diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
index 6c6b229bcc..e9d1e4085b 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
@@ -177,9 +177,11 @@ func (o *ScaleUpOrchestrator) ScaleUp(
 	// Pick some expansion option.
 	bestOption := o.autoscalingContext.ExpanderStrategy.BestOption(options, nodeInfos)
 	if bestOption == nil || bestOption.NodeCount <= 0 {
+		klog.Infof("Expander filtered out all options, valid options: %d", len(options))
+		podEquivalenceGroups = markAllGroupsAsUnschedulable(podEquivalenceGroups, ExpansionOptionsFilteredOutReason)
 		return &status.ScaleUpStatus{
 			Result:                  status.ScaleUpNoOptionsAvailable,
-			PodsRemainUnschedulable: GetRemainingPods(podEquivalenceGroups, skippedNodeGroups),
+			PodsRemainUnschedulable: allPodsAsNoScaleUpInfo(podEquivalenceGroups, skippedNodeGroups),
 			ConsideredNodeGroups:    nodeGroups,
 		}, nil
 	}
@@ -814,6 +816,23 @@ func GetRemainingPods(egs []*equivalence.PodGroup, skipped map[string]status.Rea
 	return remaining
 }
 
+// allPodsAsNoScaleUpInfo flattens all equivalence groups into a list of NoScaleUpInfo
+func allPodsAsNoScaleUpInfo(egs []*equivalence.PodGroup, skipped map[string]status.Reasons) []status.NoScaleUpInfo {
+	noScaleUpInfos := make([]status.NoScaleUpInfo, 0, len(egs))
+	for _, eg := range egs {
+		for _, pod := range eg.Pods {
+			noScaleUpInfo := status.NoScaleUpInfo{
+				Pod:                pod,
+				RejectedNodeGroups: eg.SchedulingErrors,
+				SkippedNodeGroups:  skipped,
+			}
+			noScaleUpInfos = append(noScaleUpInfos, noScaleUpInfo)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return noScaleUpInfos
+}
+
 // GetPodsAwaitingEvaluation returns list of pods for which CA was unable to help
 // this scale up loop (but should be able to help).
 func GetPodsAwaitingEvaluation(egs []*equivalence.PodGroup, bestOption string) []*apiv1.Pod {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/rejectedreasons.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/rejectedreasons.go
index b5e0ab9239..8935ac704e 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/rejectedreasons.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/rejectedreasons.go
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ func (sr *RejectedReasons) Reasons() []string {
 var (
 	// AllOrNothingReason means the node group was rejected because not all pods would fit it when using all-or-nothing strategy.
 	AllOrNothingReason = NewRejectedReasons("not all pods would fit and scale-up is using all-or-nothing strategy")
+	// ExpansionOptionsFilteredOutReason means the node groups were considered as a scale-up candidates but got filtered
+	// out by the expander strategy.
+	ExpansionOptionsFilteredOutReason = NewRejectedReasons("expansion options filtered out and no longer considered")
 )