{
  "slug": "azure-aks-managed-nginx-ingress-application-routing-retirement",
  "title": "Azure Kubernetes Service: managed NGINX ingress (Application Routing) retirement",
  "summary": "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.",
  "cloud": "azure",
  "service": "Azure Kubernetes Service",
  "service_slug": "aks",
  "category": "feature",
  "type": "retirement",
  "announced_date": "2026-02-27",
  "effective_date": "2026-11-01",
  "effective_precision": "month",
  "impact": "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.",
  "migration_path": "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.](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing)",
  "replacement": "Gateway API with Application Routing (in development), Application Gateway for Containers, or Istio Service Mesh",
  "affected_versions": [],
  "source_url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=555839",
  "extra_source_urls": [
    "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/app-routing"
  ],
  "vendor_ref": "555839",
  "last_checked_at": "2026-11-12T09:55:19.345Z",
  "created_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-13T13:36:44.208Z",
  "url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-managed-nginx-ingress-application-routing-retirement",
  "short_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/i/2e",
  "markdown_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-managed-nginx-ingress-application-routing-retirement.md",
  "json_url": "https://eolwatch.dev/items/azure-aks-managed-nginx-ingress-application-routing-retirement.json",
  "estate_check": null
}