his API does
have some shortcomings, specifically when using it to manage very large applications containing thousands of services, and
when working with protocols other than HTTP. Furthermore, the use of Kubernetes <code>Ingress</code> resources to configure external
traffic has proven to be woefully insufficient for our needs.</p><p>To address these, and other concerns, a new traffic management API, a.k.a. <code>v1alpha3</code>, is being introduced, which will
completely replace the previous API going for