Add support for Helm 4
Summary
Helm 4 has released on 2025-11-12 and features and
represents a significant evolution from v3, introducing breaking changes, new architectural patterns, and enhanced functionality while maintaining backwards compatibility for charts.
While Helm 3 continues to get updates for now, we should look into supporting Helm 4.
Acceptance Criteria
- CI image introduced: GitLab chart: Add Helm 4 CI image (gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images!1038 - merged)
- GitLab chart CI updated to use Helm 4 (maybe with Helm 3 in parallel?)
- Breaking changes addressed
- Tool documentation updated: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tools/#helm
Edited by Clemens Beck