The following steps can be seen in the following screencast: scale-to-shows-old-rc.ogv ASSERT: have an app running (ex. nodejs-example) ASSERT: In OpenShift Explorer: make sure it has at least 1 pod: pick "Scale To" in the context menu of the service. Dialog shows that there's at least 1 pod currently ASSERT: in OpenShift Explorer: there 1 pod shown as child to the service. ASSERT: in Properties view, pick "Deployments" tab and see that there's at least 1 deployment (aka replication controller) EXEC: in OpenShift explorer: select Service pick "Deploy Latest" ASSERT: in Properties view: "Deployments" now shows 2 Deployments ASSERT: in OpenShift Explorer you now see 2 children/pods EXEC: in OpenShift Explorer: pick "Scale To..." in the context menu of the service Result: The current number of pods is shown as 0. But it's very sure that this is not true. Behind the scenes a new replication controller was created which deployed a new pod: The old replication controller was turned to have 0 pods. The "Scale To" dialog shows the number of replcas for the old replication controller.