# Argo CD v2.3.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v2.3.0
- **Released:** Mar 06, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v2.3.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v2.3.0. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## New Features
- feat: add RespectIgnoreDifferences sync option to UI (#8390)
- feat: Allow fine-tuning of K8s rest client connection properties (#8404)
- feat: expose cluster sync retry duration (#8481)
- feat: Make cluster cache sync more robust (#8438)
- feat: support custom helm values file schemes (#8535)
- feat: support disabling manifest generation using config management tools  (#8514)

## Improvements
- test: Support e2e tests and improve robustness on k8s v1.21-v1.23 (#8431)

## Bug Fixes
- Config management tools enhancements:
- The skipCrds flag and ability to ignore missing values files for Helm (#8012, #8003)
- Additional environment variables for Kustomize (#8096)
- Argo CD CLI follows the XDG Base directory standard (#7638)
- Redis is no longer used during SSO login (#8241)
- fix: Add "Restarting MinIO" status to MiniO Tenant health check (#8191)