Impact Score: 5/10
Argo CD v2.12.13 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: argocd · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v2.12.13. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- 3033ba1e88c1e4c0e7536a75aa4cda414cf9dcb8: fix(security): repository.GetDetailedProject exposes repo secrets (#24387) (#24461) (@alexmt)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Quick Start
### Non-HA:
```shell
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.12.13/manifests/install.yaml
```
### HA:
```shell
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.12.13/manifests/ha/install.yaml
```
## Release Signatures and Provenance
All Argo CD container images are signed by cosign. A Provenance is generated for container images and CLI binaries which meet the SLSA Level 3 specifications. See the [documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/signed-release-assets) on how to verify.
## Upgrading
If upgrading from a different minor version, be sure to read the [upgrading](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/upgrading/overview/) documentation.
## Changelog
### Bug fixes
* 3033ba1e88c1e4c0e7536a75aa4cda414cf9dcb8: fix(security): repository.GetDetailedProject exposes repo secrets (#24387) (#24461) (@alexmt)
### Dependency updates
* 46fcb4fb588b954fb711fcff8f8cc2919f9ebf7f: chore(deps): bump slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 (#23166) (#24471) (@alexmt)
* 94e7134b0b2ce6278f474d77ec4130218b80d81c: chore(deps): update github.com/antonmedv/expr v1.15.2 to github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.17.0 (#22611) (@aali309)
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/compare/v2.12.12...v2.12.13
<a href="https://argoproj.github.io/cd/"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-site/master/content/pages/cd/gitops-cd.png" width="25%" ></a>