Application Traffic Routing Issue Due to Incorrect Ingress Resource

Application traffic was routed incorrectly due to an error in the ingress resource definition.

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What Happened

Traffic intended for a specific application was routed to the wrong backend service because the ingress resource had a misconfigured path.

Diagnosis Steps

1Reviewed the ingress resource and found that the path definition did not match the expected URL.
2Validated that the backend service was correctly exposed and running.

Root Cause

Incorrect path specification in the ingress resource, causing traffic to be routed incorrectly.

Fix/Workaround

• Corrected the path definition in the ingress resource.
• Redeployed the ingress configuration to ensure correct traffic routing.

Lessons Learned

Always carefully review and test ingress path definitions before applying them in production.

How to Avoid

1Implement a staging environment to test ingress resources before production deployment.
2Use automated tests to verify ingress configuration correctness.