This is very common when you can adjust the consume rate. This happens in practice: serverless platforms scale, Kubernetes has HorizontalPodAutoscaler, you can

This is very common when you can adjust the consume rate. This happens in practice: serverless platforms scale, Kubernetes has HorizontalPodAutoscaler, you can manually grab more VMs, or IRL this might mean calling in more staff or at larger time scales hiring more people in your organization.