diff --git a/manifests/contact-mailer.yaml b/manifests/contact-mailer.yaml
index 71855fd2..08b4dffc 100644
--- a/manifests/contact-mailer.yaml
+++ b/manifests/contact-mailer.yaml
@@ -142,4 +142,34 @@ spec:
               service:
                 name: contact-mailer
                 port:
-                  number: 80
\ No newline at end of file
+                  number: 80---
+# D35 / R-1228 (operator yes 2026-10-30): the website moves to Cloudflare Pages, which cannot run this mailer. The form
+# posts here instead (website `formEndpoint` = https://api.felhom.eu/api/contact); the mailer's CORS already answers
+# for https://felhom.eu and https://www.felhom.eu. DNS: api.felhom.eu CNAME → the home line, NOT proxied (HTTP-01).
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: contact-mailer-api
+  namespace: felhom-system
+  annotations:
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "25m"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "60"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "60"
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: nginx-internal
+  tls:
+    - hosts:
+        - api.felhom.eu
+      secretName: felhom-api-tls
+  rules:
+    - host: api.felhom.eu
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /api
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: contact-mailer
+                port:
+                  number: 80