Add --hook-parallelism flag

Add --hook-parallelism flag to helm deployment hooks but not the testing hook

What this PR does / why we need it:
Adds hook parallelism with a default of 1 as a flag for applicable commands. Does not add parallelism for test hooks as that seems to be the reason why this https://github.com/helm/community/pull/165 was closed but I think there is still value having deployment hooks work in parallel.

Special notes for your reviewer:
Based off of https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/8946 by abaehremc and
https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/7792 by akhilles

cmd/helm/install.go

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ func addInstallFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, f *pflag.FlagSet, client *action.Instal
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DryRun, "dry-run", false, "simulate an install")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Force, "force", false, "force resource updates through a replacement strategy")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during install")
+	f.IntVar(&client.HookParallelism, "hook-parallelism", 1, "maximum number of hooks to execute in parallel")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Replace, "replace", false, "re-use the given name, only if that name is a deleted release which remains in the history. This is unsafe in production")
 	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")

cmd/helm/rollback.go

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func newRollbackCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Recreate, "recreate-pods", false, "performs pods restart for the resource if applicable")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Force, "force", false, "force resource update through delete/recreate if needed")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during rollback")
+	f.IntVar(&client.HookParallelism, "hook-parallelism", 1, "maximum number of hooks to execute in parallel")
 	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.WaitForJobs, "wait-for-jobs", false, "if set and --wait enabled, will wait until all Jobs have been completed before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")

cmd/helm/uninstall.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func newUninstallCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DryRun, "dry-run", false, "simulate a uninstall")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during uninstallation")
+	f.IntVar(&client.HookParallelism, "hook-parallelism", 1, "maximum number of hooks to execute in parallel")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.KeepHistory, "keep-history", false, "remove all associated resources and mark the release as deleted, but retain the release history")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all the resources are deleted before returning. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")

cmd/helm/upgrade.go

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 					instClient.Force = client.Force
 					instClient.DryRun = client.DryRun
 					instClient.DisableHooks = client.DisableHooks
+					instClient.HookParallelism = client.HookParallelism
 					instClient.SkipCRDs = client.SkipCRDs
 					instClient.Timeout = client.Timeout
 					instClient.Wait = client.Wait
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.MarkDeprecated("recreate-pods", "functionality will no longer be updated. Consult the documentation for other methods to recreate pods")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Force, "force", false, "force resource updates through a replacement strategy")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "disable pre/post upgrade hooks")
+	f.IntVar(&client.HookParallelism, "hook-parallelism", 1, "maximum number of hooks to execute in parallel")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableOpenAPIValidation, "disable-openapi-validation", false, "if set, the upgrade process will not validate rendered templates against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.SkipCRDs, "skip-crds", false, "if set, no CRDs will be installed when an upgrade is performed with install flag enabled. By default, CRDs are installed if not already present, when an upgrade is performed with install flag enabled")
 	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")

pkg/action/action_test.go

@@ -281,3 +281,11 @@ func TestGetVersionSet(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Non-existent version is reported found.")
 	}
 }
+
+func withSecondHook(hookManifest string) chartOption {
+	return func(opts *chartOptions) {
+		opts.Templates = append(opts.Templates,
+			&chart.File{Name: "templates/hooks-test", Data: []byte(hookManifest)},
+		)
+	}
+}

pkg/action/hooks.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package action
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"sort"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -26,22 +27,16 @@ import (
 	helmtime "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/time"
 )
 
-// execHook executes all of the hooks for the given hook event.
+// execHookEvent executes all of the hooks for the given hook event.
-func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func (cfg *Configuration) execHookEvent(rl *release.Release, event release.HookEvent, timeout time.Duration, parallelism int) error {
-	executingHooks := []*release.Hook{}
+	if parallelism < 1 {
+		parallelism = 1
+	}
 
+	weightedHooks := make(map[int][]*release.Hook)
 	for _, h := range rl.Hooks {
 		for _, e := range h.Events {
-			if e == hook {
+			if e == event {
-				executingHooks = append(executingHooks, h)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// hooke are pre-ordered by kind, so keep order stable
-	sort.Stable(hookByWeight(executingHooks))
-
-	for _, h := range executingHooks {
 				// Set default delete policy to before-hook-creation
 				if h.DeletePolicies == nil || len(h.DeletePolicies) == 0 {
 					// TODO(jlegrone): Only apply before-hook-creation delete policy to run to completion
@@ -50,76 +45,121 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 					//                 current release.
 					h.DeletePolicies = []release.HookDeletePolicy{release.HookBeforeHookCreation}
 				}
+				weightedHooks[h.Weight] = append(weightedHooks[h.Weight], h)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	weights := make([]int, 0, len(weightedHooks))
+	for w := range weightedHooks {
+		weights = append(weights, w)
+		// sort hooks in each weighted group by name
+		sort.Slice(weightedHooks[w], func(i, j int) bool {
+			return weightedHooks[w][i].Name < weightedHooks[w][j].Name
+		})
+	}
+	sort.Ints(weights)
+
+	var mut sync.RWMutex
+	for _, w := range weights {
+		sem := make(chan struct{}, parallelism)
+		errsChan := make(chan error)
+		errs := make([]error, 0)
+		for _, h := range weightedHooks[w] {
+			// execute hooks in parallel (with limited parallelism enforced by semaphore)
+			go func(h *release.Hook) {
+				sem <- struct{}{}
+				errsChan <- cfg.execHook(rl, h, &mut, timeout)
+				<-sem
+			}(h)
+		}
+		// collect errors
+		for range weightedHooks[w] {
+			if err := <-errsChan; err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
+			return errors.Errorf("%s hook event failed with %d error(s): %s", event, len(errs), joinErrors(errs))
+		}
+	}
+	// If all hooks are successful, check the annotation of each hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
+	// under succeeded condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in each hook
+	for _, w := range weights {
+		for _, h := range weightedHooks[w] {
+			if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookSucceeded); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 
+// execHook executes a hook.
+func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, h *release.Hook, mut *sync.RWMutex, timeout time.Duration) (err error) {
 	if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookBeforeHookCreation); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	resources, err := cfg.KubeClient.Build(bytes.NewBufferString(h.Manifest), true)
 	if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to build kubernetes object for %s hook %s", hook, h.Path)
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to build kubernetes object for applying hook %s", h.Path)
 	}
 
 	// Record the time at which the hook was applied to the cluster
-		h.LastRun = release.HookExecution{
+	updateHookPhase(h, mut, release.HookPhaseRunning)
-			StartedAt: helmtime.Now(),
+	// Thread safety: exclusive lock is necessary to ensure that none of the hook structs are modified during recordRelease
-			Phase:     release.HookPhaseRunning,
+	mut.Lock()
-		}
 	cfg.recordRelease(rl)
+	mut.Unlock()
 
 	// As long as the implementation of WatchUntilReady does not panic, HookPhaseFailed or HookPhaseSucceeded
 	// should always be set by this function. If we fail to do that for any reason, then HookPhaseUnknown is
 	// the most appropriate value to surface.
-		h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseUnknown
+	defer func() {
+		if panic := recover(); panic != nil {
+			updateHookPhase(h, mut, release.HookPhaseUnknown)
+			err = errors.Errorf("panicked while executing hook %s", h.Path)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// Create hook resources
-		if _, err := cfg.KubeClient.Create(resources); err != nil {
+	if _, err = cfg.KubeClient.Create(resources); err != nil {
-			h.LastRun.CompletedAt = helmtime.Now()
+		updateHookPhase(h, mut, release.HookPhaseFailed)
-			h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseFailed
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "warning: hook %s failed", h.Path)
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "warning: Hook %s %s failed", hook, h.Path)
 	}
 
-		// Watch hook resources until they have completed
+	// Watch hook resources until they have completed then mark hook as succeeded or failed
-		err = cfg.KubeClient.WatchUntilReady(resources, timeout)
+	if err = cfg.KubeClient.WatchUntilReady(resources, timeout); err != nil {
-		// Note the time of success/failure
+		updateHookPhase(h, mut, release.HookPhaseFailed)
-		h.LastRun.CompletedAt = helmtime.Now()
-		// Mark hook as succeeded or failed
-		if err != nil {
-			h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseFailed
 		// If a hook is failed, check the annotation of the hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
-			// under failed condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in the hook
+		// under failed condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in the hook.
-			if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed); err != nil {
+		if deleteHookErr := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookFailed); deleteHookErr != nil {
-				return err
+			return deleteHookErr
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-		h.LastRun.Phase = release.HookPhaseSucceeded
+	updateHookPhase(h, mut, release.HookPhaseSucceeded)
-	}
-
-	// If all hooks are successful, check the annotation of each hook to determine whether the hook should be deleted
-	// under succeeded condition. If so, then clear the corresponding resource object in each hook
-	for _, h := range executingHooks {
-		if err := cfg.deleteHookByPolicy(h, release.HookSucceeded); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
-// hookByWeight is a sorter for hooks
+// updateHookPhase updates the phase of a hook in a thread-safe manner.
-type hookByWeight []*release.Hook
+func updateHookPhase(h *release.Hook, mut *sync.RWMutex, phase release.HookPhase) {
-
+	// Thread safety: shared lock is sufficient because each execHook goroutine operates on a different hook
-func (x hookByWeight) Len() int      { return len(x) }
+	completedAtTime := helmtime.Now()
-func (x hookByWeight) Swap(i, j int) { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
+	mut.RLock()
-func (x hookByWeight) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	startedAtTime := helmtime.Now()
-	if x[i].Weight == x[j].Weight {
+	switch phase {
-		return x[i].Name < x[j].Name
+	case release.HookPhaseRunning:
-	}
+		h.LastRun.StartedAt = startedAtTime
-	return x[i].Weight < x[j].Weight
+	case release.HookPhaseSucceeded, release.HookPhaseFailed:
+		h.LastRun.CompletedAt = completedAtTime
+	}
+	h.LastRun.Phase = phase
+	mut.RUnlock()
 }
 
-// deleteHookByPolicy deletes a hook if the hook policy instructs it to
+// deleteHookByPolicy deletes a hook if the hook policy instructs it to.
 func (cfg *Configuration) deleteHookByPolicy(h *release.Hook, policy release.HookDeletePolicy) error {
 	// Never delete CustomResourceDefinitions; this could cause lots of
 	// cascading garbage collection.

pkg/action/install.go

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type Install struct {
 	CreateNamespace          bool
 	DryRun                   bool
 	DisableHooks             bool
+	HookParallelism          int
 	Replace                  bool
 	Wait                     bool
 	WaitForJobs              bool
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ func (i *Install) performInstall(c chan<- resultMessage, rel *release.Release, t
 
 	// pre-install hooks
 	if !i.DisableHooks {
-		if err := i.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookPreInstall, i.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := i.cfg.execHookEvent(rel, release.HookPreInstall, i.Timeout, i.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			i.reportToRun(c, rel, fmt.Errorf("failed pre-install: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ func (i *Install) performInstall(c chan<- resultMessage, rel *release.Release, t
 	}
 
 	if !i.DisableHooks {
-		if err := i.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookPostInstall, i.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := i.cfg.execHookEvent(rel, release.HookPostInstall, i.Timeout, i.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			i.reportToRun(c, rel, fmt.Errorf("failed post-install: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@ func (i *Install) failRelease(rel *release.Release, err error) (*release.Release
 		i.cfg.Log("Install failed and atomic is set, uninstalling release")
 		uninstall := NewUninstall(i.cfg)
 		uninstall.DisableHooks = i.DisableHooks
+		uninstall.HookParallelism = i.HookParallelism
 		uninstall.KeepHistory = false
 		uninstall.Timeout = i.Timeout
 		if _, uninstallErr := uninstall.Run(i.ReleaseName); uninstallErr != nil {

pkg/action/install_test.go

@@ -717,3 +717,85 @@ func TestNameAndChartGenerateName(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInstallRelease_HookParallelism(t *testing.T) {
+	is := assert.New(t)
+	t.Run("hook parallelism of 0 defaults to 1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		instAction := installAction(t)
+		instAction.HookParallelism = 0
+		vals := map[string]interface{}{}
+		res, err := instAction.Run(buildChart(), vals)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed install: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "test-install-release", "Expected release name.")
+		is.Equal(res.Namespace, "spaced")
+
+		rel, err := instAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: hello/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Install complete")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism greater than number of hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		instAction := installAction(t)
+		instAction.HookParallelism = 10
+		vals := map[string]interface{}{}
+		res, err := instAction.Run(buildChart(), vals)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed install: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "test-install-release", "Expected release name.")
+		is.Equal(res.Namespace, "spaced")
+
+		rel, err := instAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: hello/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Install complete")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism with multiple hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		instAction := installAction(t)
+		instAction.HookParallelism = 2
+		vals := map[string]interface{}{}
+		res, err := instAction.Run(buildChart(withSecondHook(manifestWithHook)), vals)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed install: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "test-install-release", "Expected release name.")
+		is.Equal(res.Namespace, "spaced")
+
+		rel, err := instAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 2)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 1 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: hello/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Install complete")
+	})
+}

pkg/action/release_testing.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (r *ReleaseTesting) Run(name string) (*release.Release, error) {
 		rel.Hooks = executingHooks
 	}
 
-	if err := r.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookTest, r.Timeout); err != nil {
+	if err := r.cfg.execHookEvent(rel, release.HookTest, r.Timeout, 1); err != nil {
 		rel.Hooks = append(skippedHooks, rel.Hooks...)
 		r.cfg.Releases.Update(rel)
 		return rel, err

pkg/action/rollback.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Rollback struct {
 	Wait            bool
 	WaitForJobs     bool
 	DisableHooks    bool
+	HookParallelism int
 	DryRun          bool
 	Recreate        bool // will (if true) recreate pods after a rollback.
 	Force           bool // will (if true) force resource upgrade through uninstall/recreate if needed
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ func (r *Rollback) performRollback(currentRelease, targetRelease *release.Releas
 
 	// pre-rollback hooks
 	if !r.DisableHooks {
-		if err := r.cfg.execHook(targetRelease, release.HookPreRollback, r.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := r.cfg.execHookEvent(targetRelease, release.HookPreRollback, r.Timeout, r.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			return targetRelease, err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func (r *Rollback) performRollback(currentRelease, targetRelease *release.Releas
 
 	// post-rollback hooks
 	if !r.DisableHooks {
-		if err := r.cfg.execHook(targetRelease, release.HookPostRollback, r.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := r.cfg.execHookEvent(targetRelease, release.HookPostRollback, r.Timeout, r.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			return targetRelease, err
 		}
 	}

pkg/action/rollback_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package action
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
+	helmtime "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/time"
+)
+
+func rollbackAction(t *testing.T) *Rollback {
+	config := actionConfigFixture(t)
+	rollAction := NewRollback(config)
+	return rollAction
+}
+
+func TestRollbackRelease_HookParallelism(t *testing.T) {
+	is := assert.New(t)
+	t.Run("hook parallelism of 0 defaults to 1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rollAction := rollbackAction(t)
+		rollAction.HookParallelism = 0
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel1 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 1",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreRollback,
+						release.HookPostRollback,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		rel2 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 2",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 2,
+		}
+		err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel1)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel2)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.Run(rel2.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed rollback: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		rel, err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Get(rel1.Name, 3)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Equal("nuketown", rel.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, rel.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(rel.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Rollback to 1", rel.Info.Description)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism greater than number of hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rollAction := rollbackAction(t)
+		rollAction.HookParallelism = 10
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel1 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 1",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreRollback,
+						release.HookPostRollback,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		rel2 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 2",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 2,
+		}
+		err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel1)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel2)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.Run(rel2.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed rollback: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		rel, err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Get(rel1.Name, 3)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Equal("nuketown", rel.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, rel.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(rel.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Rollback to 1", rel.Info.Description)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism with multiple hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rollAction := rollbackAction(t)
+		rollAction.HookParallelism = 10
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+			withSecondHook(manifestWithHook),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel1 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 1",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreRollback,
+						release.HookPostRollback,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreRollback,
+						release.HookPostRollback,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		rel2 := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Release 2",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 2,
+		}
+		err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel1)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel2)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		err = rollAction.Run(rel2.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed rollback: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		rel, err := rollAction.cfg.Releases.Get(rel1.Name, 3)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Equal("nuketown", rel.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 2)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, rel.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostRollback, rel.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, rel.Hooks[1].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreRollback, rel.Hooks[1].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostRollback, rel.Hooks[1].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(rel.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Rollback to 1", rel.Info.Description)
+	})
+}

pkg/action/uninstall.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type Uninstall struct {
 	cfg *Configuration
 
 	DisableHooks    bool
+	HookParallelism int
 	DryRun          bool
 	KeepHistory     bool
 	Wait            bool
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func (u *Uninstall) Run(name string) (*release.UninstallReleaseResponse, error)
 	res := &release.UninstallReleaseResponse{Release: rel}
 
 	if !u.DisableHooks {
-		if err := u.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookPreDelete, u.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := u.cfg.execHookEvent(rel, release.HookPreDelete, u.Timeout, u.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			return res, err
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ func (u *Uninstall) Run(name string) (*release.UninstallReleaseResponse, error)
 	}
 
 	if !u.DisableHooks {
-		if err := u.cfg.execHook(rel, release.HookPostDelete, u.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := u.cfg.execHookEvent(rel, release.HookPostDelete, u.Timeout, u.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
 	}

pkg/action/uninstall_test.go

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 	kubefake "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube/fake"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/release"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/time"
 )
 
 func uninstallAction(t *testing.T) *Uninstall {
@@ -95,3 +97,197 @@ func TestUninstallRelease_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	is.Contains(err.Error(), "U timed out")
 	is.Equal(res.Release.Info.Status, release.StatusUninstalled)
 }
+
+func TestUninstallRelease_HookParallelism(t *testing.T) {
+	is := assert.New(t)
+	t.Run("hook parallelism of 0 defaults to 1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		unAction := uninstallAction(t)
+		unAction.HookParallelism = 0
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := time.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreDelete,
+						release.HookPostDelete,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		err := unAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := unAction.Run(rel.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed uninstall: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal("nuketown", res.Release.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(res.Release.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, res.Release.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(res.Release.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Uninstallation complete", res.Release.Info.Description)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism greater than number of hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		unAction := uninstallAction(t)
+		unAction.HookParallelism = 10
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := time.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreDelete,
+						release.HookPostDelete,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		err := unAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := unAction.Run(rel.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed uninstall: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal("nuketown", res.Release.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(res.Release.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, res.Release.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(res.Release.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Uninstallation complete", res.Release.Info.Description)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism with multiple hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		unAction := uninstallAction(t)
+		unAction.HookParallelism = 2
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+			withSecondHook(manifestWithHook),
+		)
+		now := time.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+			Hooks: []*release.Hook{
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreDelete,
+						release.HookPostDelete,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name:     "test-cm",
+					Kind:     "ConfigMap",
+					Path:     "test-cm",
+					Manifest: manifestWithHook,
+					Events: []release.HookEvent{
+						release.HookPreDelete,
+						release.HookPostDelete,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		err := unAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := unAction.Run(rel.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed uninstall: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal("nuketown", res.Release.Name, "Expected release name.")
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 2)
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, res.Release.Hooks[0].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostDelete, res.Release.Hooks[0].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(manifestWithHook, res.Release.Hooks[1].Manifest)
+		is.Equal(release.HookPreDelete, res.Release.Hooks[1].Events[0])
+		is.Equal(release.HookPostDelete, res.Release.Hooks[1].Events[1])
+		is.Equal(0, len(res.Release.Manifest))
+		is.Equal("Uninstallation complete", res.Release.Info.Description)
+	})
+}

pkg/action/upgrade.go

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type Upgrade struct {
 	WaitForJobs bool
 	// DisableHooks disables hook processing if set to true.
 	DisableHooks    bool
+	HookParallelism int
 	// DryRun    controls whether the operation is prepared, but not executed.
 	// If `true`, the upgrade is prepared but not performed.
 	DryRun bool
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ func (u *Upgrade) releasingUpgrade(c chan<- resultMessage, upgradedRelease *rele
 	// pre-upgrade hooks
 
 	if !u.DisableHooks {
-		if err := u.cfg.execHook(upgradedRelease, release.HookPreUpgrade, u.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := u.cfg.execHookEvent(upgradedRelease, release.HookPreUpgrade, u.Timeout, u.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			u.reportToPerformUpgrade(c, upgradedRelease, kube.ResourceList{}, fmt.Errorf("pre-upgrade hooks failed: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ func (u *Upgrade) releasingUpgrade(c chan<- resultMessage, upgradedRelease *rele
 
 	// post-upgrade hooks
 	if !u.DisableHooks {
-		if err := u.cfg.execHook(upgradedRelease, release.HookPostUpgrade, u.Timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := u.cfg.execHookEvent(upgradedRelease, release.HookPostUpgrade, u.Timeout, u.HookParallelism); err != nil {
 			u.reportToPerformUpgrade(c, upgradedRelease, results.Created, fmt.Errorf("post-upgrade hooks failed: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ func (u *Upgrade) failRelease(rel *release.Release, created kube.ResourceList, e
 		rollin.Wait = true
 		rollin.WaitForJobs = u.WaitForJobs
 		rollin.DisableHooks = u.DisableHooks
+		rollin.HookParallelism = u.HookParallelism
 		rollin.Recreate = u.Recreate
 		rollin.Force = u.Force
 		rollin.Timeout = u.Timeout

pkg/action/upgrade_test.go

@@ -388,3 +388,169 @@ func TestUpgradeRelease_Interrupted_Atomic(t *testing.T) {
 	is.Equal(updatedRes.Info.Status, release.StatusDeployed)
 
 }
+
+func TestUpgradeRelease_HookParallelism(t *testing.T) {
+	is := assert.New(t)
+	t.Run("hook parallelism of 0 defaults to 1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		upAction := upgradeAction(t)
+		upAction.HookParallelism = 0
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+		}
+		err := upAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := upAction.Run(rel.Name, sampleChart, map[string]interface{}{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed upgrade: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "nuketown", "Expected release name.")
+
+		rel, err = upAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: sample/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Upgrade complete")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism greater than number of hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		upAction := upgradeAction(t)
+		upAction.HookParallelism = 10
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+		}
+		err := upAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := upAction.Run(rel.Name, sampleChart, map[string]interface{}{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed upgrade: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "nuketown", "Expected release name.")
+
+		rel, err = upAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 1)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: sample/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Upgrade complete")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("hook parallelism with multiple hooks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		upAction := upgradeAction(t)
+		upAction.HookParallelism = 2
+		chartDefaultValues := map[string]interface{}{
+			"subchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+			},
+		}
+		dependency := chart.Dependency{
+			Name:       "subchart",
+			Version:    "0.1.0",
+			Repository: "http://some-repo.com",
+			Condition:  "subchart.enabled",
+		}
+		sampleChart := buildChart(
+			withName("sample"),
+			withValues(chartDefaultValues),
+			withMetadataDependency(dependency),
+			withSecondHook(manifestWithHook),
+		)
+		now := helmtime.Now()
+		rel := &release.Release{
+			Name: "nuketown",
+			Info: &release.Info{
+				FirstDeployed: now,
+				LastDeployed:  now,
+				Status:        release.StatusDeployed,
+				Description:   "Named Release Stub",
+			},
+			Chart:   sampleChart,
+			Version: 1,
+		}
+		err := upAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+		is.NoError(err)
+		res, err := upAction.Run(rel.Name, sampleChart, map[string]interface{}{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed upgrade: %s", err)
+		}
+		is.Equal(res.Name, "nuketown", "Expected release name.")
+
+		rel, err = upAction.cfg.Releases.Get(res.Name, res.Version)
+		is.NoError(err)
+
+		is.Len(rel.Hooks, 2)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[0].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Manifest, manifestWithHook)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Events[0], release.HookPostInstall)
+		is.Equal(rel.Hooks[1].Events[1], release.HookPreDelete, "Expected event 0 is pre-delete")
+
+		is.NotEqual(len(res.Manifest), 0)
+		is.NotEqual(len(rel.Manifest), 0)
+		is.Contains(rel.Manifest, "---\n# Source: sample/templates/hello\nhello: world")
+		is.Equal(rel.Info.Description, "Upgrade complete")
+	})
+}