# Helm v4.2.4 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v4.2.4
- **Released:** Aug 13, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v4.2.4/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v4.2.4. Source highlight: Helm v4.2.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- add newline in license header 9275661357afdfe12b8ce561e8103673f16cca8d (kimsungmin1)

## Improvements
- test: improve client_scope_test.go to avoid data races and brittle assertions 9569605eccf8318fe25bf78c46c4eb462ce8fc3f (kimsm28)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- fix: Improve error reporting for helm template --debug with --show-only- #31185
- fix: fetch logs from all containers in test pods- #32099
- fix(provenance): check error return in Digest and encodeRelease- #32136
- fix panic on repeated IsReachable calls- #32184