- Patched numerous bugs across Helm core and Tiller, including pod list sorting, nil‑pointer crashes, template recursion limits, Go 1.14 compatibility, job waiting, and missing API versions.
- Refactored internal filesystem handling, updated licenses, bumped the rootfs Alpine image to 3.11, and improved installation security with signed releases.
- This is a patch (v2.16.7); no new features or breaking changes – v2.16.8 will continue with bug‑fix‑only updates.