kubectl describe Ingress shows ADDRESS empty after creating rules. The controller is still provisioning an external load balancer. How should the developer interpret that status?
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Short Explanation
Empty ADDRESS is often "still waiting on the cloud LB," not "your hosts are wrong." Give the controller time to fill status.loadBalancer—then troubleshoot if it stays blank.
Full Explanation
Many Ingress controllers report external reachability in Ingress status.loadBalancer.ingress once a load balancer or address is ready. An empty address shortly after create commonly indicates pending provisioning. It does not by itself prove rules are invalid or that CoreDNS is down, though a persistently empty status warrants checking the controller and cloud integration.