Harness CI Updates

Latest: September 2026 Version 1.157.0 New Features and Enhancements Added zero-config npm caching to Cache Intelligence. Node.js and npm projects are now cached automatically, with no custom path configuration required, reducing dependency install time on repeat builds. (CI-24147) Added OIDC authentication support to the Artifactory Upload step. You can now upload artifacts to JFrog Artifactory using an OIDC-authenticated Artifactory connector, instead of requiring username-and-password or anonymous credentials. (CI-24560, ZD-122881) Added AWS session tag support for Workload Identity. When authenticating to AWS with Workload Identity, session tags configured on the connector are now propagated to the assumed role. (CI-24636) Fixed Issues Fixed an issue where the Build and Push step failed with a fatal buildx builder bootstrap error ( exit status 1 ) when Docker Layer Caching was enabled on Harness Cloud VM build infrastructure. (CI-24717, ZD-124075) Fixed an issue where a secret resolution failure from AWS Secrets Manager surfaced a misleading There are no eligible delegates present error. CI task failures now show a clearer, generic hint that points to the actual cause. (CI-24387, ZD-117103) Fixed an issue where a manual branch build could intermittently succeed while <+codebase.branch> remained unresolved, because the codebase step silently swallowed SCM response errors. The codebase step now fails when the SCM response cannot be processed. (CI-24617, ZD-123400) Harness Images Updates Image Change Previous Version New Version harness/ci-addon Version update (CI-24779) 1.18.33 1.18.34 harness/ci-addon (rootless) Version update (CI-24779) 1.18.33-rootless 1.18.34-rootless harness/ci-lite-engine Version update (CI-24779) 1.18.33 1.18.34 harness/ci-lite-engine (rootless) Version update (CI-24779) 1.18.33-rootless 1.18.34-rootless plugins/cache (gcs, s3, azure, generic) Zero-config npm caching (CI-24147) 1.10.11 1.10.12 plugins/artifactory OIDC authentication support (CI-24560) 1.9.0 1.9.3 Version 1.156.0 New Features and Enhancements Added an ignoreMissingPaths option to the Save Cache steps (S3, GCS, Azure, and generic). When enabled, the step skips paths that do not exist instead of failing, making cache creation more resilient for optional or conditionally generated directories. (CI-24067) Fixed Issues Fixed an issue where adding internal CA certificates to the Windows certificate store spawned a separate process for each certificate, causing resource exhaustion on Windows build pods. Certificates are now imported in a single batched operation. (CI-24495, ZD-122268) Fixed an issue where the TI proxy returned an empty savings response message was logged on every step of Kubernetes builds. The warning is now suppressed for steps that are not Test Intelligence optimized. (CI-24551) Harness Images Updates Image Change Previous Version New Version harness/ci-addon Version update (CI-24634) 1.18.32 1.18.33 harness/ci-addon (rootless) Version update (CI-24634) 1.18.32-rootless 1.18.33-rootless harness/ci-lite-engine Version update (CI-24634) 1.18.32 1.18.33 harness/ci-lite-engine (rootless) Version update (CI-24634) 1.18.32-rootless 1.18.33-rootless plugins/cache (drone-cache) ignoreMissingPaths support (CI-24067) 1.10.10 1.10.11 Version 1.155.0 New Features and Enhancements Added support for custom subject claims in the Azure OIDC plugin. You can now define a custom subject claim using Harness expressions when authenticating to Azure with OIDC. (CI-20580) Added secret reference tracking for CI builds. Secrets referenced in CI pipelines now record their runtime usage, so you can see where a secret is consumed at the account, organization, and project levels. (CI-24119) Improved codebase step logs by printing the delegate task ID used to fetch codebase details, making it easier to correlate and troubleshoot Git clone operations. (CI-22292) Fixed Issues Fixed an issue where HARNESS_BASE_URL was masked in build logs because it was treated as a secret. It is now always exposed as a plain, non-secret environment variable. (CI-24378, ZD-122148, ZD-122280, ZD-122380) Fixed an issue where a sparse-checkout configuration leaked into subsequent Git Clone steps, causing incomplete clones. (CI-24388, ZD-122592) Fixed an issue where macOS pipelines were queued indefinitely on accounts that did not have macOS builds enabled. (CI-24315) Fixed an issue where remote debug ( CI_REMOTE_DEBUG ) did not work on the macOS local runner build infrastructure because the debug command did not skip its timeout. (CI-24163) Harness Images Updates Image Change Previous Version New Version harness/ci-addon Version update (CI-24540) 1.18.31 1.18.32 harness/ci-addon (rootless) Version update (CI-24540) 1.18.31-rootless 1.18.32-rootless harness/ci-lite-engine Version update (CI-24540) 1.18.31 1.18.32 harness/ci-lite-engine (rootless) Version update (CI-24540) 1.18.31-rootless 1.18.32-rootless plugins/buildx BuildKit upstream rebase (CI-23302) 1.3.25 1.3.26 plugins/buildx-ecr , buildx-acr , buildx-gar BuildKit upstream rebase (CI-23302) 1.5.5 1.5.6 harness/buildkit BuildKit upstream rebase (CI-23302) 1.0.20 1.0.21 harness/harness-cache-server Version update (CI-18519) 1.7.25 1.7.29 August 1, 2026 August 2026 · 1 Aug 2026