HashiCorp has announced several new products, features, and updates at HashiConf 2023, focusing on enhancing workflow automation for developers and lifecycle management for cloud platform teams across both infrastructure and security. The company aims to deliver developer-driven workflows that are well-integrated with the standardized services enabled by platform teams. New features include Terraform testing and UX improvements, HCP Packer's project-level webhooks and streamlined run task reviews, updated HCP Waypoint templates and add-ons, new security lifecycle management capabilities, HCP Vault Secrets for secrets management, Cloud secrets sync for centralizing secrets management, and HCP Consul Central for global visibility and management of Consul deployments. These enhancements aim to simplify security best practices for developers and improve the end-user experience, with a focus on resolving secrets sprawl and improving overall security posture.