Is the official NGINX Docker image affected by the Ingress-NGINX retirement?

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Hello,
Kubernetes has announced the retirement of the Ingress NGINX project, scheduled for March 2026. The announcement can be found here:
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11/11/ingress-nginx-retirement/

My question is: Does this retirement have any impact on the official NGINX Docker image?
I am referring specifically to this image on Docker Hub:
https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx

I would appreciate clarification on whether the deprecation of Ingress NGINX implies any changes, limitations, or future plans that might affect the official NGINX image.

Regards.

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Hi Enric.

Thank you for your query.

The Ingress NGINX project (ingress-nginx) is a separate community project and is not maintained by the NGINX team at F5. This announcement has no impact on the official NGINX Docker images, which continue to be available and maintained by the NGINX team.

I noticed that you are referring to the NGINX image and not the Ingress Controller image. This is also not affected. The announcement you’re referring to concerns the community project ingress-nginx (GitHub - kubernetes/ingress-nginx: Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes), not nginx-ingress (F5 NGINX Ingress Controller | NGINX Documentation).

I hope this helps clarify the situation. We understand there can be confusion (the names are similar enough to make anyone double-check what tab they have open :slight_smile:)! We’ve been working on content to help make this clearer for the NGINX community.

Micheal

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