# Helm v2.6.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v2.6.0
- **Released:** Aug 16, 2017
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v2.6.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v2.6.0. Source highlight: Make sure this Helm upgrade is on your school supply list. 🏫

## New Features
- 2.7.0 is the next feature release. While it is likely to have some notable features,
- Update kind subsort to sort unknown kinds alphabetically. Remove length check from subsort test. Add check for unknowns. f239050996f30901770314f68b425fcef29b19be (Justin Scott)
- Add test for kind sorter sub sort 87d2b7ab678fcff141e19d3f8af8adfecbaa2716 (Justin Scott)
- feat(tiller): sort manifests alphabetically if they are same kind 66c4f7453e0975b986bfbfd9d1690fe5ebcc4a61 (Justin Scott)
- Add nebril to OWNERS a9b4f895eb930e9f13beb8bce15e810b6da376dc (Maciej Kwiek)
- docs(service_accounts): add non cluster-admin ex f1bd1e684ae5d501aa3f0c3a163d1768f450a09a (Michelle Noorali)

## Improvements
- ref(pkg/chartutil): improve comment spacing 098df8b186fd931c81126f85ac15dfaab3c303db (Sam Leavens)
- ref(pkg/chartutil): improve comment for PathValue f7ca52dfc8584ec26f8617ffb7d65280aebf4ffc (Sam Leavens)
- improve check if we are root already - in scripts/get 8eace382f96acfb22ab30b9622557beafb12f08b (Tony Fahrion)
- Improve chart examples 843e6524726ade4414a155293461cd0e760d2b08 (Reinhard Nägele)

## Bug Fixes
- `#helm-devs` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/kubernetes/charts
- 2.6.1 will contain only bug fixes.
- Fix Typo in Contributing Guidelines 6de79b7ea8d5769c6aad4ffb34cc98a5603fc7b5 (Malepati Bala Siva Sai Akhil)
- Fix the default NOTES.txt bbf2d6b7e8b9208e5246f134eb881de65b455116 (Maxime Guyot)
- fix(helm): pass os.stdin when executing a plugin (#2740) e61ee5c54e1d24e791f516cb61059fc910befd1b (Maciej Strzelecki)