# Argo CD v3.5.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Argo CD (https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io)
- **Version:** v3.5.3
- **Released:** Sep 14, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/argocd/updates/v3.5.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Argo CD v3.5.3. Source highlight: kubectl create namespace argocd

## Bug Fixes
- c198be7e7a00f6e643180c0f9b762f768fefcbb1: fix(health): a KubeVirt VirtualMachine declared stopped is Healthy (cherry-pick #29664 for 3.5) (#29665) (@argo-cd-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- 4b3f69d204d25aeaf9056bc37c3e4d44f198570c: fix(health): report suspended FlinkDeployment as healthy (#26818) (cherry-pick #28995 for 3.5) (#29525) (@argo-cd-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- dd2cb1aaf12ef19a2bab816fbaecced6422cad7c: fix(repository): clean repository on revision change (cherry-pick #28771 for 3.5) (#29486) (@argo-cd-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- 70b399c5a8335cd3abb0bf132d63129733a5e3a0: fix(resource_customizations): Crossplane MRs should report Progressing (not Healthy) whilst provisioning [ISSUE:  #29381] (cherry-pick #29382 for 3.5) (#29520) (@argo-cd-cherry-pick-bot[bot])
- be8b3873521671e3f9418c6e3019f12a472ac3c1: fix(sync): correctly set operationState values on retry (#26530) (cherry-pick #28778 for 3.5) (#29431) (@omkar619-dev)
- a5e5992f62561d112a6d6a715e6631e3b6817671: fix(ui): guard SSO redirect to stop 401 retry loop (cherry-pick #28807 for 3.5) (#29631) (@argo-cd-cherry-pick-bot[bot])