Incorrect Ingress Path Handling Leading to 404 Errors

Incorrect path configuration in the ingress resource resulted in 404 errors for certain API routes.

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What Happened

Ingress was misconfigured with incorrect path mappings, causing requests to certain API routes to return 404 errors.

Diagnosis Steps

1Checked ingress configuration using kubectl describe ingress and found mismatched path rules.
2Verified the service endpoints and found that the routes were not properly configured in the ingress spec.

Root Cause

Incorrect path definitions in the ingress resource, causing requests to be routed incorrectly.

Fix/Workaround

• Fixed the path configuration in the ingress resource.
• Re-applied the ingress configuration, and traffic was correctly routed.

Lessons Learned

Verify that ingress path definitions match the application routing.

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