Kubernetes Announces Retirement of Ingress NGINX with March 2026 End-of-Life
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Summary
Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee are announcing the retirement of Ingress NGINX, with best-effort maintenance continuing until March 2026. After that date, there will be no further releases, bugfixes, or security updates. Existing deployments will continue to function, but users are recommended to migrate to alternatives like Gateway API, which is positioned as the modern replacement for Ingress.
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Best-effort maintenance will continue until March 2026. Afterward, there will be no further releases, no bugfixes, and no updates to resolve any security vulnerabilities that may be discovered.
Existing deployments of Ingress NGINX will continue to function and installation artifacts will remain available.
We recommend migrating to one of the many alternatives. Consider migrating to Gateway API, the modern replacement for Ingress.
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