Addressing review comments:

Extend Interface with new InterfaceResources to avoid breaking changes
Move change to staus command behind --show-resources flag

Signed-off-by: Soujanya Mangipudi <somangip@microsoft.com>

cmd/helm/get_all.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func newGetAllCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				return tpl(template, data, out)
 			}
 
-			return output.Table.Write(out, &statusPrinter{res, true, false})
+			return output.Table.Write(out, &statusPrinter{res, true, false, false})
 		},
 	}
 

cmd/helm/install.go

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func newInstallCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "INSTALLATION FAILED")
 			}
 
-			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false})
+			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false, false})
 		},
 	}
 

cmd/helm/release_testing.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func newReleaseTestCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command
 				return runErr
 			}
 
-			if err := outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false}); err != nil {
+			if err := outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false, false}); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 

cmd/helm/status.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The status consists of:
 - state of the release (can be: unknown, deployed, uninstalled, superseded, failed, uninstalling, pending-install, pending-upgrade or pending-rollback)
 - revision of the release
 - description of the release (can be completion message or error message, need to enable --show-desc)
-- list of resources that this release consists of, sorted by kind
+- list of resources that this release consists of (need to enable --show-resources)
 - details on last test suite run, if applicable
 - additional notes provided by the chart
 `
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func newStatusCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			// strip chart metadata from the output
 			rel.Chart = nil
 
-			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, false, client.ShowDescription})
+			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, false, client.ShowDescription, client.ShowResources})
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ func newStatusCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	bindOutputFlag(cmd, &outfmt)
 	f.BoolVar(&client.ShowDescription, "show-desc", false, "if set, display the description message of the named release")
 
+	f.BoolVar(&client.ShowResources, "show-resources", false, "if set, display the resources of the named release")
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ type statusPrinter struct {
 	release         *release.Release
 	debug           bool
 	showDescription bool
+	showResources   bool
 }
 
 func (s statusPrinter) WriteJSON(out io.Writer) error {
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ func (s statusPrinter) WriteTable(out io.Writer) error {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "DESCRIPTION: %s\n", s.release.Info.Description)
 	}
 
-	if len(s.release.Info.Resources) > 0 {
+	if s.showResources && len(s.release.Info.Resources) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "RESOURCES:\n%s\n", s.release.Info.Resources)
 	}
 

cmd/helm/status_test.go

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestStatusCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}, {
 		name:   "get status of a deployed release with resources",
-		cmd:    "status flummoxed-chickadee",
+		cmd:    "status --show-resources flummoxed-chickadee",
 		golden: "output/status-with-resources.txt",
 		rels: releasesMockWithStatus(
 			&release.Info{
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestStatusCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}, {
 		name:   "get status of a deployed release with resources in json",
-		cmd:    "status flummoxed-chickadee -o json",
+		cmd:    "status --show-resources flummoxed-chickadee -o json",
 		golden: "output/status-with-resources.json",
 		rels: releasesMockWithStatus(
 			&release.Info{

cmd/helm/upgrade.go

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-					return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false})
+					return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false, false})
 				} else if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				fmt.Fprintf(out, "Release %q has been upgraded. Happy Helming!\n", args[0])
 			}
 
-			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false})
+			return outfmt.Write(out, &statusPrinter{rel, settings.Debug, false, false})
 		},
 	}
 

pkg/action/status.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package action
 import (
 	"bytes"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ type Status struct {
 	// only affect print type table.
 	// TODO Helm 4: Remove this flag and output the description by default.
 	ShowDescription bool
+
+	// If true, display resources of release to output format
+	// TODO Helm 4: Remove this flag and output the resources by default.
+	ShowResources bool
 }
 
 // NewStatus creates a new Status object with the given configuration.
@@ -49,17 +54,26 @@ func (s *Status) Run(name string) (*release.Release, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if !s.ShowResources {
+		return s.cfg.releaseContent(name, s.Version)
+	}
+
 	rel, err := s.cfg.releaseContent(name, s.Version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	resources, _ := s.cfg.KubeClient.Build(bytes.NewBufferString(rel.Manifest), false)
-	resp, err := s.cfg.KubeClient.Get(resources, bytes.NewBufferString(rel.Manifest))
+
-	if err != nil {
+	if kubeClient, ok := s.cfg.KubeClient.(kube.InterfaceResources); ok {
-		return nil, err
+		resp, err := kubeClient.Get(resources, bytes.NewBufferString(rel.Manifest))
-	}
+		if err != nil {
-	if resp != "" {
+			return nil, err
-		rel.Info.Resources = resp
+		}
+		if resp != "" {
+			rel.Info.Resources = resp
+		}
+		return rel, nil
 	}
-	return rel, nil
+	return nil, err
 }

pkg/kube/interface.go

@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ type Interface interface {
 
 	// IsReachable checks whether the client is able to connect to the cluster.
 	IsReachable() error
-
-	Get(resources ResourceList, reader io.Reader) (string, error)
 }
 
 // InterfaceExt is introduced to avoid breaking backwards compatibility for Interface implementers.
@@ -80,5 +78,14 @@ type InterfaceExt interface {
 	WaitForDelete(resources ResourceList, timeout time.Duration) error
 }
 
+// InterfaceResources is introduced to avoid breaking backwards compatibility for Interface implementers.
+//
+// TODO Helm 4: Remove InterfaceResources and integrate its method(s) into the Interface.
+type InterfaceResources interface {
+	// Get details of deployed resources in ResourceList to be printed.
+	Get(resources ResourceList, reader io.Reader) (string, error)
+}
+
 var _ Interface = (*Client)(nil)
 var _ InterfaceExt = (*Client)(nil)
+var _ InterfaceResources = (*Client)(nil)