Agent Helm Release History and Values Overrides

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## TL;DR

Helm release history, status, and values evidence lets agents explain why a Kubernetes workload changed without guessing from the current manifest alone.

## Core Explanation

Many Kubernetes changes are introduced through Helm upgrades, rollbacks, chart defaults, and environment-specific values. A live object may not explain which chart revision produced it, which overrides were applied, or whether a failed hook changed rollout behavior.

Agents should collect release history, current status, values, chart version, namespace, rendered manifest, hooks, test results, and rollback target before proposing a Helm command. A good diagnosis separates chart template defects from bad values and cluster admission changes.

## Source-Mapped Facts

- Helm documentation says helm history prints historical revisions for a given release. ([source](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_history/))
- Helm documentation says helm get values downloads the values file for a named release. ([source](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_get_values/))
- Helm documentation says helm status shows release state, revision, namespace, resources, and last test details for a named release. ([source](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_status/))

## Further Reading

- [Helm history](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_history/)
- [Helm get values](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_get_values/)
- [Helm status](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_status/)