diff --git a/pkg/admin/local.go b/pkg/admin/local.go
index 268a4c1..8e07b0c 100644
--- a/pkg/admin/local.go
+++ b/pkg/admin/local.go
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ func (l *adminService) CreateBridge(ctx context.Context, req *bridgev1.CreateBri
 
 	// Transforms applied to all bridge deployments.
 	transforms := []resources.Transformer{
+		resources.StripScalingResources(),
 		resources.SetNamespace(targetNS),
 		resources.PruneAllMetadata(),
 		resources.StripOrphanedVolumes(),
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms.go b/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms.go
index 57a2f5c..1b74712 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms.go
@@ -8,9 +8,38 @@ import (
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 )
 
+// scalingGroupKinds are source kinds that act on the source workload rather
+// than the bridge. An HPA's scaleTargetRef and a PDB's selector still name the
+// real Deployment and its pods after the bridge transforms, so a copy breaks
+// the real service: its HPA reports AmbiguousSelector and stops scaling, and
+// its pods, covered by more than one PDB, can't be evicted. A bridge is a
+// single pod with nothing to scale.
+var scalingGroupKinds = map[schema.GroupKind]bool{
+	{Group: "autoscaling", Kind: "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"}: true,
+	{Group: "policy", Kind: "PodDisruptionBudget"}:          true,
+	{Group: "keda.sh", Kind: "ScaledObject"}:                true,
+}
+
+// StripScalingResources returns a Transformer that drops autoscalers and
+// disruption budgets (scalingGroupKinds) from the bundle.
+func StripScalingResources() Transformer {
+	return TransformFunc(func(_ *TransformContext, b *Bundle) error {
+		kept := b.Resources[:0]
+		for _, r := range b.Resources {
+			if scalingGroupKinds[r.GVK.GroupKind()] {
+				continue
+			}
+			kept = append(kept, r)
+		}
+		b.Resources = kept
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 // SetNamespace returns a Transformer that sets .metadata.namespace on all resources.
 func SetNamespace(ns string) Transformer {
 	return TransformFunc(func(_ *TransformContext, b *Bundle) error {
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms_test.go b/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms_test.go
index 9116232..2fbcda0 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms_test.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/resources/transforms_test.go
@@ -194,3 +194,76 @@ func TestInjectProxyImage_OmitsMountRootsWhenNoVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotEqual(t, "--mount-roots", a, "should not pass --mount-roots when source has no VolumeMounts")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestStripScalingResources verifies that autoscalers and disruption budgets
+// from source manifests never reach the bridge: they would act on the source
+// workload, not the bridge.
+func TestStripScalingResources(t *testing.T) {
+	bundle, err := SourceFromManifests(packTestManifests(t, map[string]string{"manifests.yaml": `apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: app
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: app
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: app
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: app
+          image: app:latest
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: app
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: app
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+---
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: app
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: app
+  minReplicas: 2
+  maxReplicas: 10
+---
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: app-pdb
+spec:
+  maxUnavailable: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: app
+---
+apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: ScaledObject
+metadata:
+  name: app
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    name: app
+`}))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, bundle.Resources, 5, "the source keeps all five")
+	require.NoError(t, StripScalingResources().Apply(&TransformContext{}, bundle))
+
+	var kinds []string
+	for _, r := range bundle.Resources {
+		kinds = append(kinds, r.GVK.Kind)
+	}
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"Deployment", "Service"}, kinds)
+}