Issues

• [Bug]: CI caches the controller binary under the wrong key for out-of-date PRs, so smoke tests run an old build

  bugneeds triage
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11327 · Filter by author javorszky opened on Nov 4, 2026
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• [Bug]: Named targetPort resolved from an arbitrary pod leaves upstreams on 127.0.0.1:8181 after a rollout that changes the container port

  bugneeds triage
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11323 · Filter by author Tomasz-Kluczkowski opened on Nov 3, 2026
  2

• Register DNSEndpointList in the ExternalDNS API schemes

  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11321 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Nov 3, 2026
  1

• Generated NGINX names for policies can collide because -, . and the _ separator all become _

  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11320 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Nov 3, 2026
  1

• Allow Native OIDC with client secret & PKCE enabled

  proposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11318 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Nov 3, 2026 · 5.9.0
  2

• Release NIC 5.7.1 and LTS

  proposal
  Task

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11276 · Filter by author danielnginx opened on Oct 28, 2026
  1

• Support upstream hash by subset

  communityneeds triageproposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11260 · Filter by author haywoodsh opened on Oct 27, 2026
  1

• [Bug]: TransportServer upstream takes "resolve" from the backup Service instead of the primary Service

  communityneeds triage
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11193 · Filter by author splichy opened on Oct 20, 2026
  2

• [Bug]: VirtualServer upstream referencing an ExternalName Service in another namespace is not resolved at runtime

  communityneeds triage
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11191 · Filter by author splichy opened on Oct 20, 2026
  2

• [Bug]: Ingress backend with a named port to an ExternalName Service renders "<externalName>:0"

  bugcommunity
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11189 · Filter by author splichy opened on Oct 20, 2026
  3

• Expand the condition/match routing to support $jwt_

  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11175 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Oct 16, 2026 · 5.8.0
  1

• Expand the JWTAuth Policy to include claim validation

  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11174 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Oct 16, 2026 · 5.8.0
  1

• [Bug]: policy resource update causing controller reload failure impacts other tenants with 504s

  bugcommunity
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11142 · Filter by author Santosh-k8s opened on Oct 14, 2026
  3

• Replace per-group typed DNSEndpoint informers with a dynamic client before external-dns betas the upstream CRD

  proposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11139 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Oct 13, 2026
  1

• Connection Limit Policy

  backlog
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11138 · Filter by author danielnginx opened on Oct 13, 2026 · 5.8.0
  3

  

• Render headless Services with use-cluster-ip as resolved upstreams instead of invalid "server None:<port>"

  backlog candidatecommunityproposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11064 · Filter by author splichy opened on Oct 7, 2026
  4

• Allow resolver ConfigMap keys and ExternalName/resolve upstreams with NGINX OSS (nginx >= 1.27.3)

  communityproposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11063 · Filter by author splichy opened on Oct 7, 2026
  4

• Migrate Python tests to Go

  proposaltex
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11061 · Filter by author danielnginx opened on Oct 7, 2026
  3

• generated unix socket paths are too long when name and namespace are long

  proposalrefinedsize/medium
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11040 · Filter by author javorszky opened on Oct 5, 2026 · 5.8.0
  2

• [Bug]: Weight-update VirtualServers silently cancel batch mode mid-batch

  bugready for refinement
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#11039 · Filter by author pdabelf5 opened on Oct 5, 2026
  1

• Avoid config re-rendering, writing and reloads for upstream updates for NGINX Plus

  proposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#10988 · Filter by author haywoodsh opened on Sep 30, 2026
  1

• [Bug]: enable-config-safety suppresses immediate configuration updates on EndpointSlice changes, causing HTTP 504 Gateway Timeouts

  bugcommunityneeds triagewaiting for response
  Bug

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#10980 · Filter by author nehagupta-acquia opened on Sep 29, 2026
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• Decouple Child Resource Status VirtualServerRoute & Policy from Referencing Parents

  proposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#10973 · Filter by author haywoodsh opened on Sep 29, 2026
  1

• Poor UX on VirtualServer + VirtualServerRoute regex validation

  communityproposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#10962 · Filter by author sean-breen opened on Sep 28, 2026 · 5.8.0
  1

• Helm should validate Plus-only commandline arguments before deploying NIC

  good first issuehelp wantedproposal
  Story

  nginx/kubernetes-ingress#10873 · Filter by author haywoodsh opened on Sep 15, 2026
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