nginx-knowledge-patch
Installation
SKILL.md
NGINX Knowledge Patch
Baseline: NGINX Open Source through stable 1.26.x and mainline 1.27.1; covers batches 1.27.2, 1.28.0, 1.29.0, 1.30.0, and 1.31.0, plus relevant FreeNginx 1.27/1.29 and NGINX Plus through R36.
Reference index
| Reference | Topics |
|---|---|
| security-and-upgrades.md | CVEs, fixed-version boundaries, request hardening, unsafe legacy behavior |
| core-http-and-runtime.md | listeners, core HTTP behavior, variables, filters, rate controls, builds |
| upstreams-and-proxying.md | keepalive, runtime DNS, balancing, retries, HTTP/2 backends, trailers, caches |
| tls-certificates-and-quic.md | trust, OCSP, certificate loading and caches, ECH, TLS observability, QUIC |
| stream-mail-and-protocols.md | stream TLS, mail proxying, PROXY TLVs, GeoIP2, MQTT, cross-module handoff |
| nginx-plus-operations.md | support lifecycle, licensing, platforms, images, OIDC, ACME, API, key-value data |
Select the product line first
Treat NGINX Open Source, FreeNginx, and NGINX Plus as distinct product lines. Do not copy a FreeNginx-only directive into NGINX Open Source or assume a Plus-only directive exists in a standard build. This patch labels fork-specific and commercial features explicitly.