In September 2021, Pulumi announced the public preview of the Helm Release resource in its Kubernetes provider, and following positive community feedback, it is now generally available as of version 3.15.0. This new resource, using the Helm SDK, offers full Helm features, the ability to import existing Helm releases, and CLI interaction, complementing the existing Helm Chart component. Users are provided with a guide to choose between the Chart and Helm Release resources depending on their use case. The Helm Release resource allows for hierarchical values specification and supports both typical and advanced configurations, such as private registries. Significant improvements from the preview phase include optional values and repository options, support for local charts, and loading values from YAML files. Pulumi offers extensive documentation and community support for users to explore the Helm Release resource further.