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Explore release notes from the last 30 days across the Harness Platform and modules.

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Platform Release Notes

Last updated Jul 21, 2026
Access Control & Permissions
  • Added the ability to clone existing Resource Groups directly from the UI to streamline RBAC configuration.
  • Added the ability to clone Access Control roles directly from the UI to easily duplicate existing permission sets.
  • Fixed an issue where project-scoped service account identifiers were displayed incorrectly when editing notification rules.
Security & Integrations
  • Added support for referencing project IDs in Google Cloud Secret Manager to enable cross-project secret access.
  • Added request payload validation to Role Assignment filter APIs to provide clearer error messages for invalid requests.
User Interface & Navigation
  • Fixed an issue that prevented accessing Audit Logs from Account and Organization Settings while inside module-specific views.
  • Fixed an issue where navigating from the context menu could direct users to the wrong project context.
  • Resolved a visual issue where selected side navigation links displayed an unnecessary white border.
Last updated Jul 21, 2026
Security & Dependency Updates
  • Resolved security vulnerabilities by updating third-party libraries including Apache CXF and Go networking packages.
  • Updated the bundled Source Code Management service binary to the latest release.
  • Fixed secret values appearing as object references or unmasked variable names in step execution logs.
Infrastructure & Terraform
  • Fixed Terraform Provider connector validation when connectors and secret managers use separate delegate selectors across multiple cloud accounts.
  • Ensured Terraform Apply and Destroy steps automatically route to the delegate holding the original plan file.
Integrations & Cloud Deployments
  • Added support for OCI Helm repositories hosted in Google Artifact Registry.
  • Resolved system library version errors during Serverless Lambda deployments to ensure runtime compatibility.
  • Fixed Salesforce deployment steps to properly pass and honor changeset ID parameters.
Pipeline Execution & Performance
  • Fixed pipeline sequence ID expressions returning null for manual builds using Harness Code repositories.
  • Resolved intermittent hanging during high-concurrency GitOps repository updates.
  • Improved project list API performance and reduced latency when loading large volumes of organizations.

Self-Managed Enterprise Edition

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Last updated Jul 16, 2026
General Updates
  • Refer to the Self-Managed Enterprise Edition documentation for detailed updates for this period.

AI for DevOps & Automation

Continuous Integration

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Last updated Jul 17, 2026
Security & Secret Management
  • Enforced stricter account-tenant isolation on API endpoints to enhance security.
  • Resolved security vulnerabilities in cache container images.
  • Fixed an issue where secret values were printed as unmasked object references in build logs.
  • Included secret names in initialization failure logs to improve troubleshooting visibility.
Build Performance & Optimization
  • Reduced pipeline initialization time across all build infrastructure types by optimizing execution payloads.
  • Improved build start speeds and reliability on Kubernetes infrastructure by reducing initialization payload sizes.
  • Eliminated unnecessary processing overhead by parsing default connectors only when Test Intelligence features are enabled.
Caching & Storage Options
  • Added support for Azure Blob Storage as a backend for Docker Layer Caching.
  • Added support for Azure Blob Storage as a backend for CI Build Cache operations.
Pipeline Execution & Observability
  • Added a test management dashboard to view test health status, flaky tests, quarantined tests, and recent run results.
  • Added CPU and memory metrics for VM build infrastructure stages to improve resource utilization visibility.
  • Enhanced log streaming traceability across multi-tenant environments by including project and organization identifiers.
  • Improved log streaming and upload resilience during network redirects and error responses.
  • Fixed an issue where pipeline sequence ID expressions resolved to null during manual builds.
  • Resolved a database issue that affected pipeline branch sequence data.
Build Steps & Integrations
  • Resolved a credential issue when running parallel container build and push steps using different connectors.
  • Fixed Git Clone failures occurring in advanced repository configurations.
  • Resolved an issue where security software blocked Git operations during database change workflows.

Infrastructure as Code Management

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Last updated Jul 20, 2026
Module Management & Governance
  • Introduced lifecycle rules for the Module Registry, allowing module versions to be automatically classified as Supported, Update Required, or Deprecated based on recency.
Security & Connectivity
  • Added support for downloading provisioner binaries through TLS-intercepting proxies by allowing users to configure a custom CA certificate path.
Last updated Jul 20, 2026
Artifact Cleanup & Retention
  • Automatically soft-delete artifact versions matching specified criteria such as age, version count, or name patterns, with a configurable recovery period.
  • Set up retention rules to safeguard critical artifacts from automatic cleanup rules as well as manual soft and hard deletions.
Rule Management & Validation
  • Define lifecycle rules hierarchically at the account, organization, or project level and attach them across multiple registries.
  • Preview which artifact versions a rule will affect using dry-run mode to safely validate criteria before activation.
Audit Logs & Notifications
  • Review detailed execution logs for every rule run to track which artifact versions were deleted or retained.
  • Receive centralized notifications whenever a cleanup rule or dry run completes execution.

AI for Testing & Resilience

Feature Management & Experimentation

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Last updated Jul 21, 2026
Pipeline Integrations
  • Added support for using Feature Management and Experimentation within Harness Pipelines.
API Improvements
  • Introduced a new Admin API endpoint to perform full updates on feature flag definitions within an environment.
Last updated Jul 15, 2026
Security & Dependency Updates
  • Addressed critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities across core chaos components and SSH libraries.
  • Upgraded internal runtime environments and dependency packages to enhance platform security and stability.
Chaos Experiments & Resilience Probes
  • Added support for the Pod JVM Heap Memory fault to simulate memory constraints on JVM-based application pods.
  • Enhanced Datadog APM probe configuration and validation for more reliable resilience checks during experiments.
  • Added orchestration support and SDK specifications for running JMeter-based load and chaos workloads.
Service Management & Onboarding
  • Introduced a dedicated service details page to view configuration, health, and associated infrastructure for individual services.
  • Added a manual onboarding option that allows distinct setup paths for network maps and services.
  • Added environment ID validation during single-service onboarding to prevent linking services to mismatched environments.
User Interface Improvements
  • Fixed an issue where selection dropdowns for target namespaces, deployments, and labels disappeared during experiment configuration.
  • Resolved an infinite loading state in the chaos experiment selection reference field.
  • Fixed display errors affecting the in-app help panel.
  • Improved the accuracy of ChaosGuard condition match messages shown when experiments are blocked.
Test Execution & Reliability
  • Fixed an issue where Kubernetes load tests remained stuck in a pending state when delegate tasks failed.
  • Improved the reliability of load-test configuration and execution.

AI Test Automation

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Last updated Jul 1, 2026
Performance & Execution
  • Accelerated AI task execution for faster test run completion.
  • Support for task-level configuration overrides that automatically relaunch the browser when updated.
Test Authoring & Management
  • Ability to generate and download test cases in plain, natural language.
Last updated Jul 8, 2026
On-Call & Integrations
  • Selectively import on-call configurations from PagerDuty, OpsGenie, and xMatters by choosing specific services or groups. This update includes a pre-sync preview, automatic user invitations and role assignments, and a dedicated sync history view.
Runbook Automation
  • Duplicate existing runbooks while preserving all configurations, chain items, and metadata to quickly create new variations without starting from scratch.

AI for Security & Compliance

Security Testing Orchestration

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Last updated Jul 13, 2026
Vulnerability Governance & Policy
  • Added CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities tracking on the Issues page and Vulnerabilities tab.
  • Introduced policy controls to warn or block pipelines based on CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities counts.
  • Added support for custom exemption durations during request submission and allowed approvers to override durations during review.
Integrations & Scanner Support
  • Added support for Cortex Cloud integration in security testing steps.
  • Fixed an issue where remediations and automatic ticket closures were not recorded for certain security scanners.
Remediation & Dependency Management
  • Fixed an issue where dependency remediation suggestions recommended incorrect upgrade versions.
  • Resolved an issue where automated pull request creation was unavailable when scan results contained only a file name.

Supply Chain Security

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Last updated Jul 17, 2026
Compliance & Security Scans
  • Repository compliance scans now evaluate security settings inherited from GitHub organizations and accounts, reducing false positives in scan results.

AI for Cost & Optimization

Cloud Cost Management

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Last updated Jul 15, 2026
Cost Analysis & Filtering
  • Cloud Service Provider filters in Cost Explorer now correctly apply to cost anomalies.
  • Resolved cost discrepancies when opening Perspectives with OR filters in Cost Explorer.
  • Derived metrics now accurately reflect the Follow View Filters setting when disabled.
  • Cluster views in Cost Explorer now display complete cluster data in the Perspective grid.
Visualizations & Charts
  • Perspectives now display distinct visual badges and tooltips to easily identify external data sources like Snowflake.
  • Unit cost line charts now use an optimized scale to prevent minor cost fluctuations from appearing exaggerated.
  • Service breakdown treemaps now accurately display colors by properly handling negative costs.
Navigation & User Experience
  • Fixed broken navigation links across Cluster Orchestrator, Recommendations, Anomalies, and Cloud Integrations.
  • The side navigation now automatically updates when switching between Cost Explorer and Perspectives.
  • Filters on the Cloud Integration page now remain applied when navigating using the browser back button.
Reports & Alerts
  • Fixed broken links in email reports so users can open the corresponding Perspective directly.
  • Restored the ability to create scheduled reports from newly created Views.
Integrations & Commitments
  • Added support for RDS Database Savings Plan purchases across Actions, Approvals, and Inventory views.
  • Updated AI Cost telemetry setup to display OpenTelemetry and SDK integration options side by side.
  • Improved accuracy of account information handling in inventory records.
Last updated Jul 14, 2026
Documentation & Resources
  • Refer to the AI DLC Insights release notes page for detailed documentation on updates for this period.