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title: "Discussion on \"Ingress NGINX Is Retired and Unpatched: A Working Engineer's Migration Checklist to Gateway API (2026)\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Ingress NGINX Is Retired and Unpatched: A Working Engineer's Migration Checklist to Gateway API (2026)\". TL;DR\n\nThe community Ingress NGINX controller (kubernetes/ingress-nginx) is retired. Kubernetes announced it on 11 November 2025, shipped the final releases on 19 March 2026, and archived the reposito"
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# [Ingress NGINX Is Retired and Unpatched: A Working Engineer's Migration Checklist to Gateway API (2026)](https://devopsenginer.hashnode.dev/ingress-nginx-is-retired-and-unpatched-a-working-engineer-s-migration-checklist-to-gateway-api-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

TL;DR The community Ingress NGINX controller (kubernetes/ingress-nginx) is retired. Kubernetes announced it on 11 November 2025, shipped the final releases on 19 March 2026, and archived the reposito

1d ago · 20 min read · devopsenginer.hashnode.dev  
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