# Argo CD v2.6.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v2.6.0
- **Released:** Feb 06, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v2.6.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v2.6.0. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## New Features
- feat: make discovery field optional in plugins (#12073)
- feat: Allow force of basic auth for HTTP repositories (#11983)
- feat(security): require the `aud` claim from OIDC providers by default (#12187)
- feat: add health checks for keptn resources (#11716)
- feat: Extend Cluster.cluster.x-k8s.io health check (#11705)
- feat: support Knative Serving 1.5 Custom Health Checks (#9719)

## Improvements
- chore: Enhance title & description for Certificates on settings page (#7560) (#10956)
- chore: improve error logs (#10944)
- chore: improve error logs (#10933)
- chore: improve log in argo-cd/applicationset/generators/generator_spec_processor.go (#10906)

## Bug Fixes
- fix: remove argocd-cm plugin warnings (#11740)
- fix: multi-source app refresh (#11772) (#12217)
- fix: don't dump SSG to server logs, change deprecation notice to v2.7 (#12285)
- fix: AppSet Progressive sync fixes, docs, and logging improvements (#11924) (#12103)
- fix: disable edit button on App Details Summary and Parameters tabs multi-source apps (#12048)
- fix: return nil if reading application set was successful (#12261)