Helm v3.16.2stable Released Oct 09, 2024
Impact Score: 5/10

Helm v3.16.2

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v3.16.2. Source highlight: Helm v3.16.2 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. 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 (2)

  • 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025
  • adds tests for handling of Helm index with broken chart versions #13176 9fc8f1b614e1a2f41afa36e081c89ead21cd63bb ([email protected])

โšก Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • improves handling of Helm index with broken helm chart versions #13176 961194d85dd0c9d18492a99c9193faa7f1556968 ([email protected])

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

  • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
  • 3.16.3 is the next patch release and will be on November 13, 2024
  • Grammar fixes 46e0a0f9e44b56b0d2fc81cc0e624534662b1df7 (Nathan Baulch)
  • Fix typos a1bd541d17cd6d120635c1f65ada92edcd224517 (Nathan Baulch)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.16.2 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. 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) ## Installation and Upgrading Download Helm v3.16.2. The common platform binaries are here: - [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 33efd48492f2358a49a231873e8baf41f702b5ab059333ae9c31e5517633c16e) - [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 56413c7fbb496d2789881039cab61d849727c7b35db00826fae7a2685a403344) - [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 9318379b847e333460d33d291d4c088156299a26cd93d570a7f5d0c36e50b5bb) - [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / f0f606d0806a518b749bd82e8dbfe6a803aa33340215590ef3977c60e366ba82) - [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 1888301aeb7d08a03b6d9f4d2b73dcd09b89c41577e80e3455c113629fc657a4) - [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 4fb0cdf74a8a23622aac5980fbbc91cd95b08de5624ac0beba271d7b3b1a128d) - [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 32a1b6073064a4a86d2a684180b6662ea202d1294b09ca52a6ba9d4cf071fec7) - [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / a2e80592b9e45487d8bb6b10721c759287cf18be4389b53d67c7cf1e91c84959) - [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / c9730c8e6a1b2b30e119270793772bcac835737a16e613aabc36b07b8e027009) - [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 57821dd47d5728912e14000ee62262680e9039e8d05e18342cc010d5ac7908d7) - [Windows arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-windows-arm64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.2-windows-arm64.zip.sha256sum) / d746889023a6df98f71d2785835e32cd6fbbf81e21a21d5e9d4542ed3cfe168d) 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 [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 - 3.16.3 is the next patch release and will be on November 13, 2024 - 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025 ## Changelog - Revering change unrelated to issue #13176 13654a52f7c70a143b1dd51416d633e1071faffb ([email protected]) - adds tests for handling of Helm index with broken chart versions #13176 9fc8f1b614e1a2f41afa36e081c89ead21cd63bb ([email protected]) - improves handling of Helm index with broken helm chart versions #13176 961194d85dd0c9d18492a99c9193faa7f1556968 ([email protected]) - Bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates f6be62b65a92c16927c24310885d01ecfb1d2aaf (dependabot[bot]) - adding check-latest:true 27d44cf4c9cbdb05aaed038e970263a5b11c0b51 (Robert Sirchia) - Grammar fixes 46e0a0f9e44b56b0d2fc81cc0e624534662b1df7 (Nathan Baulch) - Fix typos a1bd541d17cd6d120635c1f65ada92edcd224517 (Nathan Baulch)