Impact Score: 5/10
Helm v3.1.1
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.1.1. Source highlight: Helm v3.1.1 is the first patch release for Helm 3.1 and it includes several bug fixes. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- v3.2.0 will contain new features that do not break backwards compatibility.
- Add corresponding unit test to the function in parser.go 40cefb606cc24bf77f321f65bd7ec0459ae5150e (Guangwen Feng)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- `#helm-dev` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/helm/charts
- v3.1.2 will contain bug fixes
- Fix output of list action when it is failed 3fa62f4da11862c03742fa4306c8dacbaf9ded41 (Song Shukun)
- fix(kube): generate k8s native scheme only once 8d012c25ff46a64f34821e769f0cde1f0fc96a70 (Hidde Beydals)
- fix(kube): use non global Scheme to convert 742a46948b6665b8b916d7123e67b36787b853f3 (Hidde Beydals)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.1.1 is the first patch release for Helm 3.1 and it includes several bug fixes. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
This release was signed with `672C 657B E06B 4B30 969C 4A57 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 3.1.1. The common platform binaries are here:
- [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 2ce00e6c44ba18fbcbec21c493476e919128710d480789bb35bd228ae695cd66)
- [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / cdd7ad304e2615c583dde0ffb0cb38fc1336cd7ce8ff3b5f237434dcadb28c98)
- [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 2ac8569d39cff39a0063e349358c176b89c04bcf19c9c0e1f4375c41ede47146)
- [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / fa57340eff748a8778847ed7bcc06191165fdeb4367f85cf74b84db88eaedb7b)
- [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 19e361a263b40fb8f72ffde007077532807269af79f727f21dba9fac6b69b063)
- [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 504897ee3bbf37b5a3c5ec1407af8b57972f1342e14c9ae28bb919556a3ccc4b)
- [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 5efc1c7bdea42a17a1ea197a3a2e47c8f1b0a5464894b98ae73a4c0620163040)
- [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.1.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 29a7ef2045800ff239e4e17b59e5e6bd90093676509d79297d06c0de6545045e)
The [Quickstart Guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/) will get you going from there.
## What's Next
- v3.1.2 will contain bug fixes
- v3.2.0 will contain new features that do not break backwards compatibility.
## Changelog
- Making fetch-dist get the sha256sum files afe70585407b420d0097d07b21c47dc511525ac8 (Matt Farina)
- Fix output of list action when it is failed 3fa62f4da11862c03742fa4306c8dacbaf9ded41 (Song Shukun)
- fix(kube): generate k8s native scheme only once 8d012c25ff46a64f34821e769f0cde1f0fc96a70 (Hidde Beydals)
- fix(kube): use non global Scheme to convert 742a46948b6665b8b916d7123e67b36787b853f3 (Hidde Beydals)
- fix(helm): improved logs 54524f92734961ca86a4e31a20672c843266c4f5 (Federico Bevione)
- fix(helm): Reworded logs for clarity 9791686136e84e2f7b78c7447fbb0469a3b2719e (Federico Bevione)
- fix(helm): Don't wait for service to be ready when external IP are set 30ebfaf20d36489513142ce060c6e8549e8b8c6b (Federico Bevione)
- Add corresponding unit test to the function in parser.go 40cefb606cc24bf77f321f65bd7ec0459ae5150e (Guangwen Feng)
- Fix render error not being propogated af0960456ae56412575a5f356f2de24c97081164 (Martin Hickey)
- Revert "Do not delete templated CRDs" 3a817f2d24707008a763e807ff3687b53255e92f (Benn Linger)