Harness has released a new open-source CI/CD plugin for Backstage, a platform for building developer portals, which will allow developers to integrate pipeline executions directly into their portals, thereby enhancing visibility and control over the deployment processes. This plugin is the first in a series that aims to integrate Harness with Backstage, facilitating seamless integration and boosting productivity. Backstage helps product teams quickly deliver high-quality code by organizing infrastructure through a centralized software catalog. The CI/CD plugin enables developers to connect their services with Harness projects, view recent pipeline executions, and re-run failed pipelines, with additional configuration options available in the plugin repository. The project, launched under the Apache 2.0 license, encourages open-source community contributions, including feature suggestions and feedback, and plans to expand with plugins for feature flagging, cloud cost management, and chaos engineering.