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Azure Kubernetes Service: managed NGINX ingress (Application Routing) retirement

End of support date for the NGINX ingress controller within the AKS Application Routing add-on: Nov 2026. Critical security patches from Microsoft end on that date.

Retires Nov 2026 approx.Due this month, Nov 2026

by Nov 2026 · The vendor gives a month, not a day.

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What breaks

Critical security patches from Microsoft for the NGINX ingress controller in the Application Routing add-on end on Nov 2026. After that date, the NGINX ingress controller is no longer supported within the Application Routing add-on. Microsoft states that the upstream Ingress-NGINX project receives no updates after March 2026.

What to do

The Microsoft update lists no migration steps. It names supported alternatives: Gateway API with Application Routing (in development), Application Gateway for Containers, and Istio Service Mesh. See Learn more.

Replacement

Gateway API with Application Routing (in development), Application Gateway for Containers, or Istio Service Mesh

Sources

Official sourceazure.microsoft.comOfficial
Additional sourcelearn.microsoft.comOfficial

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

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Last checked 12 Nov 2026 · Added 13 Nov 2026 · Changelog for this item