Argo CD v2.13.6 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Argo CD v2.13.6. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

43f3cff4ca142ca1ca4b9f30beb0619e3c835acd: fix(ci): use pinned Helm version for init-release (#22164) (#22472) (@crenshaw-dev)
17a535f6d42f6bab6adaf1637daf1aa346e5982b: fix(server): Fix server crash due to race condition in go-redis triggered by DNS instability (#22251) (@anandf)
3875dde5ccc6213fb04a808b56998839a60be99b: fix: CVE-2025-26791 upgrading redoc dep to 2.4.0, DOMPurify before 3.2.4 (#21966) (@nmirasch)
6ef7f61d9ab1de20b6eb1516800eabdc7d9a7b3b: fix: correct lookup for the kustomization file when applying patches (cherry-pick #22024) (#22087) (@nitishfy)
c7937f101cb3f882984f200510209dff9239449b: fix: correctly set compareWith when requesting app refresh with delay (fixes #18998) (cherry-pick #21298) (#21953) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
6207fd0040f0871d787ba3fa6b86ea0f2933441b: fix: handle annotated git tags correctly in repo server cache (#21771) (#22397) (@aali309)

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## Quick Start ### Non-HA: ```shell kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.13.6/manifests/install.yaml ``` ### HA: ```shell kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.13.6/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 * 43f3cff4ca142ca1ca4b9f30beb0619e3c835acd: fix(ci): use pinned Helm version for init-release (#22164) (#22472) (@crenshaw-dev) * 17a535f6d42f6bab6adaf1637daf1aa346e5982b: fix(server): Fix server crash due to race condition in go-redis triggered by DNS instability (#22251) (@anandf) * 3875dde5ccc6213fb04a808b56998839a60be99b: fix: CVE-2025-26791 upgrading redoc dep to 2.4.0, DOMPurify before 3.2.4 (#21966) (@nmirasch) * 6ef7f61d9ab1de20b6eb1516800eabdc7d9a7b3b: fix: correct lookup for the kustomization file when applying patches (cherry-pick #22024) (#22087) (@nitishfy) * c7937f101cb3f882984f200510209dff9239449b: fix: correctly set compareWith when requesting app refresh with delay (fixes #18998) (cherry-pick #21298) (#21953) (@gcp-cherry-pick-bot[bot]) * 6207fd0040f0871d787ba3fa6b86ea0f2933441b: fix: handle annotated git tags correctly in repo server cache (#21771) (#22397) (@aali309) ### Dependency updates * 58ded158632ebf16134239cc7935a954ead55251: chore(deps): bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt to 4.5.2 (#22466) (@crenshaw-dev) ### Other work * 8d0279895c0bfb394162ab7c77e07b48b5954b0e: chore: Update change log for 2.13.6 (#22438) (@keithchong) * 180d6890af94bec86bf8f2e063f055c268309684: chore: cherry-pick #21786 for v2.13 (#21906) (@nitishfy) **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/compare/v2.13.5...v2.13.6 <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>

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