CI release notes 1.119.0 (#100926)

* d7a1af docs: add CI-19461 hotfix to 1.119.0 release notes

* d41399 docs: clarify CI 1.119.0 release notes

* 3f0ee3 docs: CI release notes 1.119.0

Author: shivloka-harness

release-notes/continuous-integration.md

@@ -62,6 +62,31 @@ Check out [Harness Cloud VM Images Docs](/docs/platform/references/harness-cloud
 
 ## January 2026
 
+### Version 1.119.0
+
+<!-- 27 Jan 2026 -->
+
+#### New Features and Enhancements
+
+- Build Intelligence (background step) logs are now visible during stage execution. (CI-17104)
+
+#### Fixed Issues
+
+- Fixed an issue where double-quoted secrets in expressions caused Run step failures. (CI-20256, ZD-96235)
+- Resolved an issue reducing the size of the Kubernetes pod YAML generated by CI, preventing failures where oversized YAML causes the cluster’s etcd server to reject the request (“request is too large”). This feature is behind the `CI_COMMON_ENV_POD` feature flag. This was deployed as a hotfix(CI-19461)
+
+
+#### Harness Images Updates
+
+| Image | Change | Previous Version | New Version |
+|-------|--------|------------------|-------------|
+| `plugins/artifactory` | Security vulnerability fix | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 |
+| `plugins/kaniko` | Security vulnerability fix | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 |
+| `plugins/kaniko-gcr` | Security vulnerability fix | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 |
+| `plugins/kaniko-ecr` | Security vulnerability fix | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 |
+| `plugins/kaniko-acr` | Security vulnerability fix | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 |
+
+
 ### Version 1.118.0
 
 <!-- 19 January 2025 -->