Ready False is failing with its reason",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "False", "TargetWriteFailed")],
+      want: { kind: "failing", reason: "TargetWriteFailed" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Ready True and ScalingDeferred RolloutInProgress is deferred",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("ScalingDeferred", "True", "RolloutInProgress")],
+      want: { kind: "deferred", reason: "RolloutInProgress" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Ready True and ScalingDeferred NotDeferred is ok",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("ScalingDeferred", "False", "NotDeferred")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no Ready and ScalingDeferred NotDeferred is ok",
+      conditions: [c("ScalingDeferred", "False", "NotDeferred")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no Ready and DecisionAvailable False is failing",
+      conditions: [c("DecisionAvailable", "False", "DecisionUnavailable")],
+      want: { kind: "failing", reason: "DecisionUnavailable" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no Ready and ScalingDeferred ScaleDownSettling is deferred",
+      conditions: [c("ScalingDeferred", "True", "ScaleDownSettling")],
+      want: { kind: "deferred", reason: "ScaleDownSettling" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Ready True wins over DecisionAvailable False",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("DecisionAvailable", "False", "DecisionUnavailable")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale False is failing with its reason",
+      conditions: [c("AbleToScale", "False", "TargetNotFound")],
+      want: { kind: "failing", reason: "TargetNotFound" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Ready False outranks AbleToScale",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "False", "DecisionUnavailable"), c("AbleToScale", "False", "TargetWriteFailed")],
+      want: { kind: "failing", reason: "DecisionUnavailable" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale True with RolloutInProgress is deferred",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("AbleToScale", "True", "RolloutInProgress")],
+      want: { kind: "deferred", reason: "RolloutInProgress" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale True with ScaleDownSettling is deferred",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("AbleToScale", "True", "ScaleDownSettling")],
+      want: { kind: "deferred", reason: "ScaleDownSettling" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale True with Synced is ok",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("AbleToScale", "True", "Synced")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale True with DeferralTimedOut is ok",
+      conditions: [c("Ready", "True", "Synced"), c("AbleToScale", "True", "DeferralTimedOut")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "AbleToScale wins over a leftover ScalingDeferred",
+      conditions: [c("AbleToScale", "True", "Synced"), c("ScalingDeferred", "True", "RolloutInProgress")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no Ready and ScalingDeferred DeferralTimedOut is ok",
+      conditions: [c("ScalingDeferred", "False", "DeferralTimedOut")],
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "no conditions is ok",
+      want: { kind: "ok" },
+    },
+  ])("$name", ({ conditions, want }) => {
+    expect(scalerHealth(conditions ? { conditions } : {})).toEqual(want);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.ts b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38fa205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/modules/swiss/lib/scaler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import type { Condition, LLMScalerStatus } from "@swiss/lib/api";
+
+export type ScalerHealth =
+  | { kind: "failing"; reason: string }
+  | { kind: "deferred"; reason: string }
+  | { kind: "ok" };
+
+// AbleToScale=True with one of these means a guard is holding the write.
+const HOLD_REASONS = new Set(["RolloutInProgress", "ScaleDownSettling"]);
+
+function condition(status: LLMScalerStatus | undefined, type: string): Condition | undefined {
+  return status?.conditions?.find((c) => c.type === type);
+}
+
+function reason(c: Condition): string {
+  return c.reason || c.type;
+}
+
+// Older operators publish neither Ready nor AbleToScale: DecisionAvailable=False
+// is the only failure there, and ScalingDeferred=True (not False) is a hold.
+export function scalerHealth(status?: LLMScalerStatus): ScalerHealth {
+  const ready = condition(status, "Ready");
+  if (ready?.status === "False") return { kind: "failing", reason: reason(ready) };
+  const able = condition(status, "AbleToScale");
+  if (able?.status === "False") return { kind: "failing", reason: reason(able) };
+  if (!ready) {
+    const decision = condition(status, "DecisionAvailable");
+    if (decision?.status === "False") return { kind: "failing", reason: reason(decision) };
+  }
+  if (able) {
+    if (able.status === "True" && able.reason && HOLD_REASONS.has(able.reason)) return { kind: "deferred", reason: able.reason };
+    return { kind: "ok" };
+  }
+  const deferred = condition(status, "ScalingDeferred");
+  if (deferred?.status === "True") return { kind: "deferred", reason: reason(deferred) };
+  return { kind: "ok" };
+}
diff --git a/web/src/modules/swiss/routes/DeploymentDetail.tsx b/web/src/modules/swiss/routes/DeploymentDetail.tsx
index 23c6f9e..17e7bfd 100644
--- a/web/src/modules/swiss/routes/DeploymentDetail.tsx
+++ b/web/src/modules/swiss/routes/DeploymentDetail.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { SLODialog } from "@swiss/components/SLOCard";
 import { ErrorState, Loading } from "@swiss/components/States";
 import { METHODS } from "@swiss/components/InstallMethod";
 import { isUninstalling } from "@swiss/lib/phase";
+import { scalerHealth } from "@swiss/lib/scaler";
 import { cn, timeAgo } from "@swiss/lib/utils";
 
 export function DeploymentDetail() {
@@ -342,8 +343,9 @@ function scalerStep({ result, status }: ReturnType<typeof pick<LLMScalerSpec, LL
   if (!result) return { label, state: "off", detail: "fixed replicas" };
   if (result.error) return { label, state: "wait", detail: "unreadable" };
   if (result.missing) return { label, state: "bad", detail: "LLMScaler deleted" };
-  const failing = status?.conditions?.find((c) => c.status === "False");
-  if (failing) return { label, state: "bad", detail: failing.reason || failing.type };
+  const health = scalerHealth(status);
+  if (health.kind === "failing") return { label, state: "bad", detail: health.reason };
+  if (health.kind === "deferred") return { label, state: "wait", detail: `deferred: ${health.reason}` };
   const cur = status?.currentReplicas;
   const want = status?.desiredReplicas;
   if (cur === undefined) return { label, state: "wait", detail: "no decision yet" };