diff --git a/examples/cronhpa/cronhpa-sample.yaml b/examples/cronhpa/cronhpa-sample.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2a7b566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cronhpa/cronhpa-sample.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: helloworld
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: helloworld
+      type: webservice
+      properties:
+        cpu: "0.5"
+        exposeType: ClusterIP
+        image: oamdev/hello-world
+        memory: 1024Mi
+        ports:
+          - expose: true
+            port: 80
+            protocol: TCP
+      traits:
+        - type: cronhpa
+          properties:
+            targetAPIVersion: apps/v1
+            targetKind: Deployment
+            excludeDates:
+              - '* * * 15 11 *'
+              - '* * * * * 5'
+            hpaJobs:
+              - name: scale-down
+                runOnce: false
+                schedule: "30 */1 * * * *"
+                targetSize: 1
+              - name: scale-up
+                runOnce: false
+                schedule: "0 */1 * * * *"
+                targetSize: 3
+  policies:
+    - name: apply-once
+      type: apply-once
+      properties:
+        enable: true
+        rules:
+          - strategy:
+              path: ["spec.replicas"]
+            selector:
+              resourceTypes: ["Deployment","StatefulSet"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/README.md b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbffdcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# cronhpa
+
+This addon is built based [kubernetes-cronhpa-controller](https://github.com/AliyunContainerService/kubernetes-cronhpa-controller/)
+
+## install
+```shell
+vela addon enable cronhpa
+```
+
+## usage
+
+This addon exposes one Trait "cronhpa", it provides cron horizontal pod autoscaler controller using crontab like scheme.
+
+### properties  
+
+```shell
+
+# properties
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+------------+
+|       NAME       |                                         DESCRIPTION                                         |         TYPE          | REQUIRED |  DEFAULT   |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+------------+
+| targetAPIVersion | Specify the apiVersion of scale target.                                                     | string                | false    | apps/v1    |
+| targetKind       | Specify the kind of scale target.                                                           | string                | false    | Deployment |
+| excludeDates     | Specify the job will skip the execution when the dates is matched. The minimum unit is day. | []string              | false    |            |
+| hpaJobs          | Specify multiple cron hpa jobs.                                                             | [[]hpaJobs](#hpajobs) | true     |            |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+----------+------------+
+
+
+## hpaJobs
++------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+----------+---------+
+|    NAME    |                                             DESCRIPTION                                              |  TYPE  | REQUIRED | DEFAULT |
++------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+----------+---------+
+| name       | Specify the name of hpa job, should be unique in one cronhpa spec.                                   | string | true     |         |
+| schedule   | Specify the cron schedule strategy.                                                                  | string | true     |         |
+| targetSize | Specify the size you desired to scale when the scheduled time arrive.                                | int    | true     |         |
+| runOnce    | Specify if this job need executed repeatly, if runOnce is true then the job will only run and exit   | bool   | false    | false   |
+|            | after the first execution.                                                                           |        |          |         |
++------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+----------+---------+
+```
+
+sample as below:
+```yaml
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: helloworld
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: helloworld
+      type: webservice
+      properties:
+        cpu: "0.5"
+        exposeType: ClusterIP
+        image: oamdev/hello-world
+        memory: 1024Mi
+        ports:
+          - expose: true
+            port: 80
+            protocol: TCP
+      traits:
+        - type: cronhpa
+          properties:
+            targetAPIVersion: apps/v1
+            targetKind: Deployment
+            excludeDates:
+              - '* * * 15 11 *'
+              - '* * * * * 5'
+            hpaJobs:
+              - name: scale-down
+                runOnce: false
+                schedule: "30 */1 * * * *"
+                targetSize: 1
+              - name: scale-up
+                runOnce: false
+                schedule: "0 */1 * * * *"
+                targetSize: 3
+  policies:
+    - name: apply-once
+      type: apply-once
+      properties:
+        enable: true
+        rules:
+          - strategy:
+              path: ["spec.replicas"]
+            selector:
+              resourceTypes: ["Deployment","StatefulSet"]
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/definitions/cronhpa.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/definitions/cronhpa.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..090942a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/definitions/cronhpa.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+cronhpa: {
+	type:  "trait"
+	alias: "cronhpa"
+	annotations: {}
+	attributes: {
+		appliesToWorkloads: [
+			"deployments.apps",
+			"statefulsets.apps",
+		]
+		conflictsWith: []
+		podDisruptive:   false
+		workloadRefPath: ""
+	}
+	description: "kubernetes cron horizontal pod autoscaler trait"
+	labels: {}
+}
+
+template: {
+	outputs: {
+		cronhpa: {
+			apiVersion: "autoscaling.alibabacloud.com/v1beta1"
+			kind:       "CronHorizontalPodAutoscaler"
+			metadata: {
+				labels: "controller-tools.k8s.io": "1.0"
+				name: context.name
+			}
+			spec: {
+				scaleTargetRef: {
+					apiVersion: parameter.targetAPIVersion
+					kind:       parameter.targetKind
+					name:       context.name
+				}
+				if parameter.excludeDates != _|_ {
+					excludeDates: [
+						for d in parameter.excludeDates {
+							d
+						},
+					]
+				}
+				jobs: [
+					for s in parameter.hpaJobs {
+						name:       s.name
+						schedule:   s.schedule
+						targetSize: s.targetSize
+						runOnce:    s.runOnce
+					},
+				]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	parameter: {
+		// +usage=Specify the apiVersion of scale target
+		targetAPIVersion: *"apps/v1" | string
+		// +usage=Specify the kind of scale target
+		targetKind: *"Deployment" | string
+		// +usage=Specify the job will skip the execution when the dates is matched. The minimum unit is day.
+		excludeDates?: [...string]
+		// +usage=Specify multiple cron hpa jobs
+		hpaJobs: [...{
+			// +usage=Specify the name of hpa job, should be unique in one cronhpa spec
+			name: string
+			// +usage=Specify the cron schedule strategy
+			schedule: string
+			// +usage=Specify the size you desired to scale when the scheduled time arrive
+			targetSize: int
+			// +usage=Specify if this job need executed repeatly, if runOnce is true then the job will only run and exit after the first execution.
+			runOnce: *false | bool
+		}]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/metadata.yaml b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d68ef3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+description: An cron hpa addon for KubeVela.
+icon: ""
+invisible: false
+name: cronhpa
+tags:
+  - Scaler
+  - AutoScaler
+  - Cron
+version: 1.4.1
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/parameter.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/parameter.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3bc4950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/parameter.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+parameter: {
+	// +usage=Specify the image registry of cronhpa controller, eg. "registry.aliyuncs.com/acs"
+	registry: *"registry.aliyuncs.com" | string
+	// +usage=Specify the image repository of cronhpa controller, eg. "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller"
+	repository: *"acs/kubernetes-cronhpa-controller" | string
+	// +usage=Specify the image tag of cronhpa controller, eg. "v1.4.1"
+	imageTag: *"v1.4.1-b8cd52c-aliyun" | string
+	// +usage=Specify the names of imagePullSecret for private image registry, eg. "{a,b,c}"
+	imagePullSecrets?: [...string]
+	// +usage=Specify the imagePullPolicy of the image
+	imagePullPolicy: *"Always" | string
+	// +usage=Specify the replicas.
+	replicas: *1 | int
+	// +usage=Specify the namespace to install
+	namespace: *"vela-system" | string
+	// +usage=Specify the clusters to install
+	clusters?: [...string]
+	// +usage=Specifies the attributes of the resource required
+	resources: {
+		requests: {
+			cpu:    *1 | number
+			memory: *"100Mi" | string
+		}
+		limits: {
+			cpu:    *1 | number
+			memory: *"100Mi" | string
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/component/cronController.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/component/cronController.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ff5bfd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/component/cronController.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package main
+
+cronController: {
+	name: "cron-controller"
+	type: "webservice"
+	properties: {
+		image:           parameter.registry + "/" + parameter.repository + ":" + parameter.imageTag
+		imagePullPolicy: parameter.imagePullPolicy
+		if parameter.imagePullSecrets != _|_ {
+			imagePullSecrets: [ for v in parameter.imagePullSecrets {
+				v
+			},
+			]
+		}
+		env: [
+			{
+				name:  "TZ"
+				value: '"Asia/Shanghai"'
+			},
+		]
+	}
+	traits: [
+		{
+			type: "scaler"
+			properties: {
+				replicas: parameter.replicas
+			}
+		}, {
+			type: "resource"
+			properties: {
+				requests: {
+					cpu:    parameter.resources.requests.cpu
+					memory: parameter.resources.requests.memory
+				}
+				limits: {
+					cpu:    parameter.resources.limits.cpu
+					memory: parameter.resources.limits.memory
+				}
+			}
+		}, {
+			type: "labels"
+			properties: {
+				"app":                     "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller"
+				"controller-tools.k8s.io": '2.0'
+			}
+		}, {
+			type: "service-account"
+			properties: {
+				create: true
+				name:   "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller"
+			}
+		},
+	]
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/crd/cronhpa.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/crd/cronhpa.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57f46e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/crd/cronhpa.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package main
+
+cronhpaCRD: {
+	apiVersion: "apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1"
+	kind:       "CustomResourceDefinition"
+	metadata: {
+		annotations: "controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version": "v0.2.5"
+		name: "cronhorizontalpodautoscalers.autoscaling.alibabacloud.com"
+	}
+	spec: {
+		group: "autoscaling.alibabacloud.com"
+		names: {
+			kind:     "CronHorizontalPodAutoscaler"
+			listKind: "CronHorizontalPodAutoscalerList"
+			plural:   "cronhorizontalpodautoscalers"
+			shortNames: ["cronhpa"]
+			singular: "cronhorizontalpodautoscaler"
+		}
+		scope: "Namespaced"
+		validation: openAPIV3Schema: {
+			properties: {
+				apiVersion: type: "string"
+				kind: type:       "string"
+				metadata: type:   "object"
+				spec: {
+					properties: {
+						excludeDates: {
+							items: type: "string"
+							type: "array"
+						}
+						jobs: {
+							items: {
+								properties: {
+									name: type:     "string"
+									runOnce: type:  "boolean"
+									schedule: type: "string"
+									targetSize: {
+										format: "int32"
+										type:   "integer"
+									}
+								}
+								required: ["name", "schedule", "targetSize"]
+								type: "object"
+							}
+							type: "array"
+						}
+						scaleTargetRef: {
+							properties: {
+								apiVersion: type: "string"
+								kind: type:       "string"
+								name: type:       "string"
+							}
+							required: ["apiVersion", "kind", "name"]
+							type: "object"
+						}
+					}
+					required: ["jobs", "scaleTargetRef"]
+					type: "object"
+				}
+				status: {
+					properties: {
+						conditions: {
+							items: {
+								properties: {
+									jobId: type: "string"
+									lastProbeTime: {
+										format: "date-time"
+										type:   "string"
+									}
+									message: type:  "string"
+									name: type:     "string"
+									runOnce: type:  "boolean"
+									schedule: type: "string"
+									state: type:    "string"
+									targetSize: {
+										format: "int32"
+										type:   "integer"
+									}
+								}
+								required: ["jobId", "lastProbeTime", "name", "runOnce", "schedule", "state", "targetSize"]
+								type: "object"
+							}
+							type: "array"
+						}
+						excludeDates: {
+							items: type: "string"
+							type: "array"
+						}
+						scaleTargetRef: {
+							properties: {
+								apiVersion: type: "string"
+								kind: type:       "string"
+								name: type:       "string"
+							}
+							required: ["apiVersion", "kind", "name"]
+							type: "object"
+						}
+					}
+					type: "object"
+				}
+			}
+			type: "object"
+		}
+		version: "v1beta1"
+		versions: [{
+			name:    "v1beta1"
+			served:  true
+			storage: true
+		}]
+	}
+	status: {
+		acceptedNames: {
+			kind:   ""
+			plural: ""
+		}
+		conditions: []
+		storedVersions: []
+	}
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-clusterrole.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-clusterrole.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef6f3d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-clusterrole.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package main
+
+controllerClusterRole: {
+	apiVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1"
+	kind:       "ClusterRole"
+	metadata: name: "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller-role"
+	rules: [{
+		apiGroups: ["*"]
+		resources: ["*/scale"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: ["extensions"]
+		resources: ["*"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: ["apps"]
+		resources: ["*"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: [""]
+		resources: ["configmaps", "events"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: ["autoscaling"]
+		resources: ["horizontalpodautoscalers"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: ["autoscaling.alibabacloud.com"]
+		resources: ["cronhorizontalpodautoscalers", "elasticworkloads"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+	}, {
+		apiGroups: ["admissionregistration.k8s.io"]
+		resources: ["mutatingwebhookconfigurations", "validatingwebhookconfigurations"]
+		verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete", "patch"]
+	}]
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-rolebinding.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-rolebinding.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff82834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/resources/rbac/controller-rolebinding.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package main
+
+controllerRoleBinding: {
+	apiVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1"
+	kind:       "ClusterRoleBinding"
+	metadata: {
+		name: "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller-rolebinding"
+	}
+	roleRef: {
+		apiGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+		kind:     "ClusterRole"
+		name:     "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller-role"
+	}
+	subjects: [{
+		kind:      "ServiceAccount"
+		name:      "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller"
+		namespace: "kube-system"
+	}]
+}
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/schemas/cronhpaschema.yaml b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/schemas/cronhpaschema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48b2177c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/schemas/cronhpaschema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+- sort: 100
+  label: ImagePullPolicy
+  description: Specify the imagePullPolicy of the image
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: Always
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: imagePullPolicy
+  uiType: Input
+- sort: 101
+  label: ImageTag
+  description: Specify the image tag of cronhpa controller, eg. "v1.4.1"
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: v1.4.1-b8cd52c-aliyun
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: imageTag
+  uiType: Input
+- sort: 102
+  label: Namespace
+  description: Specify the namespace to install
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: vela-system
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: namespace
+  uiType: Input
+- sort: 103
+  label: Registry
+  description: Specify the image registry of cronhpa controller, eg. "registry.aliyuncs.com/acs"
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: registry.aliyuncs.com
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: registry
+  uiType: Input
+- sort: 104
+  label: Replicas
+  description: Specify the replicas.
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: 1
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: replicas
+  uiType: Number
+- sort: 105
+  label: Repository
+  description:  Specify the image repository of cronhpa controller, eg. "kubernetes-cronhpa-controller"
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    defaultValue: acs/kubernetes-cronhpa-controller
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: repository
+  uiType: Input
+- sort: 106
+  label: Resources
+  description: Specifies the attributes of the resource required
+  validate:
+    required: true
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: resources
+  uiType: Group
+  subParameters:
+    - sort: 100
+      label: Limits
+      description: ''
+      validate:
+        required: true
+        immutable: false
+      jsonKey: limits
+      uiType: Group
+      subParameters:
+        - sort: 100
+          label: Cpu
+          description: ''
+          validate:
+            required: true
+            defaultValue: 1
+            immutable: false
+          jsonKey: cpu
+          uiType: Number
+        - sort: 101
+          label: Memory
+          description: ''
+          validate:
+            required: true
+            defaultValue: 100Mi
+            immutable: false
+          jsonKey: memory
+          uiType: Input
+    - sort: 101
+      label: Requests
+      description: ''
+      validate:
+        required: true
+        immutable: false
+      jsonKey: requests
+      uiType: Group
+      subParameters:
+        - sort: 100
+          label: Cpu
+          description: ''
+          validate:
+            required: true
+            defaultValue: 1
+            immutable: false
+          jsonKey: cpu
+          uiType: Number
+        - sort: 101
+          label: Memory
+          description: ''
+          validate:
+            required: true
+            defaultValue: 100Mi
+            immutable: false
+          jsonKey: memory
+          uiType: Input
+- sort: 107
+  label: Clusters
+  description: Specify the clusters to install
+  validate:
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: clusters
+  uiType: Strings
+- sort: 108
+  label: ImagePullSecrets
+  description: Specify the names of imagePullSecret for private image registry, eg. "{a,b,c}"
+  validate:
+    immutable: false
+  jsonKey: imagePullSecrets
+  uiType: Strings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experimental/addons/cronhpa/template.cue b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/template.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ae14ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/addons/cronhpa/template.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+output: {
+	apiVersion: "core.oam.dev/v1beta1"
+	kind:       "Application"
+	spec: {
+		components: [ {
+			type: "k8s-objects"
+			name: "cronhpa-rbac"
+			properties: objects: [
+				controllerClusterRole,
+				controllerRoleBinding,
+			]
+		},
+			{
+				type: "k8s-objects"
+				name: "cronhpa-CRD"
+				properties: objects: [
+					cronhpaCRD,
+				]
+			},
+			cronController]
+		policies: [{
+			type: "topology"
+			name: "deploy-topology"
+			properties: {
+				if parameter.clusters != _|_ {
+					clusters: parameter.clusters
+				}
+				if parameter.clusters == _|_ {
+					clusterLabelSelector: {}
+				}
+				namespace: parameter.namespace
+			}
+		}, {
+			type: "garbage-collect"
+			name: "not-gc-CRD"
+			properties: {
+				rules: [{
+					selector: resourceTypes: ["CustomResourceDefinition"]
+					strategy: "never"
+				},
+				]
+			}
+		}]
+	}
+}