# Helm v3.0.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.0.0
- **Released:** Nov 13, 2019
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.0.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.0.0. Source highlight: The Helm Team is proud to announce the first stable release of Helm 3.

## New Features
- Releases are stored in a new format
- There is no in-cluster (Tiller) component
- Helm 3 includes support for a new version of Helm charts (Charts v2)
- Helm 3 also supports library charts -- charts that are used primarily as a resource for other charts.
- Experimental support for storing Helm charts in OCI registries (e.g. Docker Distribution) is available for testing.
- A chart's supplied values can now be validated against a JSON schema

## Bug Fixes
- Please report bugs at <https://github.com/helm/helm/issues>
- A 3-way strategic merge patch is now applied when upgrading Kubernetes resources.