CNCF explains that the community-maintained ingress-nginx controller has reached end of life after its March 2026 retirement, warning users about unpatched CVEs, halted feature updates, and loss of community support while they migrate to another controller or Gateway API.
Navigating the ingress-NGINX retirement
CNCF explains that the community-maintained ingress-nginx controller has reached end of life after its March 2026 retirement, warning users about unpatched CVEs, halted feature updates, and loss of community support while they migrate to another controller or Gateway API.
Source: CNCF