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What is the difference between Ingress and Gateway API?

Mid Kubernetes
Quick Answer Ingress is an older API with limited routing capabilities รขโ‚ฌโ€ host-based and path-based routing only, TLS termination, vendor-specific annotations for extra features. Gateway API is the newer, more expressive replacement รขโ‚ฌโ€ supports traffic splitting, header matching, backend weights, and multiple protocols natively. Gateway API is now GA and recommended for new deployments.

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Gateway API offers richer routing and team isolation; Ingress is simpler and older.
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