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This document builds on the Airflow 3.0 release, to layout the next set of releases which build on the foundation of Airflow 3.0, starting with Airflow 3.1. This is very much a living document, which will be updated based on the community discussions and decisions, as well as development progress. Everything detailed here, especially scope and expected timelines are "statements of intent" to enable consistent visibility into the status and goals of the project.
The community discussions about Airflow 3 happen in the following places:
Open Issues / Pull Request swim lanes
Following up on the dev call and the summary on the devlist, here is a list of the "swim lanes", including open issues and pull requests by area
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Includes all swim lanes with greater than 10 total (issues + PRs). Now ignores "Draft PRs".
Last updated: 10-March-2026
Airflow 3.2
Airflow 3.2 scope
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(Specifically, date based partitions will be in 3.2) Github project
Code mostly done as planned for above scope
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In progress, will be "Experimental" in 3.2
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David Blain
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Code completed and merged.
Docs in progress.
Airflow 3.2 Timelines
An early draft of the expected high level milestones are shown below.
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Jan - Feb 2026
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Important provider changes happening along with Airflow 3.3
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AIP-95 Provider lifecycle update
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New provider registry being added to Airflow is well underway from a development standpoint.
Target: week of March 16, 2026
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Significant progress already completed.
Github project
Experimental release target: Week of March 23, 2026
Airflow 3 adoption focus
Following up from the devlist discussion, this is to deliberately spend a month (roughly mid-Oct to mid-Nov) to focus on the adoption feedback. There are many sources of input here, but absolutely include user feedback from the Airflow summit, Github issues and discussions, Slack feedback and questions, etc.
More details will be added here, but the delivery mechanism will be a combination of 3.1.x patch releases, doc changes, utility enhancements (such as to the ruff based upgrade util), and so on.
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Airflow 3.1.1 release Unknown User (kaxilnaik)
- 130+ issues fixed in this release
- UI: 57
- API: 24
- Most of the rest in Core
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Airflow 3.1.2 release Unknown User (kaxilnaik) Unknown User (ephraimanierobi)
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Airflow 3.1.3 release Unknown User (ephraimanierobi) Unknown User (ash)
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Airflow 3.1.4 release Unknown User (ephraimanierobi)
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Airflow 3.1.5 release Unknown User (ephraimanierobi)
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Airflow 3.1.6 release Unknown User (ephraimanierobi)
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Airflow 3.1.7 release Unknown User (ephraimanierobi)
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Airflow 3.1.8 release Unknown User (rahulvats)
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UI improvements phased across patch releases Unknown User (bbovenzi) Unknown User (pierrejeambrun)
- performance improvements for large DAGs, lots of DAGs, and large log files
- UI navigation improvements for quick problem resolution
- UI test case improvements
Here are a collection of issues and PRs to start with:
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/56635#issuecomment-3456040061
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/57450
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/57425 - great job Kathik (tirkarthi)
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/57270
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Task SDK issues in general (Amogh Unknown User (ash) )
Also includes metaDB issues such as adoption path for users using the metadatabase in Airflow 2.x for various reasons (Probably primarily documentation)
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label:area:task-sdk
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Authentication issues - could be be in Core Airflow or in the FAB provider integration Vincent BECK
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label:area:auth
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Generally shows up under Data aware scheduling (TP / Wei)
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label:data-aware-scheduling
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Currently several issues showing up because of log format changes, etc. Unknown User (ash)
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label:area:logging
Airflow 3.3
This section is a draft to facilitate discussions, with a proposed release timeline of June 2026.
Airflow 3.3 scope
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(Specifically, segment based partitions to finish off the AIP)
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Scoping / TBD
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GA to follow up "experimental" in the 3.2 release
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Airflow 3.3 & above
Accepted AIPs targeting Airflow >=3.3
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Appendix
Contains archived elements from earlier 3.x work
Airflow 3.1
Airflow 3.1 scope
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Initial scoped items needed for independent version upgrades done.
Test framework also in place for client / server interface testing.
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Development done.
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Unknown User (bbovenzi) Pierre Jeambrun
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Finish filters in the UI - key point raised in adoption. Significant progress with community help.
Documented as Github issues
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Released as airflowctl, independent from Core Airflow release
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Dev complete, Includes API and UI
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Following up from 3.0 work on non-data-interval DAG runs
https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/51711
Dev complete
Airflow 3.1 Timelines
The expected high level milestones are shown below.
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May - Aug 2025
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