A few months ago, I built ing-switch and wrote about it on kubesimplify . The response was incredible -- people loved the annotation mapping and the visual dashboard.

Since then, ingress-nginx was officially archived (March 24, 2026). March 31 is end of life -- zero security patches after that date.

Based on community feedback from KubeCon, this is the biggest update yet: 119 annotations (up from 50), Gateway API with Traefik as the provider (the #1 request), and impact ratings on every annotation so you know exactly what matters.

This post walks through a complete end-to-end migration on a vind cluster with actual command outputs.

Why You Need to Migrate Now

Nov 11, 2025: Kubernetes SIG Network announces ingress-nginx retirement

Jan 29, 2026: Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering + Security Response Committees urging immediate migration

Mar 24, 2026: GitHub repository archived (read-only)

Mar 31, 2026: End of life -- zero support from this date

Chainguard maintains a fork for CVE-level fixes…