New features

• feat: Add support for HTTP keep-alive between the proxy and upstream by @rhansen in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/1934
• feat: Add support for HTTP load balancing between the proxy and upstream server groups by @SchoNie in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2173

Fixes

• fix: Improve handling of unknown hosts and missing certs by @rhansen in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2186
• fix: Remove default_server listen option from fallback server by @rhansen in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2214

Other changes

• build: bump nginx from 1.23.3-alpine to 1.23.4-alpine by @dependabot in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2206
• build: docker-gen 0.10.2 -> 0.10.3 by @buchdag in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2207
• build: dockergen 0.10.3 -> 0.10.4 by @buchdag in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2220
• build: bump golang from 1.20.2-alpine to 1.20.3-alpine by @dependabot in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2213
• ci: bump pytest from 7.2.2 to 7.3.0 in /test/requirements by @dependabot in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2216
• ci: bump pytest from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 in /test/requirements by @dependabot in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2219

New Contributors

• @SchoNie made their first contribution in https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/pull/2173

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy/compare/1.2.3...1.3.0