Increase timeout for Docker image sync job to 30 minutes

Add optional X-Forwarded-Scheme and X-Scheme headers in forwarded headers middleware
Add reportNodeInternalIPs option to report node internal IPs in Ingress status
2026-06-22 17:38:39 +00:00 · 2026-06-12 17:12:06 +02:00 · 2026-06-12 11:16:07 +02:00 · 2026-06-12 10:26:07 +02:00 · 2026-06-11 10:10:07 +02:00 · 2026-06-10 17:05:29 +02:00
2637 changed files with 313147 additions and 127492 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dist/
-!dist/traefik
+!dist/**/traefik
 site/
 vendor/
 .idea/
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# These are supported funding model platforms
+
+github: traefik
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ body:
    attributes:
      label: Welcome!
      description: |
-        The issue tracker is for reporting bugs and feature requests only. For end-user related support questions, please refer to one of the following:
-        - the Traefik community forum: https://community.traefik.io/
+        The issue tracker is for reporting bugs and feature requests only.
+        For end-user related support questions, please use the [Traefik community forum](https://community.traefik.io/).

-        The configurations between 1.X and 2.X are NOT compatible. Please have a look [here](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/getting-started/configuration-overview/).
+        All new/updated issues are triaged regularly by the maintainers.
+        All issues closed by a bot are subsequently double-checked by the maintainers.

        DO NOT FILE ISSUES FOR GENERAL SUPPORT QUESTIONS.
+
      options:
        - label: Yes, I've searched similar issues on [GitHub](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues) and didn't find any.
          required: true
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 <!--
 PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE.

-Documentation fixes or enhancements:
- for Traefik v1: use branch v1.7
- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.6
+Documentation:
+- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.11 (fixes only)
+- for Traefik v3.6: use branch v3.6
+- for Traefik v3.7: use branch v3.7

-Bug fixes:
- for Traefik v1: use branch v1.7
- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.6
+Bug:
+- for Traefik v2: use branch v2.11 (security fixes only)
+- for Traefik v3.6: use branch v3.6
+- for Traefik v3.7: use branch v3.7

 Enhancements:
- for Traefik v1: we only accept bug fixes
- for Traefik v2: use branch master
+- use branch master

 HOW TO WRITE A GOOD PULL REQUEST? https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/submitting-pull-requests/

@@ -4,76 +4,78 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - '*'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'script/gcg/**'

 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.17
  CGO_ENABLED: 0
-  IN_DOCKER: ""

 jobs:

  build-webui:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Build webui
-        run: |
-          make clean-webui generate-webui
-          tar czvf webui.tar.gz ./webui/static/
-
-      - name: Artifact webui
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: webui.tar.gz
-          path: webui.tar.gz
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/template-webui.yaml

  build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+        os: [ darwin, freebsd, linux, openbsd, windows ]
+        arch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
+        include:
+          - os: freebsd
+            arch: 386
+          - os: linux
+            arch: 386
+          - os: linux
+            arch: arm
+            goarm: 6
+          - os: linux
+            arch: arm
+            goarm: 7
+          - os: linux
+            arch: ppc64le
+          - os: linux
+            arch: riscv64
+          - os: linux
+            arch: s390x
+          - os: openbsd
+            arch: 386
+          - os: windows
+            arch: 386
    needs:
      - build-webui
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik

    steps:
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
-          path: go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        env:
+          ImageOS: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.goarm }}
        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-            ~/Library/Caches/go-build
-            '%LocalAppData%\go-build'
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-build-go-
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true

      - name: Artifact webui
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
        with:
          name: webui.tar.gz
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik

      - name: Untar webui
-        run: tar xvf webui.tar.gz
+        run: |
+          tar xvf webui.tar.gz
+          rm webui.tar.gz

      - name: Build
+        env:
+          GOOS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+          GOARM: ${{ matrix.goarm }}
        run: make binary
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: Check Documentation
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/check_doc.yaml'
+      - 'docs/**'
+
+jobs:
+
+  docs:
+    name: lint, build and verify
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install markdownlint
+        run: |
+          npm install --global markdownlint@0.29.0 markdownlint-cli@0.35.0
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: ./docs/scripts/lint.sh docs
+
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: "./docs/requirements.txt"
+
+      - name: Build documentation
+        working-directory: ./docs
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          mkdocs build --strict
+
+      - name: Setup ruby
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@90be1154f987f4dc0fe0dd0feedac9e473aa4ba8 # v1.286.0
+        with:
+          ruby-version: '3.4'
+
+      - name: Install html-proofer
+        run: |
+          gem install nokogiri --version 1.18.6 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries
+          gem install html-proofer --version 5.0.10 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries
+        env:
+          NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES: "true"
+
+      # Comes from https://github.com/gjtorikian/html-proofer?tab=readme-ov-file#caching-with-continuous-integration
+      - name: Cache HTMLProofer
+        uses: actions/cache@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7 # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          path: tmp/.htmlproofer
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-htmlproofer
+
+      - name: Verify
+        run: ./docs/scripts/verify.sh docs/site
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: Check Documentation
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '*'
-
-jobs:
-
-  docs:
-    name: Check, verify and build documentation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Check documentation
-        run: make docs-pull-images docs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - v*
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '11 22 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'javascript', 'go' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
+        # Use only 'java' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
+        # Use only 'javascript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+    - name: setup go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+      if: ${{ matrix.language == 'go' }}
+      with:
+        go-version-file: '.go-version'
+        check-latest: true
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@38e701f46e33fb233075bf4238cb1e5d68e429e4 # v3.31.11
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages (C/C++, C#, Go, Java, or Swift).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@38e701f46e33fb233075bf4238cb1e5d68e429e4 # v3.31.11
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+
+    #   If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines.
+    #   modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project, please refer to the EXAMPLE below for guidance.
+
+    # - run: |
+    #     echo "Run, Build Application using script"
+    #     ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@38e701f46e33fb233075bf4238cb1e5d68e429e4 # v3.31.11
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 name: Build and Publish Documentation

 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
  push:
    branches:
      - master
      - v*

 env:
-  STRUCTOR_VERSION: v1.11.2
+  STRUCTOR_VERSION: v1.13.2
  MIXTUS_VERSION: v0.4.1

 jobs:

  docs:
    name: Doc Process
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
    if: github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'

    steps:
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -39,14 +41,14 @@ jobs:
        run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/mixtus/master/godownloader.sh | sh -s -- -b $HOME/bin ${MIXTUS_VERSION}

      - name: Build documentation
-        run: $HOME/bin/structor -o traefik -r traefik --dockerfile-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v1.7/docs.Dockerfile" --menu.js-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/structor/master/traefik-menu.js.gotmpl" --rqts-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/structor/master/requirements-override.txt" --force-edit-url --exp-branch=master --debug
-        env:
-          STRUCTOR_LATEST_TAG: ${{ secrets.STRUCTOR_LATEST_TAG }}
+        run: |
+          STRUCTOR_LATEST_TAG=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/traefik/traefik/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+          $HOME/bin/structor -o traefik -r traefik --dockerfile-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/traefik/v1.7/docs.Dockerfile" --menu.js-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/structor/master/traefik-menu.js.gotmpl" --rqts-url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traefik/structor/master/requirements-override.txt" --force-edit-url --exp-branch=master --debug

      - name: Apply seo
        run: $HOME/bin/seo -path=./site -product=traefik

      - name: Publish documentation
-        run: $HOME/bin/mixtus --dst-doc-path="./traefik" --dst-owner=traefik --dst-repo-name=doc --git-user-email="30906710+traefiker@users.noreply.github.com" --git-user-name=traefiker --src-doc-path="./site" --src-owner=containous --src-repo-name=traefik
+        run: $HOME/bin/mixtus --dst-doc-path="./traefik" --dst-owner=traefik --dst-repo-name=doc --git-user-email="30906710+traefiker@users.noreply.github.com" --git-user-name=traefiker --src-doc-path="./site" --src-owner=traefik --src-repo-name=traefik
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_REPO }}
@@ -6,32 +6,65 @@ on:
      - master
      - v*

+env:
+  CGO_ENABLED: 0
+
 jobs:

+  build-webui:
+    if: github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/template-webui.yaml
+
  experimental:
    if: github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
    name: Build experimental image on branch
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20

    steps:
-
-      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        env:
+          ImageOS: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.goarm }}
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: make generate binary
+
      - name: Branch name
        run: echo ${GITHUB_REF##*/}

-      - name: Build docker experimental image
-        run: docker build -t traefik/traefik:experimental-${GITHUB_REF##*/} -f exp.Dockerfile .
-
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        uses: docker/login-action@5e57cd118135c172c3672efd75eb46360885c0ef # v3.6.0
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

-      - name: Push to Docker Hub
-        run: docker push traefik/traefik:experimental-${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
+
+      - name: Artifact webui
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Untar webui
+        run: |
+          tar xvf webui.tar.gz
+          rm webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Build docker experimental image
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDX_ARGS: "--push"
+        run: |
+          make multi-arch-image-experimental-${GITHUB_REF##*/}
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+env:
+  CGO_ENABLED: 0
+  VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  TRAEFIKER_EMAIL: "traefiker@traefik.io"
+  CODENAME: langres
+
+jobs:
+
+  build-webui:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/template-webui.yaml
+
+  build:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ linux-amd64, linux-386, linux-arm, linux-arm64, linux-ppc64le, linux-s390x, linux-riscv64, darwin-amd64, darwin-arm64, windows-amd64, windows-arm64, windows-386, freebsd-amd64, freebsd-386, openbsd-amd64, openbsd-386, openbsd-riscv64 ]
+    needs:
+      - build-webui
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        env:
+          # Ensure cache consistency on Linux, see https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/383
+          ImageOS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Artifact webui
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Untar webui
+        run: |
+          tar xvf webui.tar.gz
+          rm webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Go generate
+        run: go generate
+
+
+      - name: Generate goreleaser file
+        run: |
+          GORELEASER_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=$(go run ./internal/release "${{ matrix.os }}")
+          echo "GORELEASER_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=$GORELEASER_CONFIG_FILE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build with goreleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          distribution: goreleaser
+          # 'latest', 'nightly', or a semver
+          version: '~> v2'
+          args: release --clean --timeout="90m" --config "${{ env.GORELEASER_CONFIG_FILE_PATH }}"
+
+      - name: Artifact binaries
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.os }}-binaries
+          path: |
+            dist/**/*_checksums.txt
+            dist/**/*.tar.gz
+            dist/**/*.zip
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  release:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+
+    needs:
+      - build
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Artifact webui
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Untar webui
+        run: |
+          tar xvf webui.tar.gz
+          rm webui.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Retrieve the secret and decode it to a file
+        env:
+          TRAEFIKER_RSA: ${{ secrets.TRAEFIKER_RSA }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${TRAEFIKER_RSA}" | base64 --decode > ~/.ssh/traefiker_rsa
+
+      - name: Download All Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          path: dist/
+          pattern: "*-binaries"
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Publish Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          cat dist/**/*_checksums.txt >> "dist/traefik_${VERSION}_checksums.txt"
+          rm dist/**/*_checksums.txt
+          tar cfz "dist/traefik-${VERSION}.src.tar.gz" \
+            --exclude-vcs \
+            --exclude .idea \
+            --exclude .github \
+            --exclude dist .
+
+          chown -R "$(id -u)":"$(id -g)" dist/
+          gh release create ${VERSION} ./dist/**/traefik*.{zip,tar.gz} ./dist/traefik*.{tar.gz,txt} --repo traefik/traefik --title ${VERSION} --notes ${VERSION} --latest=false
+
+          ./script/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Sync Docker Images
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # Run every day
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+    if: github.repository == 'traefik/traefik'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - uses: imjasonh/setup-crane@31b88efe9de28ae0ffa220711af4b60be9435f6e # v0.4
+      
+      - name: Sync
+        run: |
+          EXCLUDED_TAGS="1.7.9-alpine v1.0.0-beta.392 v1.0.0-beta.404 v1.0.0-beta.704 v1.0.0-rc1 v1.7.9-alpine"
+          EXCLUDED_REGEX=$(echo $EXCLUDED_TAGS | sed 's/ /|/g')
+          diff <(crane ls traefik) <(crane ls ghcr.io/traefik/traefik) | grep '^<' | awk '{print $2}' | while read -r tag; do [[ "$tag" =~ ^($EXCLUDED_REGEX)$ ]] || (echo "Processing image: traefik:$tag"; crane cp "traefik:$tag" "ghcr.io/traefik/traefik:$tag"); done
+          crane cp traefik:latest ghcr.io/traefik/traefik:latest
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Build Web UI
+on:
+  workflow_call: {}
+env:
+  SAFE_CHAIN_MINIMUM_PACKAGE_AGE_HOURS: 48  # 2 days
+jobs:
+
+  build-webui:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Enable corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          node-version-file: webui/.nvmrc
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: webui/yarn.lock
+
+      - name: Setup safe-chain
+        working-directory: ./webui
+        run: |
+          npm i -g @aikidosec/safe-chain
+          safe-chain setup-ci
+
+      - name: Build webui
+        working-directory: ./webui
+        run: |
+          yarn install
+          yarn tsc
+          yarn lint
+          yarn build
+
+      - name: Package webui
+        run: |
+          tar czvf webui.tar.gz ./webui/static/
+
+      - name: Artifact webui
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          name: webui.tar.gz
+          path: webui.tar.gz
+          retention-days: 1
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Test K8s Gateway API conformance
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/test-gateway-api-conformance.yaml'
+      - 'pkg/provider/kubernetes/gateway/**'
+      - 'integration/fixtures/gateway-api-conformance/**'
+      - 'integration/gateway_api_conformance_test.go'
+      - 'integration/integration_test.go'
+
+env:
+  CGO_ENABLED: 0
+
+jobs:
+
+  test-gateway-api-conformance:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Avoid generating webui
+        run: |
+          touch webui/static/index.html
+
+      - name: Gateway API conformance test and report
+        run: |
+          make test-gateway-api-conformance
+          git diff --exit-code
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+name: Test Integration
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'script/gcg/**'
+
+env:
+  CGO_ENABLED: 0
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Avoid generating webui
+        run: |
+          touch webui/static/index.html
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: make binary-linux-amd64
+
+      - name: Save go cache build
+        uses: actions/cache/save@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7 # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/go-build
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod', '**/go.sum') }}
+
+      - name: Artifact traefik binary
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          name: traefik
+          path: ./dist/linux/amd64/traefik
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  test-integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    needs:
+      - build
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        parallel: [12]
+        index: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Download traefik binary
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: traefik
+          path: ./dist/linux/amd64/
+
+      - name: Make binary executable
+        run: chmod +x ./dist/linux/amd64/traefik
+
+      - name: Restore go cache build
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@8b402f58fbc84540c8b491a91e594a4576fec3d7 # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/go-build
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod', '**/go.sum') }}
+
+      - name: Generate go test Slice
+        id: test_split
+        uses: hashicorp-forge/go-test-split-action@ddb2685fb140c29505663b405af7eb2cd953dd13 # v2.0.1
+        with:
+          packages: ./integration
+          total: ${{ matrix.parallel }}
+          index: ${{ matrix.index }}
+
+      - name: Run Integration tests
+        run: |
+          TESTS=$(echo "${{ steps.test_split.outputs.run}}" | sed 's/\$/\$\$/g')
+          TESTFLAGS="-run \"${TESTS}\"" make test-integration
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Test Knative conformance
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/test-knative-conformance.yaml'
+      - 'pkg/provider/kubernetes/knative/**'
+      - 'integration/fixtures/knative/**'
+      - 'integration/knative_conformance_test.go'
+      - 'integration/integration_test.go'
+
+env:
+  CGO_ENABLED: 0
+
+jobs:
+
+  test-knative-conformance:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Set up KO
+        uses: ko-build/setup-ko@ace48d793556083a76f1e3e6068850c1f4a369aa # v0.6
+        env:
+          KO_DOCKER_REPO: ko.local
+
+      - name: Upload Test Images
+        run: |
+          # Download the test image templates.
+          go mod vendor
+          ./integration/fixtures/knative/upload-test-images.sh
+
+      - name: Avoid generating webui
+        run: |
+          touch webui/static/index.html
+
+      - name: Knative conformance test
+        run: |
+          make test-knative-conformance
@@ -4,43 +4,90 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - '*'
-
-env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.17
-  IN_DOCKER: ""
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'script/gcg/**'

 jobs:
-
-  test-unit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
-
+  generate-packages:
+    name: List Go Packages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
    steps:
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
-          path: go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-test-unit-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-test-unit-go-
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true

-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: touch webui/static/index.html
+      - name: Generate matrix
+        id: set-matrix
+        run: |
+          matrix_output=$(go run ./internal/testsci/genmatrix.go)
+          echo "$matrix_output"
+          echo "$matrix_output" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  test-unit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    needs: generate-packages
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        package: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-packages.outputs.matrix) }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true

      - name: Tests
-        run: make test-unit
+        run: |
+          go test -v -parallel 8 ${{ matrix.package.group }}
+
+  test-ui-unit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Enable corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          node-version-file: webui/.nvmrc
+          cache: 'yarn'
+          cache-dependency-path: webui/yarn.lock
+
+      - name: Setup safe-chain
+        run: |
+          npm i -g @aikidosec/safe-chain
+          safe-chain setup-ci
+
+      - name: UI unit tests
+        working-directory: ./webui
+        env:
+          VITE_APP_BASE_API_URL: "/api"
+        run: |
+          yarn install
+          yarn test:unit:ci
@@ -6,89 +6,73 @@ on:
      - '*'

 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.17
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.45.0
-  MISSSPELL_VERSION: v0.3.4
-  IN_DOCKER: ""
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v2.10.1
+  MISSPELL_VERSION: v0.7.0

 jobs:

-  validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15

    steps:
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
-          path: go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-validate-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-validate-go-
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true

-      - name: Install golangci-lint ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}
-        run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
+        with:
+          version: "${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}"

-      - name: Install missspell ${{ env.MISSSPELL_VERSION }}
-        run: curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/client9/misspell/master/install-misspell.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${MISSSPELL_VERSION}
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15

-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: touch webui/static/index.html
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Install misspell ${{ env.MISSPELL_VERSION }}
+        run: curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/misspell/HEAD/install-misspell.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${MISSPELL_VERSION}

      - name: Validate
-        run: make validate
+        run: make validate-files

  validate-generate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15

    steps:
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
        with:
-          path: go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
          fetch-depth: 0

-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-validate-generate-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-validate-generate-go-
+          go-version-file: '.go-version'
+          check-latest: true

      - name: go generate
        run: |
-          go generate
-          git diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: go mod tidy
-        run: |
-          go mod tidy
+          make generate
          git diff --exit-code

      - name: make generate-crd
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ vendor/
 plugins-storage/
 plugins-local/
 traefik_changelog.md
+integration/tailscale.secret
+integration/gateway-api-conformance-reports/**/experimental-dev-default-report.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.25
@@ -1,216 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-  timeout = "10m"
-  skip-files = []
-  skip-dirs = [
-    "pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/",
-  ]
-
-[linters-settings]
-
-  [linters-settings.govet]
-    check-shadowing = false
-
-  [linters-settings.golint]
-    min-confidence = 0.0
-
-  [linters-settings.gocyclo]
-    min-complexity = 14.0
-
-  [linters-settings.goconst]
-    min-len = 3.0
-    min-occurrences = 4.0
-
-  [linters-settings.misspell]
-    locale = "US"
-
-  [linters-settings.funlen]
-    lines = 230 # default 60
-    statements = 120 # default 40
-
-  [linters-settings.forbidigo]
-    forbid = [
-      '^print(ln)?$',
-      '^spew\.Print(f|ln)?$',
-      '^spew\.Dump$',
-    ]
-
-  [linters-settings.depguard]
-    list-type = "blacklist"
-    include-go-root = false
-    packages = ["github.com/pkg/errors"]
-
-  [linters-settings.godox]
-    keywords = ["FIXME"]
-
-  [linters-settings.importas]
-    corev1 = "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-    networkingv1beta1 = "k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1"
-    extensionsv1beta1 = "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
-    metav1 = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-    kubeerror = "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-    composeapi = "github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
-
-  [linters-settings.revive]
-    [[linters-settings.revive.rules]]
-      name = "struct-tag"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "blank-imports"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "context-as-argument"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "context-keys-type"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "dot-imports"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "error-return"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "error-strings"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "error-naming"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "exported"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "if-return"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "increment-decrement"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "var-naming"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "var-declaration"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "package-comments"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "range"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "receiver-naming"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "time-naming"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "unexported-return"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "indent-error-flow"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "errorf"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "empty-block"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "superfluous-else"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "unused-parameter"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "unreachable-code"
-    [[linters-settings.rules]]
-      name = "redefines-builtin-id"
-
-  [linters-settings.gomoddirectives]
-    replace-allow-list = [
-      "github.com/abbot/go-http-auth",
-      "github.com/go-check/check",
-      "github.com/gorilla/mux",
-      "github.com/mailgun/minheap",
-      "github.com/mailgun/multibuf",
-      "github.com/jaguilar/vt100",
-    ]
-
-[linters]
-  enable-all = true
-  disable = [
-    "scopelint", # Deprecated
-    "interfacer", # Deprecated
-    "maligned", # Deprecated
-    "golint", # Deprecated
-    "sqlclosecheck", # Not relevant (SQL)
-    "rowserrcheck", # Not relevant (SQL)
-    "lll", # Not relevant
-    "gocyclo", # FIXME must be fixed
-    "cyclop", # Duplicate of gocyclo
-    "gocognit", # Too strict
-    "nestif", # Too many false-positive.
-    "prealloc", # Too many false-positive.
-    "makezero", # Not relevant
-    "ifshort", # Not relevant
-    "dupl", # Too strict
-    "gosec", # Too strict
-    "gochecknoinits",
-    "gochecknoglobals",
-    "wsl", # Too strict
-    "nlreturn", # Not relevant
-    "gomnd", # Too strict
-    "stylecheck", # skip because report issues related to some generated files.
-    "testpackage", # Too strict
-    "tparallel", # Not relevant
-    "paralleltest", # Not relevant
-    "exhaustive", # Not relevant
-    "exhaustivestruct", # Not relevant
-    "goerr113", # Too strict
-    "wrapcheck", # Too strict
-    "noctx", # Too strict
-    "bodyclose", # Too many false-positive and panics.
-    "unparam", # Too strict
-    "godox", # Too strict
-    "forcetypeassert", # Too strict
-    "tagliatelle", # Not compatible with current tags.
-    "varnamelen", # not relevant
-    "nilnil", # not relevant
-    "ireturn", # not relevant
-    "contextcheck", # too many false-positive
-    "containedctx", # too many false-positive
-    "maintidx", # kind of duplicate of gocyclo
-  ]
-
-[issues]
-  exclude-use-default = false
-  max-per-linter = 0
-  max-same-issues = 0
-  exclude = [
-    "Error return value of .((os\\.)?std(out|err)\\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\\.Remove(All)?|.*printf?|os\\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked",
-    "should have a package comment, unless it's in another file for this package",
-    "SA1019: http.CloseNotifier has been deprecated",  # FIXME must be fixed
-    "SA1019: cfg.SSLRedirect is deprecated",
-    "SA1019: cfg.SSLTemporaryRedirect is deprecated",
-    "SA1019: cfg.SSLHost is deprecated",
-    "SA1019: cfg.SSLForceHost is deprecated",
-    "SA1019: cfg.FeaturePolicy is deprecated",
-  ]
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "(.+)_test.go"
-    linters = ["goconst", "funlen", "godot"]
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "integration/.+_test.go"
-    text = "Error return value of `cmd\\.Process\\.Kill` is not checked"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "integration/(consul_catalog_test|constraint_test).go"
-    text = "Error return value of `(s.deregisterService|s.deregisterAgentService)` is not checked"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "integration/grpc_test.go"
-    text = "Error return value of `closer` is not checked"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/h2c/h2c.go"
-    text = "Error return value of `rw.Write` is not checked"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/provider/docker/builder_test.go"
-    text = "(U1000: func )?`(.+)` is unused"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/provider/kubernetes/builder_(endpoint|service)_test.go"
-    text = "(U1000: func )?`(.+)` is unused"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/server/service/bufferpool.go"
-    text = "SA6002: argument should be pointer-like to avoid allocations"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "cmd/configuration.go"
-    text = "string `traefik` has (\\d) occurrences, make it a constant"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/server/middleware/middlewares.go"
-    text = "Function 'buildConstructor' has too many statements"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/tracing/haystack/logger.go"
-    linters = ["goprintffuncname"]
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/tracing/tracing.go"
-    text = "printf-like formatting function 'SetErrorWithEvent' should be named 'SetErrorWithEventf'"
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "pkg/log/deprecated.go"
-    linters = ["godot"]
- [[issues.exclude-rules]]
-    path = "(.+)\\.go"
-    text = "struct-tag: unknown option 'inline' in JSON tag"
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+version: "2"
+
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gci
+    - gofumpt
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/
+
+linters:
+  default: all
+  disable:
+    - bodyclose # too many false-positive
+    - containedctx # too many false-positive
+    - contextcheck # too many false-positive
+    - cyclop # duplicate of gocyclo
+    - dupl # Too strict
+    - err113 # Too strict
+    - exhaustive # Not relevant
+    - exhaustruct # Not relevant
+    - forcetypeassert # Too strict
+    - gochecknoglobals
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - gocognit # Too strict
+    - gocyclo # FIXME must be fixed
+    - gosec # Too strict
+    - gosmopolitan  # not relevant
+    - ireturn # Not relevant
+    - lll # Not relevant
+    - maintidx # kind of duplicate of gocyclo
+    - makezero # Not relevant
+    - mnd # Too strict
+    - nestif # Too many false-positive.
+    - nilnil # Not relevant
+    - nlreturn # Not relevant
+    - noctx # Too strict
+    - noinlineerr # Too strict
+    - nonamedreturns # Too strict
+    - paralleltest # Not relevant
+    - prealloc # Too many false-positive.
+    - rowserrcheck # not relevant (SQL)
+    - sqlclosecheck # not relevant (SQL)
+    - tagliatelle # Too strict
+    - testpackage # Too strict
+    - tparallel # Not relevant
+    - varnamelen # Not relevant
+    - wrapcheck # Too strict
+    - wsl # Too strict
+    - wsl_v5 # Too strict
+
+  settings:
+    depguard:
+      rules:
+        main:
+          deny:
+            - pkg: github.com/instana/testify
+              desc: not allowed
+            - pkg: github.com/pkg/errors
+              desc: Should be replaced by standard lib errors package
+    errcheck:
+      exclude-functions:
+        - fmt.Fprintln
+    forbidigo:
+      forbid:
+        - pattern: ^print(ln)?$
+        - pattern: ^spew\.Print(f|ln)?$
+        - pattern: ^spew\.Dump$
+    funlen:
+      lines: -1
+      statements: 120
+    goconst:
+      min-len: 3
+      min-occurrences: 4
+    gocyclo:
+      min-complexity: 14
+    godox:
+      keywords:
+        - FIXME
+    gomoddirectives:
+      toolchain-pattern: go1\.\d+\.\d+$
+      tool-forbidden: true
+      go-version-pattern: ^1\.\d+(\.0)?$
+      replace-local: true
+      replace-allow-list:
+        - github.com/abbot/go-http-auth
+        - github.com/gorilla/mux
+        - github.com/mailgun/minheap
+        - github.com/mailgun/multibuf
+        - github.com/jaguilar/vt100
+        - github.com/cucumber/godog
+        - github.com/vulcand/oxy/v2
+    govet:
+      enable-all: true
+      disable:
+        - shadow
+        - fieldalignment
+    importas:
+      no-unaliased: true
+      alias:
+        - pkg: github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api
+          alias: composeapi
+
+        # Standard Kubernetes rewrites:
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/core/v1
+          alias: corev1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/networking/v1
+          alias: netv1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1
+          alias: netv1beta1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/admission/v1
+          alias: admv1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1
+          alias: admv1beta1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1
+          alias: extv1beta1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1
+          alias: metav1
+        - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types
+          alias: ktypes
+        - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors
+          alias: kerror
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes
+          alias: kclientset
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/informers
+          alias: kinformers
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/testing
+          alias: ktesting
+        - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema
+          alias: kschema
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme
+          alias: kscheme
+        - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version
+          alias: kversion
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake
+          alias: kubefake
+        - pkg: k8s.io/client-go/discovery/fake
+          alias: discoveryfake
+
+        # Kubernetes Gateway rewrites:
+        - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/client/clientset/gateway/versioned
+          alias: gateclientset
+        - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/client/informers/gateway/externalversions
+          alias: gateinformers
+        - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2
+          alias: gatev1alpha2
+
+        # Traefik Kubernetes rewrites:
+        - pkg: github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/traefikio/v1alpha1
+          alias: traefikv1alpha1
+        - pkg: github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/clientset/versioned
+          alias: traefikclientset
+        - pkg: github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/informers/externalversions
+          alias: traefikinformers
+        - pkg: github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/clientset/versioned/scheme
+          alias: traefikscheme
+        - pkg: github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/clientset/versioned/fake
+          alias: traefikcrdfake
+    misspell:
+      locale: US
+    revive:
+      rules:
+        - name: struct-tag
+        - name: blank-imports
+        - name: context-as-argument
+        - name: context-keys-type
+        - name: dot-imports
+        - name: error-return
+        - name: error-strings
+        - name: error-naming
+        - name: exported
+          disabled: true
+        - name: if-return
+        - name: increment-decrement
+        - name: var-naming
+        - name: var-declaration
+        - name: package-comments
+          disabled: true
+        - name: range
+        - name: receiver-naming
+        - name: time-naming
+        - name: unexported-return
+        - name: indent-error-flow
+        - name: errorf
+        - name: empty-block
+        - name: superfluous-else
+        - name: unused-parameter
+          disabled: true
+        - name: unreachable-code
+        - name: redefines-builtin-id
+    tagalign:
+      align: false
+      sort: true
+      order:
+        - description
+        - json
+        - toml
+        - yaml
+        - yml
+        - label
+        - label-slice-as-struct
+        - file
+        - kv
+        - export
+    testifylint:
+      disable:
+        - suite-dont-use-pkg
+        - require-error
+        - go-require
+    perfsprint:
+      err-error: true
+      errorf: true
+      sprintf1: true
+      strconcat: false
+    staticcheck:
+      checks:
+        - all
+        - '-SA1019'
+        - '-ST1000'
+        - '-ST1003'
+        - '-ST1016'
+        - '-ST1020'
+        - '-ST1021'
+        - '-ST1022'
+        - '-QF1001'
+        - '-QF1008' # TODO must be fixed
+
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - std-error-handling
+    rules:
+      - path: (.+)_test.go
+        linters:
+          - canonicalheader
+          - fatcontext
+          - funlen
+          - goconst
+          - godot
+      - path: (.+)_test.go
+        text: ' always receives '
+        linters:
+          - unparam
+      - path: pkg/server/service/bufferpool.go
+        text: 'SA6002: argument should be pointer-like to avoid allocations'
+      - path: pkg/server/middleware/middlewares.go
+        text: Function 'buildConstructor' has too many statements
+        linters:
+          - funlen
+      - path: pkg/provider/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/kubernetes.go
+        text: Function 'loadConfiguration' has too many statements
+        linters:
+          - funlen
+      - path: pkg/tracing/haystack/logger.go
+        linters:
+          - goprintffuncname
+      - path: pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+        text: printf-like formatting function 'SetErrorWithEvent' should be named 'SetErrorWithEventf'
+        linters:
+          - goprintffuncname
+      - path: pkg/tls/tlsmanager_test.go
+        text: 'SA1019: config.ClientCAs.Subjects has been deprecated since Go 1.18'
+      - path: pkg/types/tls_test.go
+        text: 'SA1019: tlsConfig.RootCAs.Subjects has been deprecated since Go 1.18'
+      - path: pkg/provider/kubernetes/(crd|gateway)/client.go
+        linters:
+          - interfacebloat
+      - path: pkg/observability/metrics/metrics.go
+        linters:
+          - interfacebloat
+      - path: integration/healthcheck_test.go
+        text: Duplicate words \(wsp2,\) found
+        linters:
+          - dupword
+      - path: pkg/types/domain_test.go
+        text: Duplicate words \(sub\) found
+        linters:
+          - dupword
+      - path: pkg/provider/kubernetes/gateway/client_mock_test.go
+        text: 'unusedwrite: unused write to field'
+        linters:
+          - govet
+      - path: pkg/provider/acme/local_store.go
+        linters:
+          - musttag
+      - path: pkg/tls/certificate.go
+        text: the methods of "Certificates" use pointer receiver and non-pointer receiver.
+        linters:
+          - recvcheck
+      - path: pkg/config/static/static_config.go
+        source: 'errors.New\("Consul Catalog provider'
+        text: 'ST1005: error strings should not be capitalized'
+      - path: pkg/config/static/static_config.go
+        source: 'errors.New\("Consul provider'
+        text: 'ST1005: error strings should not be capitalized'
+      - path: pkg/config/static/static_config.go
+        source: 'errors.New\("Nomad provider'
+        text: 'ST1005: error strings should not be capitalized'
+      - path: (.+)\.go
+        text: 'omitzero: Omitempty has no effect on nested struct field'
+        linters:
+          - modernize
+      - path: (.+)\.go
+        text: 'struct-tag: unknown option "inline" in json tag'
+        linters:
+          - revive
+      - path: (.+)\.go
+        text: 'struct-tag: unknown option "omitzero" in toml tag'
+        linters:
+          - revive
+      - path: (pkg/types/.+|pkg/api/.+|pkg/observability/types/.+)\.go
+        text: 'var-naming: avoid meaningless package names'
+        linters:
+          - revive
+      - path: ((cmd|pkg)/version/.*|pkg/config/runtime/.*|pkg/log/.*|pkg/(middlewares/)?metrics/.*|pkg/muxer/http/.+|pkg/provider/http/.+|pkg/tls/.+|pkg/proxy/httputil/.+|pkg/observability/metrics/.+)\.go
+        text: 'var-naming: avoid package names that conflict with Go standard library package names'
+        linters:
+          - revive
+      - path: (.+)\.go$
+        text: 'SA1019: http.CloseNotifier has been deprecated' # FIXME must be fixed
+      - path: (.+)\.go$
+        text: 'SA1019: dynamic.(TCPIPWhiteList|IPWhiteList) is deprecated: please use IPAllowList instead.'
+      - path: (.+)\.go$
+        text: 'SA1019: middlewareTCP.Spec.IPWhiteList is deprecated: please use IPAllowList instead.'
+      - path: (.+)\.go$
+        text: 'SA1019: cfg.(SSLRedirect|SSLTemporaryRedirect|SSLHost|SSLForceHost|FeaturePolicy) is deprecated'
+      - path: (.+)\.go$
+        text: 'SA1019: c.Providers.(ConsulCatalog|Consul|Nomad).Namespace is deprecated'
+      - path: pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth_test.go
+        text: 'SA1008: keys in http.Header are canonicalized, "x-user" is not canonical; fix the constant or use http.CanonicalHeaderKey'
+      - path: pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth_test.go
+        text: 'SA1008: keys in http.Header are canonicalized, "x-user" is not canonical; fix the constant or use http.CanonicalHeaderKey'
+      - path: pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes.go
+        text: "Function 'loadConfigurationFromCRD' has too many statements"
+        linters:
+          - funlen
+      - path: pkg/plugins/middlewarewasm.go
+        text: 'the methods of "wasmMiddlewareBuilder" use pointer receiver and non-pointer receiver.'
+        linters:
+          - recvcheck
+      - path: pkg/proxy/httputil/bufferpool.go
+        text: 'SA6002: argument should be pointer-like to avoid allocations'
+      - path: integration/integration_test.go
+        text: 'var (gatewayAPIConformanceRunTest|traefikVersion) is unused'
+      - path: pkg/server/router/router.go
+        text: 'appendAssign: append result not assigned to the same slice'
+        linters:
+          - gocritic
+      - path: pkg/server/conncontext.go
+        linters:
+          - fatcontext
+    paths:
+      - pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/
+
+issues:
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 project_name: traefik
+version: 2

-before:
-  hooks:
-    - go generate
+[[if .GOARCH]]
+dist: "./dist/[[ .GOOS ]]-[[ .GOARCH ]]"
+[[else]]
+dist: "./dist/[[ .GOOS ]]"
+[[end]]

 builds:
  - binary: traefik
@@ -11,46 +14,52 @@ builds:
    env:
      - CGO_ENABLED=0
    ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.Codename={{.Env.CODENAME}} -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.BuildDate={{.Date}}
+      - -s -w -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.Codename={{.Env.CODENAME}} -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.BuildDate={{.Date}}
    flags:
      - -trimpath
    goos:
-      - linux
-      - darwin
-      - windows
-      - freebsd
-      - openbsd
+      - "[[ .GOOS ]]"
    goarch:
+      [[if .GOARCH]]
+      - "[[ .GOARCH ]]"
+      [[else]]
      - amd64
-      - 386
+      - '386'
      - arm
      - arm64
      - ppc64le
      - s390x
+      - riscv64
+      [[end]]
    goarm:
-      - 7
-      - 6
-      - 5
+      - '7'
+      - '6'
    ignore:
      - goos: darwin
-        goarch: 386
+        goarch: '386'
      - goos: openbsd
        goarch: arm
      - goos: openbsd
        goarch: arm64
+      - goos: freebsd
+        goarch: arm
      - goos: freebsd
        goarch: arm64
+      - goos: windows
+        goarch: arm

 changelog:
-  skip: true
+  disable: true

 archives:
  - id: traefik
    name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}_v{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}'
-    format: tar.gz
+    formats:
+      - tar.gz
    format_overrides:
      - goos: windows
-        format: zip
+        formats:
+          - zip
    files:
      - LICENSE.md
      - CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-version: v1.0
-name: Traefik
-agent:
-  machine:
-    type: e1-standard-4
-    os_image: ubuntu1804
-
-fail_fast:
-  stop:
-    when: "branch != 'master'"
-
-auto_cancel:
-  queued:
-    when: "branch != 'master'"
-  running:
-    when: "branch != 'master'"
-
-global_job_config:
-  prologue:
-    commands:
-      - curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldez/semgo/master/godownloader.sh | sudo sh -s -- -b "/usr/local/bin"
-      - sudo semgo go1.17
-      - export "GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)"
-      - export "SEMAPHORE_GIT_DIR=${GOPATH}/src/github.com/traefik/${SEMAPHORE_PROJECT_NAME}"
-      - export "PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
-      - mkdir -vp "${SEMAPHORE_GIT_DIR}" "${GOPATH}/bin"
-      - export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
-      - curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "${GOPATH}/bin" v1.45.0
-      - curl -sSfL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/traefiker/6d7ac019c11d011e4f131bb2cca8900e/raw/goreleaser.sh | bash -s -- -b "${GOPATH}/bin"
-      - checkout
-      - cache restore traefik-$(checksum go.sum)
-
-blocks:
-  - name: Test Integration
-    dependencies: []
-    run:
-      when: "branch =~ '.*' OR pull_request =~'.*'"
-    task:
-      jobs:
-        - name: Test Integration
-          commands:
-            - make pull-images
-            - touch webui/static/index.html # Avoid generating webui
-            - IN_DOCKER="" make binary
-            - make test-integration
-            - df -h
-      epilogue:
-        always:
-          commands:
-            - cache store traefik-$(checksum go.sum) $HOME/go/pkg/mod
-
-  - name: Release
-    dependencies: []
-    run:
-      when: "tag =~ '.*'"
-    task:
-      agent:
-        machine:
-          type: e1-standard-8
-          os_image: ubuntu1804
-      secrets:
-        - name: traefik
-      env_vars:
-        - name: GH_VERSION
-          value: 1.12.1
-        - name: CODENAME
-          value: "rocamadour"
-        - name: IN_DOCKER
-          value: ""
-      prologue:
-        commands:
-          - export VERSION=${SEMAPHORE_GIT_TAG_NAME}
-          - curl -sSL -o /tmp/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_VERSION}/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-          - tar -zxvf /tmp/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp
-          - sudo mv /tmp/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin/gh
-          - sudo rm -rf ~/.phpbrew ~/.kerl ~/.sbt ~/.nvm ~/.npm ~/.kiex /usr/lib/jvm /opt/az /opt/firefox # Remove unnecessary data.
-          - sudo service docker stop && sudo umount /var/lib/docker && sudo service docker start # Unmounts the docker disk and the whole system disk is usable.
-      jobs:
-        - name: Release
-          commands:
-            - make release-packages
-            - gh release create ${SEMAPHORE_GIT_TAG_NAME} ./dist/traefik*.* --repo traefik/traefik --title ${SEMAPHORE_GIT_TAG_NAME} --notes ${SEMAPHORE_GIT_TAG_NAME}
-            - ./script/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# Traefik — Contributor Guide for AI Agents
+
+Traefik is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that discovers services from orchestrators (Kubernetes, Docker, Nomad, ...) and wires up routing dynamically. This file is the canonical guide for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, ...) working in this repository; `CLAUDE.md` is a thin pointer to this file. For everything not covered here, defer to [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md) and [`docs/content/contributing/`](./docs/content/contributing/).
+
+> **Training-data notice.** Traefik evolved significantly between v2 and v3 (label formats, provider names, CRD shapes, middleware names). If anything you think you know about Traefik contradicts this file or the current code, trust this file and the code — not your training data.
+
+## Core vocabulary
+
+These terms appear everywhere in the code and configuration. Use them precisely; they are not interchangeable.
+
+- **EntryPoint** — a network listener (port + protocol).
+- **Router** — matches an incoming request and selects a service.
+- **Middleware** — transforms a request or response in the routing chain (auth, headers, rate limiting, ...).
+- **Service** — defines how to load-balance to backend servers.
+- **Provider** — a source of dynamic configuration (Kubernetes CRD, Docker labels, a file, an HTTP endpoint, ...).
+- **Static vs Dynamic configuration** — two distinct domains:
+  - *Static* is set at startup (entrypoints, providers, global options) and lives under [`pkg/config/static`](./pkg/config/static).
+  - *Dynamic* is produced by providers at runtime (routers, services, middlewares) and lives under [`pkg/config/dynamic`](./pkg/config/dynamic).
+
+  These terms are accurate for the code, but user-facing docs deliberately hide the distinction to keep things simpler for readers: when writing or editing under [`docs/content/`](./docs/content), prefer **install configuration** (over *static*) and **routing configuration** (over *dynamic*).
+
+At request time the components chain in this order:
+
+```
+Client → EntryPoint → Router → Middleware chain → Service → Backend
+```
+
+The middleware chain is ordered: middlewares run in the sequence declared on the router, and the router match happens *before* any middleware runs.
+
+## Where things live
+
+- `cmd/traefik/` — main.
+- `pkg/provider/` — one subpackage per provider (Kubernetes, Docker, file, ...).
+- `pkg/server/` — routing core, middleware chain, configuration watcher.
+- `pkg/middlewares/` — HTTP and TCP middleware implementations.
+- `pkg/config/static`, `pkg/config/dynamic` — the two config domains above.
+- `pkg/plugins/` — Yaegi and WASM plugin runtimes.
+- `pkg/observability/logs/` — logging helpers; the project uses `github.com/rs/zerolog` exclusively.
+- `webui/` — React dashboard. Built assets under `webui/static/` are embedded into the Go binary via `//go:embed` (see `webui/embed.go`) and must be regenerated with `make generate-webui` (Docker required) — they are not meant to be hand-edited.
+- `integration/` — integration tests; reusable fixtures under `integration/fixtures/`.
+- `docs/content/` — MkDocs sources for the public documentation.
+
+## Before you edit
+
+Read two or three existing files in the same package before adding a new one, and copy their structure. Do not invent new directory layouts, file-naming conventions, or abstraction boundaries — match the neighbours. When adding a new provider, read two existing providers under `pkg/provider/`; when adding a middleware, read two under `pkg/middlewares/`.
+
+## Build, test, lint
+
+The Go version is declared in [`go.mod`](./go.mod) — check there rather than hard-coding a version. All day-to-day commands go through `make`:
+
+```bash
+make binary             # build the traefik binary (runs generate-webui first)
+make test-unit          # run Go unit tests
+make test-integration   # run integration tests (requires Docker)
+make lint               # run golangci-lint
+make validate-files     # misspell, shellcheck, generated-files check
+make validate           # lint + validate-files (run this before pushing)
+make fmt                # gofumpt / goimports
+make generate           # regenerate non-CRD generated code (deepcopy, etc.)
+make generate-crd       # regenerate Kubernetes CRD clientset + deepcopy
+make generate-webui     # rebuild the embedded WebUI assets (Docker required)
+make docs-serve         # preview the documentation locally
+```
+
+Full environment setup (Docker, `GOPATH` layout, Tailscale for Docker Desktop users, how to target a single integration test via `TESTFLAGS`) is documented in [`docs/content/contributing/building-testing.md`](./docs/content/contributing/building-testing.md). CI runs `make validate` and fails if `make generate` or `make generate-crd` leave the tree dirty — always commit regenerated files alongside the source change that triggered them.
+
+## Code style
+
+Standard Go formatting (`gofumpt`/`goimports`) and `golangci-lint` cover most rules automatically; run `make lint` to catch them. Two project-specific rules that tooling does **not** enforce:
+
+- **Comments answer *why*, not *what*.** Comments that restate what the code already says are noise: they go stale and waste review time. Only add a comment when it records *why* the code exists — a constraint, a past incident, a spec reference, an edge case. Comments explaining *how* should be rare and usually indicate the code needs to be clearer. When a comment is present, it **must end with a period**.
+- **Assertion messages are minimal.** Prefer `assert.Equal(t, expected, actual)` over `assert.Equal(t, expected, actual, "detailed explanation")`. The test name provides the context; a descriptive message is usually noise.
+
+Prefer modern standard-library packages (`slices`, `maps`, `cmp`, ...) over hand-rolled helpers or third-party libraries when the Go version in `go.mod` supports them.
+
+## Common patterns
+
+- **Logging.** The project uses `github.com/rs/zerolog` exclusively — do not import `log`, `slog`, or `logrus`. Inside a middleware, get a logger via `middlewares.GetLogger(ctx, name, typeName)` (see [`pkg/middlewares/middleware.go`](./pkg/middlewares/middleware.go)) where `typeName` is a package-level `const` like `const typeNameForward = "ForwardAuth"`. Elsewhere, extract the logger from the context with `log.Ctx(ctx)` and attach it to a new context with `.WithContext(ctx)`.
+- **Context propagation.** `context.Context` is always the first argument, named `ctx`. Avoid `context.Background()` in request paths; propagate from the caller. Define custom context keys as unexported struct types (`type myKey struct{}`) to prevent collisions.
+
+## Testing conventions
+
+- Unit tests live next to the code as `*_test.go` files using `testing.T` with `testify/assert` and `testify/require`.
+- Use `require.*` for preconditions that must stop the test on failure (setup, must-not-be-nil). Use `assert.*` for independent checks where you want the test to keep running and report every failure.
+- Integration tests under `integration/` are built on `testify/suite` (see `integration/integration_test.go`) and reuse fixtures from `integration/fixtures/`. New fixtures should follow the pattern of the existing ones.
+- New providers require integration tests.
+- Prefer running a focused test over the whole suite while iterating. When iterating on a failing test, capture the output to a file once and grep it (`... > /tmp/out.log 2>&1`) rather than re-running the suite with different `TESTFLAGS`. See [`docs/content/contributing/building-testing.md`](./docs/content/contributing/building-testing.md) for the `TESTFLAGS` invocation.
+
+## Documentation
+
+User-facing features need matching documentation updates under `docs/content/`. Integrate new pages into the existing structure rather than creating parallel sections. Preview locally with `make docs-serve`.
+
+## Contributing etiquette
+
+- **Target the right branch** (the [PR template](./.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md) is authoritative): enhancements go to `master`; bug fixes and documentation updates go to the current maintenance branches (`v3.6` for v3, `v2.11` for v2, security-fixes only). Forward-ports from the maintenance branches up to `master` are handled by maintainers.
+- Keep pull requests small and focused; one logical change per PR.
+- For anything beyond a bug fix, open an issue first and wait for a maintainer to confirm the direction before investing significant work.
+- Follow the full guide in [`docs/content/contributing/submitting-pull-requests.md`](./docs/content/contributing/submitting-pull-requests.md).
+
+## AI assistance disclosure
+
+Traefik welcomes AI-assisted contributions, provided a few simple rules are followed:
+
+- **Declare substantial AI assistance** with an `Assisted-by:` trailer at the bottom of the commit message whenever an agent produced a meaningful portion of the diff — for example `Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6`. Trivial edits such as a typo fix or a one-line rename do not need a trailer.
+- **Keep issue and PR conversations human.** Do not let an agent post comments, review replies, or triage messages on your behalf. If an agent drafted a message for you, rewrite it in your own voice before sending — maintainers need to know they are talking to a person, not a bot.
+- **Align with a maintainer before generating code for anything larger than a bug fix.** An agent can produce thousands of lines in minutes; maintainer review capacity cannot scale the same way. Open an issue, state the intended approach, and wait for confirmation before asking an agent to implement it.
+
+## Things to avoid
+
+- Do not hand-edit generated files — notably `**/zz_generated*.go`, everything under `pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/generated/`, and `webui/static/`. Regenerate them via `make generate`, `make generate-crd`, or `make generate-webui` and commit the result.
+- Do not skip `make lint` and `make validate-files` (or `make validate`) before pushing.
+- Do not opportunistically reformat, rename, or refactor files you did not otherwise need to touch. Drive-by changes turn a reviewable diff into noise — scope every PR to one logical change.
+- Do not include unrelated refactors, formatting-only changes to untouched files, or speculative abstractions in a feature PR.
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@AGENTS.md
@@ -30,23 +30,35 @@ Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject

 ## Scope

-This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or our community. 
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or our community.

-Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. 
+Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.
 Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.

 ## Enforcement

 Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project team at contact@traefik.io

-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. 
+All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances.

-The project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. 
+The project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.

 Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.

 Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership.

+When an inappropriate behavior is reported, maintainers will discuss on the Maintainer's Discord before marking the message as "abuse". 
+This conversation beforehand avoids one-sided decisions.
+
+The first message will be edited and marked as abuse.
+The second edited message and marked as abuse results in a 7-day ban.
+The third edited message and marked as abuse results in a permanent ban.
+
+The content of edited messages is:
+`Dear user, we want traefik to provide a welcoming and respectful environment. Your [comment/issue/PR] has been reported and marked as abuse according to our [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Thank you.`
+
+The [report must be resolved](https://docs.github.com/en/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/managing-reported-content-in-your-organizations-repository#resolving-a-report) accordingly.
+
 ## Attribution

 This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4, available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4][version]
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@

 Here are some guidelines that should help to start contributing to the project.

- [Submitting pull Requests](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/pr_guidelines.md)
+- [Submitting pull Requests](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/submitting-pull-requests/)
 - [Submitting issues](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/submitting-issues/)
- [Submitting security issues](docs/content/contributing/submitting-security-issues.md)
+- [Submitting security issues](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/submitting-security-issues/)
+- [Advocating for Traefik](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/advocating/)
+- [Triage Process](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md)

 If you are willing to become a maintainer of the project, please take a look at the [maintainers guidelines](docs/content/contributing/maintainers-guidelines.md).
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-FROM scratch
-COPY script/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/
-COPY dist/traefik /
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.2
+FROM alpine:3.23
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache --no-progress ca-certificates tzdata
+
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+COPY ./dist/$TARGETPLATFORM/traefik /
+
 EXPOSE 80
 VOLUME ["/tmp"]
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/traefik"]
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)

-Copyright (c) 2016-2020 Containous SAS; 2020-2022 Traefik Labs
+Copyright (c) 2016-2020 Containous SAS; 2020-2025 Traefik Labs

 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -1,127 +1,124 @@
 SRCS = $(shell git ls-files '*.go' | grep -v '^vendor/')

-TAG_NAME := $(shell git tag -l --contains HEAD)
+TAG_NAME := $(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --exact-match)
 SHA := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 VERSION_GIT := $(if $(TAG_NAME),$(TAG_NAME),$(SHA))
 VERSION := $(if $(VERSION),$(VERSION),$(VERSION_GIT))

-GIT_BRANCH := $(subst heads/,,$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null))
-TRAEFIK_DEV_IMAGE := traefik-dev$(if $(GIT_BRANCH),:$(subst /,-,$(GIT_BRANCH)))
+BIN_NAME := traefik
+CODENAME ?= cheddar

-REPONAME := $(shell echo $(REPO) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-TRAEFIK_IMAGE := $(if $(REPONAME),$(REPONAME),"traefik/traefik")
+DATE := $(shell date -u '+%Y-%m-%d_%I:%M:%S%p')

-INTEGRATION_OPTS := $(if $(MAKE_DOCKER_HOST),-e "DOCKER_HOST=$(MAKE_DOCKER_HOST)",-v "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock")
-DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS := $(if $(DOCKER_VERSION), "--build-arg=DOCKER_VERSION=$(DOCKER_VERSION)",)
+# Default build target
+GOOS := $(shell go env GOOS)
+GOARCH := $(shell go env GOARCH)
+GOGC ?=

-TRAEFIK_ENVS := \
-	-e OS_ARCH_ARG \
-	-e OS_PLATFORM_ARG \
-	-e TESTFLAGS \
-	-e VERBOSE \
-	-e VERSION \
-	-e CODENAME \
-	-e TESTDIRS \
-	-e CI \
-	-e CONTAINER=DOCKER		# Indicator for integration tests that we are running inside a container.
+LINT_EXECUTABLES = misspell shellcheck

-TRAEFIK_MOUNT := -v "$(CURDIR)/dist:/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik/dist"
-DOCKER_RUN_OPTS := $(TRAEFIK_ENVS) $(TRAEFIK_MOUNT) "$(TRAEFIK_DEV_IMAGE)"
-DOCKER_NON_INTERACTIVE ?= false
-DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK := docker run $(INTEGRATION_OPTS) $(if $(DOCKER_NON_INTERACTIVE), , -it) $(DOCKER_RUN_OPTS)
-DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_TEST := docker run --add-host=host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1 --rm --name=traefik --network traefik-test-network -v $(PWD):$(PWD) -w $(PWD) $(INTEGRATION_OPTS) $(if $(DOCKER_NON_INTERACTIVE), , -it) $(DOCKER_RUN_OPTS)
-DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_NOTTY := docker run $(INTEGRATION_OPTS) $(if $(DOCKER_NON_INTERACTIVE), , -i) $(DOCKER_RUN_OPTS)
-
-IN_DOCKER ?= true
-
-PLATFORM_URL := $(if $(PLATFORM_URL),$(PLATFORM_URL),"https://pilot.traefik.io")
+DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORMS ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64

 .PHONY: default
-default: binary
+#? default: Run `make generate` and `make binary`
+default: generate binary

-## Create the "dist" directory
+#? dist: Create the "dist" directory
 dist:
 	mkdir -p dist

-## Build Dev Docker image
-.PHONY: build-dev-image
-build-dev-image: dist
-ifneq ("$(IN_DOCKER)", "")
-	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) -t "$(TRAEFIK_DEV_IMAGE)" --build-arg HOST_PWD="$(PWD)" -f build.Dockerfile .
-endif
-
-## Build Dev Docker image without cache
-.PHONY: build-dev-image-no-cache
-build-dev-image-no-cache: dist
-ifneq ("$(IN_DOCKER)", "")
-	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) --no-cache -t "$(TRAEFIK_DEV_IMAGE)" --build-arg HOST_PWD="$(PWD)" -f build.Dockerfile .
-endif
-
-## Build WebUI Docker image
 .PHONY: build-webui-image
+#? build-webui-image: Build WebUI Docker image
 build-webui-image:
-	docker build -t traefik-webui --build-arg ARG_PLATFORM_URL=$(PLATFORM_URL) -f webui/Dockerfile webui
+	docker build -t traefik-webui -f webui/buildx.Dockerfile webui

-## Clean WebUI static generated assets
 .PHONY: clean-webui
+#? clean-webui: Clean WebUI static generated assets
 clean-webui:
 	rm -r webui/static
 	mkdir -p webui/static
-	echo 'For more information show `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md

-## Generate WebUI
 webui/static/index.html:
 	$(MAKE) build-webui-image
-	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui npm run build:nc
+	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui yarn build:prod
 	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui chown -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) ./static
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md

 .PHONY: generate-webui
+#? generate-webui: Generate WebUI
 generate-webui: webui/static/index.html

-## Build the binary
+.PHONY: generate
+#? generate: Generate code (Dynamic and Static configuration documentation reference files)
+generate:
+	go generate
+
 .PHONY: binary
-binary: generate-webui build-dev-image
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK)) ./script/make.sh generate binary
+#? binary: Build the binary
+binary: generate-webui dist
+	@echo SHA: $(VERSION) $(CODENAME) $(DATE)
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOGC=${GOGC} GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} go build ${FLAGS} -ldflags "-s -w \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.Codename=$(CODENAME) \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version.BuildDate=$(DATE)" \
+    -installsuffix nocgo -o "./dist/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/$(BIN_NAME)" ./cmd/traefik

-## Build the linux binary locally
-.PHONY: binary-debug
-binary-debug: generate-webui
-	GOOS=linux ./script/make.sh binary
+binary-linux-arm64: export GOOS := linux
+binary-linux-arm64: export GOARCH := arm64
+binary-linux-arm64:
+	@$(MAKE) binary
+
+binary-linux-amd64: export GOOS := linux
+binary-linux-amd64: export GOARCH := amd64
+binary-linux-amd64:
+	@$(MAKE) binary
+
+binary-windows-amd64: export GOOS := windows
+binary-windows-amd64: export GOARCH := amd64
+binary-windows-amd64: export BIN_NAME := traefik.exe
+binary-windows-amd64:
+	@$(MAKE) binary

-## Build the binary for the standard platforms (linux, darwin, windows)
 .PHONY: crossbinary-default
-crossbinary-default: generate-webui build-dev-image
-	$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_NOTTY) ./script/make.sh generate crossbinary-default
+#? crossbinary-default: Build the binary for the standard platforms (linux, darwin, windows)
+crossbinary-default: generate generate-webui
+	$(CURDIR)/script/crossbinary-default.sh

-## Build the binary for the standard platforms (linux, darwin, windows) in parallel
-.PHONY: crossbinary-default-parallel
-crossbinary-default-parallel:
-	$(MAKE) generate-webui
-	$(MAKE) build-dev-image crossbinary-default
-
-## Run the unit and integration tests
 .PHONY: test
-test: build-dev-image
-	-docker network create traefik-test-network --driver bridge --subnet 172.31.42.0/24
-	trap 'docker network rm traefik-test-network' EXIT; \
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_TEST),) ./script/make.sh generate test-unit binary test-integration
+#? test: Run the unit and integration tests
+test: test-ui-unit test-unit test-integration

-## Run the unit tests
 .PHONY: test-unit
-test-unit: build-dev-image
-	-docker network create traefik-test-network --driver bridge --subnet 172.31.42.0/24
-	trap 'docker network rm traefik-test-network' EXIT; \
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_TEST)) ./script/make.sh generate test-unit
+#? test-unit: Run the unit tests
+test-unit:
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go test -cover "-coverprofile=cover.out" -v $(TESTFLAGS) ./pkg/... ./cmd/...

-## Run the integration tests
 .PHONY: test-integration
-test-integration: build-dev-image
-	-docker network create traefik-test-network --driver bridge --subnet 172.31.42.0/24
-	trap 'docker network rm traefik-test-network' EXIT; \
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_TEST),) ./script/make.sh generate binary test-integration
+#? test-integration: Run the integration tests
+test-integration:
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go test ./integration -test.timeout=20m -failfast -v $(TESTFLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: test-gateway-api-conformance
+#? test-gateway-api-conformance: Run the Gateway API conformance tests
+test-gateway-api-conformance: build-image-dirty
+	# In case of a new Minor/Major version, the traefikVersion needs to be updated.
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go test ./integration -v -tags gatewayAPIConformance -test.run GatewayAPIConformanceSuite -traefikVersion="v3.7" $(TESTFLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: test-knative-conformance
+#? test-knative-conformance: Run the Knative conformance tests
+test-knative-conformance: build-image-dirty
+	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go test ./integration/integration_test.go ./integration/knative_conformance_test.go -v -tags knativeConformance -test.run KnativeConformanceSuite
+
+.PHONY: test-ui-unit
+#? test-ui-unit: Run the unit tests for the webui
+test-ui-unit:
+	$(MAKE) build-webui-image
+	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui yarn --cwd webui install
+	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui yarn --cwd webui test:unit:ci

-## Pull all images for integration tests
 .PHONY: pull-images
+#? pull-images: Pull all Docker images to avoid timeout during integration tests
 pull-images:
 	grep --no-filename -E '^\s+image:' ./integration/resources/compose/*.yml \
 		| awk '{print $$2}' \
@@ -129,84 +126,76 @@ pull-images:
 		| uniq \
 		| xargs -P 6 -n 1 docker pull

-## Validate code and docs
+.PHONY: lint
+#? lint: Run golangci-lint
+lint:
+	golangci-lint run
+
 .PHONY: validate-files
-validate-files: build-dev-image
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK)) ./script/make.sh generate validate-lint validate-misspell
-	bash $(CURDIR)/script/validate-shell-script.sh
+#? validate-files: Validate code and docs
+validate-files:
+	$(foreach exec,$(LINT_EXECUTABLES),\
+            $(if $(shell which $(exec)),,$(error "No $(exec) in PATH")))
+	$(CURDIR)/script/validate-vendor.sh
+	$(CURDIR)/script/validate-misspell.sh
+	$(CURDIR)/script/validate-shell-script.sh

-## Validate code, docs, and vendor
 .PHONY: validate
-validate: build-dev-image
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK)) ./script/make.sh generate validate-lint validate-misspell validate-vendor
-	bash $(CURDIR)/script/validate-shell-script.sh
+#? validate: Validate code, docs, and vendor
+validate: lint validate-files
+
+# Target for building images for multiple architectures.
+.PHONY: multi-arch-image-%
+multi-arch-image-%: binary-linux-amd64 binary-linux-arm64
+	docker buildx build $(DOCKER_BUILDX_ARGS) -t traefik/traefik:$* --platform=$(DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORMS) -f Dockerfile .
+

-## Clean up static directory and build a Docker Traefik image
 .PHONY: build-image
-build-image: clean-webui binary
-	docker build -t $(TRAEFIK_IMAGE) .
+#? build-image: Clean up static directory and build a Docker Traefik image
+build-image: export DOCKER_BUILDX_ARGS := --load
+build-image: export DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORMS := linux/$(GOARCH)
+build-image: clean-webui
+	@$(MAKE) multi-arch-image-latest

-## Build a Docker Traefik image without re-building the webui
 .PHONY: build-image-dirty
-build-image-dirty: binary
-	docker build -t $(TRAEFIK_IMAGE) .
+#? build-image-dirty: Build a Docker Traefik image without re-building the webui when it's already built
+build-image-dirty: export DOCKER_BUILDX_ARGS := --load
+build-image-dirty: export DOCKER_BUILD_PLATFORMS := linux/$(GOARCH)
+build-image-dirty:
+	@$(MAKE) multi-arch-image-latest

-## Locally build traefik for linux, then shove it an alpine image, with basic tools.
-.PHONY: build-image-debug
-build-image-debug: binary-debug
-	docker build -t $(TRAEFIK_IMAGE) -f debug.Dockerfile .
-
-## Start a shell inside the build env
-.PHONY: shell
-shell: build-dev-image
-	$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK) /bin/bash
-
-## Build documentation site
 .PHONY: docs
+#? docs: Build documentation site
 docs:
 	make -C ./docs docs

-## Serve the documentation site locally
 .PHONY: docs-serve
+#? docs-serve: Serve the documentation site locally
 docs-serve:
 	make -C ./docs docs-serve

-## Pull image for doc building
 .PHONY: docs-pull-images
+#? docs-pull-images: Pull image for doc building
 docs-pull-images:
 	make -C ./docs docs-pull-images

-## Generate CRD clientset and CRD manifests
 .PHONY: generate-crd
+#? generate-crd: Generate CRD clientset and CRD manifests
 generate-crd:
 	@$(CURDIR)/script/code-gen.sh

-## Generate code from dynamic configuration https://github.com/traefik/genconf
 .PHONY: generate-genconf
+#? generate-genconf: Generate code from dynamic configuration github.com/traefik/genconf
 generate-genconf:
 	go run ./cmd/internal/gen/

-## Create packages for the release
-.PHONY: release-packages
-release-packages: generate-webui build-dev-image
-	rm -rf dist
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_NOTTY)) goreleaser release --skip-publish --timeout="90m"
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_NOTTY)) tar cfz dist/traefik-${VERSION}.src.tar.gz \
-		--exclude-vcs \
-		--exclude .idea \
-		--exclude .travis \
-		--exclude .semaphoreci \
-		--exclude .github \
-		--exclude dist .
-	$(if $(IN_DOCKER),$(DOCKER_RUN_TRAEFIK_NOTTY)) chown -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) dist/
-
-## Format the Code
 .PHONY: fmt
+#? fmt: Format the Code
 fmt:
 	gofmt -s -l -w $(SRCS)

-.PHONY: run-dev
-run-dev:
-	go generate
-	GO111MODULE=on go build ./cmd/traefik
-	./traefik
+.PHONY: help
+#? help: Get more info on make commands
+help: Makefile
+	@echo " Choose a command run in traefik:"
+	@sed -n 's/^#?//p' $< | column -t -s ':' |  sort | sed -e 's/^/ /'
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@

 <p align="center">
-<img src="docs/content/assets/img/traefik.logo.png" alt="Traefik" title="Traefik" />
+    <picture>
+      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="docs/content/assets/img/traefik.logo-dark.png">
+      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="docs/content/assets/img/traefik.logo.png">
+      <img alt="Traefik" title="Traefik" src="docs/content/assets/img/traefik.logo.png">
+    </picture>
 </p>

-[![Build Status SemaphoreCI](https://semaphoreci.com/api/v1/containous/traefik/branches/master/shields_badge.svg)](https://semaphoreci.com/containous/traefik)
 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-current-brightgreen.svg)](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/traefik/traefik)](https://goreportcard.com/report/traefik/traefik)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 [![Join the community support forum at https://community.traefik.io/](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Discourse)](https://community.traefik.io/)
 [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/traefik.svg?style=social)](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=traefik)

-
 Traefik (pronounced _traffic_) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy.
-Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components ([Docker](https://www.docker.com/), [Swarm mode](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/), [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io), [Marathon](https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/), [Consul](https://www.consul.io/), [Etcd](https://coreos.com/etcd/), [Rancher](https://rancher.com), [Amazon ECS](https://aws.amazon.com/ecs), ...) and configures itself automatically and dynamically.
+Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components ([Docker](https://www.docker.com/), [Swarm mode](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/), [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io), [Consul](https://www.consul.io/), [Etcd](https://coreos.com/etcd/), [Rancher v2](https://rancher.com), [Amazon ECS](https://aws.amazon.com/ecs), ...) and configures itself automatically and dynamically.
 Pointing Traefik at your orchestrator should be the _only_ configuration step you need.

 ---
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ Pointing Traefik at your orchestrator should be the _only_ configuration step yo

 ---

-:warning: Please be aware that the old configurations for Traefik v1.x are NOT compatible with the v2.x config as of now. If you're running v2, please ensure you are using a [v2 configuration](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/).
+:warning: When migrating to a new major version of Traefik, please refer to the [migration guide](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/migrate/v2-to-v3/) to ensure a smooth transition and to be aware of any breaking changes.
+

 ## Overview

@@ -55,23 +58,21 @@ _(But if you'd rather configure some of your routes manually, Traefik supports t

 - Continuously updates its configuration (No restarts!)
 - Supports multiple load balancing algorithms
- Provides HTTPS to your microservices by leveraging [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org)  (wildcard certificates support)
+- Provides HTTPS to your microservices by leveraging [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org) (wildcard certificates support)
 - Circuit breakers, retry
 - See the magic through its clean web UI
- Websocket, HTTP/2, GRPC ready
- Provides metrics (Rest, Prometheus, Datadog, Statsd, InfluxDB)
+- WebSocket, HTTP/2, gRPC ready
+- Provides metrics (Rest, Prometheus, Datadog, Statsd, InfluxDB 2.X)
 - Keeps access logs (JSON, CLF)
 - Fast
 - Exposes a Rest API
 - Packaged as a single binary file (made with :heart: with go) and available as an [official](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/traefik/) docker image

-
 ## Supported Backends

 - [Docker](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/docker/) / [Swarm mode](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/docker/)
 - [Kubernetes](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/kubernetes-crd/)
- [Marathon](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/marathon/)
- [Rancher](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/rancher/) (Metadata)
+- [ECS](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/ecs/)
 - [File](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/providers/file/)

 ## Quickstart
@@ -86,13 +87,12 @@ You can access the simple HTML frontend of Traefik.

 ## Documentation

-You can find the complete documentation of Traefik v2 at [https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/).
-
-A collection of contributions around Traefik can be found at [https://awesome.traefik.io](https://awesome.traefik.io).
+You can find the complete documentation of Traefik v3 at [https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/).

 ## Support

 To get community support, you can:
+
 - join the Traefik community forum: [![Join the chat at https://community.traefik.io/](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Discourse)](https://community.traefik.io/)

 If you need commercial support, please contact [Traefik.io](https://traefik.io) by mail: <mailto:support@traefik.io>.
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ You can find high level and deep dive videos on [videos.traefik.io](https://vide
 ## Maintainers

 We are strongly promoting a philosophy of openness and sharing, and firmly standing against the elitist closed approach. Being part of the core team should be accessible to anyone who is motivated and want to be part of that journey!
-This [document](docs/content/contributing/maintainers-guidelines.md) describes how to be part of the core team as well as various responsibilities and guidelines for Traefik maintainers.
-You can also find more information on our process to review pull requests and manage issues [in this document](docs/content/contributing/maintainers.md).
-
+This [document](docs/content/contributing/maintainers-guidelines.md) describes how to be part of the [maintainers' team](docs/content/contributing/maintainers.md) as well as various responsibilities and guidelines for Traefik maintainers.
+You can also find more information on our process to review pull requests and manage issues [in this document](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md).

 ## Contributing

@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ We use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).

 ## Credits

-Kudos to [Peka](http://peka.byethost11.com/photoblog/) for his awesome work on the gopher's logo!.
+Kudos to [Peka](https://www.instagram.com/pierroks/) for his awesome work on the gopher's logo!.

 The gopher's logo of Traefik is licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license.

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # Security Policy

-We strongly advise you to register your Traefik instances to [Pilot](https://pilot.traefik.io) to be notified of security advisories that apply to your Traefik version.
-You can also join our security mailing list to be aware of the latest announcements from our security team.
-You can subscribe sending a mail to security+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/security).
-
-Reported vulnerabilities can be found on [cve.mitre.org](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=traefik).
-
 ## Supported Versions

 - We usually release 3/4 new versions (e.g. 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0) per year.
@@ -17,13 +11,17 @@ Each version is supported until the next one is released (e.g. 1.1.x will be sup
 We use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).

 | Version   | Supported          |
-| --------- | ------------------ |
-| `2.2.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
-| `< 2.2.x` | :x:                |
-| `1.7.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
-| `< 1.7.x` | :x:                |
+|-----------|--------------------|
+| `3.6.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
+| `< 3.6.x` | :x:                |
+| `2.11.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
+| `< 2.11.x` | :x:                |

 ## Reporting a Vulnerability

 We want to keep Traefik safe for everyone.
-If you've discovered a security vulnerability in Traefik, we appreciate your help in disclosing it to us in a responsible manner, using [this form](https://security.traefik.io).
+If you've discovered a security vulnerability in Traefik,
+we appreciate your help in disclosing it to us in a responsible manner,
+by creating a [security advisory](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories).
+
+Reported vulnerabilities can be found on [cve.mitre.org](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=traefik).
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-FROM golang:1.17-alpine
-
-RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add git mercurial bash gcc musl-dev curl tar ca-certificates tzdata \
-    && update-ca-certificates \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
-
-# Which docker version to test on
-ARG DOCKER_VERSION=18.09.7
-
-# Download docker
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin \
-    && curl -fL https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz \
-    | tar -xzC /usr/local/bin --transform 's#^.+/##x'
-
-# Download golangci-lint binary to bin folder in $GOPATH
-RUN curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | bash -s -- -b $GOPATH/bin v1.45.0
-
-# Download misspell binary to bin folder in $GOPATH
-RUN curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/client9/misspell/master/install-misspell.sh | bash -s -- -b $GOPATH/bin v0.3.4
-
-# Download goreleaser binary to bin folder in $GOPATH
-RUN curl -sfL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/traefiker/6d7ac019c11d011e4f131bb2cca8900e/raw/goreleaser.sh | sh
-
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
-
-# Because of CVE-2022-24765 (https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/),
-# we configure git to allow the Traefik codebase path on the Host for docker in docker usages.
-ARG HOST_PWD=""
-
-RUN git config --global --add safe.directory "${HOST_PWD}"
-
-# Download go modules
-COPY go.mod .
-COPY go.sum .
-RUN GO111MODULE=on GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org go mod download
-
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	ptypes "github.com/traefik/paerser/types"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/static"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
 )

 // TraefikCmdConfiguration wraps the static configuration and extra parameters.
 type TraefikCmdConfiguration struct {
 	static.Configuration `export:"true"`
+
 	// ConfigFile is the path to the configuration file.
 	ConfigFile string `description:"Configuration file to use. If specified all other flags are ignored." export:"true"`
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ func NewTraefikConfiguration() *TraefikCmdConfiguration {
 			ServersTransport: &static.ServersTransport{
 				MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 200,
 			},
+			TCPServersTransport: &static.TCPServersTransport{
+				DialTimeout:   ptypes.Duration(30 * time.Second),
+				DialKeepAlive: ptypes.Duration(15 * time.Second),
+			},
 		},
 		ConfigFile: "",
 	}
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/traefik/paerser/cli"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/static"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
 )

 // NewCmd builds a new HealthCheck command.
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@ func Do(staticConfiguration static.Configuration) (*http.Response, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ping: missing %s entry point", ep)
 	}

-	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 5 * time.Second}
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			Proxy: nil,
+		},
+	}
 	protocol := "http"

-	// FIXME Handle TLS on ping etc...
+	// TODO Handle TLS on ping etc...
 	// if pingEntryPoint.TLS != nil {
 	// 	protocol = "https"
 	// 	tr := &http.Transport{
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"

@@ -72,22 +73,16 @@ func NewCentrifuge(rootPkg string) (*Centrifuge, error) {

 // Run runs the code extraction and the code generation.
 func (c Centrifuge) Run(dest string, pkgName string) error {
-	files, err := c.run(c.pkg.Scope(), c.rootPkg, pkgName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	files := c.run(c.pkg.Scope(), c.rootPkg, pkgName)

-	err = fileWriter{baseDir: dest}.Write(files)
+	err := fileWriter{baseDir: dest}.Write(files)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	for _, p := range c.pkg.Imports() {
-		if contains(c.IncludedImports, p.Path()) {
-			fls, err := c.run(p.Scope(), p.Path(), p.Name())
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		if slices.Contains(c.IncludedImports, p.Path()) {
+			fls := c.run(p.Scope(), p.Path(), p.Name())

 			err = fileWriter{baseDir: filepath.Join(dest, p.Name())}.Write(fls)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -99,11 +94,11 @@ func (c Centrifuge) Run(dest string, pkgName string) error {
 	return err
 }

-func (c Centrifuge) run(sc *types.Scope, rootPkg string, pkgName string) (map[string]*File, error) {
+func (c Centrifuge) run(sc *types.Scope, rootPkg string, pkgName string) map[string]*File {
 	files := map[string]*File{}

 	for _, name := range sc.Names() {
-		if contains(c.ExcludedTypes, name) {
+		if slices.Contains(c.ExcludedTypes, name) {
 			continue
 		}

@@ -113,7 +108,7 @@ func (c Centrifuge) run(sc *types.Scope, rootPkg string, pkgName string) (map[st
 		}

 		filename := filepath.Base(c.fileSet.File(o.Pos()).Name())
-		if contains(c.ExcludedFiles, path.Join(rootPkg, filename)) {
+		if slices.Contains(c.ExcludedFiles, path.Join(rootPkg, filename)) {
 			continue
 		}

@@ -158,14 +153,14 @@ func (c Centrifuge) run(sc *types.Scope, rootPkg string, pkgName string) (map[st
 		}
 	}

-	return files, nil
+	return files
 }

 func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string, elt *File) string {
 	b := strings.Builder{}
-	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("type %s struct {\n", name))
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "type %s struct {\n", name)

-	for i := 0; i < obj.NumFields(); i++ {
+	for i := range obj.NumFields() {
 		field := obj.Field(i)

 		if !field.Exported() {
@@ -180,7 +175,7 @@ func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string,
 		fType := c.TypeCleaner(field.Type(), rootPkg)

 		if field.Embedded() {
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t%s\n", fType))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\t%s\n", fType)
 			continue
 		}

@@ -189,10 +184,10 @@ func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string,
 			continue
 		}

-		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t%s %s", field.Name(), fType))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\t%s %s", field.Name(), fType)

 		if ok {
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" `json:\"%s\"`", strings.Join(values, ",")))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, " `json:\"%s\"`", strings.Join(values, ","))
 		}

 		b.WriteString("\n")
@@ -243,16 +238,6 @@ func extractPackage(t types.Type) string {
 	}
 }

-func contains(values []string, value string) bool {
-	for _, val := range values {
-		if val == value {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 type fileWriter struct {
 	baseDir string
 }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )

-const rootPkg = "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/dynamic"
+const rootPkg = "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/dynamic"

 const (
 	destModuleName = "github.com/traefik/genconf"
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func run(dest string) error {
 	}

 	centrifuge.IncludedImports = []string{
-		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/tls",
-		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/types",
+		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls",
+		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types",
 	}

 	centrifuge.ExcludedTypes = []string{
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func run(dest string) error {
 	}

 	centrifuge.ExcludedFiles = []string{
-		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/types/logs.go",
-		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/types/metrics.go",
+		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types/logs.go",
+		"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types/metrics.go",
 	}

 	centrifuge.TypeCleaner = cleanType
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ func run(dest string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dest, "marshaler.go"), []byte(fmt.Sprintf(marsh, destPkg)), 0o666)
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dest, "marshaler.go"), fmt.Appendf(nil, marsh, destPkg), 0o666)
 }

 func cleanType(typ types.Type, base string) string {
-	if typ.String() == "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/tls.FileOrContent" {
+	if typ.String() == "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types.FileOrContent" {
 		return "string"
 	}

-	if typ.String() == "[]github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/tls.FileOrContent" {
+	if typ.String() == "[]github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types.FileOrContent" {
 		return "[]string"
 	}

@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ func cleanType(typ types.Type, base string) string {
 		return strings.ReplaceAll(typ.String(), base+".", "")
 	}

-	if strings.Contains(typ.String(), "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/") {
-		return strings.ReplaceAll(typ.String(), "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/", "")
+	if strings.Contains(typ.String(), "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/") {
+		return strings.ReplaceAll(typ.String(), "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/", "")
 	}

 	return typ.String()
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ func cleanPackage(src string) string {
 	switch src {
 	case "github.com/traefik/paerser/types":
 		return ""
-	case "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/tls":
+	case "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls":
 		return path.Join(destModuleName, destPkg, "tls")
-	case "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/types":
+	case "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/types":
 		return path.Join(destModuleName, destPkg, "types")
 	default:
 		return src
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	stdlog "log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/logs"
+	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// hide the first logs before the setup of the logger.
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+}
+
+func setupLogger(ctx context.Context, staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) error {
+	// Validate that the experimental flag is set up at this point,
+	// rather than validating the static configuration before the setupLogger call.
+	// This ensures that validation messages are not logged using an un-configured logger.
+	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && staticConfiguration.Log.OTLP != nil &&
+		(staticConfiguration.Experimental == nil || !staticConfiguration.Experimental.OTLPLogs) {
+		return errors.New("the experimental OTLPLogs feature must be enabled to use OTLP logging")
+	}
+
+	// configure log format
+	w := getLogWriter(staticConfiguration)
+
+	// configure log level
+	logLevel := getLogLevel(staticConfiguration)
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(logLevel)
+
+	// create logger
+	logger := zerolog.New(w).With().Timestamp()
+	if logLevel <= zerolog.DebugLevel {
+		logger = logger.Caller()
+	}
+
+	log.Logger = logger.Logger().Level(logLevel)
+
+	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && staticConfiguration.Log.OTLP != nil {
+		var err error
+		log.Logger, err = logs.SetupOTelLogger(ctx, log.Logger, staticConfiguration.Log.OTLP)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("setting up OpenTelemetry logger: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	zerolog.DefaultContextLogger = &log.Logger
+
+	// Global logrus replacement (related to lib like go-rancher-metadata, docker, etc.)
+	logrus.StandardLogger().Out = logs.NoLevel(log.Logger, zerolog.DebugLevel)
+
+	// configure default standard log.
+	stdlog.SetFlags(stdlog.Lshortfile | stdlog.LstdFlags)
+	stdlog.SetOutput(logs.NoLevel(log.Logger, zerolog.DebugLevel))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getLogWriter(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) io.Writer {
+	var w io.Writer = os.Stdout
+	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && len(staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath) > 0 {
+		_, _ = os.OpenFile(staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0o666)
+		w = &lumberjack.Logger{
+			Filename:   staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath,
+			MaxSize:    staticConfiguration.Log.MaxSize,
+			MaxBackups: staticConfiguration.Log.MaxBackups,
+			MaxAge:     staticConfiguration.Log.MaxAge,
+			Compress:   true,
+		}
+	}
+
+	if staticConfiguration.Log == nil || staticConfiguration.Log.Format != "json" {
+		w = zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out:        w,
+			TimeFormat: time.RFC3339,
+			NoColor:    staticConfiguration.Log != nil && (staticConfiguration.Log.NoColor || len(staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath) > 0),
+		}
+	}
+
+	return w
+}
+
+func getLogLevel(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) zerolog.Level {
+	levelStr := "error"
+	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && staticConfiguration.Log.Level != "" {
+		levelStr = strings.ToLower(staticConfiguration.Log.Level)
+	}
+
+	logLevel, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(strings.ToLower(levelStr))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).
+			Str("logLevel", levelStr).
+			Msg("Unspecified or invalid log level, setting the level to default (ERROR)...")
+
+		logLevel = zerolog.ErrorLevel
+	}
+
+	return logLevel
+}
@@ -2,46 +2,64 @@ package main

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"

-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/static"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/plugins"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/logs"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/plugins"
 )

 const outputDir = "./plugins-storage/"

 func createPluginBuilder(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*plugins.Builder, error) {
-	client, plgs, localPlgs, err := initPlugins(staticConfiguration)
+	manager, plgs, localPlgs, err := initPlugins(staticConfiguration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

-	return plugins.NewBuilder(client, plgs, localPlgs)
+	return plugins.NewBuilder(manager, plgs, localPlgs)
 }

-func initPlugins(staticCfg *static.Configuration) (*plugins.Client, map[string]plugins.Descriptor, map[string]plugins.LocalDescriptor, error) {
+func initPlugins(staticCfg *static.Configuration) (*plugins.Manager, map[string]plugins.Descriptor, map[string]plugins.LocalDescriptor, error) {
 	err := checkUniquePluginNames(staticCfg.Experimental)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}

-	var client *plugins.Client
+	var manager *plugins.Manager
 	plgs := map[string]plugins.Descriptor{}

-	if isPilotEnabled(staticCfg) && hasPlugins(staticCfg) {
-		opts := plugins.ClientOptions{
+	if hasPlugins(staticCfg) {
+		httpClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
+		httpClient.Logger = logs.NewRetryableHTTPLogger(log.Logger)
+		httpClient.HTTPClient = &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
+		httpClient.RetryMax = 3
+
+		// Create separate downloader for HTTP operations
+		archivesPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, "archives")
+		downloader, err := plugins.NewRegistryDownloader(plugins.RegistryDownloaderOptions{
+			HTTPClient:   httpClient.HTTPClient,
+			ArchivesPath: archivesPath,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create plugin downloader: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		opts := plugins.ManagerOptions{
 			Output: outputDir,
-			Token:  staticCfg.Pilot.Token,
+		}
+		manager, err = plugins.NewManager(downloader, opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create plugins manager: %w", err)
 		}

-		var err error
-		client, err = plugins.NewClient(opts)
+		err = plugins.SetupRemotePlugins(manager, staticCfg.Experimental.Plugins)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, err
-		}
-
-		err = plugins.SetupRemotePlugins(client, staticCfg.Experimental.Plugins)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, err
+			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to set up plugins environment: %w", err)
 		}

 		plgs = staticCfg.Experimental.Plugins
@@ -58,7 +76,7 @@ func initPlugins(staticCfg *static.Configuration) (*plugins.Client, map[string]p
 		localPlgs = staticCfg.Experimental.LocalPlugins
 	}

-	return client, plgs, localPlgs, nil
+	return manager, plgs, localPlgs, nil
 }

 func checkUniquePluginNames(e *static.Experimental) error {
@@ -75,10 +93,6 @@ func checkUniquePluginNames(e *static.Experimental) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func isPilotEnabled(staticCfg *static.Configuration) bool {
-	return staticCfg.Pilot != nil && staticCfg.Pilot.Token != ""
-}
-
 func hasPlugins(staticCfg *static.Configuration) bool {
 	return staticCfg.Experimental != nil && len(staticCfg.Experimental.Plugins) > 0
 }
@@ -3,53 +3,59 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/x509"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	stdlog "log"
+	"maps"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/daemon"
+	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/daemon"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/challenge"
 	gokitmetrics "github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2/workloadapi"
 	"github.com/traefik/paerser/cli"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/cmd"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/cmd/healthcheck"
-	cmdVersion "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/cmd/version"
-	tcli "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/cli"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/collector"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/dynamic"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/runtime"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/config/static"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/metrics"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/middlewares/accesslog"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/pilot"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/provider/acme"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/provider/aggregator"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/provider/traefik"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/safe"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/server"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/server/middleware"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/server/service"
-	traefiktls "github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/tls"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/types"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version"
-	"github.com/vulcand/oxy/roundrobin"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/cmd"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/cmd/healthcheck"
+	cmdVersion "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/cmd/version"
+	tcli "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/cli"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/collector"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/dynamic"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/runtime"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/accesslog"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/logs"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/metrics"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/tracing"
+	otypes "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/observability/types"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/acme"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/aggregator"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/tailscale"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/traefik"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/proxy"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/proxy/httputil"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/redactor"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/safe"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/server"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/server/middleware"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/server/service"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tcp"
+	traefiktls "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version"
 )

 func main() {
 	// traefik config inits
 	tConfig := cmd.NewTraefikConfiguration()

-	loaders := []cli.ResourceLoader{&tcli.FileLoader{}, &tcli.FlagLoader{}, &tcli.EnvLoader{}}
+	loaders := []cli.ResourceLoader{&tcli.DeprecationLoader{}, &tcli.FileLoader{}, &tcli.FlagLoader{}, &tcli.EnvLoader{}}

 	cmdTraefik := &cli.Command{
 		Name: "traefik",
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ Complete documentation is available at https://traefik.io`,

 	err = cli.Execute(cmdTraefik)
 	if err != nil {
-		stdlog.Println(err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Command error")
 		logrus.Exit(1)
 	}

@@ -84,32 +90,36 @@ Complete documentation is available at https://traefik.io`,
 }

 func runCmd(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) error {
-	configureLogging(staticConfiguration)
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	if err := setupLogger(ctx, staticConfiguration); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("setting up logger: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Warn().Msg("Traefik can reject some encoded characters in the request path." +
+		"When your backend is not fully compliant with [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986)," +
+		"it is recommended to set these options to `false` to avoid split-view situation." +
+		"Refer to the documentation for more details: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/v3.7/migrate/v3/#encoded-characters-configuration-default-values")

 	http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment

-	if err := roundrobin.SetDefaultWeight(0); err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Could not set round robin default weight: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	staticConfiguration.SetEffectiveConfiguration()
 	if err := staticConfiguration.ValidateConfiguration(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	log.WithoutContext().Infof("Traefik version %s built on %s", version.Version, version.BuildDate)
+	log.Info().Str("version", version.Version).
+		Msgf("Traefik version %s built on %s", version.Version, version.BuildDate)

-	jsonConf, err := json.Marshal(staticConfiguration)
+	redactedStaticConfiguration, err := redactor.RemoveCredentials(staticConfiguration)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Could not marshal static configuration: %v", err)
-		log.WithoutContext().Debugf("Static configuration loaded [struct] %#v", staticConfiguration)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not redact static configuration")
 	} else {
-		log.WithoutContext().Debugf("Static configuration loaded %s", string(jsonConf))
+		log.Debug().RawJSON("staticConfiguration", []byte(redactedStaticConfiguration)).Msg("Static configuration loaded [json]")
 	}

-	if staticConfiguration.Global.CheckNewVersion {
-		checkNewVersion()
-	}
+	checkNewVersion(staticConfiguration)

 	stats(staticConfiguration)

@@ -118,8 +128,6 @@ func runCmd(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	ctx, _ := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-
 	if staticConfiguration.Ping != nil {
 		staticConfiguration.Ping.WithContext(ctx)
 	}
@@ -129,16 +137,16 @@ func runCmd(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) error {

 	sent, err := daemon.SdNotify(false, "READY=1")
 	if !sent && err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Failed to notify: %v", err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to notify")
 	}

 	t, err := daemon.SdWatchdogEnabled(false)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Could not enable Watchdog: %v", err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not enable Watchdog")
 	} else if t != 0 {
 		// Send a ping each half time given
 		t /= 2
-		log.WithoutContext().Infof("Watchdog activated with timer duration %s", t)
+		log.Info().Msgf("Watchdog activated with timer duration %s", t)
 		safe.Go(func() {
 			tick := time.Tick(t)
 			for range tick {
@@ -149,17 +157,17 @@ func runCmd(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) error {

 				if staticConfiguration.Ping == nil || errHealthCheck == nil {
 					if ok, _ := daemon.SdNotify(false, "WATCHDOG=1"); !ok {
-						log.WithoutContext().Error("Fail to tick watchdog")
+						log.Error().Msg("Fail to tick watchdog")
 					}
 				} else {
-					log.WithoutContext().Error(errHealthCheck)
+					log.Error().Err(errHealthCheck).Send()
 				}
 			}
 		})
 	}

 	svr.Wait()
-	log.WithoutContext().Info("Shutting down")
+	log.Info().Msg("Shutting down")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -177,21 +185,41 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err

 	// ACME

-	tlsManager := traefiktls.NewManager()
+	tlsManager := traefiktls.NewManager(staticConfiguration.OCSP)
+	routinesPool.GoCtx(tlsManager.Run)
+
 	httpChallengeProvider := acme.NewChallengeHTTP()

-	// we need to wait at least 2 times the ProvidersThrottleDuration to be sure to handle the challenge.
-	tlsChallengeProvider := acme.NewChallengeTLSALPN(time.Duration(staticConfiguration.Providers.ProvidersThrottleDuration) * 2)
+	tlsChallengeProvider := acme.NewChallengeTLSALPN()
 	err = providerAggregator.AddProvider(tlsChallengeProvider)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

-	acmeProviders := initACMEProvider(staticConfiguration, &providerAggregator, tlsManager, httpChallengeProvider, tlsChallengeProvider)
+	acmeProviders := initACMEProvider(staticConfiguration, providerAggregator, tlsManager, httpChallengeProvider, tlsChallengeProvider, routinesPool)
+
+	// Tailscale
+
+	tsProviders := initTailscaleProviders(staticConfiguration, providerAggregator)
+
+	// Observability
+
+	metricRegistries := registerMetricClients(staticConfiguration.Metrics)
+	var semConvMetricRegistry *metrics.SemConvMetricsRegistry
+	if staticConfiguration.Metrics != nil && staticConfiguration.Metrics.OTLP != nil {
+		semConvMetricRegistry, err = metrics.NewSemConvMetricRegistry(ctx, staticConfiguration.Metrics.OTLP)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create SemConv metric registry: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	metricsRegistry := metrics.NewMultiRegistry(metricRegistries)
+	accessLog := setupAccessLog(ctx, staticConfiguration.AccessLog)
+	tracer, tracerCloser := setupTracing(ctx, staticConfiguration.Tracing)
+	observabilityMgr := middleware.NewObservabilityMgr(*staticConfiguration, metricsRegistry, semConvMetricRegistry, accessLog, tracer, tracerCloser)

 	// Entrypoints

-	serverEntryPointsTCP, err := server.NewTCPEntryPoints(staticConfiguration.EntryPoints, staticConfiguration.HostResolver)
+	serverEntryPointsTCP, err := server.NewTCPEntryPoints(staticConfiguration.EntryPoints, staticConfiguration.HostResolver, metricsRegistry)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -201,34 +229,39 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err
 		return nil, err
 	}

-	// Pilot
-
-	var aviator *pilot.Pilot
-	var pilotRegistry *metrics.PilotRegistry
-	if isPilotEnabled(staticConfiguration) {
-		pilotRegistry = metrics.RegisterPilot()
-
-		aviator = pilot.New(staticConfiguration.Pilot.Token, pilotRegistry, routinesPool)
-
-		routinesPool.GoCtx(func(ctx context.Context) {
-			aviator.Tick(ctx)
-		})
-	}
-
-	if staticConfiguration.Pilot != nil {
-		version.PilotEnabled = staticConfiguration.Pilot.Dashboard
+	if staticConfiguration.API != nil {
+		version.DisableDashboardAd = staticConfiguration.API.DisableDashboardAd
+		version.DashboardName = staticConfiguration.API.DashboardName
 	}

 	// Plugins
+	pluginLogger := log.Ctx(ctx).With().Logger()
+	hasPlugins := staticConfiguration.Experimental != nil && (staticConfiguration.Experimental.Plugins != nil || staticConfiguration.Experimental.LocalPlugins != nil)
+	if hasPlugins {
+		pluginsList := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(staticConfiguration.Experimental.Plugins))
+		pluginsList = append(pluginsList, slices.Collect(maps.Keys(staticConfiguration.Experimental.LocalPlugins))...)
+
+		pluginLogger = pluginLogger.With().Strs("plugins", pluginsList).Logger()
+		pluginLogger.Info().Msg("Loading plugins...")
+	}

 	pluginBuilder, err := createPluginBuilder(staticConfiguration)
+	if err != nil && staticConfiguration.Experimental != nil && staticConfiguration.Experimental.AbortOnPluginFailure {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("plugin: failed to create plugin builder: %w", err)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		pluginLogger.Err(err).Msg("Plugins are disabled because an error has occurred.")
+	} else if hasPlugins {
+		pluginLogger.Info().Msg("Plugins loaded.")
 	}

 	// Providers plugins

 	for name, conf := range staticConfiguration.Providers.Plugin {
+		if pluginBuilder == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
 		p, err := pluginBuilder.BuildProvider(name, conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("plugin: failed to build provider: %w", err)
@@ -240,32 +273,50 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err
 		}
 	}

-	// Metrics
-
-	metricRegistries := registerMetricClients(staticConfiguration.Metrics)
-	if pilotRegistry != nil {
-		metricRegistries = append(metricRegistries, pilotRegistry)
-	}
-	metricsRegistry := metrics.NewMultiRegistry(metricRegistries)
-
 	// Service manager factory

-	roundTripperManager := service.NewRoundTripperManager()
+	var spiffeX509Source *workloadapi.X509Source
+	if staticConfiguration.Spiffe != nil && staticConfiguration.Spiffe.WorkloadAPIAddr != "" {
+		log.Info().Str("workloadAPIAddr", staticConfiguration.Spiffe.WorkloadAPIAddr).
+			Msg("Waiting on SPIFFE SVID delivery")
+
+		spiffeX509Source, err = workloadapi.NewX509Source(
+			ctx,
+			workloadapi.WithClientOptions(
+				workloadapi.WithAddr(
+					staticConfiguration.Spiffe.WorkloadAPIAddr,
+				),
+			),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create SPIFFE x509 source: %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Info().Msg("Successfully obtained SPIFFE SVID.")
+	}
+
+	transportManager := service.NewTransportManager(spiffeX509Source)
+
+	var proxyBuilder service.ProxyBuilder = httputil.NewProxyBuilder(transportManager, semConvMetricRegistry)
+	if staticConfiguration.Experimental != nil && staticConfiguration.Experimental.FastProxy != nil {
+		proxyBuilder = proxy.NewSmartBuilder(transportManager, proxyBuilder, *staticConfiguration.Experimental.FastProxy)
+	}
+
+	dialerManager := tcp.NewDialerManager(spiffeX509Source)
 	acmeHTTPHandler := getHTTPChallengeHandler(acmeProviders, httpChallengeProvider)
-	managerFactory := service.NewManagerFactory(*staticConfiguration, routinesPool, metricsRegistry, roundTripperManager, acmeHTTPHandler)
+	managerFactory := service.NewManagerFactory(*staticConfiguration, routinesPool, observabilityMgr, transportManager, proxyBuilder, acmeHTTPHandler, tlsManager)

 	// Router factory

-	accessLog := setupAccessLog(staticConfiguration.AccessLog)
-	chainBuilder := middleware.NewChainBuilder(*staticConfiguration, metricsRegistry, accessLog)
-	routerFactory := server.NewRouterFactory(*staticConfiguration, managerFactory, tlsManager, chainBuilder, pluginBuilder, metricsRegistry)
+	routerFactory, err := server.NewRouterFactory(*staticConfiguration, managerFactory, tlsManager, observabilityMgr, pluginBuilder, dialerManager)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating router factory: %w", err)
+	}

 	// Watcher

 	watcher := server.NewConfigurationWatcher(
 		routinesPool,
 		providerAggregator,
-		time.Duration(staticConfiguration.Providers.ProvidersThrottleDuration),
 		getDefaultsEntrypoints(staticConfiguration),
 		"internal",
 	)
@@ -276,7 +327,7 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err
 		tlsManager.UpdateConfigs(ctx, conf.TLS.Stores, conf.TLS.Options, conf.TLS.Certificates)

 		gauge := metricsRegistry.TLSCertsNotAfterTimestampGauge()
-		for _, certificate := range tlsManager.GetCertificates() {
+		for _, certificate := range tlsManager.GetServerCertificates() {
 			appendCertMetric(gauge, certificate)
 		}
 	})
@@ -289,14 +340,16 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err

 	// Server Transports
 	watcher.AddListener(func(conf dynamic.Configuration) {
-		roundTripperManager.Update(conf.HTTP.ServersTransports)
+		transportManager.Update(conf.HTTP.ServersTransports)
+		proxyBuilder.Update(conf.HTTP.ServersTransports)
+		dialerManager.Update(conf.TCP.ServersTransports)
 	})

 	// Switch router
-	watcher.AddListener(switchRouter(routerFactory, serverEntryPointsTCP, serverEntryPointsUDP, aviator))
+	watcher.AddListener(switchRouter(routerFactory, serverEntryPointsTCP, serverEntryPointsUDP))

 	// Metrics
-	if metricsRegistry.IsEpEnabled() || metricsRegistry.IsSvcEnabled() {
+	if metricsRegistry.IsEpEnabled() || metricsRegistry.IsRouterEnabled() || metricsRegistry.IsSvcEnabled() {
 		var eps []string
 		for key := range serverEntryPointsTCP {
 			eps = append(eps, key)
@@ -309,13 +362,22 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err
 	// TLS challenge
 	watcher.AddListener(tlsChallengeProvider.ListenConfiguration)

-	// ACME
+	// Certificate Resolvers
+
 	resolverNames := map[string]struct{}{}
+
+	// ACME
 	for _, p := range acmeProviders {
 		resolverNames[p.ResolverName] = struct{}{}
 		watcher.AddListener(p.ListenConfiguration)
 	}

+	// Tailscale
+	for _, p := range tsProviders {
+		resolverNames[p.ResolverName] = struct{}{}
+		watcher.AddListener(p.HandleConfigUpdate)
+	}
+
 	// Certificate resolver logs
 	watcher.AddListener(func(config dynamic.Configuration) {
 		for rtName, rt := range config.HTTP.Routers {
@@ -324,12 +386,13 @@ func setupServer(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) (*server.Server, err
 			}

 			if _, ok := resolverNames[rt.TLS.CertResolver]; !ok {
-				log.WithoutContext().Errorf("the router %s uses a non-existent resolver: %s", rtName, rt.TLS.CertResolver)
+				log.Error().Err(err).Str(logs.RouterName, rtName).Str("certificateResolver", rt.TLS.CertResolver).
+					Msg("Router uses a nonexistent certificate resolver")
 			}
 		}
 	})

-	return server.NewServer(routinesPool, serverEntryPointsTCP, serverEntryPointsUDP, watcher, chainBuilder, accessLog), nil
+	return server.NewServer(routinesPool, serverEntryPointsTCP, serverEntryPointsUDP, watcher, observabilityMgr), nil
 }

 func getHTTPChallengeHandler(acmeProviders []*acme.Provider, httpChallengeProvider http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -345,11 +408,27 @@ func getHTTPChallengeHandler(acmeProviders []*acme.Provider, httpChallengeProvid

 func getDefaultsEntrypoints(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) []string {
 	var defaultEntryPoints []string
+
+	// Determines if at least one EntryPoint is configured to be used by default.
+	var hasDefinedDefaults bool
+	for _, ep := range staticConfiguration.EntryPoints {
+		if ep.AsDefault {
+			hasDefinedDefaults = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	for name, cfg := range staticConfiguration.EntryPoints {
+		// By default all entrypoints are considered.
+		// If at least one is flagged, then only flagged entrypoints are included.
+		if hasDefinedDefaults && !cfg.AsDefault {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		protocol, err := cfg.GetProtocol()
 		if err != nil {
 			// Should never happen because Traefik should not start if protocol is invalid.
-			log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Invalid protocol: %v", err)
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Invalid protocol")
 		}

 		if protocol != "udp" && name != static.DefaultInternalEntryPointName {
@@ -357,27 +436,23 @@ func getDefaultsEntrypoints(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) []string
 		}
 	}

-	sort.Strings(defaultEntryPoints)
+	slices.Sort(defaultEntryPoints)
 	return defaultEntryPoints
 }

-func switchRouter(routerFactory *server.RouterFactory, serverEntryPointsTCP server.TCPEntryPoints, serverEntryPointsUDP server.UDPEntryPoints, aviator *pilot.Pilot) func(conf dynamic.Configuration) {
+func switchRouter(routerFactory *server.RouterFactory, serverEntryPointsTCP server.TCPEntryPoints, serverEntryPointsUDP server.UDPEntryPoints) func(conf dynamic.Configuration) {
 	return func(conf dynamic.Configuration) {
 		rtConf := runtime.NewConfig(conf)

 		routers, udpRouters := routerFactory.CreateRouters(rtConf)

-		if aviator != nil {
-			aviator.SetDynamicConfiguration(conf)
-		}
-
 		serverEntryPointsTCP.Switch(routers)
 		serverEntryPointsUDP.Switch(udpRouters)
 	}
 }

-// initACMEProvider creates an acme provider from the ACME part of globalConfiguration.
-func initACMEProvider(c *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.ProviderAggregator, tlsManager *traefiktls.Manager, httpChallengeProvider, tlsChallengeProvider challenge.Provider) []*acme.Provider {
+// initACMEProvider creates and registers acme.Provider instances corresponding to the configured ACME certificate resolvers.
+func initACMEProvider(c *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.ProviderAggregator, tlsManager *traefiktls.Manager, httpChallengeProvider, tlsChallengeProvider challenge.Provider, routinesPool *safe.Pool) []*acme.Provider {
 	localStores := map[string]*acme.LocalStore{}

 	var resolvers []*acme.Provider
@@ -387,7 +462,7 @@ func initACMEProvider(c *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.Pr
 		}

 		if localStores[resolver.ACME.Storage] == nil {
-			localStores[resolver.ACME.Storage] = acme.NewLocalStore(resolver.ACME.Storage)
+			localStores[resolver.ACME.Storage] = acme.NewLocalStore(resolver.ACME.Storage, routinesPool)
 		}

 		p := &acme.Provider{
@@ -399,7 +474,7 @@ func initACMEProvider(c *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.Pr
 		}

 		if err := providerAggregator.AddProvider(p); err != nil {
-			log.WithoutContext().Errorf("The ACME resolver %q is skipped from the resolvers list because: %v", name, err)
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("resolver", name).Msg("The ACME resolve is skipped from the resolvers list")
 			continue
 		}

@@ -413,7 +488,28 @@ func initACMEProvider(c *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.Pr
 	return resolvers
 }

-func registerMetricClients(metricsConfig *types.Metrics) []metrics.Registry {
+// initTailscaleProviders creates and registers tailscale.Provider instances corresponding to the configured Tailscale certificate resolvers.
+func initTailscaleProviders(cfg *static.Configuration, providerAggregator *aggregator.ProviderAggregator) []*tailscale.Provider {
+	var providers []*tailscale.Provider
+	for name, resolver := range cfg.CertificatesResolvers {
+		if resolver.Tailscale == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		tsProvider := &tailscale.Provider{ResolverName: name}
+
+		if err := providerAggregator.AddProvider(tsProvider); err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str(logs.ProviderName, name).Msg("Unable to create Tailscale provider")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		providers = append(providers, tsProvider)
+	}
+
+	return providers
+}
+
+func registerMetricClients(metricsConfig *otypes.Metrics) []metrics.Registry {
 	if metricsConfig == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -421,40 +517,67 @@ func registerMetricClients(metricsConfig *types.Metrics) []metrics.Registry {
 	var registries []metrics.Registry

 	if metricsConfig.Prometheus != nil {
-		ctx := log.With(context.Background(), log.Str(log.MetricsProviderName, "prometheus"))
-		prometheusRegister := metrics.RegisterPrometheus(ctx, metricsConfig.Prometheus)
+		logger := log.With().Str(logs.MetricsProviderName, "prometheus").Logger()
+
+		prometheusRegister := metrics.RegisterPrometheus(logger.WithContext(context.Background()), metricsConfig.Prometheus)
 		if prometheusRegister != nil {
 			registries = append(registries, prometheusRegister)
-			log.FromContext(ctx).Debug("Configured Prometheus metrics")
+			logger.Debug().Msg("Configured Prometheus metrics")
 		}
 	}

 	if metricsConfig.Datadog != nil {
-		ctx := log.With(context.Background(), log.Str(log.MetricsProviderName, "datadog"))
-		registries = append(registries, metrics.RegisterDatadog(ctx, metricsConfig.Datadog))
-		log.FromContext(ctx).Debugf("Configured Datadog metrics: pushing to %s once every %s",
-			metricsConfig.Datadog.Address, metricsConfig.Datadog.PushInterval)
+		logger := log.With().Str(logs.MetricsProviderName, "datadog").Logger()
+
+		registries = append(registries, metrics.RegisterDatadog(logger.WithContext(context.Background()), metricsConfig.Datadog))
+		logger.Debug().
+			Str("address", metricsConfig.Datadog.Address).
+			Str("pushInterval", metricsConfig.Datadog.PushInterval.String()).
+			Msgf("Configured Datadog metrics")
 	}

 	if metricsConfig.StatsD != nil {
-		ctx := log.With(context.Background(), log.Str(log.MetricsProviderName, "statsd"))
-		registries = append(registries, metrics.RegisterStatsd(ctx, metricsConfig.StatsD))
-		log.FromContext(ctx).Debugf("Configured StatsD metrics: pushing to %s once every %s",
-			metricsConfig.StatsD.Address, metricsConfig.StatsD.PushInterval)
+		logger := log.With().Str(logs.MetricsProviderName, "statsd").Logger()
+
+		registries = append(registries, metrics.RegisterStatsd(logger.WithContext(context.Background()), metricsConfig.StatsD))
+		logger.Debug().
+			Str("address", metricsConfig.StatsD.Address).
+			Str("pushInterval", metricsConfig.StatsD.PushInterval.String()).
+			Msg("Configured StatsD metrics")
 	}

-	if metricsConfig.InfluxDB != nil {
-		ctx := log.With(context.Background(), log.Str(log.MetricsProviderName, "influxdb"))
-		registries = append(registries, metrics.RegisterInfluxDB(ctx, metricsConfig.InfluxDB))
-		log.FromContext(ctx).Debugf("Configured InfluxDB metrics: pushing to %s once every %s",
-			metricsConfig.InfluxDB.Address, metricsConfig.InfluxDB.PushInterval)
+	if metricsConfig.InfluxDB2 != nil {
+		logger := log.With().Str(logs.MetricsProviderName, "influxdb2").Logger()
+
+		influxDB2Register := metrics.RegisterInfluxDB2(logger.WithContext(context.Background()), metricsConfig.InfluxDB2)
+		if influxDB2Register != nil {
+			registries = append(registries, influxDB2Register)
+			logger.Debug().
+				Str("address", metricsConfig.InfluxDB2.Address).
+				Str("bucket", metricsConfig.InfluxDB2.Bucket).
+				Str("organization", metricsConfig.InfluxDB2.Org).
+				Str("pushInterval", metricsConfig.InfluxDB2.PushInterval.String()).
+				Msg("Configured InfluxDB v2 metrics")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if metricsConfig.OTLP != nil {
+		logger := log.With().Str(logs.MetricsProviderName, "openTelemetry").Logger()
+
+		openTelemetryRegistry := metrics.RegisterOpenTelemetry(logger.WithContext(context.Background()), metricsConfig.OTLP)
+		if openTelemetryRegistry != nil {
+			registries = append(registries, openTelemetryRegistry)
+			logger.Debug().
+				Str("pushInterval", metricsConfig.OTLP.PushInterval.String()).
+				Msg("Configured OpenTelemetry metrics")
+		}
 	}

 	return registries
 }

 func appendCertMetric(gauge gokitmetrics.Gauge, certificate *x509.Certificate) {
-	sort.Strings(certificate.DNSNames)
+	slices.Sort(certificate.DNSNames)

 	labels := []string{
 		"cn", certificate.Subject.CommonName,
@@ -467,93 +590,69 @@ func appendCertMetric(gauge gokitmetrics.Gauge, certificate *x509.Certificate) {
 	gauge.With(labels...).Set(notAfter)
 }

-func setupAccessLog(conf *types.AccessLog) *accesslog.Handler {
+func setupAccessLog(ctx context.Context, conf *otypes.AccessLog) *accesslog.Handler {
 	if conf == nil {
 		return nil
 	}

-	accessLoggerMiddleware, err := accesslog.NewHandler(conf)
+	accessLoggerMiddleware, err := accesslog.NewHandler(ctx, conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Warnf("Unable to create access logger : %v", err)
+		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("Unable to create access logger")
 		return nil
 	}

 	return accessLoggerMiddleware
 }

-func configureLogging(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) {
-	// configure default log flags
-	stdlog.SetFlags(stdlog.Lshortfile | stdlog.LstdFlags)
-
-	// configure log level
-	// an explicitly defined log level always has precedence. if none is
-	// given and debug mode is disabled, the default is ERROR, and DEBUG
-	// otherwise.
-	levelStr := "error"
-	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && staticConfiguration.Log.Level != "" {
-		levelStr = strings.ToLower(staticConfiguration.Log.Level)
+func setupTracing(ctx context.Context, conf *static.Tracing) (*tracing.Tracer, io.Closer) {
+	if conf == nil {
+		return nil, nil
 	}

-	level, err := logrus.ParseLevel(levelStr)
+	tracer, closer, err := tracing.NewTracing(ctx, conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Error getting level: %v", err)
-	}
-	log.SetLevel(level)
-
-	var logFile string
-	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && len(staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath) > 0 {
-		logFile = staticConfiguration.Log.FilePath
+		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("Unable to create tracer")
+		return nil, nil
 	}

-	// configure log format
-	var formatter logrus.Formatter
-	if staticConfiguration.Log != nil && staticConfiguration.Log.Format == "json" {
-		formatter = &logrus.JSONFormatter{}
-	} else {
-		disableColors := len(logFile) > 0
-		formatter = &logrus.TextFormatter{DisableColors: disableColors, FullTimestamp: true, DisableSorting: true}
-	}
-	log.SetFormatter(formatter)
-
-	if len(logFile) > 0 {
-		dir := filepath.Dir(logFile)
-
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
-			log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Failed to create log path %s: %s", dir, err)
-		}
-
-		err = log.OpenFile(logFile)
-		logrus.RegisterExitHandler(func() {
-			if err := log.CloseFile(); err != nil {
-				log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Error while closing log: %v", err)
-			}
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Error while opening log file %s: %v", logFile, err)
-		}
-	}
+	return tracer, closer
 }

-func checkNewVersion() {
-	ticker := time.Tick(24 * time.Hour)
-	safe.Go(func() {
-		for time.Sleep(10 * time.Minute); ; <-ticker {
-			version.CheckNewVersion()
-		}
-	})
+func checkNewVersion(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) {
+	logger := log.With().Logger()
+
+	if staticConfiguration.Global.CheckNewVersion {
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Version check is enabled.`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Traefik checks for new releases to notify you if your version is out of date.`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`It also collects usage data during this process.`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Check the documentation to get more info: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/`)
+
+		ticker := time.Tick(24 * time.Hour)
+		safe.Go(func() {
+			for time.Sleep(10 * time.Minute); ; <-ticker {
+				version.CheckNewVersion()
+			}
+		})
+	} else {
+		logger.Info().Msg(`
+Version check is disabled.
+You will not be notified if a new version is available.
+More details: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/
+`)
+	}
 }

 func stats(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) {
-	logger := log.WithoutContext()
+	logger := log.With().Logger()

 	if staticConfiguration.Global.SendAnonymousUsage {
-		logger.Info(`Stats collection is enabled.`)
-		logger.Info(`Many thanks for contributing to Traefik's improvement by allowing us to receive anonymous information from your configuration.`)
-		logger.Info(`Help us improve Traefik by leaving this feature on :)`)
-		logger.Info(`More details on: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Stats collection is enabled.`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Many thanks for contributing to Traefik's improvement by allowing us to receive anonymous information from your configuration.`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`Help us improve Traefik by leaving this feature on :)`)
+		logger.Info().Msg(`More details on: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/`)
 		collect(staticConfiguration)
 	} else {
-		logger.Info(`
+		logger.Info().Msg(`
 Stats collection is disabled.
 Help us improve Traefik by turning this feature on :)
 More details on: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/
@@ -566,7 +665,7 @@ func collect(staticConfiguration *static.Configuration) {
 	safe.Go(func() {
 		for time.Sleep(10 * time.Minute); ; <-ticker {
 			if err := collector.Collect(staticConfiguration); err != nil {
-				log.WithoutContext().Debug(err)
+				log.Debug().Err(err).Send()
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/metrics"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/config/static"
 )

 // FooCert is a PEM-encoded TLS cert.
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ func TestAppendCertMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	for _, test := range testCases {
-		test := test
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()

@@ -114,3 +114,73 @@ func TestAppendCertMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetDefaultsEntrypoints(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc        string
+		entrypoints static.EntryPoints
+		expected    []string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc: "Skips special names",
+			entrypoints: map[string]*static.EntryPoint{
+				"web": {
+					Address: ":80",
+				},
+				"traefik": {
+					Address: ":8080",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []string{"web"},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Two EntryPoints not attachable",
+			entrypoints: map[string]*static.EntryPoint{
+				"web": {
+					Address: ":80",
+				},
+				"websecure": {
+					Address: ":443",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []string{"web", "websecure"},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Two EntryPoints only one attachable",
+			entrypoints: map[string]*static.EntryPoint{
+				"web": {
+					Address: ":80",
+				},
+				"websecure": {
+					Address:   ":443",
+					AsDefault: true,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []string{"websecure"},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "Two attachable EntryPoints",
+			entrypoints: map[string]*static.EntryPoint{
+				"web": {
+					Address:   ":80",
+					AsDefault: true,
+				},
+				"websecure": {
+					Address:   ":443",
+					AsDefault: true,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []string{"web", "websecure"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := getDefaultsEntrypoints(&static.Configuration{
+				EntryPoints: test.entrypoints,
+			})
+
+			assert.ElementsMatch(t, test.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"

 	"github.com/traefik/paerser/cli"
-	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/version"
 )

 var versionTemplate = `Version:      {{.Version}}
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.14
-# Feel free to add below any helpful dependency for debugging.
-# iproute2 is for ss.
-RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add bash curl ca-certificates tzdata lsof iproute2 \
-    && update-ca-certificates \
-    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
-COPY dist/traefik /
-EXPOSE 80
-VOLUME ["/tmp"]
-ENTRYPOINT ["/traefik"]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ docs: docs-clean docs-image docs-lint docs-build docs-verify
 # Writer Mode: build and serve docs on http://localhost:8000 with livereload
 .PHONY: docs-serve
 docs-serve: docs-image
-	docker run  $(DOCKER_RUN_DOC_OPTS) $(TRAEFIK_DOCS_BUILD_IMAGE) mkdocs serve
+	docker run  $(DOCKER_RUN_DOC_OPTS) $(TRAEFIK_DOCS_BUILD_IMAGE) mkdocs serve -a 0.0.0.0:8000

 ## Pull image for doc building
 .PHONY: docs-pull-images
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-FROM alpine:3.14 as alpine
+FROM alpine:3.23

 RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add \
    build-base \
+    gcompat \
    libcurl \
    libxml2-dev \
    libxslt-dev \
    ruby \
    ruby-bigdecimal \
    ruby-dev \
-    ruby-etc \
    ruby-ffi \
-    ruby-json \
    zlib-dev

-RUN gem install nokogiri --version 1.13.3 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries
-RUN gem install html-proofer --version 3.19.3 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries
+RUN gem install nokogiri --version 1.18.6 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries
+RUN gem install html-proofer --version 5.0.10 --no-document -- --use-system-libraries

 # After Ruby, some NodeJS YAY!
 RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add \
@@ -22,12 +21,9 @@ RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add \
    nodejs \
    npm

-# To handle 'not get uid/gid'
-RUN npm config set unsafe-perm true
-
 RUN npm install --global \
-    markdownlint@0.22.0 \
-    markdownlint-cli@0.26.0
+    markdownlint@0.29.0 \
+    markdownlint-cli@0.35.0

 # Finally the shell tools we need for later
 # tini helps to terminate properly all the parallelized tasks when sending CTRL-C
@@ -38,6 +34,7 @@ RUN apk --no-cache --no-progress add \

 COPY ./scripts/verify.sh /verify.sh
 COPY ./scripts/lint.sh /lint.sh
+COPY ./scripts/lint-yaml.sh /lint-yaml.sh

 WORKDIR /app
 VOLUME ["/tmp","/app"]
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#migration-doc-banner {
+  display: block;
+  position: relative;
+  padding: 0.6em 1.2em;
+  border: 1px solid #00b3ce;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background-color: #00b3ce1a;
+  color: #00b3ce;
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+
+#migration-doc-banner a {
+  color: #00b3ce;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+#migration-doc-banner p {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+#migration-doc-banner-close {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0.4em;
+  right: 0.6em;
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  color: #00b3ce;
+  font-size: 1.5em;
+  line-height: 1;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+/* Breakpoint for the collapsed sidebar */
+@media (min-width: 1220px) {
+  #migration-doc-banner {
+    margin-top: -24px;
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* Fix positioning of the built-in clipboard button for code blocks.
+ * In this theme, the button can end up positioned relative to <body>,
+ * so anchor it to the code block container instead.
+ */
+
+.md-typeset pre.highlight {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.md-typeset pre.highlight > button.md-clipboard {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: .25rem;
+  right: .25rem;
+  z-index: 10;
+  opacity: 1;
+  visibility: visible;
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* Use a wider grid to accommodate table content and code blocks. */
+.md-grid {
+  max-width: 1800px;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* Traefik Hub Menu icon base styles */
+.menu-icon {
+  height: 18px;
+  width: 18px;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+  margin-left: 6px;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease;
+  filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1));
+  display: inline;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+/* Ensure parent container keeps items inline */
+.nav-link-with-icon {
+  white-space: nowrap !important;
+  display: inline-flex !important;
+  align-items: center !important;
+}
+
+/* Hover effects */
+.menu-icon:hover {
+  transform: scale(1.05);
+  opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+/* Tablet responsive */
+@media (max-width: 1024px) {
+  .menu-icon {
+    height: 14px;
+    width: 14px;
+    margin-left: 4px;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Mobile responsive */
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  .menu-icon {
+    height: 12px;
+    width: 12px;
+    margin-left: 3px;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+  }
+  
+  /* Keep mobile navigation items inline */
+  .nav-link-with-icon {
+    display: inline-flex !important;
+    align-items: center !important;
+    width: auto !important;
+  }
+}
+
+/* High DPI displays */
+@media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi) {
+  .menu-icon {
+    image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast;
+    image-rendering: crisp-edges;
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+(function () {
+  var BANNER_ID = 'migration-doc-banner';
+  var SESSION_KEY = 'migration-doc-banner-dismissed';
+
+  function createBanner() {
+    if (document.getElementById(BANNER_ID)) return;
+    if (sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_KEY)) return;
+
+    var banner = document.createElement('div');
+    banner.id = BANNER_ID;
+    banner.innerHTML =
+      '<p><strong>Moving from ingress-nginx?</strong></p>' +
+      '<p>No need to start over. Traefik supports your existing ingress-nginx annotations as-is &mdash; no rewrites, no downtime.</p>' +
+      '<p>See our <a href="/traefik/migrate/nginx-to-traefik/">migration guide</a> and <a href="/traefik/reference/routing-configuration/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/">annotation reference</a> to get started.</p>' +
+      '<button id="migration-doc-banner-close" aria-label="Dismiss banner">&times;</button>';
+
+    var target =
+      document.querySelector('.md-content__inner') ||
+      document.querySelector('.md-main__inner') ||
+      document.querySelector('article') ||
+      document.querySelector('main');
+
+    if (target) {
+      target.insertBefore(banner, target.firstChild);
+    }
+
+    document.getElementById('migration-doc-banner-close').addEventListener('click', function () {
+      banner.remove();
+      sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_KEY, '1');
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', createBanner);
+  } else {
+    createBanner();
+  }
+})();
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 /* Highlight */
 (function(hljs) {
    hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
-})(hljs);
+})(hljs);
+
+/* Scarf Analytics - cookieless, anonymous company-level intelligence */
+(function() {
+    var img = document.createElement('img');
+    img.src = 'https://static.scarf.sh/a.png?x-pxid=1a49232a-b165-4015-8ed2-a1092f1f0d83';
+    img.referrerPolicy = 'no-referrer-when-downgrade';
+    img.loading = 'eager';
+    img.style.cssText = 'visibility:hidden;position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;';
+    document.body.appendChild(img);
+})();
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
 ---
 title: "Traefik Advocation Documentation"
-description: "There are many ways to contribute to Traefik Proxy. If you're talking about Traefik, let us know and we'll promote your enthusiasm!"
+description: "There are many ways to contribute to Traefik Proxy. Let us know if you’re talking about Traefik, and we'll promote your enthusiasm!"
 ---

 # Advocating

-Spread the Love & Tell Us about It
+Spread the Love & Tell Us About It
 {: .subtitle }

-There are many ways to contribute to the project, and there is one that always spark joy: when we see/read about users talking about how Traefik helps them solve their problems.
+Traefik Proxy was started by the community and for the community.
+You can contribute to the Traefik community in three main ways:

-If you're talking about Traefik, [let us know](https://blog.traefik.io/spread-the-love-ba5a40aa72e7) and we'll promote your enthusiasm!
+**Spread the word!** Guides, videos, blog posts, how-to articles, and showing off your network design all help spread the word about Traefik Proxy
+and teach others in the community how to best implement it.
+It always sparks joy when users share how Traefik Proxy helps them solve their problems.
+If you are talking about Traefik Proxy, [let us know](https://traefik.io/submit-my-contribution/) and we will promote your work and reward your enthusiasm!
+If you are giving a talk that includes or is about Traefik Proxy, [let us know](https://traefik.io/submit-my-contribution/) and we will send you swag and stickers for your time at the conference.
+If you have written about Traefik or shared useful information you would like to promote, feel free to add links to the [dedicated wiki page on GitHub](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/wiki/Awesome-Traefik).

-Also, if you've written about Traefik or shared useful information you'd like to promote, feel free to add links in the [dedicated wiki page on Github](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/wiki/Awesome-Traefik).
+**Help community members!** Everyone needs a place to share their cool innovations or get help with that pesky bug that only a different pair of eyes seems to be able to see.
+Join our [Community Forum](https://community.traefik.io/) where you can ask questions, help out other users, and share your neat configuration examples or snippets.
+Top contributors will be asked to join the Ambassador program and get unique swag to celebrate!
+
+**Build cool solutions!** Traefik Proxy would be so much better if only it had…
+We love all the wonderful ideas that our users come up with, but we can only build so much.
+Luckily, as an open source community, our users can help by [building awesome features](https://github.com/orgs/traefik/projects/9/views/7), enhancements, or bug fixes.
+We are a big community, so we do need to prioritize a bit.
+That is why we use the tag `contributor/wanted` to let you know which pull requests will make it to the front of the queue for design support and review.
+Feel free to grab one of these and run with it.
+Top contributors get unique swag to celebrate.
@@ -8,67 +8,18 @@ description: "Compile and test your own Traefik Proxy! Learn how to build your o
 Compile and Test Your Own Traefik!
 {: .subtitle }

-So you want to build your own Traefik binary from the sources?
+You want to build your own Traefik binary from the sources?
 Let's see how.

 ## Building

-You need either [Docker](https://github.com/docker/docker) and `make` (Method 1), or `go` (Method 2) in order to build Traefik.
-For changes to its dependencies, the `dep` dependency management tool is required.
-
-### Method 1: Using `Docker` and `Makefile`
-
-Run make with the `binary` target.
-This will create binaries for the Linux platform in the `dist` folder.
-
-In case when you run build on CI, you may probably want to run docker in non-interactive mode. To achieve that define `DOCKER_NON_INTERACTIVE=true` environment variable.
-
-```bash
-$ make binary
-docker build -t traefik-webui -f webui/Dockerfile webui
-Sending build context to Docker daemon  2.686MB
-Step 1/11 : FROM node:8.15.0
- ---> 1f6c34f7921c
-[...]
-Successfully built ce4ff439c06a
-Successfully tagged traefik-webui:latest
-[...]
-docker build  -t "traefik-dev:4475--feature-documentation" -f build.Dockerfile .
-Sending build context to Docker daemon    279MB
-Step 1/10 : FROM golang:1.16-alpine
- ---> f4bfb3d22bda
-[...]
-Successfully built 5c3c1a911277
-Successfully tagged traefik-dev:4475--feature-documentation
-docker run  -e "TEST_CONTAINER=1" -v "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock" -it -e OS_ARCH_ARG -e OS_PLATFORM_ARG -e TESTFLAGS -e VERBOSE -e VERSION -e CODENAME -e TESTDIRS -e CI -e CONTAINER=DOCKER		 -v "/home/ldez/sources/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik/"dist":/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik/"dist"" "traefik-dev:4475--feature-documentation" ./script/make.sh generate binary
---> Making bundle: generate (in .)
-removed 'autogen/genstatic/gen.go'
-
---> Making bundle: binary (in .)
-
-$ ls dist/
-traefik*
-```
-
-The following targets can be executed outside Docker by setting the variable `IN_DOCKER` to an empty string (although be aware that some of the tests might fail in that context):
-
- `test-unit`
- `test-integration`
- `validate`
- `binary` (the webUI is still generated by using Docker)
-
-ex:
-
-```bash
-IN_DOCKER= make test-unit
-```
-
-### Method 2: Using `go`
-
-Requirements:
-
- `go` v1.16+
- environment variable `GO111MODULE=on`
+You need:
+    - [Docker](https://github.com/docker/docker "Link to website of Docker") 
+    - `make`
+    - [Go](https://go.dev/ "Link to website of Go")
+    - [misspell](https://github.com/golangci/misspell)
+    - [shellcheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck)
+    - [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) if you are using Docker Desktop 

 !!! tip "Source Directory"

@@ -101,43 +52,34 @@ Requirements:
    ## ... and the list goes on
    ```

-#### Build Traefik
+### Build Traefik

 Once you've set up your go environment and cloned the source repository, you can build Traefik.

 ```bash
-# Generate UI static files
-make clean-webui generate-webui
+$ make binary
+SHA: 8fddfe118288bb5280eb5e77fa952f52def360b4 cheddar 2024-01-11_03:14:57PM
+CGO_ENABLED=0 GOGC=off GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build  -ldflags "-s -w \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.Version=8fddfe118288bb5280eb5e77fa952f52def360b4 \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.Codename=cheddar \
+    -X github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/version.BuildDate=2024-01-11_03:14:57PM" \
+    -installsuffix nocgo -o "./dist/darwin/arm64/traefik" ./cmd/traefik

-# required to merge non-code components into the final binary,
-# such as the web dashboard/UI
-go generate
+$ ls dist/
+traefik*
 ```

-```bash
-# Standard go build
-go build ./cmd/traefik
-```
-
-You will find the Traefik executable (`traefik`) in the `~/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik` directory.
+You will find the Traefik executable (`traefik`) in the `./dist` directory.

 ## Testing

-### Method 1: `Docker` and `make`
-
 Run unit tests using the `test-unit` target.
 Run integration tests using the `test-integration` target.
 Run all tests (unit and integration) using the `test` target.

 ```bash
 $ make test-unit
-docker build -t "traefik-dev:your-feature-branch" -f build.Dockerfile .
-# […]
-docker run --rm -it -e OS_ARCH_ARG -e OS_PLATFORM_ARG -e TESTFLAGS -v "/home/user/go/src/github/traefik/traefik/dist:/go/src/github.com/traefik/traefik/dist" "traefik-dev:your-feature-branch" ./script/make.sh generate test-unit
---> Making bundle: generate (in .)
-removed 'gen.go'
-
---> Making bundle: test-unit (in .)
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go test -cover "-coverprofile=cover.out" -v ./pkg/... ./cmd/...
 + go test -cover -coverprofile=cover.out .
 ok      github.com/traefik/traefik   0.005s  coverage: 4.1% of statements

@@ -146,28 +88,30 @@ Test success

 For development purposes, you can specify which tests to run by using (only works the `test-integration` target):

+??? note "Configuring Tailscale for Docker Desktop user"
+
+    Create `tailscale.secret` file in `integration` directory.
+    
+    This file needs to contain a [Tailscale auth key](https://tailscale.com/kb/1085/auth-keys) 
+    (an ephemeral, but reusable, one is recommended).
+
+    Add this section to your tailscale ACLs to auto-approve the routes for the
+    containers in the docker subnet:
+
+    ```json 
+        "autoApprovers": {
+          // Allow myself to automatically
+          // advertize routes for docker networks
+          "routes": {
+            "172.31.42.0/24": ["your_tailscale_identity"],
+          },
+        },
+    ```
+    
 ```bash
 # Run every tests in the MyTest suite
-TESTFLAGS="-check.f MyTestSuite" make test-integration
+TESTFLAGS="-test.run TestAccessLogSuite" make test-integration

 # Run the test "MyTest" in the MyTest suite
-TESTFLAGS="-check.f MyTestSuite.MyTest" make test-integration
-
-# Run every tests starting with "My", in the MyTest suite
-TESTFLAGS="-check.f MyTestSuite.My" make test-integration
-
-# Run every tests ending with "Test", in the MyTest suite
-TESTFLAGS="-check.f MyTestSuite.*Test" make test-integration
+TESTFLAGS="-test.run TestAccessLogSuite -testify.m ^TestAccessLog$" make test-integration
 ```
-
-More: https://labix.org/gocheck
-
-### Method 2: `go`
-
-Unit tests can be run from the cloned directory using `$ go test ./...` which should return `ok`, similar to:
-
-```test
-ok      _/home/user/go/src/github/traefik/traefik    0.004s
-```
-
-Integration tests must be run from the `integration/` directory and require the `-integration` switch: `$ cd integration && go test -integration ./...`.
@@ -1,17 +1,72 @@
 ---
 title: "Traefik Data Collection Documentation"
-description: "To learn more about how Traefik is being used and improve it, we collect anonymous usage statistics from running instances. Read the technical documentation."
+description: "Learn what data Traefik shares, how it is used, and how you can control it. This documentation explains both version check and anonymous usage statistics data. Read the technical documentation."
 ---

 # Data Collection

-Understanding How Traefik is Being Used
+Understanding the data Traefik shares and how it is used
 {: .subtitle }

-## Configuration Example
+## Introduction

-Understanding how you use Traefik is very important to us: it helps us improve the solution in many different ways.  
-For this very reason, the sendAnonymousUsage option is mandatory: we want you to take time to consider whether or not you wish to share anonymous data with us so we can benefit from your experience and use cases.
+Protecting user privacy is essential to Traefik Labs, and we design every data-sharing mechanism with transparency and minimalism in mind.
+This page describes the two types of data exchanged by Traefik and how to configure them.
+
+For more details on how your data is handled, please refer to our [Privacy and Cookie Policy](https://traefik.io/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy).
+
+## Configuration Overview
+
+Traefik provides two independent mechanisms:
+
+- `checkNewVersion`, enabled by default. You may disable it at any time.
+- `sendAnonymousUsage`, which requires explicit opt‑in.
+
+Examples below show how to activate or deactivate both of them.
+
+```yaml tab="YAML"
+global:
+  checkNewVersion: true      # set to false to disable
+  sendAnonymousUsage: false  # set to true to enable
+```
+
+```toml tab="TOML"
+[global]
+  checkNewVersion = true      # set to false to disable
+  sendAnonymousUsage = false  # set to true to enable
+```
+
+```bash tab="CLI"
+--global.checkNewVersion=true      # set to false to disable
+--global.sendAnonymousUsage=false  # set to true to enable
+```
+
+A log message at startup clearly indicates whether each of those options are enabled or disabled.
+
+## Version Check (`checkNewVersion`) – Opt-out
+
+Traefik periodically contacts `update.traefik.io` to determine whether a newer version is available.
+When this request is made, Traefik shares the **running version** and the **public IP** of the instance.
+The IP is used to build global usage statistics and does not influence the version comparison.
+
+This mechanism helps you stay informed about updates and provides TraefikLabs with a broad view of which versions are deployed in the wild.
+
+The collected IP addresses are also used for marketing purposes, specifically to detect companies running Traefik and offer them adapted support contracts, enterprise features, and tailored services.
+
+If you want to explore the implementation, you can read the version check source code: [version.go](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/pkg/version/version.go)
+
+## Anonymous Usage Data (`sendAnonymousUsage`) – Opt‑in
+
+Traefik can also collect anonymous usage statistics once per day, starting 10 minutes after it starts running.  
+These statistics include:
+
+- the Traefik version,
+- a hash of the configuration,
+- an anonymized version of the static configuration (all sensitive fields removed: tokens, passwords, URLs, IP addresses, domains, emails, etc.).
+
+This feature comes from this [public proposal](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/2369).
+
+This information helps TraefikLabs understand how Traefik is used in general and prioritize features and provider support accordingly. Dynamic configuration (routers and services) is never collected.

 !!! example "Enabling Data Collection"

@@ -32,23 +87,6 @@ For this very reason, the sendAnonymousUsage option is mandatory: we want you to
    --global.sendAnonymousUsage
    ```

-## Collected Data
-
-This feature comes from the public proposal [here](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/2369).
-
-This feature is activated when using Traefik Pilot to better understand the community's need, and also to get information about plug-ins popularity.
-
-In order to help us learn more about how Traefik is being used and improve it, we collect anonymous usage statistics from running instances.
-Those data help us prioritize our developments and focus on what's important for our users (for example, which provider is popular, and which is not).
-
-### What's collected / when ?
-
-Once a day (the first call begins 10 minutes after the start of Traefik), we collect:
-
- the Traefik version number
- a hash of the configuration
- an **anonymized version** of the static configuration (token, user name, password, URL, IP, domain, email, etc, are removed).
-
 !!! info

    - We do not collect the dynamic configuration information (routers & services).
@@ -68,7 +106,6 @@ providers:
  docker:
    endpoint: "tcp://10.10.10.10:2375"
    exposedByDefault: true
-    swarmMode: true

    tls:
      ca: dockerCA
@@ -88,7 +125,6 @@ providers:
  docker:
    endpoint: "xxxx"
    exposedByDefault: true
-    swarmMode: true

    tls:
      ca: xxxx
@@ -97,8 +133,9 @@ providers:
      insecureSkipVerify: true
 ```

-## The Code for Data Collection
+### The Code for Anonymous Usage Collection

-If you want to dig into more details, here is the source code of the collecting system: [collector.go](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/pkg/collector/collector.go)
+If you want to explore the implementation, you can read the collector source code:
+[collector.go](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/pkg/collector/collector.go)

-By default we anonymize all configuration fields, except fields tagged with `export=true`.
+Traefik anonymizes all configuration fields by default, except those explicitly marked with `export=true`.
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ Let's see how.

 ### General

-This [documentation](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/) is built with [mkdocs](https://mkdocs.org/).
+This [documentation](../index.md "Link to the official Traefik documentation") is built with [MkDocs](https://mkdocs.org/ "Link to the website of MkDocs").

 ### Method 1: `Docker` and `make`

+Please make sure you have the following requirements installed:
+
+- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/ "Link to the website of Docker")
+
 You can build the documentation and test it locally (with live reloading), using the `docs-serve` target:

 ```bash
@@ -43,9 +47,12 @@ $ make docs-build
 ...
 ```

-### Method 2: `mkdocs`
+### Method 2: `MkDocs`

-First, make sure you have `python` and `pip` installed.
+Please make sure you have the following requirements installed:
+
+- [Python](https://www.python.org/ "Link to the website of Python")
+- [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/ "Link to the website of pip on PyPI")

 ```bash
 $ python --version
@@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ $ pip --version
 pip 1.5.2
 ```

-Then, install mkdocs with `pip`.
+Then, install MkDocs with `pip`.

 ```bash
 pip install --user -r requirements.txt
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ Running ["HtmlCheck", "ImageCheck", "ScriptCheck", "LinkCheck"] on /app/site/bas

 !!! note "Clean & Verify"

-    If you've made changes to the documentation, it's safter to clean it before verifying it.
+    If you've made changes to the documentation, it's safer to clean it before verifying it.

    ```bash
    $ make docs
@@ -7,89 +7,75 @@ description: "Interested in contributing more to the community and becoming a Tr

 ![Maintainer's Guidelines](../assets/img/maintainers-guidelines.png)

-Note: the document is a work in progress.
-
 Welcome to the Traefik Community.
-This document describes how to be part of the core team
-as well as various responsibilities
-and guidelines for Traefik maintainers.
+
 We are strongly promoting a philosophy of openness and sharing,
 and firmly standing against the elitist closed approach.
 Being part of the core team should be accessible to anyone motivated
 and wants to be part of that journey!

-## Onboarding Process
+## Becoming a Maintainer

-If you consider joining our community please drop us a line using Twitter or leave a note in the issue.
-We will schedule a quick call to meet you and learn more about your motivation.
-During the call, the team will discuss the process of becoming a maintainer.
-We will be happy to answer any questions and explain all your doubts.
+Before a contributor becomes a maintainer, they should meet the following requirements:

-## Maintainer's Requirements
+- The contributor enabled [2FA](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/configuring-two-factor-authentication) on their GitHub account

-Note: you do not have to meet all the listed requirements,
-but must have achieved several.
+- The contributor showed a consistent pattern of helpful, non-threatening, and friendly behavior towards other community members in the past.
+
+- The contributor has read and accepted the maintainer's guidelines.
+
+The contributor should also meet one or several of the following requirements:

- Enabled [2FA](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/configuring-two-factor-authentication) on your GitHub account
 - The contributor has opened and successfully run medium to large PR’s in the past 6 months.
+
 - The contributor has participated in multiple code reviews of other PR’s,
  including those of other maintainers and contributors.
- The contributor showed a consistent pattern of helpful, non-threatening, and friendly behavior towards other community members in the past.
+
 - The contributor is active on Traefik Community forums
-  or other technical forums/boards such as K8S slack, Reddit, StackOverflow, hacker news.
- Have read and accepted the contributor guidelines.
+  or other technical forums/boards, such as K8S Slack, Reddit, StackOverflow, and Hacker News.
+
+Any existing active maintainer can create an issue to discuss promoting a contributor to maintainer. 
+Other maintainers can vote on the issue, and if the quorum is reached, the contributor is promoted to maintainer.
+If the quorum is not reached within one month after the issue is created, it is closed.

 ## Maintainer's Responsibilities and Privileges

-There are lots of areas where you can contribute to the project,
-but we can suggest you start with activities such as:
+As a maintainer, you are granted a vote for the following:

- PR reviewing.
-    - According to our guidelines we require you have at least 3 reviewers,
-      thus you can review a PR and leave the relevant comment if it is necessary.
- Participating in a daily [issue triage](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md).
-    - The process helps to understand and prioritize the reported issue according to its importance and severity.
-      This is crucial to learn how our users implement Traefik.
-      Each of the issues that are labeled as bug/possible bug/confirmed requires a reproducible use case. 
-      You can help in creating a reproducible use case if it has not been added to the issue
-      or use the sample code provided by the reporter.
-      Typically, a simple docker compose should be enough to reproduce the issue.
- Code contribution.
- Documentation contribution.
-    - Technical documentation is one of the most important components of the product.
-      The ability to set up a testing environment in a few minutes,
-      using the official documentation,
-      is a game changer.
- You will be listed on our Maintainers Github page
-  as well as on our website in the section [maintainers](maintainers.md).
- We will be promoting you on social channels (mostly on Twitter).
+- [PR review](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/pr_guidelines.md).

-## Governance
+- [Design review](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/proposals.md).

- Roadmap meetings on a regular basis where all maintainers are welcome.
+- [Proposals](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/proposals.md).
+
+Maintainers are also added to the maintainer's Discord server where happens the [issue triage](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md)
+and appear on the [Maintainers](./maintainers.md) page.
+
+As a maintainer, you should: 
+
+- Prioritize PR reviews, design reviews, and issue triage above any other task. 
+
+Making sure contributors and community members are listened to and have an impact on the project is essential to keeping the project active and develop a thriving community.
+
+- Prioritize helping contributors reaching the expecting quality level over rewriting contributions.
+
+Any triage activity on issues and PRs (e.g. labels, marking messages as off-topic, refusing, marking duplicates) should result from a collective decision to ensure knowledge is shared among maintainers.

 ## Communicating

- All of our maintainers are added to Slack #traefik-maintainers channel that belongs to Traefik labs workspace.
-  Having the team in one place helps us to communicate effectively. 
-  You can reach Traefik core developers directly,
-  which offers the possibility to discuss issues, pull requests, enhancements more efficiently
+- All of our maintainers are added to the Traefik Maintainers Discord server that belongs to Traefik labs.
+  Having the team in one place helps us to communicate effectively.
+  Maintainers can discuss issues, pull requests, enhancements more efficiently
  and get the feedback almost immediately.
  Fewer blockers mean more fun and engaging work.

- On a daily basis, we publish a report that includes all the activities performed during the day.
-  You are updated in regard to the workload that has been processed including:
-  working on the new features and enhancements,
-  activities related to the reported issues and PR’s,
-  other important project-related announcements.
+- Every decision made on the discord server among maintainers is documented so it's visible to the rest of the community.

- At 5:00 PM CET every day we review all the created issues that have been reported,
-  assign them the appropriate *[labels](maintainers.md#labels)*
-  and prioritize them based on the severity of the problem.
-  The process is called *[issue triaging](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md)*.
-  Each of the maintainers is welcome to join the meeting.
-  For that purpose, we use a dedicated Discord server
-  where you are invited once you have become the official maintainer.
+- Maintainers express their opinions on issues and reviews. 
+  It is fine to have different point of views. 
+  We encourage active and open conversations which goals are to improve Traefik.
+
+- When discussing issues and proposals, maintainers should share as much information as possible to help solve the issue.

 ## Maintainers Activity

@@ -97,38 +83,45 @@ In order to keep the core team efficient and dynamic,
 maintainers' activity and involvement will be reviewed on a regular basis.

 - Has the maintainer engaged with the team and the community by meeting two or more of these benchmarks in the past six months?
+
    - Has the maintainer participated in at least two or three maintainer meetings?
+
    - Substantial review of at least one or two PRs from either contributors or maintainers.
+
    - Opened at least one or two bug fixes or feature request PRs
      that were eventually merged (or on a trajectory for merge).
+
    - Substantial participation in the Help Wanted program (answered questions, helped identify issues, applied guidelines from the Help Wanted guide to open issues).
+
    - Substantial participation with the community in general.

 - Has the maintainer shown a consistent pattern of helpful,
  non-threatening,
  and friendly behavior towards other people on the maintainer team and with our community?

-## Additional Comments for (not only) Maintainers
+## Additional Comments for Maintainers (that should apply to any contributor)

- Be able to put yourself in users’ shoes.
- Be open-minded and respectful with other maintainers and other community members.
- Keep the communication public - 
+- Be respectful with other maintainers and other community members.
+
+- Be open minded when participating in conversations: try to put yourself in others’ shoes.
+
+- Keep the communication public -
  if anyone tries to communicate with you directly,
-  ask him politely to move the conversation to a public communication channel.
+  ask politely to move the conversation to a public communication channel.
+
 - Stay away from defensive comments.
+
 - Please try to express your thoughts clearly enough
  and note that some of us are not native English speakers.
  Try to rephrase your sentences, avoiding mental shortcuts;
-  none of us is able to predict your thoughts.
- There are a lot of use cases of using Traefik
-  and even more issues that are difficult to reproduce.
-  If the issue can’t be replicated due to a lack of reproducible case (a simple docker compose should be enough) - 
-  set your time limits while working on the issue
-  and express clearly that you were not able to replicate it.
-  You can come back later to that case.
+  none of us is able to predict anyone's thoughts.
+
 - Be proactive.
+
 - Emoji are fine,
  but if you express yourself clearly enough they are not necessary.
  They will not replace good communication.
- Embrace mentorship.
- Keep in mind that we all have the same intent to improve the project.
+
+- Embrace mentorship: help others grow and match the quality level we strive for.
+
+- Keep in mind that we all have the same goal: improve the project.
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@ description: "Traefik Proxy is an open source software with a thriving community

 # Maintainers

-## The Team
+## Active Maintainers

 * Emile Vauge [@emilevauge](https://github.com/emilevauge)
-* Vincent Demeester [@vdemeester](https://github.com/vdemeester)
-* Ed Robinson [@errm](https://github.com/errm)
-* Daniel Tomcej [@dtomcej](https://github.com/dtomcej)
 * Manuel Zapf [@SantoDE](https://github.com/SantoDE)
-* Timo Reimann [@timoreimann](https://github.com/timoreimann)
-* Ludovic Fernandez [@ldez](https://github.com/ldez)
 * Julien Salleyron [@juliens](https://github.com/juliens)
 * Nicolas Mengin [@nmengin](https://github.com/nmengin)
-* Marco Jantke [@mjantke](https://github.com/mjeri)
 * Michaël Matur [@mmatur](https://github.com/mmatur)
 * Gérald Croës [@geraldcroes](https://github.com/geraldcroes)
 * Jean-Baptiste Doumenjou [@jbdoumenjou](https://github.com/jbdoumenjou)
@@ -25,109 +19,24 @@ description: "Traefik Proxy is an open source software with a thriving community
 * Kevin Pollet [@kevinpollet](https://github.com/kevinpollet)
 * Harold Ozouf [@jspdown](https://github.com/jspdown)
 * Tom Moulard [@tommoulard](https://github.com/tommoulard)
+* Landry Benguigui [@lbenguigui](https://github.com/lbenguigui)
+* Simon Delicata [@sdelicata](https://github.com/sdelicata)
+* Baptiste Mayelle [@youkoulayley](https://github.com/youkoulayley)
+* Jesper Noordsij [@jnoordsij](https://github.com/jnoordsij)
+* Gina Adzani [@gndz07](https://github.com/gndz07)
+* Mathis Urien [@LBF38](https://github.com/LBF38)
+
+## Past Maintainers
+
+People who have had an incredibly positive impact on the project, and are now focusing on other projects.
+
+* Vincent Demeester [@vdemeester](https://github.com/vdemeester)
+* Ed Robinson [@errm](https://github.com/errm)
+* Daniel Tomcej [@dtomcej](https://github.com/dtomcej)
+* Timo Reimann [@timoreimann](https://github.com/timoreimann)
+* Marco Jantke [@mjantke](https://github.com/mjeri)
+* Ludovic Fernandez [@ldez](https://github.com/ldez)

 ## Maintainer's Guidelines

-Please read the [maintainer's guidelines](maintainers-guidelines.md)
-
-## Issue Triage
-
-Issues and PRs are triaged daily and the process for triaging may be found under [triaging issues](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md) in our [contributors guide repository](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide).
-
-## PR Review Process
-
-The process for reviewing PRs may be found under [review guidelines](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/review_guidelines.md) in our contributors guide repository.
-
-## Labels
-
-A maintainer that looks at an issue/PR must define its `kind/*`, `area/*`, and `status/*`.
-
-### Status - Workflow
-
-The `status/*` labels represent the desired state in the workflow.
-
-* `status/0-needs-triage`: all the new issues and PRs have this status. _[bot only]_
-* `status/1-needs-design-review`: needs a design review. **(only for PR)**
-* `status/2-needs-review`: needs a code/documentation review. **(only for PR)**
-* `status/3-needs-merge`: ready to merge. **(only for PR)**
-* `status/4-merge-in-progress`: merge is in progress. _[bot only]_
-
-### Contributor
-
-* `contributor/need-more-information`: we need more information from the contributor in order to analyze a problem.
-* `contributor/waiting-for-feedback`: we need the contributor to give us feedback.
-* `contributor/waiting-for-corrections`: we need the contributor to take actions in order to move forward with a PR. **(only for PR)** _[bot, humans]_
-* `contributor/needs-resolve-conflicts`: use it only when there is some conflicts (and an automatic rebase is not possible). **(only for PR)** _[bot, humans]_
-
-### Kind
-
-* `kind/enhancement`: a new or improved feature.
-* `kind/question`: a question. **(only for issue)**
-* `kind/proposal`: a proposal that needs to be discussed.
-    * _Proposal issues_ are design proposals
-    * _Proposal PRs_ are technical prototypes that need to be refined with multiple contributors.
-
-* `kind/bug/possible`: a possible bug that needs analysis before it is confirmed or fixed. **(only for issues)**
-* `kind/bug/confirmed`: a confirmed bug (reproducible). **(only for issues)**
-* `kind/bug/fix`: a bug fix. **(only for PR)**
-
-### Resolution
-
-* `resolution/duplicate`: a duplicate issue/PR.
-* `resolution/declined`: declined (Rule #1 of open-source: no is temporary, yes is forever).
-* `WIP`: Work In Progress. **(only for PR)**
-
-### Platform
-
-* `platform/windows`: Windows related.
-
-### Area
-
-* `area/acme`: ACME related.
-* `area/api`: Traefik API related.
-* `area/authentication`: Authentication related.
-* `area/cluster`: Traefik clustering related.
-* `area/documentation`: Documentation related.
-* `area/infrastructure`: CI or Traefik building scripts related.
-* `area/healthcheck`: Health-check related.
-* `area/logs`: Logs related.
-* `area/middleware`: Middleware related.
-* `area/middleware/metrics`: Metrics related. (Prometheus, StatsD, ...)
-* `area/middleware/tracing`: Tracing related. (Jaeger, Zipkin, ...)
-* `area/oxy`: Oxy related.
-* `area/provider`: related to all providers.
-* `area/provider/boltdb`: Boltd DB related.
-* `area/provider/consul`: Consul related.
-* `area/provider/docker`: Docker and Swarm related.
-* `area/provider/ecs`: ECS related.
-* `area/provider/etcd`: Etcd related.
-* `area/provider/eureka`: Eureka related.
-* `area/provider/file`: file provider related.
-* `area/provider/k8s`: Kubernetes related.
-* `area/provider/kv`: KV related.
-* `area/provider/marathon`: Marathon related.
-* `area/provider/mesos`: Mesos related.
-* `area/provider/rancher`: Rancher related.
-* `area/provider/servicefabric`: Azure service fabric related.
-* `area/provider/zk`: Zoo Keeper related.
-* `area/rules`: Rules related.
-* `area/server`: Server related.
-* `area/sticky-session`: Sticky session related.
-* `area/tls`: TLS related.
-* `area/websocket`: WebSocket related.
-* `area/webui`: Web UI related.
-
-### Issues Priority
-
-* `priority/P0`: needs hot fix.
-* `priority/P1`: need to be fixed in next release.
-* `priority/P2`: need to be fixed in the future.
-* `priority/P3`: maybe.
-
-### PR Size
-
-Automatically set by a bot.
-
-* `size/S`: small PR.
-* `size/M`: medium PR.
-* `size/L`: Large PR.
+Please read the [maintainer's guidelines](./maintainers-guidelines.md).
@@ -8,42 +8,56 @@ description: "Help us help you! Learn how to submit an issue, following the guid
 Help Us Help You!
 {: .subtitle }

-We use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues) to keep track of issues in Traefik. 
+Issues are perfect for requesting a feature/enhancement or reporting a suspected bug.
+We use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues) to keep track of issues in Traefik.

-The process of sorting and checking the issues is a daunting task, and requires a lot of work (more than an hour a day ... just for sorting).
-To save us some time and get quicker feedback, be sure to follow the guide lines below.
+The process of sorting and checking the issues is a daunting task, and requires a lot of work.
+To help maintainers (and other community members) quickly and effortlessly understand what you need,
+be sure to follow the guidelines below.

 !!! important "Getting Help Vs Reporting an Issue"

    The issue tracker is not a general support forum, but a place to report bugs and asks for new features.

-    For end-user related support questions, try using first:
-
-    - the Traefik community forum: [![Join the chat at https://community.traefik.io/](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Discourse)](https://community.traefik.io/)
+    For end-user related support questions, try using the [Traefik Community Forum](https://community.traefik.io/)
+   [![Join the chat at https://community.traefik.io/](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Traefik%20Community%20Forum)](https://community.traefik.io/)

 ## Issue Title

 The title must be short and descriptive. (~60 characters)

-## Description
+Examples:

-Follow the [issue template](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md) as much as possible.
-
-Explain us in which conditions you encountered the issue, what is your context.
-
-Remain as clear and concise as possible
-
-Take time to polish the format of your message so we'll enjoy reading it and working on it. 
-Help the readers focus on what matters, and help them understand the structure of your message (see the [GitHub Markdown Syntax](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github)).
+* Bug: Duplicate requests in access logs
+* Feature: Support TCP

 ## Feature Request

-Traefik is an open-source project and aims to be the best edge router possible.
+Traefik is an open source project and aims to be the best edge router possible.

 Remember when asking for new features that these must be useful to the majority (and not only useful in edge case scenarios, or hack-like setups).
+Follow the [issue template](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature-request.yml) as much as possible.

-Do you best to explain what you're looking for, and why it would improve Traefik for everyone. 
+Do your best to explain what you're looking for, and why it would improve Traefik for everyone.
+Be detailed and share the use-case(s) to allow us to see the value of your feature request as quickly as possible.
+
+Features with a lot of positive interaction (claps, +1s, conversation about how this would impact them) indicate higher community interest and help us to prioritize.
+
+If you are interested in creating a PR for your feature request, let us know in the issue, so we can work with you.
+It can take a lot of work to make sure a PR can integrate with our existing code and planning with the team ahead of time can make sure that your PR can be accepted and merged quickly.
+
+## Issues or Possible Bug Reports
+
+Follow the [issue template](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml) as much as possible.
+
+Explain the conditions in which you encountered the issue; what is your context?
+Share any logs you may have, and make sure to share the steps it takes to reproduce your issue or bug.
+
+Remain as clear and concise as possible.
+
+Take time to polish the format of your message, so we'll enjoy reading it and working on it.
+Help your readers focus on what matters and help them understand the structure of your message (see the [GitHub Markdown Syntax](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github)).

 ## International English

-Every maintainer / Traefik user is not a native English speaker, so if you feel sometimes that some messages sound rude, remember that it probably is a language barrier problem from someone willing to help you.
+Every maintainer / Traefik user is not a native English speaker, so if you sometimes feel that some messages sound rude, remember that it probably is a language barrier problem from someone willing to help you.
@@ -3,12 +3,230 @@ title: "Traefik Pull Requests Documentation"
 description: "Looking to contribute to Traefik Proxy? This guide will show you the guidelines for submitting a PR in our contributors guide repository."
 ---

-# Submitting Pull Requests
+# Before You Submit a Pull Request

-A Quick Guide for Efficient Contributions
-{: .subtitle }
+This guide is for contributors who already have a pull request to submit.
+If you are looking for information on setting up your developer environment
+and creating code to contribute to Traefik Proxy or related projects,
+see the [development guide](./building-testing.md).

-So you've decided to improve Traefik? 
-Thank You! 
+Looking for a way to contribute to Traefik Proxy?
+Check out this list of [Priority Issues](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/labels/contributor%2Fwanted),
+the [Good First Issue](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/labels/contributor%2Fgood-first-issue) list,
+or the list of [confirmed bugs](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/labels/kind%2Fbug%2Fconfirmed) waiting to be remedied.

-Please review the [guidelines on creating PRs](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/pr_guidelines.md) for Traefik in our [contributors guide repository](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide).
+## How We Prioritize
+
+We wish we could review every pull request right away, but because it's a time-consuming operation, it's not always possible.
+
+The PRs we are able to handle the fastest are:
+
+* Documentation updates.
+* Bug fixes.
+* Enhancements and Features with a `contributor/wanted` tag.
+
+PRs that take more time to address include:
+
+* Enhancements or Features without the `contributor/wanted` tag.
+
+If you have an idea for an enhancement or feature that you would like to build,
+[create an issue](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/new/choose) for it first
+and tell us you are interested in writing the PR.
+If an issue already exists, definitely comment on it to tell us you are interested in creating a PR.
+
+This will allow us to communicate directly and let you know if it is something we would accept.
+
+It also allows us to make sure you have all the information you need during the design phase
+so that it can be reviewed and merged quickly.
+
+Read more about the [Triage process](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md) in the docs.
+
+## The Pull Request Submit Process
+
+Merging a PR requires the following steps to be completed before it is merged automatically.
+
+* Make sure your pull request adheres to our best practices. These include:
+    * [Following project conventions](./maintainers-guidelines.md); including using the PR Template.
+    * Make small pull requests.
+    * Solve only one problem at a time.
+    * Comment thoroughly.
+    * Do not open the PR from an organization repository.
+    * Keep "allows edit from maintainer" checked.
+    * Use semantic line breaks for documentation.
+    * Ensure your PR is not a draft. We do not review drafts, but do answer questions and confer with developers on them as needed.
+    * Ensure that the dependencies in the `go.mod` file reference a tag. If referencing a tag is not possible, add a comment explaining why.
+* Pass the validation check.
+* Pass all tests.
+* Receive 2 approving reviews from maintainers.
+
+## Pull Request Review Cycle
+
+Learn about our [Triage Process](https://github.com/traefik/contributors-guide/blob/master/issue_triage.md),
+in short, it looks like this:
+
+* We triage every new PR or comment before entering it into the review process.
+    * We ensure that all prerequisites for review have been met.
+    * We check to make sure the use case meets our needs.
+    * We assign reviewers.
+* Design Review.
+    * This takes longer than other parts of the process.
+    * We review that there are no obvious conflicts with our codebase.
+* Code Review.
+    * We review the code in-depth and run tests.
+    * We may ask for changes here.
+    * During code review, we ask that you be reasonably responsive,
+      if a PR languishes in code review it is at risk of rejection,
+      or we may take ownership of the PR and the contributor will become a co-author.
+* Merge.
+    * Success!
+
+!!! note
+
+    Occasionally, we may freeze our codebase when working towards a specific feature or goal that could impact other development.
+    During this time, your pull request could remain unmerged while the release work is completed.
+
+## Run Local Verifications
+
+You must run these local verifications before you submit your pull request to predict the pass or failure of continuous integration.
+Your PR will not be reviewed until these are green on the CI.
+
+* `make generate`
+* `make generate-crd`
+* `make test-gateway-api-conformance`
+* `make validate`
+* `make pull-images`
+* `make test`
+
+## The Testing and Merge Workflow
+
+Pull Requests are managed by the bot [Myrmica Lobicornis](https://github.com/traefik/lobicornis).
+This bot is responsible for verifying GitHub Checks (CI, Tests, etc), mergability, and minimum reviews.
+In addition, it rebases or merges with the base PR branch if needed.
+It performs several other housekeeping items
+and you can read more about those on the [README](https://github.com/traefik/lobicornis) for Lobicornis.
+
+The maintainer giving the final LGTM must add the `status/3-needs-merge` label to trigger the merge bot.
+
+By default, a squash-rebase merge will be carried out.
+
+The status `status/4-merge-in-progress` is only used by the bot.
+
+If the bot is not able to perform the merge, the label `bot/need-human-merge` is added.
+In such a situation, solve the conflicts/CI/... and then remove the label `bot/need-human-merge`.
+
+To prevent the bot from automatically merging a PR, add the label `bot/no-merge`.
+
+The label `bot/light-review` decreases the number of required LGTM from 2 to 1.
+
+This label can be used when:
+
+* Updating a dependency.
+* Merging branches back into the next version branch.
+* Submitting minor documentation changes.
+* Submitting changelog PRs.
+
+## Why Was My Pull Request Closed?
+
+Traefik Proxy is made by the community for the community,
+as such the goal is to engage the community to make Traefik the best reverse proxy available.
+Part of this goal is maintaining a lean codebase and ensuring code velocity.
+Unfortunately, this means that sometimes we will not be able to merge a pull request.
+
+Because we respect the work you did, you will always be told why we are closing your pull request.
+If you do not agree with our decision, do not worry; closed pull requests are effortless to recreate,
+and little work is lost by closing a pull request that subsequently needs to be reopened.
+
+Your pull request might be closed if:
+
+* Your PR's design conflicts with our existing codebase in such a way that merging is not an option
+  and the work needed to make your pull request usable is too high.
+    * To prevent this, make sure you created an issue first
+      and think about including Traefik Proxy maintainers in your design phase to minimize conflicts.
+* Your PR is for an enhancement or feature that we will not use.
+    * Please remember to create an issue for any pull request **before** you create a PR
+      to ensure that your goal is something we can merge and that you have any design insight you might need from the team.
+* Your PR has been waiting for feedback from the contributor for over 90 days.
+
+## Why is My Pull Request Not Getting Reviewed
+
+A few factors affect how long your pull request might wait for review.
+
+We must prioritize which PRs we focus on.
+Our first priority is PRs we have identified as having high community engagement and broad applicability.
+We put our top priorities on our roadmap, and you can identify them by the `contributor/wanted` tag.
+These PRs will enter our review process the fastest.
+
+Our second priority is bug fixes.
+Especially for bugs that have already been tagged with `bug/confirmed`.
+These reviews enter the process quickly.
+
+If your PR does not meet the criteria above,
+it will take longer for us to review, as any PRs that do meet the criteria above will be prioritized.
+
+Additionally, during the last few weeks of a milestone, we stop reviewing PRs to reduce churn and stabilize.
+We will resume after the release.
+
+The second major reason that we deprioritize your PR is that you are not following best practices.
+
+The most common failures to follow best practices are:
+
+* You did not create an issue for the PR you wish to make.
+  If you do not create an issue before submitting your PR,
+  we will not be able to answer any design questions and let you know how likely your PR is to be merged.
+* You created pull requests that are too large to review.
+    * Break your pull requests up.
+      If you can extract whole ideas from your pull request and send those as pull requests of their own,
+      you should do that instead.
+      It is better to have many pull requests addressing one thing than one pull request addressing many things.
+    * Traefik Proxy is a fast-moving codebase — lock in your changes ASAP with your small pull request,
+      and make merges be someone else's problem.
+      We want every pull request to be useful on its own,
+      so use your best judgment on what should be a pull request vs. a commit.
+* You did not comment well.
+    * Comment everything.
+
+Please remember that we are working internationally, cross-culturally, and with different use-cases.
+Your reviewer will not intuitively understand the problem the same way you do or solve it the same way you would.
+This is why every change you make must be explained, and your strategy for coding must also be explained.
+
+* Your tests were inadequate or absent.
+    * If you do not know how to test your PR, please ask!
+      We will be happy to help you or suggest appropriate test cases.
+
+If you have already followed the best practices and your PR still has not received a response,
+here are some things you can do to move the process along:
+
+* If you have fixed all the issues from a review,
+  remember to re-request a review (using the designated button) to let your reviewer know that you are ready.
+  You can choose to comment with the changes you made.
+* Kindly comment on the pull request. Doing so will automatically give your PR visibility during the triage process.
+
+For more information on best practices, try these links:
+
+* [How to Write a Git Commit Message - Chris Beams](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/)
+* [Distributed Git - Contributing to a Project (Commit Guidelines)](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project)
+* [What’s with the 50/72 rule? - Preslav Rachev](https://preslav.me/2015/02/21/what-s-with-the-50-72-rule/)
+* [A Note About Git Commit Messages - Tim Pope](https://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)
+
+## It's OK to Push Back
+
+Sometimes reviewers make mistakes.
+It is OK to push back on changes your reviewer requested.
+If you have a good reason for doing something a certain way, you are absolutely allowed to debate the merits of a requested change.
+Both the reviewer and reviewee should strive to discuss these issues in a polite and respectful manner.
+
+You might be overruled, but you might also prevail.
+We are pretty reasonable people.
+
+Another phenomenon of open-source projects (where anyone can comment on any issue) is the dog-pile -
+your pull request gets so many comments from so many people it becomes hard to follow.
+In this situation, you can ask the primary reviewer (assignee) whether they want you to fork a new pull request
+to clear out all the comments.
+You do not have to fix every issue raised by every person who feels like commenting,
+but you should answer reasonable comments with an explanation.
+
+## Common Sense and Courtesy
+
+No document can take the place of common sense and good taste.
+Use your best judgment, while you put a bit of thought into how your work can be made easier to review.
+If you do these things, your pull requests will get merged with less friction.
@@ -8,14 +8,72 @@ description: "Security is a key part of Traefik Proxy. Read the technical docume
 ## Security Advisories

 We strongly advise you to join our mailing list to be aware of the latest announcements from our security team.
-You can subscribe sending a mail to security+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/security).
+You can subscribe by sending an email to security+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/security).

 ## CVE

-Reported vulnerabilities can be found on 
+Reported vulnerabilities can be found on
 [cve.mitre.org](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=traefik).

+CVEs are only created for vulnerabilities affecting **Generally Available (GA) versions** of Traefik.
+Vulnerabilities discovered in non-GA versions (release candidates, betas, early access, or development branches)
+will be fixed without creating a CVE.
+
 ## Report a Vulnerability

 We want to keep Traefik safe for everyone.
-If you've discovered a security vulnerability in Traefik, we appreciate your help in disclosing it to us in a responsible manner, using [this form](https://security.traefik.io).
+If you've discovered a security vulnerability in Traefik,
+we appreciate your help in disclosing it to us in a responsible manner,
+by creating a [security advisory](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories).
+
+## Code of Conduct for Vulnerability Submissions
+
+We are committed to handling every legitimate report responsibly,
+and we expect submitters to engage with our security team in a respectful and collaborative manner.
+
+The following behaviors are **not acceptable** and will not be tolerated:
+
+- **Threats** to publicly disclose the vulnerability if it is not fixed within a timeframe you set unilaterally.
+- **Ultimatums** or pressure tactics intended to force a faster response than our normal triage and remediation process allows.
+- **Demands** for payment, bug bounties, or any form of compensation in exchange for not disclosing the issue
+  (Traefik does not operate a paid bug bounty program).
+- **Aggressive, abusive, or disrespectful communication** with our security team.
+
+Submitters who engage in any of the above may face the following consequences:
+
+- The submitter **will not be credited** in the security advisory or any subsequent communication.
+- The submitter's GitHub profile may be **reported to GitHub** for violation of platform terms of service.
+- We may **decline to engage further** on the report, while still addressing the underlying issue if it is legitimate.
+
+We take security seriously and act on legitimate reports as quickly as our resources allow.
+Patience and constructive dialogue help us protect users effectively.
+
+## Submission Quality Guidelines
+
+We have been receiving an increasing number of low-quality vulnerability reports that are not actual security issues.
+Many of these reports originate from AI/LLM tools and are submitted without any human validation or testing.
+This wastes the time of our security team and delays the handling of legitimate vulnerabilities.
+
+Before submitting a security advisory, you **must**:
+
+- **Carefully test and validate** the vulnerability yourself before submitting.
+  You must be able to demonstrate a working proof of concept with clear reproduction steps.
+- **Understand the impact** of the vulnerability and explain how it can be exploited in a realistic scenario.
+- **Verify that the issue is not a false positive**.
+  Ensure the behavior you are reporting is actually a security concern and not expected behavior.
+
+### Policy on AI-Generated Reports
+
+Security reports that are **directly generated by AI/LLM tools without proper human validation** will be **closed immediately**.
+
+Indicators of unvalidated AI-generated reports include (but are not limited to):
+
+- No working proof of concept or reproduction steps.
+- Generic or theoretical vulnerability descriptions with no evidence of actual testing.
+- Misunderstanding of Traefik's architecture or threat model.
+- Hallucinated code paths, configuration options, or behaviors that do not exist.
+
+**Contributors who repeatedly submit low-quality or unvalidated reports may have their accounts blocked.**
+
+We appreciate the work of security researchers who take the time to rigorously validate their findings.
+Quality over quantity helps keep Traefik safe for everyone.
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ description: "Thank you to all those who have contributed! Traefik Proxy is an o
 _You_ Made It
 {: .subtitle}

-Traefik truly is an [open-source project](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/),
-and wouldn't have become what it is today without the help of our [many contributors](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/graphs/contributors) (at the time of writing this),
-not accounting for people having helped with issues, tests, comments, articles, ... or just enjoying it and letting others know.
+Traefik Proxy truly is an [open-source project](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/),
+and wouldn't have become what it is today without the help of our [many contributors](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/graphs/contributors),
+not accounting for people having helped with issues, tests, comments, articles, ... or just enjoy using Traefik Proxy and share with others.

-So once again, thank you for your invaluable help on making Traefik such a good product.
+So once again, thank you for your invaluable help in making Traefik such a good product!

 !!! question "Where to Go Next?"
    If you want to:

-    - Propose and idea, request a feature a report a bug,
-      read the page [Submitting Issues](./submitting-issues.md).
+    - Propose an idea, request a feature, or report a bug, 
+      then read [Submitting Issues](./submitting-issues.md).
    - Discover how to make an efficient contribution,
-      read the page [Submitting Pull Requests](./submitting-pull-requests.md).
+      then read [Submitting Pull Requests](./submitting-pull-requests.md).
    - Learn how to build and test Traefik,
-      the page [Building and Testing](./building-testing.md) is for you.
+      then the page [Building and Testing](./building-testing.md) is for you.
    - Contribute to the documentation,
-      read the related page [Documentation](./documentation.md).
+      then read the page about [Documentation](./documentation.md).
    - Understand how do we learn about Traefik usage,
      read the [Data Collection](./data-collection.md) page.
    - Spread the love about Traefik, please check the [Advocating](./advocating.md) page.
    - Learn about who are the maintainers and how they work on the project,
-      read the [Maintainers](./maintainers.md) page.
+      read the [Maintainers](./maintainers.md) and [Maintainer Guidelines](./maintainers-guidelines.md) pages.
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Feature Deprecation Notices
+
+This page is maintained and updated periodically to reflect our roadmap and any decisions around feature deprecation.
+
+| Feature                                                                                                              | Deprecated | End of Support | Removal |
+|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------|---------|
+| [Kubernetes Ingress API Version `networking.k8s.io/v1beta1`](#kubernetes-ingress-api-version-networkingk8siov1beta1) | N/A        | N/A            | 3.0     |
+| [CRD API Version `apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1`](#kubernetes-ingress-api-version-networkingk8siov1beta1)             | N/A        | N/A            | 3.0     |
+
+## Impact
+
+### Kubernetes Ingress API Version `networking.k8s.io/v1beta1`
+
+The Kubernetes Ingress API Version `networking.k8s.io/v1beta1` support is removed in v3. 
+Please use the API Group `networking.k8s.io/v1` instead.
+
+### Traefik CRD Definitions API Version `apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1`
+
+The Traefik CRD definitions API Version `apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1` support is removed in v3.
+Please use the API Group `apiextensions.k8s.io/v1` instead.
@@ -4,25 +4,26 @@

 Below is a non-exhaustive list of versions and their maintenance status:

-| Version | Release Date | Active Support     | Security Support | 
-|---------|--------------|--------------------|------------------|
-| 2.6     | Jan 24, 2022 |      Yes           |       Yes        |
-| 2.5     | Aug 17, 2021 | Ended Jan 24, 2022 |       No         |
-| 2.4     | Jan 19, 2021 | Ended Aug 17, 2021 |       No         |
-| 2.3     | Sep 23, 2020 | Ended Jan 19, 2021 |       No         |
-| 2.2     | Mar 25, 2020 | Ended Sep 23, 2020 |       No         |
-| 2.1     | Dec 11, 2019 | Ended Mar 25, 2020 |       No         |
-| 2.0     | Sep 16, 2019 | Ended Dec 11, 2019 |       No         |
-| 1.7     | Sep 24, 2018 | Ended Dec 31, 2021 |  Contact Support |
+| Version | Release Date | Active Support     | Security Support  |
+|---------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
+| 3.6     | Nov 07, 2025 | Yes                | Yes               |
+| 3.5     | Jul 23, 2025 | Ended Nov 07, 2025 | No                |
+| 3.4     | May 05, 2025 | Ended Jul 23, 2025 | No                |
+| 3.3     | Jan 06, 2025 | Ended May 05, 2025 | No                |
+| 3.2     | Oct 28, 2024 | Ended Jan 06, 2025 | No                |
+| 3.1     | Jul 15, 2024 | Ended Oct 28, 2024 | No                |
+| 3.0     | Apr 29, 2024 | Ended Jul 15, 2024 | No                |
+| 2.11    | Feb 12, 2024 | Ended Apr 29, 2025 | Ends Feb 01, 2026 |

 ??? example "Active Support / Security Support"

-    **Active support**: receives any bug fixes.
-    **Security support**: receives only critical bug and security fixes.
+    - **Active support**: Receives any bug fixes.
+
+    - **Security support**: Receives only critical bug and security fixes.

 This page is maintained and updated periodically to reflect our roadmap and any decisions affecting the end of support for Traefik Proxy.

-Please refer to our migration guides for specific instructions on upgrading between versions, an example is the [v1 to v2 migration guide](../migration/v1-to-v2.md).
+Please refer to our migration guides for specific instructions on upgrading between versions, an example is the [v2 to v3 migration guide](../migrate/v2-to-v3.md).

 !!! important "All target dates for end of support or feature removal announcements may be subject to change."

@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+# Exposing Services with Traefik on Docker - Advanced
+
+This guide builds on the concepts and setup from the [Basic Guide](basic.md). Make sure you've completed the basic guide and have a working Traefik setup with Docker before proceeding.
+
+In this advanced guide, you'll learn how to enhance your Traefik deployment with:
+
+- **Middlewares** for security headers and access control
+- **Let's Encrypt** for automated certificate management
+- **Sticky sessions** for stateful applications
+- **Multi-layer routing** for hierarchical routing with a complex authentication based routing example
+- **Service middlewares** for applying middleware at the service level
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Completed the [Basic Guide](basic.md)
+- Docker and Docker Compose installed
+- Working Traefik setup from the basic guide
+
+## Add Middlewares
+
+Middlewares allow you to modify requests or responses as they pass through Traefik. Let's add two useful middlewares: [Headers](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/middlewares/headers.md) for security and [IP allowlisting](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/middlewares/ipallowlist.md) for access control.
+
+Add the following labels to your whoami service in `docker-compose.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+labels:
+
+  # Secure Headers Middleware
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.frameDeny=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.sslRedirect=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.browserXssFilter=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.contentTypeNosniff=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.stsIncludeSubdomains=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.stsPreload=true"
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.secure-headers.headers.stsSeconds=31536000"
+
+  # IP Allowlist Middleware
+  - "traefik.http.middlewares.ip-allowlist.ipallowlist.sourceRange=127.0.0.1/32,192.168.0.0/16,10.0.0.0/8"
+
+  # Apply middlewares to whoami router
+  - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.middlewares=secure-headers,ip-allowlist"
+```
+
+Add the same middleware to your whoami-api service:
+
+```yaml
+labels:
+  - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.middlewares=secure-headers,ip-allowlist"
+```
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Test the Middlewares
+
+Now let's verify that our middlewares are working correctly:
+
+Test the Secure Headers middleware:
+
+```bash
+curl -k -I -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+In the response headers, you should see security headers set by the middleware:
+
+- `X-Frame-Options: DENY`
+- `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`
+- `X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block`
+- `Strict-Transport-Security` with the appropriate settings
+
+Test the IP Allowlist middleware:
+
+If your request comes from an IP that's in the allow list (e.g., 127.0.0.1), it should succeed:
+
+```bash
+curl -k -I -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+If you try to access from an IP not in the allow list, the request will be rejected with a `403` Forbidden response. To simulate this in a local environment, you can modify the middleware configuration temporarily to exclude your IP address, then test again.
+
+## Generate Certificates with Let's Encrypt
+
+Let's Encrypt provides free, automated TLS certificates. Let's configure Traefik to automatically obtain and renew certificates for our services.
+
+Instead of using self-signed certificates, update your existing `docker-compose.yml` file with the following changes:
+
+Add the Let's Encrypt certificate resolver to the Traefik service command section:
+
+```yaml
+command:
+  - "--api.insecure=false"
+  - "--api.dashboard=true"
+  - "--providers.docker=true"
+  - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+  - "--providers.docker.network=proxy"
+  - "--entryPoints.web.address=:80"
+  - "--entryPoints.websecure.address=:443"
+  - "--entryPoints.websecure.http.tls=true"
+  - "--entryPoints.web.http.redirections.entryPoint.to=websecure"
+  - "--entryPoints.web.http.redirections.entryPoint.scheme=https"
+  # Let's Encrypt configuration
+  - "--certificatesresolvers.le.acme.email=your-email@example.com" # replace with your actual email
+  - "--certificatesresolvers.le.acme.storage=/letsencrypt/acme.json"
+  - "--certificatesresolvers.le.acme.httpchallenge.entrypoint=web"
+```
+
+Add a volume for Let's Encrypt certificates:
+
+```yaml
+volumes:
+  # ...Existing volumes...
+  - "./letsencrypt:/letsencrypt"
+```
+
+Update your service labels to use the certificate resolver:
+
+```yaml
+labels:
+  - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.tls.certresolver=le"
+```
+
+Do the same for any other services you want to secure:
+
+```yaml
+labels:
+  - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.tls.certresolver=le"
+```
+
+Create a directory for storing Let's Encrypt certificates:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p letsencrypt
+```
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+!!! important "Public DNS Required"
+    Let's Encrypt may require a publicly accessible domain to validate domain ownership. For testing with local domains like `whoami.docker.localhost`, the certificate will remain self-signed. In production, replace it with a real domain that has a publicly accessible DNS record pointing to your Traefik instance.
+
+Once the certificate is issued, you can verify it:
+
+```bash
+# Verify the certificate chain
+curl -v https://whoami.docker.localhost/ 2>&1 | grep -i "server certificate"
+```
+
+You should see that your certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt.
+
+## Configure Sticky Sessions
+
+Sticky sessions ensure that a user's requests always go to the same backend server, which is essential for applications that maintain session state. Let's implement sticky sessions for our whoami service.
+
+### First, Add Sticky Session Labels
+
+Add the following labels to your whoami service in the `docker-compose.yml` file:
+
+```yaml
+labels:
+  - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie=true"
+  - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.name=sticky_cookie"
+  - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure=true"
+  - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.httpOnly=true"
+```
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Then, Scale Up the Service
+
+To demonstrate sticky sessions with Docker, use Docker Compose's scale feature:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d --scale whoami=3
+```
+
+This creates multiple instances of the whoami service.
+
+!!! important "Scaling After Configuration Changes"
+    If you run `docker compose up -d` after scaling, it will reset the number of whoami instances back to 1. Always scale after applying configuration changes and starting the services.
+
+### Test Sticky Sessions
+
+You can test the sticky sessions by making multiple requests and observing that they all go to the same backend container:
+
+```bash
+# First request - save cookies to a file
+curl -k -c cookies.txt -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+
+# Subsequent requests - use the cookies
+curl -k -b cookies.txt -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+curl -k -b cookies.txt -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+Pay attention to the `Hostname` field in each response - it should remain the same across all requests when using the cookie file, confirming that sticky sessions are working.
+
+For comparison, try making requests without the cookie:
+
+```bash
+# Requests without cookies should be load-balanced across different containers
+curl -k -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+curl -k -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+You should see different `Hostname` values in these responses, as each request is load-balanced to a different container.
+
+!!! important "Browser Testing"
+    When testing in browsers, you need to use the same browser session to maintain the cookie. The cookie is set with `httpOnly` and `secure` flags for security, so it will only be sent over HTTPS connections and won't be accessible via JavaScript.
+
+For more advanced configuration options, see the [reference documentation](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/load-balancing/service.md).
+
+## Multi-Layer Routing
+
+Multi-layer routing enables hierarchical relationships between routers, where parent routers can process requests through middleware before child routers make final routing decisions. This is particularly useful for authentication-based routing or staged middleware application.
+
+!!! info "Provider Requirement"
+    Multi-layer routing requires the File provider, as Docker labels do not support the `parentRefs` field. However, you can use **both Docker and File providers together** - Docker labels for service discovery and File configuration for multi-layer routing.
+
+### Setup Multi-Layer Routing with Docker
+
+To use multi-layer routing with Docker, you need to enable the File provider alongside the Docker provider.
+
+Update your Traefik service in `docker-compose.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  traefik:
+    image: "traefik:latest"
+    container_name: "traefik"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    command:
+      - "--providers.docker=true"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+      - "--providers.docker.network=proxy"
+      - "--providers.file.directory=/etc/traefik/dynamic"  # Enable File provider
+      - "--entryPoints.web.address=:80"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.address=:443"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.http.tls=true"
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
+      - "./dynamic:/etc/traefik/dynamic:ro"  # Mount directory for dynamic config
+```
+
+### Authentication-Based Routing Example
+
+Let's create a multi-layer routing setup where a parent router authenticates requests, and child routers direct traffic based on user roles.
+
+First, keep your Docker services defined with labels as usual:
+
+```yaml
+# In docker-compose.yml
+services:
+  # ... traefik service from above ...
+
+  # Mock authentication service that adds X-User-Role header
+  auth-service:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    environment:
+      - WHOAMI_NAME=Auth Service
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.services.auth-service.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+
+  # Admin backend service
+  admin-backend:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    environment:
+      - WHOAMI_NAME=Admin Backend
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.services.admin-backend.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+
+  # User backend service
+  user-backend:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    environment:
+      - WHOAMI_NAME=User Backend
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.services.user-backend.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+```
+
+Now create the multi-layer routing configuration in a file. Create `dynamic/mlr.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+http:
+  routers:
+    # Parent router with authentication middleware
+    api-parent:
+      rule: "Host(`api.docker.localhost`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)"
+      middlewares:
+        - auth-middleware
+      entryPoints:
+        - websecure
+      # Note: No service and no TLS config - this is a parent router
+
+    # Child router for admin users
+    api-admin:
+      rule: "HeadersRegexp(`X-Auth-User`, `admin`)"
+      service: admin-backend@docker  # Reference Docker service
+      parentRefs:
+        - api-parent@file  # Explicit reference to parent in file provider
+
+    # Child router for regular users
+    api-user:
+      rule: "HeadersRegexp(`X-Auth-User`, `user`)"
+      service: user-backend@docker  # Reference Docker service
+      parentRefs:
+        - api-parent@file  # Explicit reference to parent in file provider
+
+  middlewares:
+    auth-middleware:
+      basicAuth:
+        users:
+          - "admin:$apr1$DmXR3Add$wfdbGw6RWIhFb0ffXMM4d0"
+          - "user:$apr1$GJtcIY1o$mSLdsWYeXpPHVsxGDqadI."
+        headerField: X-Auth-User
+```
+
+!!! note "Generating Password Hashes"
+    The password hashes above are generated using `htpasswd`. To create your own user credentials:
+
+    ```bash
+    # Using htpasswd (Apache utils)
+    htpasswd -nb admin yourpassword
+    ```
+
+!!! important "Cross-Provider References"
+    Notice the `@docker` suffix on service names and the `@file` suffix in `parentRefs`. When using the File provider to orchestrate multi-layer routing with Docker services:
+
+    - Use `service-name@docker` to reference Docker services
+    - Use `parent-name@file` in `parentRefs` to reference the parent router in the File provider
+
+    The `@provider` suffix tells Traefik which provider namespace to look in for the resource.
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Test Multi-Layer Routing
+
+Test the routing behavior:
+
+```bash
+# Request goes through parent router → auth middleware → admin child router
+curl -k -u admin:test -H "Host: api.docker.localhost" https://localhost/api
+```
+
+You should see the response from the admin-backend service when authenticating as `admin`. Try with `user:test` credentials to reach the user-backend service instead.
+
+### How It Works
+
+1. **Request arrives** at `api.docker.localhost/api`
+2. **Parent router** (`api-parent`) matches based on host and path
+3. **BasicAuth middleware** authenticates the user and sets the `X-Auth-User` header with the username
+4. **Child router** (`api-admin` or `api-user`) matches based on the header value
+5. **Request forwarded** to the appropriate Docker service
+
+For more details about multi-layer routing, see the [Multi-Layer Routing documentation](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/routing/multi-layer-routing.md).
+
+## Service Middlewares
+
+Service middlewares allow you to apply middleware to a service rather than to individual routers. This means the middleware takes effect for all requests handled by the service, regardless of which router forwards the request.
+
+This is useful when you want to apply the same middleware (like headers, rate limiting, or authentication) to all traffic reaching a service without having to configure it on each router.
+
+### When to Use Service Middlewares
+
+Use service middlewares when:
+
+- Multiple routers forward traffic to the same service, and all should have the same middleware applied
+- You want to ensure a middleware is always applied to a service regardless of how traffic reaches it
+- You're centralizing middleware configuration at the service level for easier management
+
+### Add Service Middleware Labels
+
+Add the following labels to your whoami service in `docker-compose.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  whoami:
+    image: traefik/whoami
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.tls=true"
+      # Define the middleware
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.service-headers.headers.customRequestHeaders.X-Service-Middleware=applied"
+      # Attach middleware at the SERVICE level (not the router level)
+      - "traefik.http.services.whoami.middlewares=service-headers"
+      - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
+```
+
+!!! info "Service-Level vs Router-Level Middlewares"
+
+    - **Router-level middleware** (`traefik.http.routers.<name>.middlewares`): Applied only when traffic matches that specific router's rule
+    - **Service-level middleware** (`traefik.http.services.<name>.middlewares`): Applied to all traffic reaching the service, regardless of which router forwarded it
+
+    When both are configured, router middlewares execute first, followed by service middlewares.
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Test Service Middleware
+
+Verify the service middleware is working:
+
+```bash
+curl -k -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+In the response from whoami, you should see the custom header that was added by the service middleware:
+
+```text
+X-Service-Middleware: applied
+```
+
+For more details on service middlewares, see the [reference documentation](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/load-balancing/service.md#middlewares).
+
+## Conclusion
+
+In this advanced guide, you've learned how to:
+
+- Add security with middlewares like secure headers and IP allow listing
+- Automate certificate management with Let's Encrypt
+- Implement sticky sessions for stateful applications
+- Setup multi-layer routing for authentication-based routing
+- Apply middlewares at the service level for centralized middleware management
+
+These advanced capabilities allow you to build production-ready Traefik deployments with Docker. Each of these can be further customized to meet your specific requirements.
+
+### Next Steps
+
+Now that you've mastered both basic and advanced Traefik features with Docker, you might want to explore:
+
+- [Advanced routing options](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/routing/rules-and-priority.md) like query parameter matching, header-based routing, and more
+- [Additional middlewares](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/middlewares/overview.md) for authentication, rate limiting, and request modifications
+- [Observability features](../../reference/install-configuration/observability/metrics.md) for monitoring and debugging your Traefik deployment
+- [TCP services](../../reference/routing-configuration/tcp/service.md) for exposing TCP services
+- [UDP services](../../reference/routing-configuration/udp/service.md) for exposing UDP services
+- [Docker provider documentation](../../reference/install-configuration/providers/docker.md) for more details about the Docker integration
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# Exposing Services with Traefik on Docker - Basic
+
+This guide will help you get started with exposing your services through Traefik Proxy using Docker. You'll learn the fundamentals of routing HTTP traffic, setting up path-based routing, and securing your services with TLS.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Docker and Docker Compose installed
+- Basic understanding of Docker concepts
+- Traefik deployed using the [Traefik Docker Setup guide](../../setup/docker.md)
+
+## Expose Your First HTTP Service
+
+Let's expose a simple HTTP service using the [whoami](https://hub.docker.com/r/traefik/whoami) application. This will demonstrate basic routing to a backend service.
+
+First, create a `docker-compose.yml` file:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  traefik:
+    image: "traefik:v3.4"
+    container_name: "traefik"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    command:
+      - "--providers.docker=true"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+      - "--providers.docker.network=proxy"
+      - "--entryPoints.web.address=:80"
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
+
+  whoami:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.entrypoints=web"
+
+networks:
+  proxy:
+    name: proxy
+```
+
+Save this as `docker-compose.yml` and start the services:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Verify Your Service
+
+Your service is now available at http://whoami.docker.localhost/. Test that it works:
+
+```bash
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/
+```
+
+You should see output similar to:
+
+```bash
+Hostname: whoami
+IP: 127.0.0.1
+IP: ::1
+IP: 172.18.0.3
+IP: fe80::215:5dff:fe00:c9e
+RemoteAddr: 172.18.0.2:55108
+GET / HTTP/1.1
+Host: whoami.docker.localhost
+User-Agent: curl/7.68.0
+Accept: */*
+Accept-Encoding: gzip
+X-Forwarded-For: 172.18.0.1
+X-Forwarded-Host: whoami.docker.localhost
+X-Forwarded-Port: 80
+X-Forwarded-Proto: http
+X-Forwarded-Server: 5789f594e7d5
+X-Real-Ip: 172.18.0.1
+```
+
+This confirms that Traefik is successfully routing requests to your whoami application.
+
+## Add Routing Rules
+
+Now we'll enhance our routing by directing traffic to different services based on [URL paths](../../reference/routing-configuration/http/routing/rules-and-priority.md#path-pathprefix-and-pathregexp). This is useful for API versioning, frontend/backend separation, or organizing microservices.
+
+Update your `docker-compose.yml` to add another service:
+
+```yaml
+# ...
+
+# New service
+  whoami-api:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    container_name: "whoami-api"
+    environment:
+      - WHOAMI_NAME=API Service
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      # Path-based routing
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.entrypoints=web"
+```
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Test the Path-Based Routing
+
+Verify that different paths route to different services:
+
+```bash
+# Root path should go to the main whoami service
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/
+
+# /api path should go to the whoami-api service
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/api
+```
+
+For the `/api` requests, you should see the response showing "API Service" in the environment variables section, confirming that your path-based routing is working correctly.
+
+## Enable TLS
+
+Let's secure our service with HTTPS by adding TLS. We'll start with a self-signed certificate for local development.
+
+### Create a Self-Signed Certificate
+
+Generate a self-signed certificate:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p certs
+openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
+  -keyout certs/local.key -out certs/local.crt \
+  -subj "/CN=*.docker.localhost"
+```
+
+Create a directory for dynamic configuration and add a TLS configuration file:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p dynamic
+cat > dynamic/tls.yml << EOF
+tls:
+  certificates:
+    - certFile: /certs/local.crt
+      keyFile: /certs/local.key
+EOF
+```
+
+Update your `docker-compose.yml` file with the following changes:
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  traefik:
+    image: "traefik:v3.4"
+    container_name: "traefik"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    command:
+      - "--api.insecure=false"
+      - "--api.dashboard=true"
+      - "--providers.docker=true"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+      - "--providers.docker.network=proxy"
+      - "--providers.file.directory=/etc/traefik/dynamic"
+      - "--entryPoints.web.address=:80"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.address=:443"
+      - "--entryPoints.websecure.http.tls=true"
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
+      # Add the following volumes
+      - "./certs:/certs:ro"
+      - "./dynamic:/etc/traefik/dynamic:ro"
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.rule=Host(`dashboard.docker.localhost`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.service=api@internal"
+      # Add the following label
+      - "traefik.http.routers.dashboard.tls=true"
+
+  whoami:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.entrypoints=websecure"
+      # Add the following label
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.tls=true"
+
+  whoami-api:
+    image: "traefik/whoami"
+    container_name: "whoami-api"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - proxy
+    environment:
+      - WHOAMI_NAME=API Service
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.entrypoints=websecure"
+      # Add the following label
+      - "traefik.http.routers.whoami-api.tls=true"
+
+networks:
+  proxy:
+    name: proxy
+```
+
+Apply the changes:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Your browser can access https://whoami.docker.localhost/ for the service. You'll need to accept the security warning for the self-signed certificate.
+
+## Next Steps
+
+Now that you've mastered the basics of exposing services with Traefik on Docker, you're ready to explore more advanced features like middlewares, Let's Encrypt certificates, sticky sessions, and multi-layer routing.
+
+Continue to the [Advanced Guide](advanced.md) to learn about:
+
+- Adding middlewares for security and access control
+- Generating certificates with Let's Encrypt
+- Configuring sticky sessions for stateful applications
+- Setting up multi-layer routing for authentication-based routing
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+# Exposing Services with Traefik on Kubernetes - Basic
+
+This guide will help you get started with exposing your services through Traefik Proxy on Kubernetes. You'll learn the fundamentals of routing HTTP traffic, setting up path-based routing, and securing your services with TLS.
+
+For routing, this guide gives you two options:
+
+- [Gateway API](../../reference/routing-configuration/kubernetes/gateway-api.md)
+- [IngressRoute](../../reference/routing-configuration/kubernetes/crd/http/ingressroute.md)
+
+Feel free to choose the one that fits your needs best.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- A Kubernetes cluster with Traefik Proxy installed
+- `kubectl` configured to interact with your cluster
+- Traefik deployed using the [Traefik Kubernetes Setup guide](../../setup/kubernetes.md)
+
+## Expose Your First HTTP Service
+
+Let's expose a simple HTTP service using the [whoami](https://github.com/traefik/whoami) application. This will demonstrate basic routing to a backend service.
+
+First, create the deployment and service:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: whoami
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: whoami
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: whoami
+        image: traefik/whoami
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: whoami
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+```
+
+Save this as `whoami.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami.yaml
+```
+
+Now, let's create routes using either Gateway API or IngressRoute.
+
+### Using Gateway API
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: traefik-gateway  # This Gateway is automatically created by Traefik
+  hostnames:
+  - "whoami.docker.localhost"
+  rules:
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+```
+
+Save this as `whoami-route.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-route.yaml
+```
+
+### Using IngressRoute
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  entryPoints:
+    - web
+  routes:
+  - match: Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)
+    kind: Rule
+    services:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+```
+
+Save this as `whoami-ingressroute.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-ingressroute.yaml
+```
+
+### Verify Your Service
+
+Your service is now available at http://whoami.docker.localhost/. Test that it works:
+
+```bash
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/
+```
+
+!!! info
+    Make sure to remove the `ports.web.redirections` block from the `values.yaml` file if you followed the Kubernetes Setup Guide to install Traefik otherwise you will be redirected to the HTTPS entrypoint:
+
+    ```yaml
+    redirections:
+      entryPoint:
+        to: websecure
+    ```
+
+You should see output similar to:
+
+```bash
+Hostname: whoami-6d5d964cb-8pv4k
+IP: 127.0.0.1
+IP: ::1
+IP: 10.42.0.18
+IP: fe80::d4c0:3bff:fe20:b0a3
+RemoteAddr: 10.42.0.17:39872
+GET / HTTP/1.1
+Host: whoami.docker.localhost
+User-Agent: curl/7.68.0
+Accept: */*
+Accept-Encoding: gzip
+X-Forwarded-For: 10.42.0.1
+X-Forwarded-Host: whoami.docker.localhost
+X-Forwarded-Port: 80
+X-Forwarded-Proto: http
+X-Forwarded-Server: traefik-76cbd5b89c-rx5xn
+X-Real-Ip: 10.42.0.1
+```
+
+This confirms that Traefik is successfully routing requests to your whoami application.
+
+## Add Routing Rules
+
+Now we'll enhance our routing by directing traffic to different services based on URL paths. This is useful for API versioning, frontend/backend separation, or organizing microservices.
+
+First, deploy a second service to represent an API:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: whoami-api
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: whoami-api
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: whoami-api
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: whoami
+        image: traefik/whoami
+        env:
+        - name: WHOAMI_NAME
+          value: "API Service"
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: whoami-api
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: whoami-api
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+```
+
+Save this as `whoami-api.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-api.yaml
+```
+
+Now set up path-based routing:
+
+### Gateway API with Path Rules
+
+Update your existing `HTTPRoute` to include path-based routing:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: traefik-gateway
+  hostnames:
+  - "whoami.docker.localhost"
+  rules:
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /api
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: whoami-api
+      port: 80
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+```
+
+Update the file `whoami-route.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-route.yaml
+```
+
+### IngressRoute with Path Rules
+
+Update your existing IngressRoute to include path-based routing:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  entryPoints:
+    - web
+  routes:
+  - match: Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`) && Path(`/api`)
+    kind: Rule
+    services:
+    - name: whoami-api
+      port: 80
+  - match: Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)
+    kind: Rule
+    services:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+```
+
+Save this as `whoami-ingressroute.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-ingressroute.yaml
+```
+
+### Test the Path-Based Routing
+
+Verify that different paths route to different services:
+
+```bash
+# Root path should go to the main whoami service
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/
+
+# /api path should go to the whoami-api service
+curl -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" http://localhost/api
+```
+
+For the `/api` requests, you should see the response showing "API Service" in the environment variables section, confirming that your path-based routing is working correctly:
+
+```bash
+{"hostname":"whoami-api-67d97b4868-dvvll","ip":["127.0.0.1","::1","10.42.0.9","fe80::10aa:37ff:fe74:31f2"],"headers":{"Accept":["*/*"],"Accept-Encoding":["gzip"],"User-Agent":["curl/8.7.1"],"X-Forwarded-For":["10.42.0.1"],"X-Forwarded-Host":["whoami.docker.localhost"],"X-Forwarded-Port":["80"],"X-Forwarded-Proto":["http"],"X-Forwarded-Server":["traefik-669c479df8-vkj22"],"X-Real-Ip":["10.42.0.1"]},"url":"/api","host":"whoami.docker.localhost","method":"GET","name":"API Service","remoteAddr":"10.42.0.13:36592"}
+```
+
+## Enable TLS
+
+Let's secure our service with HTTPS by adding TLS. We'll start with a self-signed certificate for local development.
+
+### Create a Self-Signed Certificate
+
+Generate a self-signed certificate:
+
+```bash
+openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \
+  -keyout tls.key -out tls.crt \
+  -subj "/CN=whoami.docker.localhost"
+```
+
+Create a TLS secret in Kubernetes:
+
+```bash
+kubectl create secret tls whoami-tls --cert=tls.crt --key=tls.key
+```
+
+!!! important "Prerequisite for Gateway API with TLS"
+    Before using the Gateway API with TLS, you must define the `websecure` listener in your Traefik installation. This is typically done in your Helm values.
+
+    Example configuration in `values.yaml`:
+    ```yaml
+    gateway:
+      listeners:
+        web:
+          port: 80
+          protocol: HTTP
+          namespacePolicy:
+            from: All
+        websecure:
+          port: 443
+          protocol: HTTPS
+          namespacePolicy:
+            from: All
+          mode: Terminate
+          certificateRefs:
+            - kind: Secret
+              name: local-selfsigned-tls
+              group: ""
+    ```
+
+    See the Traefik Kubernetes Setup Guide for complete installation details.
+
+### Gateway API with TLS
+
+Update your existing `HTTPRoute` to use the secured gateway listener:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: traefik-gateway
+    sectionName: websecure  # The HTTPS listener
+  hostnames:
+  - "whoami.docker.localhost"
+  rules:
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /api
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: whoami-api
+      port: 80
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+```
+
+Update the file `whoami-route.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-route.yaml
+```
+
+### IngressRoute with TLS
+
+Update your existing IngressRoute to use TLS:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRoute
+metadata:
+  name: whoami
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  entryPoints:
+    - websecure  # Changed from 'web' to 'websecure'
+  routes:
+  - match: Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`) && Path(`/api`)
+    kind: Rule
+    services:
+    - name: whoami-api
+      port: 80
+  - match: Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)
+    kind: Rule
+    services:
+    - name: whoami
+      port: 80
+  tls:
+    secretName: whoami-tls  # Added TLS configuration
+```
+
+Update the file `whoami-ingressroute.yaml` and apply it:
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f whoami-ingressroute.yaml
+```
+
+### Verify HTTPS Access
+
+Now you can access your service securely. Since we're using a self-signed certificate, you'll need to skip certificate verification:
+
+```bash
+curl -k -H "Host: whoami.docker.localhost" https://localhost/
+```
+
+Your browser can also access https://whoami.docker.localhost/ (you'll need to accept the security warning for the self-signed certificate).
+
+## Next Steps
+
+Now that you've mastered the basics of exposing services with Traefik on Kubernetes, you're ready to explore more advanced features like middlewares, Let's Encrypt certificates, sticky sessions, and multi-layer routing.
+
+Continue to the [Advanced Guide](advanced.md) to learn about:
+
+- Adding middlewares for security and access control
+- Generating certificates with Let's Encrypt (IngressRoute) or cert-manager (Gateway API)
+- Configuring sticky sessions for stateful applications
+- Setting up multi-layer routing for authentication-based routing with IngressRoute
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