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Azure Managed NGINX Ingress Retires Nov 2026

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Microsoft is retiring its Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing add-on on November 30, 2026, following the upstream Ingress-NGINX project's deprecation. This change impacts users relying on this specific ingress controller for Azure Kubernetes Service. Supported alternatives include Gateway API with Application Routing, Application Gateway for Containers, and Istio Service Mesh.

  • →Managed NGINX Ingress and Application Routing Add-on Retirement
  • →Alternative Ingress Solutions for Azure Kubernetes Service
Deprecations (1) ›
  • Managed NGINX Ingress and Application Routing Add-on Retirement

    The Managed NGINX Ingress controller within the Application Routing add-on will be retired on November 30, 2026, as the upstream Ingress-NGINX project ceases updates in March 2026. Microsoft will provide critical security patches until the retirement date.

Notes (1) ›
  • Alternative Ingress Solutions for Azure Kubernetes Service

    Users affected by this retirement are advised to migrate to supported alternatives. These include the developing Gateway API with Application Routing, Application Gateway for Containers, and Istio Service Mesh.

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https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?id=555839

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