# Argo CD v1.8.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v1.8.0
- **Released:** Dec 09, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v1.8.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v1.8.0. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## New Features
- Namespace and CRD creation #4354
- Unknown fields of built-in K8S types #1787
- Endpoints Diffing #1816
- Better compatibility with Helm Hooks #1816
- App-of-Apps Health Assessment #3781
- feat: support resource actions on CRDs that use status subresources (#4690)

## Improvements
- Improved Applications Filters #4622
- Git tags and branches autocompletion #4713
- Project Details Page #4400
- New version information panel #4376
- Progress Indicators #4411
- External links annotations #4380 and more!

## Bug Fixes
- fix: infer app destination server in indexer to prevent concurrent app object modification (#4993)
- chore: Fix erroneous path expansion in release action (#4907)
- fix(repository.go): rename .argocd-source.yaml in error message (#4964)
- chore: Upgrade go-jsonnet to v0.17.0 (#4891)
- fix: rollout health could incorrectly report v0.9 rollouts as Progressing (#4949)
- fix: reset cached manifest generation errors after 1hr instead of 12 requests (#4953)