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Database DevOps release notes

These release notes describe recent changes to Harness Database DevOps.

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  • Progressive deployment: Harness deploys changes to Harness SaaS clusters on a progressive basis. This means that the features described in these release notes may not be immediately available in your cluster. To identify the cluster that hosts your account, go to your Account Overview page in Harness. In the new UI, go to Account Settings, Account Details, General, Account Details, and then Platform Service Versions.
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August 2025​

Release 1.54.x​

The 1.54.x release focuses on improving usability in the schema overview experience. Previously, the schema dropdown on the Overview page only displayed a limited subset of schemas, making it difficult to navigate in environments with many schemas. With this update, customers now get a searchable dropdown that scales better for large environments, simplifying schema selection and improving visibility into migration states.

Key Highlights:​

Bug Fixes

  • Added a searchable schema dropdown on the Overview page, resolving limitations with subset display and missing pagination/infinite scroll.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.54.x

Release 1.53.x​

The 1.53.x release focuses on improving database schema management workflows and stabilizing the Liquibase integration. Customers editing schemas can now select a primary instance directly from the UI. Customers editing schemas can now select a primary instance directly from the UI. Certain upcoming features will use this instance for development and validation use cases.

Key Highlights:​

  • Feature Enhancements:
    • Select a primary instance directly while editing a DB schema with a new dropdown in the UI.
  • Bug Fixes:
    • DB Test and Preview steps now return detailed messages that appear in the chat UI, improving debugging visibility.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.53.x

Release 1.52.x​

The 1.52.x release expands the platform’s authoring and validation capabilities. Teams can now author database changesets directly from the UI with a built-in YAML renderer and execution status visibility. This reduces reliance on external editors and brings change management closer to the deployment workflow. At the same time, we’ve added support for the Liquibase validate command, helping teams catch invalid changes early in the pipeline.

Beta Feature

The YAML authoring and validation functionality is currently in beta and gated behind a non-GA feature flag.
Please contact Harness Product Manager if you would like to be added to the beta for this functionality.

Key Highlights:​

  • Feature Enhancements:
    • A new YAML renderer and execution status plugin allow teams to create and review changesets directly from the UI.
    • Added support for the Liquibase validate command, ensuring changes are verified before deployment.
  • Bug Fixes:
    • Fixed execution URL display and added PR link support in the UI.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.52.x

Release 1.51.x​

The 1.51.x release strengthens rollback flexibility and control. For scenarios where teams need to customize how rollbacks are applied, this release introduces support for Custom Rollback SQL. Customers can now define custom rollback logic for complex cases where auto-generated SQL may not suffice. This includes onboarding and storing step outputs for UpdateSQL and RollbackSQL, along with a dedicated CustomUpdateSQL step for better pipeline integration.

Key Highlights:​

  • Feature Enhancements:
    • Custom Rollback SQL: Teams can now onboard and store step outputs for UpdateSQL and RollbackSQL, with a dedicated CustomUpdateSQL step in dbops-service.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.51.x

July 2025​

Release 1.49.x​

The 1.49.x release introduces key improvements across schema discovery, rollback tracking, and platform extensibility. Additionally, the platform now supports optional Primary DB instanceId, streamlining deployments across multi-instance environments.

Key Highlights:​

  • Feature Enhancements:
    • Rollbacks now generate detailed metadata entries, helping teams understand when and why a rollback occurred, especially when using rollback-by-count.
    • The platform now supports optional Primary DB instanceId, streamlining deployments across multi-instance environments.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.49.x

Release 1.48.x​

This release brings several critical feature enhancements and extended support across various database types and integrations.

Key Highlights:​

  • New Features:

    • Deployed state now includes changesetFQN
    • You can now view the changeset details by clicking on the change-id in the deployed state tab on the apply or rollback step.

  • Added TLS support for the following databases: Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB.

  • OPA and OPA rollback support across key Databases.

  • Private Registry support verified for MySQL.

  • Metadata fields such as comments, labels, and authors now visible.

Minimum Supported Versions:

  • dbservice – 1.48.0