# Helm v2.16.12 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v2.16.12
- **Released:** Sep 18, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v2.16.12/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v2.16.12. Source highlight: Helm v2.16.12 is a hotfix (patch) release from v2.16.11, fixing an issue where Helm cannot load chart repository index files with extra metadata.

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/helm/charts
- Fix for issue 8761 47f0b88409e71fd9ca272abc7cd762a56a1c613e (Martin Hickey)