# Helm v3.20.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.20.0
- **Released:** Jan 21, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.20.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.20.0. Source highlight: Helm v3.20.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- Add timeout flag to repo add and update flags 79a9cc5653eb5a6f58e5e10fcc1e7f00f43653c0 (Reinhard Nägele)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- v3 backport: Fixed a bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/12564
- 4.1.1 and 3.20.1 are the next patch releases, scheduled for March 11, 2026
- fix(rollback): `errors.Is` instead of string comp 0cd9a60723d2fde199a625582ff068f5a253886c (Hidde Beydals)
- fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases 8bb0b372268b45b260593061450f1c9dca9ddbb8 (Hidde Beydals)