Impact Score: 5/10
Argo CD v2.3.13 — 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 v2.3.13. 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 (4)
- fix: ssa e2e tests failing after updating to kubectl 1.26 (#11753)
- fix: sign container images by digest (#11151)
- Revert "fix: ssa e2e tests failing after updating to kubectl 1.26 (#11753)"
- chore: fix lint error (#11788)
📄 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/v2.3.13/manifests/install.yaml
```
### HA:
```shell
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.3.13/manifests/ha/install.yaml
```
## Release signatures
All Argo CD container images and CLI binaries are signed by cosign. See the [documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/signed-release-assets/) on how to verify the signatures.
```shell
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEesHEB7vX5Y2RxXypjMy1nI1z7iRG
JI9/gt/sYqzpsa65aaNP4npM43DDxoIy/MQBo9s/mxGxmA+8UXeDpVC9vw==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
```
## 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.
## Changes
This release includes 20 contributions from 8 contributors (3 of them new) with 0 features and 2 bug fixes.
A special thanks goes to the 3 new contributors:
- Gaël Jourdan-Weil
- Matt Clegg
- yanyx
### Bug fixes (2)
- fix: ssa e2e tests failing after updating to kubectl 1.26 (#11753)
- fix: sign container images by digest (#11151)
### Documentation (4)
- docs: note risks of secret-injection plugins (#11617)
- docs: clarify project destination possibilities (#11706)
- docs: correct SSO configuration URL in example configmap (#11720)
- docs: Update example dockerfile (#11721)
### Other (14)
- chore: upgrade github.com/prometheus/client_golang to v1.11.1 to avoid CVE-2022-21698 (#12015)
- chore(deps): bump actions/cache from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 (#11928)
- chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 (#11895)
- Revert "fix: ssa e2e tests failing after updating to kubectl 1.26 (#11753)"
- chore(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 3.5.1 to 3.6.0 (#11896)
- chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 (#11929)
- chore: upgrade redis to 6.2.8 to avoid CVE-2022-3996 (#11926)
- chore(deps): bump actions/cache from 3.2.0 to 3.2.2 (#11839)
- chore(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (#11894)
- chore(deps): bump actions/cache from 3.0.11 to 3.2.0 (#11809)
- chore: fix lint error (#11788)
- chore: get image digest in seperate step (#11778)
- chore(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 (#11697)
- doc: correct kustomize demo path (#11762)