title: Deprecate ipvs mode in kube-proxy
kep-number: 5495
authors:
  - "@adrianmoisey"
  - "@danwinship"
owning-sig: sig-network
participating-sigs: []
status: implementable
creation-date: 2025-08-25
reviewers:
  - "@thockin"
  - "@danwinship"
  - "@aojea"
approvers:
  - "@thockin"
  - "@danwinship"
  - "@aojea"

see-also:
  - "/keps/sig-network/265-ipvs-based-load-balancing/README.md"
  - "/keps/sig-network/3866-nftables-proxy/README.md"
replaces: []

stage: deprecated

latest-milestone: "v1.37"

# The milestone at which this feature was, or is targeted to be, at each stage.
milestone:
  deprecated: "v1.35"

# The following PRR answers are required at alpha release
# List the feature gate name and the components for which it must be enabled
feature-gates:
  - name: KubeProxyIPVS
    components:
      - kube-proxy
disable-supported: false

# The following PRR answers are required at beta release
metrics: []