Impact Score: 5/10
Helm 3.5.3
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Component: helm ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.5.3. Source highlight: Helm v3.5.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- 3.6.0 is the next feature release and will be released on May 26, 2021.
โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Improve the console output for resource policy keep to align with helm2. 5487664480b74a3abac845e0592d29c1adc87912 (Du Zheng)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 3.5.4 will contain only bug fixes and be released on April 14, 2021
- Fix the example for --time-format flag 041ce5a2c17a58be0fcd5f5e16fb3e7e95fea622 (mert)
- fix(pkg/storage): If storage.Create fails to clean up recent release versions, return an error d552cb3b1d491f4a1aa170d9903a897c1e9ffc7f (Daniel Lipovetsky)
- fix(test): Increase golangci-lint timeout bc3cd84eda51a2732d323f21aa67999eb4b9f4a7 (Marc Khouzam)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.5.3 is a patch 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)
## Installation and Upgrading
Download Helm v3.5.3. The common platform binaries are here:
- [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 451ad70dfe286e3979c78ecf7074f4749d93644da8aa2cc778e2f969771f1794)
- [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 2170a1a644a9e0b863f00c17b761ce33d4323da64fc74562a3a6df2abbf6cd70)
- [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / fd9c1e1eaa6d8d2c9df6027524e80b8bfde0ea49de5f324845256b3e9cc2edb0)
- [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / e1348d94ce4caace43689ee2dfa5f8bcd8687c12053d9c13d79875b65d6b72aa)
- [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / e1458691d6a2da96a5d7ab10de4deaa2166d3bc6d6bb3303377278719ae4da95)
- [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 579f903f0579d156a7f0cceff4a14306cdc5daa1d8839aabaf20edd3f1569577)
- [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 57e1a137352247abdfabd2e69304a34b5dbf42f30c6405b2a0ea7755063f87c7)
- [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.3-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 33fef4740b255b58a52e5504622068fd8a7d9aea19f1a84438f5cc1c5aade0d6)
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/master/scripts/get-helm-3) on any system with `bash`.
## What's Next
- 3.5.4 will contain only bug fixes and be released on April 14, 2021
- 3.6.0 is the next feature release and will be released on May 26, 2021.
## Changelog
- Fix the example for --time-format flag 041ce5a2c17a58be0fcd5f5e16fb3e7e95fea622 (mert)
- Improve the console output for resource policy keep to align with helm2. 5487664480b74a3abac845e0592d29c1adc87912 (Du Zheng)
- test(pkg/storage): Verify that storage.Create returns an error if it fails to clean up least-recent release versions de2787c794986f275c8e370dc71b0dcdf8f82997 (Daniel Lipovetsky)
- fix(pkg/storage): If storage.Create fails to clean up recent release versions, return an error d552cb3b1d491f4a1aa170d9903a897c1e9ffc7f (Daniel Lipovetsky)
- fix(test): Increase golangci-lint timeout bc3cd84eda51a2732d323f21aa67999eb4b9f4a7 (Marc Khouzam)
- fix release sha256 dc3971631e1032b6d79c09513a9c3741b3ea6dba (houfangdong)
- Fix-9253: Change the deprecated charts repo URL in release notes ec560e5f2b3405413a025d031a16c7f7f24ff547 (Jack Whitter-Jones)
- Update default ingress values section to correspond with template 1e126ff4d1f09b806c1952757516f6fc67506ce0 (Nick Jones)
- use kube libraries v0.20.2 773008a4e76a1f460517b88d0bd7129540204fbd (Shoubhik Bose)