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Delegate (FirstGen)

These release notes document changes to Harness Delegate in Harness FirstGen.

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Harness deploys changes to Harness SaaS clusters on a progressive basis. This means the features and fixes that these release notes describe might not be immediately available in your cluster.

To identify the cluster that hosts your account, open Harness FirstGen and go to Account Settings. Then click Overview. The cluster is listed in Harness Cluster Hosting Account.

For FirstGen SaaS release notes, see Harness SaaS Release Notes (FirstGen). For Self-Managed Enterprise Edition release notes, see Self-Managed Enterprise Edition (FirstGen).

April 22, 2023, Harness version 79111, Harness Delegate version 79106​

Harness FirstGen release 79111 includes the following feature changes and fixes for the Harness Delegate.

What's new​

This release does not include any new features.

Early access​

This release does not include any new early access features.

Fixed issues​

This release includes the following fixes:

  • Updated legacy delegate images kubectl version to 1.25.8. (DEL-6087)

  • Updated the error message for failed task execution to include the delegate host name or ID. (DEL-6187)

  • Removed the DELEGATE_IMAGE_TAG version override when immutable delegates are enabled. (DEL-6202)

March 23, 2023, Harness version 78817, Harness Delegate version 78705​

Harness FirstGen release 78817 includes the following feature changes and fixes for the Harness Delegate.

What's new​

Users can override the delegate image for their account using an endpoint. (DEL-6024)

Use the following endpoint:

/version-override/delegate-tag

Pass the arguments in query param:

1- accountIdentifier : String

2- delegate image tag : String

Optional arguments:

1- validTillNextRelease : Boolean

2- validForDays : int

Use an api-key with account edit permission in the API header.

Early access​

This release does not include any new early access features.

Fixed issues​

This release does not include any fixed issues.

March 15, 2023, Harness version 78712, Harness Delegate version 78705​

Harness FirstGen release 78712 includes the following feature changes and fixes for the Harness Delegate.

What's new​

This release does not include any new features.

Early access​

This release does not include any new early access features.

Fixed issues​

Upgraded org.codehaus.groovy:groovy to 3.0.15 to fix a vulnerability. (DEL-6015)

March 8, 2023, Harness version 78619, Harness Delegate version 78500​

Harness FirstGen release 78619 includes the following feature changes and fixes for the Harness Delegate.

What's new​

  • The secrets manager cache was moved from Redis to the Harness Manager's local pod. (DEL-5884)

    This move further enhances security because the secrets manager configuration no longer goes outside of the Harness Manager's pod.

  • Harness Delegate task collections were migrated to a new database. (DEL-5831)

    This migration is controlled through a configuration flag. For a period of time after the migration, any newly created tasks will have an ID with a - DEL suffix.

Early access​

This release does not include any new early access features.

Fixed issues​

API output includes a new field called Disconnected, which determines if a delegate is connected. (DEL-5995)

The Disconnected field is set to true if no heartbeat communications occur between the delegate and the Harness Manager for five minutes.

February 23, 2023, Harness version 78507, Harness Delegate version 78500​

Harness FirstGen release 78507 includes the following feature changes and fixes for Harness Delegate.

What's new​

  • You can dynamically select delegates by hostname during pipeline runs. To do so, select delegates by hostname from your delegate groups. (DEL-5052)

Fixed issues​

This release does not include fixed issues for Harness Delegate.

February 15, 2023, Harness version 78421, Harness Delegate version 78306​

Harness FirstGen release 78421 includes the following feature changes and fixes for Harness Delegate.

What's new​

  • The delegate was refactored to remove the HelmChart entity from the delegate JAR file. The HelmChart entity was replaced with a data transfer object (DTO) that does not include an annotation for MongoDB. The delegate dependency on MongoDB was eliminated. (DEL-5732)

February 6, 2023, Harness version 78321, Harness Delegate version 78306​

Harness FirstGen release 78321 includes the following feature changes and fixes for Harness Delegate.

What's new​

This release introduces the following security enhancements:

  • The immutable delegate image was refreshed with updated versions of client tools. This reduces security vulnerabilities for the delegate and enhances security. The following table details the updates. (DEL-5688)

    Third-party tool78101 and earlier78306 and later
    kubectl1.13.21.24.3
    1.19.2
    go-template0.40.4.1
    0.4.1
    harness-pywinrm0.4-dev0.4-dev
    helm2.13.12.13.1
    3.1.23.1.2
    3.8.03.8.0
    chartmuseum0.12.00.15.0
    0.8.2
    tf-config-inspect1.01.1
    1.1
    oc4.2.164.2.16
    kustomize3.5.44.5.4
    4.0.0
    scmThe Harness-generated library and version are changed with every fix.The Harness-generated library and version are changed with every fix.

  • The org_mongodb_mongodb_driver_sync and org_mongodb_mongodb_driver_legacy libraries were removed from the delegate to eliminate their vulnerabilities. (DEL-5721)

Fixed issues​

This release includes the following fixes.

  • Added functionality to explicitly release a lock on the profile (profile.lock file). This resolves a rare case in which there is no running profile but a profile.lock file or profile in a locked state exists. (DEL-5659)

  • Added validation to ensure that delegates using the YAML of the Legacy Delegate fail on start with the correct error message. (DEL-5715)

  • Changed delegate behavior to ensure that the tasks assigned to a delegate fail if the delegate does not send heartbeats for a period of three minutes. (DEL-5821)

January 17, 2023, Harness version 78215, Harness Delegate version 78101​

Harness FirstGen release 78215 includes no changed features or fixes for Harness Delegate.