diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e4d5956f..77061b84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v0.0.0-20160711120539-c6fed771bfd5 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.3 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.6 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.11+incompatible // indirect
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220127200216-cd36cc0744dd // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7dd87699..b9d404e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.2/go.mod h1:UoaO7Yp8KlPnJIYWTFkMaqPUYKTfGFP
 github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.2 h1:UiOEi2ZX4RCSkpiNDQN5kro/XIBpSRk9iTqdIRPzUXE=
 github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.2/go.mod h1:NNaOrjSoIDfDA40n7sr2tPNZRfjzjA400rg+riTZj10=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.1 h1:aPJp2QD7OOrhO5tQXqQoGSJc+DjDtWTGLOmNyAm6FgY=
-github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.2 h1:wB06W5aYFfUB3IvootYAY2WnOmIdgPGfqSI6tufQNnY=
+github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.9.3 h1:k371PzBuRrz2b+ebGuI2nVgVhgsVX60jMfSw80NECxo=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20200714090401-bf6692d28da5/go.mod h1:h
 github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.2.4/go.mod h1:rQD95gz6FARkaKkQXUksEje/d9a6wBJoCr5oaCLELYA=
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20190617123548-eb05cc24525f/go.mod h1:i/u985jwjWRlyHXQbwatDASoW0RMlZ/3i9yJHE2xLkI=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.3 h1:ADZftAkglvCiD44c77s5YmMqaP2pzVCFZvBmAlBdAP4=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.3 h1:JfgUEIAH07xDWk6kqz0P3ArZt+KJ9YeihSC9uyFtSKg=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.3/go.mod h1:gCVGrYRYFm2E8GmuUIbj/NGD7DLZQLzSJQazjVKDOig=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.6 h1:xJNPhbrmz8xAMDNoVjHy9YHtWwEQNS+CDkcIRh7t8Y0=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.6/go.mod h1:ZoP1geJldzCVY3Tonoz7b1IXk8rIX0Nltt5QE4OMNk0=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:CgnwVTmzoESiwO9qyAFEMiHoZ1nMCKZlZ9V6mm3/LKc=
@@ -995,8 +995,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211025201205-69cdffdb9359/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211124211545-fe61309f8881/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158 h1:rm+CHSpPEEW2IsXUib1ThaHIjuBVZjxNgSKmBLFfD4c=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220209214540-3681064d5158/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad h1:ntjMns5wyP/fN65tdBD4g8J5w8n015+iIIs9rtjXkY0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201210144234-2321bbc49cbf/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210406210042-72f3dc4e9b72/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
diff --git a/internal/dao/helm.go b/internal/dao/helm.go
index c8c7ed63..e4c07dd2 100644
--- a/internal/dao/helm.go
+++ b/internal/dao/helm.go
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ var (
 // Helm represents a helm chart.
 type Helm struct {
 	NonResource
+	cfg *action.Configuration
+	ns  string
 }
 
 // List returns a collection of resources.
-func (c *Helm) List(ctx context.Context, ns string) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+func (h *Helm) List(ctx context.Context, ns string) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	rr, err := action.NewList(cfg).Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -46,9 +47,9 @@ func (c *Helm) List(ctx context.Context, ns string) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 }
 
 // Get returns a resource.
-func (c *Helm) Get(_ context.Context, path string) (runtime.Object, error) {
+func (h *Helm) Get(_ context.Context, path string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	ns, n := client.Namespaced(path)
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -61,9 +62,9 @@ func (c *Helm) Get(_ context.Context, path string) (runtime.Object, error) {
 }
 
 // GetValues returns values for a release
-func (c *Helm) GetValues(path string, allValues bool) ([]byte, error) {
+func (h *Helm) GetValues(path string, allValues bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	ns, n := client.Namespaced(path)
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -78,9 +79,9 @@ func (c *Helm) GetValues(path string, allValues bool) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // Describe returns the chart notes.
-func (c *Helm) Describe(path string) (string, error) {
+func (h *Helm) Describe(path string) (string, error) {
 	ns, n := client.Namespaced(path)
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -93,9 +94,9 @@ func (c *Helm) Describe(path string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // ToYAML returns the chart manifest.
-func (c *Helm) ToYAML(path string, showManaged bool) (string, error) {
+func (h *Helm) ToYAML(path string, showManaged bool) (string, error) {
 	ns, n := client.Namespaced(path)
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -108,9 +109,9 @@ func (c *Helm) ToYAML(path string, showManaged bool) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // Delete uninstall a Helm.
-func (c *Helm) Delete(path string, _ *metav1.DeletionPropagation, force bool) error {
+func (h *Helm) Delete(path string, _ *metav1.DeletionPropagation, force bool) error {
 	ns, n := client.Namespaced(path)
-	cfg, err := c.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
+	cfg, err := h.EnsureHelmConfig(ns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -128,12 +129,15 @@ func (c *Helm) Delete(path string, _ *metav1.DeletionPropagation, force bool) er
 }
 
 // EnsureHelmConfig return a new configuration.
-func (c *Helm) EnsureHelmConfig(ns string) (*action.Configuration, error) {
-	cfg := new(action.Configuration)
-	if err := cfg.Init(c.Client().Config().Flags(), ns, os.Getenv("HELM_DRIVER"), helmLogger); err != nil {
+func (h *Helm) EnsureHelmConfig(ns string) (*action.Configuration, error) {
+	if h.cfg != nil && h.ns == ns {
+		return h.cfg, nil
+	}
+	h.cfg = new(action.Configuration)
+	if err := h.cfg.Init(h.Client().Config().Flags(), ns, os.Getenv("HELM_DRIVER"), helmLogger); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return cfg, nil
+	return h.cfg, nil
 }
 
 func helmLogger(s string, args ...interface{}) {
diff --git a/internal/render/header.go b/internal/render/header.go
index b17a0ec2..91eab1ae 100644
--- a/internal/render/header.go
+++ b/internal/render/header.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ func (h Header) IsMetricsCol(col int) bool {
 	if col < 0 || col >= len(h) {
 		return false
 	}
+
 	return h[col].MX
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/render/helpers_test.go b/internal/render/helpers_test.go
index 168d1ac7..1ec2e85e 100644
--- a/internal/render/helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/render/helpers_test.go
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ func TestToAge(t *testing.T) {
 			t: time.Time{},
 			e: UnknownValue,
 		},
-		"good": {
-			t: testTime().Add(-10 * time.Second),
-			e: "3y196d",
-		},
 	}
 
 	for k := range uu {
diff --git a/internal/render/row.go b/internal/render/row.go
index a923a049..5962c24a 100644
--- a/internal/render/row.go
+++ b/internal/render/row.go
@@ -177,14 +177,18 @@ func (s RowSorter) Swap(i, j int) {
 func (s RowSorter) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	v1, v2 := s.Rows[i].Fields[s.Index], s.Rows[j].Fields[s.Index]
 	id1, id2 := s.Rows[i].ID, s.Rows[j].ID
-	return Less(s.Asc, s.IsNumber, s.IsDuration, id1, id2, v1, v2)
+	less := Less(s.IsNumber, s.IsDuration, id1, id2, v1, v2)
+	if s.Asc {
+		return less
+	}
+	return !less
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers...
 
 // Less return true if c1 < c2.
-func Less(asc, isNumber, isDuration bool, id1, id2, v1, v2 string) bool {
+func Less(isNumber, isDuration bool, id1, id2, v1, v2 string) bool {
 	var less bool
 	switch {
 	case isNumber:
@@ -196,12 +200,9 @@ func Less(asc, isNumber, isDuration bool, id1, id2, v1, v2 string) bool {
 	default:
 		less = sortorder.NaturalLess(v1, v2)
 	}
-
 	if v1 == v2 {
 		return sortorder.NaturalLess(id1, id2)
 	}
-	if asc {
-		return less
-	}
-	return !less
+
+	return less
 }
diff --git a/internal/render/row_event.go b/internal/render/row_event.go
index 1897426e..06015325 100644
--- a/internal/render/row_event.go
+++ b/internal/render/row_event.go
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@ func (r RowEventSorter) Swap(i, j int) {
 func (r RowEventSorter) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	f1, f2 := r.Events[i].Row.Fields, r.Events[j].Row.Fields
 	id1, id2 := r.Events[i].Row.ID, r.Events[j].Row.ID
-	return Less(r.Asc, r.IsNumber, r.IsDuration, id1, id2, f1[r.Index], f2[r.Index])
+	less := Less(r.IsNumber, r.IsDuration, id1, id2, f1[r.Index], f2[r.Index])
+	if r.Asc {
+		return less
+	}
+
+	return !less
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/internal/render/row_test.go b/internal/render/row_test.go
index 43996421..09c1ae7c 100644
--- a/internal/render/row_test.go
+++ b/internal/render/row_test.go
@@ -317,6 +317,18 @@ func TestRowsSortDuration(t *testing.T) {
 		asc  bool
 		e    render.Rows
 	}{
+		"years": {
+			rows: render.Rows{
+				{Fields: []string{testTime().Add(-365 * 24 * time.Hour).String(), "blee"}},
+				{Fields: []string{testTime().String(), "duh"}},
+			},
+			col: 0,
+			asc: true,
+			e: render.Rows{
+				{Fields: []string{testTime().String(), "duh"}},
+				{Fields: []string{testTime().Add(-365 * 24 * time.Hour).String(), "blee"}},
+			},
+		},
 		"durationAsc": {
 			rows: render.Rows{
 				{Fields: []string{testTime().Add(10 * time.Second).String(), "duh"}},
@@ -392,3 +404,36 @@ func TestRowsSortMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLess(t *testing.T) {
+	uu := map[string]struct {
+		isNumber, isDuration bool
+		id1, id2             string
+		v1, v2               string
+		e                    bool
+	}{
+		"years": {
+			isNumber:   false,
+			isDuration: true,
+			id1:        "id1",
+			id2:        "id2",
+			v1:         "2y263d",
+			v2:         "1y179d",
+		},
+		"hours": {
+			isNumber:   false,
+			isDuration: true,
+			id1:        "id1",
+			id2:        "id2",
+			v1:         "2y263d",
+			v2:         "19h",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for k := range uu {
+		u := uu[k]
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, u.e, render.Less(u.isNumber, u.isDuration, u.id1, u.id2, u.v1, u.v2))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/ui/table.go b/internal/ui/table.go
index e967a217..ded01918 100644
--- a/internal/ui/table.go
+++ b/internal/ui/table.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (t *Table) doUpdate(data render.TableData) {
 		custData.Namespace,
 		colIndex,
 		custData.Header.IsTimeCol(colIndex),
-		data.Header.IsMetricsCol(colIndex),
+		custData.Header.IsMetricsCol(colIndex),
 		t.sortCol.asc,
 	)
 
diff --git a/internal/view/exec.go b/internal/view/exec.go
index 8300b774..e7bc2489 100644
--- a/internal/view/exec.go
+++ b/internal/view/exec.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func clearScreen() {
 const (
 	k9sShell           = "k9s-shell"
 	k9sShellRetryCount = 10
-	k9sShellRetryDelay = 1 * time.Second
+	k9sShellRetryDelay = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 func ssh(a *App, node string) error {
diff --git a/internal/view/log_test.go b/internal/view/log_test.go
index 583e9aad..7e966b80 100644
--- a/internal/view/log_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/log_test.go
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ func TestLogViewSave(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dir := filepath.Join(app.Config.K9s.GetScreenDumpDir(), app.Config.K9s.CurrentCluster)
 	c1, _ := os.ReadDir(dir)
-	fmt.Println("C1", c1)
 	v.SaveCmd(nil)
 	c2, _ := os.ReadDir(dir)
-	fmt.Println("C2", c2)
 	assert.Equal(t, len(c2), len(c1)+1)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/view/ns.go b/internal/view/ns.go
index f1d85435..f547484e 100644
--- a/internal/view/ns.go
+++ b/internal/view/ns.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package view
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/render"
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ func (n *Namespace) decorate(data render.TableData) render.TableData {
 				Kind: render.EventUnchanged,
 				Row: render.Row{
 					ID:     client.NamespaceAll,
-					Fields: render.Fields{client.NamespaceAll, "Active", "", "", time.Now().String()},
+					Fields: render.Fields{client.NamespaceAll, "Active", "", "", ""},
 				},
 			},
 		)
diff --git a/internal/view/table_int_test.go b/internal/view/table_int_test.go
index 11bba71e..fc622a59 100644
--- a/internal/view/table_int_test.go
+++ b/internal/view/table_int_test.go
@@ -70,20 +70,49 @@ func TestTableViewFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	v.CmdBuff().SetActive(true)
 	v.CmdBuff().SetText("blee", "")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, v.GetRowCount())
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, v.GetRowCount())
 }
 
 func TestTableViewSort(t *testing.T) {
 	v := NewTable(client.NewGVR("test"))
 	v.Init(makeContext())
 	v.SetModel(&mockTableModel{})
-	v.SortColCmd("NAME", true)(nil)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, v.GetRowCount())
-	assert.Equal(t, "blee", v.GetCell(1, 0).Text)
 
-	v.SortInvertCmd(nil)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, v.GetRowCount())
-	assert.Equal(t, "fred", v.GetCell(1, 0).Text)
+	uu := map[string]struct {
+		sortCol  string
+		sorted   []string
+		reversed []string
+	}{
+		"by_name": {
+			sortCol:  "NAME",
+			sorted:   []string{"r0", "r1", "r2", "r3"},
+			reversed: []string{"r3", "r2", "r1", "r0"},
+		},
+		"by_age": {
+			sortCol:  "AGE",
+			sorted:   []string{"r0", "r1", "r2", "r3"},
+			reversed: []string{"r3", "r2", "r1", "r0"},
+		},
+		"by_fred": {
+			sortCol:  "FRED",
+			sorted:   []string{"r3", "r2", "r0", "r1"},
+			reversed: []string{"r1", "r0", "r2", "r3"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for k := range uu {
+		u := uu[k]
+		v.SortColCmd(u.sortCol, true)(nil)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(u.sorted)+1, v.GetRowCount())
+		for i, s := range u.sorted {
+			assert.Equal(t, s, v.GetCell(i+1, 0).Text)
+		}
+		v.SortInvertCmd(nil)
+		assert.Equal(t, len(u.reversed)+1, v.GetRowCount())
+		for i, s := range u.reversed {
+			assert.Equal(t, s, v.GetCell(i+1, 0).Text)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -128,27 +157,35 @@ func (t *mockTableModel) SetRefreshRate(time.Duration) {}
 
 func makeTableData() render.TableData {
 	t := render.NewTableData()
-
 	t.Header = render.Header{
 		render.HeaderColumn{Name: "NAMESPACE"},
 		render.HeaderColumn{Name: "NAME", Align: tview.AlignRight},
 		render.HeaderColumn{Name: "FRED"},
-		render.HeaderColumn{Name: "AGE", Time: true, Decorator: render.AgeDecorator},
+		render.HeaderColumn{Name: "AGE", Time: true},
 	}
 	t.RowEvents = render.RowEvents{
 		render.RowEvent{
 			Row: render.Row{
-				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "blee", "10", "3m"},
+				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "r3", "10", "3y125d"},
 			},
 		},
 		render.RowEvent{
 			Row: render.Row{
-				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "fred", "15", "1m"},
+				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "r2", "15", "2y12d"},
 			},
 			Deltas: render.DeltaRow{"", "", "20", ""},
 		},
+		render.RowEvent{
+			Row: render.Row{
+				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "r1", "20", "19h"},
+			},
+		},
+		render.RowEvent{
+			Row: render.Row{
+				Fields: render.Fields{"ns1", "r0", "15", "10s"},
+			},
+		},
 	}
-	t.Namespace = ""
 
 	return *t
 }