[!IMPORTANT]
FIPS compliant images are currently impacted by compatibility issues with a dependent library. We recommend against:

1. Patching older FIPS images, which could re-introduce the incompatible dependency.
2. Building new custom FIPS images.

What's Changed

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Don't log errors for not implemented grpc metrics (#6125) by @jjngx in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6150
• re-order mounting debian apt source file by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6225

📦 Helm Chart

• Update helm docs by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6236
• Release 3.6.2 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6220

🧪 Tests

• add agent test by @vepatel in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6115

🔨 Maintenance

• Shortcode for NIC version in docs by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5975
• replace promlog with go-kit by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6053
• pin wafv5 module by @vepatel in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6170
• update example for WAF v5 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6189
• Bump kindest/node from v1.30.2 to v1.31.0 in /tests in the docker-tests group by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6206
• update kubernetes version to v1.31.0 in helm schema by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6219

📝 Documentation

• fips compatibility issue by @oseoin in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5973
• update k8s compatibility order in tech specs by @j1m-ryan in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5991
• update WAF v5 documentation by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6019
• remove link to ingress example by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6102
• App Protect WAFv5 compatibility matrix by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6178
• update README.md by @vepatel in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6190
• Fix manifest CRD documentation by @ADubhlaoich in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6208

⬆️ Dependencies

• Bump the go group with 1 update by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5967
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5974
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6013
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6021
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.64.0 to 1.64.1 in the go_modules group by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/5998
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6070
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 6 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6081
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6120
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6098
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6126
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6141
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6158
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6179
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6191
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 11 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6196
• update telemetry exporter to v0.1.1 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6204
• Bump the go group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6211
• Bump github.com/nginxinc/nginx-plus-go-client from 1.2.2 to 1.3.0 in the go group by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6222
• nginx 1.27.1 dependencies by @pdabelf5 in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6226
• Docker image update d41d8cd9 by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6233
• Bump the go group with 3 updates by @nginx-bot in https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/pull/6234

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/compare/v3.6.1...v3.6.2

Upgrade

• For NGINX, use the v3.6.2 images from our DockerHub, GitHub Container, Amazon ECR Public Gallery or Quay.io.
• For NGINX Plus, use the v3.6.2 images from the F5 Container registry, the AWS Marketplace, the GCP Marketplace, Azure Marketplace or build your own image using the v3.6.2 source code.
• For Helm, use version 1.3.1 of the chart.

Resources

• Documentation -- https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-ingress-controller/
• Configuration examples -- https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/tree/v3.6.2/examples
• Helm Chart -- https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress/tree/v3.6.2/deployments/helm-chart
• Operator -- https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-ingress-helm-operator