# Helm v2.8.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v2.8.0
- **Released:** Jan 22, 2018
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v2.8.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v2.8.0. Source highlight: Helm 2.8.0 is a feature release. This version of Helm now has support for Kubernetes 1.9 resources which includes support for the new apps/v1 workloads API, selector immutability, and rollingUpdate as the default update strategy for all workloads from the apps/v1 and extensions/v1beta2 APIs.

## New Features
- 2.9.0 is the next feature release. While it is likely to have some notable features, we will continue to prioritize stability and reliability over major feature additions.
- Added k8comp plugin for helm 229bbd84ba192d41fd2fe813d5e50277fc240e2a (Catalin)
- Add helm-monitor plugin af3c734e376fa335a18cf8b50eaaa824ec29b45e (Etienne Tremel)
- Add SlickNik to OWNERS a1c3ae9da9d2e2886720d0991b75c3bae7c3a2d6 (Nikhil Manchanda)
- Add AppVersion to initial chart d819ca2b9420bacb3f06c8f6eaa18332f9bd259d (Reinhard Nägele)
- feat(helm): Add --col-width to helm list and helm history (#2836) a6381e83a7502853260380e02ad9ef7dff5301b2 (rocky-nupt)

## Improvements
- ref(helm): improve fullname template in starter chart f432e07126524db74fe5b9c958d07c74cbb7796e (Alexandr Burdiyan)
- refactor: rename function and improve error messages 98e0bd2ecb9a276bdc041b73c2b4a531be5cfdb3 (Christoph Hösler)

## Bug Fixes
- `#helm-dev` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/kubernetes/charts
- 2.8.1 will contain only bug fixes.
- Added a --wait flag for helm init which pings the Tiller server and ensures that it is ready to receive requests Fixes #2114 b29d25ef0be611cffb28c5ac8b494e2c735178b3 (Alex Johnson)
- fix(capabilities): Adding GitVersion to default set d5a865b5f4fe5392defb7aba40711aa8135933a8 (Matt Farina)
- Fix filename 9ad292b3ef701c9a7d97b5533991e476c2f9776c (Dennis Benzinger | SAP Hybris)