{
  "slug": "helmfile-apply-tracks-kubedog-progress-in-parallel-with-helm-f462c48dfff2",
  "title": "helmfile apply tracks kubedog progress in parallel with Helm",
  "tools": [
    "helmfile"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-22T23:06:01.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-22T23:06:01.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When applying a Helmfile release with live kubedog progress, run `helmfile apply --track-mode kubedog`. Helmfile tracks resources in parallel with Helm and buffers Helm output per release. [Release notes](https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases/tag/v1.6.0)",
    "examples": [
      "helmfile apply --track-mode kubedog",
      "helmfile apply --track-mode kubedog --track-timeout <seconds>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.6.0",
      "--track-mode: Tracking mode for releases: `helm` (default), `helm-legacy` (Helm v4 only), or `kubedog`.",
      "--track-timeout: Kubedog tracking timeout in seconds; `0` uses the default 300-second timeout.",
      "Prerequisite: Helm and helm-diff must be installed for Helmfile to delegate to Helm.",
      "The parallel tracking behavior applies with `--track-mode kubedog`.",
      "A tracker that does not return within the release timeout is treated as a failure."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Apply a Helmfile release with live resource convergence progress while Helm installs or upgrades it.",
  "before": "Tracking ran only after Helm finished; there was no progress feedback during the release.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases/tag/v1.6.0",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2654",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/blob/v1.6.0/cmd/apply.go",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98051,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1-20261014",
    "verdict_id": "wave1-20261014:wave1-20261014-4aeed1379b88f2da-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "5735e019c2f2f36acdd35b054331f1dab4afbcdbd678c2b6c5c37aa6ab891be3"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "e92d0da6fbc9face2eb99e075fd4524dc4b9f30f2c2f15fbd47a769ebaeb7095",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1-20261014:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.72 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}