Impact Score: 5/10
Argo CD v1.3.1 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available โ automated, not human-reviewed
Component: argocd ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v1.3.1. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- #2716 Make directory enforcer more lenient and add flag
โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- #2761 Removes log warning regarding indexer and may improve perf. Closes #1345
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- #2664 update account password from API resulted 404
- #2724 Can't use `DNS-1123` compliant app name when creating project role
- #2726 App list does not show chart for Helm app
- #2741 argocd local sync cannot parse kubernetes version
- #2754 BeforeHookCreation should be the default hook
- #2767 Fix bug whereby retry does not work for CLI
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Quick Start
### Non-HA:
```
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v1.3.1/manifests/install.yaml
```
### HA:
```
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v1.3.1/manifests/ha/install.yaml
```
#### Bug Fixes
- #2664 update account password from API resulted 404
- #2724 Can't use `DNS-1123` compliant app name when creating project role
- #2726 App list does not show chart for Helm app
- #2741 argocd local sync cannot parse kubernetes version
- #2754 BeforeHookCreation should be the default hook
- #2767 Fix bug whereby retry does not work for CLI
- #2770 Always cache miss for manifests
#### Other
- #1345 argocd-application-controller: can not retrieve list of objects using index : Index with name namespace does not exist
#### Pull Requests
- #2701 Adds support for /api/v1/account* via HTTP. Fixes #2664
- #2716 Make directory enforcer more lenient and add flag
- #2728 Shows chart name in apps tiles and apps table pages. Closes #2726
- #2747 Allow you to sync local Helm apps. Fixes #2741
- #2755 Allow dot in project policy. Closes #2724
- #2759 Make BeforeHookCreation the default. Fixes #2754
- #2761 Removes log warning regarding indexer and may improve perf. Closes #1345
- #2768 Fixes bug whereby retry does not work for CLI. Fixes #2767
- #2771 Fix bug where manifests are not cached. Fixes #2770
#### Contributors
* Alex Collins <!-- num=11 -->
* Simon Behar <!-- num=1 -->
See also [milestone v1.3](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/milestone/15?closed=1)