# Argo CD v2.8.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v2.8.1
- **Released:** Aug 22, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v2.8.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v2.8.1. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## New Features
- docs: Update helm.md - add missing syntax highlighting for YAML and Dockerfile blocks (cherry-pick #14911)
- docs: add docs for various annotations and labels (cherry-pick #14020)

## Bug Fixes
- fix(ui): COPY JSON for ArgoCD version should include trailing newline (#5117) (cherry-pick #14917)
- fix(cmp): send sigterm to cmp commands before sigkill to allow for potential cleanup (#9180) (cherry-pick #14955)
- fix(actions): add test for action on CronWorkflow without labels (#14962) (cherry-pick #14974)
- fix: bump ubuntu base image. resolves #15020 (cherry-pick #15021)
- docs: fix link for `argocd-repo-creds.yaml` sample (cherry-pick #15091)
- docs: fix typo (cherry-pick #15083)