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In theory this ought to be really easy:

$ helm ls -h
[...]
  -a, --all                  show all releases without any filter applied
  -A, --all-namespaces       list releases across all namespaces

So…one of these should work, right?

helm ls -a
helm ls -A

I have a sms-service running in the cluster in the default namespace. If I grep any of the previous commands to sms, it does not show up though.

Then…maybe helm ls -a -A? Nope.

Here’s what works:

$ helm ls -a --max 9999 | grep sms
sms-service                  	default  	356     	2024-08-26 14:09:50.705277885 +0000 UTC	deployed	sms-v0.1.0

Kinda ridiculous, eh?

 -m, --max int              maximum number of releases to fetch (default 256)

From https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_list/:

By default, up to 256 items may be returned. To limit this, use the ‘–max’ flag. Setting ‘–max’ to 0 will not return all results. Rather, it will return the server’s default, which may be much higher than 256. Pairing the ‘–max’ flag with the ‘–offset’ flag allows you to page through results.

Therefore I settle with this form:

$ helm ls -a -A --max 9999 | grep sms

Happy helming.