Ingress NGINX (kubernetes/ingress-nginx) was retired 2026-03-24: no more releases or CVE fixes; move to Gateway API
Check whether you run it:
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces --selector app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx
Migrate to Gateway API (Gateway + HTTPRoute) with a maintained implementation, or to another maintained Ingress controller listed in the Kubernetes docs. Annotations such as nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/configuration-snippet have no direct equivalent and must be rewritten as Gateway API filters or controller-specific policy.
Symptom
Agents and tutorials still install ingress-nginx (Helm chart / controller image) as the default Ingress controller and write nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/* annotations. No new versions appear, and security scanners flag unpatched CVEs.
Cause
Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee announced the retirement on 2025-11-11 and retired Ingress NGINX on 2026-03-24. Since then there are no releases, no bugfixes and no security updates; repos are read-only. Existing deployments keep working and Helm charts/images stay downloadable. InGate, the planned successor, is also retired.
Verify
The selector above returns no pods; kubectl get gateway,httproute -A shows your routes with Accepted/Programmed conditions true.
Sources
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