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v1.5.2 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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Helmfile v1.5.2 adds several new features and bug fixes across Helm integration, dependency management, environment configuration, test suite, template system, status tracking, interactive sync, and container runtime dependencies.

Why it matters: Review the listed enhancements and patches; no mandatory migration or security fix is required for this release.

Summary

AI summary

Updates feat, fix, and deps across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Supports HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT env var for default context

Supports HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT env var for default context

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Supports HELMFILE_NAMESPACE env var for default namespace

Supports HELMFILE_NAMESPACE env var for default namespace

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds defaultInherit for automatic release template inheritance

Adds defaultInherit for automatic release template inheritance

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Shows diff preview when sync --interactive is used

Shows diff preview when sync --interactive is used

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Supports HELMFILE_* env vars for more global flags

Supports HELMFILE_* env vars for more global flags

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Dependency Medium

Supports Helm 3.21.0 and 4.2.0

Supports Helm 3.21.0 and 4.2.0

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Dependency Medium

Bumps helm-diff dependency to v3.15.7

Bumps helm-diff dependency to v3.15.7

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Dependency Medium

Bumps containerd from 1.7.30 to 1.7.32

Bumps containerd from 1.7.30 to 1.7.32

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Refreshes Chart.lock after rewriting file:// dependencies

Refreshes Chart.lock after rewriting file:// dependencies

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Normalizes dependency chart path before directory existence check

Normalizes dependency chart path before directory existence check

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Restores kubedog status progress output during tracking

Restores kubedog status progress output during tracking

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: high

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Refactor Medium

Adds jsonPatches regression coverage for chartify lookup rendering

Adds jsonPatches regression coverage for chartify lookup rendering

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-22

Confidence: low

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Full changelog

What's Changed

  • Bump Helm support to 3.21.0 and 4.2.0 by @Copilot in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2588
  • bump helm-diff to v3.15.7 by @Copilot in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2591
  • fix: refresh Chart.lock after rewriting file:// dependencies by @sstarcher in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2587
  • feat: support HELMFILE_KUBE_CONTEXT env var for default kube context by @dschmidt in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2593
  • feat: support HELMFILE_NAMESPACE env var for default namespace by @dschmidt in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2592
  • fix: normalize dependency chart path before DirectoryExistsAt check by @yxxhero in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2598
  • Add jsonPatches regression coverage for chartify lookup rendering by @Copilot in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2586
  • feat: add defaultInherit for automatic release template inheritance by @yxxhero in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2600
  • fix: restore kubedog status progress output during tracking by @yxxhero in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2602
  • feat: show diff preview when sync --interactive is used by @vomba in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2603
  • build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.30 to 1.7.32 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2607
  • feat: support HELMFILE_* env vars for more global flags by @dschmidt in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2606

New Contributors

  • @vomba made their first contribution in https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2603

Full Changelog: https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/compare/v1.5.1...v1.5.2

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