Helm v2.16.4stable Released Mar 23, 2020
Impact Score: 5/10

Helm v2.16.4

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v2.16.4. Source highlight: Helm v2.16.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • `#helm-dev` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/helm/charts
  • v2.16.5 will contain only bug fixes.
  • fix recursion count in templates 5e135cc465d4231d9bfe2c5a43fd2978ef527e83 (Matthew Fisher)
  • fix(engine): allow limited recursion in templates 7ea3d725a32cdaec74ff73447d7175f5594be48a (Matthew Fisher)
  • fix(requirements): refactor to use common codepath for table coalescing (#7047) 42941797f394d94800f17ea84566f0a838ec55dc (Fernando Antivero)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v2.16.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. This release was signed with ` 4614 49C2 5E36 B98E ` and can be found at @mattfarina [keybase account](https://keybase.io/mattfarina). Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using `gpg`. The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there! - Join the discussion in [Kubernetes Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com): - `#helm-users` for questions and just to hang out - `#helm-dev` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs - Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via [Zoom](https://zoom.us/j/696660622) - Test, debug, and contribute charts: [GitHub/helm/charts](https://github.com/helm/charts) ## Installation and Upgrading Download Helm 2.16.4. The common platform binaries are here: - [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256)) - [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.16.4-windows-amd64.zip.sha256)) Once you have the client installed, upgrade Tiller with `helm init --upgrade`. The [Quickstart Guide](https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#quickstart-guide) will get you going from there. For **upgrade instructions** or detailed installation notes, check the [install guide](https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#installing-helm). You can also use a [script to install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get) on any system with `bash`. ## What's Next - v2.16.5 will contain only bug fixes. ## Changelog - fix recursion count in templates 5e135cc465d4231d9bfe2c5a43fd2978ef527e83 (Matthew Fisher) - fix(engine): allow limited recursion in templates 7ea3d725a32cdaec74ff73447d7175f5594be48a (Matthew Fisher) - Restores display of object status when displaying helm status fe4ffcfa0b872c29df0fbe802ae2c60b7442e1fd (Matt Farina) - fix(requirements): refactor to use common codepath for table coalescing (#7047) 42941797f394d94800f17ea84566f0a838ec55dc (Fernando Antivero) - [v2]stop with an error immediately if a file or directory with that name already exists (#7188) 210f7e2d0c8b38f979184ffa409027a4e8c0371e (zwwhdls) - Fix secure installation link in v2 (#6912) 0629eb6dc0aec96a0a044098bf801e37dc1f995a (Yury Fedorov) - fix(tiller): improve handling of corrupted storage 0c99ca7b9dcb03fcf1d593c4549994a92dbfd1d8 (Cristian Klein) - fix: backport #6901 to Helm 2 (#7196) 713ed84dcbce0abfe751a41dcf3e78655d6b93cd (Matt Butcher) - Port PR 7114 to Helm 2 (#7128) 18ab2b976ef941685189a566b3d50805ccc7f2a4 (Martin Hickey)