Impact Score: 5/10
Argo CD v2.13.4 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: argocd · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v2.13.4. 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.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- c8a62bb16231c382c2c3f4a5291d1737abcc704b: docs: add mkdocs configuration stanza to .readthedocs.yaml (cherry-pick #21475) (#21609) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- 2fe4536ed2179e41f28356e66c993646ba13f324: fix(appset): events not honouring configured namespaces (#21219) (#21241) (#21520) (@eadred)
- 99aaf43bdb8627f602ff3959ed9375a3a5bcefb9: fix: Policy/policy.open-cluster-management.io stuck in progressing status when no clusters match the policy (#21296) (cherry-pick #21297) (#21594) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- 2618ccca2d3b006d0efae31cf94c74f84fb992cd: fix: login return_url doesn't work with custom server paths (cherry-pick #21588) (#21603) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- 53dc116353a90429b16dc88b56a4efc8fd559082: fix: oras-go client should fallback to docker config if no credentials specified (cherry-pick 2.13 #18133) (#20872) (@eestolano)
- fd67e4970facebd1237c91d71af03a96dd121d6e: fix: resolve the failing e2e appset tests for ksonnet applications (cherry-pick #21580) (#21605) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- 49163b09b196038c00f971e3f567fa63261e0e8b: Fix application url for custom base href (#21377) (#21515) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
📄 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/v2.13.4/manifests/install.yaml
```
### HA:
```shell
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.13.4/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
* 2fe4536ed2179e41f28356e66c993646ba13f324: fix(appset): events not honouring configured namespaces (#21219) (#21241) (#21520) (@eadred)
* 99aaf43bdb8627f602ff3959ed9375a3a5bcefb9: fix: Policy/policy.open-cluster-management.io stuck in progressing status when no clusters match the policy (#21296) (cherry-pick #21297) (#21594) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
* 2618ccca2d3b006d0efae31cf94c74f84fb992cd: fix: login return_url doesn't work with custom server paths (cherry-pick #21588) (#21603) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
* 53dc116353a90429b16dc88b56a4efc8fd559082: fix: oras-go client should fallback to docker config if no credentials specified (cherry-pick 2.13 #18133) (#20872) (@eestolano)
* fd67e4970facebd1237c91d71af03a96dd121d6e: fix: resolve the failing e2e appset tests for ksonnet applications (cherry-pick #21580) (#21605) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
### Documentation
* c0f847f301584dbdb41db7c28282ad4cbaa1e52c: docs: Update Screenshot in Orphaned Resources Monitoring Section #20510 (cherry-pick #20533) (#21489) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
* c8a62bb16231c382c2c3f4a5291d1737abcc704b: docs: add mkdocs configuration stanza to .readthedocs.yaml (cherry-pick #21475) (#21609) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
### Dependency updates
* 2e794fbbc590bcd98d655ef24c1f417ce64cfb53: chore(deps): bump github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 from 5.12.0 to 5.13.0 (cherry-pick #21329) (#21401) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
* 38e02ab9e81ff06946ae5d819797759156bc8c94: chore(deps): bump go-git version to go-git/v5 5.13.1 (#21551) (@aali309)
### Other work
* 49163b09b196038c00f971e3f567fa63261e0e8b: Fix application url for custom base href (#21377) (#21515) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
* 10b9589f1cefda9b3559708abef3b3c316e99971: Merge commit from fork (@svghadi)
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/compare/v2.13.3...v2.13.4
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