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:
| Theme / Workstream | Improvement Proposals | Responsible | Status (Github project link) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run anywhere in any language | AIP-72 Task Execution Interface aka Task SDK | Initial scoped items needed for independent version upgrades done. Test framework also in place for client / server interface testing. | |
| UI modernization | AIP-68 Extended Plugin Interface for React Views | Unknown User (bbovenzi) , Pierre Jeambrun. Unknown User (jscheffl) | Development done. Need to check on examples and documentation (to be done for AIP completion). |
| UI Internationalization | Shahar Epstein, Unknown User (bbovenzi) | Dev complete | |
| UI filters | Unknown User (bbovenzi) Pierre Jeambrun | Finish filters in the UI - key point raised in adoption. Need community help Documented as Github issues | |
| Misc | AIP-86 Deadline Alerts (Formerly SLA) | Async callbacks run on Triggerer is dev complete. Sync callbacks (to be run via Executor) deferred to 3.2 Github project | |
| AIP-81 Enhanced Security in CLI via Integration of API | In release stages. | ||
| AI workloads | Initial set of capabilities as speced in AIP close to dev complete. Includes API and UI | ||
Following up from 3.0 work on non-data-interval DAG runs https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/51711 Dev complete, need to check on docs status |
The expected high level milestones are shown below.
Date | Milestone |
| Started discussing Airflow 3.1 in dev calls both scope and timing |
May - Aug 2025 | Detailed scoping and development |
Week of | Cut release branch from main |
| Cut Beta Release of Airflow 3.1 |
Week of | Cut Release Candidate of Airflow 3.1 |
This section is a draft to facilitate discussions, with a proposed release timeline of Jan 2026.
| Theme / Workstream | Improvement Proposals | Responsible | Status (Github project link) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded data awareness | AIP-76 Asset Partitions | Design and scoping in progress | |
| UI enhancements for Asset navigation | Scoping | ||
| Getting Started | Examples Refresh | In progress | |
| Misc | AIP-86 Deadline Alerts (Formerly SLA) | Sync callbacks (to be run via Executor) Github project | |