Nginx docker image fails on nginx -t with error - unknown directive "root"

[chapsuk]

Last few ingress-nginx/nginx docker images cant start and fails test

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20230722-86c00a231 nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:44
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20230623-427f3d2fb nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:44
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20230527 nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:44
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20230526 nginx -t
nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:44
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

Last healthy image which i found

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210926-g5662db450 nginx -t
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

≻ docker run -it registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/nginx:v20210926-g5662db450 nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.19.9

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[chapsuk]

My bad. it's expected for that image
#8624