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Dynamic hostpool sessions not updating
We have created a dynamic host pool in a test environment. We see that new hosts are being created based on the scaling plan. However, these are no longer being deleted. When we look at the statu...
Seems a known limitation of Azure Virtual Desktop’s dynamic autoscaling (preview) that session counts in the Session Hosts blade often remain “stuck,” preventing scale‑down until a status‑changing action (like enabling drain mode) forces synchronization.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/autoscale-create-assign-scaling-plan?tabs=portal%2Cintune&pivots=power-management
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/host-pool-management-approaches
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/april-14-2026-kb5083769-os-builds-26200-8246-and-26100-8246-22f90ae5-9f26-40ac-9134-6a586a71163b