# Where does Helm 3 store release information by default?

Helm, Hard (Expert), Architecture. https://k8wiz.com/uquiz/where-does-helm-3-store-release-information-by-default

- A. In a ConfigMap in kube-system named after the release
- B. In Secrets of type helm.sh/release.v1 in the release's namespace
- C. In a HelmRelease custom resource in the release's namespace
- D. In ~/.cache/helm on the machine that ran the install

**Answer:** In Secrets of type helm.sh/release.v1 in the release's namespace

**Explanation:** Each release revision is a Secret named sh.helm.release.v1.<release>.v<revision> that holds the chart, values and rendered manifest in compressed, encoded form. Helm 2 kept releases in ConfigMaps managed by Tiller in kube-system. The HELM_DRIVER environment variable switches storage to ConfigMaps, memory or SQL.