# Argo CD v1.7.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v1.7.0
- **Released:** Aug 25, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v1.7.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v1.7.0. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## New Features
- **Failed Sync Retry** This feature enables retrying of failed synchronization attempts during both manually-triggered
- feat: GPG commit signature verification (#2492) (#3242)
- feat: Support cluster name on Application destination. Closes #1548 (#2808)
- feat: Adding text box and dropdown allows user to switch cluster url & name (#4019)
- feat: Support applications with cluster name in the ui #1548 (#3944)
- feat: Display cluster info on cluster details page (#3793)

## Improvements
- **Diffing logic improvement** Argo CD performs client-side resource diffing to detect deviations and present detected
- **Helm Hooks Compatibility** The improvement removes the discrepancy between the way how Argo CD and Helm deletes

## Bug Fixes
- fix: sync hooks should be deleted after sync phase/wave completion (#92)
- fix: don't remove defaulted fields and rely only on three way diff merge during diffing (#68)
- fix: Badge links are not generating properly when using --rootpath (#4140)
- fix: UI setting auto sync causes erroneous config (#4118)
- fix: add line break between committer and date (#4078)
- fix: removes unnecessary scroll on apps filter panel (#4073)