Harness Inc. has acquired ChaosNative Inc., the original creator of the LitmusChaos project, to integrate chaos engineering capabilities into its software delivery platform, aiming to enhance service reliability and minimize costly downtimes. This integration will allow enterprises to simulate real-world disruptive events to proactively identify and address system vulnerabilities, thus improving service resiliency and reducing mean time to resolution. The move is expected to provide significant financial benefits, particularly for companies in sectors like ecommerce and financial services, where downtime can lead to losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars per minute. By incorporating ChaosNative's expertise, Harness aims to shift chaos engineering earlier in the Software Delivery Lifecycle, enhancing developer experience and allowing teams to focus more on innovation rather than just testing. The acquisition also sees Harness becoming a sponsor of the CNCF LitmusChaos project, further supporting open-source community development.