Fix Helm release stuck in a pending status

fix-helm-status.md

1. Get the release from Kubernetes

   $ kubectl get secret sh.helm.release.v1.<release>.v<version> -o yaml > release.yaml

2. Open the release.yaml file in an editor and copy data.release value (or use Bash skills)
3. Extract the release payload

   $ echo <release value> | base64 -D | base64 -D | gunzip > release

4. Open release file and change status from pending-rollback to deployed
5. Compress and encode the release payload

   $ cat release | gzip | base64 | base64

6. Edit release.yaml and replace the release payload with the new encoded payload
7. Update the status label too
8. Update the secret on K8s

   $ kubectl apply -f release.yaml

Works for me too, thanks! Here is a shortened version for the impatient:

1. kubectl -n <NAMESPACE> get secret <HELM-SECRET> -o json | jq -r .data.release | base64 -d | base64 -d | gunzip | sed -r 's/pending\-(install|upgrade|rollback)/deployed/' | gzip | base64 | base64 -w0 >release.b64
2. Edit the secret and change the status: label from pending-<install|rollback|upgrade> to deployed
3. Replace the release: data with your content from the generated release.b64 file