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id: agent-helm-release-history-and-values-overrides
title: 'Agent Helm Release History and Values Overrides'
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confidence: medium
last_verified: '2026-06-03'
created_date: '2026-06-03'
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    statement: >-
      Helm documentation says helm history prints historical revisions for a
      given release.
    source_title: Helm history
    source_url: https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_history/
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      Helm documentation says helm get values downloads the values file for a
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    source_title: Helm get values
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  - id: fact-ai-agent-helm-release-history-and-values-overrides-3
    statement: >-
      Helm documentation says helm status shows release state, revision,
      namespace, resources, and last test details for a named release.
    source_title: Helm status
    source_url: https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_status/
    confidence: medium
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known_gaps:
  - Helm incident analysis depends on chart version, rendered manifests, values inheritance, release namespace, hooks, CRDs, rollback history, failed tests, and cluster-side resources after admission mutation.
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  - title: Helm history
    type: documentation
    year: 2026
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    url: https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_get_values/
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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/)