# Helm v2.0.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v2.0.0
- **Released:** Nov 17, 2016
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v2.0.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v2.0.0. Source highlight: We first introduced Helm at KubeCon 2015. After a full year of development, we’re ecstatic to be releasing Helm 2.0.0. Helm is a the package manager for Kubernetes, designed to help teams collaborate on packaging, releasing, and managing applications in Kubernetes. We are excited to announce that th

## New Features
- The master branch will house continued feature development. The next release on that branch will be 2.1.0. New features will be added, but no features will be removed.

## Bug Fixes
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/kubernetes/charts
- With `helm install --dry-run --debug`, YAML parse errors will now display the YAML data.
- The 2.0.x branch will contain patches to the 2.0.0 release. The next release on that branch will be 2.0.1. No new features will be introduced on the 2.0.x branch, and the API will remain unchanged.