What consists of a big sh.helm.rlease.v1.HELM_RELEASENAME.v1 secret?

[arpan57]

While installing the operator I noticed that the secret size is about 750 KB.
I wonder what's it carrying the release field? Is it definition of all the CRDs? why is it so big?

❯ k describe secrets sh.helm.release.v1.redisoperator.v1
Name:         sh.helm.release.v1.redisoperator.v1
Namespace:    ot-operators
Labels:       modifiedAt=1727197433
                   name=redisoperator
                   owner=helm
                   status=deployed
                   version=1
Annotations:  <none>

Type:  helm.sh/release.v1

Data
====
release:  748176 bytes

I tried to decode in base64

❯ k get secrets sh.helm.release.v1.redisoperator.v1 -o jsonpath='{.data.release}'  | more
SDRzSUFBQUFBQUFDLyt6OWE1T2l6SlkrRG4rVkhmVjI3Z05nMmJ2dGlJbDR4QkxFVXJ2Vmt0UEV4QzlJc0FGTmxG

Thanks,
Arpan

[lassegoericke]

You can decode the helm secrets content with:

> k get secrets sh.helm.release.v1.redisoperator.v1 -o jsonpath='{.data.release}' | base64 -d | base64 -d | gunzip | more