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# Harness Solutions Factory 2.X Overview

### HSF 2.5 <a href="#hsf-25" id="hsf-25"></a>

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HSF 2.5 was released in July of 2026
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HSF 2.5 removes the dependency on Harness Code Repository and provides a code refresh. The release includes:

* Harness Solutions Factory and Harness Template Library are source available on GitHub.

### HSF 2.4 <a href="#hsf-24" id="hsf-24"></a>

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HSF 2.4 was released in February of 2026
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HSF 2.4 introduces the ability to bring your own self-service portal. The release includes:

* Added HSF Hub functionality which creates a project with pipelines that execute Harness Template Library and Custom Harness Template Library workflows.
* BYO-IDP where Hub pipelines can be triggered via API.

### HSF 2.3 <a href="#hsf-23" id="hsf-23"></a>

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HSF 2.3 was released in October of 2025
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Harness Solutions Factory 2.3 introduces upgrades, distributed workspace management, and golden template options. The release includes:

* Automatically manage new updates that are released by Harness via a **PR process** that you can merge when ready.
* Ability to have a **distributed yet governed setup** where each organization has its own Mini Factory but everything is still orchestrated and managed through the central Solutions Factory.
* Deploy the **Factory Floor** to any project for easy automation onboarding and/or workflow orchestration.

### HSF 2.2 <a href="#hsf-22" id="hsf-22"></a>

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HSF 2.2 was released in July of 2025
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Harness Solutions Factory 2.2 adds governance and scalability features. It also integrates with IDP 2.0. The release includes:

* Added **support for IDP 2.0** features including hierarchy support, entity management and registration and RBAC.
* **Enhanced template library workflow registration control** for workflows in IDP 2.0 to provide a customized experience where you only see the workflows relevant to your modules and use cases.
* Introduced the ability to create one-time execution pipelines, **ephemeral workspaces**, that do not maintain state.
* Added governance options allowing **approvals** during workspace creation
* Redesigned workspace pipelines for better visibility and usability; integrated into workspace defaults.
  * **Provision Workspace:** Plan and applies workflows (with built-in approvals)
  * **Plan and Validate:** Verifies Terraform code
  * **Drift Analysis:** Identifies configuration drift from source code
  * **Teardown:** Removes workspaces (with built-in approvals)
* Added the ability to run **bulk operations** on pipelines.