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NGINX Ingress Controller 5.6: HSTS without snippets, a faster start on large clusters, and improved configuration safety

calendar_today September 2, 2026 person Alessandro domain nginx

NGINX Ingress Controller 5.6 implements more support for configuring NGINX through resources instead of through snippets. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) becomes a first-class policy across VirtualServer, VirtualServerRoute, and Ingress. Two new annotations close configuration gaps for teams moving off Ingress-NGINX, and the X-Forwarded base headers can now be turned off through the ConfigMap.

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