Helm v3.16.0stable Released Sep 11, 2024
Impact Score: 5/10

Helm v3.16.0

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v3.16.0. Source highlight: Helm v3.16.0 is a feature 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.

โœจ New Features & Capabilities (6)

  • added sha512sum template function
  • added ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args
  • add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint'
  • Added windows arm64 support
  • 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025
  • Add Scott's key for releases 32875e244ebb3182d1f8cc7427660976034bc1e2 (Scott Rigby)

โšก Performance & Enhancements (2)

  • Improve helm dependency update performance 1ce79398388c778480963bf952495c11da2f94af (JvD_Ericsson)
  • Improve helm dependency update performance 8c80f581963c4bd642b64d96baf00ee757051ba7 (JvD_Ericsson)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
  • fixed bug to now use burst limit setting for discovery
  • 3.16.1 is the next patch release and will be on October 09, 2024
  • Bump github.com/evanphx/json-patch 8716c42eb7fd7dfc4443b187e59bb960dd4e27e4 (dependabot[bot])
  • Fix linting error for pr 12876 8a26add23ff165b56f012777bbef0059210e9391 (Scott Rigby)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.16.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there! - Join the discussion in [Kubernetes Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com): - for questions and just to hang out - 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: [ArtifactHub/packages](https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?kind=0) ## Notable Changes - added sha512sum template function - added ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args - drops very old Kubernetes versions support in helm create - add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint' - fixed bug to now use burst limit setting for discovery - Added windows arm64 support ## Installation and Upgrading Download Helm v3.16.0. The common platform binaries are here: - [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 565e1962df910afc494ca1ade82643a881ee3cbc5e757ee00dfa36d46d673025) - [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 79af762dc5ded54f8e3216bf8d247801823c63ec4acd1d0c9a958af38db299c6) - [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 327cfbc7ddc5a3eb644039ceb0cff66394628654c4f5a76bf715ed15b893983b) - [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 73efcd63d1b7f1d9db6afc2e039e03a638fe43d3633735363184692ebc8eef02) - [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / fc121590b532d7f2037ae5cdd39d2b56dec96069d8bc613a08965f29a156e84f) - [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / e51b253c97ff5e40b7b8c3433a4a489a312efc268114878e4ace30b610311295) - [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / d13a4b87b31a5b50c8d93dd9988dfb312a61e56504102f466a4004e5a3ab8e9e) - [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / c4588d53778e53e7a7e30097414d36188951449a7ab362656fb0985afa9747c4) - [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 91b48acec84814731eea724cd024f3599144a4bf4df1eb2a340d4ef43c59c08b) - [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 0d43e254e7bffbbea63d4726ff5b278021678be7be9bf78568ed26e8a6ca0f70) - [Windows arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-windows-arm64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.0-windows-arm64.zip.sha256sum) / d87e5ea0ceaf8df4bed32a657b9637a5ca01f0ca05a86af9b256996d64909866) This release was signed with `208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155` and can be found at @scottrigby [keybase account](https://keybase.io/r6by). Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using `gpg`. The [Quickstart Guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/) will get you going from there. For **upgrade instructions** or detailed installation notes, check the [install guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/). You can also use a [script to install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3) on any system with `bash`. ## What's Next - 3.16.1 is the next patch release and will be on October 09, 2024 - 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025 ## Changelog - bump version to v3.16.0 0d439e1a09683f21a0ab9401eb661401f185b00b (Matt Farina) - Bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin from 0.2.5 to 0.3.1 0d12150a436eb3936c684c5b79c52a2728752a05 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 b1f9f0c38b8ae258ae49250d61690029852fe69d (dependabot[bot]) - Updating sprig to latest release 6a228aa78c1262856c200ad6332273befcb503b9 (Matt Farina) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.3 to 3.26.6 e448aae04e4f8af58e02691e382f9fdd58b265bf (dependabot[bot]) - remove utc 31a1252b1ce36653aa869a1b71c38d0dea89f99d (Giulio) - Updating to Kubernetes client libraries for 1.31.0 a539b6ad96ef8690ba3fac3b43d7e0474f036a11 (Matt Farina) - update 39799adfb2cfd521e6b1436af4e13cb954507312 (Giulio) - Bump github.com/evanphx/json-patch 8716c42eb7fd7dfc4443b187e59bb960dd4e27e4 (dependabot[bot]) - removing old adopter. c979992e7acd00e0d7343a8594ff25fcda99336b (Robert Sirchia) - fixing changes as per requested. b92cc927d1e485717970121708bfd3592e9c57ab (Robert Sirchia) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.2 to 3.26.3 c58cb9a529f49829cb5de8569c0999238ff0b043 (dependabot[bot]) - ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args c92cc07c1b9aca45a986ca3ce424e7be6b2ddee7 (Marc Khouzam) - Updating the inline documentation. e72978edcfe1503f3536f0a4b3a2a24f2a8aacac (Robert Sirchia) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.1 to 3.26.2 83874d9edd7741b20103f14d2db00770605c27c8 (dependabot[bot]) - Fix linting error for pr 12876 8a26add23ff165b56f012777bbef0059210e9391 (Scott Rigby) - Add Scott's key for releases 32875e244ebb3182d1f8cc7427660976034bc1e2 (Scott Rigby) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.0 to 3.26.1 990dbf671c57db1c3b04512c165ac53fa7941354 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 a5db73b05aaa4cd1bdf4f30d4e8658045fe7d6c9 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 00caf003d8f1cdc774d5d4c7a163b2d37543818b (dependabot[bot]) - Bump the k8s-io group across 1 directory with 7 updates ac57b6099f1f8a3f08520111c30a5add71b20ccf (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.15 to 3.26.0 5bbe19a47985f6d67d48933be777d5034e09ad17 (dependabot[bot]) - ref(create): drop old Kubernetes versions support in Ingress template f9ba3c568b1d8b84bfe67c0b461a5340d58d5401 (dnskr) - Bump github.com/docker/docker 3a1aa217caf50041290d856010bd471dcb991247 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 f293480688ea83da9e012de28e33c76b70ed7468 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.13 to 3.25.15 8c1bfc7c99569f6460b57a9d86ca5e7ae3077cf3 (dependabot[bot]) - verbiage c677272ca47c19e34a60898e240c8dd688e269e8 (George Jenkins) - verbiage 04ece1f0270b9e0b5e1679af4f9b8c324859b4ea (George Jenkins) - verbiage e1b95d5258e169029f41569fecc55cc3d5a814d5 (George Jenkins) - Update CONTRIBUTING.md 1ea6fd5dc89af57a74a9e0e1aa502ee8404127b8 (George Jenkins) - Update .github/pull_request_template.md 75302416201f3a7ad645232e3be2d683e3283f0d (George Jenkins) - Update CONTRIBUTING.md 0554fdd0da5deef3574e1d65094acfadbf247c49 (George Jenkins) - rm spurious paste b88126685092aa90a52f8bef27ccbf3a017cb63c (George Jenkins) - docs: Introduce `docs wanted` label cd92c431d0ae8ed34fa31fe5fa2637b55c33bdce (George Jenkins) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.12 to 3.25.13 856d57600d2952a9cfdf7ed47cf92118c6f55b33 (dependabot[bot]) - Move hickeyma to emeritus a5ff111193844f986be1ecd85d191ef9cc15576f (Martin Hickey) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.11 to 3.25.12 168c48be99f334668d5f6f45019ec2a8115d3796 (dependabot[bot]) - fix repository-cache flag help description from file to directory 84cbb2c59b6b3c29ed0127608731417d09f53221 (Maor Friedman) - Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 98e2af96d5eda28be5a965ed124f5e3a69d4d397 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin from 0.2.4 to 0.2.5 6dba54414087a7ac99e43affbd18f663d14d7968 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/jmoiron/sqlx from 1.3.5 to 1.4.0 10d01bce9deb4d8da365c6bef4cae67e83c8e397 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.21.0 to 0.25.0 e4c792f88422ee854a6f8060459ff96d54c2e237 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.10 to 3.25.11 d59d0de4a63fceb1a08e942b9ce5473313bce8a2 (dependabot[bot]) - feat(helm): add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint' acf71585657dbb6ee8400eec6dc6ddd55bd351ee (anessi) - Fix race condition in TestInstallRelease_Wait_Interrupted test f69a2dd03e7ef7491fa7e770186a8c5ff78c77c6 (Alex Johnson) - fix: update error handling in Configuration.Init method, add tests for the method 800c33a5aa1e676895e3c288a59f1dd6b6117469 (Suleiman Dibirov) - fix(helm): Use burst limit setting for discovery 69362df367d6a4a620fde0d7833a805436e23506 (Evan Foster) - fixed dependency_update_test.go 4d25dd3d8e403496065a130da92787f9fb175f0e (Suleiman Dibirov) - fix(dependencyBuild): prevent race condition in concurrent helm dependency adeb4ca3d974936349f1980db3ac5599bac8611e (Suleiman Dibirov) - fix: respect proxy envvars on helm install/upgrade b0603fb042c3299d16e9fdd861d3da5616e44d4a (Sidharth Menon) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.9 to 3.25.10 b4f71678b09bb1eb8d9b5591c3f745d8a90cae46 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.1 to 4.1.7 a13a353a3e2e6f10be620607809ee871b6c151a8 (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.8 to 3.25.9 7e6904ecdffe91cac2ca3b28f091a63d26927a75 (dependabot[bot]) - Add Syself to ADOPTERS.md 144d65eac0b36436ed627ca10a05fd23eda431f8 (Janis Kemper) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.7 to 3.25.8 ca98970158e5008e91b19442e52e6600c021cc6a (dependabot[bot]) - Update CONTRIBUTING.MD a01f19e1f5468a853b6896fde5e300f5081f6576 (Robert Sirchia) - Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.6 to 3.25.7 6ae643892dd58e8af615341f20b2936a9632851a (dependabot[bot]) - chore(deps): bump github.com/opencontainers/image-spec b61a1fc546bfdd93d0c4d9cc7291adc730b4d33e (dependabot[bot]) - Bump github.com/docker/docker 6773d5b14db53c372270c2c1954ffa5e01a52619 (dependabot[bot]) - Update CONTRIBUTE.md 35e91dcb8bc224ba24b790f686abf79cf5426d12 (Robert Sirchia) - Update CONTRIBUTING.md ae558331cfcbec16013fa77bf6df656bc49c6c5f (Evans Mungai) - Update walk.go 30a5598f2bcef148def622ee63f6911634a7927c (Robert Sirchia) - fix docs of DeployedAll 90df4fa4d1b4a98b1fb208b8f5fcec87dd54ccca (Daniel Strobusch) - Fixing build issue where wrong version is used 0b64775386001ec61d02980d1218d834348b10c4 (Matt Farina) - --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: github/codeql-action dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... 5e3100406813dbaccbc789e8a76528f88bc55802 (dependabot[bot]) - chore: Update backward compatibility section in CONTRIBUTING.md 0f026b4364f97570a34feae31e8aeeb6d1f33185 (Evans Mungai) - chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.4 to 3.25.5 63ba35541ac670a550005f9119d1db9a2d728e59 (dependabot[bot]) - Update github.com/asaskevich/govalidator 65b03d707700b7fbfef4f45ecacbda5c44e5f392 (Shahar Harari) - [scripts] Add windows arm64 entries in install and release notes scripts f615c1ad714e0468f98ae8e54bf6d91a77243da8 (Asmit De) - [mk] Add windows arm64 build targets 5cef14370d14a4e0abbd5746e7ec97d21e5eb56f (Asmit De) - chore(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 4.0.0 to 6.0.1 e68e82d0765e96450b6051ad6d9ba7e97dc562e1 (dependabot[bot]) - Updating to k8s 1.30 d209b9ba6e8426aa3eda912575cd1ac16aa40d83 (Matt Farina) - chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 3.24.10 to 3.25.4 abd42d413c2137ab834afe7cb3991bc95972a714 (dependabot[bot]) - bump version to v3.15.0 886e62663650025a171a836945c24a1284a1c824 (Matt Farina) - chore(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 53177e06e0a3aca9265abe7f1cdcdbfdce35aca4 (dependabot[bot]) - bump oras minor version e1113206ddd675e681be95750082082b5859e845 (Austin Abro) - Update manager_test.go ee41b5f0fcdfd34b67a374248f1502c62fb9e9ff (Jeff van Dam) - Remove somewhat incorrect comment. f5d2ac070db449e623d336ac56ef5130d6ba5e16 (Marcin Owsiany) - Add error details when a dependent chart's version cannot be found in a repo ac75eae98cc0d76ae4bff59e352ef2699a1f8e4d (Andreas Sommer) - Drop unused field. a6863a64ce1f4d9e538b787d2afaa0266d79afd7 (Marcin Owsiany) - Add ability to adopt unmanaged resources a7856c03987d714cec0525114d775afc551f0bc9 (Mario Manno) - feat(load.go): add warning on requirements.lock 29ab5c4b026e09e4fbb462f6071c10b88b3e6ac8 (Aaron U'Ren) - Remove Helm 2 instructions from CONTRIBUTING.md 7700be5e092f1fb425d4824be7256c3c077237aa (George Jenkins) - fix typo in load_plugins.go 7fbde331092329d1103c62cfd60398019b8e65a0 (yxxhero) - Remove circleci configuration b9e6dd4dc5fb79eba64b8558a2c8e2bc0d4be422 (Matt Farina) - chore(deps): bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.5.2 to 1.6.1 b1ca05a167e40a83cd099a9444b1bc6d374c3f90 (dependabot[bot]) - bump version to f4c37e7db525fe198ce05228524188f41b9c9d5c (Matt Farina) - fix: wrong cli description bf4d6f290bce58388e38d4ec1b8be5621ed5623c (yyzxw) - Added support for hiding notes from install/upgrade output 0c541398f2ff9f3aef6fc62b7ed36df9398e1636 (Miles Wilson) - Made urls key more specific 183f01b32c9bcf520ca17128309347753bae2d6f (Jeff van Dam) - Update chart_downloader.go e5fdaa1c6538d36eea81249500c72cd3f2ed3f98 (Jeff van Dam) - Update chart_downloader.go 13b9c679f6329fdeac5d827bfdd149fb04594b3b (Jeff van Dam) - Improve helm dependency update performance 1ce79398388c778480963bf952495c11da2f94af (JvD_Ericsson) - Improve helm dependency update performance 8c80f581963c4bd642b64d96baf00ee757051ba7 (JvD_Ericsson)