#helmfile - April 2026

Hi,

I am trying to source my helmfiles from an Artifactory remote

helmfiles:
  - path: https://{{ env ("ARTIFACTORY_AUTH") }}@{{ .Values.helmChartRepo.host }}/artifactory/helm-local/pgadmin-helmfile-{{ .Values.helmfile.version }}.tgz?archive=tgz

However, it seems that this approach does not automatically unarchive the .tgz file? If I check the cache path the file is downloaded, but not unarchived.
So then the helmfile template fails with:
no top-level config keys are found in pgadmin-helmfile-1.0.0.tgz
Does anyone have experience on how to do this?
Using helmfile version 1.4.4

Hey All, after upgrading to the latest helmfile from v0.163.0 I am seeing the following error as helmfile attempts to decrypt secrets files with sops loaded from my environments.yaml:

$ helmfile -e mgmt-eng diff
Decrypting secret /home/user/.workspaces/z/argoCD-factory-ops/secrets/mgmt-eng/argocd.yaml
Decrypting secret /home/user/.workspaces/z/argoCD-factory-ops/secrets/mgmt-eng/secret1484928982.yaml
command "/usr/local/bin/helm" exited with non-zero status:

PATH:
  /usr/local/bin/helm

ARGS:
  0: helm (4 bytes)
  1: secrets (7 bytes)
  2: decrypt (7 bytes)
  3: /home/user/.workspaces/z/argoCD-factory-ops/secrets/mgmt-eng/secret1484928982.yaml (94 bytes)

ERROR:
  exit status 1

EXIT STATUS
  1

STDERR:
  [helm-secrets] File does not exist: /home/user/.workspaces/z/argoCD-factory-ops/secrets/mgmt-eng/secret1484928982.yaml
  Error: plugin "secrets" exited with error

COMBINED OUTPUT:
  [helm-secrets] File does not exist: /home/user/.workspaces/z/argoCD-factory-ops/secrets/mgmt-eng/secret1484928982.yaml
  Error: plugin "secrets" exited with error

I have the latest version of sops, helm-secrets, and helm 3.x installed.

Is this a known issue? I have tried renaming the secrets file to end in .gotmpl with no success. I've searched github and this slack but don't see anyone talking about it. The decryption seems to be working but then helm-secrets apparently can't find the file?